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Songbirds

Songbirds were never the goal when we began — and yet they quietly became some of our most treasured sightings. They aren’t rare, they don’t command the stage, but they fill the forest with colour, calls, and character.
These are the some frames that brightened our journeys.

Himalayan palette of songbirds

Eurasian Jay

Sattal (June  2022)

Himalayan Black Bulbul

Pangot (June 2022)

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

Pangot (June 2022)

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Sattal (June 2022)

Himalayan Prinia

Sattal (June 2022)

Rufous Sibia

Pangot (June 2022)

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Sattal (June 2022)

Forest Flames — vivid colours and surprise dropins

Little Spiderhunter

OMH (Mar 2022)

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

OMH (Mar 2022)

Malabar Trogon

Goa (Aug 2023)

Paradise Flycatcher

Kumarokom (Dec 2023)

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sattal (June 2022)

Racket-tailed Drongo

OMH (Mar 2022)

Chattering dark-fronted babblers

OMH (Dec 2022)

Chestnut-tailed starling

Thattekad (Dec 2024)

White-bellied blue flycatcher

Munnar (Dec 2024)

Brown headed barbet

Goa (May 2023)

Tropical & Coastal Vibes

Grey Francolin

Goa Forest (Jan 2023)

Red Avadavat

Bhigwan (July 2025)

Indian Paradise Flycatcher

Goa Forest (Jan 2023)

Blue-cheeked bee-eater

Bhigwan (May 2024)

Chestnut-Bellied Rock Thrush

Sattal (June 2022)

Asian green bee-eater

Bhigwan (July 2025)

Red-vented Bulbul

Bhigwan (July 2025)

Common hawk cuckoo

Satpura (June 2025)

Across India — the scattered, serendipitous captures

Indian Roller

Tadoba (July 2025)

Prinia

Lonavala (Mar 2023)

Peafowl in full display

Maharashtra (2023)

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Maharashtra (2023)

Red-billed Leiothrix

Uttarakhand (2023)

Purple sunbird

Maharashtra

Crested bunting

Shelar Farm (Sept 2023)

Shrike

Bhigwan (July 2025)

Vernal’s hanging parrot

Shelar Farm (Sept 2023)

Blue-capped rockthrush

OMH (Mar 2022)

Small niltava

Sattal (June 2022)