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Birds in Kanha National Park

Birds in Kanha National Park A rich and varied flora and fauna, coupled with the enchanting scenic beauty has made the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh one of the most-sought after destinations of nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts, from all around the world. Apart from being world renowned as home to a large population of tigers and numerous other animals of the wild, the park is also well known for the various species of birds in Kanha.

One of the best maintained National Parks in Asia, Kanha employs stringent conservation measures to ensure the overall protection of the animals and birds in Kanha.


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Recent researches indicate that there are more than 300 species of birds in Kanha National Park. The park offers ample opportunities for bird watchers and ornithologists, who flock to Kanha every year. The hills offer the best spots for bird watching in Kanha. The mixed and bamboo forests and the grassy forest clearings are home to numerous species of birds in Kanha. Water birds can be spotted near the several rivulets within the park and at Sarvantal - a pool frequented by numerous water birds. The area in front of the museum also offers decent opportunities for bird-watching. Early mornings and late afternoons are the best periods to indulge in bird-watching in Kanha National park.

The commonly noticed birds in Kanha include the Black Ibis, Bee-eaters, Cattle Egret, Blossom-Headed Parakeets, Pond Heron, Drongos, Common Teal, Crested Serpent Eagle, Grey Hornbill, Indian roller, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Little Grebes, Lesser Whistling Teal, Minivets, Pied Hornbill, Woodpecker, Pigeon, Paradise Flycatchers, Mynas, Peafowl, Red Jungle Fowl, Red Wattled Lapwing, Steppe Eagle, Tickell's Flycatcher, White-eyed Buzzard, White-breasted Kingfisher, White-browed Fantail Flycatcher, Wood shrikes and Warblers, to name a few.

R=Resident S=Summer W=Winter ( ) = Old Names

Common Name

Status

Zoological Name

ORDER: GALLIFORMES

Family: Phasianidae

Black Francolin (Black Partridge)

R

Francolinus francolinus

Painted Francolin (Painted Partridge)

R

Francolinus pictus

Grey Francolin (Grey Partridge)

R

Francolinus pondicerianus

Rain Quail (Black-breasted Quail)

R

Coturnix coromandelica

Blue-breasted Quail

R

Coturnix chinensis

Jungle Bush Quail

R

Perdicula asiatica

Red Spurfowl

R

Galloperdix spadicea

Red Junglefowl

R

Gallus gallus

Indian Peafowl (Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl)

R

Pavo cristatus

ORDER: ANSERIFORMES

Family: Dendrocygndiae

Lesser Whistling-duck

(Lesser Whistling-teal, Lesser Treeduck)

R

Dendrocygna javanica

Family: Anatidae

Anserini

Greylag Goose

W

Anser anser

Ruddy Shelduck (Ruddy Sheldrake)

W

Tadorna ferruginea

Comb Duck

R

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Cotton Teal)

R

Nettapus coromandelianus

Anatini

Eurasian Wigeon (Wigeon)

W

Anas penelope

Mallard

W

Anas platyrhynchos

Spot-billed Duck (Spotbil Duck, Spotbill)

R

Anas poecilorhyncha

Northern Shoveler (Shoveller)

W

Anas clypeata

Northern Pintail (Common Pintail, Pintail)

W

Anas acuta

Garganey

W

Anas querquedula

Common Teal

W

Anas crecca

ORDER: TURNICIFORMES

Family: Turnicidae

Small Buttonquail
(Little Bustardquail, Little Buttonquail)

R

Turnix sylvatica

Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Button Quail)

R

Turnix tanki

ORDER: PICIFORMES

Family: Picidae

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

R

Dendrocopos nanus

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
(Yellow-fronted Woodpecker)

R

Dendrocopos mahrattensis

Rufus Woodpecker

R

Celeus brachyurus

Lesser Yellownape
(Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker)

R

Picus chlorolophus

Streak-throated Woodpecker
(Little Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker)

R

Picus xanthopygaeus

Black-rumped Flameback
(Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker)

R

Dinopium benghalense

Greater Flameback

(Larger Golden-backed Woodpecker)

R

Chrysocolaptes lucidus

White-naped Woodpecker

(Black-backed Woodpecker)

R

Chrysocolaptes festivus

Heart-spotted Woodpecker

R

Hemicircus canente

Family: Megalaimidae

Brown-headed Barbet (Green Barbet)

R

Megalaima zeylanica

Coppersmith Barbet
(Crimson-breasted Barbet)

R

Megalaima haemacephala

ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES

Family: Bucerotidae

Indian Grey Hornbill
(Common Grey Hornbill, Gray Hornbill)

R

Ocyceros birostris

Malabar Pied Hornbill

R

Anthracoceros coronatus

ORDER: UPUPIFORMES

Family: Upupidae

Common Hoopoe (Hoopoe)

R

Upupa epops

ORDER: CORACIIFORMES

Family: Coraciidae

Indian Roller

R

Coracias benghalensis

Family: Alcedinidae

Common Kingfisher

(Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)

R

Alcedo atthis

Family: Halcyonidae

Stork-billed Kingfisher

R

Halcyon capensis

White-throated Kingfisher

White-breasted Kingfisher, Smyrna Kingfisher)

R

Halcyon smyrnensis

Black-capped Kingfisher

(Black-capped Purple Kingfisher)

R

Halcyon pileata

Family: Cerylidae

Pied Kingfisher

(Lesser Pied Kingfisher, Small-pied Kingfisher)

R

Ceryle rudis

Family: Meropidae

Blue-bearded Bee-eater

R

Nyctyornis athertoni

Green Bee-eater (Little Green Bee-eater)

R

Merops orientalis

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

R

Merops philippinus

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

R

Merops leschenaulti

ORDER: CUCULIFORMES

Family: Cuculidae

Pied Cuckoo

(Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo)

S

Clamator jacobinus

Common Hawk Cuckoo

R

Hierococcyx varius

Indian Cuckoo

R

Cuculus micropterus

Eurasian Cuckoo

(The Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo)

R

Cuculus canorus

Banded Bay Cuckoo

(Indian Banded Bay Cuckoo)

R

Cacomantis sonneratii

Grey-bellied Cuckoo

(Indian Plaintive Cuckoo)

R

Cacomantis passerinus

Asian Koel (Koel)

R

Eudynamys scolopacea

Sirkeer Malkoha (Sirkeer Cuckoo, Sirkeer)

R

Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Family: Centropodidae

Greater Coucal (Crow-pheasant)

R

Centropus sinensis

ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES

Family: Psittacidae

Alexandrine Parakeet (Large Indian Parakeet)

R

Psittacula eupatria

Rose-ringed Parakeet

R

Psittacula krameri

Plum-headed Parakeet

(Blossom-headed Parakeet)

R

Psittacula cyanocephala

ORDER: APODIFORMES

Family: Apodidae

White-rumped Needletail

(White-rumped Spinetail)

R

Zoonavena sylvatica

House Swift (Little Swift)

R

Apus affinis

Family: Hemiprocnidae

ORDER: STRIGIFORMES

Family: Tytonidae

Barn Owl

R

Tyto alba

Family: Strigidae

Eurasian Scops Owl (European Scops Owl)

W

Otus scops

Collared Scops Owl

R

Otus bakkamoena

Rock Eagle Owl

R

Bubo bubo bengalensis

Spot-bellied Eagle Owl (Forest Eagle Owl)

R

Bubo nipalensis

Brown Fish Owl

R

Ketupa zeylonensis

Mottled Wood Owl

R

Strix ocellata

Jungle Owlet (Barred Jungle Owlet)

R

Glaucidium radiatum

Spotted Owlet

R

Athene brama

Brown Hawk Owl (Brown Boobook)

R

Ninox scutulata

Short-eared Owl

W

Asio flammeus

Family: Caprimulgidae

Grey Nightjar (Indian Jungle Nightjar)

R

Caprimulgus indicus

Indian Nightjar (Common Indian Nightjar)

R

Caprimulgus asiaticus

Savanna Nightjar (Franklin's)

R

Caprimulgus affinis

ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES

Family:Columbidae

Rock Pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon)

R

Columba livia

Oriental Turtle Dove (Rufous Turtle Dove)

R

Streptopelia orientalis

Laughing Dove (Little Brown)

R

Streptopelia senegalensis

Spotted Dove

R

Streptopelia chinensis

Red Collared Dove (Red Turtle)

R

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Eurasian Collared Dove (Indian Ring)

R

Streptopelia decaocto

Emerald Dove (Bronze-winged Dove)

R

Chalcophaps indica

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

(Yellow-legged Green or Bengal)

R

Treron phoenicoptera

ORDER: GRUIFORMES

Family: Otididae

Lesser Florican (Likh)

R

Sypheotides indica

Family: Gruidae

Sarus Crane

R

Grus antigone

Family: Rallidae

Slaty-breasted Rail

(Blue-breasted Banded Rail)

R

Gallirallus striatus

Brown Crake

R

Amaurornis akool

White-breasted Waterhen

R

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Baillon's Crake

W

Porzana pusilla

Common Moorhen

(Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule)

R

Gallinula chloropus

ORDER: CICONIIFORMES

Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacinae

Common Snipe (Fantail Snipe)

W

Gallinago gallinago

Tringinae

Spotted Redshank

W

Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank (Redshank)

W

Tringa totanus

Marsh Sandpiper

W

Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank (Greenshank)

W

Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper

W

Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper

W

Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper

W

Actitis hypoleucos

Family: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipe

R

Rostratula benghalensis

Family: Jacanidae

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

R

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Bronze-winged Jacana

R

Metopidius indicus

Family: Burhinidae

Eurasian Thick-knee

(Stone-curlew, Stone-Plover)

R

Burhinus oedicnemus

Great Thick-knee (Great Stone Plover)

R

Esacus recurvirostris

Family: Charadriidae

Black-winged Stilt

R

Himantopus himantopus

Charadriinae

Little Ringed Plover

(Little Plover, Little Ring Plover)

W

Charadrius dubius

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

R

Vanellus malarbaricus

Red-wattled Lapwing

R

Vanellus indicus

Family: Glareolidae

Glareolinae

Small Pratincole

(Small Indian Pratincole, Little Pratincole)

R

Glareola lactea

Family: Laridae

Sternini

River Tern

(Indian River Tern)

R

Sterna aurantia

Family: Accipitridae

Pandioninae

Osprey

W

Pandion haliaetus

Accipitrinae

Oriental Honey-buzzard

(Crested Honey Buzzard, Honey Kite)

R

Pernis ptilorhyncus

Black-shouldered Kite (Black-winged Kite)

R

Elanus caeruleus

Black Kite

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

R

Milvus migrans

Grey-headed Fish Eagle

(Himalayan, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle)

R

Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

Egyptian Vulture (Small White, Scavenger)

R

Neophron percnopterus

White-rumped Vulture

(Indian White-backed Vulture)

R

Gyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture

(Indian Long-billed, Indian Griffon)

R

Gyps indicus

Red-headed Vulture

(King Vulture, Black Vulture)

R

Sarcogyps calvus

Crested Serpent Eagle

R

Spilornis cheela

Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Western Marsh Harrier)

W

Circus aeruginosus

Pallid Harrier (Pale Harrier)

W

Circus macrourus

Pied Harrier

W

Circus melanoleucos

Shikra

R

Accipiter badius

White-eyed Buzzard

(White-eyed Buzzard Eagle)

R

Butastur teesa

Bonelli's Eagle (Bonelli's Hawk Eagle)

R

Hieraaetus fasciatus

Booted Eagle (Booed Hawk Eagle)

W

Hieraaetus pennatus

Changeable Hawk Eagle

(Crested Hawk Eagle)

R

Spizaetus cirrhatus

Family: Falconidae

Common Kestrel (Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)

W

Falco tinnunculus

Laggar Falcon

R

Falco jugger

Peregrine Falcon

(Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon)

W

Falco peregrinus

Family: Podicipedidae

Little Grebe

R

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Family: Anhingidae

Darter (Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird)

R

Anhinga melanogaster

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Little Cormorant

R

Phalacrocorax niger

Indian Cormorant (Shag)

R

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

Great Cormorant (Cormorant, Large Cormorant)

R

Phalacrocorax carbo

Family: Ardeidae

Little Egret

R

Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron

R

Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron

R

Ardea purpurea

Great Egret (Large Egret)

R

Casmerodius albus

Intermediate Egret (Smaller Egret, Median Egret)

R

Mesophoyx intermedia

Cattle Egret

R

Bubulcus ibis

Indian Pond Heron

R

Ardeola grayii

Little Heron (Little Green Heron, Striated Heron)

R

Butorides striatus

Black-crowned Night Heron (Night Heron)

R

Nycticorax nycticorax

Family: Threskiornithidae

Black-headed Ibis

(White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis)

R

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black Ibis (Red-naped Ibis)

R

Pseudibis papillosa

Eurasian Spoonbill (Spoonbill, White Spoonbill)

R

Platalea leucorodia

Family: Ciconiidae

Painted Stork

R

Mycteria leucocephala

Asian Openbill (Open-billed Stork)

R

Anastomus oscitans

Black Stork

W

Ciconia nigra

Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked)

R

Ciconia episcopus

Lesser Adjutant (Lesser Adjutant Stork)

R

Leptoptilos javanicus

ORDER: PASSERIFORMES

Family: Pittidae

Indian Pitta

S

Pitta brachyura

Family: Irenidae

Blue-winged Leafbird

(Gold-mantled /Jerdon's Chloropsis)

R

Chloropsis cochinchinensis

Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis)

R

Chloropsis aurifrons

Family: Laniidae

Brown Shrike

W

Lanius cristatus

Bay-backed Shrike

R

Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike

(Rufus-backed Shrike)

R

Lanius schach

Great Grey Shrike

R

Lanius excubitor

Family: Corvidae

Corvini

Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie)

R

Dendrocitta vagabunda

House Crow

R

Corvus splendens

Large-billed Crow (Jungle)

R

Corvus macrorhynchos

Artamini

Ashy Woodswallow

(Ashy Swallow-shrike)

R

Artamus fuscus

Oriolini

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Golden Oriole)

R

Oriolus oriolus

Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed)

R

Oriolus xanthornus

Large Cuckooshrike

R

Coracina macei

Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike (Barred)

R

Coracina striata

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

(Smaller Grey/Dark Cuckooshrike)

R

Coracina melaschistos

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

R

Coracina melanoptera

Rosy Minivet

R

Pericrocotus roseus

Small Minivet (Little Minivet)

R

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

Scarlet Minivet (Orange Minivet)

R

Pericrocotus flammeus

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

(Pied Flycatcher-shrike)

R

Hemipus picatus

Dicrurinae

Rhipidurini

Yellow-bellied Fantail

(Yellow-bellied Fantail Flycatcher)

R

Rhipidura hypoxantha

White-throated Fantail

(White-throated Fantail Flycatcher)

R

Rhipidura albicollis

White-browed Fantail (Flycatcher)

(White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher)

R

Rhipidura aureola

Dicrurini

Black Drongo

R

Dicrurus macrocercus

Ashy Drongo (Grey)

R

Dicrurus leucophaeus

White-bellied Drongo

R

Dicrurus caerulescens

(White-vented Drongo)

Spangled Drongo (Hair-crested)

R

Dicrurus hottentottus

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

(Large Racquet-tailed Drongo)

R

Dicrurus paradiseus

Monarchini

Black-naped Monarch

(Black-naped Flycatcher, Azure Flycatcher)

R

Hypothymis azurea

Asian Paradise-flycatcher

R

Terpsiphone paradisi

Aegithininae

Common Iora (Iora)

R

Aegithina tiphia

Malaconotinae

Common Woodshrike

(Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)

R

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Family: Muscicapidae

Turdinae

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

(Blue-headed Rock Thrush)

R

Monticola cinclorhynchus

Blue Rock Thrush

R

Monticola solitarius

White-throated Thrush

(Orange-headed Ground Thrush)

R

Zoothera citrina cyanotus

Eurasian Blackbird

R

Turdus merula

Muscicapinae
Muscicapini

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher

(Olive Flycatcher, Brown-chested Flycatcher)

W

Rhinomyias brunneata

Asian Brown Flycatcher (Brown Flycatcher)

W

Muscicapa dauurica

Brown-breasted Flycatcher (Layard's)

W

Muscicapa muttui

Red-throated Flycatcher

(Red-breasted Flycatcher)

W

Ficedula parva

Ultramarine Flycatcher

(White-browed Blue Flycatcher)

W

Ficedula superciliaris

Verditer Flycatcher

W

Eumyias thalassina

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

(Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher)

R

Cyornis tickelliae

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

(Grey-headed Flycatcher)

R

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Saxicolini

Bluethroat

W

Luscinia svecica

Oriental Magpie Robin

(Magpie Robin, Asian Magpie Robin, Robin Dayal)

R

Copsychus saularis

White-rumped Shama (Shama)

R

Copsychus malabaricus

Indian Robin (Black Robin, Indian Chat)

R

Saxicoloides fulicata

Black Redstart

W

Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Stonechat

(Collared Bushchat,Siberian Stonechat)

W

Saxicola torquata

Pied Bushchat (Pied Stone-chat)

R

Saxicola caprata

Grey Bushchat (Dark-grey Bushchat)

W

Saxicola ferrea

Variable Wheatear (Pied Chat, Pied Wheatear)

W

Oenanthe picata pictata

Family: Sturnidae

Chestnut-tailed Starling (Grey-headed Myna)

R

Sturnus malabaricus

Brahminy Starling

(Black-headed /Brahminy Myna)

R

Sturnus pagodarum

Asian Pied Starling (Pied Myna)

R

Sturnus contra

Common Myna (Mynah)

R

Acridotheres tristis

Bank Myna

R

Acridotheres ginginianus

Jungle Myna

R

Acridotheres fuscus

Family: Sittidae

Sittinae

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

R

Sitta castanea

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

(Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch)

R

Sitta frontalis

Family: Paridae

Parinae

Great Tit (Grey Tit)

R

Parus major

Black-lored Tit (Yellow-cheeked Tit)

R

Parus xanthogenys

Family: Hirundinidae

Dusky Crag Martin

R

Hirundo concolor

Barn Swallow

(Swallow, Common Swallow)

W

Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow

R

Hirundo smithii

Red-rumped Swallow (Striated)

R

Hirundo daurica

Striated Swallow (Larger Striated)

R

Hirundo striolata

Streak-throated Swallow

(Indian Cliff Swallow)

R

Hirundo fluvicola

Northern House Martin (House Martin)

W

Delichon urbica

Family: Pycnonotidae

Red-whiskered Bulbul

R

Pycnonotus jocosus

Red-vented Bulbul

R

Pycnonotus cafer

Family: Cisticolidae

Zitting Cisticola (Streaked Fantail Warbler)

R

Cisticola juncidis

Grey-breasted Prinia

(Franklin's Wren Warbler, Franklin's Prinia)

R

Prinia hodgsonii

Jungle Prinia

(Jungle Wren-Warbler, Large Prinia)

R

Prinia sylvatica

Ashy Prinia (Ashy Wren Warbler)

R

Prinia socialis

Plain Prinia

(Plain Wren-Warbler, White-browed Prinia)

R

Prinia inornata

Family: Zosteropidae

Oriental White-eye (White-eye, Small White-eye)

R

Zosterops palpebrosus

Family: Sylviidae

Acrocephalinae

Common Tailorbird(Tailorbird)

R

Orthotomus sutorius

Common Chiffchaff

(Brown Leaf Warbler, Chiffchaff)

W

Phylloscopus collybita

Tickell's Leaf Warbler (Tickell's Warbler)

W

Phylloscopus affinis

Greenish Warbler (Dull Green Leaf Warbler)

W

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Sylviinae
Timaliini

Puff-throated Babbler (Spotted Babbler)

R

Pellorneum ruficeps

Indian Scimitar Babbler

R

Pomatorhinus horsfieldii

Tawny-bellied Babbler

(Rufous-bellied Babbler, White-throated Babbler)

R

Dumetia hyperythra

Yellow-eyed Babbler

R

Chrysomma sinense

Large Grey Babbler

R

Turdoides malcolmi

Jungle Babbler

R

Turdoides striatus

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Quaker Babbler)

R

Alcippe poioicephala

Sylviini

Lesser Whitethroat

W

Sylvia curruca blythi

Family: Alaudidae

Bengal Bushlark

R

Mirafra assamica

Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark

(Ashy-crowned Finch Lark)

R

Eremopterix grisea

Rufous-tailed Lark

(Rufous-tailed Finch Lark)

R

Ammomanes phoenicurus

Greater Short-toed Lark

R

Calandrella brachydactyla

Oriental Skylark

(Eastern Skylark, Oriental Lark)

R

Alauda gulgula

Family: Nectariniidae

Nectariniinae
Dicaeini

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

R

Dicaeum agile

Pale-billed Flowerpecker

(Tickell's / Small Flowerpecker)

R

Dicaeum erythrorynchos

Nectariniini

Purple Sunbird

R

Nectarinia asiatica

Crimson Sunbird

(Yellow-backed Sunbird)

R

Aethopyga siparaja

 

: Passeridae

Passerinae

House Sparrow

R

Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia

(Yellow-throated Sparrow)

R

Petronia xanthocollis

Motacillinae

White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail)

W

Motacilla alba personata

White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail)

W

Motacilla alba alboides

White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail)

W

Motacilla alba dukhunensis

White-browed Wagtail

(Large Pied Wagtail)

R

Motacilla maderaspatensis

Citrine Wagtail

(Yellow-headed/hooded Wagtail)

W

Motacilla citreola citreola

Citrine Wagtail

W

Motacilla citreola calcarata

Yellow Wagtail

W

Motacilla flava

Grey Wagtail

W

Motacilla cinerea

Richard's Pipit

W

Anthus richardi

Paddyfield Pipit

(Indian Pipit)

R

Anthus rufulus

Tawny Pipit

W

Anthus campestris

Blyth's Pipit

W

Anthus godlewskii

Olive-backed Pipit

(Indian Tree Pipit)

W

Anthus hodgsoni

Ploceinae

Baya Weaver (Baya)

R

Ploceus philippinus

Estrildinae

Red Avadavat (Red Munia)

R

Amandava amandava

Green Avadavat (Green Munia)

R

Amandava formosa

White-rumped Munia

(White-backed Munia)

R

Lonchura striata

Scaly-breasted Munia

(Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)

R

Lonchura punctulata

Black-headed Munia

(Chestnut Munia)

R

Lonchura malacca

Family: Fringillidae

Carduelini

Common Rosefinch

W

Carpodacus erythrinus

Emberizinae

Crested Bunting

R

Melophus lathami

Grey-necked Bunting

W

Emberiza buchanani