Birds Check List

Birds Check List of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur
It is very difficult to produce an authentic and exhaustive checklist of birds of Keoladeo. Many bird-watchers, tour operators and ornithologists visit this area frequently and every publication has one or two 'new records'. However a visitor may not find all the species here as some species have been seen just once or in a particular year. For still others no authentic information is available but they have found place in almost every publication for the park. In the first attempt a basic checklist is presented which will be improved/updated from time to time.

This checklist has been compiled from various sources.

Format followed in the list below : S. No. Common name (Scientific name) Status/source

1. Black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) Resident, Breeds
2. Grey francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus) Resident, Breeds, very common
3. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) M, C
4. Rain qual (Coturnix coromandelica) Local Migrant Occasional
5. Jungle Bush-Quail (Perdicula asiatica) Resident Uncommon
6. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Resident Common
7. Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica) Resident Common
8. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) No recent sighting
9. Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) Migratory, uncommon
10. Greater white-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Migratory, Occasional ?
11. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) Migratory, One record of a single straggler
12. Greylag Goose (Anser anser) Migratory, very common
13. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) Migratory, very common
14. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Local migrant, small numbers
15. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Migratory, uncommon
16. Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) Resident, common
17. Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) Resident, common
18. Gadwall (Anas strepera) Migratory, common
19. Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) Migratory, uncommon
20. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) Migratory, common
21. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Migratory, uncommon
22. Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) Resident, common
23. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Migratory, very common
24. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Migratory, very common
25. Garganey (Anas querquedula) Passage migrant
26. Baikal Teal (Anas formosa) Migratory, uncommon
27. Common Teal (Anas crecca) Migratory, common
28. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) Migratory, common
29. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) Migratory, common
30. Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) Local migrant
31. Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri) Uncommon migrant
32. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) migrant, common to uncommon
33. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) uncommon migrant
34. Smew (Mergellus albellus) single record?
35. Common Marganser (Mergus merganser) single record?
36. Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki) Local migrant, occasional
37. Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) Resident
38. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Migrant, common
39. Brown-capped Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus) Resident
40. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis) Resident
41. Back-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense) resident, breeds
42. Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica) now established, Resident
43. White-cheeked Barbet (Megalaima viridis) Evans, by mistake
44. Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) Resident, breeds
45. Indian Grey-Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) resident, breeds
46. Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Resident and migrant
47. European Roller (Coracias garrulus) Local migrant, uncommon
48. Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) Resident, common
49. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) common resident
50. Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) occasional, resident
51. White-thoated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) resident, very common
52. Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) LM, U
53. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) Resdient common
54. Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) Resident common
55. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus) passage migrant
56. Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) passage migrant
57. Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) Migrant, breeds, common
58. Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculus varius) R,C
59. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) M,O
60. Grey-bellied Cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus) LM,O
61. Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) R,O
62. Sirkeer Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii) R,O
63. Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) R,C
64. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) R,C
65. Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) LM,O
66. Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) R,U
67. Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) Evans
68. Little Swift (Apus affinis) Resident, common
69. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Migrant occasional
70. Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) R,C
71. Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) R,O
72. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) LM,U
73. Dusky Eagle-Owl (Bubo coromandus) R,C
74. Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) LM,U
75. Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellata) R
76. Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) R,C
77. Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata) LM,U
78. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) M,U
79. Grey Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) R,O
80. Syke's Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis) SM,U
81. Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus) R,O
82. Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) R,O
83. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) R,C
84. Pale-backed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni) winter migrant, perhaps a few records
85. Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) LM,U
86. Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) R,C
87. Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) LM,U
88. Red-collared Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) R,C
89. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) R,C
90. Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) R,C
91. Lesser Florican (Eupodotis indica) One sight record
92. Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus) Winter migrant, high site fidelity
93. Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) Resident, breeds, common
94. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) Migrant, uncommon
95. Common Crane (Grus grus) Migrant, occasional
96. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) LM,O
97. Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool) Local migrant, occasional
98. White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) Resident, very common
99. Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) uncommon migrant
100. Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) uncommon migrant

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