In and around Bangalore and the western ghats are home to some of the most colorful and wonderful species of birds. The following are some of the ones I have been fortunate to watch during my trips.  Bee Eater, Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Asian Green Bee Eater, Blue Tailed Bee Eater, Rainbow Bee Eater, Pheasant Tailed Jacana, Common Greenshank, Seagull, Bulbul, White Browed Bulbul, Red Whiskered Bulbul, Red Vented Bulbul, Yellow Bulbul, Yellow Browed Bulbul, Red Wattled Lapwing, Orioles, Black Hooded Orioles, Indian Golden Oriole, Drongo, White Bellied Drongo, Racket Tailed Drongo, Koel, Asian Koel Male, Asian Koel Female, Rock Martin, Green Parrot, Babbler, Jungle Babbler, Rufus Babbler, Kingfisher, White-Throated, River Kingfisher, Grey Tailed Tattler, Woodpecker, Streak Throated , Greater Flameback , Black Rumped Flameback, Oriental Magpie Robin, Minivet, Scarlet Minivet, Fiery Minivet, Bush chat, Pied Bushchat, Roch Chat, Thrush, Malabar Blue Whistling Thrush, Myna, Hill Myna, Crested Myna, Common Myna, Shrike, Brown Shrike,Long Tailed Shrike, Black Headed Cuckoo Shrike, White Cheeked Barbet, Eagle, Juvenile Rufus Bellied Eagle, Serpent Eagle, Brahminy Kite, Indian Roller, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Eurasian Blackbird, Indian Yellow Tit, Asian Blue Bird, Sunbird, Purple Sunbird, Common Sunbird, Hornbill, Malabar Gray Hornbill, Great Indian Hornbill, Egret, Greater Egret, Cattle Egret, Cormorant, greater cormorants, Lesser Cormorants, Heron, Grey Heron, Indian Pond Heron, Little Blue Heron, Western Reef Heron, Dove, Spotted Dove, Laughing Dove, Adjutant Stork, Indian Robin, Baya Weaver, Ashy Prinia, Seagull, Indian Silver Bill, Western Yellow Wagtail, Crested Goshawk, Thick Billed Green Pigeon, Pit Pit, Paddyfield Pit Pit, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Indian Spotted Bill Duck, Swamp Hen, Grey Swamp Hen, White Bellied Swamp Hen, Common Tailor Bird, Common Lora, Munia, Scaly Breasted Munia, Javan Munia, Pelicans, Wood Sandpiper, Oriental Skylark, Parrots, Malabar Parakeet, Vernal Hanging Parakeet, Rose Ringed Parakeet, Thornbird, Flower Pecker, Pale billed flowerpeckers, Common flowerpeckers, Paradise Fly Catcher, Open Billed Stork, Common Coot, Barn Swallow, Common Iora, Plain Prinia, Blyths Pipit, Honey Buzzard, Eurasian Coot, Sparrow Lark, Little Ringed Plover, Little Grebe, Western Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Harrier, Black Winged Stilt, Ibis, Bhraminy Starling, Hawk, Brown Shrike, Purple Heron, Wild Life, Critter Rat, Gaur, Lion Tailed Macaques, Hanuman Langur, Giant Squirrels, Crocodile, Draco, Elephants, Malabar Pit Viper, Golden Orb Web Spider, and many more birds, wildlife and insects. and many more birds, wildlife, and insects.