15/11/2017 Winter Tour Update
We had 4 day birding and the highlights are as follows:
Indian Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliacal
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio (porphyrio) poliocephalus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
Lesser Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Mauryan Grey Shrike Lanius lahotra pallidirostris
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Afghan Babbler Turdoides (caudata) huttoni
Caspian Stonechat Saxicola maurus hemprichii
Eastern Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens persicus
Finsch’s Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Rüppell’s Weaver Ploceus galbula