| BABBLER |
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Puff-throated Babbler |
Pellorneum ruficeps |
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Indian Scimitar Babbler |
Pomatorhinus horsfieldii |
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Jungle Babbler |
Turdoides striata |
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Yellow-billed Babbler |
Turdoides affinis |
| BARBET |
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Malabar Barbet |
Megalaima malabarica |
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White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
| BEE-EATER |
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Blue-bearded Bee-eater |
Nyctyornis athertoni |
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Green Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater |
Merops leschenaulti |
| BITTERN |
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Cinnamon Bittern |
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
| BULBUL |
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Red-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
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Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
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White-browed Bulbul |
Pycnonotus luteolus |
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Yellow-browed Bulbul |
Acritillas indica |
| CHAT |
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Pied Bushchat |
Saxicola caprata |
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Siberian Stonechat |
Saxicola maurus |
| COOT |
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Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
| CORMORANT |
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Indian Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
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Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
| COUCAL |
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Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis |
| COURSER |
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Indian Courser |
Cursorius coromandelicus |
| CRAKE |
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Brown Crake |
Amaurornis akool |
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Baillon's Crake |
Porzana pusilla |
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Ruddy-breasted Crake |
Porzana fusca |
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Slaty-breasted Rail |
Gallirallus striatus |
| CROW |
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House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
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Large-billed Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos |
| CUCKOO |
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Banded Bay Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii |
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Chestnut-winged Cuckoo |
Clamator coromandus |
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Common Hawk Cuckoo |
Cuculus varius |
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Asian Drongo Cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris |
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Eurasian Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus |
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Grey-bellied Cuckoo |
Cacomantis passerinus |
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Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus micropterus |
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Pied Cuckoo |
Clamator jacobinus |
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Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| CUCKOOSHRIKE |
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Black-headed Cuckooshrike |
Coracina melanoptera |
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Large Cuckooshrike |
Coracina macei |
| DOVE |
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Eurasian Collared Dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
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Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
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Oriental Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia orientalis |
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Red Collared Dove |
Streptopelia tranquebarica |
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Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
| DRONGO |
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Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
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Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
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Spangled Drongo |
Dicrurus hottentottus |
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White-bellied Drongo |
Dicrurus caerulescens |
| DUCK |
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Comb Duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
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Spot-billed Duck |
Anas poecilorhyncha |
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Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
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Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
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Ruddy Shelduck |
Tadorna ferruginea |
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Northern Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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Common Teal |
Anas crecca |
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Lesser Whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna javanica |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas penelope |
| POCHARD |
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Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
| GOOSE |
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Cotton Pygmy-goose |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
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Bar-headed Goose |
Anser indicus |
| EAGLE |
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Black Eagle |
Ictinaetus malayensis |
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Bonelli's Eagle |
Hieraaetus fasciatus |
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Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
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Changeable Hawk Eagle |
Spizaetus cirrhatus |
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Crested Serpent Eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
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Greater Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
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Lesser Fish Eagle |
Ichthyophaga humilis |
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Indian Spotted Eagle |
Aquila hastata |
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Short-toed Snake Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
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Steppe Eagle |
Aquila nipalensis |
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Tawny Eagle |
Aquila rapax |
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Rufous-bellied Eagle |
Hieraaetus kienerii |
| BAZA |
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Black Baza |
Aviceda leuphotes |
| BUZZARD |
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Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
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White-eyed Buzzard |
Butastur teesa |
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Common Buzzard |
Buteo buteo |
| FALCON |
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Laggar Falcon |
Falco jugger |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) |
Falco peregrinus peregrinator |
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Red-necked Falcon |
Falco chicquera |
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Eurasian Hobby |
Falco subbuteo |
| HARRIER |
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Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
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Montagu's Harrier |
Circus pygargus |
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Pallid Harrier |
Circus macrourus |
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Pied Harrier |
Circus melanoleucos |
| HAWK |
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter nisus |
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Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
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Crested Goshawk |
Accipiter trivirgatus |
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Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
| KESTREL |
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Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
| KITE |
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Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
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Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
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Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
| OSPREY |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
| EGRET |
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Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
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Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
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Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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Western Reef Egret |
Egretta gularis |
| FLOWERPECKER |
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Pale-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum erythroryncho |
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Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
| FLYCATCHER |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa dauurica |
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Rusty-tailed Flycatcher |
Muscicapa ruficauda |
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Asian Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
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Blue-throated Flycatcher |
Cyornis rubeculoides |
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Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa muttui |
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Black-naped Monarch |
Hypothymis azurea |
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Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher |
Culicapa ceylonensis |
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Red-breasted Flycatcher |
Ficedula parva |
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Tickell's Blue Flycatcher |
Cyornis tickelliae |
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Ultramarine Flycatcher |
Ficedula superciliaris |
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Verditer Flycatcher |
Eumyias thalassinus |
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White-browed Fantail |
Rhipidura aureola |
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White-throated Fantail |
Rhipidura albicollis |
| FRANCOLIN |
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Grey Francolin |
Francolinus pondicerianus |
| GULL |
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Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
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Brown-headed Gull |
Larus brunnicephalus |
| HERON |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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Indian Pond Heron |
Ardeola grayii |
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Little Heron |
Butorides striata |
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Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
| HOOPOE |
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Common Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
| HORNBILL |
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Indian Grey Hornbill |
Ocyceros birostris |
| IBIS |
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Black Ibis |
Pseudibis papillosa |
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Black-headed Ibis |
Threskiornis melanocephalus |
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Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
| IORA |
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Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
| JACANA |
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Bronze-winged Jacana |
Metopidius indicus |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
| JUNGLEFOWL |
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Grey Junglefowl |
Gallus sonneratii |
| KINGFISHER |
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Black-capped Kingfisher |
Halcyon pileata |
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Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
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Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
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White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
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Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Halcyon capensis |
| LAPWING |
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Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
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Grey-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus cinereus |
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Yellow-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus malarbaricus |
| LARK |
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Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark |
Eremopterix griseus |
|
Jerdon's Bushlark |
Mirafra affinis |
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Indian Bushlark |
Mirafra erythroptera |
|
Oriental Skylark |
Alauda gulgula |
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Rufous-tailed Lark |
Ammomanes phoenicura |
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Greater Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella brachydactyla |
|
Sykes's Lark |
Galerida deva |
| LEAFBIRD |
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Blue-winged Leafbird |
Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
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Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Chloropsis aurifrons |
| MALKOHA |
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Blue-faced Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
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Sirkeer Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii |
| MARTIN |
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Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
|
Plain Martin |
Riparia paludicola |
|
Dusky Crag Martin |
Hirundo concolor |
| MINIVET |
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Small Minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
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White-bellied Minivet |
Pericrocotus erythropygius |
| MOORHEN, |
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Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
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Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
| MUNIA |
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Black-headed Munia |
Lonchura malacca |
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Scaly-breasted Munia |
Lonchura punctulata |
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White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
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Indian Silverbill |
Lonchura malabarica |
|
Red Avadavat |
Amandava amandava |
| MYNA |
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Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
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Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
| NIGHTJAR |
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Grey Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
|
Jerdon's Nightjar |
Caprimulgus atripennis |
|
Indian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus asiaticus |
|
Savanna Nightjar |
Caprimulgus affinis |
| ORIOLE |
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Black-hooded Oriole |
Oriolus xanthornus |
|
Black-naped Oriole |
Oriolus chinensis |
|
Eurasian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
| OWL |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
|
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
|
Brown Fish Owl |
Ketupa zeylonensis |
|
Brown Boobook |
Ninox scutulata |
|
Collared Scops Owl |
Otus bakkamoena |
|
Oriental Scops Owl |
Otus sunia |
|
Eurasian Eagle Owl |
Bubo bubo |
|
Mottled Wood Owl |
Strix ocellata |
| OWLET |
|
|
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Jungle Owlet |
Glaucidium radiatum |
|
Spotted Owlet |
Athene brama |
| PARAKEET |
|
|
|
Alexandrine Parakeet |
Psittacula eupatria |
|
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
|
Red-breasted Parakeet |
Psittacula alexandri |
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula krameri |
| PEAFOWL |
|
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|
Indian Peafowl |
Pavo cristatus |
| PELICAN |
|
|
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Spot-billed Pelican |
Pelecanus philippensis |
|
Great White Pelican |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| PIGEON |
|
|
|
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon |
Columba elphinstonii |
|
Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
|
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon |
Treron phoenicopterus |
|
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon |
Treron bicinctus |
| PIPIT |
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Blyth's Pipit |
Anthus godlewskii |
|
Long-billed Pipit |
Anthus similis |
|
Olive-backed Pipit |
Anthus hodgsoni |
|
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
|
Richard's Pipit |
Anthus richardi |
|
Red-throated Pipit |
Anthus cervinus |
|
Tree Pipit |
Anthus trivialis |
| PITTA |
|
|
|
Indian Pitta |
Pitta brachyura |
| PRINIA |
|
|
|
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
|
Grey-breasted Prinia |
Prinia hodgsonii |
|
Jungle Prinia |
Prinia sylvatica |
|
Plain Prinia |
Prinia inornata |
| QUAIL |
|
|
|
Jungle Bush Quail |
Perdicula asiatica |
|
Rain Quail |
Coturnix coromandelica |
|
Barred Buttonquail |
Turnix suscitator |
|
Yellow-legged Buttonquail |
Turnix tanki |
| REDSTART |
|
|
|
Black Redstart |
Phoenicurus ochruros |
| ROBIN |
|
|
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Indian Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicatus |
|
Indian Blue Robin |
Luscinia brunnea |
|
Oriental Magpie Robin |
Copsychus saularis |
|
White-rumped Shama |
Copsychus malabaricus |
| ROLLER |
|
|
|
Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
| SANDGROUSE |
|
|
|
Painted Sandgrouse |
Pterocles indicus |
| SHRIKE |
|
|
|
Bay-backed Shrike |
Lanius vittatus |
|
Brown Shrike |
Lanius cristatus |
|
Rufous-tailed Shrike |
Lanius isabellinus |
|
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
|
Southern Grey Shrike |
Lanius meridionalis |
| SNIPE |
|
|
|
Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
|
Greater Painted-snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
|
Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes minimus |
|
Pintail Snipe |
Gallinago stenura |
| SPARROW |
|
|
|
House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
|
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia |
Petronia xanthocollis |
|
|
Common Rosefinch |
Carpodacus erythrinus |
| SPOONBILL |
|
|
|
Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
| SPURFOW |
|
|
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Painted Spurfowl |
Galloperdix lunulata |
|
Red Spurfowl |
Galloperdix spadicea |
| STARLING |
|
|
|
Brahminy Starling |
Sturnus pagodarum |
|
Chestnut-tailed Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus |
|
Malabar White-headed Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus blythi |
|
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
| STORK |
|
|
|
Painted Stork |
Mycteria leucocephala |
|
White Stork |
Ciconia ciconia |
|
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
|
Asian Openbill |
Anastomus oscitans |
| SUNBIRD |
|
|
|
Loten's Sunbird |
Cinnyris lotenius |
|
Purple Sunbird |
Cinnyris asiaticus |
|
Crimson-backed Sunbird |
Leptocoma minima |
|
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Leptocoma zeylonica |
| SWALLOW |
|
|
|
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
|
Pacific Swallow |
Hirundo tahitica |
|
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
|
Striated Swallow |
Hirundo striolata |
|
Streak-throated Swallow |
Hirundo fluvicola |
|
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
|
Ashy Woodswallow |
Artamus fuscus |
| SWIFT |
|
|
|
Alpine Swift |
Tachymarptis melba |
|
Asian Palm Swift |
Cypsiurus balasiensis |
|
House Swift |
Apus affinis |
|
Indian Swiftlet |
Collocalia unicolor |
|
Brown-backed Needletail |
Hirundapus giganteus |
|
White-rumped Needletail |
Zoonavena sylvatica |
|
Crested Treeswift |
Hemiprocne coronata |
| TAILORBIRD |
|
|
|
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
| TERN |
|
|
|
Black-bellied Tern |
Sterna acuticauda |
|
River Tern |
Sterna aurantia |
|
Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
| THICK-KNEE |
|
|
|
Eurasian Thick-knee |
Burhinus oedicnemus |
|
Great Thick-knee |
Esacus recurvirostris |
| THRUSH |
|
|
|
Blue Rock Thrush |
Monticola solitarius |
|
Blue-capped Rock Thrush |
Monticola cinclorhynchus |
|
Malabar Whistling Thrush |
Myophonus horsfieldii |
|
Pied Thrush |
Zoothera wardii |
|
Tickell's Thrush |
Turdus unicolor |
|
Orange-headed Thrush |
Zoothera citrina |
|
Eurasian Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
|
Bluethroat |
Luscinia svecica |
|
White-rumped Shama |
Copsychus malabaricus |
| TIT |
|
|
|
Great Tit |
Parus major |
|
Black-lored Tit |
Parus xanthogenys |
| TREEPIE |
|
|
|
Rufous Treepie |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
|
White-bellied Treepie |
Dendrocitta leucogastra |
| VULTURE |
|
|
|
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
|
Long-billed Vulture |
Gyps indicus |
|
Red-headed Vulture |
Sarcogyps calvus |
|
White-rumped Vulture |
Gyps bengalensis |
| WADERS |
|
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
|
Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
|
Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
|
Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
|
Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
|
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
|
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
|
Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
|
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
|
Eurasian Thick-knee |
Burhinus oedicnemus |
|
Great Thick-knee |
Esacus recurvirostris |
|
Watercock |
Gallicrex cinerea |
| PLOVER |
|
|
|
Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
|
Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
|
Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
| PRATINCOLE |
|
|
|
Small Pratincole |
Glareola lactea |
| REDSHANK |
|
|
|
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
| STINT |
|
|
|
Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
|
Temminck's Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
|
Long-toed Stint |
Calidris subminuta |
| WAGTAIL |
|
|
|
Forest Wagtail |
Dendronanthus indicus |
|
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
|
White Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
|
White-browed Wagtail |
Motacilla maderaspatensis |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
| WARBLER |
|
|
|
Blyth's Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
|
Booted Warbler |
Hippolais caligata |
|
Clamorous Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus stentoreus |
|
Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
|
Hume's Warbler |
Phylloscopus humei |
|
Large-billed Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus magnirostris |
|
Paddyfield Warbler |
Acrocephalus agricola |
|
Sykes's Warbler |
Hippolais rama |
|
Sulphur-bellied Warbler |
Phylloscopus griseolus |
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
Phylloscopus inornatus |
|
Tickell's Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus affinis |
|
Thick-billed Warbler |
Acrocephalus aedon |
|
Tytler's Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus tytleri |
|
Western Crowned Warbler |
Phylloscopus occipitalis |
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
Sylvia curruca |
|
Hume's Lesser Whitethroat |
Sylvia althaea |
|
Zitting Cisticola |
Cisticola juncidis |
| WATERHEN |
|
|
|
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| WEAVER |
|
|
|
Baya Weaver |
Ploceus philippinus |
|
Streaked Weaver |
Ploceus manyar |
| WHITE-EYE |
|
|
|
Oriental White-eye |
Zosterops palpebrosus |
| WOODPECKER |
|
|
|
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos nanus |
|
Rufous Woodpecker |
Celeus brachyurus |
|
Streak-throated Woodpecker |
Picus xanthopygaeus |
|
White-naped Woodpecker |
Chrysocolaptes festivus |
|
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos mahrattensis |
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Black-rumped Flameback |
Dinopium benghalense |
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Greater Flameback |
Chrysocolaptes lucidus |
| WRYNECK |
Eurasian Wryneck |
Jynx torquilla |
| WOODSHRIKE |
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Common Woodshrike |
Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
