February 05, 2009

BHASTHRIKA

videowood pecker again
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3 comments:

  1. Hi Vrajesh,
    I have visited you blog several times and always admire your nice photos.
    Have a nice weekend with your loved ones.
    Harry Nizam

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  2. What a beautiful looking bird, you do really well to catch all these creatures on camera!

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  3. Bird List - Kumarakom corsey www.birdskerala.com.
    these are my posts after visiting kumarakam

    ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
    Family: Dendrocygndiae
    Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
    (Lesser Whistling-teal, Lesser Treeduck)
    Family: Anatidae
    Anserini
    Cotton Pygmy-goose (Cotton Teal) Nettapus coromandelianus
    Anatini
    Common Teal Nettapus coromandelianus
    Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
    (Spotbill Duck, Spotbill)
    Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    (Common Pintail, Pintail)
    Garganey Anas querquedula
    Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
    (Ferruginous Duck, White-eyed Pochard)
    ORDER: PICIFORMES
    Family: Picidae
    Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus
    (Brown-crowned Pigmy Woodpecker)
    Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
    (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)
    Family: Megalaimidae
    White-cheeked Barbet (Small Green) Megalaima viridis
    Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
    (Crimson-breasted Barbet)
    ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
    Family: Coraciidae
    Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
    ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
    Family: Coraciidae
    Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
    Family: Alcedinidae
    Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
    (Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)
    Family: Halcyonidae
    Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
    White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
    (White-breasted Kingfisher)
    Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
    Family: Cerylidae
    Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
    (Lesser Pied Kingfisher)
    Family: Meropidae
    Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
    (Little Green Bee-eater)
    Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
    ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
    Family: Cuculidae
    Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
    (Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo)
    Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
    Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
    (Koel, Common Koel)
    Family: Centropodidae
    Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
    (Crow-pheasant)
    ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
    Family: Psittacidae
    Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
    (Indian Lorikeet)
    Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
    Family: Psittacidae
    Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
    (Indian Lorikeet)
    Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
    (Blossom-headed Parakeet)
    ORDER: APODIFORMES
    Family: Apodidae
    Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift) Cypsiurus balasiensis
    Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
    House Swift (Little Swift) Apus affinis
    ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
    Family: Tytonidae
    Barn Owl Tyto alba
    Family: Strigidae
    Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
    Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
    Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
    Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
    Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
    (Barred Jungle Owlet)
    Spotted Owlet Athene brama
    Brown Hawk Owl (Brown Boobook) Ninox scutulata
    Andaman Hawk Owl Ninox affinis
    ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
    Family:Columbidae
    Rock pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
    Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
    ORDER: GRUIFORMES
    Family: Rallidae
    Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
    (Banded Crake,Slaty-legged Banded Crake)
    Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus
    (Blue-breasted Banded Rail)
    White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
    Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
    Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
    (Banded Crake,Slaty-legged Banded Crake)
    Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus
    (Blue-breasted Banded Rail)
    White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
    Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
    Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
    Ruddy-breasted Crake (Ruddy) Porzana fusca
    Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
    Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
    (Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule)
    Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    (Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule)
    Common Coot Fulica atra
    (Coot, Eurasian Coot, Black Coot)
    ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
    Family: Scolopacidae
    Scolopacinae
    Common Snipe (Fantail Snipe) Gallinago gallinago
    Tringinae
    Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
    Common Greenshank (Greenshank) Tringa nebularia
    Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
    Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
    Family: Rostratulidae
    Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
    (Painted Snipe)
    Family: Jacanidae
    Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
    Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
    Family: Charadriidae
    Recurvirostrini
    Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
    Charadriinae
    Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
    (Eastern /Asiatic Golden Plover)
    Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
    Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
    Charadriinae
    Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
    (Eastern /Asiatic Golden Plover)
    Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
    (Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)
    Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
    Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
    Family: Laridae
    Larini
    Yellow-legged Gull (Herring) Larus cachinnans
    Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus
    (Great Black-headed)
    Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
    Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
    (Common Black-headed Gull)
    Sternini
    Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
    Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
    Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
    (Indian Lesser Crested Tern)
    Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
    (Large Crested Tern, Swift Tern)
    Saunders’s Tern Sterna saundersi
    (Saunders’s Little Tern)
    Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
    Family: Accipitridae
    Pandioninae
    Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    Accipitrinae
    Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
    (Black-winged Kite)
    Black Kite Milvus migrans
    (Pariah Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite)
    Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
    Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
    (Western Marsh Harrier)
    Shikra Accipiter badius
    Family: Falconidae
    Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
    Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
    (Western Marsh Harrier)
    Shikra Accipiter badius
    Family: Falconidae
    Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
    (Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)
    Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    (Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon)
    Family: Podicipedidae
    Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    Family: Anhingidae
    Darter Anhinga melanogaster
    (Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird)
    Family: Phalacrocoracidae
    Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
    Indian Cormorant (Shag) Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
    Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    (Cormorant, Large Cormorant)
    Family: Ardeidae
    Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
    (Indian Reef Heron)
    Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
    Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
    Great Egret (Large Egret) Casmerodius albus
    Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
    (Smaller Egret, Plumed Egret)
    Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
    (Pond Heron)
    Little Heron Butorides striatus
    (Little Green Heron, Striated Heron)
    Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    (Night Heron)
    Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
    Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
    Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
    Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
    Family: Threskiornithidae
    Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
    Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
    Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
    Family: Threskiornithidae
    Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
    (White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis)
    Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
    (Spoonbill, White Spoonbill)
    Family: Ciconiidae
    Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
    (Asian Openbill Stork)
    Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked) Ciconia episcopus
    ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
    Family: Pittidae
    Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
    Family: Irenidae
    Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
    (Gold-mantled /Jerdon’s Chloropsis)
    Family: Laniidae
    Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
    Family: Corvidae
    Corvini
    Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie) Dendrocitta vagabunda
    House Crow Corvus splendens
    Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
    (Jungle/Black Crow)
    Artamini
    Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
    (Ashy Swallow-shrike)
    Oriolini
    Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
    (Golden Oriole)
    Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
    Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed) Oriolus xanthornus
    Oriolini
    Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
    (Golden Oriole)
    Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
    Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed) Oriolus xanthornus
    Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
    Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
    Small Minivet (Little Minivet) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
    Rhipidurini
    White-browed Fantail (Flycatcher) Rhipidura aureola
    (White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher)
    Dicrurini
    Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
    Ashy Drongo(Grey) Dicrurus leucophaeus
    Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
    ( Racket-tailed Drongo)
    Monarchini
    Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
    (Black-naped Flycatcher, Azure Flycatcher)
    Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
    (Paradise-flycatcher)
    Aegithininae
    Common Iora (Iora) Aegithina tiphia
    Malaconotinae
    Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
    (Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)
    Family: Muscicapidae
    Muscicapini
    Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
    (Brown Flycatcher)
    Saxicolini
    Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
    Family: Sturnidae
    Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
    Saxicolini
    Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
    Family: Sturnidae
    Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
    (Grey-headed Myna)
    Common Myna(Mynah) Acridotheres tristis
    Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
    Family: Paridae
    Parinae
    Great Tit (Grey Tit) Parus major
    Family: Hirundinidae
    Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    (Swallow, Common Swallow)
    Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
    Red-rumped Swallow (Striated) Hirundo daurica
    Family: Pycnonotidae
    Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
    Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
    Family: Cisticolidae
    Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
    (Streaked Fantail Warbler)
    Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
    (Franklin’s Wren Warbler)
    Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
    (Ashy Wren Warbler)
    Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
    (Plain Wren-Warbler, White-browed Prinia)
    Family: Sylviidae
    Acrocephalinae
    Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
    Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
    (Eurasian Great Reed Warbler)
    Common Tailorbird (Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius
    Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
    ( Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
    Timaliini
    (Eurasian Great Reed Warbler)
    Common Tailorbird (Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius
    Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
    ( Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
    Timaliini
    Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
    (White-headed Babbler)
    Family: Alaudidae
    Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea
    (Ashy-crowned Finch Lark)
    Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
    (Malabar Crested Lark)
    Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva
    (Syke’s Crested Lark, Tawny Lark)
    Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
    (Eastern Skylark, Oriental Lark)
    Family: Nectariniidae
    Dicaeini
    Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
    (Tickell’s / Small Flowerpecker)
    Nectariniini
    Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica
    Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
    Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia
    (Long-billed Sunbird)
    Family:Passeridae
    Passerinae
    House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
    (Yellow-throated Sparrow)
    Motacillinae
    Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
    White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba
    White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
    (Large Pied Wagtail)
    Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola calcarata
    Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
    Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
    Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
    White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba
    White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
    (Large Pied Wagtail)
    Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola calcarata
    Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
    Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
    Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
    (Indian Pipit)
    Ploceinae
    Baya Weaver (Baya) Ploceus philippinus
    Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
    Estrildinae
    White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
    (White-backed Munia, Striated Munia)
    Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
    (Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)
    Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
    (Chestnut Munia)

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