Site Report: Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala
Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) Male
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Male
Indian Swamp Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Indian Monitor Lizard (Varanus bengalensis)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
White-capped Water-Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus) Male
Pallas's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea) Male
Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea) Female
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
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Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) Male
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Male
Indian Swamp Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Indian Monitor Lizard (Varanus bengalensis)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
White-capped Water-Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus) Male
Pallas's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea) Male
Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea) Female
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
A valley of sorts draining into a massive reservoir, this is the main place to be in Jim Corbett National Park. Safari drives are popular as well as elephant safaris (where you chase around tigers on the plain)
Visits
- 2006-01-19: None
- 2006-01-20: We stayed in this area for a couple of nights. The food was some of the worst we had in India.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (62 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(62 records)
Class: Birds
(51 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
- Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
- Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
- Order: Pelicans
(10 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(22 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- White-Cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
- Family: Drongos
- White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Gray-hooded Warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Crested Bunting (Emberiza lathami)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Gray Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Gray-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
- Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
- Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
- White-Capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
- Plumbeous Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Blue-winged Minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
- Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Felidae
- Tiger (Panthera tigris)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (5 records)
- Family: Suidae
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(2 records)
- Family: Alligators
- Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Indian Swamp Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Indian Monitor Lizard (Varanus bengalensis)