BR Hills
March 21-23
Weather: Mostly overcast with occasional light rain
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
- Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera
- Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
- Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanota
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus varius
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus
- Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
- Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
- White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
- Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- House Swift Apus affinis
- Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi
- Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
- Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
NOTE:
Large owl (unid), probably Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo coromandus
En route from Chamarajnagar to Bangalore
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus (with chick)
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus (with chick)
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Common Coot Fulica atra
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Founder-editor of The Green Ogre, Beej began this blog as a solo writing project in 2006. A communications professional, he has worked as a corporate storyteller, journalist, travel writer, cartoonist and photo-blogger. He was formerly the founder-editor of Yahoo India's travel site.
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