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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!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Small Minivet-Female

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus 16cm
Chinna Minchittu in Tamil (சின்ன மின்சிட்டு)
Widespread resident. Small size. Much racial variation. Male has dark grey to pale grey upperparts, black to dark grey throat, and deep orange to mainly white underparts. Female's underparts vary from mainly orange-yellow to mainly white. Open wooded areas.

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