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Thursday 16 May 2013

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Female has brown feathers, and the males have black feathers. That is why it is called Black-winged Stilt, as nobody wanted to call it after the female, awe.






Tuesday 14 May 2013

Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)

The Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. The bird is pale grey and is easily distinguished from any of the other grey geese of the genus Anser by the black bars on its head. It is also much paler than the other geese in this genus. In flight, its call is a typical goose honking. A mid-sized goose, it measures 71–76 cm (28–30 in) in total length and weighs 1.87–3.2 kg (4.1–7.1 lb).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia