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  1. Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kamal KU
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  2. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Angeline Mano M
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  3. Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jaichand Johnson
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  4. Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jaichand Johnson
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  5. Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jaichand Johnson
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  6. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: keval paliya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  7. Striated Heron Butorides striata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: keval paliya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  8. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Antony B
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  9. Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  10. Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  11. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  12. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  13. Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  14. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  15. Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  16. Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  17. Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Dhaval Vargiya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  18. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MAHAVISHNESHWARAN SANKAR
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  19. Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MAHAVISHNESHWARAN SANKAR
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  20. Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: JOE M RAJA
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  21. Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Alexandre Dolgner
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  22. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Thanigai Velu
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  23. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: arshyaan Shahid
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  24. Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: arshyaan Shahid
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  25. Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: arshyaan Shahid
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  26. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: arshyaan Shahid
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  27. White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: arshyaan Shahid
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  28. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  29. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  30. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  31. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  32. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  33. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  34. Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  35. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  36. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  37. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anand Birdlife
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  38. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Thanigaivel Annamalai
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  39. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  40. Gray Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  41. Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  42. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  43. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  44. Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  45. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mathivanan Murugan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  46. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  47. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  48. Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  49. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  50. Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  51. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  52. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  53. Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  54. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  55. Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  56. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  57. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  58. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  59. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 88
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  60. Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: NIRMAL GEORGE
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  61. Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  62. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  63. Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  64. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  65. Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  66. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  67. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  68. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  69. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  70. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  71. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  72. Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  73. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mohamed Ansar
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  74. Garganey Spatula querquedula
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Nidhin C
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  75. Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Nidhin C
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  76. Black Kite Milvus migrans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nidhin C
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  77. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nidhin C
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  78. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  79. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  80. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  81. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
    # Count: 70
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  82. Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  83. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  84. Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  85. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  86. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  87. Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  88. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  89. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  90. Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  91. House Crow Corvus splendens
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  92. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  93. Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  94. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  95. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
    # Count: 80
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. kingfisher sp. Alcedinidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: keval paliya
    Location: Kovalam salt pan
  2. white egret sp. Egretta/Ardea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashwin Viswanathan
    Location: Kovalam salt pan