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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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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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