Birding Tour Details

   Tour 1. Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary & Batim Lake/ Maina Lake    

Pick up: 06.00 a.m.     Pack Breakfast provided

Key species:  Bondla:Ruby-throated Yellow Bulbul, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Trogon, Crimson-backed Sunbird,Grey Junglefowl, Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Chestnut-headed Bee eater,  Malabar Whistling  Thrush

Batim Lake: Pintails, Northern Shoveller, Comb Duck, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Purple Swamphen, Marsh Harrier, Osprey

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                Tour 2.  Birding at Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary                          

 

Pick up: 6.00 a.m.       Pack Breakfast provided

               

Key species: Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Grey-headed Bulbul, Fairy Blue Bird, Green Imperial Pigeon, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Forest Wagtail, Great Black Woodpecker, Small Minivet, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Crimson-fronted Barbet, Malabar Trogon

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               Tour 3: Bhagwan Mahavir National Park                                     

Pick up: 6.00 a.m.      Pack Breakfast provided

 

Key Species: Forest species & endemics: Grey-headed Bulbul, Ruby-throated yellow Bulbul, Crimson-backed Sunbird, Malabar Trogon, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Speckled Piculet, Oriental Honey-Buzzard, Green Imperial Pigeon, Crimson-fronted Barbet, Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike

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               Tour 4: Soccoro Plateau and Grasslands                                       

Pick up: 6.00 a.m.      Pack Breakfast provided

 

Key Species: Forest species: Grey-headed Bulbul, White-browed Bulbul, White-rumped Shama, Scarlet Minivet, Orange breasted Green Pigeons, Blue-faced Malkoha, Coppersmith Barbet, Pied Bush Chat, Marsh Harrier

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               Tour 5: Morjim Beach and Siolim Marshes                                    

Pick up: Depends on tide timings      Pack Breakfast provided

Key Species: Gulls, Terns, Waders: Heuglin's Gulls, Pallas's Gull, Brown-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Greater Sand Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Small Pratincole

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               Tour 6: Carambolim Lake, Corlim Grasslands and Mudflats               

Pick up: 7.00 a.m.      Pack Breakfast provided
 
Key Species: Paddyfield Pipit, Red-headed Bunting, Zitting Cisticola, Malabar Lark, Marsh Harrier, Indian Roller, Marsh Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlews, Black-winged Stilts, Green Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Whistling ducks, Glossy ibis, Black-headed Ibis, Asian Openbill, Sand Plovers