martin Dusky crag martin, paarai thagaivilaan Common house martin Red-rumped swallow, sivappu pitta thagaivilaan Streak-throated swallow, chinna thagaivilaan Leaf warblers & allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Phylloscopidae Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with grayish-green to grayish-brown colors. Hume's leaf warbler Yellow-browed warbler Tytler's leaf warbler Sulphur-bellied warbler Tickell's leaf warbler Dusky warbler Mountain chiffchaff Common chiffchaff Green warbler Greenish warbler, pachai kadhirkuruvi Large-billed leaf warbler Western crowned warbler Reed warblers, Grauer’s warbler, & allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Acrocephalidae The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa. Clamorous reed warbler, naanal kadhirkuruvi Paddyfield warbler, vayal kadhirkuruvi Blyth's reed warbler, blyth naanal kadhirkuruvi Thick-billed warbler Booted warbler, mara kadhirkuruvi Sykes's warbler, Sykes kadhirkuruvi Grassbirds & allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Locustellidae Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over. Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Pallas's thathukili kadhirkuruvi Common grasshopper warbler, thathukili kadhirkuruvi Broad-tailed grassbird Bristled grassbird Cisticolas and allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cisticolidae The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. Zitting cisticola, karungottu kadhirkuruvi Golden-headed cisticola, chenthalai kadhirkuruvi Grey-breasted prinia, velir sambal kadhirkuruvi Jungle prinia, kattu kadhirkuruvi Ashy prinia, saambal kadhirkuruvi Plain prinia, kadhirkuruvi Common tailorbird, fhaiyal chittu Sylviid babblers Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sylviidae The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. Lesser whitethroat Hume's whitethroat Eastern Orphean warbler Parrotbills and allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Paradoxornithidae The parrotbills are a group of peculiar birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations exist elsewhere. They are generally small,