Common Birds of India

Contents: 1. Little Grebe or Dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis. 2. Large Cormorant or Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. 3. Little Cormorant phalacrocorax niger. 4. Darter or Snake-bird Anhinga rufa. 5. Spottedbilled or Grey Pelican Pelecanus philippensis. 6. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea. 7. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea. 8. Pond Heron or Paddy Bird Ardeola grayii. 9. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. 10. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala. 11. Blacknecked Stork Ephippirohynchus asiaticus. 12. Openbill Stork Anastomus oscitans. 13. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus. 14. Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia. 15. White Ibis or Blackheaded Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus. 16. Pintail Anas acuta. 17. Common Teal Anas crecca Linnaeus. 18. Spotbill Duck Anas poecilorhyncha. 19. Barheaded Goose Anser indicus. 20. Lesser Whistling Teal Dendrocygna javanica. 21. Ruddy Shelduck or Brahminy Duck Tadorna ferruginea. 22. Common Pochard Aythya ferina. 23. Nakta or Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos. 24. Common Pariah Kite (Black Kite) Milvus migrans. 25. Montagu\'s Harrier Circus pygargus. 26. Osprey Pandion haliaetus. 27. Whitebacked Vulture Gyps bengalensis. 28. White scavenger vulture or Pharaoh\'s chicken Neophron percnopterus. 29. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela. 30. Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus. 31. Shikra Accipiter badius. 32. Longlegged Buzzard Buteo rufinus. 33. Grey Partridge Francolinus pondicerianus. 34. Black Francolin or Partridge Francolinus francolinus. 35. Painted Francolin or Patridge Francolinus pictus. 36. Blackbreasted or Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica. 37. Little Bustard-Quail or Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica. 38. Common Peafowl (Peacock) Pavo cristatus. 39. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus. 40. Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii. 41. Coot Fulica atra Linneus. 42. Sarus Crane Grus antigone. 43. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus. 44. Bronzewinged Jacana Metopidius indicus. 45. Whitebreasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus. 46. Redwattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus. 47. Little Stint Calidris minuta. 48. Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos. 49. Blackwinged Stilt Himantopus himantopus. 50. Ruff and Reeve Philomachus pugnax. 51. River Tern Sterna aurantia. 52. Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia. 53. Ring Dove Streptopelia decaocto. 54. Common Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera. 55. Roseringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri. 56. Crow-Pheasant or Coucal Centropus sinensis. 57. Spotted Owlet Athene brama. 58. Roller or Blue Jay coracias benghalensi. 59. Small Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis. 60. Hoopoe Upupa epops. 61. Whitebreasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis. 62. Common Grey Hornbill Tockus birostris. 63. Large Green Barbet Megalaima zeylanica. 64. Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense. 65. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus. 66. Crested Lark Galerida cristata. 67. Indian Small Skylark or Eastern Skylark Alauda gulgula. 68. Common Swallow Hirundo rustica. 69 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus. 70. Redevented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer. 71. Black Drongo or King Crow Dicrurus adsimilis. 72. Tree Pie Dendrocitta vagabunda. 73. House Crow Corvus splendens. 74. Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos. 75. Koel Eudynamys scolopacea. 76. Orange-headed Ground Thrush Zoothera citrina. 77. Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus. 78. Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus. 79. Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi. 80. Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata. 81. Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis. 82. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata. 83. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca. 84. Ashy Wren-Warbler Prinia socialis. 85. Tailor Bird Orthotomus sutorius. 86. Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura. 87. Redbreasted Flycatcher Muscicapa parva. 88. Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor. 89. Refousbacked Shrike Lanius schach. 90. Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi. 91. Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis. 92. Indian or Common Myna Acridotheres tristis. 93. Brahminy Myna or Blackheaded Myna Sturnus pagodarum. 94. Pied Myna Sturnus contra. 95. Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus. 96. Tickell\'s Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos. 97. Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica. 98. White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa. 99. House Sparrow Passer domesticus. 100. Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis. 101. Baya-Weaver Bird Ploceus philippinus. 102. Red Munia Estrilda amandava. 103. White-throated Munia Lonchura malabarica. 104. Crested Bunting Melophus lathami. Further reading. Glossary. Important institutes in India conducting research on Indian birds. Extinct, endangered, threatened, near threatened birds of India.