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Alappuzha beach, Kerala.


2017-12-04| Askar Isabekov
duration 4 hrs
weather sunny
rout
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# species number comment

1Garganey (Spatula querquedula)1

2Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)35

3Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)1

4Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis)40

5Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)10

6Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)5

7Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)2

8Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)3

9Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)2

10Black Kite (Milvus migrans)5

11Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)10

12White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)1

13Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)8

14Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)20

15Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)25

16Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini)20

17Brown-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)15

18Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)60

19Slender-Billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)10

20Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)2

21Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)1

22Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)30

23Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)25

24Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)10

25Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)40

26Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)50

27Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)feral

28Rose-Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)25

29Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)2

30Little Swift (Apus affinis)5?

31White-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)2

32Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater (Merops philippinus)5

33Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)4

34House Crow (Corvus splendens)100

35Large-Billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)2

36Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)20

37Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)15

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rare birds records


Nilgiri (Scaly) Thrush (Zoothera dauma neilgherriensis)

© Askar Isabekov
2017-12-02
Eravikulam National Park. Munnar, Kerala.

rare record


Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis)

© Garg Sudhir
2015-02-14
Mangalsar Dam ( Mansarover) Tehla Village, Alwar Dist, Rajasthan, India

Very rare winter visitor.

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