Cuckoo (hepatic female)
Passage migrant · Woodland
Cuckoos lead the autumn passage through the tekdi.
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Birds of Vetal Tekdi
About 280 species have been recorded on the Vetal Tekdi eBird hotspot. These are some of them, photographed by VTBM birders on the hill. Residents stay all year; passage migrants stop for a few days in September–November; winter visitors stay until March.
Species
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Winter visitor · Grassland
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Passage migrant · In the sky
First record for Maharashtra, found on day one of VTBM 2024.
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Gray-necked Bunting
Emberiza buchanani
Winter visitor · Grassland
Recorded in both the 2023 and 2024 editions.
Photo: Nachiket Likhite
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Calandrella dukhunensis
Winter visitor · Grassland
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix griseus
Resident · Grassland
Photo: Nachiket Likhite
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa dauurica
Winter visitor · Woodland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Resident · Woodland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Winter visitor · Ridge
Photo: Ranjeet Rane
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Winter visitor · Woodland
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Winter visitor · In the sky
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Resident · Grassland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Resident · Wetland
Shares the quarry wetland with a Checkered Keelback.
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Winter visitor · Wetland
Photo: Nachiket Likhite
Indian Blackbird
Turdus simillimus
Winter visitor · Woodland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Indian Nightjar
Caprimulgus asiaticus
Resident · Grassland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Resident · Woodland, Grassland
The bird most visitors expect, and one of about 280 species recorded on the tekdi.
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Indian Silverbill
Euodice malabarica
Resident · Grassland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Indian Spotted Eagle
Clanga hastata
Winter visitor · In the sky
Photo: Ketan Bhave
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Resident · Wetland
Photo: Nachiket Likhite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Resident · Woodland, In the sky
The common lookalike. Compare with the European Honey-buzzard.
Photo: VTBM
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Resident · Woodland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
White-eyed Buzzard
Butastur teesa
Resident · Ridge
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Leiopicus mahrattensis
Resident · Woodland
Photo: Pankaj Inamdar
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
Resident · Grassland
Photo: Ketan Bhave
See hundreds more on eBird / Macaulay Library, or the full list on the Vetal Tekdi hotspot.