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A lone Ceylon frogmouth on its roost. The frogmouth is distributed across the Western Ghats.
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Salim Ali described the bird as 'an obliteratively coloured grey brown nightjar-like bird, vermiculated and mottled with white, buff, brown, black and chestnut. The wide gape and absurdly broad and swollen horny bill is suggestive of its name.'
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The Ceylon frogmouth, male, juvenile and female.
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A pair of frogmouths, perfectly camouflaged.
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The Great Indian Hornbill in the Thattekkad sanctuary.
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The hornbill is one of the largest birds in the sanctuary.
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The hornbill returning to its nest.
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The Malabar grey hornbill.
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The bay owl.
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A view of the Periyar river from the Thattekkad bridge.
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Dr R. Sugathan, ornithologist at the Thattekkad bird sanctuary, with a poster of the legendary ornithologist Salim Ali in the background.
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The wildlife photographer Shefiq Basheer Ahammed.
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The streak-throated woodpecker.
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Grey-headed flycatcher.
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The Asian paradise flycatcher.
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The ruby-throated yellow bulbul.
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The Jerdon's leafbird.
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The southern hill myna.
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Blyth's starling.
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The skimitter babbler.
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The Nilgiri laughing thrush.
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Loten's sunbird.
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