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