Oceania to Australia and New Zealand. Blossom-headed parakeet Plum-headed parakeet, செந்தலைக் கிளி Blue-winged parakeet, சோலைக்கிளி Alexandrine parakeet, பெரிய பச்சைக்கிளி Rose-ringed parakeet, பச்சைக்கிளி Vernal hanging parrot, சின்னக்கிளி Pittas Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pittidae Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards and are stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrates. Indian pitta, thottakkallan Vangas, helmetshrikes, woodshrikes, and shrike-flycatchers Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vangidae The woodshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes. Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike, hemipus picatus, karuppu vellai keechaan Malabar woodshrike Common woodshrike, kattu keechaan Woodswallows, butcherbirds, and peltops Order: PasseriformesFamily: Artamidae The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. Ashy woodswallow, sambal thangaivilaan Ioras Order: PasseriformesFamily: Aegithinidae The ioras are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. Common iora, manja chittu Marshall's iora Cuckooshrikes Order: PasseriformesFamily: Campephagidae The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. White-bellied minivet Small minivet, chinna min chittu Orange minivet, min chittu, Ashy minivet Swinhoe's minivet (A) Large cuckooshrike, kuyil keechaan Pied triller (A) Black-winged cuckooshrike Black-headed cuckooshrike, karunthalai kuyil keechaan Shrikes Order: PasseriformesFamily: Laniidae Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. Brown shrike, pazhuppu keechaan Isabelline shrike Bay-backed shrike, karunchivappu mudhugu keechaan Long-tailed shrike, chemmudhugu keechaan Great grey shrike Figbirds, orioles, and turnagra Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oriolidae The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles. Black-hooded oriole Indian golden oriole, maangkuil Black-naped oriole Drongos Order: PasseriformesFamily: Dicruridae The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. Bronzed drongo, karumpachai karichaan Greater racket-tailed drongo, thuduppu vaal karichaan Hair-crested drongo Ashy drongo, karichaan White-bellied drongo, vellai vayitru karichaan Black drongo, karung karichaan Fantails and