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Pastor roseus
The adult of this species is highly distinctive, with its pink body, pale orange legs and bill, and glossy black head, wings and tail. Males in the breeding season have elongated head feathers which form a wispy crest that is fluffed and more prominent when the bird gets excited; the crest is shorter in winter and the black areas have paler feather edges, which get worn away as well as the black becoming more glossy in the breeding season. Winter plumage in males is rather dull.
Spotted inside IIM Trichy campus. Tamilnadu.
Spotted on Jan 24, 2017
Submitted on Jan 24, 2017
2 Comments
Thanks triggsturner :)
Fantastic! I have only ever seen these guys as winter vagrants in non breeding plumage. Such great looking birds. Thanks for sharing these.