Checklist of Birds

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Checklist of the Birds of Kutch :

By- Jugal Tiwari cedoindia@yahoo.com

1. Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus

2. Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

3. Common Quail Coturnix coturnix

4. Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica

5. Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah

6. Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica

7. Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

8. Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

9. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

10. Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica

11. Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos

12. Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus

13. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

14. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

15. Gadwall Anas strepera

16. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

17. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

18. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

19. Common Teal Anas crecca

20. Garganey Anas querquedula

21. Northern Pintail Anas acuta

22. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

23. Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris

24. Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina

25. Common Pochard Aythya ferina

26. Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca

27. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

28. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

29. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopus mahrattensis

30. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

31. European Roller Coracias garrulus

32. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

33. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

34. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

35. Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

36. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

37. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

38. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus

39. Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

40. Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

40. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

41. Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

42. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

43. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

44. Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

45. House Swift Apus affinis

46. Barn Owl Tyto alba

47. Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bengalensis

48. Spotted Owlet Athene brama

49. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

50. Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis

51. Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus

52. Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

53. Rock pigeon Columba livia

54. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis

55. Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

56. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

57. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera

58. Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps

59. McQueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueeni

60. Lesser Florican Sypheotides indica

61. Sarus Crane Grus antigone

62. Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo

63. Common Crane Grus grus

64. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

65. Watercock Gallicrex cinerea

66. Purple Swamphen Gallinula chloropus

67. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

68. Common Coot Fulica atra

69. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

70. Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus

71. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

72. Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

73. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

74. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

75. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

76. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

77. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

78. Common Redshank Tringa totanus

79. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

80. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

81. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

82. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

83. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

84. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

85. Sanderling Calidris alba

86. Little Stint Calidris minuta

87. Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii

88. Dunlin Calidris alpina

89. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

90. Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus

91. Ruff Philomachus pugnax

92. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

93. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

94. Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

95. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

96. Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

97. Crab-plover Dromas ardeola

98. Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

99. Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris

100. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

101. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

102. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

103. Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

104. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

105. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

106. Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

107. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus

108. Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

109. Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus

110. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

111. White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus

112. Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor

113. Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus

114. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

115. Small Pratincole Glareola lactea

116. Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini

117. Steppe Gull Larus heuglini barabensis

118. Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus

119. Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus

120. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

121. Slender-billed Gull Larus genei

122. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

123. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

124. River Tern Sterna aurantia

125. Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis

126. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

127. Common Tern Sterna hirundo

128. Little Tern Sterna albifrons

129. Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi

130. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus

131. Osprey Pandion haliaetus

132. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

133. Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans

134. Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus

135. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

136. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

137. White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis

138. Indian Vulture Gyps indicus

139. Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus

140. Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus

141. Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus

142. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

143. Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela

144. Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

145. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus

146. Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus

147. Shikra Accipiter badius

148. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

149. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

150. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

151. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

152. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

153. Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga

154. Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

155. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

156. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

157. Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus

158. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

159. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

160. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera

161. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo

162. Laggar Falcon Falco jugger

163. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

164. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

165. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

166. Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

167. Darter Anhinga melanogaster

168. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

169. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

170. Little Egret Egretta garzetta

171. Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis

171. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

172. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

173. Great Egret Casmerodius albus

174. Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia

175. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

176. Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

177. Little Heron Butorides striatus

178. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

179. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

180. Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor

181. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

182. Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

183. Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

184. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

185. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

186. Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

187. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

188. Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

189. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

190. White Stork Ciconia ciconia

191. Black Stork Ciconia nigra

192. Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

193. Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

194. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

195. Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus

196. Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

197. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

198. Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

199. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

200. House Crow Corvus splendens

201. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

202. Common Raven Corvus corax

203. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

204. Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

205. White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius

206. White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

207. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

208. White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

209. Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

210. Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea

211. Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

212. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

213. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

214. Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui

215. Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva

216. Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris

217. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina

218. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae

219. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

220. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

221. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes

222. Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

223. Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata

224. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

225. Stoliczka’s Bushchat Saxicola macrorhyncha

226. Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata

227. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

228. Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca

229. Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

230. Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

231. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

232. Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia

233. Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum

234. Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus

235. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

236. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

237. Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus

238. White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis

239. Sand Martin Riparia riparia

240. Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor

241. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

242. Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

243. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

244. Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola

245. White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

246. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

247. Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus

248. Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani

249. Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

250. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

251. Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

252. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

253. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

254. Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

255. Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

256. Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

257. Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata

258. Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama

259. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

260. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

261. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

262. Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

263. Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus

264. Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis

265. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

266. Desert Warbler Sylvia nana

267. Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis

268. Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans

269. Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

270. Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps

271. Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea

272. Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus

273. Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti

274. Greater Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes

275. Bimaculated lark Melanocorypha bimaculata

277. Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

278. Sand Lark Calandrella raytal

279. Crested Lark Galerida cristata

280. Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva

281. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

282. Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica

283. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

284. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis

285. White Wagtail Motacilla alba

286. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

287. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola

288. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

289. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

290. Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

291. Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

292. Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis

293. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

294. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

295. Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar

296. Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

297. Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica

298. White-throated Munia Lonchura malabarica

299. Trumpeter Finch Rhodopechys githagineus

300. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

301. Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani

302. House Bunting Emberiza striolata

303. Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps