Indian Treepie - I

Indian Treepie or Asian Treepie or Indian Magpie ('Hanri chacha' in Bengali). You can find them almost always on trees looking for fruits or seeds. They are also known take flesh from freshly killed rats or animals. These birds make nest over the trees. They make variety of loud calls.


More on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Treepie

Photo: Shankar Sinha, Panskura
Location: Panskura, West Bengal, India.

Indian Treepie

Indian Treepie (or Asian Treepie). We call this 'Handi Chancha'! I found this constantly hopping from one branch of a fig tree to another at Panskura (West Bengal, India). It has a long tail and it makes loud music calls! (Scientific name Dendrocitta vegabunda).

Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta

(Consulted Tapan Dutta for the details.)