🌿🌿 Destination: Thattekad Munnar & Kotagiri
📅Date: 5-14 Jan, 2021
👥Number of Guests: 8
Bird Species Seen and Photographed during the trip:
Flycatcher, Iora:
1. Nilgiri Flycatcher
2. Kashmir Flycatcher
3. Rusty tailed Flycatcher
4. Brown breasted Flycatcher
5. White bellied blue flycatcher
6. Blue throated blue flycatcher
7. Tickell’s blue flycatcher
8. Verditer flycatcher
9. Black and Orange flycatcher
10. Grey headed Canary Flycatcher
11. Indian Paradise Flycatcher
12. Common Iora
Thrush, Laughingthrush:
13. Palani Laughingthrush
14. Nilgiri Laughingthrush
15. Blue rock thrush
16. Malabar whistling thrush
17. Orange headed thrush
Robin & Blue Robin:
18. Nilgiri Blue robin(Nilgiri Sholakili)
19. White bellied blue robin(White bellied sholakili)
20. Oriental magpie robin
Pigeon, Dove & Cuckoo:
21. Nilgiri Wood pigeon
22. Spotted dove
23. Emerald dove
24. Grey footed green pigeon
25. Common hawk cuckoo
26. Jacobin cuckoo
Frogmouth, Nightjar, Owl, Owlet:
27. Srilanka frogmouth
28. Srilanka Bay Owl
29. Indian scops Owl
30. Oriental scops Owl(rufous morph)
31. Brown hawk owl
32. Mottled wood owl
33. Jungle owlet
34. Jerdons nightjar
35. Jungle nightjar
36. Spot bellied eagle Owl(Call heard)
Flowerpecker, Shrike, Pitta:
37. Nilgiri Flowerpecker
38. Indian pitta
39. Phillipine shrike
40. Brown shrike
41. Long tailed shrike
Babbler, Warbler:
42. Indian Scimitar Babbler
43. Tickels leaf warbler
44. Jungle babbler
45. Rufous babbler
46. Large billed warbler
47. Booted warbler
48. Blyths reed warbler
49. Greenish warbler
Crake, Rail:
50. Slaty legged crake
51. Slaty breasted rail
Minivet, Trogon, Hornbill, Drongo, Treepie and Barbet:
52. Malabar Trogon
53. Orange minivet
54. Malabar Grey Hornbill
55. White Cheeked Barbet
56. Greater Racked Tailed Drongo
57. Rufous Treepie
58. White Bellied Treepie
59. Ashy Drongo
60. Coppersmith barbet
Woodpecker:Â
61. Heart Spotted Woodpecker
62. Greater Flameback Woodpecker
63. Lesser Flameback Woodpecker
64. Brown capped pygmy Woodpecker
65. Lesser Yellownape
66. Streak throated woodpecker
Roller, White eye:
67. Indian rollerÂ
68. Oriental White Eye
Bulbul:
69. Square tailed bulbul
70. Flame Throated Bulbul
71. Red whiskered bulbul
72. Red vented bulbul
Fantail, Starling:
73. Spot breasted fantail
74. Blyths Starling
75. Chestnut tailed Starling
76. Asian Fairy Bluebird
77. Crimson backed sunbird
78. Purple sunbird
79. Purple rumped sunbird
Eagle, Buzzard, Kite:
80. Crested Serpent Eagle
81. Crested goshawk
82. Shikra
83. Oriental honey buzzard
84. Black baza
85. Brahminy kite
Pheasant:Â
86. Grey Junglefowl
87. Red Spurfowl
Wagtail, Tit, Leafbird:
88. Grey Wagtail
89. Cinererous Tit
90. Jerdons Leafbird
91. Golden fronted leafbird
Parrot, Parakeet:
92. Vernal hanging parrot
93. Malabar Parakeet
94. Rose ringed parakeet
Finch, Rosefinch, Nuthatch, Chat:
95. Common Rosefinch
96. Velvet Fronted Nuthatch
97. Pied Bushchat
Swallow, Martin:
98. Hill Swallow
99. Ashy wood swallow
100. Red rumped swallow
Bee-eater, Myna, Roller:
101. Green bee eater
102. Chestnut headed bee eater
103. Jungle myna
104. Southern Hill Myna
105. Indian rollerÂ
106. Indian black bird
Kingfisher, Crow, Heron, Pipit, Oriole:
107. White throated kingfisher
108. Eastern Jungle Crow
109. House Sparrow
110. Common Myna
111. House Crow
112. Indian pond heron
113. Common kingfisher
114. Water pipit
115. Southern coucal
116. Golden Oriole
117. Black naped oriole
Mammals Found During the Trip:
1. Slender Loris
2. Malabar giant squirrel
3. Indian Gaur
4. Nilgiri Tahr
Here is a collage of some major sightings(Taken from Guest’s Camera screen).Â
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