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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!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Booted Warbler

Hippolais caligata 12cm
Siberia Marakkathirkuruvi in Tamil
(சைபீரிய மரக்கதிர்குருவி) 
Small size. Tail looks long and square ended, and undertail coverts look short. Often shows faint whitish edges and tip to tail and fringe to tertials. Supercilium usually reasonably distinct. Breeds in tamarisks and reed grass; winters in scrub and groves in dry habitats.

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