See What I Saw Rahul Jauhari
Field Archive · India

See What I Saw

Over the years, Rahul Jauhari has been a keen observer of nature. Here is a photographic archive of India’s wildlife — shown as he saw it.

28 frames · Mammals, birds, insects & landscapes

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A female Red-breasted Flycatcher perched on a bare branch against a clear blue sky at Sinhagad — small and upright, warm brown above and buff-orange below, with a pale eye-ring, a pale-based dark-tipped bill, and a dark tail held low.
01Aves

Mrs. Red

Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
An adult male Red-breasted Flycatcher perched on a thorny stem in low morning light at Sinhagad — blue-grey head with a bold white eye-ring, a bright orange throat and upper breast, grey-brown back and wings, and a dark tail, against a soft golden background.
02Aves

Seeing Red

Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
A female Indian Paradise Flycatcher perched on a broken twig — glossy blue-black crested head, bright cobalt eye-ring, grey throat and breast, rufous-orange back and tail — against a soft blurred background at Sinhagad.
03Aves

Paradise Found

Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
A mugger crocodile basking on laterite rocks by the Zuari River, jaws held open in a heat-regulating gape showing teeth, broad grey armoured snout and scaly back, green foliage behind.
04Reptilia

Mugger Off

Mugger CrocodileCrocodylus palustris
A Malabar Pied Hornbill in flight against a clear blue sky, wings fully spread — black plumage with white wing-tips and tail feathers stained warm gold by preen oil, a large cream casqued bill, and bare yellow facial skin, lit by low morning light.
05Aves

Farmer in Flight

Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatus
A female Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark, sandy-brown and softly streaked, pale below, crouched low on bare pale earth in the Little Rann of Kutch, almost the colour of the ground.
06Aves

For Lady Lark

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
A male ashy-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus) sitting low on the open salt flats of the Little Rann of Kutch — sandy brown above, an ash-grey cap, and a black face and underparts broken only by a pale cheek.
07Aves

Salt and Pepper

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
A stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) low in green grass at Kabini — grizzled rust-brown body, dark grey head, black legs and a black-tipped tail, with the dark band running from ear to shoulder.
08Mammalia

Earning Its Stripes

Stripe-necked MongooseUrva vitticolla
Male white-rumped shama perched on a mossy branch at Ganeshgudi — glossy blue-black head and back, deep chestnut breast, and a long black-and-white tail.
09Aves

The OG Songster

White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
A flame-throated bulbul (Rubigula gularis) perched on a mossy branch at Ganeshgudi, looking back over its shoulder — glossy black head, pale staring eye, olive-green body and bright yellow underparts, with a glint of its orange throat.
10Aves

Old Flame

Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularis
A brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) on a mossy red branch at Ganeshgudi — a small plain babbler with a grey cap, brown cheeks and buff underparts, bill open mid-call.
11Aves

Little Brown Job

Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephala
A female pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) perched on a leafy bush top in Munnar — a plain warm-brown chat with its bill slightly open.
12Aves

Chatting in the Bush

Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
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