List of Bird Species Seen in and Around Maharshi Parshuram College of Engineering, Velneshwar, Guhagar, Maharashtra
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List of bird species seen in and around Maharshi Parshuram College of Engineering, Velneshwar, Guhagar, Maharashtra. 1. Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis) 2. Ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) 3. Barn owl (Tyto alba) (Personal Communications). 4. Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) (Sugaran) 5. Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) with brown coloured wing tips. 6. Black kite (Milvus migrans). 7. Black shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) 8. Brahminy kite (Hailiaster indus) 9. Brown headed barbet ( heard its call) (Megalaima zeylanica) 10. Cattle egret (Bulbucus ibis) 11. Changeable hawk eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) 12. Common babbler (Turdoides caudatus) 13. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops) 14. Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) (Subhag) 15. Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 16. Common lesser white-throat (Sylvia curruca) 17. Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) 18. Common sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucus) 19. Common tailor bird (Orthotomus sutorius) 20. Coppersmith barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) 21. Cotton pygmy goose (??) (Nettapus coromandelianus) 22. Crested lark (Galerida cristata). 23. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) 24. Greater coucal (Centropus sinensis) 25. Greater spotted eagle (??) (Aquila clanga) 26. Grey francolin (?? Seen young ones of this species) (Francolinus pondicerianus). 27. House crow (Corvus Splendenus). 28. House sparrow (??) (Passer domessticus) 29. Indian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus). 30. Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) 31. Indian robin (Saxicoloides fulicata). 32. Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos). 33. Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) 34. Jungle prinia (Prinia sylvatica) 35. Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) 36. Lesser golden-backed woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense) 37. Little brown dove or Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) 38. Orange headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) 39. Oriental bay-owl (??) (heard once its call) (Phodilus badius) 40. Oriental magpie robin (OMR) (Copsychus saularis). 41. Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (Kakaner) 42. Paddy-field pipit (Anthus rufulus) 43. Pale billed flower-pecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) 44. Pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) 45. Pied myna (Sturnus contra). 46. Plum headed parakeet (??) (Psittacula cyanocephala) 47. Pond heron (Ardeola grayii) (Vanchak) 48. Purple rumped sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) 49. Red vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) 50. Red wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) (Titavi) 51. Red whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) 52. Rock pigeon (Columbia Livia) 53. Shikra (heard its call) (Accipiter badius) 54. Small blue king fisher (Alcedo atthis) (Personal Communications) 55. Small green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) 56. Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 57. Streak-throated swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) 58. Sykes’s crested lark (Galerida deva) 59. Vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis). 60. White bellied fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) 61. White breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (Khandya). 62. White rumped munia (Lonchura striata) 63. Wire tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) 64. Yellow footed Green pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) 65. White browed Bulbul (??) (Pycnonotus luteolus) 66. Yellow-throated sparrow or Chestnut shouldered Petronia (Petronia xanthocollis). 67. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 68. Western reef egret (Egretta gularis). 69. Golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) 70. Dusky Craig Martin (Hirundo concolor) 71. Wagtail spp (??) Abbreviations used in above list of birds. Heard its call …….are those birds mentioned here in the list which was identified by the call and not seen by authors. ?? This denotes that the bird identification done by authors is not perfect/incomplete/partial/seen once (not up to the mark/satisfaction of the authors). May be the bird was far away when observed in the field. Or identification of birds was incomplete due to various reasons like insufficient light, saw the bird from backside (this position does not reveal most of the field characters for identifications of a particular species). The correct identifications may be done or would be corrected in the (coming/future) visits or further observations of the same bird in this area. Personal communications are those birds seen (in this area) by other people (rather than the author). This was mentioned to authors during the power point presentations given by authors and discussion done in our college campus. This list will be updated soon………… The authors are [email protected] [email protected] and [email protected] . You can contact us for your suggestions and comments. And if you have come across a new bird (other than this list), request you to please send us the photos for confirmation of species. This project is completed by MPCOE, Velneshwar, MH and the PAVO, Mumbai. .