CARAMBOLIN LAKE |
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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
20/30 birds on lake |
Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Common |
Indian Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
Single bird flying over mud flats |
Oriental Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
Several birds on lake |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Common |
Western Reef-egret |
Egretta gularis |
2/3 birds on mud flats |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Relatively common here |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
Upto 10 birds on lake |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Common |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Common |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Little Heron |
Butorides striatus |
Single bird at mud flats |
Black-crowned Night-heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Single bird on mud flats |
Asian Openbill |
Anastomus oscitans |
2/3 birds over lake late morning on both visits |
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
3/4 birds on mud flats |
Lesser Adjutant |
Leptoptilos javanicus |
1/2 birds on thermals late morning |
Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
9 birds on lake on 1st visit but only 1 on 2nd |
Black-headed Ibis |
Threskiornis melanocephalus |
2/3 birds on mud flats |
Lesser Whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna javanica |
Several flocks on lake with c400 birds in total |
Cotton Pygmy-goose |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
Upto 10 birds on lake |
Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
Upto 10 birds on lake |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
White-bellied Sea-eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
2/3 flying over lake and mud flats |
Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
1/2 birds over lake |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
Single bird in Carambolin Wood |
Steppe Eagle |
Aquila nipalensis |
Single bird on thermals late morning |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
Several birds flying over mid morning |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
2/3 birds flying over lake |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
2/3 birds on power lines at mud flats |
Jungle Bush-quail |
Perdicula asiatica |
3/4 birds in scrub behind lake |
Barred Buttonquail |
Turnix suscitator |
Flock of c12 in scrub behind lake |
Grey-headed (Purple) Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus |
Upto 100 birds on lake |
Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
Common on lake |
Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
Upto 20 birds on lake |
Bronze-winged Jacana |
Metopidius indicus |
Upto 100 birds on lake |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
Several birds on mud flats |
Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
1/2 birds on mud flats |
Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
Common on mud flats plus 5/10 birds at lake |
Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
Relatively common around lake and mud flats |
Red- wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common |
Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
Several birds around lake |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
Several birds on mud flats |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
Common on mud flats |
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
Fairly common on mud flats |
Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
Common on mud flats and around lake |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Fairly common on mud flats and around lake |
Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
Fairly common on mud flats |
Temminck's Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
Upto 10 birds on mud flats |
Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
Upto 20 birds hawking for insects over lake |
Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybridus |
1 bird flying over lake with Gull-billed Terns |
Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
Common |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
3/4 birds on waste ground at lake & mud flats |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
3/4 birds flying over road leading to lake |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Several birds in Carambolin Wood & at lake |
Southern (Greater) Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
2/3 birds around lake & in Carambolin Wood |
Jungle Owlet |
Glaucidium radiatum |
Pair roosting in trees behind lake |
Brown Hawk-owl |
Ninox scutulata |
Pair seen roosting in Carambolin Wood |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
1/2 birds at mud flats & on lake |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Relatively common here |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
Several birds on lake & at mud flats |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
Several birds at mud flats |
Coppersmith Barbet |
Megalaima haemacephala |
3/4 in woods at lake & in trees at mud flats |
Black-rumped Flameback |
Dinopium benghalense |
1/2 birds in woods opposite mud flats |
Malabar Lark |
Galerida malabarica |
1//2 birds on wires & waste ground |
Eurasian Crag-martin |
Hirundo rupestris |
Several birds among mixed Hirundine flocks |
Dusky Crag-martin |
Hirundo concolor |
4/5 birds among mixed Hirundine flocks |
Eurasian Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Several birds among mixed Hirundine flocks |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
Common |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Streak-throated Swallow |
Hirundo fluvicola |
Common among mixed Hirundine flocks |
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
Relatively common here |
Tawny Pipit |
Anthus campestris |
Several birds on waste ground & around lake |
White-browed Wagtail |
Motacilla madaraspatensis |
3/4 birds around lake |
Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
1/2 birds around lake |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
2/3 birds around lake |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common |
Red-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
3/4 birds around lake on second visit |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
2/3 birds near mud flats |
Siberian Stonechat |
Saxicola maurus indicus |
3/4 birds in fields near Carambolin Wood |
Pied Bushchat |
Saxicola caprata |
1/2 birds around lake |
Indian Black Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicata |
Several birds around lake |
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
4/5 birds around lake & in Carambolin Wood |
Plain Prinia |
Prinia inornata |
3/4 birds around lake |
Blyth 's Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Several birds around lake |
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
Several birds in woods at back of lake |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Several birds in woods at back of lake |
Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa dauurica |
Single bird in woods at back of lake |
Black- lored Tit |
Parus xanthogenys |
3/4 birds in trees at mud flats |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
1/2 males in woods at back of lake |
Pale-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos |
3/4 birds in Carambolin Woods |
Indian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus kundoo |
2/3 birds around lake & at mud flats |
Black-hooded Oriole |
Oriolus xanthornus |
2/3 birds around lake |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Several birds in small woods around lake |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Indian Jungle (Large-billed) Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus |
Several birds in Carambolin Wood |
Ashy Woodswallow |
Artamus fuscus |
Several birds over lake |
Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus |
Common in trees around lake |
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
Relatively common in flowering trees at lake |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common |
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia |
Petronia xanthocollis |
Small flock in woods at back of lake |
Baya Weaver |
Ploceus philippinus |
Flock of c30 birds on waste ground near lake |
White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
Small flock in woods at back of lake |
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