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Birding at the richest bird habitat in peninsular India, comparable only with the eastern Himalayas. Since then much of the forest has been diverted to cultivation and teak and mahogany plantation but what survives gives a glimpse of the phenomenal bird diversity of the once widespread lowland forests of the South. Some basic facts about the sanctuary are listed below:
Area 25.16 sq. km
Rainfall 2500 mm annually
Forest type Tropical semi-evergreen and tropical deciduous
Mammals Elephant, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Porcupine
Bird species - 250
Only species observed by our guides have been listed. We have no information if an exhaustive checklist is available for the Sanctuary. Nomenclature used follows Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (1998). The pocket edition of this book was used for field identification. Subspecies have not been mentioned unless unambiguous identification was made (eg. ruby-throated subspecies of the Black-crested Bulbul). Some interesting observations and a nesting record are at the end of this checklist.
Birdlist:
Collocalia unicolor Indian Swiftlet * Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul * Ocyceros griseus Malabar Grey-Hornbill * Spizaetus cirrhatus Changeable Hawk-Eagle * Ardea cinerea Grey Heron * Ardeola grayii Indian Pond-Heron * Egretta garzetta Little Egret * Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret * Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana * Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern * Snipe: species unidentified * Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo * Otus bakkamoena Collared Scops-Owl * Glaucidium radiatum Jungle Owlet * Dendrocitta formosae Grey Treepie * Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle-Owl * Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo * Eurostopodus macrotis Great Eared-Nightjar * Artamus fuscus Ashy Wood-swallow * Pycnonotus cafer Red-vented Bulbul * Psittacula cyanocephala Plum-headed Parakeet * Gallus sonneratii Grey Junglefowl * Eudynamys scolopacea Asian Koel * Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal * Aegithina tiphia Common Iora * Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen * Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher * Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher * Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher * Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher * Pycnonotus melanicterus gularis Black-crested * Bulbul (ruby-throated subspecies) * Pitta brachyura Indian Pitta * Picus chlorolophus Lesser Yellownape * Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback * Chrysocolaptes lucidus Greater Flameback * Megalaima viridis White-cheeked Barbet * Megalaima haemacephala Coppersmith Barbet * Rhopocichla atriceps Dark-fronted Babbler * Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler * Pycnonotus priocephalus Grey-headed Bulbul * Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed-Warbler * Gracula religiosa Hill Myna * Acridotheres tristis Common Myna * Oriolus oriolus Eurasian Golden-Oriole * Oriolus xanthornus Black-hooded Oriole * Lonchura kelaarti Black-throated Munia * Hirundo daurica Red-rumped Swallow * Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird * Arachnothera longirostra Little Spiderhunter * Myiophonus horsfieldii Malabar Whistling-Thrush * Luscinia brunnea Indian Blue Robin * Cyornis pallipes White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher * Chloropsis aurifrons Golden-fronted Leafbird * Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole * Anhinga melanogaster Oriental Darter * Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret * Vanellus indicus Red-wattled Lapwing * Phalacrocorax niger Little Cormorant * Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo * Dicrurus aeneus Bronzed Drongo * Harpactes fasciatus Malabar Trogon * Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow * Batrachostomus moniliger Ceylon Frogmouth * Psittacula columboides Malabar Parakeet * Loriculus vernalis Vernal Hanging-Parrot * Merops leschenaulti Chestnut-headed Bee-eater * Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird * Iole indica Yellow-browed Bulbul * Hemicircus canente Heart-spotted Woodpecker * Celeus brachyurus Rufous Woodpecker * Turdoides striatus Jungle Babbler * Pellorneum ruficeps Puff-throated Babbler * Sturnus malabaricus blythi Chestnut-tailed Starling * Motacilla madaraspatensis White-browed Wagtail * Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet * Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow * Parus rufonuchalis Dark-grey Tit * Eumyias albicaudata Nilgiri Flycatcher * Copsychus saularis Oriental Magpie-Robin
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