Andaman report post - 3

Clicked by Rupali Gurav

Moth clivked by Rupali Gurav

Andaman Fauna

A. Insects:

a. Butterflies:

1.       Snowflat

2.       Painted jazebel

3.       Short banded sailer

4.       Common baron

5.       Hewitson Andaman viscount

6.       Yellow pansy

7.       Grey pansy

8.       Peacock pansy

9.       Lemon pansy

10.   Great eggfly

Short banded sailer Clicked by Shreya

11.   Lacewing?

12.   Mime?

13.   Andaman club-tail

14.   Grass yellow

15.   Blue tiger

16.   Andaman bird-wing

17.   Andaman Helen

18.   Andaman mormon

19.   Andaman tree-nymph

20.   Dark glossy tiger

21.   Andaman crow

22.   Nicobar cinnamon crow

23.   Nicobar nigger

Dragonfly. Clicked by Rupali Gurav

24.   Andaman small leopard

25.   Andaman cruiser

26.   Andaman centaur oakblue

27.   Andaman lemon

b. Moths:

1.       Lysa zampa

2.       Humming bird moth

c. Others:

1.       Paper wasp

2.       Common fire ant

3.       Pagoda ant

4.       Godzilla ant

5.       Dragonfly

6.       Damselfly

B. Reptiles:

1.       Snink

Cicada moult. Clicked by Shripad Bhanap

2.       Andaman lizard

3.       Changeable lizard

C. Birds:

1.       Andaman collared kingfisher

2.       Lesser whistling duck

3.       White breasted water hen

4.       Pheasant-tailed jacana

5.       Cotton teal

6.       Ruddy kingfisher

7.       Little egret

8.       White bellied sea eagle

9.       Little grebe

10.   Red whiskered bulbul

11.   Brawn coucal

12.   House crow (we did not find any crows in nicobar)

Clicked by Shripad Bhanap

13.   Purple moorhen

14.   Median egret

15.   Night heron

16.   Common myna

17.   Narcondam hornbill?

18.   Wood sandpiper

19.   Common sandpiper

20.   House sparrow

21.   Barn swallow

22.   Flycatcher

23.   Palm swift

24.   Yellow wagtail

25.   Asian glossy starling (sighted only at Campbell bay)

26.   Hill myna

27.   Black naped oriole

Clicked by Shripad Bhanap

28.   Black hooded oriole

29.   Racket tailed drongo

30.   Purple heron

31.   Pacific reef egret

32.   Green imperial pigeon

33.   Mountain imperial pigeon

34.   Nicobar pigeon

35.   Fulvous breasted woodpecker

36.   Scarlet minivet

37.   Asian fairy bluebird

38.   Black-naped monarch

39.   Andaman serpent eagle

40.   White headed starling

Clicked by Rupali Gurav

41.   Chestnut headed bee-eater

42.   Magpie robin

43.   Vernal hanging parrot

44.   Nicobar parakeet

45.   Rose ringed parakeet

46.   Sandwich tern

47.   Olive-backed sunbird

D. Mammals:

1.       Crab eating macaque

2.       Wild pig (Sus scrofa andamanensis)

3.       Bats (insectivorous)








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