WildLife

Naturalist

Our naturalist Mr. Ajith  Padiyar is from Bangalore, he has been fascinated towards wildlife and nature from a very young age. His grandfather would make him sit along with him to watch wildlife documentaries on television. He was around 11 years old when he watched a documentary “Sahyadris:Mountains Of The Monsoon” by Sandesh Kadur which moved him so much  that he decided to be a photographer and filmmaker.

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Bird Watching in Chikmagalur

Exciting Things to Do!

Nature Walk

Night Trail

Spider Walk

River walk

List of birds spotted in RiverMist Resorts

  • Little egret
  • Cattle egret
  • Little cormorant 
  • Grey wagtail 
  • Forest wagtail
  • White Browed Wagtail
  • White throated kingfisher
  • Stock Billeg Kingfisher 
  • Pied Kingfisher 
  • Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher 
  • Common kingfisher 
  • Orange minivet
  • Chestnut Headed beeeater
  • Green bee eater
  • Blue bearded bee eater
  • Black necked ibis
  • Glossy ibis
  • White breasted waterhen
  • Bronze winged jacana
  • Bush Quail 
  • Jungle babbler
  • Yellow billed babbler
  • Indian Yellow tit
  • Black Shouldered kite
  • Black eagle 
  • Common kestral
  • Creasted serpent eagle
  • Oriental Honey Buzzard
  • Shikra
  • Besra
  • Asian Fairy Bluebird
  • Malabar Whistling Thrush
  • Malabar Barbet
  • Coppersmith Barbet
  • White Cheeked Barbet
  • Lesser Flamebacked Woodpecker 
  • White Bellied Woodpecker 
  • Heart Spotted Woodpecker 
  • Pygmy Woodpecker 
  • Roufous Woodpecker 
  • White Naped Woodpecker 
  • Streak Throated Woodpecker 
  • Brown Shrike
  • Bay Backed Shrike
  • Thick Billed Flower Pecker
  • Pale Billed Flowerpecker
  • Orange headed thrush
  • Black Capped blue rock thrush 
  • Red whiskered bulbul
  • Red vented bulbul 
  • Grey headed bulbul
  • Black bulbul
  • Ruby throated bulbul
  • Yellow browed bulbul
  • Asian brown flycatcher
  • Indian paradise flycatcher
  • White bellied blue flycather
  • Red naped monarch flycather 
  • Brown breasted flycatcher 
  • Verditer Flycatcher 
  • White rumped shama
  • Malabar Trogon 
  • Srilankan Frogmouth 
  • Puff Throates babbler
  • Dark fronted babbler
  • Scmiter babbler
  • Brahminy starling
  • Indian nuthatch
  • Indian pefowl
  • Black drongo
  • Ashy Drongo
  • Bronze Drongo
  • Racket Tailed Drongo
  • Common tailorbird
  • Jungle myna
  • Hill myna
  • Indian silverbill
  • Black throated munia
  • Scaly Brested munia
  • Tricolored munia
  • Crimson backed sunbird
  • Lotens sunbird
  • Purple Rumped Sunbird
  • Jeordons leafbird
  • Indian Pitta
  • Indian nightjar
  • Indian scops owl
  • Brown fish owl
  • Barn owl
  • Wire tailed swallow
  • Ashy wood swallow 
  • Palm Swift
  • Crested tree swift
  • Saheen falcon
  • Peregrine falcon
  • Indian pond heron
  • Ruddy Breasted Crake
  • Yellow footed green pegion
  • Pompadore green pegion
  • Nilgiri wood pegion
  • Indian rock pegion
  • Oriental turtle dove
  • Indian spotted dove
  • Laughing dove
  • Asian Emerald dove 
  • Booted eagle
  • Black kite
  • Brahminy kite
  • Greater coucal
  • Blue faced malkoha
  • Asian koel
  • Rose ringed parakeet 
  • Plumb headed parakeet 
  • Malabar parakeet 
  • Vernal Hanging parrot 
  • Roufous treepie
  • White bellied treepie
  • Large billed crow
  • Oriental magpie robin
  • Indian robin
  • Tickells blue flycather 
  • Indian blue robin
  • Malabar woodshrike
  • Bar winged flycatcher Shrike 
  • Small minivet
  • Indian nuthatch 
  • Common iora
  • Indian white eye
  • Zitting sisticola
  • Baya weaver
  • Indian golden oriole
  • Black hooded oriole
  • Malabar starling

List of Frogs spotted in RiverMist Resorts

  • Microhyla sholigari
  • Micrixalus specca
  • Micrixalus candidus
  • Micrixalus kottigeharensis
  • Nyctibatrachus sps
  • Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis
  • Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis
  • Indosylvirana intermedia 
  • Indosylvirana indica
  • Indosylvirana montanus
  • Polypedatus macultus
  • Polypedatus occidentalis
  • Pseudophilautus wayanadensis
  • Raorchestes luteolus 
  • Raorchestes ponmudi
  • Raorchestes tuberohumerous
  • Pedostibes tuberculosis 
  • Indirana semipalmata
  • Euphlyctis cyanophlytis
  • Hoplobatrachus tigerenus
  • Rachophorous malabaricus 
  • Rachophorous lateralis 
  • Ramanella mormorata
  • Uperedon taprobanicus
  • Duttaphrynis melanosticus
  • Clinotarsus curtipes 
  • Sphaerotheca breviceps 
  • Minervarya sahyadris 
  •  Duttaphrynis brevirostris
  •  Minervarya sps
  •  Minervarya sps

List of Spiders spotted in RiverMist Resorts

Salticidae Family

Genus:
Phintella
Carrhotus
Stenaelurillus
Epeus
Rhene
Orientattus
Toxeus
Proszynskia
Phintelloides
Brancus
Hasarius
Brettus
Plexippus
Myrmaplata
Menemerus
Telamonia
Hyllus
Asemonea
Afraflasilla
Foliabitus
Hindumanes
Chalcotropis
Indopadilla
Rhene

Aranidae family

Genus:
Opadometa
Parawixia
Cyclosa
Neoscona
Eriovixia
Eriovixia
Hyptiotes
Argiope
Gasteracantha
Cytophora
Tyrolida
Leucauga
Anepsion
Arachnura
Araneus
Herennia
Gea
Chorizopes
Meotipa
Neogea
Gibbaranea

Therididae family

Genus:
Theridion
Argyrodes
Plantnickina
Thwaitesia
Propostira
Episinus
Dipoenura
Chrysso
Rhomphaea
Chikunia

Ctenidae family

Genus:
Ctenus
Africactenus

Lycosidae family

Genus:
Lycosa
Hippasa
Pardosa

Thomisidae family

Genus:
Camaricus
Amyciaea
Thomisus
Boliscus
Spilosynema
Oxytate
Achaeranea
Indoxysticus
Strigoplus
Angaeus
Massuria
Tharpyna

Cheiracanthiidae family

Genus:
Cheiracanthium
Calanopus

Liocranidae family

Genus:
Oedignatha

Uloboridae family

Genus:
Uloborus
Hyptiotes
Miegrammopes

Tetraghnathidae family

Genus:
Tetragnatha
Orsinome

Dictynidae family

Genus:
Nigma

Oxypedae family

Genus:
Tapponia
Hamadraus
Oxyopes

Segestriidae family

Genus:
Ariadna
Segestria

Selenopidae family

Genus:
Selenops

Corinnidae family

Genus:
Aetius
Corinnomma
Echinax

Pholcidae family

Genus:
Belisana
Smeringopus

Nephilinae family

Genus:
Nephelia

Sparassidae family

Genus:
Gnathopalystes
Olios
Pandercetes
Sparasidae

Amaurobiidae family

Genus:
Himalmartensus

Pisauridae family

Genus:
Eucamptopus