#tehatta

A white-throated kingfisher on a branch in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India. The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is also known as the white-breasted kingfisher. It can often be found well away from water where it feeds on a wide range of prey that includes small reptiles, amphibians, crabs, small rodents and even birds. During the breeding season, they call loudly in the mornings from prominent perches including the tops of buildings in urban areas or on wires

A green immigrant weevil on a leaf in Tehatta, West Bengal, India. This weevil is a species of broad-nosed weevil and feeds on the leaves and buds of many hardwood and fruit trees, including birch, beech, oak, poplar, hawthorn. Adults beetles lay their eggs in the bark or leaves of host plants

An azure male black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) exhibits a black nape patch and a thin black gorget at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. These little birds are hard to find, roaming the forest ground level in dim light to catch insects and hiding behind leaves

A female black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) in Tehatta, India. The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher is a slim and agile colourful passerine bird found in tropical forest habitats of southern and south-eastern Asia. The male has a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar, while the female is duller with olive-brown wings and lacks the black markings on the head. These little birds are hard to find because they roam the forest at ground level in dim light to catch insects and hide behind leaves

A green garden mantis in Tehatta, West Bengal, India. It is one of the approximately 1,800 species of praying mantis found around the world. The green garden mantis is remarkably cannibalistic: meetings between siblings in maturity often end with one eating the other, and females sometimes consume the males during the mating process

The orange-headed thrush in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India. The thrush is a colourful, shy singing bird that prefers to live in the damp, secluded environment of the rural bush on the Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia

A jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus), a member of the starling family, in Tehatta, India