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long-tailed minivet female(Pericrocotus ethologus)#Saryuwetland Ayodhya

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long-tailed minivet female (Pericrocotus ethologus) #Saryuwetland  Ayodhya  Uttar Pradesh  November 2025 Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details  This  is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Asia where it occurs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Typical colorful minivet with red-and-black males and gray-and-yellow females. Male is very similar to Scarlet and Short-billed Minivets, but has a lumpy fork on the wing instead of a jagged ‘lightning bolt’ as in those two species. Female can be identified by a similarly simple wing patch and less extensive yellow on the head than Short-billed and Scarlet Minivets. Both sexes average longer-tailed than ...

Ultramarine flycatcher or the white-browed blue flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)नीलवर्ण, नील सागर,नीला मक्खीमारSaryuwetlandAyodhya

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Ultramarine flycatcher  or the white-browed blue flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris) नीलवर्ण, नील सागर,नीला मक्खीमार Saryuwetland Ayodhya  Uttar Pradesh  October 2025 Full screen mode recommended for details  male female  Thisis a small arboreal Old World flycatcher in the Ficedula genus. Its breeding range extends from eastern Afghanistan to the Hengduan Mountains; it winters in India and northwestern Indochina. Somewhat smaller in size than a sparrow (ca. 10 cm) and with a stocky build. The male is deep blue above, sides of head and neck are deep blue, and a prominent white patch runs from centre of throat, through breast to belly. The amount of white on the brow and tail show clinal variation from West to East along the Himalayan foothills, which is sometimes taken to distinguish three subspecies. #photography #photographer  #wildlife #birding #birdwatching #birdwatcher  #travelblogger #blo...

Black-headed cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) Saryuwetland Ayodhya

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Black-headed cuckooshrike  (Lalage melanoptera)  Saryuwetland  Ayodhya  Uttar Pradesh  October 2025 Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details  This is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Male has dark slaty-gray head, neck, and upper breast; rest of the body is pale gray, with white on the belly. Wings darker than mantle. Female lacks the black hood, and has a whitish supercilium, brownish-gray upperparts with lightly barred back and rump, and buff-white underparts with wide brown bars. Juvenile is similar to female, but upperparts barred white. Immature similar to female. Song is a series of clear, loud whistles: “pee-pe-pe-pe-pe-twe-twee. #photography #photographer #wildlife #birding #birdwatching #birdwatcher #travelblogger #blogger #travelphotography #birds #bird #naturelove #Nikon #nikonfans #nikkor500mm #lovefornature #wildlifeconservation #...

Black-naped monarch femaleor black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) Saryuwetland Ayodhya

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Black-naped monarch female or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea)  Saryuwetland  Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh  October 2025 Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details  This is a passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic, with the male having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace"), while the female is duller with olive brown wings and lacking the black markings on the head. They have a call that is similar to that of the Asian paradise flycatcher, and in tropical forest habitats, pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ slightly in plumage colour and sizes. The adult male black-naped monarch is about 16 cm long, and is mainly pale azure blue apart from a whitish lower belly. It has a black nape and a narrow bla...

Blue-throated blue flycatcher Sub sps Notch throated (Cyornis rubeculoides)

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Blue-throated blue flycatcher  Sub sps Notch throated  (Cyornis rubeculoides) #Saryuwetland  Ayodhya  Uttar Pradesh  October 2025  Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details  This  is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles Cyornis tickelliae but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the Indian Subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, and also extends eastwards into Bangladesh, and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar. #photography #photographer  #wildlife #birding #birdwatching #birdwatcher  #travelblogger #blogger #travelphotography #birds #bird #naturelove  #Nikon #nikonfans #nikkor500mm #lovefornature #wildlifeconservation #ayodhya #faizabad  #india ...

Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)छोटा पोदेना, टिकटिकी

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Blyth's reed warbler  (Acrocephalus dumetorum) छोटा पोदेना, टिकटिकी #Saryuwetland #Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh October 2025 Nikon Gears Full screen mode recommended for details For more details please click below link https://maghaa.com/ZZ8S5 This is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in the Palearctic and easternmost Europe. It is migratory, wintering in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It is one of the most common winter warblers in those countries. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe. #tobuovimaan #photography #photographer  #wildlife #birding #birdwatching #birdwatcher  #travelblogger #blogger #travelphotography #birds #bird #naturelove #nikond7200📷 #Nikon #nikonfans #nikkor500mm #lovefornature #wildlifeconservation #ayodhya #faizabad#uttar Pradesh#india  #scenic #conservation #nature#अवधी_चिरैया #discovery_uk

Rosy starling

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Rosy starling (Pastor roseus) गुलाबी मैना, पाटल सारिका #Great run of kutch  #Gujrat March 2024 Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details   This is a passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae, also known as the rose-coloured starling or rose-coloured pastor. The species was recently placed in its own monotypic genus, Pastor, and split from Sturnus. This split is supported by recent studies, though other related species within its new genus are not yet known for certain. The breeding range of this bird is in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts of Central Asia and Southeast Europe. It can be found from northwestern Mongolia via Dzungarei, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to southern Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia. #Strabopixelclub #wildlife #birding #sea birds #birdwatching #birdwatcher #travellers #...