For a few years, I’ve been exploring the rainforests and cardamom plantations of Kallar and Mankulam (in Kerala, India), documenting the common wildlife of the region. I’ve compiled all my findings into this booklet, which you can find below.
When I started this project, there was no information on the region’s wildlife. I set out to create this easy-to-read guide to help locals, tourists and other interested parties as they explore this environment.
This project is continually updated. If you have any suggestions/contributions, email me at ishan.shanavas@gmail.com.
Download the booklet below.
Birds
- Asian Fairy Bluebird
- Malabar Trogon
- Malabar Whistling Thrush
- Yellow Browed Bulbul
- Racket Tail Drongo
- Lesser Flameback woodpecker
- White Bellied Treepie
- Lesser Hill Myna
- Red Whiskered Bulbul
- Red Vented Bulbul
- Tailor Bird
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- White Breasted Kingfisher (Around water bodies)
- Little Cormorant
- Orange Minivet
- White Bellied Woodpecker
- Crow Pheasant / Coucal
- Rose Ringed Parakeet
- Plum Headed Parakeet
- White Bellied Drongo
- Black drongo
- Malabar grey hornbill
- Asian palm swift
- White breasted waterhen
- Yellow billed babbler
- Scaly breasted munia
- Brown Fish Owl
- Asian Koel
- Spotted Dove
- Common Pigeon
- Crimson backed Sunbird
- Pond Heron
- Grey Wagtail
- Loten’s Sunbird
- Blossom headed Parakeet
- Pale Billed Flowerpecker
- Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher
- Hoopoe
- Grey Junglefowl
- Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
- Shikra
- Cattle egret
- Oriental magpie robin
- Indian white eye
- Black and orange flycatcher
- Dusky crag martin
- Indian swiftlet
- Golden fronted leafbird
- Rufous babbler
- Malabar parakeet
- Ashy prinia
- Nilgiri flycatcher
- Little spiderhunter
- White browed wagtail
- Little swift
- Vernal Hanging Parrot
- Common Hawk Cuckoo
- Emerald Dove
- Brown breasted flycatcher
- Red Rumped Swallow
- Grey Tits
- House Crow
- Jungle Crow
- Malabar Grey Hornbill
- Orange headed Thrush
- Black eagle
- Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Chestnut Headed bee-eater
- Red Spurfowl
- Painted Spurfowl
- White Cheeked Barbet
- Booted Eagle
- Oriental Honey Buzzard
- Black Bulbul
- Great Flameback woodpecker
Bird Images
Reptiles and Amphibians
- Travancore Wolf Snake
- Rat Snake
- Thackeray’s cat snake
- Brown Vine Snake
- Bi Coloured Frog
- Golden Frog
- Nilgiri Forest Lizard
- Green Vine Snake
- Malabar Pit Viper
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Mammals
- Malabar Giant Squirrel
- Asiatic Elephant
- Gaur
- Sambhar Deer
- Barking Deer
- Nilgiri Marten
- Porcupine
- Bonnet Macaque
- Small Indian Civet
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Ishan Shanavas 
This is excellent man!!!
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Thank you so much!
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Continue the good work Shanavas. On your young shoulders and many others like you, perhaps we will all get redemption!!!
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Thank you so much! You are very kind 🙂
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