Muscicapidae
Includes chats, robins, redstarts, forktails etc. Large family of passerine insectivores.
Pied Bushchat (Female)
Bushchat,
Blue-fronted Redstart
Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.
Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.
White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)
Bushchat,
Common Stonechat (Female)
Stonechat,
Desert Wheatear
Wheatear,
White-rumped Shama
Shama,
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Male)
One half of a pair of Tickell's Blue that live under the foliage of a large mango tree in our farm.
Flycatcher,One half of a pair of Tickell's Blue that live under the foliage of a large mango tree in our farm.
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.
Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.
White-winged Redstart (♀)
Redstart,
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)
Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.
Flycatcher,Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.
Indian Robin (Male)
Robin,
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Plumbeous Water Redstart (♂)
Both the male and the female were taking turns to feed this demanding chick. She appeared bigger than either of her parents, but she'll probably shed most of her weight once she started flying.
Redstart,Both the male and the female were taking turns to feed this demanding chick. She appeared bigger than either of her parents, but she'll probably shed most of her weight once she started flying.
Little Pied Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Male)
Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.
Flycatcher,Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Bluethroat
It just felt like the Bluethroats were not only more numerous but also a lot more bolder. This one let me take my sweet time to compose the shot and click.
Bluethroat,It just felt like the Bluethroats were not only more numerous but also a lot more bolder. This one let me take my sweet time to compose the shot and click.
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Common Stonechat
Stonechat,
White-capped Redstart
Redstart,
Black Redstart
This Redstart had just caught an insect
Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect
Plumbeous Water Redstart (Male)
Redstart,
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Spotted Morning Thrush
Thrush,
Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)
Niltava,
White-winged Redstart (♂)
Redstart,
Blue Rock Thrush (Female)
Thrush,
Isabelline Wheatear
Wheatear,
Blue-capped Rock Thrush
This brilliantly coloured individual was flitting about near our tent.
Thrush,This brilliantly coloured individual was flitting about near our tent.
Blue Whistling Thrush
Thrush,
Plumbeous Water Redstart (♂)
This male was taking a bath in one of the streams near the Bakhim campsite.
Redstart,This male was taking a bath in one of the streams near the Bakhim campsite.
Pied Bushchat (Male)
Bushchat,
Plumbeous Water Redstart (♀)
Photographed this female with a chick larger than her (behind) at a waterfall near Yuksom.
Redstart,Photographed this female with a chick larger than her (behind) at a waterfall near Yuksom.
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Unsure about this ID since I got only a few glimpses of ths bird in dense foliage
Flycatcher,Unsure about this ID since I got only a few glimpses of ths bird in dense foliage
Black Redstart (Female)
Redstart,
Indian Robin (Female)
Robin,
Hodgson's Redstart
Doubtful about the ID, but I'm basing this one on having spotted the male in around the same place.
Redstart,Doubtful about the ID, but I'm basing this one on having spotted the male in around the same place.
Blue Rock Thrush (Female)
Found near the peak of Devirammana betta
Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta
Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat
Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro
Verditer Flycatcher (Male)
Flycatcher,
Red-tailed Wheatear
Wheatear,
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)
Flycatcher,
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)
Rock Thrush,
