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Talchhapar -27
These chirpy beauties
had already embarked
on to the courtship
activities ...

... and had become
very vocal ...

... by the last week
of February
________

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
aka
Yellow-throated Sparrow
aka
Chestnut-shouldered Bush-Sparrow
( Gymnoris xanthocollis )
Habitat
Open Forest, Grassland and Salt pans
Location
Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary, Churu, Rajasthan, India
Date taken
24.04.2022
Scientific name
Gymnoris xanthocollis
Supporter
A gorgeous image of this Yellow-throated Sparrow guys and beautifully captured.

P.S. I had to correct the scientific name because nothing was coming up in Opus.
 
superb portrait of this wonderful sparrow, Alok, nicely showing its yellow throat, a real topper, love it, many tfs!!
 

Media information

Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
722
Comment count
14

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
357.0 mm
Exposure time
1/200 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN3922.JPG
File size
1.2 MB
Date taken
Thu, 24 February 2022 11:49 AM
Dimensions
1805px x 1409px

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