ORDER: GALLIFORMES
Family: Phasianidae
Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
(Grey Partridge)
Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
(Black-breasted Quail)
Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
(Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl)
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
Family: Dendrocygndiae
Anatinae
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
(Cotton Teal)
Anatini
Garganey Anas querquedula
Common Teal Anas crecca
ORDER: TURNICIFORMES
Family: Turnicidae
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
(Common Bustardquail)
ORDER: PICIFORMES
Family: Picidae
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker)
Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
(Indian Great Black Woodpecker)
Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
(Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker)
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
(Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)
White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
(Black-backed Woodpecker)
Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente
Family: Megalaimidae
Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
(Green Barbet)
White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis
(Small Green)
Crimson-fronted Barbet Megalaima rubricapilla
(Crimson-throated Barbet)
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
(Crimson-breasted Barbet)
ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES
Family: Bucerotidae
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
(Common Grey Hornbill)
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
(Great Pied Hornbill)
Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
ORDER: UPUPIFORMES
Family: Upupidae
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
ORDER: TROGONIFORMES
Family: Trogonidae
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
Family: Coraciidae
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Family: Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
(Small Blue Kingfisher)
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
(Three-toed Kingfisher)
Family: Halcyonidae
Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
(White-breasted Kingfisher)
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
(Black-capped Purple Kingfisher)
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
(White-collared Kingfisher)
Family: Cerylidae
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
(Lesser Pied Kingfisher)
Family: Meropidae
Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
(Little Green Bee-eater)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
Family: Cuculidae
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
(Pied Crested Cuckoo)
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
(Red-winged Crested Cuckoo)
Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
(Indian Banded Bay Cuckoo)
Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
(Indian Plaintive Cuckoo)
Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
(Koel, Common Koel)
Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
(Small Green-billed Malkoha)
Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Cuckoo, Sirkeer)
Family: Centropodidae
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
(Crow-pheasant)
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
Family: Psittacidae
Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
(Indian Lorikeet)
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
(Large Indian Parakeet)
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
(Blossom-headed Parakeet)
Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
(Blue-winged Parakeet)
ORDER: APODIFORMES
Family: Apodidae
Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
(Large Brown-throated Spinetail Swiftt)
Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift) Cypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Family: Hemiprocnidae
Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
Family: Tytonidae
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Family: Strigidae
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
(European Scops Owl)
Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
(Great Horned Owl, Eagle Owl)
Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Family: Batrachostomidae
Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
(Ceylon Frogmouth)
Family: Caprimulgidae
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
(Indian Jungle Nightjar)
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
(Long-tailed)
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
(Common Indian Nightjar)
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
(Franklin’s)
ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
Family:Columbidae
Rock pigeon Columba livia
(Blue Rock Pigeon)
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
(Rufous Turtle Dove)
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
(Little Brown)
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
(Red Turtle)
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
(Indian Ring, Collared)
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
(Bronze-winged Dove)
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta
(Orange-breasted Pigeon)
Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
(Pompadour Pigeon)
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
(Yellow-legged Green or Bengal)
Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
Family: Rallidae
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
(Banded Crake)
Brown Crake Amaurornis akool
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
(Ruddy)
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
(Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule)
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
(Moorhen, Indian Gallinule)
Common Coot Fulica atra
(Coot, Eurasian Coot)
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacinae
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
(Fantail Snipe)
Tringinae
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
(Snipe-billed Godwit)
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Family: Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
Family: Burhinidae
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus
(Stone-curlew, Stone-Plover)
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
(Great Stone Plover)
Family: Charadriidae
Recurvirostrini
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Charadriinae
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
(Eastern /Asiatic Golden Plover)
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
410. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
(Mongolian)
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
(Large Sand Plover)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Family: Glareolidae
Glareolinae
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
(Little Pratincole)
Family: Laridae
Larini
Yellow-legged Gull (Herring) Larus cachinnans
Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini
(Herring, Lesser Black-backed)
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
(Common Black-headed Gull)
Sternini
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
River Tern Sterna aurantia
(Indian River Tern)
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
(Indian Lesser Crested Tern)
Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
(Large Crested Tern, Swift Tern)
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
(White-winged Black)
Family: Accipitridae
Pandioninae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Accipitrinae
Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni
(Blyth’s Baza, Brown Baza)
Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
(Black-crested Baza)
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
(Honey Buzzard)
Black Kite Milvus migrans
(Pariah Kite, Black-eared Kite)
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
(White-bellied Fish-Eagle)
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
(White-tailed Sea Eagle)
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
(Small White, Scavenger)
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
(Short-toed Eagle)
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier)
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Besra Accipiter virgatus
(Besra Sparrow-hawk)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
(Sparrow Hawk)
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
(Goshawk)
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii
(Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle)
Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
(Crested Hawk Eagle)
Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis
(Hodgson’s Hawk Eagle)
Family: Falconidae
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
(Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
(Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon)
Family: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Family: Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
(Short-tailed Tropicbird)
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
(Long-tailed Tropic-bird)
Family: Sulidae
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Family: Anhingidae
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
(Indian Darter, Snakebird)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
(Shag)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
(Cormorant, Large Cormorant)
Family: Ardeidae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
(Indian Reef Heron)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
(Large Egret)
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
(Smaller Egret, Plumed Egret)
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
(Pond Heron)
Little Heron Butorides striatus
(Little Green Heron, Striated Heron)
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
(Night Heron)
Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
(Malay Bittern)
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
(Chestnut Bittern)
Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
Family: Threskiornithidae
Black-headed Ibis Threskornis melanocephalus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
(Spoonbill)
Family: Ciconiidae
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
(White-necked)
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Family: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
(Least Frigate Bird)
Family: Procellariidae
Procellariinae
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
(Green-billed Shearwater)
Audubon’s Shearwater Puffinus Iherminieri
Hydrobatinae
Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
Family: Pittidae
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Family: Irenidae
Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella
(Fairy Bluebird)
Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
(Gold-mantled /Jerdon’s Chloropsis)
Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
Family: Laniidae
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
(Rufous-backed Shrike)
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Family: Corvidae
Corvini
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
(Indian Treepie)
White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra
(Southern Tree Pie)
House Crow Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
(Jungle/Black Crow)
Artamini
Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
(Ashy Swallow-shrike)
Oriolini
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
(Golden Oriole)
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
(Black-headed Oriole)
Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
(Orange Minivet)
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
(Pied Flycatcher-shrike)
Dicrurinae
Rhipidurini
White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
(White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher)
Dicrurini
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
(Grey Drongo)
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
(White-vented Drongo)
Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
(Little Bronzed Drongo)
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
(Hair-crested Drongo)
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
(Racket-tailed Drongo)
Monarchini
Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
(Paradise-flycatcher)
Aegithininae
Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
Malaconotinae
Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
(Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)
Family: Muscicapidae
Turdinae
Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
(Blue-headed Rock Thrush)
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii
(Pied Ground Thrush)
Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
Muscicapinae
Muscicapini
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
(Brown Flycatcher)
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda
(Rufous-tailed Flycatcher)
Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva
(Red-breasted Flycatcher)
Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina
Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
(Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher)
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
(Grey-headed Flycatcher)
Saxicolini
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
(Magpie Robin Dayal)
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
(Black Robin, Indian Chat)
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
(Pied Stone-chat)
Family: Sturnidae
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
(Grey-headed Myna)
Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
(Black-headed /Brahminy Myna)
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
(Grackle, Talking Myna)
Family: Sittidae
Sittinae
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
(Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch)
Family: Paridae
Parinae
Great Tit Parus major
(Grey Tit)
Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys
(Yellow-cheeked Tit)
Family: Hirundinidae
Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
(Swallow, Common Swallow)
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
(House, Hill)
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
(Striated)
Northern House Martin Delichon urbica
(House Martin, Common House Martin)
Family: Pycnonotidae
Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus
Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus gularis
(Black-headed Yellow Bulbul)
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
(White-cheeked Bulbul)
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Family: Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
(Streaked Fantail Warbler)
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
(Franklin’s Wren Warbler)
Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
(Jungle Wren-Warbler, Large Prinia)
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
(Ashy Wren Warbler)
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
(Plain Wren-Warbler)
Family: Zosteropidae
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
(White-eye)
Family: Sylviidae
Acrocephalinae
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
(Indian Great Reed Warbler)
Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
(Booted Tree Warbler)
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
(Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
Garrulacinae
Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti
Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni
(White-breasted Laughingthrush)
Sylviinae
Timaliini
Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
(Spotted Babbler)
Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
(Rufous-bellied Babbler)
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poiocephala
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi
Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufus
Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus
Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
Sylviini
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
Family: Alaudidae
Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera
(Red-winged Bushlark, Indian Lark)
Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea
(Ashy-crowned Finch Lark)
Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus
(Rufous-tailed Finch Lark)
Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
(Malabar Crested Lark)
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
(Eastern Skylark, Oriental Lark)
Family: Nectariniidae
Nectariniinae
Dicaeini
Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
(Tickell’s / Small Flowerpecker)
Nectariniini
Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica
Crimson-backed Sunbird Nectarinia minima
(Small Sunbird)
Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia
(Long-billed Sunbird)
Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
Family:Passeridae
Passerinae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
(Yellow-throated Sparrow)
Motacillinae
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
(Pied Wagtail)
White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
(Large Pied Wagtail)
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
(Indian Pipit)
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
(Brown Rock pipit)
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
(Eurasian Tree Pipit)
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
(Indian Tree Pipit, Olive Tree Pipit)
Estrildinae
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
(Red Munia)
Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica
(White-throated Munia/Silverbill)
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
(White-backed Munia, Striated Munia)
Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
(Rufous-bellied Munia)
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
(Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut Munia)
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