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Birds of Kerala
goldenbacked_woodpecker_001 * male Black-rumped Flameback dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker). This flameback is a species associated with open forest and cultivation. It nests in a tree hole, laying three white eggs. Like other woodpeckers, this species has a straight pointed bill, a stiff tail to provide support against tree trunks, and zygodactyl or “yoked feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. The long tongue can be darted forward to capture insects. The adult male Black-rumped Flameback has a red crown. Females have a dark forecrown, with red only on the rear half. Young birds are like the female, but duller. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (204KB)
smallgreen_barbet_indian_treepie_003 * indian treepie gives a warning call. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. a small green barbet is in the background. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (214KB)
smallgreen_barbet_003 * small green barbet (white cheeked) megalaima viridis. Once I've examined the nest of this species. They bore a hole on worn-out trees (in this case a rubber tree). Inside is funnel shaped. This helps the excreta of the chicks to be collected below without spoiling the chicks. Male and female parents fly to and fro constantly to fetch food for the chicks. They rarely come on ground. Their kutturu-kutturu sounds gave them their name kutturuvan. Also known as pachilakudukka in our place due to its color. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (216KB)
indian_treepie_flight_001 * indian treepie on flight. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (205KB)
indian_treepie_004 * randu olenjalikal. the indian treepie. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (253KB)
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indian_treepie_003 * randu olenjalikal. the indian treepie. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (256KB)
indian_treepie_002 * olenjali. the indian treepie. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (254KB)
indian_koel_female_001 * female indian koel waiting for its turn for papaya. eudynamys scolopacea. member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. The male is greenish-black, with a pale green bill and red eyes. The female is brownish above and whitish below, but is heavily striped and spotted brown on the underparts and white on the upperparts. She has an olive or green beak and red eyes. This is a noisy species, with a persistent and loud ko-el ko-el call as well as other gurgles and screams. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (241KB)
prappidiyan_001 * waiting for the prey? @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (307KB)
purple_rumped_sunbird_001 * purple rumped sunbird in its nest. taken from our hostel in 2002. sanathana hostel, cusat, kerala. * 800 x 600 * (184KB)
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