The smallest of the minivets, the male has a slaty gray crown, cheeks, and back with black throat & wings, a black tail with pale yellow edges. The breast is orange, gradually fading into yellowish-white underparts. They are usually seen in small flocks, frequently uttering high-pitched calls as they continuously move around feeding on insects, sometimes catching them mid-air like flycatchers. They inhabit various forested habitats, especially thorny jungles, scrub patches, and open dry forest.

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The Greater Flameback Woodpecker is a common, four-toed, large-billed, golden-backed woodpecker found in wet tropical & subtropical forests across South & Southeast Asia. Separated from the group of “small-billed” flamebacks by a much larger bill, a mottled black-and-white nape instead of a black nape, and a divided black horizontal stripe below the cheek. Separated from the similarly large-billed White-naped Woodpecker by a red rump, the lack of a clean white nape, and a preference for wetter habitat. The Greater Flameback is a loose participant in mixed-species foraging flocks, often detected by its loud, high-pitched trill similar to that of Common Flameback.

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The black-faced laughingthrush is a shy, beautifully patterned laughingthrush species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Eastern Himalayas with its range extending from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Typically found as pairs during the breeding season and small groups in the winter, in the dense undergrowth of hill and mountain forests.

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A brief interlude with the stripe-throated yuhina, a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is found from the Himalayas to southern China & central Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is a large brown yuhina with a tall, upswept crest and black-and-orange panels on the wings. The streaked throat can sometimes be difficult to see.

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The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane or Japanese crane is a large East Asian crane among the rarest cranes in the world. In some parts of its range, it is known as a symbol of luck, longevity, and fidelity.

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#Kingfishers are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order #Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The family contains 114 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. I have been able to photograph a few of these across Asia Pacific with some coming quite easily and some coming after waiting for hours, damp and cold but worth every bit the wait. Featured here is the boldly marked Pied Kingfisher.

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The Osprey is a large, mostly white raptor that cruises over lakes, rivers, and coastal waterways in search of fish. The are impressively widespread: found on every continent except Antarctica. They are mostly white headed with white underparts and a dark brown back. In flight, they hold their wings with a kink in the wrist (shaped like an "M"). Stick nests are conspicuous on top of channel markers, utility poles and high platforms near water. Often seen plunging feet-first into water from high in the air to grab fish.

This sequence was documented at the Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary.

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The white-browed fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is a chunky fulvetta of scrubby, stunted subalpine forests. Striking and unmistakable, with orange-suffused wings, a dark crown, and a bright white throat and brow. It moves through low vegetation in large flocks, sometimes with other species.

Ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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