The brightly coloured male Blue-capped Rock Thrush is unmistakable with his black mask, sky-blue head, and orange rump and underparts. The female is not as striking and is a gray-brown with scaled underparts and faint white eye crescents very similar to the larger female Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, but lacking the prominent white “ear crescents”. It has less densely-patterned underparts, and averages paler overall. It breeds in hilly and montane areas, particularly open dry forests and rocky slopes with scattered trees. Descends in the winter favouring secondary forests and plantations. The Blue-capped forages in trees and on the ground, often searching for prey from snags or telephone wires. It usually moves with mixed-species flocks in the winter.

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The Mottled Wood Owl is a medium-sized patchy-looking owl with dark eyes. It has exquisite densely-marked orange-and-gray coloration and typically gives single hoots, but also gives an odd, mellow tremolo vocalisation in the breeding season. It is a lowland species, favouring groves and clusters of trees in open plains and on the edges of cultivated areas.

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The black redstart is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, but is now known to be an Old World Flycatcher. Other common names are Tithy's redstart, blackstart and black redtail.

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The Indian Scops Owl is a nocturnal bird that is rarely seen during the daytime. It has prominent ear tufts and dark eyes. The coloration is variable, ranging from gray to brown, but dark eyes, thin black border around the facial disc, and lightly streaked underparts remain constant. It inhabits forests, forest edges, parks, and gardens from lowlands up into foothill and montane regions.

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