Photography by Rama Chandra Barik, Odisha, India

Indian Skimmer

The Indian skimmer or Indian scissors-bill is one of the three species that belong to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae.

Exif: 1/3200s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 200 | Location: National Chambal Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Common Kingfisher

The common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/8, ISO 160 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur

Photography by Srimant Das, Odisha, India

Spot-billed Pelican

The spot-billed pelican or grey pelican, is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia.

Exif: 1/2500s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Painted Stork

The painted stork is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

Exif: 1/2500s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 640 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Booted Eagle

The booted eagle is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400 | Location: Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

That Look

The leopard is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in small parts of Western and Central Asia, on the Indian subcontinent to Southeast and East Asia.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/2.8, ISO 500 | Location: Masai Mara, Kenya

Photography by Chinmaya Barik, Odisha, India

The white-breasted waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia.

Exif: 1/400s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 100 | Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

The King

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) is a beautiful forest made largely of sal trees and bamboo. It’s a vast area measuring 1536 square kilometers and divided into three major zones, Tala, Maghdi and Khitauli.

Exif: 1/500s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 320 | Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Great Barbet

The great barbet is an Asian barbet native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia, where it inhabits foremost forests up to 3,000 m altitude.

Exif: 1/400s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 1600 | Location: Sattal, Uttarakhand