A VIBRANT FEMALE INDIAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER PHOTOGRAPHED BY VISHAL MONAKAR. THERE ARE 6 SPECIES OF PARADISE-FLYCATCHERS IN ASIA AND GENETIC STUDIES REVEAL THAT THE INDIAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER IS LIKELY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ANCESTORS OF THIS GROUP. THE OTHER SPECIES CHANGED AND ADAPTED AS THEY RADIATED OUT INTO THE CONTINENT
A PLAIN PRINIA BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED BY SOUVIK PAL
BLUETHROATS BREED IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ASIA. AS SOON AS THEY HAVE BRED AND MOULTED THEY MIGRATE TO SOUTHERN ASIA AND CENTRAL AFRICA FOR THE WINTER (NISHITH DWIVEDI)
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE-WINGED JACANA FEEDING IN NAGPUR, INDIA. AS THIS BIRD AGES THE PLUMAGE OF THE HEAD AND BREAST WILL TURN GLOSSY BLACK (INDRANIL BHATTACHARJEE)
THE COMMON SANDPIPER MIGRATES BETWEEN NORTH-CENTRAL EURASIA AND SOUTHERN ASIA, AFRICA AND AUSTRALASIA, WITH MOST OF THEIR MOVEMENTS BEING DURING THE NIGHT (SOUMYAJIT MISTRY)
THE LARGEST BREEDING POPULATION OF THE DEMOISELLE CRANES CAN BE FOUND IN THE STEPPES OF EASTERN EURASIA, A HABITAT WHICH IS UNDER THREAT BY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS GROUP WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WITHIN THEIR OVER-WINTERING RANGE IN KHICHAN INDIA BY ANIRBAN ROYCHOWDHURY
SUNLIGHT BEAUTIFULLY HIGHLIGHTING THE SHADES OF CHOCOLATE BROWN OF THIS EURASIAN WRYNECK’S PLUMAGE. PHOTOGRAPHED BY SOUMYA CHAKRABORTY
GREY CROWNED CRANES RELY HEAVILY ON WETLANDS FOR BREEDING. THEY NEST IN OR ALONG WETLANDS, CONSTRUCTING A FLAT CIRCULAR NEST WITH UPROOTED GRASSES (ARVIND PATOLE)
A BEAUTIFUL BLACK-HEADED JAY TAKING A BATH. THESE BIRDS CAN BE FOUND IN THE WOODLANDS AND FOREST FRINGES OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE (SANDIPAN GHOSH)
A VIBRANT WHITE-CAPPED WATER REDSTART PHOTOGRAPHED IN UTTARAKHAND BY ARPIT PAREKH
THE LAGGAR FALCON, A MEDIUM SIZED FALCON FROM INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH IS EXPERIENCING DECLINES TO THEIR POPULATION DUE TO INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE REDUCING THEIR FOOD SUPPLY (SATRAJIT DUTTA)
MOST LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKERS ARE MONOGAMOUS, BUT 10% OF FEMALES MATE WITH MULTIPLE MALES AND THESE FEMALES TEND TO BREED MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN MONOGAMOUS FEMALES (CARLO GALLIANI)
AN ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN PHOTOGRAPHED IN BAHARAMPUR(INDIA) BY MADHU SHYAM ARYA
RED KITES RELY HEAVILY ON CARRION IN THEIR DIET. MUCH LIKE VULTURES, THIS DIET EXPOSES THEM TO POISONS AND OTHER TOXINS, THEIR POPULATION HAS DECLINED STEADILY OVER THE PAST 20 YEAS AND THEY ARE NOW LISTED AS NEAR-THREATENED (JAVIER GOMEZ AOIZ)
ROSY STARLINGS BREED IN CENTRAL ASIA, CONGREGATING IN COLONIES OF SEVERAL HUNDRED AND SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF BIRDS (VISHWAS THAKKAR)
THESE RUFOUS-TAILED LARKS PREFER SPARSELY VEGETATED DRY HABITATS (RAM VAIDYANATHAN)
THE TICKELL’S BLUE FLYCATCHER INHABITS THE WOODLANDS AND WOODLAND FRINGES OF INDIA, HERE THEY CAN USUALLY BE SEEN FORAGING IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER PORTIONS OF TREES. PHOTOGRAPH BY GOUTAM MITRA
VILLAGE INDIGOBIRDS ARE BROOD PARASITES WITH THEIR MAIN HOSTS BEING RED-BILLED FIREFINCHES. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE IMPACT OF INDIGOBIRD CHICKS ON FIREFINCH BREEDING IS RELATIVELY LOW, WITH PARASITISED FIREFINCHES PRODUCING ON AVERAGE 26% FEWER FLEDGLINGS THAN UNPARASITISED NESTS (ARVIND PATOLE)
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHERS ARE KNOWN TO MAKE USE OF TERMITE AND ANT NESTS TO NEST IN (VIPUL PATEL)
THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BIRD IS A WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL, PHOTOGRAPHED IN BANGALORE, INDIA BY GANESH RAO
A WHITE-THROATED LAUGHINGTHRUSH FEEDING A FLEDGLING, MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS WILL CONTINUE TO FEED THEIR YOUNG AFTER THEY FLEDGE (SANDIPAN GHOSH)
A WOOLY-NECKED STORK AND AN ASIAN OPENBILL STORK PHOTOGRAPHED OUTSIDE OF HUBLI, INDIA BY NARAHARI KANIKE
A CHARMING LITTLE YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL PHOTOGRAPHED BY GANESH RAO. THESE BIRDS PREFER MOIST EVERGREEN FOREST HABITATS
WHITE-EYED BUZZARDS USUALLY OCCUR IN INDIA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA, AS FAR SOUTH AS MYANMAR. IN 2015 THIS SPECIES WAS RECORDED MUCH FURTHER SOUTH, IN INDONESIA. BIRDS NEVER CEASE TO SURPRISE US! (SASWAT MISHRA)
TWO STUNNING BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATERS PHOTOGRAPHED BY SHYAM SUNDAR NIJGAL
