Muscicapidae

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

Indian Chat

Chat,

Spotted Morning Thrush

Thrush,

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Male)

Redstart,

Pied Bushchat (Male)

Bushchat,

Cliff Chat

Chat,

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.

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.

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)

Flycatcher,

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)

Rock Thrush,

Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)

Niltava,

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.

Little Pied 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,

White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)

Bushchat,

Indian Robin (Male)

Robin,

White-capped Redstart

Redstart,

White-winged Redstart (♂)

Redstart,

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Indian Robin (Female)

Robin,

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Blue-fronted Redstart

Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

White-rumped Shama

Shama,

Red-tailed Wheatear

Wheatear,

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat

Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Black Redstart (Female)

Redstart,

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.

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.

Common Stonechat (Female)

Stonechat,

Isabelline Wheatear

Wheatear,

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.

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.

Pied Bushchat (Female)

Bushchat,

Indian Blue Robin

Robin,

White-winged 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.

Blue Whistling Thrush

Thrush,

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)

Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.

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

Verditer Flycatcher (Male)

Flycatcher,

Red-breasted Flycatcher (Male)

Spotted in a Mango orchard in the Konkan area.

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

Black Redstart

This Redstart had just caught an insect

Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect