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Birds of Tirupati          India 2013                        
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Most of these birds I have taken previously but i have put them here as they represent so much of my time walking around Tirupati. This is the second year using my 35x zoom Canon camera which also has a more sensitive CMOS detector; see my Snapshots of the Birds of Tirupati

New birds this year: Crested Hawk Eagle, Black-winged cuckooshrike, Common Rosefinch, Jerdon's Leafbird, Orange-headed Thrush
Special pictures of old favourites
The best of the rest
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Crested Hawk Eagle [also called Changeable Hawk Eagle] Feeds on game birds and i guess chickens. This one was in tree on far side of the pond near NCC nagar.
Black-winged Cuckooshrike. A northern bird rarely seen this far south
Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina var cyanotus) Seen in very shady place by small stream and only at dusk (as in Grimmett guide)
Orange-headed Thrush. Female
Blue winged leafbird=Jerdons leafbird [Chloropsis cochininensis jerdoni]. Female
Common Rose Finch. A Himalyan bird come south for the sun
Common Rose Finch. Male and female
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Black-winged Kite [=Black-shouldered Kite]
Black-winged Kite
White-fronted Kingfisher
White-fronted Kingfisher
Purple-rumped sunbird (about life-size)
Blue-faced Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Indian Roller
Hoopoe
Coucal or Crow-pheasant
Koil (a cuckoo) Male
Koil (a cuckoo) Females
A conclave of Cattle Egrets
Cattle Egrets
Paddy bird
Golden Oriole Male
Female Golden Oriole
Paradise flycatcher. Juvenile
Little Green Bee-eater
Yellow-billed babbler [I used to think it was common] Turdoides affinis
Rufous-bellied Babbler
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Magpie Robin
Indian Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Blyth's Reed Warbler
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater Little Green Bee-eater
Pied Bush Chat Indian Robin
Little brown Dove Spotted Dove
Female Kestrel Shikra
Small Minivet Common Iora
White-backed Munia Spotted Munia
Grey Jungle Fowl Male Female
Rosy Starling with flying drongo Flying Starling
Purple-rumped Sunbird male Female
Yellow Wagtail Large Pied Wagtail
Water Hen Wood Sandpiper
Red-wattled Lapwing In flight
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