Red-whiskered Bulbul

The Red-whiskered Bulbul is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia from Pakistan and India through to southeast Asia and China. It has been introduced and has established itself in the wild in many other parts of the world.

The Red-whiskered Bulbul is about 20 cm (7 in) in length. It has brown upper-parts and whitish underparts with buff flanks and a dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red.
 
These passerine birds feed on fruits, nectar and insects. The loud and evocative call is a sharp kink-a-joo, and the song is a scolding chatter. It is more often heard than seen, but will often perch conspicuously especially in the mornings when the call from the tops of trees. The life span is more than 11 years.

This is a bird of lightly wooded areas, more open country with bushes and shrubs, and farmland. The breeding season is spread out and peaks from December to May in southern India and March to October in northern India. They build their platform nest in a bush; two to three eggs is a typical clutch and they may breed once or twice a year. The eggs have a pale mauve ground colour with speckles becoming blotches towards the large end.Eggs take 12 days to hatch. Both parents take part in raising the young.

Blue Whistling-thrush

The Blue Whistling-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

They are insectivorous, but most species also eat worms, snails, and fruit.Thrushes build cup-shaped nests, sometimes lining them with mud. They lay two to five speckled eggs, sometimes laying two or more clutches per year. Both parents help in raising the young.

Black-rumped Flameback

The Black-rumped Flameback also known as the Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker which is a widespread and common resident breeder in much of South Asia. It is the only Golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat.

 It is a typical woodpecker shape, and has a golden yellow back, with paler wings. The rump and tail are black. The underparts are white with dark chevron markings. The black throat immediately separates it from other golden backed woodpeckers in the Indian region. The head is whitish with a black nape and throat, and there is a greyish eye patch.

The adult male Black-rumped Flameback has a red crown and crest. Females have a black forecrown spotted with white, with red only on the rear crest. Young birds are like the female, but duller.

Like other woodpeckers, this species has a straight pointed bill, a stiff tail to provide support against tree trunks, and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. The long tongue can be darted forward to capture insects.It nests in a tree hole, laying three white eggs.

Black-hooded Oriole

The Black-hooded Oriole is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia.

It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation. The nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time.

The male is striking, with the typical oriole black and yellow coloration. The plumage is predominantly yellow, with a solid black hood, and black also in the wings and tail centre.

The female Black-hooded Oriole is a drabber bird with greenish underparts, but still has the black hood. Young birds are like the female, but have dark streaking on the underparts, and their hood is not solidly black, especially on the throat.Orioles can be shy, and even the male may be difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.

Indian Pitta

The Indian Pitta is a small stocky bird that is mostly seen on the floor of forests or under dense undergrowth, foraging on insects in leaf litter.

It has long, strong legs, a very short tail and stout bill, with a buff colored crown stripe, black coronal stripes, a thick black eye stripe and white throat and neck. The upperparts are green, with a blue tail, the underparts buff, with bright red on the lower belly and vent.In flight, one can see a round white spot near the tip of its wing. Both sexes are alike.

Its call consists of a loud clear double whistle, wheet-tew, uttered chiefly morning and evening, and oftener on cloudy, overcast days. Three or four birds sometimes answer one another from different directions. 

The breeding season is during the Southwest Monsoon, June to August and the nest is globular structure with a circular opening on one side. It is made up of dry leaves and grasses. The nests are on the ground or on low branches. The clutch is of four to five eggs which are very spherical and very white with spots and speckles of deep maroon or purple. The egg is very glossy.

Grey-Jungle-Fowl-(Male)

Grey Junglefowl are gray black in colour with white stripes.The comb of Grey Jungle Fowl is deep red in colour. They have long neck, which is gray blackish in colour.

Grey Jungle Fowl is widely found in the southern and western parts of India. Natural habitat of Grey Jungle Fowl is forest undergrowth and bamboo thickest.

Grey Jungle Fowl feeds on mall dog kibble, seasonal pulp seed fruits like pomegranate, pumpkin and hot peppers.

The Grey Jungle Fowl reaches the level of sexual maturity at approximately two years of age. It usually breeds between the month of March -July. Eggs incubate for 21 days. The average clutch size is between 4-6. Males can breed to more than one hen per year. Males becomes very noisy during the breeding season.