Petronia xanthocollis

[Jitendra Katre]

canon 7d, canon 300mm with 2x, f/9, 1/320, iso-400, shot at Satara in April 14

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice. A little more DoF for the tail would have been better.
The nomenclature of this species has been confusing. Salim Ali referred to it (in the 13th edition) as the "yellow throated sparrow, Petronia xanthocollis". Grimett, Inskipp & Inskipp retained the same scientific name but called it the "chestnut-shouldered petronia", as a consequence most newcomer birdwatchers don't recognise the name yellow-throated sparrow anymore. In their newest edition, the same authors retain this common name but the binomial has changed to "Gymnoris xanthocollis", which compounds the confusion by classifying this bird in a genus other than Petronia (which is still an existing group) but still calling it a petronia by common name. :001_huh:

For obvious reasons, I prefer to stick to the nomenclature used by Salim Ali!

[Jitendra Katre]

Thanks Abhishek for the valuable info...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it feeding. Good eye contact with catchlight. The composition looks good. Thanks for sharing.

[Jitendra Katre]

Thanks Mrudul...

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice eye contact and pose. Were you handholding or using tripod? How much of a crop is this?

[Jitendra Katre]

thanks Sabyasachi, it is handheld shot about 70 % crop.