Jul 05
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Wards Trogon – Male, Bhutan

The Ward’s trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its range includes the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English botanist and explorer Francis Kingdon-Ward.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. They are classified as near threatened by IUCN.
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Jul 05
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Wards Trogon male back pose, Bhutan

The Ward’s trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its range includes the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English botanist and explorer Francis Kingdon-Ward.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. They are classified as near threatened by IUCN.
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Jul 05
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Wards Trogon Female, Bhutan

The Ward’s trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its range includes the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English botanist and explorer Francis Kingdon-Ward.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. They are classified as near threatened by IUCN.
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Jul 05
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Yellow rumped honey guide, Bhutan

  Yellow rumped honey guide, Bhutan  The yellow rumped honeyguide is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas. They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward. They perch on honeycombs and feed on wax. Males tend to be territorial and stay near honeycombs while females and juveniles forage widely. They are brood-parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of tree-hole breeders, possibly barbets. They are classified as near threatened by IUCN.
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Jun 24
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Scarlett Minivet – female, Bhutan

The scarlet minivet is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts. This minivet catches insects in trees by flycatching or while perched. It flushes insects out of foliage by beating its wings hard. Scarlet minivet will form small flocks. Its song is a pleasant whistling. This bird nests high up in the treetops. The nest is a cup-like structure woven with small twigs and spiders’ webs to increase the strength of the nest. The species is generally quite noisy. It is classified as least concern by IUCN.
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