Wildlife Spotting

I have seen Northern Wheatear on a beach in Goa. And an Isabelline in a tesco carpark in britain. So you see maps are not always correct.

Lenny, asking other people about spotting IDs is one the roles of this site. Please be courteous with other users. It would be useful to know why you think this is not an Isabelline Wheatear. As a matter of fact the quoted book shows only 3 Indian records of Northern Wheatear, all in the extreme North west so nowhere near the location of this spotting. It also states that this is a vagrant passage migrant and the date it was seen is not during migration time. On the other hand the Isabelline Wheatear has a wintering range whose southern border is close to where this bird was seen and 4 records in the area it was seen. As per the same book, the Northern Wheatear has blackish centres to wing-coverts and tertials, which this bird does not have. The white on the sides of the tail on Northern Wheatears extends much closer to the tail tip than it does on this bird. For me this is an Isabelline Wheatear.

If you go with Isabeline you will be wrong. Get yourself a decent field guide and you wont need other people to tell you what you are looking at. http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide-Birds-Indian-Subcontinent/dp/0195651553 This book is by British birders.Cant go wrong.Best in the world.

It's probably a wagtail or pipit.

It looks like a mountain plover, but it doesn't have the black crown... So i'm not sure.