with Claudia and Alice Banwell and then with Mike Edgecombe, John Gregory and Jane Whittaker for the Andamans
I had wanted to see a Sri Lanka Bay Owl for many years now so I finally had the opportunity to visit Thattekad where I knew I had a good chance to see one. The local guide took me to a day roosting bird soon after I arrived there. We did try at night to find one but only managed to hear one. I just spent a couple of days birding around here before I went to The Andaman Islands for a week which was long enough to see all the endemic species.
Sri Lanka Bay Owl
Sri Lanka Bay Owl
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Malabar Trogon
Malabar Woodshrike
Jerdon’s Nightjar
Jerdon’s Nightjar
Malabar Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Cotton Pygmy Goose
White-eared Barbet
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Southern Hill Myna
Asian Fairy Bluebird
Indian Pitta
Indian Pitta
Red Spurfowl
Russet tailed Flycatcher
Malabar Trogon
Brown Shrike
Indian Blue Robin
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Malabar Whistling THrush
Greenish Warbler
Orange-headed Thrush
Purple rumped Sunbird
Greenish Warbler
Waldons Scops Owl
Waldons Scops Owl
Waldons Scops Owl
Waldons Scops Owl
Andaman Nightjar
Andaman Scops Owl
Andaman Scops Owl
Humes Hawk Owl
Humes Hawk Owl
Humes Hawk Owl
Andaman Hawk Owl
Andaman Hawk Owl
Andaman Hawk Owl
Andaman Serpent Eagle
Temminck’s Stint
Andaman Wood Pigeon
Grey-backed Swamphen
Grey-backed Swamphen
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Forest Wagtail
Forest Wagtail
White-breasted Kingfisher
| Lesser Whistling-Duck |
| Cotton Pygmy-Goose |
| Andaman Teal |
| Red Spurfowl |
| Gray Junglefowl |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Andaman Wood-Pigeon |
| Red Collared-Dove |
| Spotted Dove |
| Andaman Cuckoo-Dove |
| Asian Emerald Dove |
| Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon |
| Andaman Green-Pigeon |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon |
| Andaman Coucal |
| Lesser Coucal |
| Asian Koel |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo |
| Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo |
| Lesser Cuckoo |
| Indian Cuckoo |
| Sri Lanka Frogmouth |
| Andaman Nightjar |
| Jerdon’s Nightjar |
| Brown-backed Needletail |
| Plume-toed Swiftlet |
| White-nest Swiftlet |
| Eurasian Moorhen |
| Gray-headed Swamphen |
| Watercock |
| White-breasted Waterhen |
| Andaman Crake |
| Slaty-legged Crake |
| Pacific Golden-Plover |
| Red-wattled Lapwing |
| Lesser Sand-Plover |
| Whimbrel |
| Temminck’s Stint |
| Common Snipe |
| Pin-tailed Snipe |
| Common Sandpiper |
| Green Sandpiper |
| Common Greenshank |
| Wood Sandpiper |
| Common Redshank |
| Whiskered Tern |
| Indian Cormorant |
| Yellow Bittern |
| Purple Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Intermediate Egret |
| Little Egret |
| Pacific Reef-Heron |
| Cattle Egret |
| Indian Pond-Heron |
| Striated Heron |
| Andaman Serpent-Eagle |
| Changeable Hawk-Eagle |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
| Sri Lanka Bay-Owl |
| Andaman Scops-Owl |
| Oriental Scops-Owl |
| Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl |
| Jungle Owlet |
| Andaman Boobook |
| Hume’s Boobook |
| Malabar Trogon |
| Malabar Gray Hornbill |
| Common Kingfisher |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher |
| White-throated Kingfisher |
| Collared Kingfisher |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater |
| Dollarbird |
| Malabar Barbet |
| White-cheeked Barbet |
| Heart-spotted Woodpecker |
| Brown-capped Woodpecker |
| Speckle-breasted Woodpecker |
| Rufous Woodpecker |
| Black-rumped Flameback |
| Andaman Woodpecker |
| Alexandrine Parakeet |
| Plum-headed Parakeet |
| Malabar Parakeet |
| Red-breasted Parakeet |
| Long-tailed Parakeet |
| Vernal Hanging-Parrot |
| Indian Pitta |
| Rufous-tailed Flycatcher |
| Malabar Woodshrike |
| Small Minivet |
| Orange Minivet |
| Scarlet Minivet |
| Large Cuckooshrike |
| Andaman Cuckooshrike |
| Mangrove Whistler |
| Brown Shrike |
| Indian Golden Oriole |
| Black-naped Oriole |
| Black-hooded Oriole |
| Bronzed Drongo |
| Andaman Drongo |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
| Black-naped Monarch |
| Indian Paradise-Flycatcher |
| Rufous Treepie |
| White-bellied Treepie |
| Andaman Treepie |
| House Crow |
| Large-billed Crow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Red-rumped Swallow |
| Cinereous Tit |
| Andaman Bulbul |
| Flame-throated Bulbul |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul |
| Yellow-browed Bulbul |
| Green Warbler |
| Large-billed Leaf Warbler |
| Blyth’s Leaf Warbler |
| Thick-billed Warbler |
| Black-browed Reed Warbler |
| Blyth’s Reed Warbler |
| Oriental Reed Warbler |
| Oriental White-eye |
| Dark-fronted Babbler |
| Puff-throated Babbler |
| Jungle Babbler |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher |
| Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin |
| Andaman Shama |
| White-bellied Blue Flycatcher |
| Blue-throated Flycatcher |
| Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher |
| Indian Blue Robin |
| Malabar Whistling-Thrush |
| Orange-headed Thrush |
| Asian Glossy Starling |
| Common Hill Myna |
| Southern Hill Myna |
| Malabar Starling |
| White-headed Starling |
| Common Myna |
| Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
| Nilgiri Flowerpecker |
| Andaman Flowerpecker |
| Purple-rumped Sunbird |
| Crimson-backed Sunbird |
| Olive-backed Sunbird |
| Long-billed Sunbird |
| Little Spiderhunter |
| Forest Wagtail |
| Gray Wagtail |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail |
| House Sparrow |
Ashley Banwell's Birding 