Saturday, March 16, 2013

Pale-billed Flowerpecker at Hebbal, Bangalore

Hebbal Lake in north Bangalore is favorite spot for various colorful birds. People have identified nearly 100 spices of birds here.



One among them is Pale-billed Flowerpecker.  This is a 8 cm long tiny bird. The bird is plain brownish to olive green. The underside is buff olive. It has been considered one of the early flowerpeckers, originating in the Malay Peninsula, to colonize the Indian Subcontinent.



They have a rapid chipping call and the pinkish curved beak separates it from other species in the region.  They are found majorly in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

35 comments:

  1. Sweet little birdie. Love it's pink beak.

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  2. Pays fascinant et photos magnifiques ! Merci pour le com sur mon blog.

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  3. Beautiful bird in between plant

    thanks

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  4. beautiful colours...nice click!

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  5. Fantastic Rajesh! Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos of this wee bird. Love those yellow/orangish flowers, too!

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  6. Such a pretty, delicate little bird. I have just found your blog I think it seems to be full of treasures.

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  7. These are wonderful pictures of the little bird. You have a great eye to be able to see and capture it among all those blossoms.

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  8. Pretty shots of the bird and the blossoms!

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  9. sweet little thing in those blooms!

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  10. Very cute bird. The color of the leaves are real pretty too.

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  11. I never heard about flowerpeckers before. Nice photos!

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  12. Flowerpecker! What a cute name. Neat pictures.

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  13. What a sweet little bird!

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  14. What incredible photos. I couldn't spot the bird at first.

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  15. °º✿彡
    Bem bonito!
    Bom domingo!
    Beijinhos do Brasil. 彡✿º°
    °º✿✿º°

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  16. Anonymous17:55

    Those flowers are lovely as is the bird.

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  17. He's an adorable little bird -- and he has a beautiful flowering tree there to feed on!

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  18. during my master, i had one semester live project on resource management for fringe areas of bangalore and I visited hebbal lake as part of field trip...loved it!!!

    your images are really nice , love the play of colors on the flowers and the grey of the bird!!

    http://www.myunfinishedlife.com/

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  19. Thank you for liking this cute little bird.

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  20. Lovely bird capture! It really sound sweet

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  21. Nice clicks!

    www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.in

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  22. That olive color sure serves to help it stay hidden among the leaves.
    Lovely shots Rajesh!

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  23. Beautiful photos with the flowers and birds.

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  24. that´s a nice little bird. :)

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  25. Nice looking little bird - I wonder how often the go unnoticed?

    Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW.

    Stewart M - Melbourne

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  26. Great bird and blooms!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  27. Beautiful little bird.

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  28. So cute. Nice capture. :)

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  29. Your photos are too wonderful. Will keep visiting :)

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  30. Aww..such a cute , little bird.. great click ..

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  31. Beautiful capture :)Loved 1st photo :)

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