Birdwatching near Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu, IN 27 Dec, 2020 8:06 AM – 11:06 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 kilometer(s) 60 species
A Group of 10 travelled in their cars and assembled near Marakkanam and started bird watching. The place was so nice, best for photography and birding. Today’s prize sighting is Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes), considered to be rare in India.
Grey-tailed Tattler
Giving below other Birds' sighting lists.
Grey Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 2
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 2
Greater Coucal (Southern) (Centropus sinensis parrot) 1
Pied Cuckoo (Jacobin Cuckoo) (Clamator Jacobins) 1
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) 1
Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) 12
Black-bellied Plover (Grey Plover) (Pluvialis squatarola) 1
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 12
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) 5
Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 4
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 2
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) 1
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) 1
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) 1
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa Glareola) 1
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) 2
Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) 3
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 2
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) 5
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitant) 2
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) 4
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) 3
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 5
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) 7
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 4
Western Reef-Heron (Western Reef-Egret) (Egretta gularis) 2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii) 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 6
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 1
Shikra (Accipiter badius) 2
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 8
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) 2
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) 4
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) 2
Black-rumped Flameback (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker) (Dinopium benghalense) 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) 4
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) 4
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) 1
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) 4
House Crow (Corvus splendens) 8
Large-billed Crow (Indian Jungle) (Corvus macrorhynchos culminates) 2
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark) (Eremopterix griseus) 6
Jerdon’s Bushlark (Mirafra affinis) 4
Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) 2
Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) 2
Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 4
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) 6
White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus) 2
Yellow-billed Babbler (Turdoides affinis) 8
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) 5
Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) 6
Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) 2
White-browed Wagtail (Large Pied Wagtail) (Motacilla maderaspatensis) 4
Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi) 1
Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus) 1
Sighting of Shore Bird – Grey-tailed Tattler
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