Muscicapidae
Includes chats, robins, redstarts, forktails etc. Large family of passerine insectivores.
Desert Wheatear
Wheatear,
White-capped Redstart
Redstart,
Blue Whistling Thrush
Thrush,
Plumbeous Water Redstart (Male)
Redstart,
Pied Bushchat (Male)
Bushchat,
Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)
Niltava,
Isabelline Wheatear
Wheatear,
Blue Rock Thrush (Female)
Found near the peak of Devirammana betta
Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.
Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Pied Bushchat (Female)
Bushchat,
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.
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.
Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat
Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro
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.
Verditer Flycatcher (Male)
Flycatcher,
Indian Robin (Male)
Robin,
Blue-fronted Redstart
Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.
Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)
Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.
Flycatcher,Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Common Stonechat
Stonechat,
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.
Little Pied Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Black Redstart (Female)
Redstart,
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
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
Blue Rock Thrush (Female)
Thrush,
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)
Flycatcher,
Common Stonechat (Female)
Stonechat,
Spotted Morning Thrush
Thrush,
Red-tailed Wheatear
Wheatear,
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Male)
Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.
Flycatcher,Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Indian Robin (Female)
Robin,
Black Redstart
This Redstart had just caught an insect
Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect
White-winged Redstart (♂)
Redstart,
White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)
Bushchat,
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.
White-winged Redstart (♀)
Redstart,
White-rumped Shama
Shama,
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.
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.
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)
Rock Thrush,
