Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

also called Little Green Bee-eater or just Green Bee-eater

merops orientalis

kleine groene bijeneter

guêpier d'Orient

Asiensmaragdspint

Abejaruco esmeralda oriental

Gruccione verde piccolo

Abelharuco-verde

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a medium-size stork with a wide distribution in Asia and in Africa. It can be found in different aquatic habitats such as wet or flooded grasslands, marshes, riverine areas and in irrigated fields.

also called Bishop's Stork or White-necked Stork

ciconia episcopus

bisschopsooievaar

cigogne épiscopale

Wollhalsstorch

Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

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this beautiful female Leopard was found on a dry plateau in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India.

With no other vehicles in the area we were able to make a slow approach and to get fairly close to her and to observe her for half an hour

panthera pardus

luipaard

léopard

Leopard

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my first ever sighting of this shy species on a dry and rocky plateau in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India.

It might actually be pregnant given the belly profile.

The Deccan Gazelle is a subspecies of the Chinkara or Indian Gazelle.

This small antelope is able to live with minimal water and lives in dry regions of India, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

The males have prominent S-shaped horns and some females like this one have short horns.

gazella bennettii ( subspecies bennettii )

Indische gazelle

Nikon D850 Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF

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Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

I had seen this beautiful species a few times but it is hard to photograph as it prefers bushes and thickets and moves all the time

On this image I noticed that the front of its bill resembles that of a shrike

cyornis tikelliae

tickells niltava

gobemouche de tickell

Tickellblauschnäpper

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Gwalior Fort

Shot taken at Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh

Shot taken at Bhopal Railway Station, Madhya Pradesh

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I think the two dancing girls were 18 or 19 years old? They were traveling with their small group of musicians, and must have been contracted out of some dance bar in Gwalior, or maybe Udaipur? I'm not sure I couldn't get a straight answer.