Lesser Yellownape

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Picus chlorolophus. This is the male of the peninsular subspecies- chlorigaster
Not an easy catch, as luck wud have it I got it from the balcony of my ancestral home on calicut outskirts.

500D , 55-250, 250mm, AE, f5.6, ISO 400, SS 1/250. Cropped image. C&C welcome

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Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see this rare bird. Good to know that you could sight it in your backyard :). Nice display of habitat. Looks like a mango tree. Nice eye contact. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to know that it is from the balcony. The eye contact is nice. There are some highlights in the canopy, which is to be expected. How many species have you noticed in the backyard.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Never listed the species list specific to our backyard sir.Here it goes....

1.Common crow 2.Common myna 3.Rufous treepie 4.Racket tailed drongo 5.Bronzed drongo 6. Greater drongo 7. White breasted waterhen 8. Lesser flameback 9.Brown capped woodpecker 10. Lesser yellownape. 11.Rufous wood pecker 12.Purple rumped sunbird 13.Lotens sunbird 14.Purple sunbird 15.Common kingfisher 16.White breasted KF 17.Strokbilled KF 18. Paradise Flycatcher 19. Asian brown flycatcher 20. Blacknaped Monarch FC 21.Blackhooded Oriole 22.Golden Oriole 23.Asian Koel 24.Common hawk Cuckoo 25.Rock pigeon 26.Yellow footed green pigeon 27. Emerald dove 28.Spotted Dove 29.Greenish leaf warbler 30.Clamorous Reed Warbler 31.Blyth’s Reed-Warbler 32.Ashy prinia 33.Grey breasted prinia 34. Common tailor bird 35.Palebilled flowerpecker 36.Roseringed parakeet 36.Plumheaded parakeet 37.Jungle babbler 38.Yellow billed babbler 39. Greater Coucal 40. Orange headed Ground thrush 41.Indian Pitta 42.Golden fronted lead bird 43. Blue winged lead bird 44. Oriental Magpie robin 45. Wire tailed swallow 46. Black kite 47. Brahminy kite 48.Shikra 49. Oriental honey buzzard 50. Crested serpent eagle (soaring) 51. Cattle egret 52. Pond heron 53.Little egret 54.Median egret 55.Malabar starling 57.Indian cormorant 58. White checked barbet 59. Coppersmith barbet 60.Barn owl 61. Indian scops owl 62.Jungle owlet 63.Brown hawk owl. 64.Spotted owlet 65. Brown Fish owl 66. Mottled wood owl 67. Common Iora 68.Red vented bulbul 69.Red checked bulbul 70.White browed bulbul 71.Small minivet

Seen only in flight
72. Whistling duck 73.Grey heron 74.Purple heron 75.Open billed strok 76. Black headed Ibis 77.booted eagle 78. Garganey 79.Cotton pygmy teal 80.whiskered tern 81.Marsh harrier

Quick one but i guess i have covered most of them.

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Roopak

[Prasad Dingankar]

Mind blowing...both the catch & the list ..... I can Imagine how lush green hilly area your ancestral home would be..... please correct my imagination.... Thanks for sharing..