Organisation

Species watching at Manamboli on 15-16 January 2010

Birds sighted

1. Common Flameback (Dinopium javanance)
2. White Cheeked Barbet (Megalaima viridis)
3. Copper Smith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
4. Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus)
5. Stork Billed kingfisher (Halcyon capensis)
6. White Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon amauroptera)
7. Green Bee-Eater (Merops orientalis)
8. Malabar Parakeet (Psittacula columboides)
9. Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
10. Owl – Unidentified
11. Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
12. Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
13. Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora)
14. White Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
15. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus)
16. Grey Headed Fishing Eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus)
17. Vulture – Unidentified
18. Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
19. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
20. Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola greyii)
21. Gold Fronted Leaf Bird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
22. White Bellied Treepie (Dendrocita leucogastra)
23. Golden oriole (Oriolous oriolus)
24. Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)
25. Greated Racket Tailed Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
26. Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
27. Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus blighi)
28. Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
29. Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
30. Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
31. Chestnut Tailed Starling (Sturnus erythropygius)
32. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
33. Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)
34. Red Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
35. Red Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
36. Black Crested Bulbul (Ruby throated race) (Pycnonotus melanicterus gularis)
37. Yellow Browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
38. Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
39. Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
40. Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus cuculatus)
41. Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor)
42. Purple Rumped sunbird (Nectarinia zeylonica)
43. Purple sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)
44. White Browed Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
45. Grey Wagtail (Motacila cinerea)

Birds name and order as in
R. Grimmet, C.Inskipp, T.Inskipp (2001) Pocket Guide to Birds of Indian Subcontinent. Oxford University Press.

Animals sighted

1. Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)
2. Common Langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
3. Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)
4. Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
5. Sambar deer (Cervus unicolour)
6. Otter

Kalidasan, Avainayagan, Thenmurugakani, Mohanraj, Mohan kumar, Manoj Priyan and Ramesh - Team OSAI

Thanks to the Tamilnadu Forest Department