Small Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Baya Weaver Birds (Ploceus philippinus), Black-winged (also known as Black-shouldered Kite) Kite hovering in the sky (doing the 'samba' to identify prey on the ground), Common or Small or Eurasian Kingfisher and a Crested Hawk Eagle, Prinia / Warbler and European Roller. Three-toed Golden-backed Woodpecker and White-necked Stork.

Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia.

The woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known to live in treeless areas such as rocky hillsides and deserts.

Bee-eaters are passerine birds in the bee-eater family Meropidae.

Source - Wikipedia

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