We enjoyed an early morning walk through acacia-like scrub near the Jungle Hut accompanied by the local guide. It was a good area to see wintering migrants and we saw a Grey-bellied Cuckoo, many Booted Warblers, Blyth's Reed Warblers, and Eastern Orphean Warbler and a Hume's Whitethroat. We then spent some time working the bamboo stand at the Jungle Hut seeing a couple of Indian Pittas, a couple of Indian Blue Robins, the only Grey-headed Bulbul of the trip, our first White-cheeked Barbets and a Indian Brown-capped Pygmy-Woodpecker. In the afternoon we again headed out, accompanied by the local guide, to an area of fields but had walked less than a kilometer when we chanced upon a tusker eating grass. The local guide was keen for us to quickly retreat, and whilst we didn't know it at the time, the same elephant had killed a villager just a week earlier and then hospitalised another later the same day as our encounter! Returning to the Jungle Hut at dusk I just had time to dash to the bamboo stand successfully seeing an Indian Pitta hopping around on the ground and then flushing a pair of Brown Fish Owls from a small pool.
Indian Pond-Heron 1
Woolly-necked Stork 2
Indian Spot-billed Duck 1
Bonelli's Eagle 1
Indian Peafowl 6
Yellow-wattled Lapwing 6
Laughing Dove 20
Spotted Dove 20
Eurasian Collared Dove 6
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon 1
Vernal Hanging-Parrot 1
Plum-headed Parakeet 8
Grey-bellied Cuckoo 1
Brown Fish Owl 2
Spotted Owlet 5
Indian Swiftlet 20
Little Swift 2
Alpine Swift 1
Common Hoopoe 8
Little Green Bee-eater 1
Coppersmith Barbet 2
WHITE-CHEEKED BARBET 2
INDIAN BROWN-CAPPED PYGMY-WOODPECKER 1
Streak-throated Woodpecker 1
White-naped Flameback 1
Indian Pitta 3
Jerdon's Bushlark 4
Red-rumped Swallow 20
Grey Wagtail 2
White-browed Wagtail 2
Olive-backed Pipit 2
Blyth's Pipit 1
Black-headed Cuckooshrike 2
Large Cuckooshrike 1
Orange Minivet 4
Small Minivet 2
Red-vented Bulbul 8
Red-whiskered Bulbul 6
GREY-HEADED BULBUL 1
Common Iora 2
Asian Fairy Bluebird 1
Long-tailed Shrike 6
Bay-backed Shrike 6
Indian Paradise Flycatcher 1
Indian Blue Robin 2
White-rumped Shama 4
Oriental Magpie-Robin 6
Indian Black Robin 15
Pied Bushchat 1
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 1
Verditer Flycatcher 2
Yellow-eyed Babbler 1
Yellow-billed Babbler 15
Blyth's Reed Warbler 12
Booted Warbler 20
Common Tailorbird 3
Greenish Warbler 5
Hume's Whitethroat 1
Eastern Orphean Warbler 1
Pale-billed Flowerpecker 1
Oriental White-eye 3
Purple-rumped Sunbird 1
Purple Sunbird 2
House Sparrow 4
Yellow-throated Sparrow 10
Black-hooded Oriole 2
Black Drongo 6
Bronzed Drongo 6
White-bellied Drongo 2
Brahminy Starling 20
Rosy Starling 20
Common Myna 1
Jungle Myna 6
Olive-backed Pipit at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Bronzed Drongo at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Orange Minivet at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Grey-headed Bulbul at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Birdlife consider this species as Near Threatened as it is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline owing to forest clearance throughout its range.
Male White-rumped Shama at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Indian Pitta at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Fields in the shadow of the Western Ghats at Mudumalai
introduced prickly pear
Pale-billed Flowerpecker 1
Oriental White-eye 3
Purple-rumped Sunbird 1
Purple Sunbird 2
House Sparrow 4
Yellow-throated Sparrow 10
Black-hooded Oriole 2
Black Drongo 6
Bronzed Drongo 6
White-bellied Drongo 2
Brahminy Starling 20
Rosy Starling 20
Common Myna 1
Jungle Myna 6
Thorn-scrub at Mudumalai
Common Hoopoes and Yellow-throated Sparrows at Mudumalai
Yellow-throated Sparrow at Mudumalai
Long-tailed Shrike at Mudumalai
Bay-backed Shrike at Mudumalai
Grey-bellied Cuckoo at Mudumalai
Illustration of Grey-bellied Cuckoo by Keulemans from Jerdon's Supplementary Notes to 'The Birds of India' published in Ibis Ser.3 vol.2 (1872).
Brahminy Starling at Mudumalai
Purple Sunbird at Mudumalai
Yellow-billed Babbler at Mudumalai
Jerdon's Bushlark at Mudumalai
A tentative identification albeit the heavy blotching across its breast would appear to best-fit this species.
Blyth's Pipit at Mudumalai
Blyth's Reed Warbler at Mudumalai
Booted Warblers at Mudumalai
Plum-headed Parakeets at Mudumalai
Spotted Owlet at Mudumalai
Our chalet at the Jungle Hut
Jungle Hut grounds
Bamboo stand at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
White-browed Wagtail at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Orange Minivet at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Birdlife consider this species as Near Threatened as it is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline owing to forest clearance throughout its range.
Indian Pitta at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Yellow-wattled Lapwings at Mudumalai
Bull Asian Elephant interrupting our walk at Mudumalai
Bonelli's Eagle at Mudumalai
Female Large Cuckooshrike at Mudumalai
Male Black-headed Cuckooshrike at Mudumalai
Spotted Owlets at the Jungle Hut, Mudumalai
Brown Fish Owl at Mudumalai
