SPOONBILL A snow white bird with black legs and prominent spatulate bill. A long nuchal crest in the breeding season. Marshes and rivers.

SpoonBill

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Blue Bull

BROWN FISH OWL Large brown owl, paler underparts with verical streaks. Feather tufts above head. Legs bare. Well-wooded and well-watered country with groves of large leafy trees. Most of the Subcontinet south of Himalayas.

Brown Fishing Owl

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Whitebreasted King fisher

 

LARGE CORMORANT Black generally, yellow gular pouch. Inland waters and tidal lagoons. Occasionally high-altitude Himalayan lakes up to 3450

Large Cormorant

DARTER Slender snake like neck and pointed dagger bill diagnostic. Lakes and reservoirs.

Darter or Snake Bird

SIBERIAN CRANE Immaculate white crane with naked red face. Black wing quills seen in flight. Can be confused with white stork in flight. Jheels and marshes. N. Pakistan, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh. Has strayed to Sind, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Siberian Crane

COMMON GREEN PIGEON Lilac patch on shoulder. Yellow legs diagnostic. Dry and moist deciduous biotope. Pakistan(Punjab) and from Himalayan foothills south through the Peninsula.

Green Pigion

 

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Dear

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Stag

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Tortoise

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Tidda

 

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