Chakora

The red partridge (Perdrix rufa).
According to popular belief, the chakora
bird eats nothing but moonbeams. It is
thus happy and content during the
night but tormented by hunger during
the day. In court poetry the chakora bird
often symbolized a cultured and discriminating person who appreciates the
finer things in life. In bhakti (devotional) poetry the chakora is often a symbol
for a devotee (bhakta), since the chakora
bird is said to be in love with the moon.
Thus it is joyful when the moon is out
but pines for it during the day, just as a
devotee is blissful in the deity’s presence and in its absence is consumed
with longing.