ICON 4: BIRDS IN MASINAGUDI
BY P.S. SUNDAR
Further to my article in ICON 3: BIRDS IN UPPER BHAVANI in this blog, herewith the list of as many as 131 bird species sighted in Masinagudi by the team guided by Octavious Bunshaw and Vijay Krishnaraj during their survey on Big Bird Day on Feb 16, 2014, as per the compilation sent to me by Jamuna Raju and G B Henriksen:
This is the second list of the series of five..the rest will follow in separate articles..
K C Gowtham, a member of this survey team, has shared with me this photo of Crested Tree Swift he had taken along with Poorni Sampath Vijay, Gautham Prabhakar, Priyanka Vijay and Vijay Krishnaraj:
| Masinagudi |
| Octavious
Bunshaw + Vijay Krishnaraj |
| 131 Species |
| Purple Sunbird |
| Crimson Sunbird |
| Loten’s Sunbird |
| Purple-rumped Sunbird |
| Spotted Dove |
| Laughing Dove |
| Red-turtle Dove |
| Eurasian Collared Dove |
| Emerald Dove |
| Nilgiri Wood Pigeon |
| Greenish Warbler |
| Tickell's Leaf Warbler |
| Blyth’s Leaf Warbler |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler |
| Blyth's Leaf Warbler |
| Pale -billed Flowerpecker |
| Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
| Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker |
| Yellow crowned Woodpecker |
| Streak throated Woodpecker |
| Jungle Myna |
| Common Myna |
| Jungle Crow |
| House Crow |
| Yellow-eyed Babbler |
| Common Babbler |
| Jungle Babbler |
| Puff throated Babbler |
| Yellow-billed Babbler |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul |
| Red-vented Bulbul |
| Yellow-throated Bulbul |
| White-browed Bulbul |
| Yellow –browed Bulbul |
| Pond Heron |
| Crested Serpent Eagle |
| Black Eagle |
| Oriental-honey Buzzard |
| Changeable –hawk Eagle |
| Hoopoe |
| Indian Robin |
| Oriental Magpie Robin |
| Oriental White-eye |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet |
| Plum-headed Parakeet |
| Malabar Parakeet |
| Black Drongo |
| White-bellied Drongo |
| Barn Swallow |
| Red-rumped Swallow |
| Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Ashy wood Swallow |
| Hill Swallow |
| Streak Throated Swallow |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird |
| Shikra |
| Long-tailed Shrike |
| Bay-backed Shrike |
| Rufous-tailed Shrike |
| Brown Shrike |
| Common Wood Shrike |
| Black Hooded Oriole |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole |
| Small Minivet |
| Junglefowl |
| Verditer Flycatcher |
| Tickell's Blue Flycatcher |
| Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
| Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch |
| White- breasted Waterhen |
| Greater Flameback |
| Vernal Hanging Parrot |
| Ashy Prinia |
| Jungle Prinia |
| Grey-breasted Prinia |
| Brahminy Starling |
| Chestnut-tailed Starling |
| Grey Wagtail |
| White-browed Wagtail |
| Yellow Wagtail |
| White-browed Fantail |
| White-spotted Fantail |
| Pied buschat |
| Common Stonechat |
| Common Iora |
| Great Tit |
| Asian Koel |
| Greater Coucal |
| Common Hawk Cuckoo |
| Pied Cuckoo |
| Scaly-breasted Munia |
| Green Bee-eater |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater |
| White-cheeked Barbet |
| Coppersmith Barbet |
| Rosefinch |
| White –throated Kingfisher |
| Common Kingfisher |
| Golden-fronted Leafbird |
| Rufous Treepie |
| Nilgiri Pipit |
| Common Tailor Bird |
| White -rumped Vulture |
| Common Kestrel |
| Jungle Bush Quail |
| Common House Martin |
| Brahminy Kite |
| Black Kite |
| Black Shouldered Kite |
| Peacock |
| Malabar Pied Hornbill |
| Chestnut-shouldered Petronia |
| Long-billed Vulture |
| Little Spider Hunter |
| Blue –faced Malkhoa |
| Indian Silverbill |
| Crested Treeswift |
| Little Egret |
| Eurasian Openbill |
| Red-wattled Lapwing |
| Darter |
| Lesser Cormorant |
| Lesser Egret |
| Intermediate Egret |
| Glossy Ibis |
| Green Sandpiper |
| Humes white throat |
| Indian Nightjar |
| Indian Roller |
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