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Tachybaptus ruficollis
Small, short neck; short, straight beak; plump, rounded body; black head, nape, breast and back; dark reddish-brown cheeks, throat and neck; dark brown flanks. Diagnostic small yellow-patch at the base of pale tipped black beak; dark green legs; reddish-brown iris Photo taken at Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India
Large waterbodies with lot of vegetation
Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia
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