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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common in the area |
Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
Frequently seen flying overhead |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
White-rumped Vulture |
Gyps bengalensis |
Single bird flying over ridge |
Crested Serpent-eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
2/3 birds flying over |
Crested Goshawk |
Accipiter trivirgatus |
Several birds flying over |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
2/3 birds flying over |
Black Eagle |
Ictinaetus malayensis |
2/3 birds flying over |
Rufous-bellied Eagle |
Hieraaetus kienerii |
Single bird flying over |
Mountain Hawk-eagle |
Spizaetus nipalensis |
Single bird flying over |
Grey-fronted (Pompadour) Green-pigeon |
Treron pompadora affinis |
Small flock of upto 12 birds |
Mountain Imperial-pigeon |
Ducula badia |
3/4 birds flying along wooded ridge |
Vernal Hanging-parrot |
Loriculus vernalis |
Several birds flying over & perched |
Malabar Parakeet |
Psittacula columboides |
Several birds flying over |
Banded Bay Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii |
Good views of single bird perched |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Numerous birds around site |
Brown Fish-owl |
Ketupa zeylonensis |
Single bird flying away up stream bed |
Jerdon's Nightjar |
Caprimulgus atripennis |
Good views of single bird in spot-light |
Indian White-rumped Spinetail |
Zoonavena sylvatica |
Common overhead |
Brown-throated (backed) Needletail |
Hirundapus giganteus |
Few birds seen overhead near temple |
Malabar Trogon |
Harpactes fasciatus |
Excellent views of female |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Several birds seen on dry river beds |
Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Pelargopsis capensis |
2/3 birds seen in woodland |
Malabar Pied-hornbill |
Anthracoceros coronatus |
4+ birds seen together |
Malabar (Crimson-fronted) Barbet |
Megalaima rubricapillus malabarica |
Excellent views of several birds |
Heart-spotted Woodpecker |
Hemicircus canente |
2/3 birds seen in woodland |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common overhead |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
2/3 birds seen on dry stream beds |
Scarlet Minivet |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
Small flocks seen in treetops |
Pied (Bar-winged) Flycatcher-shrike |
Hemipus picatus |
Single bird seen near temple |
Black-crested Bulbul |
Pycnonotus melanicterus |
Several birds seen in treetops |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Common |
Yellow-browed Bulbul |
Iole indica |
3/4 birds seen in woodland |
Asian Fairy-bluebird |
Irena puella |
2/3 birds seen in woodland |
Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
Relatively common here |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Common |
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Relatively common here |
Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa muttui |
Single bird seen along dry stream bed |
Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher |
Ficedula albicilla |
2/3 birds showed well near temple |
Black-naped Monarch |
Hypothymis azurea |
Good views of male |
Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
Several birds of all ages and sexes |
Crimson-backed Sunbird |
Nectarinia minima |
2/3 males seen well |
Loten's Sunbird |
Nectarinia lotenia |
Single male seen at close quarters |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
Several birds seen feeding in trees |
Nilgiri (Plain) Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor concolor |
Several birds seen feeding in trees |
Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Relatively common here |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus paradiseus |
3/4 birds seen in woodland |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Indian Jungle (Large-billed) Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus |
Common here |
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