Checklist
of the Birds of Kutch :
By-
Jugal Tiwari cedoindia@yahoo.com
1.
Grey Francolin Francolinus
pondicerianus
2.
Black Francolin Francolinus
francolinus
3.
Common Quail Coturnix
coturnix
4.
Rain Quail Coturnix
coromandelica
5.
Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
6.
Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula
asiatica
7.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix
tanki
8.
Barred Buttonquail Turnix
suscitator
9.
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
10.
Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna
javanica
11.
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
12.
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus
coromandelianus
13.
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
14.
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
15.
Gadwall Anas strepera
16.
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
17.
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
18.
Spot-billed Duck Anas
poecilorhyncha
19.
Common Teal Anas crecca
20.
Garganey Anas querquedula
21.
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
22.
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
23.
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta
angustirostris
24.
Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa
rufina
25.
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
26.
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
27.
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
28.
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
29.
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopus
mahrattensis
30.
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
31.
European Roller Coracias garrulus
32.
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
33.
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
34.
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon
smyrnensis
35.
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon
pileata
36.
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle
rudis
37.
Green Bee-eater Merops
orientalis
38.
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops
persicus
39.
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
40.
Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
40.
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
41.
Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus
leschenaultii
42.
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
43.
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula
krameri
44.
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
45.
House Swift Apus affinis
46.
Barn Owl Tyto alba
47.
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo
bengalensis
48.
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
49.
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
50.
Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus
mahrattensis
51.
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus
asiaticus
52.
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus
affinis
53.
Rock pigeon Columba livia
54.
Laughing Dove Streptopelia
senegalensis
55.
Red Collared Dove Streptopelia
tranquebarica
56.
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia
decaocto
57.
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron
phoenicoptera
58.
Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps
59.
McQueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis
macqueeni
60.
Lesser Florican Sypheotides indica
61.
Sarus Crane Grus antigone
62.
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
63.
Common Crane Grus grus
64.
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis
phoenicurus
65.
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
66.
Purple Swamphen Gallinula chloropus
67.
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
68.
Common Coot Fulica atra
69.
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles
exustus
70.
Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles
indicus
71.
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
72.
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
73.
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
74.
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
75.
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
76.
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
77.
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
78.
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
79.
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
80.
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
81.
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
82.
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
83.
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
84.
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
85.
Sanderling Calidris alba
86.
Little Stint Calidris minuta
87.
Temminck’s Stint Calidris
temminckii
88.
Dunlin Calidris alpina
89.
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris
ferruginea
90.
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola
falcinellus
91.
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
92.
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus
lobatus
93.
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
94.
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula
benghalensis
95.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus
chirurgus
96.
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius
indicus
97.
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
98.
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus
oedicnemus
99.
Great Thick-knee Esacus
recurvirostris
100.
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus
ostralegus
101.
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus
himantopus
102.
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
103.
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis
fulva
104.
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
105.
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius
dubius
106.
Kentish Plover Charadrius
alexandrinus
107.
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius
mongolus
108.
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius
leschenaultii
109.
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus
malarbaricus
110.
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus
indicus
111.
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus
leucurus
112.
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius
cursor
113.
Indian Courser Cursorius
coromandelicus
114.
Collared Pratincole Glareola
pratincola
115.
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
116.
Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini
117.
Steppe Gull Larus heuglini
barabensis
118.
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
119.
Brown-headed Gull Larus
brunnicephalus
120.
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
121.
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
122.
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon
nilotica
123.
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
124.
River Tern Sterna aurantia
125.
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna
bengalensis
126.
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
127.
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
128.
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
129.
Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi
130.
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
131.
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
132.
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus
caeruleus
133.
Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans
134.
Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans
lineatus
135.
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
136.
Egyptian Vulture Neophron
percnopterus
137.
White-rumped Vulture Gyps
bengalensis
138.
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
139.
Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
140.
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
141.
Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
142.
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus
gallicus
143.
Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis
cheela
144.
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus
aeruginosus
145.
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
146.
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
147.
Shikra Accipiter badius
148.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter
nisus
149.
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis
ptilorhyncus
150.
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
151.
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
152.
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
153.
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
154.
Tawny Eagle Aquila
rapax
155.
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
156.
Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
157.
Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus
fasciatus
158.
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
159.
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
160.
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
161.
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
162.
Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
163.
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
164.
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
165.
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps
cristatus
166.
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
167.
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
168.
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax
niger
169.
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
170.
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
171.
Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
171.
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
172.
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
173.
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
174.
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx
intermedia
175.
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
176.
Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
177.
Little Heron Butorides striatus
178.
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax
nycticorax
179.
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus
ruber
180.
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus
minor
181.
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
182.
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis
melanocephalus
183.
Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
184.
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea
leucorodia
185.
Great White Pelican Pelecanus
onocrotalus
186.
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
187.
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
188.
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
189.
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia
episcopus
190.
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
191.
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
192.
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus
asiaticus
193.
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
194.
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
195.
Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius
isabellinus
196.
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
197.
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
198.
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius
meridionalis
199.
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta
vagabunda
200.
House Crow Corvus splendens
201.
Large-billed Crow Corvus
macrorhynchos
202.
Common Raven Corvus corax
203.
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus
oriolus
204.
Small Minivet Pericrocotus
cinnamomeus
205.
White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus
erythropygius
206.
White-browed Fantail Rhipidura
aureola
207.
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
208.
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus
caerulescens
209.
Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone
paradisi
210.
Marshall's Iora Aegithina
nigrolutea
211.
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis
pondicerianus
212.
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola
solitarius
213.
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa
striata
214.
Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa
muttui
215.
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula
parva
216.
Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula
superciliaris
217.
Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias
thalassina
218.
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis
tickelliae
219.
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa
ceylonensis
220.
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
221.
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas
galactotes
222.
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus
saularis
223.
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
224.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
225.
Stoliczka’s Bushchat Saxicola
macrorhyncha
226.
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
227.
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
228.
Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca
229.
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
230.
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
231.
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe
isabellina
232.
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe
chrysopygia
233.
Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
234.
Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus
235.
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
236.
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
237.
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
238.
White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis
239.
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
240.
Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor
241.
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
242.
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
243.
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
244.
Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo
fluvicola
245.
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus
leucotis
246.
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
247.
Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius
ampelinus
248.
Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia
buchanani
249.
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia
hodgsonii
250.
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
251.
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
252.
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola
juncidis
253.
Oriental White-eye Zosterops
palpebrosus
254.
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella
naevia
255.
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus
agricola
256.
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus
stentoreus
257.
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
258.
Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama
259.
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus
sutorius
260.
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus
collybita
261.
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus
trochiloides
262.
Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma
sinense
263.
Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
264.
Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
265.
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
266.
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
267.
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
268.
Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
269.
Indian Bushlark Mirafra
erythroptera
270.
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix
nigriceps
271.
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix
grisea
272.
Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes
phoenicurus
273.
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
274.
Greater Hoopoe Lark Alaemon
alaudipes
275.
Bimaculated lark Melanocorypha
bimaculata
277.
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella
brachydactyla
278.
Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
279.
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
280.
Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva
281.
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
282.
Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
283.
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
284.
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
Petronia xanthocollis
285.
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
286.
White-browed Wagtail Motacilla
maderaspatensis
287.
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
288.
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
289.
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
290.
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
291.
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
292.
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
293.
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
294.
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
295.
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
296.
Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
297.
Indian Silverbill Lonchura
malabarica
298.
White-throated Munia Lonchura
malabarica
299.
Trumpeter Finch Rhodopechys
githagineus
300.
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus
erythrinus
301.
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza
buchanani
302.
House Bunting Emberiza striolata
303.
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza
bruniceps