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Paddy fields and wetlands near Pallathuruthy, Kerala.


2017-12-07| Askar Isabekov
duration 4 hrs
weather sunny
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# species number comment

1Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)5

2Garganey (Spatula querquedula)1in flock of Black-tailed Godwits

3Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)7

4Black-Headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)50

5Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)1

6Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)5

7Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)3

8Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)10

9Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)15

10Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus)60

11Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)10

12Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)7

13Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)4

14Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)15

15Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)4

16Shikra (Accipiter badius)2

17Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)1

18Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata)2

19Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)3

20Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)35

21Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)3

22Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)15

23Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)3

24Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

25Rose-Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)1

26Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)4

27White-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)3

28Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater (Merops philippinus)5

29Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)1

30Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)25

31Black-Hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)1

32Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)1

33House Crow (Corvus splendens)

34Large-Billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

35Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)35

36Red-Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)10

37Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)3

38Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)10

39Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

40Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)

41Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)2

42Pale-Billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)2

43Purple-Rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)10

44Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)5

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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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