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India - Western Ghats Feb. 25-Mar. 9, 2020
Sri Lanka Bay Owl (phodilus assimilis)
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Maps of tour
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Introduction In respect of the livelihood of the bird guides of the region, this report does not provide GPS coordinates for the localities of the birds seen on the trip. Part of the salary of the bird guides consists of the tips they receive from satisfied customers and since bird guiding is a seasonal job, with a maximum extension of 6 month a year, it is very important to make sure that the professional bird guides have a viable business year after year. Their knowledge of the area and its natural life should therefore be guarded and appreciated.
Having said that, we had a fabulous trip during which we saw 257 species of birds, 24 species of mammals, 88 species of butterflies and 9 species of reptiles.
The landscapes of the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are fabulous and uncrowded with huge variety. We were blessed with very fine weather and reasonable temperatures, meaning not too hot for a couple of Scandinavians used to a little colder climate.
The people were friendly, the hotels good, the food excellent and the landscape and wildlife incredible.
Acknowledgement Thanks to Thomas Zacharias, Kalypso Adventures, for the great trip arrangement. It is so nice to communicate with a person who acts promptly, is serious and flexible, and is proactive and Thomas is all of that. In-spite-of the 4½ hour time difference between India and Denmark, we were always promptly met with an answer, a solution, a recommendation to whatever we asked. Thank you for that.
Thanks to our guide Sudheesh Sujathan, who is truly gifted within the natural field. With intimate knowledge of the wildlife of southern India, both birds, mammals, butterflies and reptiles, Sudheesh knows the habitats and the landscapes we travelled through and the wildlife that inhabits them and combined with the knowledge of the calls and songs of all the birds of the area, it was a pleasure to go birding in his company. His comment - ‘it’s not luck but skill’ - when we saw a rare bird or mammal was quite right.
Sudheesh is not only a great birder, but also a very interesting person to spend time with and we learned a lot about both Kerala and Tamil Nadu during the days of our trip. Even though we did speak about lots of
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Thanks to our two drivers Sunil and Jojis for their good humour and endless patience, having to stop and reverse all the time to see a little brown bird. It requires enormous patience coping with the at times chaotic traffic, having an endless number of 3-wheeler taxis pull out straight in front of you, with no care to own or others lives, is really stressing. Drivers of that calibre are made of special material and my only wish is that there were more with that skill in my own country.
Target species
Birds 1. The Western Ghat endemics 2. The Peninsula India endemics 3. The Owls 4. The Nightjars
Mammals 1. The Western Ghat endemics 2. Gaur 3. Dhole 4. Gray Slender Lori
Practical Information
Literature and Media
Guides Birds of India, Second Edition – Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp
Trip Reports https://www.cloudbirders.com/be/download?filename=NIVALIS_India_01_2019.pdf https://www.cloudbirders.com/be/download?filename=VERHELST_India_12_2017.pdf
Websites https://www.birdskerala.com/ https://www.kalypsoadventures.com/ https://www.cloudbirders.com/
Transportation We traveled by car to all locations. Kalypso Adventures supplied a very comfortable car for our trip, with very skilled drivers.
Navigation We were blessed with a driver with local knowledge of the area, so navigation was never an issue.
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Visa E-visa – 30 day. Remember to print a version with your picture on it. We had not printed a version with a picture on it and this gave us some trouble at the airport leaving Denmark. After this was solved, we had no more problems.
Accomodation Hornbill Camp for 3 nights (http://www.thehornbillcamp.com/) Very friendly staff, very good food, very good service and good grounds for birding.
Abad Green Forest for 2 nights (https://www.abadhotels.com/thekkady) Very friendly staff, good food, good room.
Olive Brook for 2 nights (http://olivebrookmunnar.com/) Exceptional staff, good food, good room, great birding from the dining room and surroundings.
Stanmore Tea Bungalow for 2 nights (http://teabungalows.com) Authentic old colonial villa, exceptional staff, very good food, very good level of service and a very good experience.
Accord for 1 night (https://www.theaccordhotels.com/accord-ooty) Friendly staff, good food, good room, good birding at the hotel.
Jungle Hut for for 2 nights (http://www.junglehut.in/) Friendly staff, good room, OK food Money The Indian rupee was about 10 Rupees to 1 Danish krone. We changed an adequate amount while transferring from one flight to another at Doha, Qatar
Cost Apart from the pre-paid trip arranged by Kalypso Adventures we only needed money for tips and a few drinks. By Danish standards prices were not high.
Health and safety We had no trouble with our health and safety was no problem anywhere on the trip. Seen in hindsight we were very lucky that the corona pandemic had not broken out yet. We just made it home before Denmark closed down two days later.
Weather Mostly sunny and warm. Only two small showers of rain during the whole trip – one during the early hours at night and one during the day well timed to coincide with the return to the car from a good birding trek.
Equipment Canon 7D 100-400mm Canon Swarowski SD 10*42 Leica Trinovid 8*42 HD Sony dictaphone
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Itinerary
Day 1, 2, 3: Thattekkad
Day 4, 5: Periyar Tiger Reserve
Day 6, 7: Munnar
Day 8, 9: Valparai in the Anamalai hills
Day 10: Ooty
Day 11, 12: Mudumalai
Day 13: Return to Kochi
Sri Lanka Frogmouth (batrachostomus moniliger) male and female
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VISITED SITES
Hornbill Camp – 25.02, 26.02 and 27.02.2020 The locality covers 500m both sides of the entrance, the whole of Hornbill Camp and the view of the Periyar river from the plot.
Tented camp on a plot of land bordering the Periyar river with a fine view to the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. To the left of the entrance is a small rubber plantation and to the right a series of smaller lakes.
Sitting in front of the tent gives good views of the birds on the river and those crossing over to and from the bird sanctuary. The ever-present sound of White-cheeked Barbet adds to the atmosphere and there is River Tern, Whiskered Tern, Little Cormorant and White-throated Kingfisher along the river nearly all the time.
We had some good sightings from the tent of crossing Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill and Crested Serpent-eagle. There was always a little group of ‘seven sisters’ – Jungle Babblers near the tent chatting away incessantly.
Highlights: Indian Scops Owl, Crested Serpent-eagle, Malabar Grey Hornbill
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926776 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926278 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65855061
Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
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Jerdon's Nightjar (caprimulgus atripennis) male and female
Urulanthanni – 25.02, 26.02 and 27.02.2020 Urulanthanni is an area well-known for its general forest birding, and at the same time being Sudheesh’ backyard. Sudheesh has birded here since a boy, which of cource gave us an advantage. We spent lots of time walking through the forest on small paths and places, where there were no paths at all, to find the elusive Sri Lanka Bay Owl, which we found resting about 4m off ground well hidden in the foliage. We also spent time resting and having our packed breakfast on the massive granite rocks giving a commanding view of the forest below and while doing so, picking up an impressive list of Western Ghats specialities, including Malabar Barbet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Starling, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Woodshrike, Flame-throated Bulbul, Grey-fronted Green Pigeon and Asian Fairy Bluebird. A short walk nearby produced a pair of roosting Sri Lanka Frogmouths and here it was easy to see, that a lot of birders visits the site. Lots of small paths around the bush where they were roosting.
En route to a river area nearby, to find Blue-eared Kingfisher, which we added to our ever growing list, we picked up an Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher, a lovely bird to see perched in a dried-out gully and a roosting Indian Scops-Owl. Siting here at the river bend near a pool enjoying the forest, we were lucky to see quite a few different butterflies and photograph a few. While here at Urulanthanni, we visited a temple, at which a festival was in progress. There were lots of worshippers, food stalls, an Indian Elephant and very loud music. It was a great experience for us to see the many worshippers arrive and climb up to the temple and being able to climb up the mountain ourselves to see and hear the ceremony up close without disturbing.
Highlights: Sri Lanka Bay Owl, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Oriental Dwaf Kingfisher, White-bellied Woodpecker, Jerdon’s Nightjar
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Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926784 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926283 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65855064
Periyar River – 25.02 and 26.02.2020 The observations from Periyar river covers the river from the crossing of the bridge at Thattekad to the Periyar River Lodge just north of Kuttampuza.
We walked short distances and drove slowly along the river several times at different times of the days and many of the same birds were seen at the same locations. We were very lucky to see the Lesser Fish-Eagle fly down to the riverbank to drink for a long time before flying up in a nearby tree to groom.
Highlights: Lesser Fish-eagle
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926279
Thalakode – 27.02.2020 Lovely little forest area at which we were very lucky to see the only Gray Slender Loris of the trip. The Loris, two of them, were very well hidden and only I managed to see both of them, before they crept into a very dark shelter at the top of the little tree. They were so well hidden in the dark of the leaf matter, that it was necessary to take a picture and enlarge it to see the little face looking down at us.
This was a good owl site, as we also had good sightings of Brown Fish Owl, Jungle Owlet and Indian Scops-Owl at this site.
Highlights: Gray Slender Lori, Brown Fish Owl
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926780
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Indian Scops Owl (otus bakkamoena)
Thattekkad – 27.02.2020 This locality covers the town itself and the river just around the town. We walked along the river at dusk and found a real good place to look for owls and just as it was getting dark a couple of Great-eared Nightjar were seen cruising over the river and the trees on the opposite side. Another spectacular experience was to see the sun setting over the river and huge numbers of herons and Little Cormorants flying past to their roosting site. Shortly after dark an owl flew over the river and landed in a tree nearby. Spotlighting revealed an Indian Scops Owl.
Highlights: Indian Scops-Owl, Great-eared Nightjar, Lesser Whistling-Duck
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65926788 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65855063
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Great Hornbill (buceros bicornis)
Periyar Tiger Reserve – 28.02 and 29.02.2020 We had two very good walks in this reserve, both with the same guide, who could tell us that he had sighted a Tiger the day before. We were not that lucky, but still had fabulous walks through the reserve seeing both great mammals and great birds.
On the second walk we chanced upon a Gaur bull with an abcess on its throat, see picture below. We walked a large circle around this animal. It was great to see the elephants up close and the many nearly unafraid Wild Boar.
We were also fortunate to see a Great Hornbill feeding on fruits and probably returning to a nesting hole with the loot, as it returned from the same direction.
Highlights: Gaur, Indian Elephant, Wild Boar, Brown Boobook, Great Hornbill, Hair-crested Drongo, White-bellied Treepie, Wayanad Laughingthrush
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65934015 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65932891
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Gaur bull (bos gaurus)
Bodi Ghat – 01.03.2020 This location covers several stops en route along the foot of the mountain range to look for Yellow-throated Bulbul which we saw after a couple of stops. First stop also gave good looks at Ashy Prinia and Tawny- bellied Babbler.
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There were a few different raptors circling above – Black Eagle, Changeable Hawk-Eagle and Oriental Honey-Buzzard.
This was quite a birdy stretch of road in-spite-of extremely loud music from a nearby temple. It really is incredible that the wildlife is not bothered by the noise, but that seemed not to be the case.
Highlights: Yellow-throated Bulbul, Ashy Prinia, Tawny-bellied Babbler
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S67131676
Lockhart Gap Road – 01.03.2020 This location covers the steep hill sides near the top of the road.
We stopped at a very steep and barren rock slope near the top to look for Nilgiri Pipit and walked/climbed up and down for quite a long time seeing only Paddyfield Pipits. Just as we had given up and were returning to the car, we saw two Nilgiri Pipits running in the short grass ahead of us. They were quite difficult to see at first, but as we stood still for a while they showed very well.
We were very fortunate to see a Eurasian Wryneck at this site. It came low over the hill and flew almost between our legs showing the back stripe very clearly. This was a lifer for our guide and a good surprise for us.
We also had excellent looks a a Blue Rock Thrush the only one for the trip.
Highlights: Nilgiri Pipit, Eurasian Wryneck, Blue Rock-thrush
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65944826
Munnar – 01.03 and 02.03.2020 This location covers Munnar City and the area around our hotel Olive Brook which had probably the best birding in their own grounds of all the hotels on our trip. The birds came to a small bird bath just outside the dining room and it was great to sit 3 meters away watching Puff-throated Babblers, India Blue Robin, Black- lored Tit, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta and many others come to drink and take a bath.
We did some walks in the area and saw White-bellied Blue Robin, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Palani Laughingthrush, Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Square-tailed Bulbul, Nilgiri Wood- Pigeon and large numbers of Rosefinches.
In a small cave, we saw a Large-scaled Pit Viper coiled up in a small bush, so well camouflaged that it took us several minutes and the exact right angle to see it. We were also quite lucky to see a Civet Cat on the roof of the hotel. This place was absolutely one of the highlights of the trip.
Highlights: Large-scaled Pit Viper, Puff-throated Babbler, White-bellied Blue Robin, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, India Blue Robin, Black-lored Tit, Palani Laughingthrush, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Grey- headed Canary Flycatcher, Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
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Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65965445 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65944833
Top Station – 02.03.2020 This site covers the city only. We did a short stop to see lots of Indian Swiftlets, a Long-tailed Shrike and a soaring Black Eagle.
Highlights: Black Eagle
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65965449
Pampadum Scola National Park – 02.03.2020 This morning, we went to the Pampadum Shola National Park, about 1.5 hours’ drive from Munnar. It is not easy to start early in the National Parks of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, they certainly do not cater for birders, with their late openings and request that all visitors are accompanied with a ranger that do not really have the time. We had to start by stopping at the gate and requesting a guide, who really could not be available before 10 o’clock, then take a slow drive through the park and back, and then wait for yet another half hour for a guide to come along. Surely something could be done to accommodate the nature interested tourists without disturbing the animals of the National Park. I am certain that there is dedicated staff, who would like to start at an earlier hour and show off the wonders of their National Park to the very interested tourist.
Pampadum Shola National Park is a pristine habitat with few people, and we thoroughly enjoyed a walk through it. Black-and-Orange and Nilgiri Flycatcher were seen, there were sightings of Asian Fairy-Bluebird, Indian Scimitar-Babbler and a few good views of Large-billed Leaf Warbler. At one point our National Park guide quickly stepped aside of a little bush and in that bush was a small Green Vine Snake. It was so hard to see, being very slender and small, but we did manage a few good pictures. Pampadum Shola is one of the best sites for the endangered endemic Nilgiri Marten, but as it is with the elusive mustelids all over the world, we did not see one even though the hope lived.
Highlights: Green Vine Snake, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Large-billed Leaf Warbler.
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65965447
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Common Vine Snake (ahaetulla nasuta)
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary – 03.03.2020 This location covers a few stops along the road going through the sanctuary and a walk with a ranger.
The park was very birdy and we did a good walk along the river seeing a great number of birds and some very “friendly” Bonnet Macaque, which we kept a good eye on. We did look for owls at this site but were not in luck.
Along the river we heard Stork-billed Kingfisher, which until now had eluded us, and after a lot of searching, we finally found one, which showed very well for us. At one stop we chanced upon a nesting Red-breasted Flycather and at the same place saw both Brown-headed Barbet and White-browed Fantail.
Highlights: Stork-billed Kingfisher, Coppersmith Barbet, Brown-headed Barbet, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, White-browed Fantail, Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65966366
Stanmore Bungalow area – 03.03, 04.03 and 05.03.2020 The observations recorded for this location covers the tea estates in a 5 km radius from Stanmore Bungalow. Janne Thomsen and Carsten Fog Side 15
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As we came close to our hotel a very agitated bull Indian Elephant stood at the top af a small hill swinging its trunk trumpeting. It looked as if it had expected to be able to cross the road at this point, but found that there was a 10 meter stoop down to the road and felt caught between us coming up the road, people behind in the tea plantation and the steep descent. We moved quickly past.
A booted Eagle were seen near the Bungalow on a few occasions.
The bungalow itself was quite a unique experience – having been the home of the tea estate manager in the old days it was quite spaceous with a great atmosphere. The grounds had both Streak-throated Woodpecker and Stripe-necked Mongoose.
Highlights: A very agitated bull Indian Elephant on the edge of the tea, Lion-tailed Macaque, Gaur, Lesser Fish-eagle, Streak-throated Woodpecker.
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65973541 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65970951 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65966371
Valparai in the Anamalai hills – 04.03.2020 This location covers the City and the tea plantations just around the city.
In the morning we took a walk in the tea plantations, where we saw quite a few Lion-tailed Macaque and Gaur. A flock of Brown-backed Needletail whirled around a hill in the tea giving good and long sights. We were fortunate to see and hear Palani Laughingthrush as well.
Other good sightings were Indian Scimitar-Babbler, Orange-headed Thrush, Velvet-fronted Nuthach, Blythe’s Reed Warbler, Malabar Barbet to name a few.
Highlights: Brown-backed Needletail, Palani Laughingthrush
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65970969
Upper Sholayar Dam – 04.03.2020 The observations at this location are from both the lake behind the dam and the immediate front of the dam itself.
Highlights: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Asean Koel, Osprey
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65970963
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Lion-tailed Macaque (macaca silenus)
Coimbatore – 05.03.2020 The observations from Coimbatore are solely from the huge lake/reservoirs at the centre of town. Not the sort of place you would go for a quiet birding trip, but here among the chaotic traffic, there were quite a number of water birds to be seen. We were very happy to see the birds and even more happy leaving the huzzle and buzzle of town behind us.
Highlights: Spot-billed Pelican, Painted Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Purple Heron
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65973526
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Nilgiri Tahr (nilgiritragus hylocrius)
Ooty - 05.03 and 06.03.2020 This site covers the city itself and the area around the Accord Hotel. We started with a short walk in the hotel grounds and picked up Indian White-eye, Nilgiri Sholakili, Black- and-orange Flycatcher, Tickell’s Leaf Warbler. Then we went a little down the road to try and see Painted Bush-Quail and succeeded in seeing two different males. In Ooty next morning we stopped a a small lake and saw Indian Spot-billed Duck and two Spot-breasted Fantail before travelling on towards Mudumalai.
Highlights: Spot-breasted Fantail, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Painted Bush-Quail, Blue-faced Malkoha, Nilgiri Sholakili, Black-and-orange Flycatcher, Tickell’s Leaf Warbler
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65975406 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65973535
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Spot-bellied Eagle-owl (bubo nipalensis)
Mudumalai – 06.03, 07.03 and 08.03.2020 The observations from this locality are from the vicinity of Jungle Hut, the access road to Jungle Hut, the scrub area around Mavanalla and from driving slowly through the park.
The area is really fantastic for both mammals and birds and we were fortunate to see lots of both. Coming home to Jungle hut in the afternoon we chanced upon a Bluebuck male strutting about trying to impress a female. She was hard to impress and walked away grazing with the male following. This was an unexpected sighting as was being chased by an Indian Elephant early next morning while driving out from Jungle Hut to go birding. We were going at a faster speed than the elephant, so it was more of a surprise than a threat to us.
We did a lot of walks in the area around Jungle Hut and had very good looks at an adult and a chick Spot- bellied Eagle Owl, a Spotted Owlet that we could walk right around without spooking it and Jungle Nightjar just at sunset. In the scrub area near Mavanalla we saw a small flock of White-bellied Minivet, Jungle Bush- Quail, Barred Buttonquail, Jerdon's Bushlark, Malabar Lark, Gray Francolin. This was a great place to walk as it was open with low vegetation and lots of birds.
At a small garbage dump among quite a few Black Kite we had good looks at a Steppe Eagle, which seemed a little out of range and leaving Mudumalai on the last morning we were lucky to see, probably the same Steppe Eagle perched in a tree next to the main road through the National Park.
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Other good raptor sightings were a single Black-shouldered Kite hovering next to the road and the only vultures of the trip, both Indian Vulture and Red-headed Vulture.
We looked in vain for Nilgiri Thrush, but it was probably too late and too dry.
Highlights: Blackbuck male and female, Steppe eagle, Black-shouldered Kite, Indian and Red-headed Vulture, White- bellied minivet, Great Spotted Eagle-owl, Spotted Owlet, Brown Fish Owl, Painted and Jungle Bush-quail, Jungle Nightjar, Thick-billed and Pale-billed Flowerpecker.
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65998096 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65997902 https://ebird.org/checklist/S65975382
Spotted Owlet (arhene brama)
Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur – 08.03.2020 Having been very much in the hills and mountains we did a diversion to the very flat rice fields near Adatt near Thrissur on our way to the airport on the last day of our trip. This gave us an opportunity to see some birds, which we did not have a chance to see in the hills.
We picked up Eurasian Spoonbill, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, several singing Plain Prinia, Rosy Starling, Baya Weaver, Triclored Munia and Yellow Wagtail
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Highlights: Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Plain Prinia, Tricolored Munia
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65998103
Wetland near Kochi International Airport – 08.03.2020 The last place we visited before being dropped off at the hotel was a small wetland near the airport with quite a few birds.
We had very good looks at Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacana, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sanpiper, Redshank, Common Sandpiper and Pin-tailed Snipe to name a few.
Highlights: Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacana
Birdlist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S65998098
Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii)
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Birdlist A total of 257 birds were seen during the cause of the trip. The location stated is the first location at which the bird was seen
# Common name – Scientific name Location 1 Lesser Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna javanica Periyar River Lodge 2 Indian Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha Ooty 3 Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus Ooty 4 Red Spurfowl - Galloperdix spadicea Urulanthanni 5 Jungle Bush-Quail - Perdicula asiatica Mudumalai 6 Painted Bush-Quail - Perdicula erythrorhyncha Ooty 7 Gray Francolin - Francolinus pondicerianus Mudumalai 8 Gray Junglefowl - Gallus sonneratii Urulanthanni 9 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia Thattekad 10 Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon - Columba elphinstonii Munnar 11 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto Mudumalai 12 Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis Urulanthanni 13 Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis Mudumalai 14 Asian Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica Urulanthanni 15 Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon - Treron affinis Urulanthanni 16 Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon - Treron phoenicopterus Mudumalai 17 Green Imperial-Pigeon - Ducula aenea Hornbill Camp 18 Mountain Imperial-Pigeon - Ducula badia Periyar Tiger Reserve 19 Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis Hornbill Camp 20 Blue-faced Malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Urulanthanni 21 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - Clamator coromandus Upper Sholayar Dam 22 Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 23 Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus Urulanthanni 24 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Cacomantis sonneratii Urulanthanni 25 Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Surniculus dicruroides Urulanthanni 26 Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius Urulanthanni 27 Indian Cuckoo - Cuculus micropterus Periyar River Lodge 28 Sri Lanka Frogmouth - Batrachostomus moniliger Urulanthanni 29 Great Eared-Nightjar - Lyncornis macrotis Thattekad 30 Jungle Nightjar - Caprimulgus indicus Mudumalai 31 Jerdon's Nightjar - Caprimulgus atripennis Urulanthanni 32 White-rumped Needletail - Zoonavena sylvatica Urulanthanni 33 Brown-backed Needletail - Hirundapus giganteus Valparai 34 Indian Swiftlet - Aerodramus unicolor Periyar River Lodge 35 Alpine Swift - Apus melba Periyar River Lodge 36 Little Swift - Apus affinis Thattekad 37 Asian Palm-Swift - Cypsiurus balasiensis Bodi Ghat 38 Crested Treeswift - Hemiprocne coronata Urulanthanni 39 Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra Ooty 40 Gray-headed Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 41 White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus Thattekad 42 Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus Coimbatore Janne Thomsen and Carsten Fog Side 22
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43 Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus Mudumalai 44 Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus Periyar River Lodge 45 Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus Nedumbassery 46 Bronze-winged Jacana - Metopidius indicus Thattekad 47 Pin-tailed Snipe - Gallinago stenura Nedumbassery 48 Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos Periyar Tiger Reserve 49 Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis Nedumbassery 50 Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola Urulanthanni 51 Common Redshank - Tringa totanus Nedumbassery 52 Barred Buttonquail - Turnix suscitator Mudumalai 53 Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida Hornbill Camp 54 River Tern - Sterna aurantia Hornbill Camp 55 Asian Openbill - Anastomus oscitans Thattekad 56 Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus Periyar Tiger Reserve 57 Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala Coimbatore 58 Oriental Darter - Anhinga melanogaster Hornbill Camp 59 Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger Hornbill Camp 60 Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo Thattekad 61 Spot-billed Pelican - Pelecanus philippensis Coimbatore 62 Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea Periyar Tiger Reserve 63 Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea Hornbill Camp 64 Great Egret - Ardea alba Coimbatore 65 Intermediate Egret - Ardea intermedia Hornbill Camp 66 Little Egret - Egretta garzetta Hornbill Camp 67 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis Thattekad 68 Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii Hornbill Camp 69 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax Coimbatore 70 Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus Coimbatore 71 Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 72 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus Upper Sholayar Dam 73 Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus axillaris Mudumalai 74 Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus Urulanthanni 75 Black Baza - Aviceda leuphotes Urulanthanni 76 Red-headed Vulture - Sarcogyps calvus Mudumalai 77 Indian Vulture - Gyps indicus Mudumalai 78 Crested Serpent-Eagle - Spilornis cheela Hornbill Camp 79 Short-toed Snake-Eagle - Circaetus gallicus Mudumalai 80 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Nisaetus cirrhatus Bodi Ghat 81 Legge's Hawk-Eagle - Nisaetus kelaarti Urulanthanni 82 Black Eagle - Ictinaetus malaiensis Periyar Tiger Reserve 83 Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus Lockhart Gap Road 84 Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis Mudumalai 85 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 86 Crested Goshawk - Accipiter trivirgatus Urulanthanni 87 Shikra - Accipiter badius Mudumalai 88 Black Kite - Milvus migrans Mudumalai
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89 Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus Hornbill Camp 90 Lesser Fish-Eagle - Haliaeetus humilis Periyar River Lodge 91 Sri Lanka Bay-Owl - Phodilus assimilis Urulanthanni 92 Indian Scops-Owl - Otus bakkamoena Hornbill Camp 93 Oriental Scops-Owl - Otus sunia Mudumalai 94 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl - Bubo nipalensis Mudumalai 95 Brown Fish-Owl - Ketupa zeylonensis Thalakode 96 Jungle Owlet - Glaucidium radiatum Urulanthanni 97 Spotted Owlet - Athene brama Mudumalai 98 Mottled Wood-Owl - Strix ocellata Urulanthanni 99 Brown Boobook - Ninox scutulata Urulanthanni 100 Malabar Trogon - Harpactes fasciatus Urulanthanni 101 Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops Valparai 102 Great Hornbill - Buceros bicornis Periyar Tiger Reserve 103 Malabar Gray Hornbill - Ocyceros griseus Hornbill Camp 104 Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis Thattekad 105 Blue-eared Kingfisher - Alcedo meninting Urulanthanni 106 Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher - Ceyx erithaca Urulanthanni 107 Stork-billed Kingfisher - Pelargopsis capensis Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 108 White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis Hornbill Camp 109 Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis Thattekad 110 Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 111 Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Merops philippinus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 112 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - Merops leschenaulti Thattekad 113 Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis Periyar River Lodge 114 Dollarbird - Eurystomus orientalis Urulanthanni 115 Malabar Barbet - Psilopogon malabaricus Urulanthanni 116 Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 117 Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 118 White-cheeked Barbet - Psilopogon viridis Hornbill Camp 119 Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla Lockhart Gap Road 120 Heart-spotted Woodpecker - Hemicircus canente Urulanthanni 121 Brown-capped Woodpecker - Yungipicus nanus Urulanthanni 122 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker - Leiopicus mahrattensis Mudumalai 123 Greater Flameback - Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Urulanthanni 124 White-naped Woodpecker - Chrysocolaptes festivus Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 125 Rufous Woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Mudumalai 126 Common Flameback - Dinopium javanense Urulanthanni 127 Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense Urulanthanni 128 Lesser Yellownape - Picus chlorolophus Urulanthanni 129 Streak-throated Woodpecker - Picus xanthopygaeus Tea Estates near Valparai 130 White-bellied Woodpecker - Dryocopus javensis Urulanthanni 131 Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri Urulanthanni 132 Plum-headed Parakeet - Psittacula cyanocephala Hornbill Camp 133 Malabar Parakeet - Psittacula columboides Hornbill Camp 134 Vernal Hanging-Parrot - Loriculus vernalis Hornbill Camp
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135 Indian Pitta - Pitta brachyura Urulanthanni 136 White-bellied Minivet - Pericrocotus erythropygius Mudumalai 137 Small Minivet - Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Urulanthanni 138 Orange Minivet - Pericrocotus flammeus Urulanthanni 139 Large Cuckooshrike - Coracina macei Periyar Tiger Reserve 140 Black-headed Cuckooshrike - Lalage melanoptera Urulanthanni 141 Indian Golden Oriole - Oriolus kundoo Urulanthanni 142 Black-naped Oriole - Oriolus chinensis Urulanthanni 143 Black-hooded Oriole - Oriolus xanthornus Urulanthanni 144 Ashy Woodswallow - Artamus fuscus Urulanthanni 145 Malabar Woodshrike - Tephrodornis sylvicola Urulanthanni 146 Common Woodshrike - Tephrodornis pondicerianus Mudumalai 147 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike - Hemipus picatus Mudumalai 148 Common Iora - Aegithina tiphia Urulanthanni 149 Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Ooty 150 White-browed Fantail - Rhipidura aureola Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 151 Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Bodi Ghat 152 Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus Urulanthanni 153 White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 154 Bronzed Drongo - Dicrurus aeneus Urulanthanni 155 Hair-crested Drongo - Dicrurus hottentottus Periyar Tiger Reserve 156 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Dicrurus paradiseus Urulanthanni 157 Black-naped Monarch - Hypothymis azurea Urulanthanni 158 Indian Paradise-Flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi Urulanthanni 159 Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus Urulanthanni 160 Bay-backed Shrike - Lanius vittatus Mudumalai 161 Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach Lockhart Gap Road 162 Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda Urulanthanni 163 White-bellied Treepie - Dendrocitta leucogastra Urulanthanni 164 House Crow - Corvus splendens Thattekad 165 Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos Hornbill Camp 166 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher - Culicicapa ceylonensis Munnar 167 Cinereous Tit - Parus cinereus Urulanthanni 168 Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus Munnar 169 Jerdon's Bushlark - Mirafra affinis Mudumalai 170 Malabar Lark - Galerida malabarica Mudumalai 171 Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius Urulanthanni 172 Gray-breasted Prinia - Prinia hodgsonii Mudumalai 173 Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis Bodi Ghat 174 Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 175 Booted Warbler - Iduna caligata Mudumalai 176 Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum Munnar 177 Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor Thattekad 178 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica Mudumalai 179 Hill Swallow - Hirundo domicola Bodi Ghat 180 Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica Urulanthanni
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181 Flame-throated Bulbul - Rubigula gularis Urulanthanni 182 Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer Urulanthanni 183 Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus Urulanthanni 184 Yellow-throated Bulbul - Pycnonotus xantholaemus Bodi Ghat 185 White-browed Bulbul - Pycnonotus luteolus Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 186 Yellow-browed Bulbul - Iole indica Urulanthanni 187 Square-tailed Bulbul - Hypsipetes ganeesa Munnar 188 Tickell's Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus affinis Ooty 189 Green Warbler - Phylloscopus nitidus Urulanthanni 190 Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides Periyar Tiger Reserve 191 Large-billed Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus magnirostris Pampadum Scola National Park 192 Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca Mudumalai 193 Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense Mudumalai 194 Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus Munnar 195 Tawny-bellied Babbler - Dumetia hyperythra Bodi Ghat 196 Dark-fronted Babbler - Rhopocichla atriceps Urulanthanni 197 Indian Scimitar-Babbler - Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Periyar Tiger Reserve 198 Puff-throated Babbler - Pellorneum ruficeps Munnar 199 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta - Alcippe poioicephala Munnar 200 Rufous Babbler - Turdoides subrufa Periyar Tiger Reserve 201 Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata Hornbill Camp 202 Yellow-billed Babbler - Turdoides affinis Bodi Ghat 203 Wayanad Laughingthrush - Ianthocincla delesserti Periyar Tiger Reserve 204 Palani Laughingthrush - Montecincla fairbanki Munnar 205 Indian Nuthatch - Sitta castanea Mudumalai 206 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch - Sitta frontalis Urulanthanni 207 Southern Hill Myna - Gracula indica Hornbill Camp 208 Rosy Starling - Pastor roseus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 209 Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum Mudumalai 210 Malabar Starling - Sturnia blythii Urulanthanni 211 Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis Hornbill Camp 212 Jungle Myna - Acridotheres fuscus Periyar Tiger Reserve 213 Orange-headed Thrush - Geokichla citrina Urulanthanni 214 Indian Blackbird - Turdus simillimus Urulanthanni 215 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Muscicapa dauurica Hornbill Camp 216 Brown-breasted Flycatcher - Muscicapa muttui Urulanthanni 217 Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus Munnar 218 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis Hornbill Camp 219 White-rumped Shama - Copsychus malabaricus Mudumalai 220 Nilgiri Sholakili - Sholicola major Ooty 221 White-bellied Sholakili - Sholicola albiventris Munnar 222 White-bellied Blue Flycatcher - Cyornis pallidipes Urulanthanni 223 Blue-throated Flycatcher - Cyornis rubeculoides Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 224 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 225 Nilgiri Flycatcher - Eumyias albicaudatus Munnar 226 Indian Blue Robin - Larvivora brunnea Urulanthanni
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227 Malabar Whistling-Thrush - Myophonus horsfieldii Periyar Tiger Reserve 228 Black-and-orange Flycatcher - Ficedula nigrorufa Pampadum Scola National Park 229 Rusty-tailed Flycatcher - Ficedula ruficauda Urulanthanni 230 Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 231 Blue-capped Rock-Thrush - Monticola cinclorhyncha Munnar 232 Blue Rock-Thrush - Monticola solitarius Lockhart Gap Road 233 Pied Bushchat - Saxicola caprata Lockhart Gap Road 234 Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum agile Mudumalai 235 Pale-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Mudumalai 236 Nilgiri Flowerpecker - Dicaeum concolor Urulanthanni 237 Purple-rumped Sunbird - Leptocoma zeylonica Mudumalai 238 Crimson-backed Sunbird - Leptocoma minima Urulanthanni 239 Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus Hornbill Camp 240 Loten's Sunbird - Cinnyris lotenius Urulanthanni 241 Little Spiderhunter - Arachnothera longirostra Urulanthanni 242 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Irena puella Urulanthanni 243 Jerdon's Leafbird - Chloropsis jerdoni Mudumalai 244 Golden-fronted Leafbird - Chloropsis aurifrons Urulanthanni 245 Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 246 Black-throated Munia - Lonchura kelaarti Periyar Tiger Reserve 247 Tricolored Munia - Lonchura malacca Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 248 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus Munnar 249 Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 250 Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea Hornbill Camp 251 Western Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava Rice fields near Adatt, Thrissur 252 White-browed Wagtail - Motacilla maderaspatensis Thattekad 253 White Wagtail - Motacilla alba Thattekad 254 Paddyfield Pipit - Anthus rufulus Periyar Tiger Reserve 255 Nilgiri Pipit - Anthus nilghiriensis Lockhart Gap Road 256 Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis Mudumalai 257 Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus Munnar
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Mammals A total of 24 mammals were seen, not counting domesticated mammals. A number of smaller bats and a few fruit bats were seen flying, but not identified to species.
# Common / Scientific Name Location 1 Indian Grey Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mudumalai 2 Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) Mudumalai Periyar Tiger Reserve, Chinnar Wildlife 3 Stripe-necked Mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis) Sanctuary 4 Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) Munnar, Mudumalai 5 Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) Mudumalai 6 Gaur (Bos gaurus) Periyar Tiger Reserve, Valparai 7 Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Ooty 8 Chital (Axis axis) Mudumalai 9 Southern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) Mudumalai 10 Sambar (Rusa unicolor) Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mudumalai 11 Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mudumalai Urulanthanni, Periyar Tiger Reserve, 12 Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) Mudumalai 13 Indian Hare (Lepus nigricollis) Mudumalai 14 Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) Mudumalai 15 Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) Mudumalai 16 Black-footed Gray Langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) Ooty, Mudumalai 17 Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) 18 Gray Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) Thalakode 19 Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mudumalai 20 House Rat (Rattus rattus) Mudumalai 21 Common Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) 22 Dusky-striped Squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) 23 Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica) 24 Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 25 Insectivorous bat sp. 26 Fruit bat sp.
Reptiles and Amphibians A tot al of 9 reptiles were seen. Unfortunatly no amphibians were seen.
# Common / Scientific Name 1 Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes) 2 Eastern Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) 3 Western Ghats Flying Lizard (Draco dussumieri) 4 Blanfords Rock Agama (Psammophilus blandfordanus) 5 Green Vine Snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) 6 Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) 7 Leschenault's Lizard (Ophisops leschenaultii) 8 Bronze Skink (Eutropis macularia) 9 Large-scaled Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrolepis)
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Butterflies and other insects Butterflies identified in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are listed here.
# Common name Scientific name Lycaenidae 1 Indian sunbeam Curetis thetis 2 White-bordered Copper Lycaena pavana Nymphalidae 3 Tawny coster Acraea terpsicore 4 Indian tortoiseshell Aglais caschmirensis 5 Indian fritillary Argynnis hyperbius 6 Angled castor Ariadne ariadne 7 Common castor Ariadne merione 8 Dot-dash sergeant Athyma kanwa 9 Colour sergeant Athyma nefte 10 Common sergeant Athyma perius 11 Blackvein sergeant Athyma ranga 12 Staff sergeant Athyma selenophora 13 Indian Nawab Charaxes bharata 14 Plain tawny rajah Charaxes psaphon 15 Black rajah Charaxes solon 16 Tamil yeoman Cirrochroa thais 17 Rustic Cupha erymanthis 18 Plain tiger Danaus chrysippus 19 Common tiger Danaus genutia 20 Common crow Euploea core 21 Painted courtesan Euripus consimilis 22 Baronet Euthalia nais 23 Common eggfly Hypolimnas bolina 24 False Plain Tiger Hypolimnas misippus 25 Malabar tree-nymph Idea malabarica 26 Peacock pansy Junonia almana 27 Grey pansy Junonia atlites 28 Yellow pansy Junonia hierta 29 Blue pansy Junonia orithya 30 Blue admiral Kaniska canace 31 Tamil treebrown Lethe drypetis 32 Bamboo treebrown Lethe europa 33 Common bushbrown Mycalesis perseus 34 Common sailor Neptis hylas 35 Chestnut-streaked sailer Neptis jumbah 36 Clear sailor Neptis nata 37 Common lascar butterfly Pantoporia hordonia 38 Glassy (Blue) Tiger Parantica aglea 39 Nilgiri Tiger Parantica nilgiriensis 40 Chestnut Tiger Parantica sita 41 Clipper Parthenos sylvia 42 Dakhan Short-banded Sailer Phaedyma columella 43 Common leopard Phalanta phalantha 44 Black Prince Rohana parisatis
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45 Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea 46 Red-disc bushbrown Telinga oculus 47 Redeye bushbrown Telinga adolphei 48 Blue tiger Tirumala limniace 49 Dark blue tiger Tirumala septentrionis 50 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 51 Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica 52 Common cruiser Vindula erota 53 Common five-ring Ypthima baldus Papilionidae 54 Tailed jay Graphium agamemnon 55 Common jay Graphium doson 56 Common bluebottle Graphium sarpedon 57 Narrow-banded bluebottle Graphium teredon 58 Common rose Pachliopta aristolochiae 59 Crimson rose Pachliopta hector 60 Malabar Banded Peacock Papilio buddha 61 Common mime Papilio clytia 62 Common Banded Peacock Papilio crino 63 Lime butterfly Papilio demoleus 64 Blue Mormon Papilio polymnestor 65 Common Mormon Papilio polytes 66 Malabar Raven Papilio dravidarum 67 Malabar Banded Swallowtail Papilio liomedon 68 Common birdwing Troides helena 69 Southern birdwing Troides minos Pieridae 70 Common albatross Appias albina 71 Pioneer Belenois aurota 72 Common emigrant Catopsilia pomona 73 Mottled emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe 74 Nilgiri clouded yellow Colias nilagiriensis 75 Plain orange tip Colotis aurora 76 Crimson tip Colotis danae 77 Little orange tip Colotis etrida 78 Common Jezebel Delias eucharis 79 One-spot grass yellow Eurema andersonii 80 Small grass yellow Eurema brigitta 81 Common grass yellow Eurema hecabe 82 Spotless grass yellow Eurema laeta 83 Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis 84 Great Orange Tip Hebomoia glaucippe 85 Dark Wanderer Pareronia ceylanica 86 Indian Wanderer Pareronia hippia 87 Indian cabbage white Pieris canidia Riodinidae 88 Plum Judy Abisara echerius Dragonflies 1 Fulvous forest skimmer Neurothemis fulvia 2 Scarlet skimmer Crocothemis servilia
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Malabar Trogon (Harpactes fasciatus)
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