See What I Saw Rahul Jauhari
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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
A puff-throated babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) perched on a wet rock at a Ganeshgudi forest pool — a small brown babbler with a rufous cap and dark-streaked white underparts.
13Aves

Puff, Not Daddy.

Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
A common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) bending to the still water's edge at Airoli Creek, its reflection mirrored below — a small brown-and-white wader with a white notch in front of the wing.
14Aves

Dip, Dip, Dip.

Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
A male sambar (Rusa unicolor) with tall antlers standing in dense green undergrowth in the Kabini forest — a large, dark, shaggy-coated deer facing the camera.
15Mammalia

Sambar Tales

SambarRusa unicolor
A lone Indian wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) crossing the cracked grey salt flats of the Little Rann of Kutch in evening light — rust-red coat and a bristly dark mane.
16Mammalia

The Wild West

Indian Wild BoarSus scrofa cristatus
A red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) perched on a bare branch in the Kabini forest — deep slate-black plumage and a bare, bright-red head and neck.
17Aves

Long Live the King

Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus
An Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) on a fungus-covered branch at Ganeshgudi — tiny and olive-yellow, with a bold white ring around its eye.
18Aves

For Your Eyes Only

Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
A Taiga (red-throated) flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) perched on a bare twig at Sinhagad — small, grey-brown above and white below, with a dark white-edged tail.
19Aves

Traveller From Taiga

Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
A Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) perched in green canopy at Kabini — glossy black and white, with a large cream casqued bill.
20Aves

Farmer of the Forest

Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatus
A dhole (Cuon alpinus), India's wild dog, standing on a forest track in Kabini — rusty-red coat, rounded ears and a bushy black-tipped tail.
21Mammalia

A Dog That Whistles

DholeCuon alpinus
A grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) perched on a rock at Sinhagad — slate-grey above, lemon-yellow below, with a long tail and a pale eyebrow.
22Aves

Wag the Tail

Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
A little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched at Sinhagad, Pune — a small, bright-green bird with a slender curved bill and thin tail streamers.
23Aves

LGBE

Little Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
A Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) sitting quietly among dry grass in the Kabini forest, partly camouflaged and watching.
24Mammalia

Peek-a-Boo

Royal Bengal TigerPanthera tigris tigris
A male pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) — glossy black with a white wing patch — perched upright by the tea plantations of Munnar.
25Aves

Tea for Two

Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
A red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) in flight over Ulwe, Navi Mumbai, calling with its bill open — brown and black with a red facial wattle and long yellow legs.
26Aves

Ruckus Over Ulwe

Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
An Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) perched low in the Kabini forest at first light, its blue-and-cinnamon plumage catching the sun.
27Aves

Roller at First Light

Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
A bicoloured frog (Clinotarsus curtipes) on river-bed gravel at the Kabini, Karnataka, its dark body flecked with pale spots.
28Amphibia

Frog Tales

Bicoloured FrogClinotarsus curtipes

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