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Bird watching trip report - Southwest India - Endemics and specialties of Western Ghats - surfbirds.com Grey Junglefowl, Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, White-cheeked Barbet, Malabar Lark, Nilgiri Pipit, Grey-headed Bulbul, Yellow-throated Bulbul, Malabar Whistling-Thrush, White-bellied Shortwing, Broad-tailed Grassbird, Black-and-rufous (-orange) Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher, Wynaad Laughingthrush, Rufous-breasted (Nilgiri) Laughingthrush, Grey-breasted Laughingthrush, Rufous Babbler and White-bellied Treepie. They showed a grey-black head and with the lower part of the grey breast delicately streaked white - we believe this must be the fairbanki ssp. Blue Rock Thrush 1 M 17/2 of the blue ssp. www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/ghats-ks-0804.html   (4182 words)

Old World flycatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muscicapidae   (153 words)

USE OF AN EXOTIC TREE PLANTATION BY BORNEAN LOWLAND FOREST BIRDS Flycatchers, with the exception of most mon- archs (Rhipidura, Philentoma, Hypothymis, and Terpsiphone), were notably fewer in the Albizia than in the primary forest, despite the large number of mosquitoes and other flying insects. Studies of the effect of logging on primary for- est bird communities in Malaysia and Borneo also have shown that flycatcher diversity is re- duced (Johns 1986, 1989, Wong 1986, Lambert 1992). large canopy frugivores and flycatchers) and others could make only limited use of the plantation (e.g. elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v110n03/p0529-p0540.html   (8666 words)

Anshi98.html The flycatcher was part of large hunting pack consisting of drongos, flycatchers, shrikes and chloropsis. White Headed Myna Sturnus erythropygius blythii Ulvi and Anshi Commonly seen in both places. Spotted a flycatcher active in the forest canopy and the associated undergrowth. www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Anshi98.html   (3009 words)

Nilgiris01.html I failed to see Painted Bush Quail but had an Indian Blue Robin (another male), a superb Common Flameback drumming on deadwood, Orange-headed Thrush, Indian Scimitar Babbler, a female Nilgiri Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, a male Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Crimson-throated and White-cheeked Barbets, Malabar Parakeet and Vernal Hanging Parrot. There were parties of Blue Peafowl, Grey Junglefowl, a group of twelve Crested Treeswifts in a tree with many more flying around, Golden and Black-hooded Orioles, Brown-capped Pygmy and Yellow-crowned Woodpeckers, Yellow-footed Green Pigeon,White-bellied Drongo, Bay-backed and Brown Shrikes, Jerdon's Bushlark, White-browed Bulbul, Common Woodshrike,Blue-winged Leafbird and Chestnut-shouldered Petronia. I failed to see Kashmir Flycatcher which is said to winter in the area. www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Nilgiris01.html   (1309 words)

www.shortwing.co.uk Upland Buzzard, Rusty-bellied Shortwing, Ferruginous and Sapphire Flycatchers, White-bellied Redstart, Purple Cochoa, Russet Bush Warbler, Grey-cheeked and Broad-billed Warblers, Scaly Laughingthrush, Rufous-throated and Spotted Wren-Babblers, Cutia, Rusty-fronted Barwing, Golden-breasted and Yellow-throated Fulvettas, Maroon-backed Accentor, Crimson-browed, Scarlet and Gold-naped Finches, Brown and Red-headed Bullfinches. White Wagtail Motacilla alba/of races alboides, dukhensis, leucopsis and personata I travelled there from Kathmandu, taking a flight to Badrapur which lies close to the Indian border. www.shortwing.co.uk /pages/tripDetails.asp?id=8   (1114 words)

Birdfinder Ruffed Grouse are common as are the Gray Jay, Blue Jay, Balck-billed Magpie, American Crow and Common Raven. Clumps of trees yield Least Flycatcher, Eastern and Western Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, House Wrens, Robins, Brown Thrasher, Yellow Warbler and Baltimore Oriole. Other flycatchers common in the area include the Western Wood-peewee, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, and Eastern Kingbird. owlnut.rr.ualberta.ca /~barb/Birdfinder.html   (2470 words)

AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site The sexes are alike with upperparts shades of brown or russet, whitish below, some with white in the rectrices and white or gray eyebrow lines. All species and both sexes have a pale blue patch on the side of the neck. Undergrowth and lower portions of forests; feed by flycatching and on the ground. www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/passeriformes11.htm   (3461 words)

Birdwatching Trip Report from Goa, India In the afternoon we struggled to see the calling White bellied Woodpecker until Leio eventually relented and let me use my CD player to call it in. White cheeked and Coppersmith Barbets in hotel garden, White bellied SeaEagle, Hoopoe, 60+ Short toed Larks, Paddyfield Pipit, Pied BushChat. Excellent scope views of a female Blue capped Rock Thrush and a pair of Malabar Trogons. www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/india/india18-goa/goa-dec-03.htm   (2164 words)

Goa 1997 Coppersmith Barbet 2, Koel 5, White-browed Bulbul 2, Red-whiskered Bulbul 5, Red-vented Bulbul 1, White-throated Fantail (Flycatcher) 2, White-backed Munia 3 and Ring-necked Parakeet 10. The white wing patch wasn't obvious on sitting males (though conspicuous in flight) and females lacks it. White supercilium, "open" (spotted) grey breast-band, white below, long diamond shaped tail with white terminal bar on each side of the "diamond-end". www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Goa97.html   (2934 words)

Birding in Kerala, India The bird we saw had white brows as shown in Kazmierczak, not all blue as shown in Grimmett. Asian Brown Flycatcher is often active and in the open. Re-visting the site the next day also resulted in an Orange-and-Black Flycatcher. www.birdskerala.com /html/mark.htm   (1291 words)

Warblers & Waders:: Birdwatching, Wetland conservation, Nature education... Grey headed bulbul, small sunbird, white-bellied blue flycatcher and Malabar parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats, were spotted. The breeding of Rufous bellied shortwing was recorded at Parathode(way to Poochippara) in Silent Valley National Park(Kerala,India) on 14th May 2005.The breeding was recorded by Mr.C.Susanth,bird enthusiast and coordinator of Warblers and Waders.Mr.B.V.Premkrishnan,Mr.Jean and Mrs. The breeding/nesting of Rufous bellied shortwing is not authentically reported from Kerala.It is the first authentic breeding record of this forest bird from Kerala. www.warblersandwaders.org   (1655 words)

Western Ghats Endemics Birding Tour, Kerala, India It is expected to see the Malabar Grey Hornbill, Whitebellied Treepie, Rufous Babbler, Wayanad Laughing Thrush, Grey headed Bulbul, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Crimson-backed Sunbird, Nilgiri wood Pigeon, Malabar Parakeet at Thattekkad. Endemics like Grey-breasted Laughing Thrush, White-bellied Short Wing, Nilgiri flycatcher, Black and Orange Flycatcher, Broad Tailed Grass Bird, Nilgiri Pipit are easily sighted here and surrounding areas. Apart from the endemics, this is an ideal place for seeing owls and night jars. www.birdskerala.com /html/endemic.htm   (640 words)

Trip Bird List White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes 3, Backwoods, 27 and 28/1. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae 3, Backwoods, 27 and 28/1. Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Singles in forests including white phase. mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /birdingtrips/Goa/TripList.htm   (1800 words)

Brainstorms: Fernando Castro-Chavez: Some Implications for the Study of Intelligent Design ... However, since the blue and white birds nest together and interbreed, taxonomists have determined that the blue goose is simply a color phase of the snow goose. “Alder Flycatcher.” Although they were nearly indistinguishable even in the hand, they occupied different habitats and sang different songs. Using absence of hybridization in areas of sympatry as its main criterion, AOU split them into “Alder Flycatcher” (Empidonax alnorum) and “Willow Flycatcher” (Empidonax traillii)... www.iscid.org /boards/ubb-get_topic-f-6-t-000488-p-7.html   (4266 words)

BIRDCHAT archives -- April 1995, week 2 (#66) The pine trees are favoured by great tits and blue flycatchers. Around the HQ, the white wagtail and the tree pipit are easily seen feeding at the open grounds. We had clear open views of most of the migratory thrushes: chestnut-bellied rock-thrush, blue rock-thrush, dusky thrush and the chestnut thrush. listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9504b&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=4659   (3503 words)

West China (Sichuan) Itinerary Likely are: Blood Pheasant, Blue Eared Pheasant, Three-toed Woodpecker, White-throated Dipper, Maroon-backed Accentor, White-throated Redstart, Snowy-cheeked and Barred Laughingthrushes, Spectacled Fulvetta, White-collared Yuhina, White-necklaced and Rusty-breasted Tits, Snowy-browed Nuthatch, Tibetan Serin, Three-banded Rosefinch, and White-winged Grosbeak. THE JIUZHAIGOU ("JHU-JAI-GO") RESERVE (22-27 May) is considered one of the most beautiful places in China with its startlingly blue lakes and waterfalls. Perched at 10,300 ft. (3,100 meters), it is reached by a road that crosses a 13,000 ft. (3,900 m.) pass, providing us with some fine high altitude scrub and alpine birding. www.kingbirdtours.com /itineraries/sichuan05it.html   (2035 words)

India: Birding, Tigers and the Taj Mahal These impressive purple, red and blue and white beasts came through at alarming speed and they held us transfixed before they had to head off. This immense building seems to float on its white marble plinth, whilst inside the light filters gently down to softly illuminate the jewel-encrusted tombs of the emperor and his beloved. Added to this was the superb Great Barbet, omnipresent Black-headed Jay and magnificent Blue Magpies which impressed greatly before we headed for the waterbird phenomenon that is Bharatpur. www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TR_India_Dec2004.htm   (2503 words)

Old Magazine House white water rafting trips on the Kali River From here you can take a short hike up to one of North Karnataka's greatest sunset views, jump on one of our www.junglelodgesmagazinehouse.com   (891 words)

Birdwatching Trip Report from Goa ,India It starts from besides a two metre high white cross on the left hand side of the road about 400 metres after the turning to the Fort Aguada Resort. There was not much activity, but amongst the birds we saw were Spot‑breasted fantail, Brown Flycatcher, Common Iora, Small Minivet, the distinctive southern race of the Orange‑headed Thrush, Tawny‑bellied Babbler and Brown‑cheeked Fulvetta. Initially there is a steep scramble over some rocks but after the path is good and offers an excellent vantage over the tributary and much of the mangroves. www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/india/india3-goa/GOA1.htm   (7350 words)

Birding in Goa,Goa India Birding Tour,Goa Bird Watching Tour,Bird Watching Tour Goa,Goa Birding Tour,Birding Tours in Goa,Goa Birding Tour Packages Jungle and Dark-fronted Babblers, Common Woodshrike, Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike, Purple Sunbird, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Small Minivet, White-bellied Drongo, Today morning we leave for Baga Forest – an area of scrubland and forest which has some fairly good species of birds to be seen. Late afternoon can be spent watching birds at the wetlands adjacent to the hotel from the hotel premises itself. www.wildlifeindia.co.uk /birding-tours-india/goa-birding-tour.html   (856 words)

Birdfinders - Birdwatching Holidays - Goa, India Around our camp, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Forest Wagtail and Orange-headed Thrush can be found, while in the surrounding forest Red Spurfowl, Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, Jungle Owlet, White-bellied Woodpecker, Blue-capped Rock-thrush, Indian Blue Robin and White-bellied Blue Flycatcher are all specialities. Each day, in the heat of the day, we will take a break for lunch and to freshen up at the camp (we can even bathe in the river; there are no crocodiles!) before resuming birding in the afternoon. This is the smallest of the three main reserves in the Western Ghats but the birding is excellent and, by covering a variety of habitats, we will see a good cross-section of birds. www.birdfinders.co.uk /tours/goa.htm   (1649 words)

Birdquest, Trip Report Fire-tufted Barbet, Black-and-crimson Oriole, Javan Cuckooshrike, Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Mountain Fulvetta and Long-tailed Sibia were all seen easily and three tame Large Scimitar Babblers, huddled-together on one branch were a surprise. Birds are often very tame at this popular retreat, and leisurely walks along various narrow roads through the forest enabled us to catch-up with most of the specialties of the area. We started off on the right foot, with two big surprises in the mangroves and coastal swamp forest at Kuala Selangor, a superb roosting Barred Eagle Owl in broad daylight, and a Mangrove Pitta which sat in full view on a branch as it carried food to an unseen nest. www.birdquest.co.uk /trip_reports_detail.cfm?ReportID=232   (923 words)

WORLDTWITCH - Goa, India Trip Report,  Nov-Dec 1999, by Mark & Sandra Dennis We only visited once and trying to make the white blobs in the estuary into anything is pointless. We also saw white morphs at Backwoods and Saligao Zor and a long tailed brown morph at East Baga. 300m to the north of the pitta site is a large red and white mast. www.worldtwitch.com /goa_1999.htm   (10346 words)

Paul's Birding Site Mostly seen in the Ghats at Backwoods and Bondla but singles were also present in Arpora Wood and at Tiracol Fort, where Abhi saw a bird resembling Pygmy Blue Flycatcher. White morph birds were present at Backwoods and Arpora Wood. Ones and twos noted in similar locations to Asian Brown Flycatcher at Backwoods (in the camp), Bondla, Chandranath Hill and in Arpora Wood. www.sarah.priestley.care4free.net /goalist.html   (4967 words)

Malee's Nature Lover Bungalows The "white rose" of Chiang Dao is one of the nine native Rhododendrons found in Thailand. The whole year round the common species are Puff-throated Bulbuls (noisy), Grey-headed Flycatchers (the centre specie of mixed flocks), Black-naped Monarch (often mistaken for Hainans Flycatcher, which is more uncommon here), Hill Blue Flycatcher, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Little Spiderhunter, Speckled Piculets. Soon after Checkpoint 1 (the one on the road towards Muang Khong) and before the steep climb, there is a trail on the left hand side. www34.brinkster.com /maleenature/wildlife.htm   (4841 words)

Bird Trip It is possible to hire a car in Skagway and drive up to White Pass, stopping wherever you want, but we wanted to experience the train ride and see the Trail of 98, which the prospectors took in the Goldrush days, over a century ago. The weather was fine and sunny, and the water calm, blue and dotted with small pieces of ice. Passerines seen in descending order of occurrence included Meadow Pipit, Redwing, European Starling, White Wagtail, Snow Bunting, Common Redpoll, Northern Wheatear and Winter Wren. www.birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/BTRP.html   (15079 words)

Birds: Muscicapidae Muscicapa randi Amadon and duPont, 1970 - Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula disposita (Ripley and Marshall, 1967) - Furtive Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata (Strickland, 1844) - Fraser´s Forest Flycatcher www.phthiraptera.org /Birds/Passeriformes/Muscicapidae.html   (533 words)

rg_goa.html Forest Wagtail, Indian Pitta, Malabar Whistling Thrush, Tickell's Thrush, Orange-headed Thrush, "Malabar" Blackbird, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Red-throated Flycatcher, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Dark-fronted Babbler, and Large Cuckooshrike. Goa did not disappoint us in all these aspects, and is greatly recommended for other birders with their spouse and family. Good birds, good food, easy travelling, friendly people, good climate in winter (30 degrees Celsius, low humidity, bright blue skyes). www.dpw.wageningen-ur.nl /viro/organization/rg_goa.html   (2989 words)

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