Deepak Rajanna

Southern Black-backed Gull

Much bigger than the red-billed or the black-billed variants.

Brown-headed Gull (Breeding)

Caspian Gull

California Gull (Adult)

Looks very much like a herring Gull, except an almost indiscernible difference in size, and the blank ring on it's bill.

Thayer's Gull (Juvenile)

Gull Red-billed

Lava or Dusky Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Indian Skimmer (Mating pair)

After a lot of flirting and cavorting this pair of Indian Skimmers settled down for the business end of their courtship.

Black-headed Gull (First winter)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Black-billed Gull

The apparent ubiquity of this species may convince you otherwise but this bird is classified as "Nationally Critical". It's said to be the most threatened Gull species in the world.

Caspian Tern

Little Tern

This Little Tern was spotted near the shore of the Tudakul Lake, a salt water lake near Bukhara town in Uzbekistan.

European Herring Gull

California Gull (Juvenile)

Juvenile

Indian Skimmer (In flight)

Little Tern

Black-bellied Tern

Black-bellied Tern (In flight)

Black-billed Gull (Chick)

The ubiquity of this species belies that this bird is classified as "Nationally Critical". It's said to be the most threatened Gull species in the world.

Caspian Tern

Brown Noddy

Indian Skimmer (in flight)

Brown-headed Gull (Non breeding)

Indian Skimmer (Pair)

My first sighting of this species. The preservation of the Chambal ecosystem may be key to their survival.

Laughing Gull (Juvenile)

Common Tern