I had written previously about my trip to Wayanad. One of the things I was looking forward to in the trip was to do some bird-watching and hopefully see some of the birds that are primarily found only in the Western Ghats region.

I am delighted to say that I had a very enjoyable few days of bird-watching where I got to so a few birds that have been on my ‘to see’ list for a while now! These include the Vernal Hanging Parrot and Malabar Barbet.

The full list below (all names as per Salim Ali’s ‘The Book of Indian Birds’):

1. Little Cormorant
2. White-necked (Woolly necked) Stork
3. Brahminy Kite
4. Unidentified Sparrowhawk
5. Changeable Hawk-Eagle
6. Falcon
7. Grey Junglefowl
8. Indian Peafowl
9. River Tern
10. Spotted Dove
11. Blue-Winged (Malabar) Parakeet
12. Indian (Vernal) Hanging Parrot
13. Unidentified Swift
14. Malabar Grey Hornbill
15. Crimson-Throated (Malabar) Barbet
16. Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
17. Common Golden-backed Woodpecker
18. White-Cheeked Barbet
19. Black Drongo
20. Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo
21. Ashy Drongo
22. Bronzed Drongo
23. Grey-Headed (Malabar) Starling
24. Common Myna
25. Jungle Crow
26. Scarlet (Orange) Minivet
27. Gold-fronted Chloropsis
28. Red-Vented Bulbul
29. Red-Whiskered Bulbul
30. Black (Square-tailed) Bulbul
31. Verditer Flycatcher
32. Blyth’s Reed Warbler
33. Indian Blue Robin
34. Oriental Magpie Robin
35. Indian Blackbird
36. Great Tit
37. Oriental Tree Pipit
38. Grey Wagtail
39. Large Pied Wagtail
40. Purple-Rumped Sunbird
41. Small (Maroon backed) Sunbird
42. Loten’s Sunbird
43. Purple Sunbird
44. Oriental White-Eye