Tadoba Camp report. 26 -30 January , 2018

Clicked by Thiruvengadam E.

Tadoba had been a wonderful camp for all of us. The deciduous forest of Tadoba has sheltered many plants and animal species. We got to see a good number of mammals and birds during our safaris. 

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We are glad to share the list of fauna we saw during this camp:

Fauna:

Birds:

1. Jungle owlet

   

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2. White throated kingfisher
3. Bar headed geese
4. Black drongo
5. White rumped swallow
6. Black headed ibis
7. Open billed stork
8. Glossy ibis
9. Spotted dove
10. Tricolour Munia
11. Indian Roller
12. Red wattled lapwing
13. Black shouldered kite
14. Crested serpant eagle
15. Ruphous treepie

    

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16. Peacock
17. Red spur fowl
18. Plum headed parakeet
19. Common pochard
20. Lesser Adjudent stork
21. Shikra
22. Ashy Prinia
23. Pipit
24. Common stonechat
25. Pied stonechat

    

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26. Green bee eater
27. Grey heron
28. Purple heron
29. Brown headed fish eagle
30. Common Kestrel
31. Little greb
32. Indian peafowl
33. Grey jungle fowl
34. Bay back shrike
35. Jungle babblar
36. Red vented bulbul
37. Red whiskered bulbul
38. Common sandpiper
39. Golden backed Woodpecker
40. Tickel’s blue Flycatcher

    

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41. Darter
42. Indian cormorant
43. Black Ibis
44. Greater coucal
45. Red avadavat
46. Indian silverbill
47. Pied kingfisher
48. Eurasian thick knee
49. Pond heron
50. Yellow footed Green pigeon
51. Golden fronted leafbird
52. White wagtail
53. Pied Myna
54. Oriental Magpie robin
55. Indian robin
56. Northern pintail
57. Racket tail drongo



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58. White eyed buzzard

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Mammals:

1. Wild boar
2. Spotted deer
3. Indian gaur
4. Hanuman langur
5. Royal bengal tiger
6. Sambar
7. Jungle cat
8. Sloth bear



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9. Indian grey mongoose 

Clicked by Rupali G.

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Khijediya and Narara camp report

Narara marine National Park and Khijediya Bird Sanctuary are two unique protected areas of Gujarat. We saw lot interesting marine animals and good number of Fresh as well as salt/brackish water birds. The list of sightings is given below.

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Khijediya -

Western reef egret and black headed ibis clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Oriental white eye

White throated Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Isabellinne shrike

Crested lark

Ashy crowned sparrow lark

Rosy starlings

Twany Pipits

Darter

Marsh Harrier

Osprey

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Oriental honey bazzard

Crested hawk

Lesser Flamingo

Night heron

Pond heron

Grey heron

Purple heron

Red wattled lapwing

Great Crested grebe

Little grebe

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Green bee-eater

Laughing dove

Dessert Wheatear

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Purple sunbird

Blue throat

White browed Wagtail

Western reef egret

Common pochard

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Indian Spotbill duck

Spoonbill

Northern shoveller

Great white pelican

Black drongo

Ashy drongo

River tern

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Grey Frankolin

Black headed ibis

Glossy ibis

Black naped ibis

White cheecked bulbul

Wrynek

Common coot

Greylag geese

Black winged stilt

Comb duck

Black headed gull

Caspian tern

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Little tern

Jungle Babbler

Brahminy duck

Eurasian Collared dove

House sparrow

Bar tailed godwit

Common crane

Black necked stork

Painted stork

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Bronze winged jacana

Little egret

Median Egret

Ashy Prinia

Indian Silver bill

Common Moorhen

Purple Moorhen

White-browed Wagtail

Spoonbill

Lesser whistling teals

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Ringed plover

Wire-tailed swallow

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Mammals:

Wildcat

Nilgai

Wild boar

Sambar

Mongoose

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Narara sightings:

clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Starfish

Brittle star

Sea cucumber

Sea Slug

Snail

Octopus

Angle fish

Coral fish

Puffer fish

Brittle star clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Neptune crab

Wolf crab

Reef crab

Spider crab

Box crab

Sea anemone

Brain coral 

Sea anemone clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Angle fish clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Clicked by Mr. Thiruvengadam E

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Honey bees clicked by Dr. Shreya B

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