Yellow Throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis)
The Yellow throated Sparrow, It has a finer bill than typical sparrows of the genus Passer and unlike them has no streaks on the plumage. The white double wing bar on the shoulder is diagnostic on the otherwise dull grey-brown sparrow. Males have a chestnut shoulder patch which can sometimes be hard to see. They also have a pale yellow spot on the throat in fresh plumage. Females are duller and lack the chestnut shoulder patch. The yellow spot is much reduced or lacking in females.
White Throated Munia ( Euodice malabarica)
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The White-throated Munia is a small passerine bird. The Munia is a tiny gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds. It frequents dry open country and cultivation, especially near water. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a tree, into which 4–10 white eggs are laid. The Munia is 11–11.5 cm in length with a long black tail. The adult has a stubby silver-grey bill, buff-brown upperparts, white underparts and rump and dark wings. The sexes are similar, but immatures have buff underparts and a shorter tail.
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
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The Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. The Tickell's Blue Flycatcher is about 11–12 cm long. It sits upright and often forages in the undergrowth. The male has the upperparts dark blue and the throat breast and flanks are orange fading into the buffy white belly. The female is duller blue with a brighter blue brow, shoulder, rump and tail. The juvenile is streaked. The male is a beautiful bird which has bright blue upperparts, a red throat and breast, and the rest of the underparts white.
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)
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The Verditer Flycatcher, is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue. They are also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and exposed tree top branches.
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

The Baya Weaver is a weaverbird found across South and Southeast Asia. These are sparrow-sized (15 cm) and in their non-breeding plumage, both males and females resemble female house sparrows. They have a stout conical bill and a short square tail. Non-breeding males and females look alike, dark brown streaked fulvous buff above, plain (unstreaked) whitish fulvous below, eyebrow long and buff coloured, bill is horn coloured and no mask.
Spotted Babbler (Pelorneum ruficeps)

The Puff-throated Babbler, is a passerine bird. Puff-throated Babblers are plain brown above, and white, heavily streaked with brown, below. They have a chestnut crown, long buff supercilium and dusky cheeks. The throat is white, and the bird's habit of puffing it out gives it its English name. Puff-throated Babblers have strong legs, and are quite terrestrial. Its habitat is scrub and bamboo thickets, where it builds its nest on the ground, laying 2-5 eggs.
Velvet Fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)
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The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, is a small passerine bird found in southern Asia. It is a resident breeder of all types of woods, although open evergreen forest is the optimal habitat. The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch has the typical nuthatch big head, short tail and powerful bill and feet. It is 12.5cm long. It is violet-blue above, with lavender cheeks, beige underparts and a whitish throat. The bill is red, and there is a black patch on the forehead. The male also has a black supercilium.
Yellow-eared Bulbul ( Pycnonotus penicillatus)
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The Yellow-eared Bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. The Yellow-eared Bulbul is about 20 cm (7 inches) in length, with a long tail. It has olive upperparts and yellowish underparts. The crown of the head is grey, and there are yellow ear tufts and a yellow patch below the eye. There is a white tuft in front of the eye and the throat is also white. Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults. The flight is bouncing and woodpecker-like. Yellow-eared Bulbuls feed on fruit and insects.
Red Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

The Red-vented Bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. The Red-vented Bulbul is easily identified by its short crest giving the head a squarish appearance. The body is dark brown with a scaly pattern while the head is darker or black. The rump is white while the vent is red. The black tail is tipped in white. about 20 cm in length, with a long tail. Sri Lankan race haemorrhous has a dark mantle with narrow pale edges. Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults.
Rufous Bellied Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacontantis merulinus)
The Rufous bellied Plaintive Cuckoo, is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is a fairly small cuckoo, 21-23.5 centimetres long. The adult male is grey-brown above and orange below with a grey head, throat and upper breast. There are white tips to the tail feathers. The legs and feet are yellow, the eye is red and the bill is black above and yellow below. The underparts are paler with fainter barring. There is a pale stripe over the eye and the tail has dark bars along its whole length.
Rufous Babbler (Turdoides subrufus)

The Rufous Babbler, is an Old World babbler endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. This babbler is large and dark rufous with a grey forehead. The feathers of the forehead have black shafts. The iris is pale or whitish and the lores are dark. The underside is brighter rufous and it is paler on the center of the throat and belly. The nominate form is found in the Western Ghats north of the Nilgiris while hyperythra found south of the Nilgiris is said to be more richly coloured. They are 25–26 cm long with a wing of 8.7-9.0 cm.
