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    Name

    Species

    Comments

         

    Oriental Honey-buzzard

    Pernis ptilorhyncus

    Pair seen flying over woods regularly

    Black Kite

    Milvus migrans

    Common everywhere

    Brahminy Kite

    Haliastur indus

    Common everywhere

    Booted Eagle

    Hieraaetus pennatus

    Single bird in flight

    Barred Buttonquail

    Turnix suscitator

    2/3 birds disturbed when looking for Pitta

    Plum-headed Parakeet

    Psittacula cyanocephala

    2/3 birds seen usually in flight

    Asian Koel

    Eudynamys scolopacea

    Both male and female common

    House Swift

    Apus affinis

    Regular fly-bys over woods

    Coppersmith Barbet

    Megalaima haemacephala

    2/3 birds seen feeding

    Rufous Woodpecker

    Celeus brachyurus

    Single bird in flight

    Small Minivet

    Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

    Small flock feeding by Cabana nightclub

    Red-whiskered Bulbul

    Pycnonotus jocosus

    Common everywhere

    Red-vented Bulbul

    Pycnonotus cafer

    2/3 birds with Red-whiskered flocks

    White-browed Bulbul

    Pycnonotus luteolus

    2/3 birds seen near Cabana nightclub

    Common Iora

    Aegithina tiphia

    Single bird near Cabana nightclub

    Golden-fronted Leafbird

    Chloropsis aurifrons

    Single bird near Cabana nightclub

    Oriental Magpie-robin

    Copsychus saularis

    Several birds seen on both visits

    Indian Black Robin

    Saxicoloides fulicata

    Occasional sightings of 1/2 birds

    Orange-headed Thrush

    Zoothera citrina

    Single bird near pitta site

    Plain Prinia

    Prinia inornata

    4/5 birds seen well along woodland path

    Common Tailorbird

    Orthotomus sutorius

    1/2 birds seen near Cabana nightclub

    Greenish Warbler

    Phylloscopus trochiloides

    Several birds seen on both visits

    Tickell's Blue-flycatcher

    Cyornis tickelliae

    Single bird in woodland

    Puff-throated Babbler

    Pellorneum ruficeps

    Pair seen near pittal site

    Jungle Babbler

    Turdoides striatus

    Common in sporadic flocks

    Black-lored Tit

    Parus xanthogenys

    2/3 birds seen near Cabana nightclub

    Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Nectarinia zeylonica

    Male in woodland

    Purple Sunbird

    Nectarinia asiatica

    Male in woodland

    Indian Golden Oriole

    Oriolus oriolus kundoo

    Male and female seen well in woodland

    Black Drongo

    Dicrurus macrocercus

    Common everywhere

    Ashy Drongo

    Dicrurus leucophaeus

    2/3 birds seen in woodland

    White-bellied Drongo

    Dicrurus caerulescens

    Single bird seen near Cabana nightclub

    House Crow

    Corvus splendens

    Common everywhere

    Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling

    Sturnus malabaricus

    several birds seen on both visits

    White-rumped Munia

    Lonchura striata

    Small flock feeding by Cabana nightclub

         

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