Krish

Steppe Eagle (4)

Aquila nipalensis

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jan 9 2021

Date uploaded: Jul 3 2022

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Striking bird and great shot.
Chris: I remember seeing one in Iran…believe the pics are posted but of course nothing remotely as good as this!!

Montagu's Harrier (3)

Circus pygargus

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 3 2021

Details: male, adult

Date uploaded: Jun 30 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Now that is stunning.

Blue-winged Minla (1)

Minla cyanouroptera

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 13 2022

Date uploaded: Jun 29 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Terrific lighting and pose!

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (1)

Carduelis spinoides

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 13 2022

Date uploaded: Jun 21 2022

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Interesting species and photo.
Chris: What a striking scene.

Pale-billed Flowerpecker (1)

Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

Krish

India

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Date taken: May 21 2022

Date uploaded: Jun 19 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Excellent photo. A first for us to see this species!

Greater Painted-snipe (2)

Rostratula benghalensis

Krish

India

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Date taken: May 16 2022

Details: male, adult

The Greater Painted Snipe is polyandrous, bonding with several males during the mating season. Once eggs are laid, males provide incubation and bring up the young ones.

Date uploaded: Jun 16 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: A great scene to witness Krish.

Changeable Hawk-Eagle (5)

Spizaetus cirrhatus

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jun 15 2022

Details: adult

Crested Hawk-eagle aka Changeable Hawk-eagle, due to its wide variation in plumage, from pale to dark, varying with moult and age.

Date uploaded: Jun 16 2022

Comments (1):
BrianMorin: That's a serious look.

Tawny-bellied Babbler (2)

Dumetia hyperythra

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jun 9 2022

Date uploaded: Jun 14 2022

Comments (2):
Krish: This one had just hopped out of the water hole and was grooming itself.
Chris: Stunning shades here.

Nilgiri Woodpigeon (1)

Columba elphinstonii

(Vulnerable)

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jun 9 2022

Date uploaded: Jun 13 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Fabulous to see. Congrats on a new species upload!

Malabar Whistling Thrush (2)

Myophonus horsfieldii

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jun 9 2022

Details: adult

The bird has been called "whistling schoolboy" for the tuneless whistling calls that they make at dawn that have a very human quality.
You can hear it here - forward to 20 secs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYcGLwYCMM />

Date uploaded: Jun 10 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Somehow it reminded me of the Asian Fairy Bluebird. Congrats on another first species upload for the site.