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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

Pied Bushchat-Male

Saxicola caprata 13.5cm
Karuppu Vellai Putharchittu in Tamil (கருப்பு வெள்ளை புதர்சிட்டு)
Widespread resident. Male black, with white rump and wing patch; rufous fringes to body in non-breeding and first winter plumages. Female has dark brown upperparts and rufous brown underparts, with rufous orange rump. Mainly cultivation and open country with scattered bushes to tall grass.

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