Each winter India receives varieties of bird species from different parts of the world, known as the Migratory birds of India. They spend the winter in India to avoid the harsh weather in their native habitats, to build nests and to raise their offspring.
Blyth’s reed warbler Migratory Birds (Species-3) One of the most abundantly found warbler during winter, in Indian subcontinent, is Blyth’s reed warbler. It is named after Edward Blyth who was the curator of the museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in 19th century. They breed mainly in eastern Europe and spend the winter […]
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Brown-breasted Flycatcher Migratory Birds (Species-3) When I started to visit Rabindra Sarobar (RS) Lake, I had very little idea about the flycatchers found in that ‘biodiversity park’! But very soon it became clear to me that, this place is one of the favourites among the flycatchers species. Within the city limit of Kolkata, you would
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Asian Brown Flycatcher Migratory Birds (Species-2) The second migratory species of my list is the big-eyed Asian Brown Flycatcher. You just can’t miss those spectacular eyes, in fact that’s why I first spotted this bird. When its arrival in the city was first reported in the Facebook page ‘Biodiversity of Rabindra Sarobar‘, almost every bird
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Taiga Flycatcher Migratory Birds (Species-1) This was the first bird I started my lockdown-bird-photography with in 2020. Initially I thought it was a common tailor-bird that was flying around our mango tree and trying to catch those little insects. Similar size of these two birds was the obvious reason for this confusion. But as I