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  1. Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Pine Forest, Sholur, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.438, 76.66)
  2. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  3. Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  4. Gray Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Siya Ul Haque
    Location: Destiny Farm Resort Area
  5. Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  6. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Nandhatty,State Highway 29, Gudalur, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN
  7. Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon Columba elphinstonii
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  8. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Srimadurai, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.546, 76.493)
  9. Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Athreya Ballapur
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  10. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  11. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  12. Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Elias Thomas
    Location: Burliyar - Coonoor Rd
  13. Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  14. Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  15. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Athreya Ballapur
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  16. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ram Jeyam
    Location: Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.468, 76.875)
  17. Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi
  18. Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Pine Forest, Sholur, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.438, 76.66)
  19. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Pine Forest, Sholur, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.438, 76.66)
  20. Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aarul Jain
    Location: Botanical Garden, Ooty
  21. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Siya Ul Haque
    Location: Destiny Farm Resort Area
  22. Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Srimadurai, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.546, 76.493)
  23. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  24. Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi To Moyar Road
  25. White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi
  26. Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  27. Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Kilkotagiri Road-Kengarai, Tamil Nadu, IN
  28. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  29. Black Kite Milvus migrans
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi
  30. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi
  31. Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Prasad Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  32. Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  33. Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  34. Spotted Owlet Athene brama
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  35. Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  36. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Sterling Elk Hill, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.396, 76.701)
  37. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  38. Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  39. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Mudumalai NP
  40. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  41. Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  42. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  43. Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  44. White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  45. Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  46. Malabar Flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  47. Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  48. Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  49. Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Prasad Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  50. Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ram Jeyam
    Location: Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.468, 76.875)
  51. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Harish Prakash
    Location: Mount Pleasant Road, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.349, 76.785)
  52. Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  53. Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  54. Vernal Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  55. White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi To Moyar Road
  56. Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  57. Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  58. Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  59. Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  60. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  61. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  62. Spot-breasted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Sterling Elk Hill, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.396, 76.701)
  63. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  64. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  65. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  66. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  67. House Crow Corvus splendens
    # Count: 42
    Date:
    Observer: Leelavathi Krishnapudur
    Location: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.42, 76.852)
  68. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: HPF Road, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN
  69. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Aarul Jain
    Location: Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris IN-TN (11.4122,76.7297)
  70. Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Aarul Jain
    Location: Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris IN-TN (11.4122,76.7297)
  71. Indian Yellow Tit Machlolophus aplonotus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  72. Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Prajwal Nagesh
    Location: Masinagudi-- Bokkapuram Road
  73. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Srimadurai, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.546, 76.493)
  74. Gray-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  75. Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Siya Ul Haque
    Location: Destiny Farm Resort Area
  76. Dusky Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Ooty - Kotagiri Highway, Kukkal Tamil Nadu, IN (11.414, 76.731)
  77. Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  78. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Masinagudi
  79. Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  80. Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  81. Gray-headed Bulbul Microtarsus priocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  82. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  83. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  84. Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Aarul Jain
    Location: Botanical Garden, Ooty
  85. Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Prasad Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  86. Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chanchal cha
    Location: Mulloor Village
  87. Indian Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  88. Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  89. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chanchal cha
    Location: Mulloor Village
  90. Nilgiri Laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Chandrasekar Sekar
    Location: Longwood Shola
  91. Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  92. Jungle Babbler Argya striata
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  93. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  94. Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  95. Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Mudumalai NP
  96. Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Kilkotagiri Road-Kengarai, Tamil Nadu, IN
  97. Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Sterling Elk Hill, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.396, 76.701)
  98. Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Rojakandy, Aracode, Tamil Nadu, IN
  99. Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Prasad Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  100. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: PremKumar Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  101. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  102. Nilgiri Sholakili Sholicola major
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Aarul Jain
    Location: Ooty Mysore Road, The Nilgiris IN-TN 11.45018, 76.62229
  103. Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Elias Thomas
    Location: Hebron School (Restricted Access)
  104. White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  105. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: PremKumar Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  106. Malabar Whistling-Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mukesh Kumar
    Location: Sterling Elk Hill, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.396, 76.701)
  107. Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  108. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Siya Ul Haque
    Location: Destiny Farm Resort Area
  109. Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  110. Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Elias Thomas
    Location: Hebron School (Restricted Access)
  111. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mahima Sukhdev
    Location: Oland
  112. Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Srimadurai, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.546, 76.493)
  113. Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  114. Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sudhir Malik
    Location: Unnamed Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN (11.37, 76.915)
  115. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Aayush Khare
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  116. White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Puliyamparai Road, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, IN
  117. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 29
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Kilkotagiri Road-Kengarai, Tamil Nadu, IN
  118. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Prasad Asokan
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor

Additional Taxa (5)

  1. pigeon/dove sp. Columbidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Nadugani Village
  2. Greater/Common Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus/Dinopium javanense
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Athreya Ballapur
    Location: Sim's Park, Conoor
  3. prinia sp. Prinia sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: NH Road, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, IN
  4. sunbird sp. Nectariniidae sp. (sunbird sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mohan Raj K.
    Location: Vharpalayam, Calicut Road, Gudalur, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
  5. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Elias Thomas
    Location: Burliyar - Coonoor Rd