The Greater Coucal The Greater Coucal Or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis) Pictures and Detail  I first time came across this bird on the roadside when I was driving. It is common to find Greater Coucal in all parts of Punjab state of India. This bird is also known as Crow Pheasant and its scientific name is Centropus sinensis . Download our App Beautiful Indian Birds   (Update 28/01/16 - Now, I often Greater_Coucal (Crow Pheasant) around because we can find this bird in good numbers. The picture below, I took a few days back when I was travelling to the fields. In this picture, I found a clear shot of Crow Pheasant with a few more pics. Though, I have lost my Greater_Coucal friend because of relocation to a new city; however, I still miss him.) Greater Coucal in Outdoor The first thing I noticed about this bird is its big size and shy nature. Later I found that a few Greater Coucal (Crow Pheasant) lives near my home too and they sometimes come home to eat lef

A Grey -headed Yellow Wagtail Grey -headed Yellow Wagtail or Dark-headed Yellow Wagtail  The most difficult thing is to find the exact name of wagtail because we can find many wagtails and their subspecies. It took me 5 hours to reach at this conclusion that this a Grey -headed or Dark-headed yellow wagtail. In Punjab, India, Grey -headed Yellow Wagtail is mentioned in a list of birds found in Punjab.  This bird is a subspecies of Western Yellow Wagtail; therefore, many people commonly refer it as a Yellow Wagtail and its scientific name is Motocilla Flava thunbergi . In the tiny birds, we can find many varieties of birds and their subspecies make your job even tougher.  Grey -headed Wagtail These birds are Dark Grey or Grey  headed till the cheeks. We find white color on checks in females which may be missing in male Dark-headed yellow wagtails. They have olive color above and yellow color on the bottom and in some cases we can find presence of some white

House Sparrow Female House Sparrow Male House Sparrow  (Passer Domesticus) Pictures and Detail  Up to a few years back, House Sparrows never needed any special introduction in India because it was very common to see these tiny beautiful birds around the human habitats in cities and villages. However, within the last five-six years, they almost disappeared from most Indian cities and villages.  I know these birds very well because many of the House Sparrows were visiting our home since my childhood. They used to come very close to my mother when she was cleaning rice or other grains so that they can catch the rice or grain which is thrown out by her.  ------- Support this Blog and my Bird Photography ------ Group of House Sparrow eating Left away Rice We are also starting to feed these birds with rice or leftover food and they become daily visitors to our home. Everything was fine till 10 years back when House sparrows were visiting our home; however, then

Asian Koel (male) Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) Picture and Detail It is common to find people who are aware of the sweet voice of Koels because, during the mating season, Koels give very sweet calls " Koo -Ooo". We can easily hear their sweet calls of Koo-ooo- koo -ooo in the morning and evening hours. However, the number of people who have seen it always remains less because the  Asian Koel is a very shy bird and it always hides well in dense trees. ` ------ Support this Blog and my Bird Photography ------- I am also aware of the sweet voice of Koel  from my childhood time; however, I got a chance to see it a few days back only. I followed the voice of Koel and found it on a tree. Thankfully, the tree was not very dense and I got a few  pictures of Koel .  Asian Koel from Bottom  The scientific name of the  Asian Koel is Eudynamys Scolopacieus and it is a bird of the Cuckoo order bird family. This bird is mainly found in Asia and China. Though

Brown Rock (Indian) Chat  Brown Rock (Indian) Chat Pictures and Detail Brown Rock Chat is one of the common birds, we can observe these small brown birds even in urban areas. Brown Rock Chat is also called I ndian Chat because it is mainly found in central and northern India. The scientific name of the Indian chat is Cercomela fusca and it belongs to the chat (Saxicolinae) subfamily of birds.  ------Download our app Beautiful Indian Birds --------- A small Brown Rock Chat or Indian chat   My encounter with Brown Rock Chat is very common because a pair of these birds live near my home and I constantly get a chance to see them. I mostly see them in pairs and they don't mind coming close to me. They also enjoy me capturing their pictures and allow me to come close to them. Sometimes, we even find this bird making sweet calls as shown in the picture below. These small brown birds are capable of making eight different types of calls like threat call, territor

Two Eurasian Common Moorhen Eurasian Common Moorhen Pictures and Detail  During my visit to the Kandi forest in Punjab in search of Peacock pictures , I came across a small water reservoir which was a sand dam to collect following water. Here I found a few black birds floating on the water. Later, I found that these are Eurasian Common Moorhen s.  Common Moorhen Swimming  There were dozen of Common Moorhen present in this small artificial water lake. I visited this place three times and everytime , I found these birds. The scientific name of these birds is Gallinula Chloropus  and they are also called Swamp Chicken . Indian Common Morrhen belong to the Rallidae family of birds. Eurasian Common Moorhen These birds looked shy in nature and they were moving away from me as I was approaching near them. Common Moorhens are omnivorous. It eats seeds, water-vegetation, algae, small fishes, aquatic plants, tadpoles, insects, berries, grass and many more. Gr

The Eurasian stone-curlew The Eurasian stone-curlew Pictures and Detail (Burhinus oedicnemus) While moving in the search of Peafowls, I came across a pair of these birds. My wife, pointed out that there is a bird on the ground on her side. Soon, we noticed that it is the pair of birds. Later, I searched for this bird and found that it's name is Eurasian Stone-curlew . It is also known as stone curlew and Eurasian thick-knee . Its scientific name is Burhinus Oedicnemus and it belongs to Burhinidae (Stone-curlew) bird family. Stone-curlew (female) I saw Eurasian stone-curlew for the first time and I was lucky enough to get some of their pictures. The best way to recognize these birds is to look for yellow bleak with black tip. These birds are mainly noctarnal in nature; therefore, we don't find them much in day. Pair of Eurasian Stone-Curlew These birds are found in Europe, north Africa and many parts of Asia. Eurasian Thick-Knee mainly eat insects, small r