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Birds of lower Palni HillsT. Ramesh et al.Family/Species common name Scientific name StatusAltitude(in m)Frequencyof observation137 Darter Anhinga melanogaster R,NT 300-900 CPhasianidae138 Grey FrancolinFrancolinuspondicerianusR 300- 400 C139 Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica R 300-900 C140 Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha R 300-900 C141 Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea R 500-900 C142 Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata R 320-650 C143 Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii R 300-900 C144 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus R 300-500 CPhylloscopidae145 Large-billed Leaf-WarblerPhylloscopusmagnirostrisM 500-900 UC146 Greenish Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides M 320-900 CPicidae147 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus R 600-640 R148Little Scaly-bellied GreenWoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus R 350-900 UC149 Small Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus chlorolophus R 665 C150151Lesser Golden-backedWoodpeckerCommon Golden-backedWoodpecker152 Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker153154Brown-capped PygmyWoodpeckerGreater Golden-backedWoodpeckerPittidaeDinopium benghalense R 300-900 CDinopium javanense R 300-900 CDendrocoposmahrattensisR 642-900 UCDendrocopos nanus R 780-900 UCChrysocolaptes lucidus R 700-900 C155 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura M 300-900 CPloceidae156 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus R 300-350 CPodicipedidae157 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis R 300-900 CPrionopidae158 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis R 550-900 C159 Common WoodshrikeTephrodornispondicerianusR 320-700 C160 Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei R 550-700 CPsittacidae161 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri R 300-450 C162 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala R 400-900 C163 Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula colomboides R,E 500-900 C164 Indian Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis R 500-900 CPycnonotidae165 Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus R,E 700-900 C166 Ruby-throated Yellow Bulbul*Pycnonotus melanicterusgularisR 700-900 UC167 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus R 320-900 C3276Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | November 2012 | 4(14): 3269–3283