More common species include Indian Porcupine, Chital, Sambar,
Gray Langur, Flying Squirrel, Swamp Lynx, Boar, a variety of
catarrhine Old World monkey species, Gray Wolf, Common Palm
Civet. Many reptiles, such as king cobra, viper, python, various
turtles and crocodiles are to be found in Kerala. Kerala’s avifauna
include endemics like the Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Oriental Bay Owl,
large frugivores like the Great Hornbill and Indian Grey Hornbill,
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as well as the more widespread birds such as Peafowl, Indian
Cormorant, Jungle and Hill Myna, Oriental Darter, Black-hooded
Oriole, Greater Racket-tailed and Black Drongoes, bulbul, species
of Kingfisher and Woodpecker, Jungle Fowl, Alexandrine Parakeet,
and assorted ducks and migratory birds. Additionally, freshwater
fish such as kadu and brackishwater species such as Choottachi
also are native to Kerala’s lakes and waterways.