ORDER: GALLIFORMES

Family: Phasianidae: Francolins, Quails, Partridges and Pheasants

Painted Francolin (Painted Partridge)

Francolinus pictus

Grey Francolin

Francolinus pondicerianus

Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix

Rain Quail(Black-breasted Quail)

Coturnix coromandelica

Jungle Bush Quail

Perdicula asiatica

Indian Peafowl(Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl)

ORDER: ANSERIFORMES

Family: Dendrocygnidae: Whistling-ducks

Lesser Whistling-Duck (Lesser Whistling-teal, Lesser Treeduck)

Dendocygna javanica

Family: Anatidae: Geese and Ducks

Anserini

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Comb Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Anatini

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Spot-billed Duck (Spotbill)

Anas poecilorhyncha

Northern Shoveler (Shoveller)

Anas clypeata

Northern Pintail (Common Pintail, Pintail)

Anas acuta

Common Teal

Anas crecca

Red-crested Pochard

Rhodonessa rufina

Ferruginous Pochard (Ferruginous Duck, White-eyed Pochard)

Aythya nyroca

ORDER: TURNICIFORMES

Family: Turnicidae: Buttonquails

Small Buttonquail(Little Bustardquail, Little buttonquail)

Turnix sylvatica

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Turnix tanki

ORDER: PICIFORMES

Family: Picidae: Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Brown-crowned Pigmy Woodpecker)

Dendrocopos nanus

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker)

Dendrocopus mahrattensis

Black-rumped Flameback(Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)

Dinopium benghalense

Family: Megalaimidae: Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet(Crimson-breasted Barbet)

Megalaima haemacephala

ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES

Family: Bucerotidae: Hornbills

Indian Grey Hornbill (Common Grey Hornbill, Gray Hornbill)

Ocyceros birostris

ORDER: UPUPIFORMES

Family: Upupidae: Hoopoe

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

ORDER: CORACIIFORMES

Family: Coraciidae: Rollers

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Indian Roller

Coracias benghalensis

Family: Alcedinidae: Small Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher(Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)

Alcedo atthis

Family: Halcyonidae: Large Kingfishers

White throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Family: Cerylidae: Pied Kingfishers

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Family: Meropidae: Bee-eaters

Little Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

ORDER: CUCULIFORMES

Family: Cuculidae: Cuckoos

Pied Cuckoo (Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo)

Clamator jacobinus

Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx varius

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo

Hierococcyx fugax

Indian Cuckoo

Cuculus micropterus

Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopacea

Sirkeer Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Family: Centropodidae: Coucals

Greater Coucal (Crow-pheasant)

Centropus sinensis

ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES

Family: Psittacidae: Parakeets

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Plum-headed Parakeet (Blossom-headed Parakeet)

Psittacula cyanocephala

ORDER: APODIFORMES

Family: Apodidae: Swifts

Asian Palm Swift

Cypsiurus balasiensis

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

Little Swift

Apus affinis

Family: Hemiprocnidae

Crested Treeswift (Crested Swift)

Hemiprocne coronata

ORDER: STRIGIFORMES

Family: Tytonidae: Owls

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Family:Strigidae: Owls

Collared Scops Owl

Otus bakkamoena

Eurasian Eagle Owl(Great Horned Owl, Eagle Owl)

Bubo bubo

Brown Fish Owl

Ketupa zeylonensis

Mottled Wood-Owl

Strix ocellata

Jungle Owlet(Barred Jungle Owlet)

Glaucidium radiatum

Spotted Owlet

Athene brama

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Family: Caprimaugidae: Nightjars

Grey Nightjar(Indian Jungle Nightjar)

Caprimulgus indicus

Syke's Nightjar

Caprimulgus mahrattensis

Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus

Savanna Nightjar

Caprimulgus affinis

ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES

Family: Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Laughing Dove(Little Brown)

Streptopelia senegalensis

Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Eurasian Collared Dove(Indian Ring, Collared)

Streptopelia decaocto

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon(Yellow-legged Green or Bengal)

Treron phoenicoptera

ORDER: GRUIFORMES

Family: Otididae: Floricans

Lesser Florican(Likh)

Sypheotides indica

Family: Gruidae: Cranes

Sarus Crane

Grus antigone

Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo

Common Crane

Grus grus

Family: Rallidae: Rails

Brown Crake

Amaurornis akool

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Baillon's Crake

Porzana pusilla

Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Purple Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Common Moorhen (Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule)

Gallinula chloropus

Common Coot (Coot, Eurasian Coot, Black Coot)

Fulica atra

ORDER: CICONIIFORMES

Family: Pteroclidae: Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse(Indian Sandgrouse)

Pterocles exustus

Painted Sandgrouse (Close-barred)

Pterocles indicus

Family: Scolopacidae: Snipe and Sandpipers

Scolopacinae

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Tringinae

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

Family: Rostratulida: Painted-snipe

Greater Painted-snipe (Painted Snipe)

Rostratula benghalensis

Family: Jacanidae: Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Family: Burhinidae: Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee (Great Stone Plover)

Esacus recurvirostris

Family: Charadriidae: Plovers and stilts

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet (Avocet)

Recurvirostra avosetta

Charadriinae

Little Ringed Plover(Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)

Charadrius dubius

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus malabaricus

Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

Glareolinae

Indian Courser

Cursorius coromandelicus

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Small Pratincole

Glareola lactea

Family: Laridae: Gulls and Terns

River Tern (Indian River Tern)

Sterna aurantia

Family: Accipitridae: Hawks and Eagles

Pandioninae

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Accipitrinae

Oriental Honey-Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhyncus

Black-shouldered Kite (Black-winged Kite)

Elanus caeruleus

Black Kite (Pariah Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite)

Milvus migrans

Black-eared Kite

Milvus lineatus

Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

Pallas's Fishing Eagle

Haliaeetus leucoryphus

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Egyptian Vulture(Small White, Scavenger)

Neophron percnopterus

White-rumped Vulture(Indian White-backed Vulture)

Gyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture (Indian Long-billed Vulture, Indian Griffon)

Gyps indicus

Eurasian Griffon (Griffon Vulture, Eurasian Griffon Vulture)

Gyps fulvus

Red-headed Vulture (King Vulture, Black Vulture)

Sarcogyps calvus

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Western Marsh Harrier)

Circus aeruginosus

Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier)

Circus cyaneus

Pallid Harrier (Pale Harrier)

Circus macrourus

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

Shikra

Accipiter badius

Besra (Besra Sparrow-hawk)

Accipiter virgatus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk)

Accipiter nisus

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

White-eyed Buzzard

Butastur teesa

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo rufinus

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

Imperial Eagle

Aquila heliaca

Bonelli's Eagle

Hieraaetus fasciatus

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

Changeable Hawk - Eagle

Spizaetus cirrhatus

Mountain Hawk Eagle(Hodgson's Hawk Eagle)

Spizaetus nipalensis

Family: Falconidae: Falcons

Common Kestrel(Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)

Falco tinnunculus

Red-necked Falcon(Red-headed Merlin, Red-headed Falcon)

Falco chicquera

Oriental Hobby(Hobby, Northern Hobby)

Falco subbuteo

Saker Falcon (Lanner)

Falco cherrug

Peregrine Falcon (Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon)

Falco peregrinus

Family: Podicipedidae: Grebes

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Family: Anhingidae: Anhinga

Darter(Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird)

Anhinga melanogaster

Family: Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants

Little Cormorant

Phalacrocorax niger

Great Cormorant (Cormorant, Large Cormorant)

Phalacrocorax carbo

Family: Ardeidae: Herons and Bitterns

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Western Reef Egret

Egretta gularis

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Great Egret

Casmerodius albus

Intermediate Egret (Smaller Egret, Plumed Egret)

Mesophoyx intermedia

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Indian Pond Heron

Ardeola grayii

Little Heron (Little Green Heron, Striated Heron)

Butorides striatus

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern)

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Family: Phoenicopteridae: Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Lesser Flamingo

Phoenicopterus minor

Family: Threskiornithidae: Ibises

Black-headed Ibis

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black Ibis (Red-naped Ibis)

Pseudibis papillosa

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Family: Pelecanidae: Pelicans

Dalmatian pelican

Pelecanus crispus

Family: Ciconiidae: Storks

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Asian Openbill

Anastomus oscitans

Woolly-necked Stork(White-necked)

Ciconia episcopus

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

ORDER: PASSERIFORMES

Family: Pittidae: Pittas

Indian Pitta

Pitta brachyura

Family: Laniidae: Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Rufous-tailed Shrike (Isabelline)

Lanius isabellinus

Bay-backed Shrike

Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Southern Grey Shrike

Lanius meridionalis

Family: Corvidae: Crows and allies

Corvini

Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie)

Dendrocitta vagabunda

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Oriolini

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Black-hooded Oriole

Oriolus xanthornus

Large Cuckooshrike

Coracina macei

Black-headed Cukooshrike

Coracina melanoptera

Small Minivet

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-bellied Minivet

Pericrocotus erythropygius

Dicrurinae

Rhipidurini

White-throated Fantail(White-throated Fantail Flycatcher)

Rhipidura albicollisGallinula chloropus

Dicrurini

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

Ashy Drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus

White-bellied Drongo (White-vented Drongo)

Dicrurus caerulescens

Monarchini

Black-naped Monarch (Black-naped Flycatcher, Azure Flycatcher)

Hypothymis azurea

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

Aegithininae

Common Iora

Aegithina tiphia

Marshall's or White-tailed Iora

Aegithina nigrolutea

Malaconotinae

Large Woodshrike

Tephrodornis gularis

Family: Muscicapidae: Thrushes and Flycatchers

Turdinae

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

White-throated Thrush(Orange-headed Ground Thrush)

Zoothera citrina cyanotus

Eurasian Blackbird

Turdus merula nigropileus

Muscicapinae

Muscicapini

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Asian Brown Flycatcher(Brown Flycatcher)

Muscicapa dauurica

Rusty-tailed Flycatcher(Rufous-tailed Flycatcher)

Muscicapa ruficauda

Red-throated Flycatcher(Red-breasted Flycatcher)

Ficedula parva

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassina

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher)

Cyornis rubeculoides

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Saxicolini

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Oriental Magpie Robin

Copsychus saularis

Indian Robin (Black Robin, Indian Chat)

Saxicoloides fulicata

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Stonechat (Collared Bushchat)

Saxicola torquata

Pied Bushchat (Pied Stone-chat)

Saxicola caprata

Variable Wheatear (Pied Chat, Pied Wheatear)

Oenanthe picata pictata

Rufous-tailed Wheatear(Red-tailed Chat, Red-tailed Wheatear)

Oenanthe xanthoprymna

Desert Wheatear

Oenanthe deserti

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

Family: Sturnidae: Starlings

Brahminy Starling (Black-headed /Brahminy Myna)

Sturnus pagodarum

Rosy Starling (Rosy Pastor, Rose-coloured Starling)

Sturnus roseus

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Bank Myna

Acridotheres ginginianus

Jungle Myna

Acridotheres fuscus

Family: Sittidae: Nuthatches

Sittinae

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch(Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch)

Sitta frontalis

Family: Certhiidae: Treecreepers and Wrens

Spotted Tree-Creeper

Salpornis spilonotus

Family: Paridae: Tits

Parinae

Great Tit (Grey Tit)

Parus major

White-naped Tit(White-winged Black Tit)

Parus nuchalis

Family: Hirundinidae: Swallows

Plain Martin (Plain Sand Martin)

Riparia paludicola

Eurasian Crag Martin(Crag Martin, Northern Crag Martin)

Hirundo rupestris

Dusky Crag-Martin

Hirundo concolor

Barn Swallow (Swallow, Common Swallow)

Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii