Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)

The bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation.

Purbasthali,  WB, 2019

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Red Munia (Amandava amandava)

Red munia/ Red avadavat/ strawberry finch (Male)

Scientific name: Amandava amandava

Ichapur Outskirts, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

August 2019

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Black-throated Parrotbill

Shantanu Bhattacharya

Black-throated Parrotbill - "A tiny fidgety bird that flies in small flocks through the mountain bamboo thickets like bullets.and its quite difficult to get it on an open perch. I was lucky that time.

Neora Valley NP, West Bengal."

Canon 60D Sigma 150-500mm. May-2014

Sandakphu

Located at an altitude of 3,636 metres, Sandakphu is the highest peak located in Darjeeling district in the eastern part of India.The name Sandakphu means ‘Height of the Poison Plant’ because of the poisonous aconite plants that grow near the peak. The patronizing peak of the Singalila Range, Sandakphu is the most audacious point of many trekking routes in the Darjeeling-Sikkim region.