Bird Diversity Kerala - Bird Watching, Birding, Bird images and Description

Ven Neeli - The Most Beautiful Bird in Kerala The Black Naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) – ‘Ven Neeli’ in Malayalam vernacular is a slim and agile passerine bird widely distributed in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic. The adult male bird is about 16 cm long, and is mainly pale azure blue apart from a whitish lower belly. It has a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace"). The female is duller and lacks the black markings. Its wings and back are greyish-brown. However, several geographically separated breeding populations differ in the extent and shade of markings. The birds occur in tropical forest habitats, singly or in pairs and in small groups. Populations differ slightly in plumage color and sizes. The bird is widely distributed in deciduous to semi-evergreen forests, bamboo stands, teak plantations and cardamom plantations of Kerala State. A total of twent...

ആൾകാട്ടി പക്ഷി :  പക്ഷി കൂട്ടത്തിലെ കാവൽകാരൻ   !!!  Red-Wattled Lapwing  “Chenkanny Thithiri’ The Red-Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) , “Chenkanny Thithiri’ in Malayalam vernacular is a resident bird widely distributed in the Kerala State, India. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements. The birds are about 35 cm long. The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen, but the head, a bib on the front and back of the neck are black. Prominently white patch runs between these two colors, from belly and tail, flanking the neck to the sides of crown. Short tail is tipped black. A red fleshy wattle   in front of each eye, black-tipped red bill, and the long legs are yellow. In flight, prominent white wing bars formed by the white on the secondary coverts. The birds usually keeps in pairs or tr...

സ്വർഗ്ഗീയ പക്ഷി Swargeeya Pakshi in Kerala or Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone Paradisi) The Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), ‘Nakamohan’ or ‘Swargheeya Pakshi’ in Malayalam vernacular is a medium-sized  migratory insectivorous bird widely distributed in Kerala State, India during the months of September to April. The birds inhabit thick forests and well-wooded habitats and hunts in flight in the under- storey. The bird distribution ranges from Central Asia to south-eastern China, Nepal, all over India and Sri Lanka to Myanmar. Adult male Indian paradise flycatchers are ca.70 cm long. Their heads are glossy black with a black crown and crest, black eyes and black round and sturdy bill. Female are 20- 25 cm long, rufous on the back with a grayish throat and under parts. Young males look very similar to females but have a black throat and blue-ringed eyes. As adults they develop long tail feathers up to 25 cm with two central tail feathers growing...