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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common everywhere |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
One at reservoir |
Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
2/3 flying over reservoir & near reserve entrance |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common everywhere |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common everywhere |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
One flying over near reservoir |
Grey Junglefowl |
Gallus sonneratii |
One in undergrowth by reservoir |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
One on reservoir |
Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
One on reservoir |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Several around reserve |
Vernal Hanging-parrot |
Loriculus vernalis |
Small flock in gardens by zoo |
Southern (Greater) Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
Two birds in gardens by zoo |
Crested Treeswift |
Hemiprocne coronata |
Few birds flying over resevoir & surrounding ridges |
Indian White-rumped Spinetail |
Zoonavena sylvatica |
Small flocks near reserve entrance |
Asian Palm-swift |
Cypsiurus balasiensis |
Small flocks near reserve entrance |
House Swift |
Apus affinis |
Several with other hirundines |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common everywhere |
Malabar Grey Hornbill |
Ocyceros griseus |
Close views of bird in trees at zoo |
Malabar Pied-hornbill |
Anthracoceros coronatus |
Several flying over near reserve entrance |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
2/3 near reserve entrance |
Rufous Woodpecker |
Celeus brachyurus |
Pair feeding in dead tree near reserve entrance |
Heart-spotted Woodpecker |
Hemicircus canente |
Good view of single bird near reserve entrance |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Numerous everywhere |
Forest Wagtail |
Dendronanthus indicus |
Pair at reservoir |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
Several birds in appropriate habitat |
Black-headed Cuckooshrike |
Coracina melanoptera |
Single bird near reserve entrance |
Small Minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
Small flock at reservoir |
Black-crested Bulbul |
Pycnonotus melanicterus |
2/3 birds near reserve entrance |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common everywhere |
Yellow-browed Bulbul |
Iole indica |
Single bird near reservoir |
Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
Several birds at reservoir |
Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
Several birds on reserve |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Common on reserve |
White-rumped Shama |
Copsychus malabaricus |
Male and female at children'e play area plus close views of male by stream bed at zoo |
Indian Black Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicata |
Several birds on reserve |
Orange-headed Thrush |
Zoothera citrina |
Several birds on reserve |
Blyth 's Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Several birds around reservoir |
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
Several birds near children's play area |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Common everywhere especially children's play area and zoo |
Red-breasted Flycatcher |
Ficedula parva |
Single bird near reserve entrance |
Tickell's Blue-flycatcher |
Cyornis tickelliae |
Male near children's play area |
Black-naped Monarch |
Hypothymis azurea |
Single male near reserve entrance |
Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
Several birds of both sexes plus white male |
Dark-fronted Babbler |
Rhopocichla atriceps |
Several birds near children's play area |
Jungle Babbler |
Turdoides striatus |
Two groups seen near reserve entrance |
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe poioicephala |
2/3 birds at reservoir |
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch |
Sitta frontalis |
Several birds near children's play area |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Several birds on reserve |
Crimson-backed Sunbird |
Nectarinia minima |
Several birds seen especially near reservoir |
Purple Sunbird |
Nectarinia asiatica |
Common on reserve |
Loten's Sunbird |
Nectarinia lotenia |
Good view of single male near reserve entrance |
Little Spiderhunter |
Arachnothera longirostra |
Single bird near childrens play area |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
3/4 birds near reserve entrance |
Nilgiri (Plain) Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor concolor |
6/7 birds near reserve entrance |
Black-hooded Oriole |
Oriolus xanthornus |
Relatively common at reservoir and on reserve |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common everywhere |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common everywhere |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Several birds on reserve |
White-bellied Drongo |
Dicrurus caerulescens |
3/4 birds at reservoir |
Bronzed Drongo |
Dicrurus aeneus |
2/3 birds at reserve entrance |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus paradiseus |
Single birds in woods on reserve and at zoo |
Rufous Treepie |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
2/3 birds in gardens at zoo |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common on reserve |
Indian Jungle (Large-billed) Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus |
Several birds on reserve |
Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus |
Several birds in appropriate habitat |
White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
Small flock near reserve entrance |
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