Red spurfowl pair
The Red Spurfowl , *Galloperdix spadicea* , is a member of
the pheasant family which is endemic to India.
It is a bird of dry forests and cultivation, which is a quite
secretive bird, and despite
its size is difficult to see as it slips through the undergrowth. Often
the first indication of its presence is its distinctive call.
This
spurfowl is one of three species of bird in the genus Galloperdix. It
is
a ground nesting bird, which lays 3-5 eggs in a scrape. It is a plump,
36 cm long bird. Both sexes have a red facial skin patch and red legs.
The adult male has a grey head and neck, with most of the rest of the
plumage rufous in colour with white scaling. The female has a grey
head,
and brown upperparts mottled with black. The underparts are rufous
with
dark barring. The male of the distinctive Kerala race, G. s. stewarti
has all-chestnut plumage, including the head feathers. Like most of
the
pheasant family, Red Spurfowl is a terrestrial species. It scratches
vigorously amongst the leaf litter of the forest floor for various
seeds, fallen fruit and insects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Spurfowl
Comments and faves
Jimmy_Joe, wildxplorer, D i n k a r, iwasfixin2, and 21 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Jimmy_Joe (52 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called *Simply Perfect* / Invited Photos Only, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Beautiful!
diegocon1964 (52 months ago | reply)
Fantastic
wildxplorer (52 months ago | reply)
beautiful pair of birds, where did you spot these ?
Rahul Sadagopan (52 months ago | reply)
wow!
These are beautiful
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kool_skatkat (52 months ago | reply)
Two is better than one..
ghulamyaseen (52 months ago | reply)
Fantastic p
D i n k a r (52 months ago | reply)
One of The Best Photos ever !! My Fave !!!!!
and awesome composition.... See the background!
The female is really goreous! (How come?????!!!!)
iwasfixin2 (52 months ago | reply)
shiva -- you do **great** photographic work. but as dinkar and others have noted -- this is definitely one of the best and most wonderful bird photos ever to appear on flickr. and one of your best. congrats, my friend. you do amazing things!
martytdx (52 months ago | reply)
Nice portrait and great information to go with it. Really nicely done.
shivanayak (52 months ago | reply)
Thank you all.
These are DAMN shy ones, it was lucky wonderful morning. I got call from aunt mentioning these fellows calling. Went out with camera to the backyard, and found these fellows. Its even hard to get them in open and this pair is roaming around in our backyard for sometime now. It was yday when they DARED to pose me.!
amataiclaudius (52 months ago | reply)
Lovely shot........
Greg7 (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful portrait of the couple, Shiva!! And thanks for the excellent info!
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divdude007(Haren) (52 months ago | reply)
wow those are impressive birds. Nicely captured.
RaghuP (52 months ago | reply)
Nice catch of the pair, that too in your backyard!
Nalaska (52 months ago | reply)
Love the detail and bokeh on this image. Beautiful work.
ferran pestaña (52 months ago | reply)
Excellent picture. Very nice.
prewien (52 months ago | reply)
very nice, especially the warm colours
CharlesLam (52 months ago | reply)
Lovely pair, great shot.
Stavenn (52 months ago | reply)
Great capture
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Phasianidae: Grouse, pheasants and partridges, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
pauline.kehoe (52 months ago | reply)
Lovely birds thankyou for telling us about them.
satvinderbhamra (52 months ago | reply)
Lovely pic and equally good description.
sevenbrane (52 months ago | reply)
Lovely birds!
scotbig (52 months ago | reply)
gorgeous...........t
Santosh Mg (52 months ago | reply)
Nice Shot Shiva! Its been a long time I visited Flickr and I saw this beautiful photo once I logged in. Good one!
EPMNeto (7 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful shot my friend Shiva Shankar.
Congratulations.
Parabéns!!!
EPMNeto