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