Rufous tailed scrub robin

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Hope you are drawing every bird on the planet by now, Pratim. You have got me interested too!

Thanks jennifer Alsop maam ... My first target is paint all the Indian Bird species...and the number is 1238 ... then i will try for the world... which is 9500 + species... in my life time i think i cant ... but i will try my level best...<br />

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #611... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...RUFOUS TAILED SCRUB ROBIN... WATERCOLOUR...A4... 2015...[From the photograph of Mr. Pranjal J. Saikia] ... The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae. Other common names include the rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin and the rufous warbler. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan. It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia; these African birds are sometimes considered to be a separate species, the African scrub robin (C. minor). It is partially migratory, wintering in Africa (Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia) and India. This is a very rare visitor to northern Europe. The rufous-tailed scrub robin is a bird of dry open country with bushes and shrubs. It builds its nest a few feet off the ground; there are three to five eggs is a typical clutch. The rufous-tailed scrub robin is larger