<p>Eight more birds have been added to the list of rare birds spotted during the census carried out in the Biligiriranganathaswamy Tiger Reserve in the district on Saturday and Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Some 282 types of birds were counted during the census, held on behalf of the Forest department in the 574.83-sq km reserve forest area. <br /><br />Of these, the night heron, the thick-billed warbler, the dusky crag martin, the oriental turtle dove, the blue-eyed kingfisher, the bonelli eagle, the cylon frogmouth and the crested tree swift have been identified by ornithologists as being rare. <br /><br />Nine species on the list of endangered birds are: the greater spotted eagle, the black-headed ibis, the nilgiri wood pigeon, the yellow-throated bulbul, the Egyptian vulture, the black-and-orange flycatcher, the grey-headed bulbul, the white-naped tit and the grey-headed fish eagle. The yellow-throated bulbul was spotted in K Gudi area.<br /><br />Claiming that this is the first such scientific bird census carried out in a reserve forest area in South India, Vijay Mohanraj, the forest conservator at the tiger reserve, said that the number of rare birds are likely to go up after the verification. <br /><br />Ornithologist Salim Ali carried out the census first time in the reserve in 1942-43 and spotted 60 species of birds, as per the documents in the Bombay Natural History Society. <br /></p>
<p>Eight more birds have been added to the list of rare birds spotted during the census carried out in the Biligiriranganathaswamy Tiger Reserve in the district on Saturday and Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Some 282 types of birds were counted during the census, held on behalf of the Forest department in the 574.83-sq km reserve forest area. <br /><br />Of these, the night heron, the thick-billed warbler, the dusky crag martin, the oriental turtle dove, the blue-eyed kingfisher, the bonelli eagle, the cylon frogmouth and the crested tree swift have been identified by ornithologists as being rare. <br /><br />Nine species on the list of endangered birds are: the greater spotted eagle, the black-headed ibis, the nilgiri wood pigeon, the yellow-throated bulbul, the Egyptian vulture, the black-and-orange flycatcher, the grey-headed bulbul, the white-naped tit and the grey-headed fish eagle. The yellow-throated bulbul was spotted in K Gudi area.<br /><br />Claiming that this is the first such scientific bird census carried out in a reserve forest area in South India, Vijay Mohanraj, the forest conservator at the tiger reserve, said that the number of rare birds are likely to go up after the verification. <br /><br />Ornithologist Salim Ali carried out the census first time in the reserve in 1942-43 and spotted 60 species of birds, as per the documents in the Bombay Natural History Society. <br /></p>