Bengal florican! (Houbaropsis bengalensis)

WOW!!! You really made the most of this chance sighting didn't you Firoz - you've got a wonderful flight picture, with lots of plumage detail.

Very well done lad. This is such a rare visitor to the Gallery, only the second image and the only flight shot too. I'll upload it to Opus shortly; and I'm presuming that it's the nominate subspecies, judging by where you were.

Many thanks for sharing this picture with us.

Great capture , looks like a jumbo jet take off ! , mtfs

mo