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Madras Avenue, near neem plantation
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It is a sprightly black bird with white patch on the wing and rusty red under root of cocked tail. Its hen is ashy brown without the wing-patch. It can be seen in pairs in dry open lightly wooded country. It feeds on insects and their eggs, spiders etc. It's nesting season ids from April to June. Its nest is pad of grass, rootlets and rubbish lined with feathers or hair, often with bits of snake slough as adornment placed under stone, in hole in earth bank or tree stem or within a derelict tin can or earthen pot. Its eggs are creamy white sometimes tinged greenish speckled and blotched with reddy brown.
Where to look for in IIT? Madras Avenue, near neem plantation |
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