Himalayan Prinia is found all along the Himalayan range in India. It was also called striated prinia earlier before its name change. Like other Prinias this is also insectivorous.

 Binomian name origin:  

Prinia from a Javanese name Prinya for the Bar-winged
Prinia P. familiaris which belongs to the same Genus

Crinigera from Latin from criniger longhaired (crinis hair; gerere to carry)

Binomial name origin: Prinia is from Javanese word Prinya which is the local name for the bar winged Prinia which is another bird from the same genus. Socialis from latin word “sociable”

Its endemic to Indian subcontinent and often found in wetlands and scrubs. It is insectivorous

Binomial name origin:  Prtnia after the Javanese name Prinya for bar winged Prinia which belongs to the same Genus. Hodgsonii after the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgsonn.

This Prinia is also called Franklins prinia and belongs to the Wren Warbler family. They are insectivorous in nature and can be seen in scrub jungle, open woodlands etc and is quite common in Indian peninsula

Malabar trogon is one of the flagship species from our WGhats. Its habitat is mainly evergreen and deciduous forests. It nests in a tree cavity. It is primarily insectivorous and hawks its prey (catches the insect in flight) and crushes them with its beak before swallowing them.

Harpactes originates from the Greek word “Harpax”, which means roughly “a person who captures someone”, and could be because of the way it hawks for its food. Fasciatus means striped (see the feather pattern).

Binomial name origin: Prinia is from Javanese word Prinya which is the local name for the bar winged Prinia which is another bird from the same genus. The word inonata comes from the Latin word inornatus, which means “un-adorned” which is also the reason it is known as Plain Prinia.

Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata), also known as plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler, is one of the noisiest and most common birds in our wetlands. It is insectivorous.

Binomial name origin: Lepto means thin or slender and ptilos means down or soft feather. Javanicus means belonging to Java

Lesser adjutant or haircrested adjutant belongs to the stork family. It is a solitary bird, very shy and stays away from humans. It is found in wetlands in agricultural fields and coastal mudflats, and mangroves.

They feed  on fish, frogs, reptiles, large invertebrates, rodents, small mammals like rats etc. In India they are found in eastern states like Assam, West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar

I saw this bareheaded beauty in fields adjoining the Bhitarkanika NP in Odisha.

Binomial name origin: Pitta means a little bird in Telugu language while megarhyncha  mega- means “large” and rhynchos means “beak” in Ancient Greek

Mangrove Pitta is endemic to Eastern India where mangroves are predominat and in South East Asia. These reside and breed in the mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika, Sunderbans etc in India and amongst Nipa Palms in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar.

These birds feeds on Molluscs, Crustaceans and insects found in the clayey and slushy mangrove forests. They have a lovely call and are very vocal during the breeding season which I was very lucky to hear.

My sighting of this was in Bhitarkanika NP, Odisha where they are relatively easy to spot especially in the breeding season.