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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
White-bellied Sea Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Several birds flying by over the sea |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
Single bird hunting |
Indian Peafowl |
Pavo cristatus |
Flock of c6 with 2 males, plus 2/3 perched in trees in distance |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Common |
Grey-fronted (Pompadour Green) Pigeon |
Treron pompadora affinis |
2/3 birds distant in trees |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
4/5 birds flying over |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Both male & female on hilltop with several of both sexes at Pitta site |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
Several birds in trees on hilltop |
Coppersmith Barbet |
Megalaima haemacephala |
Several birds in trees on hilltop |
Eurasian Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Sizeable flock flying over |
Black-headed Cuckooshrike |
Coracina melanoptera |
Close up views at Pitta site |
Small Minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
Small flock on hillside |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common |
White-browed Bulbul |
Pycnonotus luteolus |
Several birds on hillside |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Common |
Indian Black Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicata |
Several on hilltop |
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
Several at Pitta site |
Plain Prinia |
Prinia inornata |
Several birds on hilltop |
Blyth 's Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
2/3 birds at Pitta site |
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
Several birds in trees on hilltop |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Common |
White-browed Fantail |
Rhipidura aureola |
Singe bird at Pitta site |
Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
Immature male at Pitta site |
Jungle Babbler |
Turdoides striatus |
Flock on hilltop |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Common |
Crimson Sunbird |
Aethopyga siparaja |
Singing male on hilltop |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
3/4 birds in trees on hilltop |
Pale-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos |
1/2 birds in trees on hilltop |
Indian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus kundoo |
Several birds on hillside |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
4/5 birds on hillside |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
Flock of c30 around our heads as we breakfasted on the hilltop |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common |
Baya Weaver |
Ploceus philippinus |
Small flock on hillside |
White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
Small flock at Pitta site |
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