flying beauties of himachal pradesh

Birds and Butterflies are always a delight for the human eyes.Himachal Pradesh which extends from Greater Himalayas to Shivaliks and then plains has a great diversity of these flying beauties.This blog is an effort to give a pictorial representation of the commonly seen birds,butterflies and other flying beauties in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, to facilitate easy identification by amateur naturalists, who have just started to appreciate nature.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Verditer Flycatcher

This beautiful bird is named after its typical shade of Copper Sulphate-blue. About 15cm in size the bird is black lored i.e. it has a dark patch between the eyes and the bill. It is widely distributed in open forests especially the broad-leave forests.the bird breeds between 1200-3000 meters but it moves down to the lower areas during winters.
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