PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON ... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...WHITE BELLIED MINIVET

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #638. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...WHITE BELLIED MINIVET... PENCIL AND GEL PEN...A4.. 2016...[From the photographs of MR. Manoj Bind] ... The white-bellied minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius) is a species of minivet found in India, mostly in dry deciduous forest.
The species is characterized by stable population trend and extent of occurrence of more than 20 thousand km2.
15–16·5 cm. Distinctive minivet, with plumage somewhat reminiscent of that of a stonechat (Saxicola). Male nominate race has glossy blue-black head.
Sweet, high-pitched notes, “thi”, “tuee”, “chi”, “tschi”, “tchu-it” .
Food mainly insects, including grasshoppers (Orthoptera), also spiders (Araneae).