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Birds of Mount Abu [ October 2022 ] mountabubirds.blogspot.com

October birding [2022]Mount Abu.

The Last week of October 2022.

Review of migratory birds, the last week of October 2022. The greenish warblers, Hume’s warblers, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, and the Red-breasted flycatcher are here.

Black-rumped Flameback
Golden-backed Woodpecker/ Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense: Resident

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense


Black Redstart
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros: Winter visitor. Common.

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros: Winter visitor. Common.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros: Winter visitor. Common.

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus: Winter and passage migrant. Irregular and uncommon.  Usually seen on Eucalyptus trees. Surprisingly Not recorded by Butler (1875).
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus: Winter and passage migrant. Irregular and uncommon.  Usually seen on eucalyptus trees. Surprisingly, Not recorded by Butler (1875).

Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus


Black-winged Kite - mobbing Boote Eagle
Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus mobbing Booted Eagle

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus/Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus: Local migrant? Butler (1875) did not record it and commented that it does not “ascend the hills”. I observed many of these birds here on Mount Abu last year. 

Booted Eagle
Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus 

Booted Eagle
Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus 

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca 

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Common House-Martin
Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum Status ? Probably winter visitor 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus  

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus: Winter visitor.Not very common visitor, but we do have our share of these birds as can be seen by my observation over the last decade.


Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus  


Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus: Winter visitor. Commonly at all water bodies.

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Common winter/passage migrant. Arrives as early post monsoons.

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides


House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 

Hume's Warbler
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

Hume's Warbler
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

Indian Pond-Heron
Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii 

Indian Pond-Heron
Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii 

Indian Robin
Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Robin
Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca winter visitor common 

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus 

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus 

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva 

Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva: Winter visitor. A common bird in the winter season is found all over Mount Abu.

Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

Scaly-breasted Munia - juvenile
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata juvenile

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Taiga Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher - Ficedula albicilla

Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis 

Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis 

Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis 

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Resident 

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis







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