Birds of Mount Abu MARCH 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding In March Mount Abu

9 March 2019.

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

( Winter visitor )

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

( Winter visitor )

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus

Indian Yellow Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus - Male

10 March 2019.

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Male

( Winter visitor )

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra 

( Winter visitor )

Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 

Brown rock chat - Cercomela fusca 

Brown rock chat - Cercomela fusca 

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

( Winter visitor )

Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris   - In flight

( Winter visitor )

Indian Yellow Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-Tailed Shrike -  Lanius schach 

Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - female 

( Winter visitor )

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus

( Winter visitor )

White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens  

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 

Look out for the next post I've photographed some species that probably have never been photographed before here in Mount Abu. 

Black-winged Kite Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

19 January 2019.

19 January 2019.

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite.

The bird with the white head and black mask,

Flies like a Harrier and hovers like a kestrel.

Is the Raptor that is feared by the mice in the field.

With Falcon like wings, it swoops like a Shikra and

catches its prey on the ground. 

Black-winged Kite over the years 

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The black-winged kite also known as the black-shouldered kite is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. To Glean more click:Here