#birds of india

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Red Avadavat (male).

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Nature's Morning Serenade: Ashy Prinia delicately settled on Araucaria, embraced by the enchanting morning light. By view.from.shikhar

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Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes northern India

Photograph by Bibhas Deb

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Verditer flycatcher

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India has a stunning variety of unique avian life. Wildlife SOS photographer Akash Dolas usually brings us breathtaking leopard rescue images, but he also sees the huge biodiversity of the Western Ghat mountains of Maharashtra near our Leopard Rescue Centre. Akash photographed the moment this paradise flycatcher took flight, with an intense stare and a whip of its exquisite tail feathers.

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Native to the hilly forests of South and Southeast Asia, the Puff-throated Babbler is a brilliant little songbird. They often forage on the forest floor which is also where they build their nests.

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"The night has come, to take you to the other side"

//© Shaaz Jung

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In the northeastern part of India, the greater adjutant stork has been considered an ill omen for generations, and the endangered bird has paid the price. Its breeding population here fell to just 115 birds by the 1990s.

But when biologist Purnima Devi Barman witnessed villagers chop down a tree crowned with the storks’ nests — and chicks — she launched a grassroots effort to do something about it. Today, 10,000 women across the region have banded together to protect nests, raise fledglings, and run educational programs for children and adults explaining the benefits the storks bring to their communities. They even produce textiles that celebrate the giant bird — and bring critical income and empowerment to the local women who are safeguarding its future.

These efforts have been a resounding success for greater adjutant stork conservation. A recent survey found 1,830 of the distinctive birds in Assam, and the species’ status on the IUCN Red List has been changed from “endangered” to “near threatened” — a testament to what can be achieved with community conservation.

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A yellow footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) perches in a tree in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary, India

by Feather as a Light

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Grey-headed Swamphen (Purple Swamphen), and White-breasted Waterhen.

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You know I'm in trouble when there aren't any photographs of me.

Himalayan Quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)

Western Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India

Status: Critically Endangered, possibly extinct

Threats: unknown

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It hasn't been recorded by Western science since 1876 but hey, maybe nobody has asked the locals? (that's actually very possible)

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This animal was requested! It is the closest living relative of the dodo.

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Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Kerala, India

photograph by Nidhin Basheer

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