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Checklist of Birds of Kutch

 

Name

Scientific Name

Grey Francolin

Francolinus pondicerianus

Black Francolin

Francolinus francolinus

 

 

Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix

Rain Quail

Coturnix coromandelica

Jungle Bush Quail

Perdicula asiatica

Rock Bush Quail

Perdicula argoondah

Small Buttonquail

Turnix sylvatica

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Turnix tanki

Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

 

 

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Lesser Whistling-duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Comb Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Nettapus coromandelianus

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Gadwall

Anas strepera

Falcated Duck

Anas falcata

Eurasian Wigeon

Anas penelope

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

Common Teal

Anas crecca

Baikal Teal

Anas formosa

Garganey

Anas querquedula

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Marbled Duck

Marmaronetta angustirostris

 

 

Red-crested Pochard

Rhodonessa rufina

Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

Ferruginous Pochard

Aythya nyroca

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

 

 

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

 Dendrocopos mahrattensis

 

 

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Indian Roller

Coracias benghalensis

 

 

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

 

 

Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

 

 

Pied Cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Common Hawk Cuckoo

Hierococcyx varius

Eurasian Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopacea

Sirkeer Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis

 

 

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

 

 

House Swift

Apus affinis

 

 

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Bubo bubo

Dusky Eagle Owl

Bubo coromandus

Spotted Owlet

Athene brama

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

 

 

Eurasian Nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus

Sykes’s Nightjar

Caprimulgus mahrattensis

Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus

Savanna Nightjar

Caprimulgus affinis

 

 

Rock pigeon

Columba livia

Laughing Dove 

Streptopelia senegalensis

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicoptera

 

 

Indian Bustard

Ardeotis nigriceps

McQueen’s Bustard

Chlamydotis macqueeni

Lesser Florican

Sypheotides indica

 

 

Sarus Crane

Grus antigone

Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo

Common Crane

Grus grus

 

 

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Brown Crake

Amaurornis akool

Spotted Crake

Porzana porzana

Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Purple Swamphen

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Common Coot

Fulica atra

 

 

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Pterocles exustus

Painted Sandgrouse

Pterocles indicus

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

 

 

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

 

 

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Terek Sandpiper

Xenus cinereus

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

 

 

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Long-toed Stint

Calidris subminuta

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

Temminck’s Stint

Calidris temminckii

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

 

 

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Limicola falcinellus

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

 Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris

Greater Painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Bronze-winged Jacana

Metopidius indicus

 

 

Crab-plover

Dromas ardeola

Eurasian Thick-knee

Burhinus oedicnemus

Great Thick-knee

Esacus recurvirostris

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

Lesser Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus

Greater Sand Plover

Charadrius leschenaultii

 

 

Northern lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus malarbaricus

Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

Sociable Lapwing

Vanellus gregarius

White-tailed Lapwing

Vanellus leucurus

 

 

Cream-colored Courser

Cursorius cursor

Indian Courser

Cursorius coromandelicus

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Small Pratincole

Glareola lactea

Indian Skimmer

Rynchops albicollis

 

 

Heuglin's Gull

Larus heuglini

Steppe Gull

Larus heuglini barabensis

Pallas's Gull

Larus ichthyaetus

Brown-headed Gull

Larus brunnicephalus

Black-headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

Slender-billed Gull

Larus genei

 

 

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia

River Tern

Sterna aurantia

Lesser Crested Tern

Sterna bengalensis

Great Crested Tern

Sterna bergii

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Little Tern

Sterna albifrons

Saunders's Tern

Sterna saundersi

White-cheeked Tern

Sterna repressa

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybridus

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

 

 

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Black-shouldered Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

 

 

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

White-rumped Vulture

Gyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture

Gyps indicus

Eurasian Griffon

Gyps fulvus

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

Red-headed Vulture

Sarcogyps calvus

 

 

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Eurasian Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Pallid Harrier

Circus macrourus

Montagu’s Harrier

Circus pygargus

Shikra

Accipiter badius

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Pernis ptilorhyncus

 

 

White-eyed Buzzard

Butastur teesa

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo ?

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo rufinus

Greater Spotted Eagle

Aquila clanga

Tawny Eagle

Aquila  rapax

Steppe Eagle

Aquila nipalensis

Imperial Eagle

Aquila heliaca

Bonelli’s Eagle

Hieraaetus fasciatus

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

 

 

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

Merlin

Falco columbarius

Eurasian Hobby

Falco subbuteo

Laggar Falcon

Falco jugger

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

 

 

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

 

 

Darter

Anhinga melanogaster

Little Cormorant

Phalacrocorax niger

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Western Reef

Egret Egretta gularis

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Great Egret

Casmerodius albus

Intermediate Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Indian Pond Heron

Ardeola grayii

Little Heron

Butorides striatus

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

 

 

Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

Cinnamon Bittern

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Great Bittern

Botaurus stellaris

 

 

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Lesser Flamingo

Phoenicopterus minor

 

 

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Black-headed Ibis

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black Ibis

Pseudibis papillosa

 

 

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

 

 

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus crispus

Spot-billed Pelican

Pelecanus philippensis

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Asian Openbill

Anastomus oscitans

Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

 

 

Indian Pitta

Pitta brachyura

 

 

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Rufous-tailed Shrike

Lanius isabellinus

Bay-backed Shrike

Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Southern Grey Shrike

Lanius meridionalis

 

 

Rufous Treepie

Dendrocitta vagabunda

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Common Raven

Corvus corax

 

 

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

 

 

 

 

Small Minivet

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-bellied Minivet

Pericrocotus erythropygius

 

 

White-browed Fantail

Rhipidura aureola

 

 

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

White-bellied Drongo

Dicrurus caerulescens

 

 

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

Asian Paradise-flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

 

 

Marshall's Iora

Aegithina nigrolutea

Common Woodshrike

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Blue Rock

Thrush Monticola solitarius

 

 

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Ficedula parva

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassina

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis tickelliae

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

 

 

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas galactotes

Oriental Magpie Robin

Copsychus saularis

Indian Robin

Saxicoloides fulicata

 

 

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Stoliczka’s Bushchat

Saxicola macrorhyncha

Common Stonechat

Saxicola torquata

Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

Brown Rock-chat

Cercomela fusca

 

 

Variable Wheatear

Oenanthe picata

Desert Wheatear

Oenanthe deserti

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

Red-tailed Wheatear

Oenanthe chrysopygia

Pied Wheatear

Oenanthe pleschanka

 

 

Brahminy Starling

Sturnus pagodarum

Rosy Starling

Sturnus roseus

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Bank Myna

Acridotheres ginginianus

 

 

White-naped Tit

Parus nuchalis

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

Dusky Crag Martin

Hirundo concolor

 

 

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

Red-rumped Swallow

Hirundo daurica

 

 

White-eared Bulbul

Pycnonotus leucotis

Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Grey Hypocolius

Hypocolius ampelinus

Rufous-fronted Prinia

Prinia buchanani

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

Jungle Prinia

Prinia sylvatica

Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

Graceful Prinia

Prinia gracilis

 

 

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Oriental White-eye Zosterops

palpebrosus

 

 

Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia

Paddyfield Warbler

Acrocephalus agricola

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus stentoreus

Booted Warbler

Hippolais caligata

Sykes's Warbler

Hippolais rama

 

 

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Yellow-eyed Babbler

Chrysomma sinense

Common Babbler

Turdoides caudatus

Greater Whitethroa

Sylvia communis

Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Hume's Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia althaea

Desert Warbler

Sylvia nana

Orphean Warbler

Sylvia hortensis

 

 

Singing Bushlark

Mirafra cantillans

Indian Bushlark

Mirafra erythroptera

Black-crowned Sparrow Lark

Eremopterix nigriceps

Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark

Eremopterix grisea

Rufous-tailed Lark

Ammomanes phoenicurus

Desert Lark

Ammomanes deserti

Greater Hoopoe Lark

Alaemon alaudipes

Bimaculated lark

Melanocorypha bimaculata

Greater Short-toed Lark

Calandrella brachydactyla

Sand Lark

Calandrella raytal

Crested Lark

Galerida cristata

Sykes’s Lark

Galerida deva

Oriental Skylark

Alauda gulgula

 

 

Purple Sunbird

Nectarinia asiatica

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia

Petronia xanthocollis

 

 

Forest Wagtail

Dendronanthus indicus

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

White-browed Wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

 

 

Paddyfield Pipit

Anthus rufulus

Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris

Long-billed Pipit

Anthus similis

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

 

 

Streaked Weaver

Ploceus manyar

Baya Weaver

Ploceus philippinus

 

 

Indian Silverbill

Lonchura malabarica

 

 

White-throated Munia

Lonchura malabarica

Black-headed Munia

Lonchura malacca

 

 

Trumpeter Finch

Rhodopechys githagineus

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

 

 

Grey-necked Bunting

Emberiza buchanani

Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

House Bunting

Emberiza striolata

Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Red-headed Bunting

Emberiza bruniceps

 

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