The Pucrasia macrolopha meyeri was clicked by Gurugram-based wildlife photographer, Rajeev Dasgupta, in the rich forests around Walong in Arunachal Pradesh
Description:
Black-greyish crest; white cheeks with black crescent at rear and variable narrow white supercilium; brownish-grey upperpart and yellow vent; white eared; brown nape; black beak
Hybridises with White-eared and red vented.
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Habitat:
Dry habitats; open dry scrub, hillsides with scattered bushes ( raspberry and beriberi s); gardens, around villages and towns
Notes: Species ID Suggestions
Description:
Adult male is black, with pale grey panel on wings; whitish fringes on belly and vent; orange bill and yellowish legs.
Female is olive brown; pale rufous-brown panel on wings
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Habitat:
Summers in moist broadleaved and mixed broadleaved-coniferous forest; favours oaks.
Winters in open forest, forest and forest edges
Notes:
Resident in Himalayas
Info taken from: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
By – Richard Grimmett, Carl Inskipp and Tim Inskipp Species ID Suggestions
Description:
Male is entirely greenish-blue, with brighter forehead and throat; black lores.
Female is duller and greyer and has dusky lores; can be confused with male pale blue flycatcher, but has shorter bill, turquoise-blue upperparts, and uniform greyish turquoise-blue underparts.
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Habitat:
Notes:
Summer visitor to Himalayas; widespread in winter
Info taken from: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
By – Richard Grimmett, Carl Inskipp and Tim Inskipp Species ID Suggestions
Description:
Small, compact, arboreal flycatcher with small bill; male has deep blue upperparts and sides of neck/breast, and white underparts; thin white stripe over eyes
female has greyish-brown upperparts and whitish underparts with grey patches on sides of breast
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Habitat:
Notes: Species ID Suggestions