Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater – Merops leschenaulti
Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater is one of the bee-eater birds found in India. Out of the 26 bee-eaters found in the world, 5 are found in the southern Indian…
White-bellied Blue Robin
White-bellied Blue Robin is a primarily blue colored bird found in a few places in the Sahyadri (Western Ghats). Here is a photo of the bird I…
Angled Pierrot Butterfly – Caleta caleta
Angled Pierrot Butterfly is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in India. It is also one among the ‘pierrots’ found here in Kerala. Common Pierrot is the…
Marbled White Moth – Nyctemera coleta
Marbled White Moth is a species of moth from the Erebidae family. It is a commonly seen moth species here in Kerala. It is found along India.
Malabar Whistling Thrush – Myophonus horsfieldii
Malabar Whistling Thrush is a dark blue and black colored bird which makes beautiful long songs. This bird is commonly found along the forests of Sahyadri (Western…
Common Crow Butterfly – Euploe core
Common Crow Butterfly or Common Indian Crow is a brown colored nymphalid commonly seen in India and many of the other south Asian countries. It is also a…
State Bird of Kerala – Great Hornbill – Buceros bicornis
Getting even a glimpse of the Great Indian Hornbill is a great experience filled with excitement and joy. It is such a big and colorful bird. The…
Oriental Grass Jewel – Chilades putli
Oriental Grass jewel or Chilades putli is a very small Lycaenid butterfly seen in India. As of now, it is the smallest butterfly in India, along with Grass…
Common Albatross – Appias albina
Common Albatross or Appias albina is a beautiful butterfly from the Whites and Yellows family – Pieridae. As the name of the family suggests, its color is…
Tailless Malayan – Megisba malaya thwaitesi
Malayan or Megisba malaya is small white colored butterfly from the Blues family – Lycaenidae. As I have read, according to some recent information, Tailless Malayan –…
Malabar Gladeye Bushbrown – Mycalesis junonia
Malabar Gladeye Bushbrown, whose scientific name is Mycalesis junonia is a member of the Nymphalidae family of butterflies. This butterfly is quite common in Kerala, especially the forests…
Rock Agamas of Chinnar
Rock Agama is a beautiful reptile from the Agamidae family of lizards. The first time I got a good picture of it was from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary.…