South Indian Bird Tours

Wet land – Forest Birds survey (5nights / 6 days)

Cochin – Thattekkadu  – Kumarakom / Alappey back waters – Cochin

Cost – INR – 10, 697/ Night for 02 people ( Economy category ) 

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Please note :- Tailor made itinerary by joining with other packages can also be done. Please let us know your interesting places.

The expected star birds of the tours :
South Indian endemics – Malabar grey hornbill (Ocyceros griseus), Malabar parakeet (Psittacula columboides), Nilgiri wood pigeon (Columba elphinstonii), Whitebellied treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra), Whitebellied shortwing, (Brachypteryx major) , Black and orange flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), Black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), Broad tailed grassbird, (Schoenicola platyura) Greybreasted laughing thrush(Garrulax jerdoni), Nilgiri laughing thrush(Garrulax cachinnans), Rufous babbler(Turdoides subrufus), Crimson backed sunbird, (Nectarina minima), Nilgiri pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis) etc…
South Indian Birds
The expected bird list include Red spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea),Spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) Garganey(Anas crecca), Heart spotted wood pecker (Hemicircus canente), White bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis), Brown headed barbet (Megalaima zeylanica),Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis), Malabar trogon( Harpactes fasciatus), Dollar bird (Eurystomus orientallis), Stork billed King fisher (Halcyon capensis), Chestnut headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaultia), Bluefaced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris), Collared scops owl (Otus bakkamoena), Brown hawk owl( Ninox scutulata), Indian nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), Srilanka frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger), Mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia), Emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), Pompadour green pigeon (Treron pompdora), Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea),Pheasant tailed jacana (Hydrophasianuschirurgus),River tern (Sterna aurantia),Changeable hawk eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus), Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis minimus), Darter (Anhinga melanogaster),Yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus), Black bittern (Dupetor flavicollis), Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans), Small minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) White bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens),Black naped monarch flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea),Orange headedthrush (Zoothera citrina), Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina), Greyheaded canary flycatcher (Culicicapa celonensis), Brahmini starling (Sturnus pagodarum), Ashy prinia (Prinia socialais), Dark fronted babbler (Rhopocichla atriceps), Malabar lark (Galerida malabarica), Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus), Black throated munia (Lonchura kelaarti),etc ….

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