//. VERNACULAR NAMES OF 

 NILGIRI BIRDS 



Adavikodi . 

 Adavi nalla gedda 

 Adiki lam kuravi 

 Boli kadi 

 Boli kodi 

 Buchi gadu 

 Buruta pitta 

 Chandul 

 Chilluka 

 Chinna ulanka 

 Chinna wallur 

 Chitlujitta . 

 Chitti bella guwa 

 Dasari pitta . 



Garud alawa 

 Garuda mantaru 

 Gola kokila . 

 Goranka 

 Gudi konga . 

 Guli gadu 

 Gurapa madi jitta 



grey jungle-fowl 

 black eagle 

 sparrow 



white-breasted water-hen 

 moorhen 



white-breasted kingfisher 

 Indian skylark 

 crested lark 

 paroquet 

 wood sandpiper 

 shikra 



Nilgiri flower-pecker 

 little brown dove 

 scimitar babbler, fantail fly- 

 catcher 

 brahmany kite 

 brahmany kite 

 pied crested cuckoo 

 common myna 

 paddy bird 



white-backed vulture 

 Indian pipit 

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