Species seen during our stay at Aryana Nivas in the Periyar National Park. Most birds were seen during guided walks at 7:00am or along the main road back to Kumily.
The naming convention is taken from 'An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region' by Inskipp, Lindsey and Duckworth. Animals from 'Field guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent' by Gurung and Singh.
1 Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii 2 Brown-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus 3 Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense 4 Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente 5 White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis 6 Malabar Grey-Hornbill Ocyceros griseus 7 Malabar Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus 8 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis 9 Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus malabaricus 10 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis 11 White Throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 12 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 13 Vernal Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis 14 Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides 15 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 16 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis tigrina 17 White-breasted Water Hen Amaurornis phoenicurus 18 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 19 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 22 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii 23 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis 24 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster 25 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger 26 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 27 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 28 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 29 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30 Great Egret Egretta alba 31 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus 32 Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii 33 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 34 Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella 35 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda 36 White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra 37 House Crow Corvus splendens 38 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 39 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 40 Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus 41 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 42 White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens 43 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus 44 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus 45 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 46 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus 47 Hill Myna Gracula religiosa 48 Great Tit Parus major 49 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 50 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 51 Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica 52 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius 53 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus 54 Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis 55 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala 56 Long-billed Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia 57 Grey Wagtail Motacillia cinerea
1 Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica 2 Indian Palm Squirrel Funambulus palmarum 3 Indian Elephant Elephas maximus 4 Wild Boar Sus scrofa 5 Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata 6 Nilgari Langur Presbytis johnii 7 Sambar Cervus unicolor
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