Birds Of Nilgiris. You can read about our experience there from my previous post here. The pin-coloured common rosefinch from Himachal can be sighted at the Nilgiris often feeding on grains by the roadside.
This has also increased bird species diversity in this region. Nilgiri Pipit Endemic Near Endemic. Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World The Nilgiris.
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Birds of the Nilgiris. The Nilgiri wood pigeon Columba elphinstonii is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern IndiaThey are mainly frugivorous and forage in the canopy of dense hill forests. The Nilgiri flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus is an Old World flycatcher with a very restricted range in the hills of southern India. Some birds are passage migrants like the spotted flycatcher rufous.