Birds List
GREBE
1. Little grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis
SHEARWATER-
2. Streaked Shearwater- Colenectris leucomelas
PELICAN
3. Spot-billed Pelican – Pelecanus philippensis
CORMORANTS
4. Indian Shag – Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
5. Great Cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo
6. Little Cormorant – Phalacrocorax niger
DARTER
7. Oriental Darter – Anhinga melanogaster
BOOBIES
8. Masked Booby – Sula dactylatra
FRIGATE BIRD
9. Lesser Frigate bird – Fregata ariel
EGRETS
10. Western Reef- heron – Egretta gularis
11. Little Egret – Egretta garzetta
12. Great Egret – Egretta alba
13. Intermediate Egret – Egretta intermedia
14. Eastern Cattle Egret – Bubulcus coromandus
HERONS
15. Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea
16. Purple Heron – Ardea purpurea
POND AND NIGHT HERONS
17. Indian Pond-heron – Ardeola grayii
18. Malayan Night-heron – Gorsachius melanolophus
19. Black-crowned Night-heron – Nycticorax nycticorax
20. Striated Heron – Butorides striata
BITTERNS
21. Black Bittern – Dupetor flavicollis
22. Chestnut Bittern – Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
23. Yellow Bittern – Ixobrychus Sinensis
24. Eurasian Bittern – Botaurus stellaris
STORKS
25. Asian openbill – Anastomus oscitans
26. White Stork – Ciconia ciconia
27. Wooly-necked Stork – Ciconia episcopus
28. Painted Stork – Mycteria leucocephala
29. Black stork – Ciconia nigra
30. Black-necked Stork – Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
IBISES AND SPOONBILL
31. Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus
32. Black headed Ibis – Threskiomis melanoceohalus
33. Eurasian Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia
34. Indian Black Ibis * – Pseudibis papillosa
ADJUTANT
35. Lesser Adjutant – Leptoptillos javanicus
FLAMINGO
36. Greater flamingo – Phoenicopterus roseus
GEESE
37. Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
WHISTLING-DUCK
38. Fulvos Whistling-duck – Dendrocygna bicolor
39. Lesser whistling-duck – Dendrocygna javanica
SHELDUCK
40. Ruddy Shelduck – Tadoma ferruginea
PERCHING DUCK
41. Comb Duck – Sarkidiomis melanotos
DABBLING DUCKS
42. Common Teal – Anas crecca
43. Garganey – Anas querquedula
44. Gadwall – Anas strepera
45. Eurasian Wigeon – Anas penelope
46. Northern Shoveler – Anas clypeata
47. Northern Pintail – Anas acuta
48. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha
BAY DUCK
49. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula
50. Common pochard – Aythya ferina
51. Red-crested pochard – Netta rufina
COTTON TEAL
52. Cotton Teal – Nettapus coromandelianus
KI TES
53. Black- winged Kite – Elanus caerules
54. Brahmany Kite – Haliastur indus
55. Black Kite
Milvus migrans migrans/govinda
BAZAS
56. Jerdon’s Baza – Aviceda jerdoni
57. Black Baza – Aviceda leuphotes
ACCIPITERS PERCHED
58. Besra sparrowhawk – Accipiter virgatus
59. Shikra – Accipiter badius
60. Eurasian sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
61. Crested Goshawk – Accipiter trivirgatus
BUTEO BUZZARDS
62. Steppe Buzzard – Buteo buteo vulpinus
63. Long-legged Buzzard – Buteo rufinus
64. Oriental Honey-buzzard – Pemis ptilorhyncus
65. White-eyed Buzzard – Butastur teesa
EAGLES
66. Crested Serpent-eagle – Spilornis cheela
67. Short-toed Eagle – Circaetus gallicus
68. Rufous-bellied Eagle – Hieraaetus kienerii
69. Booted Eagle – Hieraaetus pennatus
70. Bonellis Eagle – Hieraaetus fasciatus
71. Mountain Hawk-eagle – Spizaetus nipalensis
72. Crested Hawk -eagle – Spizaetus cirrhatus *
73. Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malayensis
AQUILA EAGLES PERCHED
74. Indian Spotted Eagle * – Aquila hastata
75. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax
76. Steppe Eagle – Aquila nipalensis
77. Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
78. Grey-Headed Fish Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
79. Lesser Fish Eagle – Ichthyophaga humilis
80. White-bellied Sea-eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster
VULTURES
81. White-rumped Vulture – Gyps bengalensis
82. Indian Vulture * – Gyps indcus
83. Egyptian Vulture – Neophron percnopterus
84. Red-headed Vulture – Aegypius Calvus
HARRIERS
85. Montagu’s Harrier – Circus pygargus
86. Pallid Harrier – Circus macrourus
87. Pied Harrier – Circus melanoleucos
88. Hen harrier – Circus cyaneus
89. Western Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus
KESTRELS
90. Lesser Kestrel – Falco naumanni
91. Common Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus
FALCONS
92. Oriental Hobby – Falco severus
93. Amur Falcon – Falco amurensis
94. Red-headed falcon – Falco chicquera
FALCONS
95. Peregrine (shaheen) falcon
Falco peregrinus peregrinator
96. Peregrine falcon – Falco peregrinus calidus
97. Laggar falcon * – Falco jugger
FRANCOLINS
98. Grey Francolin * – Francolinus pondicerianus
99. Painted Francolin * – Francolinus pictus
QUAILS
100. Common Quail – Coturnix coturnix
101. Rain Quail – Coturnix Coromandelica
102. Painted Bush-quail * – Perdicula erythrorhyncha
103. Blue-breasted Quail – Coturnix chinensis
104. Jungle Bush-quail * – Perdicula asiatica
105. Rock Bush-quail * – Perdicula argondah
BUTTONQUAILS
106. Barred Buttonquail – Turnix suscitator
107. Yellow-legged Buttonquail – Turnix tanki
108. Small Buttonquail – Turnix Sylvaticus
SPUR FOWL AND JUNGLE FOWL
109. Red Spurfowl – Galloperdix spadicea
110. Painted Spurfowl – Galloperdix lunulata
111. Grey Junglefowl – Gallus sonneratii
PEAFOWL
112. Indian Peafowl – Pavo cristatus
BUSTARDS
113. Lesser Florican – Sypheotides indicus
114. Great Indian Bustard – Ardeotis nigricepas
RAILS
115. Slaty – breasted Rail – Rallus striatus
116. `Eastern’ Baillon’s Crake – Porzana pusilla
117. Slaty – legged Crake – Rallina eurizonoides
118. Ruddy – breasted Crake – Porzana fusca
GALLINULE AND COOT
119. White – breated Waterhen – Amaurornis phoenicurus
120. Watercock – Gallicrex cinerea
121. Purple Swamphen – Porphyrio poliocephalus
122. Common Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus
123. Eurasian Coot – Fulica atra
PAINTED – SNIPE, CRAB – PLOVER OYSTERCATCHER AND JACANAS
124. Crab – Plover – Dromas ardeola
125. Pied Avocet – Recurvirostra avosetta
126. Black – winged Stilt – Himantopus himantopus
127. Eurasian Oystercatcher – Harmatopus osteralegus
128. Bronze – winged Jacana – Metopidius indicus
129. Pheasamt – tailed Jacana – Hydrophasianus chirurgus
COURSERS, PRATINCOLES AND THICK – KNEES
130. Collared Pratincole – Glareola pratincola
131. Oriental Pratincole – Glareola maldivarum
132. Small Pratincole – Glareola lactea
133. Jerdon’s Courser – Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
134. Indian Courser – Cursorius coromandelicus
135. Great Thick – knee – Esacus recurvirostris
136. Indian Stone – curlew – Burhinus indicus
LAPWINGS
137. Red – wattled Lapwing – Vanellus indicus
138. Yellow – wattled Lapwing – Vanellus mlabaricus
139. Grey – headed Lapwing – Vanellus cinereus
PLOVERS
140. Grey Plover
Pluialis squatarola
141. Pacific Golden Plover – Pluvialis fulva
142. Greater Sand Plover – Charadrius leschenaultii
143. Lesser Sand Plover – Charadrius mongolus
144. Little Ringed Plover – Charadrius dubius curonicus
145. Charadrius dubius jerdoni
146. Kentish Plover – Charadrius a. alexandrinus
CURLEWS AND GODWITS
147. Eurasian Curlew – Numenius arquata
148. Whimbrel – Nemenius phaeopus
149. Bar – tailed Godwit – Limosa lapponica
TRINGINE SANDPIPERS
150. Terek Sandpiper