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Red-necked Phalarope- Angshuman
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- a local rarity phalaropus lobatus rarity rarity-lifer
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lesser White fronted Goose : Extreme rarity : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
Sighting of this Globally Threatened Goose is very rare in North India ... ... sometimes in decades ... There was only one individual among hundreds of waterfowl present in that waterbody ... ____________ Bar-headed Goose and Common Teal were crowding around the star visitor ... ...- aloktewari
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- anas crecca anser erythropus anser indicus common teal dighal haryana india jhajjar lesser white-fronted goose rarity video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Black Winged Stilt. A relatively rare UK visitor, and the first I've ever seen outside of captivity.- Kevriano
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- norfolk rarity stilt
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Bristled Grassbird : Threatened species : male calling : Wild India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A rarity ... A threatened species ... endemic to Indian subcontinent ... A real skulker of tall grasses ... also called Bristled Grass Warbler We were lucky to see and record calls by a male during nesting season ... Gurgaon India 23 August 2016- aloktewari
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- bristled grassbird call endemic species gurugram india rarity shoenticola striatus threatened species video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Broad-billed hummingbird
This broad-billed hummingbird is a rare bird for Central Texas. First sighted on October 10, this bird is a continuing resident in my backyard. Freezing temperatures last night, and he was up and at 'em this morning at the feeders. He perched in the sun for warmth most of the day.- knnthdhrvy
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- backyard broad-billed hummingbird freezing temperatures rarity shertz texas
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- Category: North America
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Rufous Hummingbird!
Rufous Hummingbird!!! Continuing rarity in Franklin County, PA, USA. For more pictures, see https://ebird.org/checklist/S78973401- Jefferson Shank
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- hummingbird rarity rufous hummingbird selasphorus rufus
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- Category: North America
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Bengal Bushlark - 3
... and this last of the three images shows a bit of behavior ... ... the bird is holding a grass-seed in its bill ... ... it was feeding on close to that ' bush ' when we walked into the area startling it ... making it fly-off immediately ... I think it will be fitting to say that...- aloktewari
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- mirafra assamica rarity
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Bengal Bushlark - 2
Sharing two more images of this rarity here ... as I mentioned in the morning ... ... in different poses Alternative name of this bird is Rufous-winged Bushlark ... and I think this aspect is well captured here ... _____ Bengal Bushlark ( Mirafra assamica ) Dist. Pilibhit Uttar...- aloktewari
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- mirafra assamica rarity
- Comments: 5
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Greater ...
Greater Flameback There are ten images in the database ... Two of them are Black-rumped Flameback images (one by Arindam Mitra and the other by Somduttprasad ) ... and may be moved to that folder ... So, that makes this 9th overall ... and only second real Greater Flameback after...- aloktewari
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- chrysocolaptes guttacristatus rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 105
A Rarity ... Here is a Forum rarity from Himalayas ... Only 7th image in the Gallery ... last one posted by me in 2012 ... I'm uploading two videos of the same individual ... where we could record the call as well ... ... first at the BF-Tv Subspecies lineatum ( Nominate ) ______ The...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 19
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Oriental Reed Warbler-2
Another image of this extreme local rarity ... ... to highlight the light colored lower mandible ... ... and also the very vocal nature of the bird ... much more often heard than seen ... One can experience it in the video I have uploaded on BF-tv ... It is our good luck only that we...- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Striated Babbler-2
Another image of this big rarity at the BF ... ... taken more recently ( Nov. 2014 ) This was captured during our Short-eared Owl search ... when a group of four of these flew across the path we were driving along ... only one sat on a reed-stalk ... very briefly to give just two...- aloktewari
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Striated Babbler
Another big rarity ... ... another un-shared image from Archive ... captured in feb. 2011 ... Ony two images in the BF Database ( ... out of three there, one is posted twice ... ) Last one posted in Nov. 2011 ... First of a pair in the Database ... ... that was foraging amidst tall reed...- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Fig Tree - 4
The Fig Tree - 4 Another image taken three seconds after FT-3 shows dorsal aspect nape, mantle, rump and tail colors and small white on tips of tail feathers ... Though, sexes look alike in field ... this individual has more streaking as well as colors on upper side ... when compared...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Fig Tree - 3
Fig Tree - 3 Bird has turned just a little in this frame revealing the breast markings nicely ... Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile agile Karad City Dist. Satara Maharashtra India 25.12.2010 09.58.14 am- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Fig Tree - 2
The Fig Tree - 2 The Fig Tree - 2/3/4 are three successive frames three seconds apart ( Nos. 2277/2278/2279 ) ... together they nicely show all plumage and eye detail ... Eye color is quite clear in this image ... Dicaeum agile agile Karad City Dist. Satara Maharashtra India...- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Drongo - 6
Dudhwa National Park Drongo - 6 Here's the last image of this mini-series ... This one was caught in a patch of Sun, luckily ... on that predominantly misty day ... One of the racquets got entangled in the branch and is seen here ... Another BF-rarity from Indian Sub-continent ...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Photo-Lifer
Keoladeo Bharatpur Jamboree - 27 A Photo-lifer ... ... if I could say so ... Not a lifer ... but it was the first occasion when I could take few shots of this elusive bird ... First post of this bird in BF-Gallery since Aug. 2011 Another image that was clicked in the closing minutes...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 25
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Sulphur-bellied Warbler
This little one blended so well with the surroundings and foraging so swiftly that it was tough to focus properly. This bird is generally found in parts of Western and Central India but is a rarity in these parts. I believe I was lucky to find him. Only three uploads in BF opus so far...- S K Gudi
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- rarity sulphur-bellied warbler
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape - 370
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve This image shows the second idividual ... Falcated duck ( Anas falcata ) ... that was present in the congregation of thousands of other ducks and water birds ... There must have been females too, around ... as these ducks usually migrate in pairs ... ...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 24
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Sind Sparrow (F)-2
Here's another image of this rarity ... ... this individual, too was feeding on seeds in the same reed clump along with a male SS and some Strawberry Finches ... There was a very strong chilly breeze ... and the stalks were swaying like mad ... nearly making it impossible to take a...- aloktewari
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- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Sind Sparrow (F)
A Rarity ... First image of a female of this species in the BF-Gallery ... There are two images of male ... first posted in Dec 2006 and the second in May 2010 ... ID points to distinguish it from House Sparrow (F) ... * Much darker overall * Distinct whitish buff super-cilium *...- aloktewari
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- opusid rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Second view ...
Keoladeo Bharatpur Jamboree - 10 This is second image of the same bird ... I posted earlier ... Not much for its photographic beauty ... but, for it being a Forum-rarity ... ... it shows the bird in another view ... ... almost at 180 deg to that in the first image ... ___________________...- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 95
Life : A Mega Rarity ______________ A rare combo ... The image shows two very infrequently posted birds ... on the Bird Forum ... 1. Brown-fronted WP ... ... Dendrocopos auriceps ( ... 5 images in our database > 4 of these posted by me ... ) and ... 2. Bar-tailed Treecreeper ...- aloktewari
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- rarity
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 94
And here's the Lady Scaly-bellied WP ... ... with her beautiful black Crown ... In a striking super-model pose ... ... making the 7th image in the BF-Gallery ... ... since its inception ... The pair was foraging on the ground ... at a hill-slope ... though initially I thought...- aloktewari
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- rarity
- Comments: 24
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands