Monday, April 15, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu (APRIL 2019 )mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in April 2019. Mt Abu

5 April 2019.

Common Buzzard winter visitor
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 


Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 

Indian Vulture also called. Long-billed Vulture
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus

 Indian Vulture Gyps indicus is also known as the Long-billed Vulture: Used to be a Resident. Till the early seventies, these birds were a common sight here in Mount Abu. These birds also nested here. After the eighties, this bird became a rarity, if someone spotted one, it was a joy for the birder to spot him.

Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus 


Indian Vulture
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus 


Oriental Honey Buzzard resident
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 

Oriental Honey Buzzard in flight
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 

Spotted Dove resident
Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis

9 April 2019

Eurasian Sparrowhawk winter visitor
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 


Oriental Honey Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus


Oriental Honey Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus


Oriental Honey Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus


Spotted Flycatcher - resident
Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata

10 April 2019.

Green Avadavat - resident
Green Avadavat - Amandava formosa 


Large-billed Crow resident
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius


Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius

11 April 2019.


Common Rosefinch  ( Passage migrant )
Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus
Passage migrant )
This year these birds have come in large flocks 15 to 20 at a time.

Eurasian Craig Martin  - In flight  ( Rare Winter visitor )
Eurasian Craig Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris   - In flight 
Rare Winter visitor ) 


Indian Robin - resident
Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus 


Peregrine Falcon   - In flight rare for Abu
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus   - In flight

The Peregrine Falcon is rather uncommon/rare. The Shaheen is known to breed at Mount Abu.

Peregrine Falcon  - In flight
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus   - In flight

Appreciate the small slideshow 
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