Long-tailed Minivet

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One of your loveliest paintings, I think. And I know everyone here will join me in wishing you a happy Christmas, too. And even more success in the year to come.

Thanks Robert Jones Sir ... You are only one Sir who wishes me ...he he.. Thanks for that also ...

"Wish you a Happy Christmas" PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 728(Observe the Bird and recognize)...LONG-TAILED MINIVET(F).. WATERCOLOUR...A4.....2016...[ From the ref. Photograph of Mr. Papan Nandi ]... The long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Asia where it occurs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 17•5–20•5 cm; 18 g. Male nominate race has head and upperparts to upper back black, glossed blue, lower back to uppertail-coverts scarlet; upperwing glossy black. Voice: A sweet, rolling repeated “prrr’wi” and “prrr’í”; thin, sibilant “swii-swii swii-swii-swii”. Eats chiefly insects, including orthopterans, hymenopterans, beetles (Coleoptera), flies (Diptera) and insect larvae, also spiders . [