Birds of GODREJ MANGROVES
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Birds OF GODREJ Common Sandpiper Grey Heron Actitis hypoleucos Ardea cinerea MANGROVES Greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, Plumage mostly gray overall, with paler neck; short dark-yellowish legs, and a bill with adult has white crown, black eyebrows, and black a pale base and dark tip. Seen screening shoulder patch. Seen single on mudlats or trees. Indian Pond Heron mudflats in flocks. Ardeola grayi Adults in breeding plumage have a dark reddish brown back that contrasts with a yellowish head, neck, and breast. Non-breeding Black-crowned Night Heron is drab brown. Immatures have vertical brown stripes on neck Nycticorax nycticorax till breast. Legs are dull green. White wings. Black-winged Stilt Black crown and back with the remainder of the body Himantopus himantopus white or grey, red eyes, and short yellow legs. Long pink-red legs, a long thin black bill and are Pale grey wings and white under parts. Active during Little Egret blackish above and white below. White head and neck evenings, nights, early mornings. Egretta garzetta with a varying amount of black. Repeated high-pitched Small snow-white heron with slender dark bill, barking call. blackish legs, and yellowish feet. Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Asian Openbill Intermediate Egret Anastomus oscitans Black or brownish bird with a bill ending in prominent hook tip. Short crest on the head. Underwater swimmer. Ardea intermedia Grayish to white body and black wings and tail with a hint of gloss. Distinctive gap in the Often seen with wings sread to dry in sunlight. All-white plumage with cream or off-white tinge, dull grayish yellow bill. Pinkish legs. slight crest but no head plumes. Well-developed back and breast. White-breasted Waterhen Black-headed Ibis Amaurornis phoenicurus Threskiornis melanocephalus Cattle Egret A large wader with a white body and bare black Medium-sized marsh bird. Adults are dark slaty Bubulcus ibis above and white below, with a rusty patch under head and neck. Males and females look similar the tail. Juvenile similar but duller in color. Fundamentally all-white egret with yellow and both have grayish tail feathers. bare parts. Brahminy Kite Scaly-breasted Munia White-throated Kingfisher Haliastur indus Lonchura punctulata Halcyon smyrnensis A medium-sized raptor with a rounded tail. Dark conical bill. Dark brown head and upper body. Bright blue back. Bright red legs. Thick, Adults with a white head and breast, brick Lighter under-parts with scale-like marks. reddish-orange bill, and dark chocolate head, brown plumage. Juveniles darker brownish-black Grain feeder. belly, and shoulders. White patch on throat with a paler head and prominent white patches and breast. under the wings. Common Kingsher Barn Owl Common Hoopoe Alcedo atthis Tyto alba Upupa epops Bright metallic blue upper-part, including the head. Pale owl; white below and orangey with gray Fawn-coloured plumage; black and white Greenish reflections on the head and wings. spotting above. Heart-shaped white facial disc. markings on wings, back and tail; black Rufous-orange ear-coverts and under-part. Its call is rising shriek. and white-tipped crest; longish, gently Short orange legs. Blue-red-orange bill. curved beak. Solitary or in scattered pairs. Long-tailed Shrike Common Pariah Kite Lanius schach Red-wattled Lapwing Milvus migrans Adults light gray on back with variable Vanellus indicus Brown body, pale head and neck, yellow cere and gape, orange on lower back and on flanks and Black breast and throat and a red bill with a black bill. Wings with dark cross bars. Long, a dark mask around eyes. Very long tail. black tip. Red wattles in front of the eyes forked tail. Shrill, musical whistling call. and a white patch that runs down the cheeks to the underparts. Ashy Prinia Black-winged Kite Prinia socialis Elanus caeruleus Upperparts reddish-brown underparts buff-white. Common Tailorbird Slate-grey crown, ear-coverts and mantle. The head and underparts are pure white. longish, black-and-white tipped tail. Tail Orthotomus sutorius Wings are long and pointed. Red eyes, partially erect and constantly shaken up and down. Green back, reddish crown, and long bill. with a black ‘comma’ that extends behind Call kit-kit-kit as of an electric spark. Gets its name from the way in which it the eyes. Short, rounded tail. Hover in builds its nest by stitching leaves together. air for hunting. Compiled by Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. for internal restricted circulation only. Image Courtesy – Wikimedia Commons. For queries, contact us on [email protected] or 022 67961097. Purple Sunbird Asian Koel White-eared Bulbul Cinnyris asiaticus Eudynamys scolopaceus Pycnonotus leucotis Short bill, a dark and short square ended tail. Metallic purplish Adult males glossy black with dull lime-green bill; With a large white cheek patch, pale bare eye-ring, black on the upper parts with the wings dark brown. Males females and immatures blackish brown with white orange-yellow vent. Found in mangroves, scrubby appear all black except in some lighting with purple. Female is dots on the wings and strong streaking on head and forests, grasslands. Voracious feeder of Meswak brown or olive brown from above and pale yellow below. throat. Adults have ruby-red eyes. berries. Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica Common Raven Male has narrow maroon breast Corvus corax band, head sides and mantle All black bird with wedge-shaped tail. Larger than is also maroon, shoulder patch a crow with thicker, longer bill. Bill longer Indian Golden Oriole is metallic green, and yellow lower breast and belly with than head. Oriolus kundoo distinctive greyish-white flanks. Throat is greyish-white Male is bright yellow body with black patch on in female, yellow breast, whitish flanks, eyes and wings. Iris and bill are pale red. olive rump, and rufous brown wing panel. Female is dull greenish with streaks on chest. Feeds on seeds, fruits, nectar, insects. Green Bee-eater Red-whiskered Bulbul Merops orientalis Pycnonotus jocosus Bronze-green, with golden-green crown and nape, black eye Pointed black crest, and a red and white cheek line, pale bluish-green cheeks, chin and throat, and narrow patch with crimson whiskers. White underparts black half-collar between throat and breast. Eyes deep red. with red vent. Tail with white tip. Legs and feet blackish. Long tail-feathers. Unique gliding flight to catch insects. Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus Red-vented Bulbul Greater Coucal Pycnonotus cafer A small barbet with streaked underparts and a Centropus sinensis well-patterned black, red, and yellow face. Earth-brown with a bright red vent. Black head Black eyestripe. Yellow throat and upper chest Black head, upper mantle and underside are black with a partial crest. Brown plumage has scale-like bisected with a red patch. glossed with purple. Bronze wings, black under-wings. markings on the breast and back. White rump Dark glossy green tail. Blackish bill. Red eyes. prominent in flight Hop on ground. Call with deep,resonant 'oop-oop. Oriental Magpie Robin Spotted Dove Common Myna Copsychus saularis Streptopelia chinensis Acridotheres tristis Broad white wingbar running from the Brown overall with a rosy breast and a unique A large, black myna with white wing patches, shoulder to the tip of the wing. Males white-spotted black nape patch. Plumage a yellow bill, and yellow legs. sport black-and-white plumage while shows slight regional variation: the females are grayish brown and white. Melodious calls and imitate other bird calls. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus An adaptable songbird of open areas such as farmland, forest edge, meadows, wetlands, and fields and a common White-spotted Fantail sight as a familiar dark silhouette perched on wires, Rosy Starling Rhipidura albogularis fences, or snags. Black plumage flashes blue and green Pastor roseus A fantail flycatcher with white throat, iridescence in favorable light, though much less so than Adult is glossy black and pale pink. Juvenile spotted breast, and white belly. in Hair-crested or Bronzed Drongo. A pugnacious species, is brown with an orange bill. Flocks on Meswak Upperparts are slaty-brown while frequently chasing away larger birds with repeated dives for berries. and harsh chattering calls. wings are grayer and tail darker, with narrow buff tips to all tail feathers except the central pair. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Indian Robin Bird with various shades of blue on the wings, Jungle Babbler tails, and belly that are often more prominent Saxicoloides fulicatus Turdoides striata in flight. White streaks on the throat and breast. Males are black with chestnut bottom Yellow bill and a dark brow in front of the eye feathers, a white shoulder patch and a that contrasts with its pale eye. Streaking on the relatively long tail. Females have completely upperparts, diffuse mottling on its throat, brown upperparts, grayish-brown underparts. and barring on its tail. Always in flock..