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Table 4.5 (continued)

English name Scientifi c name

Perceptually salient

features

Possible perceptual

reasons for lack of name

Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea# Distinctive

colouration, loud,

distinctive call

Winter migrant, rarely

seen

Yellow-browed

Bulbul

Iole indica# Bright yellow belly,

common in moist and

evergreen forests ,

move in loud fl ocks

White-browed

Bulbul

Pycnonotus luteolus Medium-sized,

distinctive call

Hard to spot, usually

only in dry forests

Black Bulbul Hypsipetes

leucocephalus#

Common in evergreen

forests , large size, red

beak, crest on head,

large noisy fl ocks

Grey-headed

Bulbul*

Pycnonotus

priocephalus

Medium sized,

distinctive call, fl ocks

in moist forest

Hard to spot, moves

within thickets

Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica Common Small

Grey-breasted

Prinia*

Prinia hodgsonii Common Small

Oriental

White-eye

Zosterops

palpebrosus

Common, distinctive

markings, move in

fl ocks

Small

Brown-cheeked

Fulvetta

Alcippe

poioicephala#

Common in moist and

evergreen forests ,

distinctive call

Small

Madras Bush-lark Mirafra affi nis Medium sized, and

conspicuous displays

in the breeding

season; elaborate calls

Not brightly coloured;

uncommon

Red-Winged

Bush-lark

Mirafra erythroptera Medium sized, and

conspicuous displays

in the breeding

season; elaborate calls

Not brightly coloured

Ashy-crowned

Sparrow-lark

Eremopterix grisea# Medium sized, and

conspicuous displays

in the breeding

season; elaborate calls

Not brightly coloured

Rufous-tailed

Lark

Ammomanes

phoenicurus#

Medium sized, and

conspicuous displays

in the breeding

season; elaborate calls

Not brightly coloured

Malabar Lark Galerida

malabarica#

Medium sized, and

conspicuous displays

in the breeding

season; elaborate calls

Not brightly coloured;

uncommon

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4 Solega Ethno-ornithology