Muscicapidae

Includes chats, robins, redstarts, forktails etc. Large family of passerine insectivores.

Indian Robin (Male)

Robin,

Common Stonechat (Female)

Stonechat,

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

Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)

Niltava,

Pied Bushchat (Female)

Bushchat,

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)

Rock Thrush,

Indian Robin (Female)

Robin,

Indian Chat

Chat,

Little Pied Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Blue Whistling Thrush

Thrush,

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Pied Bushchat (Male)

Bushchat,

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Verditer Flycatcher (Male)

Flycatcher,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Male)

Redstart,

Black Redstart

This Redstart had just caught an insect

Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect

Blue-fronted Redstart

Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)

Flycatcher,

Cliff Chat

Chat,

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.

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)

Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.

Flycatcher,Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.

Sooty Chat (♀)

Chat,

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.

Isabelline Wheatear

Wheatear,

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Red-tailed Wheatear

Wheatear,

White-winged Redstart (♀)

Redstart,

White-rumped Shama

Shama,

Spotted Morning Thrush

Thrush,

White-winged Redstart (♂)

Redstart,

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.

Common Stonechat

Stonechat,

White-capped Redstart

Redstart,

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.

Black Redstart (Female)

Redstart,

Red-breasted Flycatcher (Male)

Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.

Flycatcher,Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.

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.

Indian Blue Robin

Robin,

White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)

Bushchat,

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Thrush,

Desert Wheatear

This Desert Wheatear was shot near an historic fort called the Ayaz Kala in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

Wheatear,This Desert Wheatear was shot near an historic fort called the Ayaz Kala in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat

Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

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.

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.

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Flycatcher,