MOUNT ABU BIRDS MY PERSONAL COLLECTION: greater coucal

Birding in September 2019. Mount Abu.

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16 September 2019

Little Swift - Apus affinis

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

17 September 2019.

Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis

Scaly breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

18 September 2019.

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Our Post-monsoon winter visitor

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schachIndian

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

19 September 2019

Alpine Swift - Apus melba

Our winter visitor passage migrant

Alpine Swift - Apus melba

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata

Our Winter Visitors

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Winter visitor

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Common winter/passage visitor

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Local Resident

Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

20 September 2019

Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus

The vulture that nested in Abu and was in large numbers till the late seventies is today a RARE sight.

21 September 2019

Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

4 November 2018.

Himalayan griffon vulture Gyps himalayensis

Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis

There was a time in Mount Abu when the Long-billed Vulture/ Indian Vulture was resident in this place so were the Egyptian Vulture till the early late seventies, these species used to breed here. The Indian White-backed Vulture/ White-rumped Vulture was also a common sight. Today, to see a vulture in Abu is a great elation for birders of this region. The Himalayan Griffon is seen once in a way flying over.