ICON-- 12 ::

BIRDS IN OOTY - 2015

BY P S SUNDAR

Further to my article ICON - 11 -- BIRDS IN MASINAGUDI, herewith the third of the five in the series of Big Bird Day 2015 (BBD).   

This gives the list of 42 species identified by the Ooty team comprising S Jeevith, Manoj Sethumathavan, Ramesh Veera and Vivek Aditya. 

Last year, 36 bird species were sighted in Ooty.

The list as per the compilation BBD co-ordianator Jamuna Raju had sent me ::

Grey Junglefowl

White-breasted waterhen

Spotted Dove

Common Hoopoe

Nilgiri Pipit

Grey Wagtail

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Red-vented Bulbul

Indian Blackbird

Oriental Magpie Robin

Pied Bushchat

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Grey-headed canary flycatcher

Nilgiri Laughing Thrush

Cinereous Tit

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Oriental White Eye

Jungle Crow

House Crow

Jungle Myna

House Sparrow

Black & Orange Flycatcher

Ashy Prinia

Asian Fairy Blue Bird

White-bellied Drongo

Pond Heron

Scaly-breasted Munia

Common Pigeon

White-browed Fantail flycatcher

Common Rose Finch

Malabar Whistling Thrush

Orange-headed Thrush

Chestnut-headed bee eater

Rose Ringed Parakeet

Swallow

Eagle

Nilgiri Flowerpecker

Purple Sunbird

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Blue-throated flycatcher

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

photos of some birds clicked by this team during BBD 2015 ::