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Sim kukra . . . . . woodcock

Sim tital . . . . . woodcock

Takpo . . . . . . . Indian cuckoo

Toitru fakhta . . . little brown dove

Traiho . . . . . . . great Himalayan barbet

Tuktola . . . . . . Western-Himalayan scaly-bellied green woodpecker

Turkan . . . . . . . Western-Himalayan pied woodpecker

Tusal . . . . . . . bar-tailed cuckoo-dove

Tutitar . . . . . . woodcock

Ulak . . . . . . . . corby

Zakki . . . . . . . brown flycatcher

Zird phutki . . . . grey-headed flycatcher

II. VERNACULAR NAMES OF NILGIRI BIRDS

Adavikodi . . . . . grey jungle-fowl

Adavi nalla gedda . black eagle

Adiki lam kuravi . . sparrow

Boli kadi . . . . . white-breasted water-hen

Boli kodi . . . . . moorhen

Buchi gadu . . . . . white-breasted kingfisher

Buruta pitta . . . . Indian skylark

Chandul . . . . . . crested lark

Chilluka . . . . . . paroquet

Chinna ulanka . . . wood sandpiper

Chinna wallur . . . shikra

Chitlu jitta . . . . Nilgiri flower-pecker

Chitti bella guwa . little brown dove

Dasari pitta . . . . scimitar-babbler, fantail flycatcher

Garud alawa . . . . Brahmany kite

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