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Birds of Tiruvannamalai

This guide is based on the book with the same name published by The Forest Way Trust in 2018. The aim of this guide is to help you to identify and learn more about the birds that can be found on and around the Sacred Hill of Arunachala.

All birds included in this volume have been noted ...more ↓

Indian Pitta 1
Pitta brachyura
Brown Shrike 2
Lanius cristatus
Bay-backed Shrike 3
Lanius vittatus
Long-tailed Shrike 2
Lanius schach
Rufous Treepie 4
Dendrocitta vagabunda
Large-billed Crow 5
Corvus macrorhynchos
House Crow 6
Corvus splendens
Ashy Woodswallow 7
Artamus fuscus
Eurasian Golden Oriole 8
Oriolus oriolus
Large Cuckooshrike 9
Coracina macei
Black-headed Cuckooshrike 10
Lalage melanoptera
Small Minivet 9
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
White-browed Fantail 11
Rhipidura aureola
Black Drongo 9
Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy Drongo 12
Dicrurus leucophaeus
White-bellied Drongo 13
Dicrurus caerulescens
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 14
Dicrurus paradiseus
Hair-crested Drongo 9
Dicrurus hottentottus
Common Iora 12
Aegithina tiphia
Common Woodshrike 12
Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Blue Rock-Thrush 15
Monticola solitarius
Orange-headed Thrush 16
Geokichla citrina
Geokichla citrina cyanota 17
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher 18
Terpsiphone paradisi
Asian Brown Flycatcher 19
Muscicapa dauurica
Brown-breasted Flycatcher 20
Muscicapa muttui
Verditer Flycatcher 21
Eumyias thalassinus
Blue-throated Flycatcher 9
Cyornis rubeculoides
Indian Blue Robin 22
Larvivora brunnea
White-rumped Shama 21
Copsychus malabaricus
Oriental Magpie-Robin 21
Copsychus saularis
Indian Robin 15
Copsychus fulicatus
Black Redstart 23
Phoenicurus ochruros
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Brahminy Starling 12
Sturnia pagodarum
Rosy Starling 7
Pastor roseus
Common Myna 24
Acridotheres tristis
Barn Swallow 25
Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow 19
Cecropis daurica
White-browed Bulbul 17
Pycnonotus luteolus
Red-whiskered Bulbul 26
Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-vented Bulbul 12
Pycnonotus cafer
Yellow-throated Bulbul 27
Pycnonotus xantholaemus
Grey-breasted Prinia 16
Prinia hodgsonii
Jungle Prinia
Prinia sylvatica
Plain Prinia 28
Prinia inornata
Ashy Prinia 29
Prinia socialis
Booted Warbler 21
Iduna caligata
Blyth's Reed Warbler 30
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Greenish Warbler 31
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Lesser Whitethroat 17
Sylvia curruca
Common Tailorbird 13
Orthotomus sutorius
Yellow-eyed Babbler 32
Chrysomma sinense
Tawny-bellied Babbler 17
Dumetia hyperythra
Large Grey Babbler 33
Turdoides malcolmi
Common Babbler 16
Turdoides caudata
Yellow-billed Babbler 34
Turdoides affinis
Jerdon's Bushlark 35
Mirafra affinis
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark 36
Eremopterix griseus
Rufous-tailed Lark 36
Ammomanes phoenicura
Oriental Skylark 37
Alauda gulgula
Thick-billed Flowerpecker 38
Dicaeum agile
Pale-billed Flowerpecker 9
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Purple-rumped Sunbird 39
Leptocoma zeylonica
Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus
Long-billed Sunbird 40
Cinnyris lotenius
House Sparrow 12
Passer domesticus
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia 41
Petronia xanthocollis
Forest Wagtail 19
Dendronanthus indicus
White-browed Wagtail 42
Motacilla maderaspatensis
Western Yellow Wagtail 43
Motacilla flava
Paddyfield Pipit 21
Anthus rufulus
Grey Wagtail 44
Motacilla cinerea
Tree Pipit 7
Anthus trivialis
Baya Weaver 12
Ploceus philippinus
Indian Silverbill 45
Euodice malabarica
White-rumped Munia 32
Lonchura striata
Scaly-breasted Munia 46
Lonchura punctulata
Tricolored Munia 47
Lonchura malacca
Zitting Cisticola 48
Cisticola juncidis
Clamorous Reed Warbler 49
Acrocephalus stentoreus
Chestnut-tailed Starling 9
Sturnia malabarica
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher 50
Ficedula ruficauda
Jerdon's Leafbird 9
Chloropsis jerdoni

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