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Himalayas - 556
aloktewari

Himalayas - 556 (Lonchura punctulata)

Himalayas - 556

Outstanding
performance
by this
Nutmeg Mannikin ...
... to grant me
this full-framer
and a lovely
eye-contact ...

Essentially these
beauties are the
plain dwellers ...
... but may be found
in Himalayas and
hills of peninsular
India ...

A species endemic
to Asia ... now the
feral populations have
established themselves
in Australia ( QL ) ...
North and Central
Americas ...

Highly social birds ...
... their feeding
behavior has been
subject of some
dedicated research
work ...

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Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata

Sattal ; Dist. Nainital
Alt. 5500 ft.
Uttarakhand Himalayas
India
12 October 2018
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Habitat
Himalayan Forest, Alt. 5500 ft.
Location
Sattal, Dist. Nainital, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India
Date taken
12.10.2018
Scientific name
Lonchura punctulata
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Kits
This is such a lovely portrait, Alok. The detail and focusing are wonderful.
 
KC Foggin
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I absolutely love the feather patterning on this Munia and you captured it beautifully Alok!
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Date added
View count
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
428.4 mm
Exposure time
1/500
ISO
180
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN5482.JPG
File size
1.1 MB
Date taken
Fri, 12 October 2018 10:04 AM
Dimensions
1867px x 1401px

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