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    Name

    Species

    Comments

         

    Oriental Honey-buzzard

    Pernis ptilorhyncus

    Several birds flying over

    Black Kite

    Milvus migrans

    Common

    Brahminy Kite

    Haliastur indus

    Common

    Besra

    Accipiter virgatus

    Excellent views of bird perched overhead

    Indian Spotted Eagle

    Aquila hastata

    Several birds flying over

    Greater Spotted Eagle

    Aquila clanga

    2/3 birds flying over

    Steppe Eagle

    Aquila nipalensis

    Single bird flying over

    Booted Eagle

    Hieraaetus pennatus

    Several birds flying over

    Asian Koel

    Eudynamys scolopacea

    Common at this site

    Brown Wood-owl

    Strix leptogrammica

    Pair roosting 20ft overhead

    White-throated Kingfisher

    Halcyon smyrnensis

    Several birds at this site

    Indian Roller

    Coracias benghalensis

    2 birds on wires approaching site

    White-cheeked Barbet

    Megalaima viridis

    Several birds seen here

    Coppersmith Barbet

    Megalaima haemacephala

    Common at this site

    Black-rumped Flameback

    Dinopium benghalense

    Fleeting views of bird flying and perched

    Grey Wagtail

    Motacilla cinerea

    Single bird by stream

    Common Iora

    Aegithina tiphia

    Several birds at this site

    Oriental Magpie-robin

    Copsychus saularis

    Relatively common

    Blyth 's Reed-warbler

    Acrocephalus dumetorum

    Single bird in village garden

    Greenish Warbler

    Phylloscopus trochiloides

    Relatively common

    Brown-breasted Flycatcher

    Muscicapa muttui

    Single bird seen well

    Tickell's Blue-flycatcher

    Cyornis tickelliae

    Excellent views of male

    White-browed Fantail

    Rhipidura aureola

    Bird at stream within 8ft

    Black-naped Monarch

    Hypothymis azurea

    Pair seen close up

    Asian Paradise-flycatcher

    Terpsiphone paradisi

    Stunning views to 10ft of white male

    Puff-throated Babbler

    Pellorneum ruficeps

    Pair grubbing in undergrowth

    Jungle Babbler

    Turdoides striatus

    Small flock seen on second visit

    Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

    Alcippe poioicephala

    Small flock in woods on second visit

    Crimson-backed Sunbird

    Nectarinia minima

    Singing male perched over path

    Crimson Sunbird

    Aethopyga siparaja

    Immature male at c 10ft

    Nilgiri Plain Flowerpecker

    Dicaeum concolor concolor

    Small flock in woods on second visit

    Indian Golden Oriole

    Oriolus oriolus kundoo

    Single bird in village garden

    Black Drongo

    Dicrurus macrocercus

    Common

    Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

    Dicrurus paradiseus

    2 birds seen on second visit

    Rufous Treepie

    Dendrocitta vagabunda

    2/3 birds in woods

    House Crow

    Corvus splendens

    Common

    Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling

    Sturnus malabaricus

    Several birds in village

    Rosy Starling

    Sturnus roseus

    Several bird feeding on flowering trees

     

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