Malabar Trogon

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Great painting, Pratim - it's not easy to get that level of detail and precision with watercolour.

Thanks Respectable Jan Rossington ...

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #603... MALABAR TROGON... WATERCOLOUR...A4... 2014 ...[From a photograph of Mr. Prasanth Poojary] ... The Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus) is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka and peninsular India. In India it is mainly found in the Western Ghats, hill forests of central India and in parts of the Eastern Ghats. They are insectivorous and although they are not migratory, they may make seasonal movements in the hill regions. Like most other trogons, these birds are brightly coloured and sexually dimorphic. The male has a slaty black head and breast with a white border to the black bib separating it from the crimson on the underside. The back is olive-brown to chestnut. The wing coverts are black with fine white vermiculations. They have 12 tail feathers that are graduated. The central tail-feathers are chestnut with a black tip, with the second and third pairs from the middle having more black than chestnut. Th