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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
(continued)
4 Solega Ethno-ornithology