Harvey D'Souza list of birds from the Saligao Salmona fountain:... reproducing an old note:
* * * Hi Rico, Here is the much promised list of the birds found by me at the Saligao zor. A study of the whole of Saligao, i.e the village, the paddy fields, the orchards would reveal lots more! Cheers, -Harvey "harvey d'souza" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Birds of Saligao Zor Sighted by Harvey D'Souza Pond heron Ardeola grayii Honey buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus Black kite Milvus migrans Brahminy kite Haliastur indus Shikra Accipiter badius Blackshouldered kite Elanus caeruleus Booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Black eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela Common peapowl Pavo cristatus Pompadour green pigeon Treron pompadura Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis Plumheaded parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Greater coucal Centropus sinensis Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica Spotted owlet Athene brama House swift Apus affinis Whitethroated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Green bee-eater Merops orientalis Malabar pied hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus (4 Nov 2000) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala Rufous woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Common flameback Dinopium javanense Whitecheeked barbet Megalaima viridis Golden oriole Oriolus oriolus Blackhooded oriole Oriolus xanthornus Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus Greater Racket tailed drongo Dicurus paradiseus Jumgle myna Acridotheres fuscus Rufous treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda House crow Corvus splendens Jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common Iora Aegithinia tuphia Blue winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis Redvented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Redwhiskered bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus Whitebrowed bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus Puff throated babbler Pellorneum ruficeps Jungle babbler Turdoides striatus Brownbreasted flycatcher Muscicapa muttui Tickell's blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Whitethroated fantail Rhipidura albicollis Blacknaped monarch Hypothymis azurea Tailor bird Orthotomus sutorius Blyth's reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorium Oriental magpie robin Copsychus saularis Whitethroated ground thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus Indian robin Saxicoloides fulicata Malabar whistling thrush Myiophonus horsfieldi Blacklored tit Parus xanthogenys Jungle owlet Glaucidium radiatum Plain flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor Purple rumped sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Whitebacked munia Lonchura striata Thickbilled flowerpecker Dicaeum agile Western crowned leaf warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis Greyheaded bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassina Collared scops owl Otus bakkamoena Yellow wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Pale billed flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma Purple sunbird Nectarina asiatica Crimson backed sunbird Nectarinia minima Chestnutwinged crested cuckoo Clamator coromandus Short toed eagle Circaetus gallicus BIRDS SIGHTED : 72 species On examining this list, I realise it is impressive, but hardly a comprehensive compilation. The birds listed here have been sighted only in the vicinity of the zor, and the hill surrounding it. A broader study of the countryside and the paddy fields will produce many more avian species. I have not birded here during the monsoons, so birds like the pied cuckoo, storkbilled kingfisher, plaintive cuckoo, larks and wagtails have all escaped mention. My apologies to them. Also from my own experience, there ought to be bluefaced malkoha, red spurfowl, blacknaped flameback, blackheaded cuckoo shrike out there somewhere but I have not had the good fortune to spot them. The zor has always been a top notch birding spot in the north. It is mentioned in all birding guides to Goa, and draws many birders who seldom go away unrewarded. I have many wonderful memories of this place. --Harvey D'Souza -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
