Yellow-breasted Tit (Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus)
The Yellow-breasted Tit (Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus) is a subspecies of the Azure Tit which is especially common in Central Asia. Outside this area, the small birds are only rare vagrants. […]
Category Archives: Asian Wildlife
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
The White-throated Kingfisher (Halycon smyrnensis) is a very wide-ranging species occurring from eastern Europe (e.g., Bulgaria) through Turkey, western, southern, and south-eastern Asia until the Philippines in the far east. […]
Common Babbler (Turdoides caudata)
The Common Babbler (Turdoides caudata) occurs from Iraq and Iran in the east until India in the west. Throughout its range it favours dry open scrub areas where it feeds […]
Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
The Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii) is a bird endemic to India where it inhabits forest undergrowth, secondary growth, and bamboo thickets. So far no concerns for this species have been […]
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
The Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) is a widespread resident across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east. It also occurs along the Nile Valley and […]
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey occurring through much of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. With especially large populations in South Asia, some believe it […]
Indian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur)
The Indian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Khur, originally inhabited large parts of southern Asia including western India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and eastern Iran. However, populations diminished dramatically […]
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) has the widest geographical distribution of any primate except for us humans. It occurs all the way from Afghanistan and Pakistan through northern India up […]
Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)
The Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) is a monkey species endemic to southern India where it can be found in a wide array of habitats ranging from forests to open grasslands. […]
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
The Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) is a close relative to the Common Myna of last week’s post. The ranges of both species overlap, but there is no danger of confusing […]
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