ORDER: GALLIFORMES
Family: Phasianidae
Painted Francolin (Painted Partridge) Francolinus pictus
Grey Francolin (Grey Partridge) Francolinus pondicerianus
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Rain Quail (Black-breasted Quail) Coturnix coromandelica
Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
(Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl)
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
Family: Dendrocygndiae
Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
(Lesser Whistling-teal, Lesser Treeduck)
Family: Anatidae
Anserini
Ruddy Shelduck (Ruddy Sheldrake) Tadorna ferruginea
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Anatini
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
Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
(Ferruginous Duck, White-eyed Pochard)
ORDER: TURNICIFORMES
Family: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
(Little Bustardquail, Little buttonquail)
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
(Button Quail)
ORDER: PICIFORMES
Family: Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck (Wryneck) Jynx torquilla
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus
(Brown-crowned Pigmy Woodpecker)
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker)
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
(Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)
Family: Megalaimidae
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
(Crimson-breasted Barbet)
ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES
Family: Bucerotidae
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
(Common Grey Hornbill, Gray Hornbill)
ORDER: UPUPIFORMES
Family: Upupidae
Common Hoopoe (Hoopoe) Upupa epops
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
Family: Coraciidae
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Family: Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
(Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)
Family: Halcyonidae
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-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
Family: Cuculidae
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
(Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo)
Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
(Koel, Common Koel)
Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Cuckoo, Sirkeer)
Family: Centropodidae
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
(Crow-pheasant)
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
Family: Psittacidae
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
(Blossom-headed Parakeet)
ORDER: APODIFORMES
Family: Apodidae
Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift) Cypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
House Swift (Little Swift) Apus affinis
Family: Hemiprocnidae
Crested Treeswift (Crested Swift) Hemiprocne coronata
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
Family: Tytonidae
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Family: Strigidae
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
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
(Barred Jungle Owlet)
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Family: Caprimulgidae
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
(Indian Jungle Nightjar)
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
(Common Indian Nightjar)
Savanna Nightjar (Franklin’s) Caprimulgus affinis
ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
Family:Columbidae
Rock pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
(Rufous Turtle Dove)
Laughing Dove (Little Brown) Streptopelia senegalensis
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Red Collared Dove (Red Turtle) Streptopelia tranquebarica
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
(Indian Ring, Collared)
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
(Yellow-legged Green or Bengal)
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
Family: Otididae
Lesser Florican (Likh) Sypheotides indica
Family: Gruidae
Sarus Crane Grus antigone
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
Common Crane Grus grus
Family: Rallidae
Brown Crake Amaurornis akool
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
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: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
(Indian Sandgrouse)
Painted Sandgrouse (Close-barred) Pterocles indicus
Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacinae
Common Snipe (Fantail Snipe) Gallinago gallinago
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Tringinae
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank (Greenshank) Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Family: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
(Painted Snipe)
Family: Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Family: Burhinidae
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
(Great Stone Plover)
Family: Charadriidae
Recurvirostrini
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet (Avocet) Recurvirostra avosetta
Charadriinae
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Glareolinae
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
Family: Laridae
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)
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
(Small White, Scavenger)
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
(Indian White-backed Vulture)
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
(Indian Long-billed, Indian Griffon)
Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
(Griffon Vulture, Eurasian Griffon Vulture)
Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
(King Vulture, Black Vulture)
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
(Short-toed Eagle)
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier)
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
(Northern Harrier)
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
(Pale Harrier)
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Besra Accipiter virgatus
(Besra Sparrow-hawk)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
(Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk)
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
(Goshawk)
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
(White-eyed Buzzard Eagle)
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
(Long-legged Buteo)
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
(Eurasian Tawny Eagle)
Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus
(Bonelli’s Hawk Eagle)
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
(Booed 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)
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
(Red-headed Merlin, Red-headed Falcon)
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
(Hobby, Northern Hobby)
Saker Falcon (Lanner) Falco cherrug
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
(Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon)
Family: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Family: Anhingidae
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
(Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
(Cormorant, Large Cormorant)
Family: Ardeidae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
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)
Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo (Flamingo) Phoenicopterus ruber
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
Family: Threskiornithidae
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
(White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis)
Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
(Red-naped Ibis)
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
(Spoonbill, White Spoonbill)
Family: Pelecanidae
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
Family: Ciconiidae
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
(Asian Openbill Stork)
Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked) Ciconia episcopus
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
Family: Pittidae
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Family: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Rufous-tailed Shrike (Isabelline) Lanius isabellinus
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
(Grey Shrike)
Family: Corvidae
Corvini
Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie) Dendrocitta vagabunda
House Crow Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow (Jungle/Black Crow) Corvus macrorhynchos
Oriolini
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
(Golden Oriole)
Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed) Oriolus xanthornus
Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
Small Minivet(Little Minivet) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius
Dicrurinae
Rhipidurini
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
(White-throated Fantail Flycatcher)
Dicrurini
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy Drongo (Grey) Dicrurus leucophaeus
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
(White-vented Drongo)
Monarchini
Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
(Black-naped Flycatcher, Azure Flycatcher)
Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
(Paradise-flycatcher)
Aegithininae
Common Iora (Iora) Aegithina tiphia
Marshall’s Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
(White-tailed Iora)
Malaconotinae
Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
(Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)
Family: Muscicapidae
Turdinae
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
White-throated Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus
(Orange-headed Ground Thrush)
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula nigropileus
(Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
Muscicapinae
Muscicapini
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
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
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
(Magpie Robin Dayal)
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
(Black Robin, Indian Chat)
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
(Collared Bushchat)
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
(Pied Stone-chat)
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata pictata
(Pied Chat, Pied Wheatear)
Rufous-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
(Red-tailed Chat, Red-tailed Wheatear)
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Isabelline Wheatear (Chat) Oenanthe isabellina
Family: Sturnidae
Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
(Black-headed /Brahminy Myna)
Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus
(Rosy Pastor, Rose-coloured Starling)
Common Myna(Mynah) Acridotheres tristis
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
Family: Sittidae
Sittinae
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
(Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch)
Family: Paridae
Parinae
Great Tit (Grey Tit) Parus major
White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis
(White-winged Black Tit)
Family: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
(Plain Sand Martin)
Eurasian Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris
(Crag Martin, Northern Crag Martin)
Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
(Swallow, Common Swallow)
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow(Striated) Hirundo daurica
Striated Swallow (Larger Striated) Hirundo striolata
Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola
(Indian Cliff Swallow)
Family: Pycnonotidae
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Family: Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
(Streaked Fantail Warbler)
Rufous-fronted Prinia (Wren Warbler) Prinia buchanani
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
(Franklin’s Wren Warbler)
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
(Streaked 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, White-browed Prinia)
Family: Zosteropidae
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
(White-eye, Small White-eye)
Family: Sylviidae
Acrocephalinae
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
(Common Grasshopper Warbler )
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
(Moustached Sedge Warbler)
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
(Eurasian Great Reed Warbler)
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
(Booted Tree Warbler)
Common Tailorbird(Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
(Brown Leaf Warbler, Chiffchaff)
Tickell’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
(Tickell’s Warbler)
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
(Olivaceous Leaf Warbler)
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
(Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
(Large Crowned Leaf Warbler)
Sylviinae
Timaliini
White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
(Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler)
Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
(Rufous-bellied Babbler)
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi
Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus
Sylviini
Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
(Common Whitethroat, Whitethroat)
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
Family: Alaudidae
Singing Bushlark (Lark) Mirafra cantillans
Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera
(Red-winged Bushlark, Indian Lark)
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea
(Ashy-crowned Finch Lark)
Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus
(Rufous-tailed Finch Lark)
Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
(Indian Short-toed Lark, Indian Sandlark)
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva
(Syke’s Crested Lark, Tawny 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 Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
Family:Passeridae
Passerinae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
(Yellow-throated Sparrow)
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
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
(Indian Pipit)
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
(Brown Rock pipit)
Ploceinae
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
(Streaked Weaver/Striated Weaver)
Baya Weaver (Baya) Ploceus philippinus
Estrildinae
Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica
(White-throated Munia/Silverbill)
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
(Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)
Family: Fringillidae
Carduelini
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Emberizinae
Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Bibliography
Ali, S; Birds of Gujarat
Anon, Checklist of Birds in Gir Forest. WWF India Saurastra
Anon, Common Birds of Gir, Conservator of Forests, Junagarh
Dhramakumarsinhji, KS, Some Interesting Birds of Gir, BNHS Jouranal 48
Futehally, Z, Checklist of Birds of Aligarh & Gir.
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