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white-tailed lapwing  or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus)  Lucknow outskirts Uttar Pradesh  February 2020. This is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed" This medium-sized lapwing is long-legged and fairly long-billed. It is the only lapwing likely to be seen in other than very shallow water, where it picks insects and other small prey mainly from the surface. Adults are slim erect birds with a brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast. Its long yellow legs, pure white tail and distinctive brown, white and black wings make this species unmistakable. Young birds have a scaly back, and may show some brown in the tail.

Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck,  सुरखाब, चकवा चकवी Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January 2020 This is a member of the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in). It has orange-brown body plumage with a paler head, while the tail and the flight feathers in the wings are black, contrasting with the white wing-coverts. It is a migratory bird, wintering in the Indian subcontinent and breeding in southeastern Europe and central Asia.

Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis)  or Burmese roller ब्राह्म नीलकण्ठ Kajiranga National park Assam December 19 This is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from eastern India to China and southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is a stocky bird. The crown and vent are blue. The primaries are deep purplish blue with a band of pale blue. The tail is sky blue with a terminal band of Prussian blue and the central feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac with white shaft streaks. The bare patch around the eye is ochre in colour. The three forward toes are united at the base.Rollers have a long and compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. The nostril is long and exposed and there are long rictal bristles at the base of the bill.It has a purplish brown and unstreaked face and breast.It has underwing coverts in a deep shade of blue.Within the Indian region, it is seen to intergrade with the

Red-breasted flycatcher  (Ficedula parva)  (First winter migrant) Sohagi barwa wildlife sanctuary Mahrajganj Uttar Pradesh December 19 This is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher which breeds further west is rare. This is because of the different migration direction. #Strabopixelclub #wildlife #waders #flycatcher #birdwatching #birdwatcher #travellers #travelblogger #blogger #travelphotography #birds #bird #naturelove #nikond7200📷 #Nikon #nikonfans #nikkor500mm #lovefornature #wildlifeconservation #ayodhya #faizabad#uttar Pradesh#india  #scenic #conservation #nature#अवधी_चिरैया#ajadbird #YHAI_SAKET

Black-winged cuckooshrike or  lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos)  Dhubari Assam January 2020 This  is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they ( cuckooshrikes ) are unrelated to shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa. They breed in summer in mountains from 300–2450 meters and migrate altitudinally or south in winter. It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances south west to northern parts of peninsular India and east to Orissa, Bengal and Bangladesh, but may travel as far south as Kerala) #Strabopixelclub #wildlife #waders #shrike #birdwatching #bir

Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)  पोदना,टिकटिकी Saryuwetland Ayodhya January २०२० Uttar Pradesh Nikon gears This is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate Asia 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. #Strabopixelclub #wildlife  #birdwatching #birdwatcher #travellers #travelblogger #blogger #travelphotography #birds #bird #naturelove #nikond7200📷 #Nikon #nikonfans #nikkor500mm #lovefornature #wildlifeconservation #ayodhya #faizabad#uttar Pradesh#india  #scenic #conservation #nature#अवधी_चिरैया#ajadbird #YHAI_SAKET

common snipe  (Gallinago gallinago)  Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January २०२० Nikkon gears This is  a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia. It is migratory, with European birds wintering in southern and western Europe and Africa (south to the Equator), and Asian migrants moving to tropical southern Asia.

इस बार सरयू नदी में और इसके आसपास की नम भूमियों में बहुत से नये आने वाले प्रवासी पक्षियों की संख्या रहीं जो यहां पहले नहीं दिखाई दिए।जैसे इस बार यहां #Bar_headed_goose  #Gargeny #Pacific_golden_plover #Black_stork, #Bluethroat #Black_throated_thrush आदि को पहली बार फोटोग्राफ किया गया है।वैश्विक मौसम बदलाव के इस संक्रमण काल में इन सुंदर पक्षिओं का आना बहुत सुखद आश्चर्य है। इस बार अयोध्या में ४२ #Himalayan_griffon_vultures Ka ek साथ दिखना बहुत अच्छा संकेत है क्यूंकि जिले में अभी तक २-३ हिमालयन गिद्घ ही दिखाई देते थे।

Common redshank  or simply redshank (Tringa totanus)  छोटा बटन, जल रंक Saryuwetland November 18 Nikon Gears Full view recommend for details This is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific totanus is from Tótano, the Italian name for this bird.

Streaked spiderhunter  (Arachnothera magna)  हिन्दी नाम-रेखित मकड़ीमार और रेखी-लूताश। Mahananda wildlife sanctuary outskirts Darjeeling West Bengal November 19 Nikon gears Full view recommend for details This is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is similar in size to a sparrow.It is olive yellow in color, with multiple darker streaks. It has a long, curved black beak and yellow legs. Below, it is pale yellow streaked with black. Its beak is specially adapted for a nectar diet.

Common greenshank  (Tringa nebularia)  बड़ा टिमटिमा,चौबाहा, sryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January 2020 Nikon gears Full screen view recommend for details This is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.

wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) वन जलरंक  Saryuwetland Ayodhya Outskirts Uttar Pradesh January 2020 Nikon Gears Full screen view recommend for details  https://maghaa.com/wood-sandpiper-चुपका/ This is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific glareola is from Latin glarea, " gravel"

Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) हरित जल रंक, हरा सिकतार Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January 2020 Nikon Gears Full screen view recommend for details This is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific ochropus is from Ancient Greek okhros, "ochre", and pous, "foot"

Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) पनलौवा,टेम्मिन्क पनलौवा Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January 2020 Nikon Gears Full screen view recommend for details  This is a small wader. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh January 2020 Nikon Gears Full screen view recommend for details This  is a small cosmopolitan shorebird (40-44 g) of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra.Both male and female birds have pale plumages with a white underside, grey/brown back, dark legs and a dark bill, however additionally the male birds also exhibit very dark incomplete breast bands, and dark markings either side of their head, therefore the Kentish plover is regarded as sexually dimorphic.