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Checklist of Birds of Gujarat

 

 

GREBES

1

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

2

Black-necked Grebe

P. nigricolis

3

Red-necked Grebe

P. grisegena

4

Little Grebe

P. ruficollis (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

PELICANS

5

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

6

Dalmatian Pelican

P. philippensis crispus (P. crispus)

7

Spotbilled Pelican

P. philippensis philippensis (P. philippensi)

BOOBIES CORMORANTS/DARTER

8

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

9

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

10

Indian Cormorant

P. fuscicollis

11

Little Cormorant

P. niger

12

Darter

Anhinga rufa melanogaster (Anhinga melanogaster)

HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS

13

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

14

Purple Heron

A. purpurea

15

BIack-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

16

Indian Pond Heron

Ardeola grayii

17

Little Heron

Butorides striatus

18

Western Reef Egret

Egretta gularis

19

Great Egret

Ardea alba (Casmerodius albus)

20

Intermediate Egret

Egretta intermedia (Mesophoyx intermedia)

21

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

22

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

23

Yellow Bittern

lxobrychus sinensis

24

Cinnamon Bittern

lxobrychus cinnamomeus

25

Black Bittern

lxobrychus jlavicollis (Dupetor jlavicollis)

26

Great Bittern

Botaurus stellaris

STORKS

27

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

28

Woollly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus

29

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

30

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

31

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

32

Asian Openbill

Anastomus oscitans

33

Greater Adjutant

Leptoptilos dubius

34

Lesser Adjutant

Leptopilos javanicus

IBISES & SPOONBILL

35

Black-headed Ibis

Thresskiomis aethiopica (T.mela-nocephalus)

36

Black Ibis

Pseudibis papillosa

37

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

38

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

FLAMINGOS

39

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus (P.ruber)

40

Lesser Flamingo

Phoenicopterus minor (Phoeniconaias minor)

DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS

41

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

42

Bar-headed Goose

Anser indicus

43

Snow Goose

Chen hyperborea (Anser caerulescens)

44

Lesser Whistling-duck

Dendrocygna javanica

45

Fulvous Whistling duck

D. bicolor

46

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

47

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

48

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

49

Common Teal

A. crecca