PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN ...(Observe the Bird and recognize)...WHITE TAILED RUBY THROAT

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 548/576(Observe the Bird and recognize)...WHITE TAILED RUBY THROAT... WATERCOLOUR...A4...2015... [From the photograph of Mr. PARTHA SEN] .... The white-tailed rubythroat or Himalayan rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is closely related to the Siberian rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It is found in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, ranging across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The male is slaty brown above with a white forehead and supercilium. The wings are brownish and the tail is blackish with white base and tips. The sides of the throat and breast are black and the centre of the chin and throat is scarlet. Each of the black feathers on the breast is narrowly fringed with grey. The belly and vent are white. The female is dull, brownish grey above with a diffuse supercilium and smoky underparts. The centre of the throat is whitish and a short whitish moustachial stripe is present in the eastern populations.
They feed mainly on small insects including beetles and ants. During the beeding season the male sings through the day from the top of an exposed perch. The song is a series of squeaky notes with a great deal of variation. Females produce an upward inflected whistle that follows a short and gruff note. The alarm call is a sharp yapping skyap.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]