Indian Pond Heron

Ardeola grayii

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2025-11-19. Gennadiy Dyakin: Sultan Tit.

2025-11-14. Gennadiy Dyakin: White-breasted Waterhen, Red-wattled Lapwing, Eurasian Moorhen, Little Grebe, Cattle Egret, White-throated Kingfisher, Indian Chat, Pied Bushchat, Bank Myna, White Wagtail, Green Bee-eater, White Wagtail, Ultramarine Flycatcher, Bluethroat, Greater Coucal, Ashy Prinia, Indian Silverbill, Imperial Eagle, Black Kite, Glossy Ibis, River Tern, Purple Heron, Intermediate Egret, Little Cormorant, Intermediate Egret, Black-headed Ibis, Purple Sunbird, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Comb Duck, Oriental Darter, Gray Heron, Streak-throated Swallow, Northern Shoveler, Bar-headed Goose, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Temminck's Stint, Graceful Prinia, Ruff, Ashy Prinia, Green-winged Teal, Wire-tailed Swallow, Oriental Pipit, Oriental Skylark, Rosy Pipit, Common Snipe, Red-naped Ibis, Plain Prinia, Siberian Stonechat.

2025-11-13. Gennadiy Dyakin: Bank Myna, Common Myna, House Crow, Black-rumped Flameback, Brown-headed Barbet, Indian Robin, Greater Coucal, Rock Pigeon, Green Bee-eater, Alexandrine Parakeet, Glossy Ibis, Yellow-footed Pigeon, Spotted Owlet, Indian Chat, Large Gray Babbler, Common Sandpiper, Painted Stork, Indian Pond-Heron, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Yellow-footed Pigeon, Citrine Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail, Black Drongo, Purple Swamphen, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Gray-throated Martin, Asian Pied Starling, Sind Sparrow, Rosy Starling, Rock Pigeon, Common Greenshank, Laughing Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove.

2025-11-12. Gennadiy Dyakin: Oriental White-eye, Gray-hooded Warbler, White-rumped Munia, Striated Prinia, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Dusky Warbler, Common Tailorbird, Red-vented Bulbul, Gray-backed Shrike, Black Bulbul, Black-naped Monarch, Asian Barred Owlet, Himalayan Swiftlet, Common Tailorbird, Black Drongo, House Sparrow, Asian Palm-Swift, Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

2025-11-11. Gennadiy Dyakin: Ashy Bulbul, Blue-throated Barbet, Common Iora, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Black-crested Bulbul, Green-tailed Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Plain Flowerpecker, Large Woodshrike, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, Gray-breasted Prinia, Black-naped Monarch, Sultan Tit, Scarlet Minivet, Oriental White-eye, Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-vented Bulbul, Indian Roller, Black-naped Monarch, Scarlet Minivet, Cinereous Tit, Oriental Turtle-Dove, Gray Treepie, Long-tailed Minivet, Black Bulbul, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Common Rosefinch, Burmese Shrike, Shikra, Asian Barred Owlet, Black Redstart, Tickell's Leaf-Warbler, Mountain Bamboo-Partridge, Stripe-breasted Woodpecker, Black-naped Monarch, Striated Yuhina, White-throated Bulbul, Barred Cuckoo-Dove, Black Redstart, Yellow-vented Warbler, Bronzed Drongo, Plaintive Cuckoo, Crested Goshawk, Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo.

2025-11-10. Gennadiy Dyakin: Moustached Laughingthrush, Black Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Common Rosefinch, Red-rumped Swallow, Gray Treepie, Dark-sided Flycatcher, Crested Goshawk, Oriental White-eye, Great Barbet, Gray-breasted Prinia, Yellow-eyed Babbler, Large-billed Crow, Scarlet Minivet, Crimson Sunbird, Bronzed Drongo, White-throated Kingfisher, Rufous-necked Laughingthrush, Yellow-throated Laughingthrush, Rosy Minivet, Chestnut Bunting, Blue-throated Barbet, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scarlet Minivet, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Crested Goshawk, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Plain Flowerpecker, Yellow-browed Warbler, Gray-hooded Warbler, Black-throated Tit, Scarlet Minivet, Gray-breasted Prinia, Eurasian Hoopoe, Gray-backed Shrike, Tickell's Leaf-Warbler, Bronzed Drongo, Long-tailed Shrike, Pied Bushchat, Bluethroat, Oriental Honey-buzzard, White-rumped Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia.

2025-11-07. Gennadiy Dyakin: Mountain Bamboo-Partridge.

2022-03-12. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Indian Roller.

2022-02-15. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Large Grey Babbler.

2022-02-14. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Indian Robin.

2022-01-20. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Booted Warbler.

2022-01-17. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Indian Paradise Flycatcher.

2022-01-07. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Indian Paradise Flycatcher.

2022-01-02. Dr.Jayaprakash V: Indian Robin.

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2024-01-18. to photo # 00010016301 (Indian Paradise Flycatcher)

Shine: Found Male in Taj Kumarakom

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2022-01-22. to photo # 00060029301 (Indian Golden Oriole)

Anna: Nice shot!

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2022-01-04. to photo # 00060012401 (Eurasian Buzzard)

Dr.Jayaprakash V: Thank you for the ID correction, Askar!

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2022-01-04. to photo # 00060021301 (Chestnut-Tailed Starling)

Dr.Jayaprakash V: You are right! Thank you!

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2021-12-04. to photo # 03650000201 (Lesser Yellownape)

Andrew Simon: WOW!!!

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2021-12-04. to photo # 03620006501 (Spotted Owlet)

Andrew Simon: So funny! :-)

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2021-12-04. to photo # 03620006301 (Painted Stork)

Andrew Simon: Good shooting! This bird is one of my favorite!

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2021-12-04. to photo # 03620006401 (Little Grebe)

Andrew Simon: Impressive photo!!!

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2021-09-29. to photo # 00010015401 (Eastern Marsh Harrier)

Ashok Verma: How did you identify it to be Eastern Marsh harrier? Please specify. Other sightings in India?

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2021-03-02. to photo # 00060022801 (White-Throated Kingfisher)

Vladilen: Beautiful

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2021-02-14. to photo # 00100001201 (Black-Hooded Oriole)

Ram Krishnan: Thank you. much appreciated.

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2021-02-14. to photo # 00100001201 (Black-Hooded Oriole)

Askar Isabekov: Dear Ram, I separated your series, please correct date and move the red marker to point of taking photos of each your series.

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2021-02-01. to photo # 00010085203 (Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater)

Jeby: I found this bee eater in my place Kumily idukki

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2021-01-27. to photo # 00060012401 (Eurasian Buzzard)

Askar Isabekov: This birds is not White-Eyed Buzzard, because adult White-Eyed Buzzards have pale eyes but don't have streaked underparts (photo), juvenile ones have dark eyes (photo). This bird is fist winter Common Buzzard (sample).

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2021-01-27. to photo # 00060021301 (Chestnut-Tailed Starling)

伊莎贝尔科夫阿斯卡尔: This bird is Chestnut-Tailed Starling. Brahminy Starling in all plumages has dark cap in head.

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