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BIRD FISH ALGA FLORA PLANT ZOOPLANKTON

LIST OF BIRDS

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 Common Name Species Name Status
  Grebes Podicipedidae  
  1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis R
  Pelicans Pelecanidae  
  2 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus M
  3 Spot-biled Pelican Pelecanus philippensis R/SM
  4 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus M
    Cormorants/Shags Phalacrocoracidae  
  5 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger R
  6 Indian Shag Phalacrocorax fuscicollis R
  7 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo R/SM
  Darters Anhingidae  
  8 Darter Anhinga melanogaster R
  Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae  
  9  Little Egret Egretta garzetta R
  10 Western Reef-Egret Egretta gularis R
  11 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea R/SM
  12 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea R
  13 Large Egret Casmerodius albus R
  14 Median Egret Mesophoyx intermedia R
  15 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis R
  16 Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii R
  17 Little Green Heron Butorides R
  18 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax R
  19 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis R
  20 Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus R
  21 Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis R
  22 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala R
  23 Asian Openbill-Stork Anastomus oscitans R
  24 White-necked Strok Ciconia episcopus M
   Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae  
  25 Oriental White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus R
  26 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia R
  Flamingos Phoenicopteridae  
  27 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rubber M
  28 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor M
  Geese & Ducks Anatidae  
  29 Large Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolour R/M
  30 Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna Javanica R
  31 Greylag Goose Anser anser M
  32 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus M
  33 Brahminy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea M
  34 Common Sheldcuk Tadorna tadorna M
  35 Comb Teal Sarkidiornis melanotos SM
  36 Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus R
  37 Gadwall Anas strepera M
  38 Eurasian Wigeon Anas Penelope M
  39 Spot-billed Duck Anas Poecilorhyncha R/SM
  40 Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata M
  41 Northern Pintail Anas acuta M
  42 Garganey Anas querquedula M
  43 Common Teal Anas crecca M
  44 Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina M
  45 Common Pochard Aythya farina M
  46 Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca M
  47 Tufted Pochard Aythya fuligula M
   Hawks, Eagles, Vultures, Harriers Accipitridae  
  48 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus R
  49 Black Kite Milvus migrans R
  50 Brahminy Kite Haliastur Indus R
  51 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster R/SM
  52 Pallas’s Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus R/M
  53 Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus M
  54 Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus M
  55 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos M
  56 Shikra Accipiter badius R
   Osprey Pandionidae  
  57 Osprey Pandion haliaetus M
  Falcons Falconidae  
  58 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus M
  59 Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera M
  60 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo M
  61 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus M
  Pheasants, Partridges, Quails Phasianidae  
  62 Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus R
  63 Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica R
  Rails,  Crakes, Moorhens, Coots Rallidae  
  64 Red-legged Crake Rallina fascilata R/SM
  65 Blue-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus R/SM
  66 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus R/SM
  67 Brown Crake Amaurornis akool R/SM
  68 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus R
  69 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla R/SM
  70 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca R/SM
  71 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea R/SM
  72 Purple Moorhen Porphyrio porphyrio R
  73 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus M
  74 Common Coot Fulica altra R/M
   Jacanas Jacanidae  
  75 Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus R
   Painted-Snipes Rostratulidae  
  77 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis R
  78 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus M
   Plovers, Lapwings Charadriidae  
  79 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva M
  80 Grey Piover Pluvialis squatarola M
  81 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula M
  82 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dublus M
  83 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus M/R
  84 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii M
  85 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus M
  86 Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus R
  87 Grey –headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus M
  88 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus R
  Sandpipers, Stints, Snipes, Godwits & Curlews Scolopacidae  
  89 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura M
  90 Common Snipe Gallinago galllinago M
  91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus M
  92 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa M
  93 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica M
  94 Whimbrel Numenisus phaeopus M
  95 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata M
  96 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus M
  97 Common Redshank Tringa totanus M
  98 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis M
  99 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia M
  100 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus M
  101 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola M
  102 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus M
  103 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos M
  104 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres M
  105 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus M
  106 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris M
  107 Red knot Calidris canutus M
  108 Sandrling Calidris alba M
  109 Spoonbill Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus M
  110 Little Stint Calidris minuta M
  111 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii M
  112 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta M
  113 Dunlin Calidris alpina M
  114 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea M
  115 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus M
  116 Ruff Philomachus pugnax M
  Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae  
  117 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus R/M
  118 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta M
   Pratincoles Glareolidae  
  119 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola M/R
  120 Small Pratincole Glareola lacteal M/R
  Laridae Laridae  
  121 Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini M
  122 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans M
  123 Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus M
  124 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus M
  125 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelindon nilotica R/M
  126 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia M
  127 River Tern Sterna aurantia R/SM
  128 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis M
  129 Large Crested Tern Sterna bergii M
  130 Common Tern Sterna hirundo M
  131 Little Tern Sterna albifrons M/R
  132 Saunders’s Tern Sterna saundersi M
  133 Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda SM
  134 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus M
  135 White-winged Black Tern Childonias leucopterus M
  136 Black Tern Chlidonias niger M
   Pigeons & Doves Columbidae  
  137 Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia R
  138 Little Brown Dove Streptopelia senegalensis R
  139 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis R
  140 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto R
   Parakeets Psittacidae  
  141 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri R
   Cuckoos, Malkohas & Coucals Cuculidae  
  142 Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus R
  143 Brainfever Bird Hierococcyx varius R
  144 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea R
  145 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis  
   Owls Strigidae  
  146 Collared Scops-Owl Otus bakkamoena R
  147 Spotted Owlet Athene brama R
   Swifts Apodidae  
  148 Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis R
  149 House Swift Apus affinis R
  Kingfishers Alcedinidae  
  150 Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis R
  151 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis R
  152 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata R
  153 Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis R
   Bee-caters Meropidae  
  154 Small Bee-eater Merops orientalis R
  155 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus R/SM
  Rollers Coraciidae  
  156 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis R
  Hoopoes Upupidae  
  157 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops R
  Barbets Capitonidae  
  158 Brown-headed Barbet Meglalima zeylanica R
  159 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala R
   Larks Alaudidae  
  160 Singing Bush-Lark Mirafra cantillans R
  161 Red-winged Bush-Lark Mirafra erythropera R
  162 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lard Eremopterix grisea R
  163 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla M
  164 Lesser short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens M
  165 Asian Short-toed Lark Calandrella cheleensis M
  166 Common Crested Lark Galerida cristata R
  167 Eastern Skylark Alauda gugula R
   Swallows Hirundinidae  
  168 Common Swallow Hirundo rustica M
  169 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica R/M
  Wagtails & Pipits Motacillidae  
  170 Large Pied Wagtail