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Sacred Groves and Sacred Trees of Uttara Kannada... M. D. Subash Chandran Madhav Gadgil |
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Appendix - III |
List of birds observed in the 25 km2 sample area of Siddapur taluk in Uttara Kannada. Five sacred groves were specially sampled.
Abbreviations
| Mat — Mattigar grove | Kal — Kalyanpur grove |
| Ara — Aralihonda grove | Kav — Kavachur grove |
| Gol — Gogudu grove village with sacred groves) | M — migrant; |
| E — endemic to India | F — typically
forest species
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No. |
Common name in s. groves |
Latin name |
Occurrence |
Remarks |
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1. |
Little cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
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2. |
Little green heron |
Butorides striatus |
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3. |
Pond heron |
Ardeola grayii |
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4. |
Cattle egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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5. |
Smaller egret |
Egretta intermedia |
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6. |
Little egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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7. |
Openbill stork |
Anastomus oscitans |
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8. |
Blue-winged teal |
Anas querquedula |
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9. |
Cotton teal |
Nettapus coromandelicus |
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10. |
Crested honey buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhynchus |
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11. |
Crested goshawk |
Accipiter trivirgatus |
Kal |
F |
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12. |
Lesser serpent eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
Mat |
F |
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13. |
European kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
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14. |
Painted partridge |
Francolinus pictus |
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15. |
Grey jungle fowl |
Gallus sonneratii |
Ara |
F |
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16. |
Indian peafowl |
Pavo cristatus |
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17. |
White-breasted waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Kal |
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18. |
Pheasant-tailed jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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19. |
Bronze-winged jacana |
Metopidious indicus |
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20. |
Red-wattled lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
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21. |
Spotted sandpiper |
Tringa glariola |
M |
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22. |
Green pigeon |
Treron phoenicoptera |
F |
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23. |
Indian spotted dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
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24. |
Rose-ringed parakeet |
Psittacula crameri |
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25. |
Blossom-headed parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
Mat. Kav. Gol. |
F |
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26. |
Indian loriquet |
Loriculus vernalis |
F |
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27. |
Common hawk cuckoo |
Cuculus varius |
Mat. |
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28. |
Indian baby-banded cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii |
Kal. Ara |
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29. |
Indian plaintive cuckoo |
Cacomantis merulinus |
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30. |
Indian drongo cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris |
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31. |
Indian koel |
Eudyanamysscolopacea |
Gol |
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32. |
Coucal/Crow pheasant |
Centropus sinensis |
Kal |
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33. |
Crested tree swift |
Hemiprocne longipennis |
F |
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34. |
Small blue kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
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35. |
Blue-eared kingfisher |
Alcedo meninting |
Kal |
F |
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36. |
Brownheaded storbilled kingfisher |
Pelargopsis capensis |
Kal |
F |
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37. |
Small green bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
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38. |
Ceylon hoopoe |
Upupa epops subsp |
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39. |
Small green barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
Mat. Ara. Kav. Gol. |
F |
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40. |
Crimson-throated-barbet |
Megalaima rubricapilla |
Kal |
F |
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41. |
Crimson-breasted- barbet |
Megalaima haemacephala |
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42. |
Indian small yellow- naped woodpecker |
Picus chlorolophus |
Kav |
F |
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43. |
Malabar golden-backed woodpecker |
Dinopium benghalense |
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44. |
Malabar golden-backed three-toed woodpecker |
Dinopium javanense |
Ara |
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45. |
Indian pitta |
Pitta brachyura |
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46. |
Madras bushlark |
Mirafra assamica |
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47. |
Malabar crested lark |
Galerida malabarica |
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48. |
Eastern swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
M |
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49. |
Indian wiretailed swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
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50. |
Indian cliff swallow |
Hirundo fluvicola |
Mat |
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51. |
Indian red-humped swallow |
Hirundo daurica sub sp. |
Mat |
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52. |
Rufous-backed shrike |
Lanius schach |
M |
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53. |
Brown shrike |
Lanius cristatus |
M |
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54. |
Indian golden oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
Gol |
M |
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55. |
Indian grey drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Mat |
M |
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56. |
Bronzed drongo |
Dicrurus aeneus |
Mat |
F |
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57. |
Indian myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
Kal |
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58. |
Jungle myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Kav |
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59. |
Hill myna |
Gracula religiosa |
Ara |
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60. |
Indian jungle crow |
Corvus macrohynchos |
Ara Kav Gol Kal |
F |
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61. |
Blackbacked pied flycatcher shrike |
Hemipus picatus |
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62. |
Malabar woodshrike |
Tephrodornis gularis |
Kal |
F |
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63. |
Indian woodshrike |
Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
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64. |
Orange minivet |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
Kal |
F |
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65. |
Malabar small minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamoneus |
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66. |
Peninsular Indian iroa |
Aegithina tiphia |
Mat |
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67. |
Golden-fronted chloropsis |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
Mat |
F |
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68. |
Jerdon’s chloropsis |
Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
Kav |
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69. |
Fairy bluebird |
Irena puella |
Kal |
F |
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70. |
Red-whiskered bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Mat. Ara Kav |
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71. |
Red-vented bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
Mat Kav |
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72. |
White-browed bulbul |
Pycnonotus luteolus |
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73. |
Yellow-browed bulbul |
Hypsipetus indices |
Kal |
F |
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74. |
Penninsular spotted babbler |
Pellorneum ruficeps |
Mat Kav |
F |
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75. |
Kerala scimitar babbler |
Pomatorhinus schisticeps |
F |
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76. |
Black-headed babbler |
Rhopocichla atriceps |
Mat |
F |
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77. |
Malabar jungle babbler |
Turboides striatus subsp. |
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78. |
Nilgiri quaker babbler |
Alcippe poiocephala |
Kal |
F |
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79. |
White-bellied blue flycatcher |
Muscicapa pallipes |
Kal |
EF |
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80. |
Tickell’s blue flycatcher |
Muscicapa tickelliae |
Ara |
F |
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81. |
Peninsular paradise flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi sub sp. |
Kal |
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82. |
Indian blacknaped blue flycatcher |
Monarcha azurea |
Mat Kal |
F |
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83. |
Indian tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
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84. |
Blyth’s reed warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
M |
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85. |
Greenish leaf warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Ara |
M |
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86. |
Indian magpie robin |
Copsychus saularis |
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87. |
Malabar shama |
Copsychus malabaricus |
Kal Ara |
F |
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88. |
Pied bushchat |
Saxicola caprata |
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89. |
Malabar whistling thrush |
Myiophoneus horsfieldii |
Mat |
F |
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90. |
White-throated ground thrush |
Zoothera citrina |
Ara |
F |
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91. |
Black-capped blackbird |
Turdus merula |
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92. |
Yellow-cheeked tit |
Parus xanthogenis |
Ara |
F |
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93. |
Velvet-fronted nuthatch |
Sitta frontalis |
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94. |
Indian paddy field pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae sub sp. |
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95. |
Thick-billed flowerpecker |
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos |
Gol |
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96. |
Nilgiri flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor |
Mat |
F |
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97. |
Purple-rumped sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylanica |
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98. |
Small sunbird |
Nectarinia minima |
Kal Ara Gol |
F |
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99. |
Maroon-breasted sunbird |
Nectarinia lotenia |
Gol | |
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100. |
Indian purple sunbird |
Nectarinina asiatica |
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101. |
Little spiderhunter |
Arachnothera longirostris |
Kal |
F |
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102. |
Indian white-eye |
Zosterops palpebrosa |
Kal |
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103. |
Indian house sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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104. |
Indian yellow-throated sparrow |
Petronea xanthocollis |
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105. |
Indian house crow |
Crovus splendens |
Ara |
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106. |
White-breasted kingfisher |
Halcyon syrnensis |
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107. |
Pariah kite |
Milvus migrants |
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Note: This list of birds is by no means complete, as year-round observation has not been carried out. Thanks are due to Dr Ranjit Daniels for the valuable help rendered in compiling the information on birds. References
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