This club is a registered unit under the Bird Club International of Jayaraj Foundation 2017 –’18 academic year under the Department of Botany. Students of I and II BSc. Botany are also members in this club along with others from various departments. A plot in the campus is set apart for establishing a rain groove which will harbour vary many species of birds and insects. Students of our department participated in the tree planting session in accordance with this rain groove setting.
List of Birds recorded from the campus
|
Sl.No |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
status |
|
1 |
Ocyceros griseus |
Malabar grey hornbill |
LC |
|
2 |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Ashy drongo |
LC |
|
3 |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
Rufous treepie |
LC |
|
4 |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
Orange minivet |
LC |
|
5 |
Dinopium javanense |
Common flameback |
LC |
|
6 |
Megalaima viridis |
White-cheeked barbet |
LC |
|
7 |
Oriolus chinensis |
Black-naped oriole |
LC |
|
8 |
Merops leschenaulti |
Chestnut-headed bee-eater |
LC |
|
9 |
Acridotheres tristis |
Common myna |
LC |
|
10 |
Corvus splendens |
House crow |
LC |
|
11 |
Motacilla cinerea |
grey wagtail |
LC |
|
12 |
Turdoides striata |
Jungle babbler |
LC |
|
13 |
Copsychus saularis |
Oriental magpie-robin |
LC |
|
14 |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Red-whiskered bulbul |
LC |
|
15 |
Psittacula krameri |
Rose-ringed parakeet |
LC |
|
16 |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
White-throated kingfisher |
LC |
|
17 |
Dicrurus paradiseus |
Greater racket-tailed drongo |
LC |
|
18 |
Centropus sinensis |
Greater coucal |
LC |
|
19 |
Merops orientalis |
Green bee-eater |
LC |
|
20 |
Cinnyris asiaticus |
Purple sunbird |
LC |
|
21 |
Leptocoma zeylonica |
Purple-rumped sunbird |
LC |
|
22 |
Spilornis cheela |
crested serpent eagle |
LC |
|
23 |
Chalcophaps indica |
common emerald dove |
LC |
|
24 |
Columba livia |
rock dove |
LC |
|
25 |
Spilopelia chinensis |
spotted dove |
LC |
|
26 |
Oriolus oriolus |
golden oriole |
LC |
|
27 |
Geokichla citrina |
orange-headed thrush |
LC |
