38 Winter-Birds of IISER-Bhopal, India! 🐦
H
ello fellow Steemians and bird lovers!
Today, I am going to write about the birds I found in my college: Indian institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IISER-B).
The campus of IISER-B, is located in central India in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
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(Google Earth Map showing location of IISER-B)
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(An over-edited view of IISER-B campus 😀 | © https://students.iiserb.ac.in)
This will be more of a list of the birds we found and iddentified during this period of 5 days (approx.)...
1. Common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
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2. Paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)
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3. Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii)
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4. Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
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5. Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra)
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6. Booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
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7. Greater coucal (Centropus sinensis)
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8. Cetti warbler (Cettia cetti)
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9. Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
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10. Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
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11. Taiga flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
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12. Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
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13. Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
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14. Grey francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)
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15. White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
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16. Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
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17. Long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
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18. White-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
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19. Brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca)
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20. Oriental magpie robin (Copsychus saularis)
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21. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
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22. Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
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23. Plain wren warbler (Prinia inornata)
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24. Tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)
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25. Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
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26. Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
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27. Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
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28. Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
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29. Rock pigeon (Golumba livia)
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30. Rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
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31. Siberian stone chat ♀️ (Saxicola maurus)
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32. Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
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33. Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
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34. White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
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35. White-browed bush chat (Saxicola macrorhynchus)
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36. White-tailed iora (Aegithina nigrolutea)
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37. White wagtail (Motacilla alba)
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38. Yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
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I hope you liked this article!!
Thanks a lot for sparing your time!!
Best,
Aakash
This is a cool post, you say the pictures are not great but honestly I think you are selling yourself short - it isn't easy capturing a bird and you have captured 38 of them! It is awesome getting to see the birds in your part of the world. Much love - Carl
Thanks a lot for the appreciation!
Best,
Aakash
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What an incredible collection of bird photos! I love seeing the birds that live in other parts of our world and many of these I have never seen before. Thanks for posting to #featheredfriends !Tip
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