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 Blue Robin

Robin,

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,

Sooty Chat (♀)

Chat,

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,

Indian 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.

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,

Cliff Chat

Chat,

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (♂)

Rock Thrush,