12th February
This is a post for the bird geeks only, as we’ve, happily, seen far too much today to recount in detail and I’m pinching just a few moments while my clients have their showers before tomorrow’s briefing and dinner. We spent the morning in the wonderful humid forest of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (all of you reading this must hear gibbons singing before you die). On the way back we stopped briefly at an ever-eventful marsh near Neemati Ghat. This afternoon we sailed to Majuli Island, watching birds and dolphins along the river, and this evening we strolled for an hour through grassland and a light forest of silk cotton trees. Succinctly put, we saw lots. I’d love to wax lyrical but a tour leader has to do what a tour leader has to do and right now that means going through today’s species list with my very enjoyable boat-load of clients Just for the record though, since I can’t smuggle them on to my list of vertebrates, today we saw our first glassy tiger, striped tiger and grey count butterflies. Seriously, who dreams these names up?
New today
Mammals
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14
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capped langur
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Trachypithecus pileatus pileatus
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15
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western hoolock gibbon
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Bunopithecus hoolock
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16
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Malayan giant squirrel
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Ratufa bicolor
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17
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orange-bellied squirrel
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Dremomys lokriah
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18
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Ganges river dolphin
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Platanista gangetica
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Birds
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161
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white-vented myna
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Acridotheres grandis
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162
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greater flameback
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Chrysocolaptes lucidus
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163
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large woodshrike
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Tephrodornis gularis
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164
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black-winged cuckooshrike
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Coracina melaschistos
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165
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white-rumped shama
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Copsychus malabaricus
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166
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white-throated fantail
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Rhipidura albicollis
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167
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blue-bearded bee-eater
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Nyctyornis athertoni
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168
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common iora
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Aegithina tiphia
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169
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Hume’s leaf-warbler
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Phylloscopus humei
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170
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red-whiskered bulbul
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Pyconotus jocosus
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171
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little spiderhunter
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Aracnothera longirostra
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172
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spangled drongo
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Dicrurus hottentotus
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173
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grey-headed canary-flycatcher
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Culicicapa ceylonensis
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174
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ruby-cheeked sunbird
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Anthreptes singalensis
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175
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bronzed drongo
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Dicrurus aeneus
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176
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white-bellied yuhina
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Yuhina zantholeuca
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177
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scarlet minivet
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Pericrocotus flammeus
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178
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ashy woodswallow
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Artamus fuscus
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179
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citrine wagtail
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Motacilla citreola
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180
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lesser adjutant stork
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Leptoptilos javanicus
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181
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spot-billed duck
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Anas poecilorhyncha
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182
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ferruginous duck
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Aythya nyroca
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183
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purple heron
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Ardea purpurea
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184
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glossy ibis
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Plegadis falcinellus
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185
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black-headed ibis
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Threskiornis melanocephalus
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186
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grey-headed lapwing
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Vanellus cinereus
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187
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brown shrike
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Lanius cristatus
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188
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eastern stonechat
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Saxicola maura
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189
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wood sandpiper
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Tringa glareola
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190
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ruddy shelduck
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Tadorna ferruginea
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191
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Pallas’ gull
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Larus ichthyaetus
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192
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plain martin
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Riparia paludicola
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193
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pied kingfisher
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Ceryle rudis
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194
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brown-headed gull
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Larus brunnicephalus
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white wagtail
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Motacilla alba alboides, dukhunensis and personata
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195
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large cuckooshrike
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Coracina macei
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196
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barn swallow
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Hirundo rustica
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197
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common crane
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Grus grus
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198
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common greenshank
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Tringa nebularia
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199
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osprey
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Pandion haliaetus
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200
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oriental darter
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Anhinga melanogaster
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201
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common sandpiper
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Actitis hypoleucos
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eastern greylag goose
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Anser anser rubrirostris
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202
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bar-headed goose
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Anser indicus
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203
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paddyfield pipit
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Anthus rufulus
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204
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Richard’s pipit
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Anthus richardi
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205
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yellow wagtail
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Motacilla flava thunbergi
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206
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hoopoe
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Upupa epops
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207
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spot-billed pelican
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Pelecanus philippensis
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2012 Totals
Mammals: 18
Birds: 207
Reptiles: 0
Amphibians: 0
Fish: 0
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