Zvezda & Alex BY2022: Back on track

[Zim Girl]

Congratulations on getting to and going past 300 birds!

[TonyQ]

Well done on racing past 300 (and 100 for India)

Very enjoyable followings the Indian birds

[Kitsafari]

oh i missed your 300th  - congrats!

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations Alex and Zvezda!

[xelas]

Thanks you all! Although #300 is not a number I am ecstatic about, this year ( and 2021) it was not that easy to reach it. But we have more to show!

 

[xelas]

14 Nov 2022 - Zuari River, South Goa

 

 

BY 311 / IN 111

Striated Heron  -  Butorides striata

 

 

BY 312 / IN 112

Indian Golden Oriole  -  Oriolus kundoo

 

 

 

BY 313 / IN 113

Blue-tailed Bee-eater    Merops philippinus

 

 

BY 314 / IN 114

White-throated Kingfisher  -  Halcyon smyrnensis

 

 

BY 315 / IN 115

Stork-billed Kingfisher  -  Pelargopsis capensis

 

 

BY 316 / IN 116

Black-capped Kingfisher  -  Halcyon pileata

 

 

BY 317 / IN 117

Collared Kingfisher  -  Todiramphus chloris

 

 

BY 318 / IN 118

White-bellied Sea-Eagle   - Haliaeetus leucogaster

 

 

 

BY 319 / IN 119

Brahminy Kite  -  Haliastur indus

 

 

BY 320 / IN 120

Painted Stork  -  Mycteria leucocephala

 

 

BY 321 / IN 121

Western Reef-Heron  -  Egretta gularis

 

[xelas]

14 Nov 2022 - Verna Industrial Estate Plateu, South Goa

 

 

BY 322 / IN 122

Malabar Lark  -  Galerida malabarica

 

 

BY 323 / IN 123

Oriental Skylark  -  Alauda gulgula

 

 

BY 324 / IN 124

Black Drongo  -  Dicrurus macrocercus

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by xelas

[xelas]

14 Nov 2022 - Maina-Raia Wetlands, South Goa

 

 

BY 325 / IN 125

Baya Weaver  -  Ploceus philippinus

 

 

BY 326 / IN 126

Long-tailed Shrike  -  Lanius schach

 

 

BY 327 / IN 127

Rosy Starling  -  Pastor roseus

 

 

BY 328 / IN 128

Clamorous Reed Warbler  -  Acrocephalus stentoreus

 

 

BY 329 / IN 129

Red-rumped Swallow  -  Cecropis daurica

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by xelas

[xelas]

15 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

 

 

BY 330 / IN 130

Sykes's Warbler  -  Iduna rama

 

 

 

BY 331 / IN 131

Sulphur-bellied Warbler  -  Phylloscopus griseolus

 

 

BY 332 / IN 132

White-browed Fantail  -  Rhipidura aureola

 

 

BY 333 / IN 133

Jungle Prinia  -  Prinia sylvatica

 

 

BY 334 / IN 134

Cinereous Tit  -  Parus cinereus

 

[xelas]

16 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

 

 

BY 335 / IN 135

Lesser Adjutant  -  Leptoptilos javanicus

 

 

BY 336 / IN 136

Rufous Treepie  -  Dendrocitta vagabunda

 

 

BY 337 / IN 137

Black-rumped Flameback  -  Dinopium benghalense

 

 

BY 338 / IN 138

Oriental Magpie-Robin  -  Copsychus saularis

 

 

BY 339 / IN 139

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker  -  Yungipicus nanus

 

 

BY 340 / IN 140

Indian Gray Hornbill  -  Ocyceros birostris

 

 

BY 341 / IN 141

Alexandrine Parakeet  -  Psittacula eupatria

 

 

BY 342 / IN 142

White-naped Woodpecker  -  Chrysocolaptes festivus

 

[xelas]

17 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

 

 

BY 343 / IN 143

Gray-headed Fish-Eagle  -  Haliaeetus ichthyaetus

 

 

BY 344 / IN 144

Crested Serpent-Eagle  -  Spilornis cheela

 

 

BY 345 / IN 145

Common Hawk-Cuckoo  -  Hierococcyx varius

 

 

BY 346 / IN 146

Crested Treeswift  -  Hemiprocne coronata

 

 

 

BY 347 / IN 147

Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon  -  Treron phoenicopterus

 

 

BY 348 / IN 148

Oriental Honey-buzzard  -  Pernis ptilorhynchus

 

 

BY 349 / IN 149

Black-headed Ibis  -  Threskiornis melanocephalus

 

 

BY 350 / IN 150

Changeable Hawk-Eagle  -  Nisaetus cirrhatus

[xelas]

Ooops, I have missed to post one whole day of birding in Goa! 

 

 

12 Nov 2022 - Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, North Goa

Part 1

 

 

BY 268 / IN 068

Nilgiri Flowerpecker  -  Dicaeum concolor

 

 

BY 269 / IN 069

Jungle Babbler  -  Argya striata

 

 

BY 270 / IN 070

Vernal Hanging-Parrot  -  Loriculus vernalis

 

 

BY 271 / IN 071

White-cheeked Barbet  -  Psilopogon viridis

 

 

BY 272 / IN 072

Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon  -  Treron affinis

 

 

BY 273 / IN 073

Asian Koel  -  Eudynamys scolopaceus

 

 

BY 274 / IN 074

Lesser Coucal  -  Centropus bengalensis

 

 

BY 275 / IN 075

Plum-headed Parakeet  -  Psittacula cyanocephala

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by xelas

[xelas]

12 Nov 2022 - Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, North Goa

Part 2

 

 

BY 276 / IN 076

Booted Warbler  -  Iduna caligata

 

 

BY 277 / IN 077

Coppersmith Barbet  -  Psilopogon haemacephalus

 

 

BY 278 / IN 078

Green Warbler  -  Phylloscopus nitidus

 

 

BY 279 / IN 079

Crimson-backed Sunbird  -  Leptocoma minima

 

 

BY 280 / IN 080

Large-billed Leaf Warbler  -  Phylloscopus magnirostris

 

 

BY 281 / IN 081

Black-hooded Oriole  -  Oriolus xanthornus

 

 

BY 282 / IN 082

Brown-breasted Flycatcher  -  Muscicapa muttui

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by xelas

[michael-ibk]

I'm just in time to congratulate you for passing #300 before you reach the next milestone. Well done! Beautiful photos all the way through, a pleasure catching up with your thread. 

[xelas]

Thanks Michael! Now back to Tadoba.

 

 

18 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

Part 1

 

 

BY 351 / IN 151

Indian Scops-Owl  -  Otus bakkamoena

 

 

BY 352 / IN 152

Large-billed Crow  -  Corvus macrorhynchos

 

 

BY 353 / IN 153

White-rumped Munia  -  Lonchura striata

 

 

BY 354 / IN 154

Jungle Owlet  -  Glaucidium radiatum

 

 

BY 355 / IN 155

River Tern  -  Sterna aurantia

 

 

BY 356 / IN 156

Red-naped Ibis  -  Pseudibis papillosa

 

 

BY 357 / IN 157

White-browed Bulbul  -  Pycnonotus luteolus

 

 

BY 358 / IN 158

Greenish Warbler  -  Phylloscopus trochiloides

 

 

BY 359 / IN 159

White-eyed Buzzard  -  Butastur teesa

 

 

BY 360 / IN 160

Sirkeer Malkoha  -  Taccocua leschenaultii

 

[xelas]

18 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

Part 2

 

 

BY 361 / IN 161

Spot-breasted Fantail  -  Rhipidura albogularis

 

 

BY 362 / IN 162

Tickell's Leaf Warbler  -  Phylloscopus affinis

 

 

BY 363 / IN 163

Indian Robin  -  Copsychus fulicatus

 

 

BY 364 / IN 164

Rose-ringed Parakeet  -  Psittacula krameri

 

 

BY 365 / IN 165

Laughing Dove  -  Spilopelia senegalensis

 

 

BY 366 / IN 166

Pallid Harrier  -  Circus macrourus

 

 

 

BY 367 / IN 167

Rufous-tailed Lark  -  Ammomanes phoenicura

 

 

BY 368 / IN 168

Blyth's Pipit  -  Anthus godlewskii

 

 

BY 369 / IN 169

Yellow-eyed Babbler  -  Chrysomma sinense

 

 

BY 370 / IN 170

Red Avadavat  -  Amandava amandava

 

 

BY 371 / IN 171

Plain Prinia  -  Prinia inornata

 

[Dave Williams]

Coming along nicely Alex.

[xelas]

More from Tadoba; for one relatively small territory it does have plenty of different birds species.

 

19 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

 

 

BY 372 / IN 172

White-bellied Drongo  -  Dicrurus caerulescens

 

 

BY 373 / IN 173

Large Cuckooshrike  -  Coracina macei

 

 

BY 373 / IN 174

Common Iora  -  Aegithina tiphia

 

 

BY 375 / IN 175

Tawny-bellied Babbler  -  Dumetia hyperythra

 

 

BY 376 / IN 176

Gray Junglefowl  -  Gallus sonneratii

 

 

BY 377 / IN 177

Asian Green Bee-eater  -  Merops orientalis

 

 

BY 378 / IN 178

Red-breasted Flycatcher  -  Ficedula parva

 

 

BY 379 / IN 179

Taiga Flycatcher  -  Ficedula albicilla

 

 

BY 380 / IN 180

Shikra  -  Accipiter badius

 

 

BY 381 / IN 181

Jungle Bush-Quail  -  Perdicula asiatica

 

[TonyQ]

You have done really well in Tadoba. An excellent variety of birds 

[michael-ibk]

Agree, a lot of very good stuff there!

[PeterHG]

Incredible collection, Alex! That Red-breasted Flycatcher sure lives up to its name…;)!

[Soukous]

Excellent collection of birds @xelasAs well as the ones I managed to miss it is fascinating to see how different the photos are from someone who was in the same place as me, photographing the same birds. 

[xelas]

2 hours ago, PeterHG said:

That Red-breasted Flycatcher sure lives up to its name…;)! - females do not follow males in bird world :-)) !

Edited January 8, 2023 by xelas

[xelas]

20 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra (countryside)

 

 

BY 382 / IN 182

Indian Pied Starling  -  Gracupica contra

 

 

BY 383 / IN 183

Pheasant-tailed Jacana  -  Hydrophasianus chirurgus

 

 

BY 384 / IN 184

Cotton Pygmy-Goose  -  Nettapus coromandelianus

 

 

 

BY 385 / IN 185

Greater Coucal  -  Centropus sinensis

 

 

BY 386 / IN 186

Bay-backed Shrike  -  Lanius vittatus

 

 

BY 387 / IN 187

Common Myna  -  Acridotheres tristis

 

 

BY 388 / IN 188

Yellow-wattled Lapwing  -  Vanellus malabaricus

 

 

BY 389 / IN 189

Indian Silverbill  -  Euodice malabarica

 

 

BY 390 / IN 190

Indian Spotted Eagle  -  Clanga hastata

 

[xelas]

And here is the last batch of birds from India. 

 

 

20 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra (countryside)

 

 

BY 391 / IN 091

Eurasian Wryneck  -  Jynx torquilla

 

 

BY 392 / IN 192

Ashy Prinia  -  Prinia socialis

 

 

BY 393 / IN 193

Brahminy Starling  -  Sturnia pagodarum

 

 

BY 394 / IN 194

Paddyfield Warbler  -  Acrocephalus agricola

 

 

BY 395 / IN 195

Lesser Whitethroat  -  Curruca curruca

 

 

 

21 Nov 2022 - Tadoba-Andhari reserve, Maharashtra

 

 

BY 396 / IN 196

Short-toed Snake-Eagle  -  Circaetus gallicus

 

 

 

22 Nov 2022 - Bogmalo beach, South Goa

 

 

BY 397 / IN 197

Black-bellied Plover  -  Pluvialis squatarola

 

 

 

12 Nov 2022 - Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, North Goa

 

 

BY 398 / IN 198

Black-throated Munia  -  Lonchura kelaarti