This vibrant pocket sized jewel travels from peninsular Malaysia and is an annual visitor during the monsoons in southern India. It nests in lowland forest near streams and feeds upon insects, frogs, crabs, small fish and lizards.
This was a great opportunity to see this beautiful bird up close out there in the wild forests (thanks to a few close contacts). We were lucky to get good photographs and a footage of this bird.
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