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A Checklist of the Birds of Dibru-Saikhowa Wildfife Sanctuary, Assam
Compiled by N.C Sharma
Updated by Nikhil Devasar. November 2003 |
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ORDER: GALLIFORMES
Family: Phasianidae
Black Francolin (Black Partridge) Francolinus francolinus
Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
Grey Francolin (Grey Partridge) Francolinus pondicerianus
Swamp Francolin (Swamp Partridge) Francolinus gularis
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
Anserini
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
Ruddy Shelduck (Ruddy Sheldrake) Tadorna ferruginea
White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata
(White-winged Wood Duck)
Cotton Pygmy-goose (Cotton Teal) Nettapus coromandelianus
Anatini
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
(Spotbil Duck, Spotbill)
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
(Shoveller)
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
(Common Pintail, Pintail)
Common Teal Anas crecca
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
(Ferruginous Duck, White-eyed Pochard)
Tufted Duck (Tufted Pochard) Aythya fuligula
ORDER: PICIFORMES
Family: Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck (Wryneck) Jynx torquilla
Speckled Piculet (Spotted Piculet) Picumnus innominatus
White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
(Rufous Piculet)
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
(Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker)
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker)
Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
(Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker)
Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha
(Greater Yellow-naped Woodpecker)
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
(Black-naped Green Woodpecker)
Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
(Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker)
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
(Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)
Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus
(Larger Golden-backed Woodpecker)
Family: Megalaimidae
Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
(Crimson-breasted Barbet)
ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES
Family: Bucerotidae
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
(Great Pied Hornbill, Giant Hornbill)
Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
(Indian Pied Hornbill, Pied Hornbill)
ORDER: UPUPIFORMES
Family: Upupidae
Common Hoopoe (Hoopoe) Upupa epops
ORDER: TROGONIFORMES
Family: Trogonidae
Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
Family: Coraciidae
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Family: Alcedinidae
Blyth’s Kingfisher (Great Blue) Alcedo hercules
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
(Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)
Family: Halcyonidae
Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
(White-breasted Kingfisher)
Family: Cerylidae
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
(Lesser Pied Kingfisher)
Family: Meropidae
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
(Little Green Bee-eater)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
Family: Cuculidae
Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
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)
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
(Large Green-billed Malkoha)
Family: Centropodidae
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
(Crow-pheasant)
Lesser Coucal (Small Coucal) Centropus bengalensis
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
Family: Psittacidae
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
(Large Indian Parakeet, Large Parakeet)
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
(Eastern Blossom-headed)
Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
(Rose-breasted Parakeet)
ORDER: APODIFORMES
Family: Apodidae
Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
(Edible-nest Swiftlet)
Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift) Cypsiurus balasiensis
House Swift (Little Swift) Apus affinis
Family: Hemiprocnidae
Crested Treeswift (Crested Swift) Hemiprocne coronata
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
Family: Strigidae
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
(Great Horned Owl, Eagle Owl)
Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Asian Barred Owlet(Barred Owlet) Glaucidium cuculoides
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
(Barred Jungle Owlet)
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Brown Hawk Owl (Brown Boobook) Ninox scutulata
Family: Caprimulgidae
Large-tailed Nightjar (Long-tailed) Caprimulgus macrurus
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
(Common Indian Nightjar)
ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
Family:Columbidae
Pale-capped Pigeon (Purple Wood) Columba punicea
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Red Collared Dove (Red Turtle) Streptopelia tranquebarica
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
(Indian Ring, Collared)
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
(Bronze-winged Dove)
Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
(Pompadour Pigeon)
Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
(Thick-billed Pigeon)
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
Family: Gruidae
Common Crane Grus grus
Family: Rallidae
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
(Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule)
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
(Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule)
Common Coot Fulica atra
(Coot, Eurasian Coot, Black Coot)
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacinae
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
Common Snipe (Fantail Snipe) Gallinago gallinago
Tringinae
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank (Greenshank) Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Family: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
(Painted Snipe)
Family: Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
Recurvirostrini
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Charadriinae
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
(Eastern /Asiatic Golden Plover)
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
(Eurasian Lapwing, Lapwing)
River Lapwing (Spur-winged) Vanellus duvaucelii
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
(Sociable Plover)
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
Family: Laridae
Larini
Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus
(Great Black-headed)
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
(Common Black-headed Gull)
Sternini
River Tern Sterna aurantia
(Indian River Tern)
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
Family: Accipitridae
Pandioninae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Accipitrinae
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
(Honey Buzzard)
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
(Black-winged Kite)
Black Kite Milvus migrans
(Pariah Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite)
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Pallas’s Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
(Pallas’s Fishing Eagle)
Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
(Himalayan, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle)
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
(Indian White-backed Vulture)
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
(Griffon Vulture, Eurasian Griffon Vulture)
Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
(King Vulture, Black Vulture)
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier)
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
(Pale Harrier)
Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
(Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk)
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
(Buzzard, Eurasian Buteo)
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus
(Bonelli’s Hawk Eagle)
Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis
(Hodgson’s Hawk Eagle)
Family: Falconidae
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
(Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)
Oriental Hobby Falco severus
(Indian Hobby)
Family: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Family: Anhingidae
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
(Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
Indian Cormorant (Shag) Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
(Cormorant, Large Cormorant)
Family: Ardeidae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great Egret (Large Egret) Casmerodius albus
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)
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
Family: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
(Rosy Pelican, White Pelican)
Spot-billed Pelican (Grey Pelican) Pelecanus philippensis
Family: Ciconiidae
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
(Asian Openbill Stork)
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked) Ciconia episcopus
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
(Lesser Adjutant Stork)
Family: Irenidae
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
Grey-backed Shrike (Tibetan) Lanius tephronotus
Family: Corvidae
Corvini
Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie) Dendrocitta vagabunda
House Crow Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow (Jungle/Black Crow) Corvus macrorhynchos
Artamini
Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
(Ashy Swallow-shrike)
Oriolini
Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed) Oriolus xanthornus
Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
Small Minivet (Little Minivet) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
(Orange Minivet)
Dicrurinae
Rhipidurini
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
(White-throated Fantail Flycatcher)
Dicrurini
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
(Little Bronzed Drongo)
Spangled Drongo (Hair-crested) Dicrurus hottentottus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
(Racket-tailed Drongo)
Aegithininae
Common Iora (Iora) Aegithina tiphia
Malaconotinae
Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
(Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)
Family: Muscicapidae
Turdinae
Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
(Whistling Thrush)
Muscicapinae
Muscicapini
Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva
(Red-breasted Flycatcher)
Little Pied Flycatcher (Westermann’s) Ficedula westermanni
Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
(Brook’s Flycatcher)
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
(Grey-headed Flycatcher)
Saxicolini
White-tailed Rubythroat (Himalayan) Luscinia pectoralis
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
White-rumped Shama(Shama) Copsychus malabaricus
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
(Blue-fronted Long-tailed Robin)
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
(Collared Bushchat)
White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura
(White-tailed Bushchat)
Jerdon’s Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni
Family: Sturnidae
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
(Grey-headed Myna)
Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra
(Pied Myna)
Common Myna (Mynah) Acridotheres tristis
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
White-Vented Myna Acridotheres cinereus
(Orange-billed Jungle Myna)
Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
(Grackle, Common Hill Myna, Talking Myna)
Family: Paridae
Parinae
Great Tit (Grey Tit) Parus major
Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
Family: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
(Plain Sand Martin)
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
(Swallow, Common Swallow)
Striated Swallow (Larger Striated) Hirundo striolata
Family: Pycnonotidae
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
(White-cheeked Bulbul)
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Family: Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
(Streaked Fantail Warbler)
Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii
(Long-tailed Grass Warbler)
Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
(Yellow-bellied Wren-Warbler)
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
(Plain Wren-Warbler, White-browed Prinia)
Family: Zosteropidae
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
(White-eye, Small White-eye)
Family: Sylviidae
Acrocephalinae
Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes
(Blanford’s Bush Warbler)
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
(Large Bush Warbler)
Aberrant Bush Warbler Cettia flavolivacea
Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
(Rufous-capped Bush Warbler)
Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
(Streaked Grasshopper Warbler)
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
(Common Grasshopper Warbler )
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
(Golden-headed Tailorbird)
Common Tailorbird (Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
(Brown Leaf Warbler, Chiffchaff)
Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
(Smoky Leaf Warbler)
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
(Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
Blyth’s Leaf Warbler (Crowned) Phylloscopus reguloides
Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos
(Grey-headed Flycatcher Warbler)
Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
(White-throated Flycatcher Warbler)
Megalurinae
Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
(Striated Marsh Warbler, Striated Warbler)
Garrulacinae
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
(Necklaced Laughing Thrush)
Sylviinae
Timaliini
Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre
(Marsh Spotted Babbler)
Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
(Spotted Babbler)
Striped Tit Babbler Macronous gularis
(Yellow-breasted Babbler)
Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
(Red-capped Babbler)
Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
(Jerdon’s Moupinia)
Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus
Black-headed Shrike Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
(Rufous-bellied Shrike Babbler)
Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
(Nepal Babbler)
Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris
(Gould’s Parrotbill)
Family: Alaudidae
Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica
Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
(Indian Short-toed Lark, Indian Sandlark)
Family: Nectariniidae
Nectariniinae
Dicaeini
Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
(Tickell’s / Small Flowerpecker)
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
Nectariniini
Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
Family:Passeridae
Passerinae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Tree Sparrow) Passer montanus
Motacillinae
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba
White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
(Large Pied Wagtail)
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola citreola
(Yellow-headed/hooded Wagtail)
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
(Indian Pipit)
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
(Indian Tree Pipit, Olive Tree Pipit)
Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
(Vinaceous-breasted Pipit)
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
(Water Pipit)
Ploceinae
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
(Streaked Weaver/Striated Weaver)
Baya Weaver (Baya) Ploceus philippinus
Estrildinae
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
(Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut Munia)
Family: Fringillidae
Emberizinae
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala |
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