|
|
|
|
|
|
123.
|
Common Crane
Grus grus
|
|
|
Local winter
visitor.
Wetlands and cultivation
|
5, 6, 7, 9,
44, 52, 57,
64, 65, 68, 73, 77, 78,
79, 92, 93, 94, 108, 120,
124, 125, 131, 139, 151,
158, 170, 171, 172, 176, 180
|
124.
|
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Overlooked.
Wetlands
|
78, 189 |
125.
|
Brown Crake
Amaurornis akool
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Wetlands |
15, 119, 135 |
126.
|
White-breasted
Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Scrubby wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 15,
44, 57, 78,
79, 119, 120, 123, 136,
139, 140, 151, 158, 171, 176
|
127.
|
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor
and passage migrant.
May also breed. Wetlands
|
15, 119, 120 |
128.
|
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzana
|
|
|
Probably rare
winter visitor. Overlooked. Wetlands
(SV)
|
119, 180, 181
|
129.
|
Ruddy-breasted
Crake
Porzana fusca
|
|
|
Probably local
breeding
resident. Overlooked.
Wetlands
|
15, 78, 119,
193 |
130.
|
Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer
visitor. Wetlands
|
119 |
131.
|
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
6, 9, 10, 44,
73, 78,
79, 120, 125, 136, 139,
140, 151, 158, 171,
176, 193
|
132.
|
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
|
|
|
Locally common
breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 57, 68,
78, 79,
120, 124, 136, 139, 140,
141, 151, 158, 171, 193
|
133.
|
Common Coot
Fulica atra
|
|
|
Very common
mainly
winter visitor. Some
oversummer. Wetlands
|
2, 6, 7, 9,
10, 44, 51,
53, 64, 68, 76, 78, 79,
94, 107, 120, 124, 140,
141, 149c, 151, 156,
158, 171, 176, 189
|
134.
|
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata
|
|
* |
Historical winter
records
from Hisar and Najafgarh
|
53, 60, 144,
188 |
135.
|
Chestnut-bellied
Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
|
|
|
Now very local
breeding
resident. Open dry areas
including dry scrub
|
17, 53, 53a,
64, 75,
77, 78, 88, 93, 125,
147, 158, 170, 189
|
136.
|
Spotted Sandgrouse
Pterocles senegallus
|
|
* |
Historical winter
records
from Sultanpur
|
120, 144
|
137.
|
Black-bellied
Sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis
|
|
|
Rare winter
visitor.
Open dry areas
|
53, 53a, 75,
144,
147, 188, 189
|
138.
|
Painted Sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus
|
|
|
Status unknown.
Probably
scarce resident. Dry rocky areas
|
53, 77, 120,
125, 189
|
139.
|
Pintail Snipe
Gallinago stenura
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably
rare passage migrant
Wetlands and damp cultivation
|
94, 135, 139
|
140.
|
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
|
|
|
Locally common
winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 16, 44,
44a,
51, 53a, 64, 68, 76,
79, 92, 94, 120, 125,
136, 139, 140, 141,
151, 158, 171, 172,
172b, 189, 193
|
141.
|
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
16, 68, 120,
158, 189
|
142. |
Black-tailed
Godwit
Limosa limosa
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 57,
64,
65, 73, 78, 79, 84,
92, 107, 108, 120,
128, 136, 140, 151,
158, 171, 176, 180
|
143.
|
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 65,
120,
149c, 151, 158, 189
|
144.
|
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
64, 65,
68, 78, 79, 84, 107,
108, 120, 128, 139,
140, 151, 158, 170, 180
|
145.
|
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
51, 57, 73,
78, 79, 84, 92, 107,
108, 109, 120, 128,
131, 136, 139, 140, 141,
151, 158, 172, 176, 189
|
146.
|
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 51,
57, 64,
68, 73, 76, 78, 79, 84,
91, 92, 107, 120, 125,
128, 136, 139, 140,
141, 151, 158, 170
|
147.
|
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 46,
53, 53a,
57, 64, 68, 78, 79,
108, 109, 120, 124,
136, 139, 140, 151,
158, 189
|
148.
|
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Small wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 51,
53, 64, 65,
68, 78, 79, 84, 107, 108,
120, 124, 128, 131, 136,
139, 140, 151, 158,
170, 172, 189, 193 |
149. |
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 51,
53a, 57,
64, 65, 68, 76, 78,
79, 84, 92, 107,
108, 120, 128, 136,
139, 140, 141, 151,
158, 170, 193
|
150.
|
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
|
|
|
Rare passage
migrant. Wetlands
|
158 |
151.
|
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 9, 44, 53,
53a, 57,
64, 78, 79, 84, 94,
107, 108, 109, 120,
128, 131, 136, 139,
140, 141, 149c, 151,
158, 170, 171, 176, 189 |
152. |
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
|
GNT |
|
Passage vagrant.
First Basai 07/2001 (WGH)
|
|
153.
|
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 51, 68,
73, 76,
79, 92, 107, 108, 120,
125, 140, 141, 149c,
151, 158, 170
|
154.
|
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
9, 51, 57, 64,
68, 78,
92, 107, 108, 109,
120, 125, 128, 139,
151, 158, 170, 172
|
155.
|
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
|
|
|
Rare passage
migrant
and winter visitor. Wetlands
|
9, 57, 64, 68,
92,
107, 108, 120, 128,
144, 151, 170, 180
|
156.
|
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
|
|
|
Scarce passage
migrant
and winter visitor. Wetlands
|
120, 135 |
|
Broad-billed
Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus |
|
|
Passage vagrant.
First
Basai 05/2003 (WGH et al.)
|
|
158.
|
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
|
|
|
Very common
winter
visitor. Wetlands and nearby
cultivation and open plains
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
51, 57,
64, 65, 68, 76, 78,
79, 92, 93, 107, 108,
119, 120, 128, 136,
139, 141, 158, 170,
171, 172, 176
|
159.
|
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
|
|
|
Winter vagrant.
Wetlands.
1 record Sultanpur 1980
|
112, 149
|
160.
|
Greater Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer
visitor. Wetlands
|
10, 119, 120,
125,
158, 171, 193
|
161.
|
Pheasant-tailed
Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
|
|
|
Local breeding
summer
visitor. Some resident. Wetlands
|
9, 15, 53a,
119,
120, 151, 158, 176,
189, 193
|
162.
|
Bronze-winged
Jacana Metopidius indicus
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer
visitor. Some resident. Wetlands
|
158, 183
|
163.
|
Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Dry wooded
and open areas
|
53a, 64, 75,
109, 120,
124, 125, 158, 189 |
164.
|
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
|
|
|
Rare breeding
resident
and visitor. Wetlands .
Yamuna (SCS et al.)
|
|
165.
|
Black-winged
Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
|
|
|
Very common
breeding
resident and winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 9, 44, 51,
53, 53a,
57, 64, 65, 68, 76, 77,
78, 79, 84, 92, 97,
107, 108, 109, 120,
124, 131, 136, 139, 140, 149c, 151,
158, 170, 171, 172, 176, 189
|
166.
|
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
|
|
|
Scarce resident
and
winter visitor. Wetlands
|
5, 44, 57, 64,
68, 73,
78, 79, 92, 107, 108,
120, 124, 125, 128, 131,
136, 139, 140, 141,
158, 170, 171, 179, 193
|
167.
|
Pacific Golden
Plover
Pluvialis fulva
|
|
|
Scarce passage
migrant. Wetlands
|
?53, 77, 189
|
168.
|
Common Ringed
Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
|
|
|
Rare passage
migrant. Wetlands
|
66, 77, 120
|
169.
|
Little Ringed
Plover
Charadrius dubius
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident
and winter visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 15, 53,
53a,
57, 68, 79, 109,
120, 128, 136, 139,
141, 151, 158, 170,
172, 172c, 189
|
170.
|
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 64, 68,
84, 92,
93, 107, 108, 120,
128, 140, 151, 158, 170
|
171. |
Lesser Sand
Plover
Charadrius mongolus
|
|
|
Scarce passage
migrant. Wetlands
|
9, 107, 120,
141 |
172.
|
Greater Sand
Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
|
|
|
Rare vagrant.
First two, Basai 11/2001 (WGH)
|
|
173.
|
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
|
|
|
Rare vagrant.
Only
record 01/03/1986 Sultanpur (SV)
|
180 |
174.
|
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
9, 57, 64, 73,
77, 78,
79, 92, 93, 94, 108, 120,
125, 131, 136, 140, 151,
158, 171, 172, 189, 193
|
175.
|
Yellow-wattled
Lapwing
Vanellus malarbaricus
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Dry plains
|
53, 53a, 70,
93, 119,
120, 125, 135, 136, 139,
144, 170, 176
|
176.
|
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident.
River banks
|
51, 136, 139,
140, 144,
176, 193
|
177.
|
Grey-headed
Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
|
|
|
Winter vagrant.
Sultanpur
(SCS, PP), Yamunanagar
(RKS), Basai 03/2003 (SV et al.)
|
125, 136, 139,
140
|
178.
|
Red-wattled
Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
|
|
|
Very common
breeding
resident. Open areas
and wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 53a,
57, 64,
68, 75, 76, 78, 79, 84,
107, 108, 109, 120, 124,
128, 131, 136, 139, 140,
141, 149c, 151, 158, 170,
171, 172, 176, 189
|
179.
|
Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
|
GT |
|
Winter vagrant.
Rare. Sultanpur
1969 (PJ) and 1993
|
15, 53, 53a,
59, 75, 77,
93, 127, 170, [189]
|
180.
|
White-tailed
Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
51, 53, 64,
65, 68, 75, 78, 91, 92,
93, 94, 107, 108, 120,
125, 128, 131, 136, 139,
140, 141, 151, 158, 170,
171, 176, 189, 193
|
181.
|
Cream-coloured
Courser
Cursorius cursor
|
|
|
Rare vagrant.
First
Sultanpur 01/2002 (WGH et al.)
|
75, ?189
|
182.
|
Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus
|
|
|
Rare and declining
breeding resident.
Open dry plains.
|
16, 53, 53a,
66, 77, 93,
120, 124, 125, 158, 170,
172c, 193
|
183.
|
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer
visitor. Some resident.
Wetlands and open plains
|
120, 158, 193
|
184.
|
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer visitor. Some
resident. Wetlands
|
65, 68, 92,
107, 108,
120, 125, 158, 170, 180
|
185.
|
Indian Skimmer
Rynchops albicollis
|
GT |
|
Rare breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
59, 176, 193
|
186.
|
Yellow-legged
Gull
Larus cachinnans
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
52, 57, 64,
68, 73, 78, 92, 94, 120,
131, 139, 151, 158, 170,
172, ?180
|
187.
|
Pallas's Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
9, 66, 92, 120,
136,
140, 151, 158, 180
|
188.
|
Brown-headed
Gull
Larus brunnicephalus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 76, 158,
170
|
189.
|
Black-headed
Gull
Larus ridibundus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 52, 108,
120, 139, 158
|
190.
|
Gull-billed
Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
|
|
|
Mainly a scarce
winter
visitor and passage
migrant. Some breeding
residents but declining. Wetlands
|
9, 52, 68, 76,
92, 107,
108, 120, 125, 135, 151,
158, 170, 193
|
191.
|
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
|
|
|
Common but declining
breeding resident.
Wetlands
|
7, 9, 53, 66,
79, 120,
136, 139, 140, 151, 158,
170, 193
|
192.
|
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
|
|
|
Passage vagrant
|
68, 120
|
193. |
Little Tern
Sterna albifrons
|
|
|
Scarce summer
visitor
|
120, 193
|
194.
|
Black-bellied
Tern
Sterna acuticauda
|
GNT |
|
Rare and declining
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 120, 136,
139, 140,
158, 193
|
195.
|
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybridus |
|
|
Common passage
migrant
and winter visitor. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 10,
68, 76, 92,
108, 120, 139, 140, 151,
158, 180
|
196.
|
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
94, 120, 125,
158,
171, 176
|
197.
|
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhyncus
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wooded areas
|
13, 53a, 79,
123, 124,
125, 158, 189
|
198.
|
Black-shouldered
Kite
Elanus caeruleus
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Open areas
including cultivation
|
6, 13, 44, 52,
53a, 54,
64, 65, 78, 79, 84, 92,
109, 120, 123, 124,
171, 158, 189
|
199. |
Black Kite
Milvus [migrans] govinda
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident.
Most habitats particularly
near human habitation
and wetlands
|
6, 44, 53a,
64, 68, 76,
78, 84, 106, 107, 108,
109, 120, 123, 128, 158,
171, 172, 189
|
200.
|
Black-eared
Kite
Milvus [migrans] lineatus
|
|
|
Very common
winter
visitor. Open areas
and wetlands
|
6, 44, 53a,
64, 68, 76,
78, 84, 106, 107, 108,
109, 120, 123, 128, 158,
171, 172, 189
|
201. |
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
123, 158
|
202. |
Pallas's Fish
Eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
|
GT |
|
Formerly rare
resident.
Now rare visitor. Wetlands
|
59, 64, 75,
127, 158,
171, [189]
|
203.
|
White-tailed
Eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
|
GNT |
|
Vagrant, Sultanpur
12/12/1974
|
149 |
204.
|
Lesser Fish
Eagle
Ichthyophaga humilis
|
GNT |
* |
Historical record
|
144, Waite
|
205.
|
Grey-headed
Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
|
GNT |
|
Rare winter
visitor.
Wetlands. Only
documented records
are 1 Rithal 12/1984
(SCS, RKB). 3 Barhwasani
01/2001 in courtship
behaviour (SCS, AB). 1
Bhindawas 01/2001 (SCS)
|
77, 120
|
206.
|
Lammergeier
Gypaetus barbatus
|
|
|
Rare winter
visitor.
Hills (SCS)
|
|
207.
|
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Open country
and human habitation
|
44, 53a, 54,
57, 64, 65,
78, 108, 120, 123,
144, 158, 189
|
208.
|
White-rumped
Vulture
Gyps benghalensis
|
GT |
|
Formerly (till
1991)
common breeding resident
now very scarce. Open areas
|
6, 44, 45, 53a,
54, 57,
59, 64, 65, 68, 78, 79,
107, 108, 109, 123, 138,
158, 171, 172, 189
|
209.
|
Indian Vulture
Gyps indicus
|
GT |
|
Formerly (till
1991)
common breeding
resident now probably
only rare visitor. Open areas
|
59, 64, 78,
120, 158, 171
|
210.
|
Slender-billed
Vulture
Gyps tenuirostris [1]
|
GT
|
|
Probably rare
visitor
to hills. Formerly bred.
|
59, 116, 123
|
211.
|
Himalayan Griffon
Gyps himalayensis
|
|
|
Probably rare
winter
visitor. Hills (SCS)
|
106 Shehzadpur
|
212.
|
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Perhaps scarce
winter visitor to hills
|
53a, 54, 189
|
213.
|
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
|
GNT
|
|
Rare winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
54, 96, 113,
173, 189
|
214.
|
Red-headed Vulture
Sarcogyps calvus
|
GNT
|
|
Rare resident.
Open areas
|
53a, 123, 158,
170, 189
|
215.
|
Short-toed Snake
Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident.
Open dry areas.
|
44, 64, 65,
79, 120,
123, 158, 180
|
216.
|
Crested Serpent
Eagle
Spilornis cheela
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably scarce resident
or winter visitor. Wooded
areas often near wetlands
|
123, 156, 158,
171, Waite
|
217.
|
Eurasian Marsh
Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor.
Wetlands and
nearby cultivation
|
7, 10, 44, 64,
65, 68,
76, 78, 79, 94, 107, 108,
120, 123, 125, 140, 158,
170, 171, 176, 189
|
218.
|
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
|
|
|
Rare winter
visitor.
Wetlands and cultivation
|
158 |
219.
|
Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus
|
GNT |
|
Scarce winter
visitor.
Open dry areas and cultivation
|
52, 53a, 64,
78, 73,
107, 120, 123, 125, 158
|
220.
|
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
|
|
|
Scarce passage
migrant. Open dry areas
and cultivation
|
107, 120, 125,
158
|
221.
|
Shikra
Accipiter badius
|
|
|
Very common
breeding
resident. Wooded areas
|
13, 64, 78,
79, 84, 93,
106, 120, 123, 124,
158, 189
|
222.
|
Besra Accipiter
virgatus
|
|
|
Rare winter
visitor.
Wooded areas.
Sultanpur 11/2000 (WGH)
|
106, 189
|
223.
|
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor.
Wooded areas
|
73, 84, 93,
120, 158, 189
|
224.
|
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
|
|
|
Probably rare
winter
visitor. Hills (SCS)
|
123
|
225.
|
White-eyed Buzzard
Butastur teesa
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
summer
visitor. Some resident.
Open dry wooded areas
|
44, 53a, 54,
84,
125, 158, 189 |
226.
|
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Open areas
|
93, 119, 120,
158, 170 |
227.
|
Long-legged
Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor.
Open dry areas
|
13, 44, 53a,
54, 64, 78,
113, 120, 125, 158, 189
|
228.
|
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis
|
|
|
Probably rare
winter visitor. Hills (SCS)
|
123 |
229.
|
Indian Spotted
Eagle
Aquila hastata
[2]
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably
rare resident. Open areas |
7, 51, 120,
123,
158, 170 |
230.
|
Greater Spotted
Eagle
Aquila clanga
|
GT |
|
Common winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 10, 44, 59,
64, 73, 78,
79, 92, 107, 108, 120,
125, 127, 158, 180 |
231. |
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Scarce winter visitor
and perhaps resident.
Dry open areas
|
10, 13, 53a,
54, 107,
108, 120, 189
|
232.
|
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor.
Open areas and wetlands
|
7, 64, ?78,
79, 92, 107,
108, 123, 125, 158
|
233.
|
Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
|
GT |
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 10, 44, 46,
51, 53a,
54, 59, 64, 68, 71, 73,
7a, 77, 79, 93, 125, 127,
158, 180, [189]
|
234.
|
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
|
|
|
Probably rare
winter
visitor. Hills (SCS, MP)
|
|
235.
|
Bonelli's Eagle
Hieraaetus fasciatus
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably locally
common winter
visitor. Possibly resident.
Wooded areas especially
near wetlands
|
?54, 66, 75,
158
|
236.
|
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Open areas
|
?54, 119, 120,
158
|
237.
|
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
|
GT |
|
Rare passage
migrant
|
46, 59, 96,
120,
123, 158, 189
|
238.
|
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
|
|
|
Common winter
visitor. Open areas
|
6, 52, 53a,
54, 64, 68,
79, 92, 93, 108, 123,
158, 170, 189
|
239.
|
Red-necked Falcon
Falco chicquera
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Open wooded areas
|
13, 53a, 54,
106
Shehzadpur, 158, 189
|
240.
|
Merlin
Falco columbarius
|
|
|
Winter vagrant,
Sultanpur 27/01-06/02/1993,
Basai 01/2003 (MP, MK)
|
125, 145
|
241.
|
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
|
|
|
Scarce passage
migrant. Wooded areas
and wetlands
|
123 |
242.
|
Laggar Falcon
Falco jugger
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably scarce
visitor. Open areas
|
53a, 106
Shehzadpur, 120, 189
|
243.
|
Saker Falcon
Falco cherrug
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably rare passage
migrant. Open country.
Near Jind and
Bhambewa 09/1999 (SCS)
|
113, 144, 189
|
244.
|
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
(incl. Barbary Falcon F. pelegrinoides)
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor.
Wetlands and rocky areas
|
13, 119, 158,
189
|
245.
|
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 44,
57, 65, 68,
76, 78, 79, 84, 108, 120,
123, 124, 139, 140, 141,
149c, 151, 158, 171
|
246.
|
Great Crested
Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
158, 180
|
247.
|
Black-necked
Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
77 |
248.
|
Darter
Anhinga melanogaster
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 65, 78,
79, 84,
120, 136, 139, 140, 151,
158, 171, 172, 176
|
249. |
Little Cormorant
Phalacrocorax niger
|
|
|
Very common
breeding resident.
Wetlands
|
9, 44, 53a,
57, 65, 68,
78, 84, 94, 109, 120,
123, 124, 131, 136, 139,
140, 149c, 151, 158, 171
|
250.
|
Indian Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
|
|
|
Locally common
breeding resident.
Wetlands
|
7, 9, 65, 79,
94,
120, 151, 158
|
251.
|
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident and winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 10, 44,
51, 57, 65,
68, 76, 78, 79, 94, 120,
136, 139, 140, 141,
151, 156, 158, 171, 176
|
252.
|
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 57,
64, 68,
78, 79, 84, 109, 120,
123, 124, 131, 136, 139,
140, 149c, 151, 158, 171
|
253.
|
Western Reef
Egret
Egretta gularis
|
|
|
Probably vagrant.
Recently 3 Bhindawas
05/2003 (WGH, MP)
|
120 |
254.
|
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 52,
53, 64,
65, 68, 76, 78, 79,
84, 94, 107, 108, 109,
120, 124, 131, 136, 139,
140, 141, 149c, 151,
158, 170, 171, 176, 189
|
255.
|
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
|
|
|
Locally common
breeding resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 52,
64, 65, 68,
78, 79, 120, 124, 136,
139, 140, 151, 158, 171,
176, 189, 193
|
256.
|
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 52, 57,
64, 65,
68, 78, 79, 107, 120,
124, 136, 139, 140, 149c,
151, 158, 170, 171, 189
|
257.
|
Intermediate
Egret
Mesophoyx intermedia
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 52,
68, 78, 79,
84, 107, 109, 120, 131,
140, 151, 158, 171
|
258.
|
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
|
|
|
Very common
breeding resident.
Cultivation, open areas
and wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 53a,
64, 78,
84, 107, 108, 120, 123,
124, 131, 136, 139, 140,
141, 149c, 151, 158, 171, 189
|
259.
|
Indian Pond
Heron
Ardeola grayii
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
7, 9, 44, 53a,
64, 68,
78, 79, 84, 107, 108, 109,
120, 123, 124, 136, 139,
140, 141, 149c, 151, 158,
171, 189
|
260.
|
Little Heron
Butorides striatus
|
|
|
Rare breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
9, 11, 119,
120,
151, 158, Waite
|
261.
|
Black-crowned
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
9, 53a, 65,
78, 84, 119,
120, 123, 136, 139, 140,
151, 158, 171, 193
|
262.
|
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
|
|
* |
Historical records
from Jagadhri. Perhaps
formerly a local winter visitor
|
119 |
263.
|
Yellow Bittern
Ixobrychus sinensis
|
|
|
Local breeding
summer
visitor. Wetlands .
Sonipat, Bhindawas,
Basai (SCS, WGH)
|
|
264. |
Cinnamon Bittern
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
|
|
|
Local breeding
summer visitor.
Wetlands
|
119 |
265.
|
Black Bittern
Dupetor flavicollis
|
|
|
Status uncertain.
Probably scarce
breeding summer
visitor. Wetlands.
Sonipat, Basai
(WGH, SCS)
|
|
266. |
Great Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
|
|
|
Rare winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
120, 139, 189 |
267. |
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
|
|
|
Locally common
visitor
throughout year.
Breeding not recorded.
Wetlands
|
5, 6, 7, 9,
10, 51, 52,
57, 64, 73, 77, 78, 79,
91, 92, 94, 107, 108, 110,
120, 124, 125, 128, 141,
151, 158, 164, 170, 172,
176, 179, 180
|
268.
|
Lesser Flamingo
Phoenicopterus minor
|
GNT |
|
Winter vagrant.
Wetlands. Sultanpur (SCS)
|
9, 57, 120,
151
|
269. |
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
|
|
|
Common resident.
Wetlands
|
6, 9, 120, 135,
151, 158, 176 |
270.
|
Black-headed
Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
|
GNT |
|
Common breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 10,
44, 64, 65,
68, 76, 77, 78, 79, 94,
120, 125, 131, 139,
140, 149c, 151, 158,
171, 176, 180
|
271.
|
Black Ibis
Pseudibis papillosa
|
|
|
Common breeding
resident.
Cultivation and wetlands
|
9, 10, 44, 68,
78, 79,
107, 108, 120, 125,
139, 140, 151, 158,
171, 176, 189
|
272.
|
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
|
|
|
Scarce breeding
resident. Wetlands
|
6, 7, 9, 10,
44, 51, 64,
68, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 92,
93, 94, 107, 108, 109, 120,
124, 125, 128, 131, 136,
139, 140, 151, 158,
164, 170, 171, 176, 180
|
273. |
Great White
Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
|
|
|
Scarce winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
5, 6, 7, 10,
51, 57, 64,
76, 77, 94, 120, 124,
125, 141, 158, 171,
172, 179, 180
|
274. |
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
|
GT |
|
Rare winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
5, 7, 10, 59,
64, 77,
125, 127, 150, 158,
170, 179
|
275.
|
Spot-billed
Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
|
GT
|
|
Rare winter
visitor. Wetlands
|
59, 77, 120
|
|
