Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @70mm, f13, speedlight/wide angle diffuser, Nikon Z 6 Light cloud, handheld; I found this beauty in all stages of flower development in Assam. I am sending it back to the whole subcontinent (the genus reads a beautiful flower in Greek). Widely distributed, though not seen often. Found also in Thailand, Borneo and Africa. Assam
Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 560 (+0.3 EV), Nikon Z 6 Afternoon; catching flying insects it loves to perch in the twilight of the canopy in tropical and subtropical forests (Ghats, Kerala area). Local birders observed some also come to winter to the park from the north from places like Himalayan valleys (interestingly, in other valleys, they migrate altitudinally or stay all year in the warm Bhutan valleys in the east). These moist forest little characters are an example of how molecular data as a new source of information in detailing evolutionary relations identify distinct groups for species previously placed in various other families. In this case, it’s a new family of fairy flycatchers with four genera (two species in this genus) and the data revealed the group is related to penduline tits/tits rather than to true flycatchers. Rajasthan forest
Sigma 100-400 OS C @400mm, f6.3, Nikon D750 From time to time a leopard strays to the garden from the rising ridge in the background. Assam
