Contents: Preface. Introduction. List of birds recorded in Kerala: i. Order : Podicipediformes. Family Podicipedidae. ii. Order Procellariiformes. Family Procellariidae. iii. Order Pelecaniformes. Family Pelecanidae. iv. Order Ciconiiformes. Family Ardeidae. v. Order Anseriforms. Family Anatidae. vi. Order Falconiforms. Family Accipitridae. vii. Order Galliforms. Family Phasianidae. viii. Order Gruiformes. Family Turnicidae. ix. Order Charadriiformes. Family Jacanidae. x. Order Columbiformes. Family Pteroclididae. xi. Order Psittaciformes. Family Psittacidae. xii. Order Cuculiforms. Family Cuculidae. xiii. Order Strigiformes. Family Strigidae. xiv. Order Caprimulgiformes. Family Podargidae. xv. Order Apodiformes. Family Apodidae. xvi. Order Trogoniformes. Family Trogonidae. xvii. Order Coraciiformes. Family Alcedinidae. xviii. Order Piciformes. Family Capitonidae. xix. Order Passeriformes. Family Pittidae. Selected references. Index of common names. Index of scientific names.
