House Crow
Sanjay Van is a reserved forest on the Aravalli ridge in south New Delhi, a shaded patch of woodland where the city's noise drops away within a few steps of the trail. …
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To me, every image is a story, and there’s a story behind every image: the long wait in the forest, the bird that finally steps into the light, the wild place and the people working to protect it. These are those stories, one photograph at a time.
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Curated images
My top 12 curated images — a portfolio of the work.
Great PotooRestrepo, Meta, Colombia
SunbitternQuebrada Las Doradas, El Caraño, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
White-necked JacobinJardĂn Botánico del QuindĂo, Calarcá, QuindĂo, Colombia
Red-crowned CraneZhangye, Gansu, China
Yellow-crowned AmazonLa Macarena, Meta, Colombia
Little WoodpeckerCaracolĂ Bird House, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
White-throated ToucanSan Juan de Arama, Meta, Colombia
Red-whiskered BulbulMai Po Nature Reserve, Yuen Long, Hong Kong, China
Blue-and-yellow MacawEl Doncello, Caquetá, Colombia
HoatzinNukak Eco Lodge, Puerto Concordia, Meta, Colombia
Burnished-buff TanagerLa Macarena, Meta, Colombia
Yellow-headed CaracaraCharca de Guarinocito, La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia
Most threatened birds
The twelve most threatened species I have photographed, ranked by IUCN Red List status.
EndangeredApolinar’s WrenPáramo de SiscunsĂ, Sogamoso, Boyacá, Colombia
VulnerableBrown-banded AntpittaReserva RĂo Blanco, cerca de Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
VulnerableCauca GuanSantuario de Fauna y Flora OtĂşn Quimbaya, cerca de Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
VulnerableHonduran EmeraldLa Marimba, Gracias, Lempira, Honduras
VulnerableRed-crowned CraneParque Nacional de Humedales de Zhangye, Zhangye, Gansu, China
VulnerableBlack-faced Spoonbillcerca de Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong, China
VulnerableYellow-eared Parrotcerca de Roncesvalles, Tolima, Colombia
Near ThreatenedEastern MeadowlarkLa Florida, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Near ThreatenedLeast SandpiperReserva Natural El Encanto de Guanapalo, Casanare, Colombia
Near ThreatenedMulticolored TanagerLa Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Near ThreatenedScarlet-fronted Parakeetcerca de Yacuanquer, Nariño, Colombia
Near ThreatenedTolima DoveUkuku Rural Lodge, Juntas, Tolima, Colombia
From the field
My most recently published stories. I update the images regularly.
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Jungle Babbler
Sanjay Van sits in the south of New Delhi, a 784-acre reserved forest on the Aravalli ridge where the 12th-century walls of Lal Kot are now wrapped in shaded woodland. …
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Golden-bellied Euphonia
Golden-yellow first, then the olive. That was the order this Golden-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta) presented itself at Caracolà Bird House, perched on a thin stem among pale seed heads while the darker cap and…
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