Birds Check List

Bird Checklist of Ranthambhore National Park
TEMMINCK’S STINT Calidris temminckii W Rare
RUFF Philomachus pugnax W Common
GREATER PAITED SNIPE Rostratula benghalensis R Rare
PINTAIL SNIPE Gallinago stenura W Rare
PHEASANT - TAILED JACANA Hydrophasianus chirurgus R Rare
BRONZE-WINGED JACANA Metopidius indicus R Common
EURASIAN THICK-KNEE Burhinus oedicnemus R Rare
GREAT THICK-KNEE Esacus recurvirostris R Common
BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus R Very Common
PIED AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta W Common
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis Squatarola W Rare
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius R Common
KENTISH PLOVER Charadrius alexandrinus W Rare
NORTHERN LAPWING Vanellus vaellus W Rare
YELLOW-WATTLED LAPWING Vanellus malarbaricus R Rare
RIVER LAPWING Vanellus duvaucelii R Common
RED WATTLED LAPWING Vanellus indicus R Very Common
SOCIABLE LAPWING Vanellus gregarius W Rare
INDIAN COURSER Cursorius coromandelicus R Very Rare
SMALL PRANTICOLE Glareola lactea R Rare
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus cachinnans W Rare
HEUGLIN’S GULL Larus heuglini W Very Rare
PALLA’S GULL Larus ichthyaetus W Rare
BROWN-HEADED GULL Larus brunnicephalus W Common
BLACK- HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus W Common
GULL- BILLED TERN Gelochelidon nilotica W Common
RIVER TERN Sterna aurantia R Very Common
LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons V Very Rare
BLACK- BELLIED TERN Sterna acuticauda R Common
WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybridus W Common
INDIAN SKIMMER Rynchops albicollis R Rare
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus W Common
BLACK- SHOULDERED KITE Elanus caeruleus R Very Common
BLACK KITE Milvus migrans R Common
PALLA’S FISH EAGLE Haliaeetus leucoryphus R Rare
GREY- HEADED FISH EAGLE Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus V Very Rare
LAMMERGEIER Gypaetus barbatus V Very Rare
EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus R Rare
WHITE- RUMPED VULTURE Gyps bengalensis R Common
LONG- BILLED VULTURE Gyps indicus R Common
EURASIAN GRIFFON Gyps fulvus W Rare
RED-HEADED VULTURE Sacrogyps calvus R Common
SHORT-TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus R Common
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE Spilornis cheela R Very Common
EURASIAN MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus W Common
PALLID HARRIER Circus macrourus W Rare
MONTAGU’S HARRIER Circus pygargus W Rare
SHIKRA Accipiter badius R Common
EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus W Rare
ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD Pernis ptilorhyncus R Very Common
WHITE-EYED BUZZARD Butastur teesa R Common
LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE Aquila pomarina R Common
GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE Aquila clanga R Rare
BLACK EAGLE Icntinaetus malayensis R Only 3 -4 sightings
TAWNY EAGLE Aquila rapax R Rare
STEPPE EAGLE Aquila nipalensis W Rare
BONELLI’S EAGLE Hieraaetus fasciatus R Common
BOOTED EAGLE Hieraaetus pennatus W Rare
CHANGEABLE HAWK EAGLE Spizaetus cirrhatus R Rare
COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus W Rare
LAGGAR FALCON Falco jugger R Rare
EURASIN HOBBY Falco subbuteo W Rare 3 sightings
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis R Very Common
BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis W Very Rare
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus W Rare
DARTER Anhinga malanogaster R Very Common
LITTLE CORMORANT Phalacrocorax niger R Very Common
INDIAN CORMORANT Phalacrocorax fuscicollis R Common
GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo R Common
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta R Very Common
GREAT EGRET Casmerodius albus R Very Common
INTERMEDIATE EGRET Mesophoyx intermedia R Very Common
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis R Very Common
INDIAN POND HERON Ardeola grayii R Very Common
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea W Common
PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea R Common
LITTLE HERON Butorides striatus R Rare
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax R Common
YELLOW BITTERN Ixobrychus sinensis V Rare
CINNAMON BITTERN Ixobrychus cinnamomeus W Very Rare
GREATER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus rubber W Common Surwal lake
GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus W Rare
BLACK-HEADED IBIS Threskiornis melanocephalus R Common
BLACK IBIS Pseudibis papillosa R Rare
EURASIAN SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia R Common
GREAT WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus onocrotalus W Common
DALMATIAN PELICAN Pelecanus crispus W Rare
PAINTED STORK Mycteria lecocephala R Common
ASIAN OPENBILL Anastomus oscitans R Rare
WOOLY-NECKED STORK Ciconia episcopus R Common
BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra W Common
BLACK- NECKED STORK Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus W Rare
INDIAN PITTA Pitta brachyura S Very Common
RUFOUS-TAILED SHRIKE Lanius isabellinus W Common
BROW N SHRIKE Lanius cristatus W Rare
BAY- BACKED SHRIKE Lanius vittatus R Common
LONG- TAILED SHRIKE Lanius schach R Common
SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE Lanius meridionalis R Common
RUFOUS TREEPIE Dendrocitta vagabunda R Very Common
HOUSE CROW Corvus splendens R Very Common
LARGE- BILLED CROW Corvus macrorhynchos R Very Common
EURASIAN GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus S Common
LARGE CUCKOOSHRIKE Coracina macie R Common
BLACK-HEADED CUCKOOSHRIKE Coracina melanoptera R Rare
SMALL MINIVET Pericrocotus cinnamomeus R Very Common
LONG-TAILED MINIVET Pericrocotus ethologus R Rare
WHITE BELLIED MIIVET Pericricotus erytropygius R
WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL Rhipidura aureola R Very Common
ASHY DRONGO Dicrurus leucophaeus R Rare
BLACK DRONGO Dicrurus macrocercus R Very Common
WHITE BELLIED DRONGO Dicrurus caerulescens R Very Common
ASIAN PARADISE FLY-CATCHER Terpsiphone paradisi S Common
COMMON IORA Aegithina tiphia R Common
MARSHALL’S IORA Aegithina nigrolutea R Very Rare

R: Resident
W: Winter visitor
S: Summer visitor
P: Passage (autumn and / or spring) migrant
V: Vagrant (erratic)


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