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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Malabar Grey Hornbill

Ocyceros griseus 45cm
Malabar Iruvaayan in Tamil
(மலபார் இருவாயன்)
Resident. Western Ghats. Orange or yellowish bill, lacking casque, and broad greyish white supercilium. Darker grey upperparts than Indian grey, with pale streaking to crown and sides of head, shorter, darker grey tail, and rufous undertail coverts. Female has black patch at base of lower mandible. Immature has rufous fringes to upperparts. Open forest.

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