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Ultramarine Flycatcher

Sanjeev Kapadia — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:01:30 +0000

The Ultramarine Flycatcher is a small Old World Flycatcher that breeds in low altitude areas of the Himalayas. It spends winters in southern India. It is a passage migrant in India. It is also called Ultramarine Blue Flycatcher, White-browed Blue Flycatcher, Western White-browed Blue Flycatcher, Eastern White-browed Blue Flycatcher, White-browed Read more…

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Desert Wheatear

Sanjeev Kapadia — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:45:36 +0000

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Red-breasted Flycatcher

Vishal Vasu — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:44:17 +0000

The Red-breasted Flycatcher is a small passerine bird and it breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia. It is a migratory bird, wintering in South Asia and is a regular winter visitor in India. It is commonly known as Red-throated Flycatcher or Red-breasted Flycatcher. Gujarati Name સિફિયા માખીમાર Scientific Read more…

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Indian Blue Robin

Sanjeev Kapadia — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:11:28 +0000

The Indian Blue Robin is a small bird found in South Asia. It was formerly called the Indian blue chat. It is migratory, breeding in the forests along the Himalayas of Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. In winters they fly down to the hill forests of the Western Ghats of Read more…

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Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Sanjeev Kapadia — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 11:05:08 +0000

The Brown-breasted Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in North Eastern India, Central and Southern China and Northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to Southern India and Sri Lanka in winters. It is also known as Layard’s Flycatcher Gujarati Name કથ્થાઈ છાતી Read more…

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Blue-capped Rock-thrush

Sanjeev Kapadia — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:12:31 +0000

Blue-capped Rock-thrush is an Old World Flycatcher breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas. In winters it migrates to hill forests of southern India and is found throughout Pakistan, Bangladesh (passage migrant), in some parts of Myanmar and especially in the Western Ghats region of southern India. It is also Read more…

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Blue Rock-thrush

Sanjeev Kapadia — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:38:33 +0000

The Blue Rock-thrush is a species of chat and was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. It breeds in Southern Europe, Northwest Africa, and from Central Asia to Northern China and Malaysia. It is also known as Blue Rock-thrush, Indian Blue Rock-thrush, Red-bellied Rock Thrush, Red-bellied Rock-thrush, and Oriental Rock-thrush. Read more…

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Pied Bushchat

Vishal Vasu — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 05:56:04 +0000

Pied Bushchat is a small (slightly smaller than the Siberian Stonechat) passerine bird found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is a small black bird having a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. Similar to other chats, it was earlier Read more…

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Indian Robin

Sanjeev Kapadia — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:51:52 +0000

Indian Robin is a small sized bird commonly found throughout the Indian sub continent. Gujarati Name દેવ ચકલી Scientific Name Saxicoloides fulicatus Scientific Family Muscicapidae Status in Gujarat Resident IUCN Status

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Oriental Magpie-Robin

Sanjeev Kapadia — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:20:55 +0000

Oriental Magpie-Robin is a small black and white passerine bird found all over India and other parts of South East Asia. It is a very melodious singer and sings with different notes. It was once very common in Indian song bird trade. It is a national bird of Bangladesh. Gujarati Read more…

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