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BIRDS IN UPPER BHAVANI - 2015

BY P S SUNDAR

In my article in this Blog titled ICON 3 posted on Feb 21, 2014, I had listed 96 species (including sub-species) sighted by the Big Bird Day 2014 survey team in Upper Bhavani.   

Now, on March 8, 2015, the team of Big Bird Day 2015 (BBD) led by Samantha Iyanna has identified 51 species. This team included Mansur Ahamed, M.Gaythri Devi, Harsha Bellie, Nishanth Vasu, S.Keerthana, R.Venkat, I.Manohar, Jeeva Nandham, V.Sriram

and juniors Dhananjay, Prafula and Keerthana.

The species identified by them as per the compilation sent to me by BBD co-ordinator Jamuna Raju are ::

Little Grebe

Little Cormorant

Shikra

Tawny Eagle

Booted Eagle

Common Kestrel

Painted Bush Quail

Grey Junglefowl

White-breasted waterhen

Common Sandpiper

Blue Rock Pigeon

Nilgiri Wood Pigeon

Laughing Dove

Spotted Dove

Asian Palm Swift

Common Kingfisher

Common Hoopoe

White-cheeked Barbet

Lesser Flameback

Streak-throated Woodpecker

Jerdons Bush Lark

Hill swallow

Paddyfield Pipit

Nilgiri Pipit

Grey Wagtail

Scarlet Minivet

Bar-winged flycatcher shrike

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Red-vented Bulbul

Jerdon's leafbird

Indian Blackbird

Bluecapped Rock Thrush

Oriental Magpie Robin

Indian Robin

Pied Bushchat

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Grey-headed canary flycatcher

Asian paradise flycatcher

Booted Warbler

Green Leaf Warbler

Jungle Babbler

Nilgiri Laughing Thrush

Cinereous Tit

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Oriental White Eye

Long-tailed Shrike

Jungle Crow

House Crow

Southern Hill Myna

Jungle Myna

House Sparrow

photos of some birds clicked by this team ::