Large Niltava

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Always lovely Pratim.

Thanks Mr. Henry Martin...

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON NO. 682.. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...LARGE NILTAVA... COL. PENCIL AND GELPEN...A4... 2016..[ From Ref. photograph of Mr. SUBRATA MUKHERJEE]... The large niltava (Niltava grandis) is a species of bird in the familyMuscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand,and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical montane forests. Dense, mature, moist hill, submontane and montane broadleaf forests. 20–22 cm; 25–40 g. Large forest flycatcher, the largest Asian flycatcher, stocky and fairly sluggish, with dark blue (male) or dark olive-brown (female) plumage. Song a simple sequence of 3 or 4 soft, rising, melancholy whistles, “uu-uu-du-di”, or “do ray, ray do”. Food items include small to medium-sized invertebrates, and berries; large crickets (Orthoptera) and small snakes also taken.