MAEM LAKE |
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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Common |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Several birds on lake |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Several birds on lake |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Numerous in surrounding fields |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Little Heron |
Butorides striatus |
Single bird seen on lake |
Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
Single bird flying over |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
1/2 birds around lake |
Changeable Hawk-eagle |
Spizaetus cirrhatus |
Pair at nest site by lake |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Several birds around lake |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
3/4 birds around lake |
Emerald Dove |
Chalcophaps indica |
Single bird seen reasonably well |
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon |
Treron bicincta |
Excellent views of several birds |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
Several birds flying over lake |
Banded Bay Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii |
Excellent views of single bird |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Several birds around lake |
Blue-faced Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
Single bird seen well |
Indian Jungle (Grey) Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
Roosting bird c20ft above our heads |
Indian White-rumped Spinetail |
Zoonavena sylvatica |
c40 birds overhead around lake |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
2/3 birds around lake |
Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Pelargopsis capensis |
2/3 birds around lake |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Common |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
2/3 birds around lake |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
Several birds seen well |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
Several birds seen around lake |
Coppersmith Barbet |
Megalaima haemacephala |
Relatively common |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Pied (Bar-winged) Flycatcher-shrike |
Hemipus picatus |
Single bird seen overhead and on nest |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common |
Red-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
Several birds seen around lake |
Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
2/3 birds around lake |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Relatively common |
Malabar Whistling-thrush |
Myiophonus horsfieldii |
Single bird seen reasonably well |
Tickell's Thrush |
Turdus unicolor |
Single bird seen skulking in undergrowth |
Nilgiri Blackbird |
Turdus simillimus simillimus |
2 birds seen well |
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
Several birds seen around lake |
Blyth 's Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
5/6 birds seen around lake |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Relatively common |
Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
Fleeting glimpse of juvenile male |
Puff-throated Babbler |
Pellorneum ruficeps |
Pair seen well in undergrowth |
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe poioicephala |
Small flock seen in woods near lake |
Black-lored Tit |
Parus xanthogenys |
pair seen at lakeside |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Good views of singing male |
Crimson Sunbird |
Aethopyga siparaja |
Single bird on top of bushes |
Little Spiderhunter |
Arachnothera longirostra |
Good but short views of 2 birds |
Indian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus kundoo |
Common |
Black-hooded Oriole |
Oriolus xanthornus |
Relatively common |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Several birds around lake |
White-bellied Drongo |
Dicrurus caerulescens |
Pair seen well in treetops |
Bronzed Drongo |
Dicrurus aeneus |
Several birds seen around lake |
Rufous Treepie |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
Single bird seen well |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common |
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