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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Common |
Western Reef-egret |
Egretta gularis |
Several birds seen at waters edge |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Common in surrounding wetlands |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Common in surrounding wetlands |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Black-crowned Night-heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Small numbers roosting in large tree nearby |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
Single bird seen on telegraph wires |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
White-bellied Sea Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Relatively common around the beach area |
Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
1/2 birds usually perched on telegraph wires |
Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
Common especially at high tide |
Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
Common especially at high tide |
Greater Sand Plover |
Charadrius leschenaultii |
Several birds among Plover flock at high tide |
Caspian Plover |
Charadrius asiaticus |
Single bird at high tide with Plover flock |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common on inland fields |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
Several birds at waters edge |
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
Several birds at waters edge north of main beach |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Relatively common north of main beach area |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
3/4 birds seen at high tide north of main beach |
Steppe Gull |
Larus barabensis |
Relatively common especially at high tide |
Heuglin's Gull |
Larus heuglini |
Several birds among the Gull flock at high tide |
Pallas's Gull |
Larus ichthyaetus |
Flock of 140+ at high tide roost |
Brown-headed Gull |
Larus brunnicephalus |
Common with flock of 200+ at high tide |
Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
Common |
Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
Several birds seen in Gull flock at roost |
Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
Several birds seen around beach area |
Lesser Crested Tern |
Thalasseus bengalensis |
Common |
Great Crested Tern |
Thalasseus bergii |
Small numbers seen with roosting Gull flock |
Sandwich Tern |
Thalasseus sandvicensis |
Most common tern after Lesser Crested |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
Several birds seen flying over |
Southern (Greater) Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
2/3 birds around beach and surrounding trees |
Spotted Owlet |
Athene brama |
Two birds at nest site nearby |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Several birds around beach area |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Relatively common here |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
Halcyon pileata |
2/3 birds north of main beach |
Little Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
Common around inland fields behind beach |
Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
Single bird seen north of main beach |
Malabar Lark |
Galerida malabarica |
2/3 birds seen inland from beach |
Eurasian Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Several birds seen flying over |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
Common |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Richard's Pipit |
Anthus richardi |
Several birds seen in fields behind beach |
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
Seen both on beach and in fields behind |
Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
Several birds in trees surrounding beach |
Pied Bushchat |
Saxicola caprata |
4/5 birds in scrub behind beach |
Grey-breasted Prinia |
Prinia hodgsonii |
Single bird in scrub behind beach |
Clamorous Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus stentoreus |
Single bird at close range in trees behind beach |
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
Several birds seen near Spotted Owlet nest site |
Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa dauurica |
Nesting bird in trees behind beach |
Black-lored Tit |
Parus xanthogenys |
Several birds in flowering tree near beach |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Brahminy Starling |
Sturnus pagodarum |
Single bird in flowering tree near beach |
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
Small flock in flowering tree near beach |
Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
2/3 birds in scrub behind beach |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common |
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