BR Hills species list – March 21-23

BR Hills
March 21-23
Weather: Mostly overcast with occasional light rain

  1. Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
  2. Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
  3. Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
  4. Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
  5. Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
  6. Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera
  7. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
  8. Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
  9. Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa
  10. Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
  11. Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
  12. Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
  13. Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanota
  14. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
  15. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
  16. Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
  17. Common Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus varius
  18. Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
  19. Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella
  20. Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
  21. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
  22. Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus
  23. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
  24. Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
  25. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
  26. Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
  27. White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
  28. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea
  29. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
  30. Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
  31. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
  32. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
  33. Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
  34. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
  35. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
  36. Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
  37. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
  38. White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
  39. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
  40. Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
  41. Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
  42. Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
  43. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
  44. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
  45. Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
  46. Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
  47. Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
  48. Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
  49. White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis
  50. Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
  51. Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
  52. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
  53. Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
  54. Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
  55. Great Tit Parus major
  56. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
  57. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  58. Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica
  59. White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
  60. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
  61. Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
  62. Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
  63. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
  64. Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
  65. Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
  66. Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
  67. Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
  68. Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
  69. House Swift Apus affinis
  70. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
  71. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
  72. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
  73. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  74. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
  75. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
  76. Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
  77. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
  78. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
  79. Black Kite Milvus migrans
  80. Shikra Accipiter badius
  81. Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
  82. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
  83. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
  84. Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
  85. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  86. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
  87. Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
  88. Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
  89. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
  90. Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
  91. Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
  92. Hoopoe Upupa epops
  93. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
  94. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
  95. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
  96. Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
  97. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
  98. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
  99. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
  100. Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi
  101. Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
  102. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
  103. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
  104. Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
  105. Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
  106. Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
  107. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
  108. 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

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