Ash Dibyendu. Indian Birds Club

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Galliformes

Anseriformes

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Suliformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Pelecaniformes

Phaethontiformes

Falconiformes

Accipitriformes

Otidiformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Ibidorhynchidae

Recurvirostridae

Pterocliformes

Columbiformes

Psittaciformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Trogoniformes

Coraciiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Pachycephalidae

Paradoxornithidae

Ash Dibyendu

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total species: 314 total photos: 326 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Red-breasted Parakeet (2012-01-15)

2. Streak-throated Woodpecker (2012-01-26)

3. Asian Koel (2012-01-26)

4. Black-rumped Flameback (2012-02-04)

5. Spotted Dove (2012-05-06)

6. Rock Pigeon (2012-05-07)

7. Slaty-legged Crake (2012-05-20)

8. Eurasian Collared-Dove (2012-06-03)

9. Little Grebe (2012-07-12)

10. Lesser Whistling-Duck (2012-09-24)

11. Coppersmith Barbet (2012-10-07)

12. Cattle Egret (2012-10-07)

13. Barred Buttonquail (2012-11-12)

14. Greater Flameback (2012-11-12)

15. Cotton Pygmy-Goose (2012-12-09)

16. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (2012-12-29)

17. Gray Junglefowl (2012-12-31)

18. Little Cormorant (2013-01-09)

19. Northern Pintail (2013-01-13)

20. Yellow Bittern (2013-01-13)

21. Bronze-winged Jacana (2013-01-13)

22. Gray-bellied Cuckoo (2013-01-13)

23. Gadwall (2013-01-24)

24. Slaty-breasted Rail (2013-01-24)

25. Green-winged Teal (2013-02-13)

26. Gray Francolin (2013-02-14)

27. Pied Avocet (2013-02-14)

28. Laughing Dove (2013-02-14)

29. Red-naped Ibis (2013-02-15)

30. Demoiselle Crane (2013-02-15)

31. Pale-backed Pigeon (2013-02-15)

32. Cream-colored Courser (2013-02-15)

33. Indian Courser (2013-02-15)

34. Eurasian Hoopoe (2013-02-17)

35. Gray Heron (2013-02-17)

36. Painted Stork (2013-02-17)

37. Great White Pelican (2013-02-17)

38. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-02-17)

39. Oriental Darter (2013-02-17)

40. Indian Cormorant (2013-02-17)

41. Eurasian Moorhen (2013-02-17)

42. Sarus Crane (2013-02-17)

43. Graylag Goose (2013-02-18)

44. Comb Duck (2013-02-18)

45. Indian Spot-billed Duck (2013-02-18)

46. Northern Shoveler (2013-02-18)

47. Indian Gray Hornbill (2013-02-18)

48. Black Bittern (2013-02-18)

49. Eurasian Spoonbill (2013-02-18)

50. Glossy Ibis (2013-02-18)

51. Black-headed Ibis (2013-02-18)

52. Great Cormorant (2013-02-18)

53. Purple Swamphen (2013-02-18)

54. Eurasian Coot (2013-02-18)

55. Yellow-wattled Lapwing (2013-02-18)

56. Red-wattled Lapwing (2013-02-18)

57. Brown-headed Barbet (2013-02-19)

58. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (2013-02-24)

59. Gull-billed Tern (2013-02-24)

60. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-02-24)

61. Great Knot (2013-02-24)

62. Common Redshank (2013-02-24)

63. Common Sandpiper (2013-02-24)

64. Common Greenshank (2013-02-24)

65. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-03-07)

66. Brown-breasted Flycatcher (2013-03-24)

67. Red-crested Pochard (2013-04-07)

68. Wreathed Hornbill (2013-04-07)

69. Taiga Flycatcher (2013-04-07)

70. Gray-throated Martin (2013-04-07)

71. Oriental Pied-Hornbill (2013-04-08)

72. Vernal Hanging-Parrot (2013-04-08)

73. Painted Sandgrouse (2013-04-14)

74. Sirkeer Malkoha (2013-04-14)

75. Indian Pond-Heron (2013-04-22)

76. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2013-04-27)

77. Himalayan Woodpecker (2013-06-13)

78. Hill Pigeon (2013-08-11)

79. Tibetan Sandgrouse (2013-08-12)

80. Black-necked Crane (2013-08-12)

81. Bar-headed Goose (2013-08-13)

82. Chukar (2013-08-17)

83. Common Merganser (2013-08-17)

84. Pied Cuckoo (2013-09-10)

85. Common Hawk-Cuckoo (2013-09-10)

86. Verditer Flycatcher (2013-10-16)

87. Brown-fronted Woodpecker (2013-11-17)

88. Streaked Laughingthrush (2013-11-17)

89. Intermediate Egret (2013-11-29)

90. Abbott's Babbler (2014-01-07)

91. Speckled Wood-Pigeon (2014-01-08)

92. Gray-faced Woodpecker (2014-01-10)

93. Slaty-blue Flycatcher (2014-01-10)

94. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (2014-01-13)

95. Oriental Turtle-Dove (2014-01-15)

96. Blue-throated Barbet (2014-04-10)

97. White-breasted Waterhen (2014-05-03)

98. Blue Whistling-Thrush (2014-05-09)

99. Gold-naped Finch (2014-05-09)

100. Green-tailed Sunbird (2014-05-09)

101. Gray-winged Blackbird (2014-05-10)

102. Himalayan Monal (2014-05-11)

103. Fire-tailed Myzornis (2014-05-11)

104. Greenish Warbler (2014-05-11)

105. Gray-sided Bush-Warbler (2014-05-11)

106. White-browed Fulvetta (2014-05-11)

107. Black-faced Laughingthrush (2014-05-12)

108. Dark-breasted Rosefinch (2014-05-12)

109. Dark-rumped Rosefinch (2014-05-12)

110. Fire-tailed Sunbird (2014-05-12)

111. Hume's Lark (2014-05-13)

112. Plain Mountain-Finch (2014-05-13)

113. Red-billed Chough (2014-05-13)

114. Snow Pigeon (2014-05-13)

115. White-capped Redstart (2014-05-13)

116. Striated Heron (2014-08-22)

117. Asian Openbill (2014-09-09)

118. Bengal Weaver (2014-09-09)

119. Baya Weaver (2014-09-09)

120. Hill Partridge (2014-10-04)

121. Ultramarine Flycatcher (2014-10-04)

122. Yellow Weaver (2014-10-05)

123. Brown-capped Woodpecker (2014-10-06)

124. Lesser Yellownape (2014-10-06)

125. Great Slaty Woodpecker (2014-10-07)

126. Great Barbet (2014-10-08)

127. Dark-sided Flycatcher (2014-10-09)

128. Indian Peafowl (2014-10-12)

129. Painted Spurfowl (2014-10-13)

130. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (2014-11-01)

131. Greater Coucal (2014-11-15)

132. Slaty-headed Parakeet (2014-12-01)

133. Common Pochard (2014-12-03)

134. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (2014-12-03)

135. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (2014-12-03)

136. Pallas's Gull (2014-12-03)

137. Terek Sandpiper (2014-12-16)

138. Green Sandpiper (2014-12-31)

139. Brown Dipper (2015-02-01)

140. Great Hornbill (2015-02-02)

141. Little Egret (2015-03-07)

142. Great Egret (2015-03-08)

143. Lesser Sand-Plover (2015-04-03)

144. Little Ringed Plover (2015-04-03)

145. Black-bellied Plover (2015-04-04)

146. Kentish Plover (2015-04-04)

147. Common Tern (2015-04-04)

148. Kalij Pheasant (2015-04-21)

149. Great Parrotbill (2015-05-16)

150. Scaly Laughingthrush (2015-05-16)

151. Spotted Laughingthrush (2015-05-16)

152. Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler (2015-05-17)

153. Whiskered Yuhina (2015-05-19)

154. White-throated Laughingthrush (2015-05-23)

155. Gray-throated Babbler (2015-05-24)

156. Red-billed Leiothrix (2015-05-24)

157. Red-tailed Minla (2015-05-24)

158. Small Niltava (2015-05-24)

159. Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (2015-05-25)

160. Satyr Tragopan (2015-05-28)

161. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-05-29)

162. White-winged Grosbeak (2015-05-29)

163. Barred Cuckoo-Dove (2015-05-31)

164. Fulvous Parrotbill (2015-05-31)

165. Buffy Fish-Owl (2015-06-25)

166. Jungle Bush-Quail (2015-06-29)

167. Little Tern (2015-07-11)

168. Red Junglefowl (2015-07-20)

169. Rufous Woodpecker (2015-08-10)

170. Darjeeling Woodpecker (2015-10-30)

171. Asian Emerald Cuckoo (2015-11-02)

172. Large Hawk-Cuckoo (2015-11-03)

173. Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (2015-11-06)

174. Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (2015-11-22)

175. Ashy Wood-Pigeon (2015-11-25)

176. Greater Yellownape (2015-11-26)

177. Ferruginous Duck (2015-11-27)

178. Brown Crake (2015-11-27)

179. White-tailed Lapwing (2015-11-27)

180. Snow Partridge (2015-12-01)

181. Variegated Laughingthrush (2015-12-02)

182. Sikkim Treecreeper (2015-12-12)

183. Black-tailed Crake (2016-02-15)

184. White-browed Piculet (2016-02-19)

185. Tufted Duck (2016-03-27)

186. Little Pied Flycatcher (2016-03-30)

187. White-tailed Nuthatch (2016-03-30)

188. Blue-throated Flycatcher (2016-03-31)

189. Speckled Piculet (2016-04-11)

190. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker (2016-04-23)

191. Great Crested Grebe (2016-04-24)

192. Ferruginous Flycatcher (2016-04-26)

193. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (2016-04-28)

194. Red-headed Trogon (2016-04-30)

195. Pale Blue-Flycatcher (2016-05-09)

196. Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (2016-05-09)

197. Bay Woodpecker (2016-05-11)

198. White-browed Shortwing (2016-05-14)

199. Golden-throated Barbet (2016-05-15)

200. Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (2016-05-27)

201. Wedge-tailed Pigeon (2016-05-27)

202. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (2016-05-28)

203. Rufous-bellied Niltava (2016-05-28)

204. Black Francolin (2016-05-29)

205. Orange-breasted Pigeon (2016-07-27)

206. Asian Barred Owlet (2016-09-22)

207. Yellow-bellied Warbler (2016-09-22)

208. Blyth's Pipit (2016-09-23)

209. Golden Bush-Robin (2016-09-24)

210. Blood Pheasant (2016-09-26)

211. Fire-capped Tit (2016-10-06)

212. White-crested Laughingthrush (2016-10-08)

213. Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (2016-10-08)

214. Common Green-Magpie (2016-10-08)

215. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (2016-10-09)

216. Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (2016-10-09)

217. Blue-winged Laughingthrush (2016-10-30)

218. Striped Laughingthrush (2016-11-03)

219. Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo (2016-11-15)

220. Rufous-necked Hornbill (2016-11-22)

221. Lineated Barbet (2016-11-23)

222. Himalayan Flameback (2016-11-29)

223. Banded Bay Cuckoo (2016-11-29)

224. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-12-03)

225. Assam Laughingthrush (2016-12-23)

226. Green Cochoa (2016-12-24)

227. Yellow-rumped Honeyguide (2017-01-07)

228. Rusty-flanked Treecreeper (2017-01-08)

229. Large Niltava (2017-02-06)

230. Himalayan Swiftlet (2017-02-19)

231. Sapphire Flycatcher (2017-02-26)

232. Snowy-browed Flycatcher (2017-02-26)

233. River Lapwing (2017-03-11)

234. Solitary Snipe (2017-03-11)

235. Slaty-backed Flycatcher (2017-03-13)

236. Wallcreeper (2017-03-14)

237. House Swift (2017-03-20)

238. Greater Adjutant (2017-03-20)

239. Lesser Adjutant (2017-03-21)

240. Black-necked Stork (2017-03-21)

241. Garganey (2017-03-21)

242. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (2017-04-02)

243. Nepal House-Martin (2017-04-16)

244. White-throated Needletail (2017-09-14)

245. Common Cuckoo (2017-09-23)

246. Green-billed Malkoha (2017-09-28)

247. Wood Sandpiper (2017-12-26)

248. Spot-billed Pelican (2017-12-27)

249. Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon (2017-12-27)

250. White-winged Duck (2017-12-29)

251. Common Shelduck (2018-01-04)

252. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (2018-01-20)

253. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (2018-05-06)

254. Gray-sided Laughingthrush (2018-07-05)

255. Himalayan Cuckoo (2018-09-23)

256. Asian House-Martin (2018-09-24)

257. Dark-rumped Swift (2018-10-17)

258. Mountain Bamboo-Partridge (2018-10-19)

259. Yellow-throated Laughingthrush (2018-10-20)

260. White-browed Laughingthrush (2018-10-21)

261. Gray-headed Parakeet (2018-10-21)

262. Ibisbill (2018-11-19)

263. White-bellied Heron (2018-11-20)

264. Bhutan Laughingthrush (2018-11-21)

265. Hodgson's Treecreeper (2018-11-22)

266. Yellow-footed Pigeon (2018-12-10)

267. Plum-headed Parakeet (2018-12-10)

268. Woolly-necked Stork (2018-12-11)

269. Alexandrine Parakeet (2018-12-11)

270. Gray-headed Lapwing (2018-12-24)

271. Purple Heron (2018-12-25)

272. Watercock (2018-12-25)

273. Swamp Francolin (2018-12-27)

274. Falcated Duck (2018-12-27)

275. Mallard (2018-12-27)

276. Northern Lapwing (2018-12-27)

277. Indian Thick-knee (2018-12-29)

278. Black Stork (2018-12-31)

279. Small Pratincole (2018-12-31)

280. Bengal Florican (2019-01-02)

281. Greater Flamingo (2019-01-11)

282. Black-winged Stilt (2019-01-11)

283. Ruff (2019-01-11)

284. Common Snipe (2019-01-11)

285. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-01-11)

286. Little Stint (2019-01-11)

287. Temminck's Stint (2019-01-11)

288. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (2019-01-12)

289. Indian Bustard (2019-01-14)

290. River Tern (2019-01-14)

291. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2019-01-15)

292. Common Crane (2019-01-15)

293. Pacific Golden-Plover (2019-01-19)

294. Eurasian Curlew (2019-01-20)

295. Whimbrel (2019-01-21)

296. Rose-ringed Parakeet (2019-01-24)

297. Black-headed Gull (2019-01-25)

298. Caspian Tern (2019-02-03)

299. Whiskered Tern (2019-02-03)

300. Brown-headed Gull (2019-02-03)

301. Purple Cochoa (2019-02-20)

302. Ward's Trogon (2019-03-24)

303. Pale-capped Pigeon (2019-04-13)

304. Thick-billed Pigeon (2019-04-13)

305. Pin-tailed Pigeon (2019-04-13)

306. Plaintive Cuckoo (2019-04-13)

307. Emerald Dove (2019-04-17)

308. Lesser Coucal (2019-04-17)

309. Green Imperial-Pigeon (2019-04-18)

310. Indian Cuckoo (2019-04-24)

311. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (2019-04-25)

312. Eurasian Hobby (2019-04-29)

313. Lesser Shortwing (2019-04-30)

314. Chestnut Bunting (2019-11-05)

recent uploads

2020-04-26. Chestnut Bunting.

2020-04-09. Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon.

2020-04-06. Sirkeer Malkoha.

2020-04-05. Greater Coucal, Lesser Coucal, Green-billed Malkoha.

2020-04-04. Asian Emerald Cuckoo, Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, Asian Koel.

2020-04-03. Indian Cuckoo, Himalayan Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Banded Bay Cuckoo, Gray-bellied Cuckoo, Plaintive Cuckoo.

2020-04-02. Large Hawk-Cuckoo, Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo.

2020-03-29. Slaty-headed Parakeet, Pied Cuckoo, Common Hawk-Cuckoo.

2020-03-28. Plum-headed Parakeet.

2020-03-27. Red-breasted Parakeet, Gray-headed Parakeet, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Alexandrine Parakeet.

2019-06-29. Eurasian Hobby, Vernal Hanging-Parrot, Bengal Weaver, Baya Weaver, Yellow Weaver.

2019-05-07. Ward's Trogon, Thick-billed Pigeon, Pin-tailed Pigeon, Emerald Dove, Lesser Shortwing, White-browed Shortwing.

2019-05-05. Eurasian Collared-Dove, Spotted Dove, Laughing Dove, Orange-breasted Pigeon, Yellow-footed Pigeon, Wedge-tailed Pigeon.

2019-05-02. Pale-capped Pigeon, Speckled Wood-Pigeon, Ashy Wood-Pigeon, Green Imperial-Pigeon, Mountain Imperial-Pigeon, Barred Cuckoo-Dove, Oriental Turtle-Dove.

2019-03-01. Purple Cochoa, Green Cochoa, Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, Assam Laughingthrush.

recent comments

2020-04-09. to photo # 03360032401 (Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon)

Dibyendu Ash: How to rule out Thick-billed: No red bill base; rule out pin-tailed: Note the tail; Orange-breasted: note the rump, no gray tail

2018-09-17. to photo # 03360013301 (Dark-sided Flycatcher)

Sergey L. Volkov: Muscicapa sibirica: small bill, spotted breast.

2016-10-16. to photo # 03360003901 (Himalayan Monal)

Vladilen: Nice shot!

2015-09-09. to photo # 03360000101 (Himalayan Monal)

Belyalov Oleg: Superb

2015-08-03. to photo # 03360000101 (Himalayan Monal)

Askar Isabekov: Dear Dibyendu, welcome to the Indian Birds Club!

Big Year 2024

1. Dr.Jayaprakash V (5)

rare birds records

Nilgiri (Scaly) Thrush (Zoothera dauma neilgherriensis)

© Askar Isabekov
2017-12-02
Eravikulam National Park. Munnar, Kerala.

rare record

Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis)

© Garg Sudhir
2015-02-14
Mangalsar Dam ( Mansarover) Tehla Village, Alwar Dist, Rajasthan, India

Very rare winter visitor.

more rarities...

recent video

2020-04-14. Hoopoe (Dr.Jayaprakash V).

2020-04-10. Indian Silverbill (Dr.Jayaprakash V).

2020-03-30. Large Grey Babbler (Dr.Jayaprakash V).

unidentified birds

2023-01-14

Pavel Parkhaev: Looks like immature male Bay-backed Shrike, Lanius vittatus

2020-11-29

Vladilen: Thank you!

2020-09-14

Аскар Исабеков: thank you, Machiel

2020-09-14

Machiel Valkenburg: Chestnut-eared Bunting

2020-08-30

Askar Isabekov: OK. Pavel, please look avibase taxonmy (link), which recognaze refectus as part of species (?) named as Buteo [buteo, refectus, japonicus, bannermani or socotraensis]. Absolutely unclear situation. Why this bird is not japonicus? Good question in my opinion. [....]

more unidentified birds...