Pied Paddy Skimmer....Male

[V S Sankar]

The presence of these types of dragonflies encourages many migratory birds to visit Puchakary wetlands near Trivandrum city.In an earlier visit we could spot several types of migratory birds.....

Canon 400dD,55-250ID,1/160,f5.6 ISO 400......

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice colours and patterns on the feathers. Some more details would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Debasis Bose]

Lovely, the colour pattern has come out impressive, black and greyish black body with black and white wings and transparent tips.The Pied Paddy Skimmer (Neurothemis tullia) is a fairly common species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. Thanks for sharing