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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Scaly Breasted Munia


Lonchura punctulata 10.7-12cm
Pullichchillai in Tamil (புள்ளிச்சில்லை)
Widespread resident. Adult has chestnut throat and upper breast, and whitish underparts with dark scaling. Juvenile has brown upperparts and buffish underparts; bill black. Open forest, bushes and cultivation.

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