Ambika Chandrasekar: India Year List 2019 OBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 144 of 144 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 2 Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor 11/04/2019 Pallikaranai marsh, Chennai 3 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 4 Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 14/02/2019 Yercaud 5 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 6 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 7 Garganey Anas querquedula 11/04/2019 Pallikaranai marsh, Chennai 8 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 9 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus 26/09/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 10 Common Flameback Dinopium javanense 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 11 Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 12 Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica 14/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 13 White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 14 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 15 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 16 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 17 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus 14/02/2019 Perumbakkam tank 18 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 19 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 20 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 21 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 22 Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus 12/01/2019 Chathram, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 23 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 24 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 10/09/2019 Kaikondrahalli Lake 25 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 26 Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 27 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 01/01/2019 Thiruvanmyur 28 Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides 12/01/2019 Chathram, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 29 Common Swift Apus apus 12/01/2019 Cumbum, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 30 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 01/01/2019 Thiruvanmyur 31 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 32 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 33 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 07/09/2019 Kaikondrahalli Lake 34 Common Coot Fulica atra 14/02/2019 Perumbakkam tank 35 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 12/01/2019 Chathram, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 36 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 37 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28/03/2019 Perumbakkam tank 38 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 05/06/2019 39 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela 17/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 40 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/03/2019 Perumbakkam tank 41 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis 12/01/2019 Chathram, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 42 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga 31/10/2019 perumbakkam tank 43 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. high on rock face - with nest. it soared and glided as well for 10-15 minutes 44 Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 45 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 46 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 18/08/2019 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 48 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 18/08/2019 49 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 18/08/2019 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 18/08/2019 51 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 20/04/2019 Karapakkam 52 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 07/04/2019 pallikaraai 53 Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus 29/08/2019 Lodhi Gardens, Delhi 54 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 55 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 18/08/2019 56 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 57 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 58 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/08/2019 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 61 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 62 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 63 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 64 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 65 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 66 Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii 26/01/2019 besant nagar beach 67 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 68 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 14/02/2019 Perumbakkam tank 69 Darter Anhinga melanogaster 07/09/2019 Kaikondrahalli Lake breeding - young ones too 70 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 71 Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 72 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 73 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 74 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 28/03/2019 Perumbakkam tank 75 Great Egret Casmerodius albus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 76 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 77 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 78 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 79 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 05/06/2019 80 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 81 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18/08/2019 82 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 83 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 84 Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 85 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 86 Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 87 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 88 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 16/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 89 Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 90 Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa 14/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 91 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata 28/09/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 92 Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni 12/01/2019 Cumbum, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. "Palani laughingthrush (Montecincla fairbanki) is a species of laughingthrush endemic to the hills of the Western Ghats south of the Palghat Gap in Southern India. Found in the high montane forests, this grey bib 93 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 94 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 95 White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus 05/06/2019 heard 96 Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 97 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/01/2019 Thiruvanmyur 98 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 99 Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata 17/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 100 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius 07/09/2019 Kaikondrahalli Lake 101 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 102 Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 103 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 104 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. male and female seen in flocks 105 Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis 18/08/2019 106 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 107 White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 108 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 11/04/2019 Pallikaranai marsh, Chennai 109 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 110 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 111 Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 112 Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 113 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 114 Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor 10/10/2019 Sterling Wayanad 115 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 116 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 117 Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 15/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud Beautiful flight of both white breeding male and the rufous female. seen on successive days 118 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 119 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus 28/07/2019 Yercaud 120 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 121 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 122 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus 28/09/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 123 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 28/07/2019 Yercaud 124 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda 02/01/2019 Thiruvanmyur 125 House Crow Corvus splendens 01/01/2019 Thiruvanmyur 126 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 127 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 128 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 12/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 129 Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis 11/10/2019 Sterling Waynad 130 Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii 13/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud heard not seen 131 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 132 Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra 29/08/2019 Lodhi Gardens, Delhi 133 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 05/01/2019 Odiyur lagoon 134 Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus 15/03/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 135 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus 10/09/2019 Kaikondrahalli Lake 136 Hill Myna Gracula religiosa 12/01/2019 Chathram, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 137 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 138 Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada 139 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata 11/01/2019 Singanur forest, kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. they were everywhere. male and female 140 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis 28/09/2019 Youreka camp, Yercaud 141 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 03/03/2019 Yelagiri, Tamil Nadu 142 Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 143 Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada. 144 Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 13/01/2019 Vattavada, Kerala MNS trip to Sattram, Kumily and Vattavada.