Indian Scimitar Babbler

[Bibhav Behera]

ID: Indian Scimitar Babbler
Location: Nandi Hills, Bangalore

An Indian scimitar babbler is so named because of its distinctive beak shape which resembles a curved sword (scimitar). It is seen here perched on an exotic Eucaplyptus tree's bark.


Canon EOS 7D, 420mm
SS 1/100
f/5.6
ISO 800


Full frame Image. Comments and critiques welcome.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely perch and eye contact. The side profile has helped to get a clear view of the curved beak. Liked the composition and the details. Thanks for sharing.

[Shyamala Kumar]

Rare capture.Nice composition.The curved beak is prominently evident.Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely. I don't remember image of this species posted here earlier. I guess this is your first capture too? The bark of the tree has come out well. Overall I like this image. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Sabyasachi,
This is my first image of the bird as well. This is an extremely skittish bird. Only after around 20 mins could I get a decent frame of this bird. They were in a foraging group of 9 that I could count.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice frame. This bird is pretty tough to capture. Agree that the bark adds to the image... in fact a similar image of just the bark (without the bird) would look good in itself. :)