small blue kingfisher

Small blue kingfisher at Bhopal

Median egret

Median Egret clicked at Van Vihar

Common Sandpiper

Seen near ponds, water bodies, tanks etc in fields in Madhya Pradesh. The picture as shown above was clicked at Sukhi Sevaniya in Vidisha District. The bird is widespread in India and also in MP but seen more in winters. The Common Sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Red wattled lapwing

Vigilant bird, with a loud call and raise alarm at any intrusion commonly found in Bhopal and India. Pictured at Van Vihar of Bhopal on Sunday morning.

Pied Bushchat

Pied Bushchat is also called as Kala Pidda and is a common breeding resident found found in open areas including wetlands. Though it is found across India and is local here but seasonal movements have been seen and patterns are still unclear. The picture was taken at Van Vihar in Bhopal.

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo, a solitary and shy bird, pictured in Bhopal's Van Vihar on Dec 18, 2010.

This is a medium sized cuckoo with both sexes alike. It has grey upperparts while the underside has broad black barring. The tail is barred with a broad subterminal dark band and a white tip.The species is found widely distributed across Asia. The preferred habitat is deciduous and evergreen forests but also occur in garden lands and thick scrub.

Large cormorants - hunters

Common moorhen

Common moorhen slaty grey and brown marsh bird at Van Vihar in Bhopal seen in submerged rushes swimming or sulking about at the vihar.  It is also known as Jal murghi or pani murghi in Hindi.

Woodpecker at Van Vihar

At Van Vihar, Bhopal

Eurasian Wryneck

Immature brown winged jacana

The Bronze-winged Jacana, Metopidius indicus, is a jacana. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone.

Bhopal's Peacock

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Lesser whistling ducks

Lesser whistling ducks at Van Vihar, Bhopal