BACKWOODS |
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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Relatively common around the area |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
Several birds seen flying over |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
Long-billed Vulture |
Gyps indicus |
Single bird flying over ridge near camp |
Crested Serpent-eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
4/5 birds seen flying over |
Crested Goshawk |
Accipiter trivirgatus |
Several birds seen flying over |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
Single bird seen near camp |
Black Eagle |
Ictinaetus malayensis |
Several birds seen flying over |
Mountain Hawk-eagle |
Spizaetus nipalensis |
Bird seen flying over ridge near camp |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common |
Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
Common |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Several birds seen around camp area |
Grey-fronted (Pompadour) Green-pigeon |
Treron pompadora affinis |
2/3 birds seen in woods around camp |
Vernal Hanging-parrot |
Loriculus vernalis |
Small flocks seen in woods around camp |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
2/3 birds seen in woods around camp |
Malabar Parakeet |
Psittacula columboides |
1/2 birds seen in woods around camp |
Southern (Greater) Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
Several birds seen in appropriate habitat |
Oriental Scops-owl |
Otus sunia |
Roosting pair in woods around camp |
Jungle Owlet |
Glaucidium radiatum |
Single bird seen in high canopy near camp |
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Frogmouth |
Batrachostomus moniliger |
Roosting pait in bamboo stand in camp |
Indian Jungle (Grey) Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
2/3 birds in spotlight on hillside near camp |
Savannah Nightjar |
Caprimulgus affinis |
Several birds on hillside near camp |
House Swift |
Apus affinis |
Common |
Malabar Trogon |
Harpactes fasciatus |
Female seen along dry river bed near camp |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Relatively common around the area |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common |
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater |
Merops leschenaulti |
Upto 6 birds along dry river bed near camp |
Malabar Grey Hornbill |
Ocyceros griseus |
2/3 birds in woods & stunning bird in camp |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
4/5 birds in woods |
Malabar (Crimson-fronted) Barbet |
Megalaima rubricapillus malabarica |
1/2 birds seen in woods near camp |
Indian (Brown-capped) Pygmy Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos nanus |
Good views of single bird in canopy |
Rufous Woodpecker |
Celeus brachyurus |
2/3 birds in woods around camp |
White-bellied Woodpecker |
Dryocopus javensis |
Good views of 1/2 birds flying over |
Black-rumped Flameback |
Dinopium benghalense |
Fleeting views of 2/3 birds flying & in trees |
Greater Flameback |
Chrysocolaptes lucidus |
Brief view of single bird flying over |
Heart-spotted Woodpecker |
Hemicircus canente |
Excellent views of several birds |
Indian Pitta |
Pitta brachyura |
Stunning close ups of bird in camp |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
Relatively common around the area |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Streak-throated Swallow |
Hirundo fluvicola |
Several birds among Hirundine flocks |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
3/4 birds on dry stream beds |
Small Minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
2/3 small flocks in woods around camp |
Scarlet Minivet |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
Stunning views of both sexes near camp |
Black-crested Bulbul |
Pycnonotus melanicterus |
Several birds in woods around camp |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common |
Red-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
Relatively common around the area |
Yellow-browed Bulbul |
Iole indica |
Several birds in woods around camp |
Square-tailed Black Bulbul |
Hypsipetes ganeesa |
Single bird seen near camp |
Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
Several birds seen in appropriate habitat |
Blue-winged Leafbird |
Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
Single bird seen near Nightjar site |
Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
Relatively common around the area |
Indian Blue Robin |
Luscinia brunnea |
Single female seen in camp |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Relatively common around the area |
White-rumped Shama |
Copsychus malabaricus |
2/3 birds seen in woods nearby |
Malabar Whistling-thrush |
Myiophonus horsfieldii |
Single bird singing near Nightjar site |
Orange-headed Thrush |
Zoothera citrina |
Birds seen in camp and surrounding woods |
Nilgiri Blackbird |
Turdus simillimus simillimus |
3/4 birds in camp and surrounding woods |
Blyth 's Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Relatively common around the area |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Relatively common around the area |
Western Crowned-warbler |
Phylloscopus occipitalis |
Relatively common around the camp area |
Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa dauurica |
1/2 birds seen in woods around camp |
Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa muttui |
Single bird seen in woods nearby |
Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher |
Ficedula albicilla |
2/3 birds in woods around camp |
Tickell's Blue-flycatcher |
Cyornis tickelliae |
1/2 birds seen near camp |
Black-naped Monarch |
Hypothymis azurea |
2/3 birds seen in woods near camp |
Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
3/4 birds around camp and woods nearby |
Puff-throated Babbler |
Pellorneum ruficeps |
Pair frequented camp "dining room" |
Dark-fronted Babbler |
Rhopocichla atriceps |
Several birds in woods around camp |
Jungle Babbler |
Turdoides striatus |
2/3 small flocks in woods around camp |
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe poioicephala |
2/3 small flocks in woods around camp |
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch |
Sitta frontalis |
1/2 small flocks in woods around camp |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Several males in woods around area |
Crimson-backed Sunbird |
Nectarinia minima |
2/3 birds in general camp area |
Purple Sunbird |
Nectarinia asiatica |
Several males in woods around area |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
1/2 small flocks in woods around camp |
Nilgiri (Plain) Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor |
1/2 small flocks in woods around camp |
Indian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus kundoo |
Relatively common in woods near camp |
Black-hooded Oriole |
Oriolus xanthornus |
Relatively common in woods near camp |
Large Woodshrike |
Tephrodornis gularis |
Single bird seen in woods around camp |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Relatively common around the area |
Bronzed Drongo |
Dicrurus aeneus |
Several birds seen around camp area |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus paradiseus |
Several birds seen around the area |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Indian Jungle (Large-billed) Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus |
Relatively common around the area |
Ashy Woodswallow |
Artamus fuscus |
Several birds flying over ridges near camp |
Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus |
Relatively common in woods near camp |
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia |
Petronia xanthocollis |
Several birds in woods around camp |
White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
2/3 small flocks in woods near camp |
Black-throated Munia |
Lonchura kelaarti |
1/2 small flocks in woods around camp |
Common Rosefinch |
Carpodacus erythrinus |
4/5 birds with 2 pristine males |
