Thursday, July 17, 2008 - [Bird Snapping] The Birds of Kerala - A Collection

I`m back after a two month wedding break, and apart from honeymooning my wife and I have been bird snapping too. Here are the results. Allow me to showcase our collection of -

The Birds of Kerala

Purple sunbird male                                               and female

Purple-rumped sunbird

Plum headed parakeet male                             and female

White-breasted water-hen,                           Ashy wood-swallow

Common kestrel,                                                 Pied bush chat

Barred Jungle owlet

Jungle Babbler

Common tailor bird

Brahminy Kite

Black shouldered Kite

Brown fishowl (?)

Unknown

Shikra

House crow

Jungle crow

Bronzed drongo,                                                Rufous tree-pie

Plain flower pecker

Greater racket tailed drongo

Common Mynah

Malabar grey hornbill

White-throated Thrush

Oriental magpie robin

Greater Coucal

Emerald Dove

Black headed Oriole

Eurasian golden Oriole female

Pond heron (breeding plumage)

Little egret Pond heron (non breeding)

Cattle egret

Greater Cormorant

White cheeked Barbet

Asian Koel

White rumped Munia                                          Red rumped sawllow

Ruby-throated bulbul

Scarlet minivet male                                             and female

Malabar Trogon female

Indian Peacock                                                  Blue tailed bee-eater

Indian Roller

Unknown

Yellow browed bulbul,                                        Red whiskered bulbul

Red vented bulbul

Malabar whistling thrush,                              Stork billed kingfisher

Common flameback (golden backed woodpecker)

White breasted Kingfisher

and that's a selection of 2 months worth of bird snapping in Kerala