On 24th February, an
effort was made to count bird species in several parts of the country. Big Bird
Days and Bird Races were organised jointly by NGOs and Wildlife Wings of states
and Union Territories.
It was nice of Chandigarh Birds to
send a team to Kasauli for the count. The team comprised of Dr.Deepak
Balasubramanian, Mr. Sidharth Nagar, Mr.Gaurav Shonik, Dr.Jyoti Yadav. They
covered Old Kasauli Road upto Jangeshu from 06:00am to 06:00 pm and recorded 53
species as per the following table:
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1. Himalayan
Griffon
2.
Grey Francolin
3.
Kalij Pheasant
4.
Indian Peafowl
5.
Red Junglefowl
6.
Rock Dove
7.
Alexandrine Parakeet
8.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
9.
Great Barbet
10.
Indian Grey-Hornbill
11.
Grey-headed Woodpecker
12.
Lesser Yellownape
13.
Barn Swallow
14.
Spangled Drongo
15.
Common Myna
16.
Red-billed Blue Magpie
17.
Rufous Treepie
18.
House Crow
19.
Large-billed Crow
20.
Black Bulbul
21.
Red-vented Bulbul
22.
Himalayan Bulbul
23.
Jungle Babbler
24.
Red-billed Leiothrix
25.
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
26.
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
27.
Rufous-bellied Niltava |
28. White-browed
Fantail
29.
Grey-hooded Warbler
30.
Ashy Prinia
31.
Common Tailorbird
32.
Lesser Whitethroat
33.
Common Chiffchaff
34.
Hume’s Warbler
35.
Black Redstart
36.
Indian or Brown Rock-Chat
37.
Oriental Magpie-Robin
38.
White-capped Water-Redstart
39.
Indian Robin
40.
Plumbeous Water-Redstart
41.
Little Forktail
42.
Grey Bushchat
43.
Blue Whistling-Thrush
44.
Great Tit
45.
Black-lored Tit
46.
Bar-tailed Treecreeper
47.
Yellow Wagtail
48.
Oriental White-eye
49.
Purple Sunbird
50.
Crimson Sunbird
51.
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
52.
House Sparrow
53.
Rock Bunting
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Himachal Birds thanks Chandigarh Birds for this effort and
requests Wildlife Wing of Himachal Pradesh to be proactive in organising such
events.
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