IMG_7490.jpgGrass Owl
Scientific name - Tyto capensis
Habitat - Fairly common in grasslands and canefields. |
IMG_7757.jpgOriental Pratincole
Scientific name - Glareola maldivarum
Habitat - Common in drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields. |
IMG_7783.jpgOriental Pratincole
Scientific name - Glareola maldivarum
Habitat - Common in drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields. |
IMG_7507.jpgWhite-browed Crake
Scientific name - Porzana cinerea
Habitat - Common in wide variety of wetlands from ricefields to tidal marshes and edges to lakes. |
IMG_7583.jpgCommon Moorhen
Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus
Habitat - Common in wetlands with open water with fringing emergent vegetation like marshes and ponds. |
IMG_7595.jpgPied Bushchat (male)
Scientific name - Saxicola caprata
Habitat - common in drier open country, grasslands and cultivated areas at all elevations.
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IMG_7711.jpgPied Bushchat (male)
Scientific name - Saxicola caprata
Habitat - common in drier open country, grasslands and cultivated areas at all elevations.
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IMG_7566.jpgWhiskered Tern
Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus
Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.
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IMG_7553.jpgBlack-crowned Night-Heron
Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax
Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.
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IMG_7733.jpgWhite-Breasted Waterhen
Scientific name - Amaurornis phoenicurus
Habitat - Common in wetter areas - grasslands, marshes and mangroves.
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IMG_7621.jpgLittle Grebe
Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.
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IMG_7622.jpgLittle Grebe
Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.
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IMG_7626.jpgLittle Grebe
Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.
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IMG_7632.jpgPheasant-Tailed Jacana
Scientific name - Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Habitat - Locally common in wetlands with floating and emergent vegetation.
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IMG_7645.jpgI didn't spend the bulk of my energy hiking and carrying gear this time.
The reliable Kia 4x4, driven by Rommel, allowed me to reach the shooting ground fresh and still fully charged. |
