Black Francolin - Female & Male (Francolinus francolinus) - The State bird of Haryana. This is also called as Black Patridge. The male Black Francolin is black with white patch on the cheek, a chestnut collar and white spots on the flanks. The back and wings are scalloped with shades of golden brown with sub-terminal tawny-buff bands and pale edges. Tail is black with narrow white bars. Legs are reddish-brown to red. The female Black Francolin similar to the male, but is paler, with wider brown bars on the lower back, the white cheek patch is missing and the chestnut collar replaced by a nuchal patch. Black Francolin had earlier been hunted and netted extensively thus resulting in considerable decrease in population. Now, with hunting ban in force, they are making a gradual comeback. These were shot near Jhajjar town in Haryana. Exif - at 500mm focal length, f-stop - f/6.7 ISO Speed - 400 and exposure Male - 1/500 while the female at f/1000
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:34:53 +0000
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