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BIRDS IN COONOOR - 2015

BY P S SUNDAR

This is the last in the series of five articles documenting the bird species identified in five regions of the Nilgiris during the Big Bird Day (2015) on March 8, 2015. 

Here comes the list of 54 species identified in Coonoor region by the team led by Antony Grossy and Allen Murphy which included Senthil Kumar, Luke Robert, Shanon Enos and Titus. 

Last year, 68 bird species were sighted in Coonoor region.

This is the list of the species compiled as per what BBD co-ordinator Jamuna Raju has sent me::

Shikra

Grey Junglefowl

White-breasted waterhen

Nilgiri Wood Pigeon

Spotted Dove

Common Hoopoe

White-cheeked Barbet

Hill swallow

Grey Wagtail

Scarlet Minivet

Bar-winged flycatcher shrike

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Red-vented Bulbul

Indian Blackbird

Bluecapped Rock Thrush

Oriental Magpie Robin

Pied Bushchat

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Green Leaf Warbler

Jungle Babbler

Cinereous Tit

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Oriental White Eye

House Crow

Myna

House Sparrow

Black & Orange Flycatcher

Ashy Prinia

Asian Fairy Blue Bird

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Black Drongo

Common Rose Finch

Malabar Whistling Thrush

Rose Ringed Parakeet

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Brown-breasted flycatcher

Vernal Hanging Parrot

White-throated Fantail

White-throated Kingfisher

Emerald Dove

Brown Shrike

Bush Quail

Black-lored Tit

Golden-backed Woodpecker

Yellow-browed Bulbul

Puff-throated Babbler

Square-tailed bulbul

Rock Pigeon

Greenish Warbler

Malabar Parakeet

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

Indian Scimitar Barbler

Yellow-naped Woodpecker

Rufous Babbler

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