A pair of Ceylon frogmouths in the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary in Thattekkad in Kerala. ▲
A lone Ceylon frogmouth on its roost. The frogmouth is distributed across the Western Ghats. ▲
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.' ▲
The Ceylon frogmouth, male, juvenile and female. ▲
A pair of frogmouths, perfectly camouflaged. ▲
The Great Indian Hornbill in the Thattekkad sanctuary. ▲
The hornbill is one of the largest birds in the sanctuary. ▲
The hornbill returning to its nest. ▲
The Malabar grey hornbill. ▲
The bay owl. ▲
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. ▲
The streak-throated woodpecker. ▲
Grey-headed flycatcher. ▲
The Asian paradise flycatcher. ▲
The ruby-throated yellow bulbul. ▲
The Jerdon's leafbird. ▲
The southern hill myna. ▲
Blyth's starling. ▲
The skimitter babbler. ▲
The Nilgiri laughing thrush. ▲
Loten's sunbird. ▲
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