Muscicapidae

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

Pied Bushchat (Female)

Bushchat,

Common Stonechat

Stonechat,

Blue Whistling Thrush

Thrush,

White-winged Redstart (♂)

Redstart,

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.

Black Redstart (Female)

Redstart,

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 (Male)

Redstart,

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Female)

Flycatcher,

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Indian Chat

Chat,

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

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.

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

Common Stonechat (Female)

Stonechat,

Indian Robin (Male)

Robin,

Alpine or Moorland or Hill Chat

Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chat,Snap taken on my trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)

Rock Thrush,

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Thrush,

Bluethroat (♀)

Bluethroat,

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.

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.

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Cliff Chat

Chat,

Isabelline Wheatear

Wheatear,

Sooty Chat (♀)

Chat,

Little Pied Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

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.

White-rumped Shama (♀)

Shama,

White-capped Redstart

Redstart,

Spotted Morning Thrush

Thrush,

Rufous-bellied Niltava (♂)

Niltava,

Indian Blue Robin

Robin,

White-rumped Shama (♂)

Shama,

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (♂)

Spotted this on our morning walk from Phedang campsite.

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

Indian Robin (Female)

Robin,

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (Male)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Flycatcher,White-bellied Blue Flycatcher in Thattekad.

Pied Bushchat (Male)

Bushchat,

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Flycatcher,

Blue-fronted Redstart

Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Redstart,Shot at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Red-tailed 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.

White-winged Redstart (♀)

Redstart,

Blue Rock Thrush (Female)

Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

Thrush,Found near the peak of Devirammana betta

White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat (♂)

Bushchat,

Black Redstart

This Redstart had just caught an insect

Redstart,This Redstart had just caught an insect

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.