Species seen during our stay at Aryana Nivas in the Periyar National Park. Most birds were seen during guided walks at 7:00am or along the main road back to Kumily.
The naming convention is taken from Wildlife Recorder IOC Taxonomy
| 1 | Grey Junglefowl | Gallus sonneratii |
| 2 | Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus episcopus |
| 3 | Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii |
| 4 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 5 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea cinerea |
| 6 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea manilensis |
| 7 | Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta |
| 8 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta garzetta |
| 9 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger |
| 10 | Continental Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis |
| 11 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
| 12 | Eurasian Osprey | Pandion haliaetus haliaetus |
| 13 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus indus |
| 14 | Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii kienerii |
| 15 | Mountain Hawk-eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis nipalensis |
| 16 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| 17 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 18 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 19 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis suratensis |
| 20 | Vernal Hanging Parrot | Loriculus vernalis vernalis |
| 21 | Blue-winged Parakeet | Psittacula columboides |
| 22 | Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum malabaricum |
| 23 | Malabar Trogon | Harpactes fasciatus malabaricus |
| 24 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis capensis |
| 25 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis fusca |
| 26 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis travancoreensis |
| 27 | Malabar Grey Hornbill | Ocyceros griseus |
| 28 | Malabar Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus |
| 29 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis |
| 30 | White-cheeked Barbet | Megalaima viridis |
| 31 | Heart-spotted Woodpecker | Hemicircus canente |
| 32 | Indian Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos nanus cinereigula |
| 33 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense puncticolle |
| 34 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus |
| 35 | Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus |
| 36 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| 37 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens caerulescens |
| 38 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus paradiseus |
| 39 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda parvula |
| 40 | White-bellied Treepie | Dendrocitta leucogastra |
| 41 | House Crow | Corvus splendens protegatus |
| 42 | Indian Jungle Crow | Corvus culminatus |
| 43 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus mahrattarum |
| 44 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus |
| 45 | Yellow-browed Bulbul | Acritillas indica |
| 46 | European Swallow | Hirundo rustica rustica |
| 47 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus |
| 48 | Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe poioicephala poioicephala |
| 49 | Deccan Babbler | Turdoides striata malabarica |
| 50 | Yellow-billed Babbler | Turdoides affinis affinis |
| 51 | Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella puella |
| 52 | Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica |
| 53 | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus mahrattensis |
| 54 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis tristis |
| 55 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina cyanota |
| 56 | Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius hindustanicus |
| 57 | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea melanope |
| 1 | Bonnet Macaque | Macaca radiata |
| 2 | Nilgiri Langur | Trachypithecus johnii |
| 3 | Indian Palm Squirrel | Funambulus palmarum |
| 4 | Indian Giant Squirrel | Ratufa indica |
| 5 | Asian Elephant | Elephas maximus |
| 6 | Wild Boar | Sus scrofa |
| 7 | Sambar | Rusa unicolor |
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