India: the West

Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 4) on which this species was recorded Column B: Total number of days that the species was recorded in 2018 Column C: maximum daily count for that particular species in 2018 Column D: H = Heard only; (H) = heard more often than it was seen

Codes against the bird names indicate globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International as follows: CR = Critically Endangered; EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near-threatened.

A B C

4 Little Grebe 7 20 Tachybaptus ruficollis

4 Great Crested Grebe 2 20 Podiceps cristatus

4 Black-necked Grebe 1 20 Podiceps nigricollis

4 Great White Pelican 6 370 Pelecanus onocrotalus

4 Dalmatian Pelican 6 135 Pelecanus crispus

4 Pelican sp. 2 10 Pelecanus sp.

4 Little Cormorant 10 80 Phalacrocorax niger

4 Indian Shag 5 50 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

4 Great Cormorant 4 10 Phalacrocorax carbo

4 Oriental Darter 4 12 Anhinga melanogaster

4 Little Egret 10 45 Egretta garzetta

4 Western Reef-heron 7 95 Egretta gularis

4 Great Egret 9 110 Egretta alba

4 Intermediate Egret 4 3 Egretta intermedia

4 Grey Heron 9 35 Ardea cinerea

4 Purple Heron 6 3 Ardea purpurea

4 Eastern Cattle Egret 13 265 Bubulcus coromandus

4 Indian Pond-heron 12 25 Ardeola grayii

2 Striated Heron 2 2 Butorides striata

1 Yellow Bittern 2 1 Ixobrychus sinensis

3 Black-crowned Night-heron 2 2 Nycticorax nycticorax

4 Painted Stork 10 200 Mycteria leucocephala

4 Asian Openbill 3 8 Anastomus oscitans

2 Black Stork Ciconia nigra

4 Woolly-necked Stork 3 4 Ciconia episcopus

2 White Stork Ciconia ciconia

4 Black-necked Stork 2 3 Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

4 Glossy Ibis 6 3 Plegadis falcinellus

4 Black-headed Ibis 9 100 Threskiornis melanocephalus

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India West Cumulative Bird List… 2

4 Indian Black Ibis (End) 11 20 Pseudibis papillosa

4 Eurasian Spoonbill 7 35 Platalea leucorodia

4 Greater Flamingo 7 1550 Phoenicopterus roseus

4 Lesser Flamingo 4 900 Phoeniconaias minor

2 Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica

2 Bar-headed Goose 2 3 Anser indicus

4 Greylag Goose 4 75 Anser anser

1 Common Shelduck 2 3 Tadorna tadorna

4 Ruddy Shelduck 2 13 Tadorna ferruginea

4 Comb Duck 3 80 Sarkidiornis melanotos

4 Cotton Teal 1 28 Nettapus coromandelianus

4 Gadwall 6 125 Anas strepera

4 Eurasian Wigeon 5 35 Anas penelope

3 Mallard 2 5 Anas platyrhynchos

4 Indian Spot-billed Duck 6 150 Anas poecilorhyncha

4 Northern Shoveler 6 600 Anas clypeata

4 Northern Pintail 5 10 Anas acuta

4 Garganey 2 10 Anas querquedula

4 Common Teal 7 70 Anas crecca

4 Common Pochard 4 60 Aythya ferina

3 Ferruginous Duck 2 4 Aythya nyroca

3 Tufted Duck 1 25 Aythya fuligula

4 Oriental Honey-buzzard 5 1 Pernis ptilorhynchus

4 Black-winged Kite 10 34 Elanus caeruleus

4 Black Kite 5 400 Milvus migrans

4 'Black-eared' Kite 1 5 Milvus [migrans] lineatus

4 Brahminy Kite 3 2 Haliastur indus

4 Egyptian Vulture 2 8 Neophron percnopterus

2 White-rumped Vulture (CR) Gyps bengalensis

2 Indian Vulture (CR)(End) Gyps indicus

1 Himalayan Vulture 1 1 Gyps himalayensis

1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus

1 Vulture sp Gyps sp

1 Red-headed Vulture 1 1 Sarcogyps calvus

1 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus

4 Short-toed Eagle 6 6 Circaetus gallicus

4 Crested Serpent-eagle 2 1 Spilornis cheela

4 Western Marsh Harrier 9 10 Circus aeruginosus

4 Pallid Harrier 9 10 Circus macrourus

4 Montagu's Harrier 5 6 Circus pygargus

3 Pallid or Montagu's Harrier 9 40 Circus macrourus or C. pygargus

4 Shikra 11 5 Accipiter badius

3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus

4 White-eyed Buzzard 3 5 Butastur teesa

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4 'Steppe' Buzzard 1 2 Buteo buteo vulpinus

4 Long-legged Buzzard 6 40 Buteo rufinus

1 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis

3 Indian Spotted Eagle (Nr End) 1 2 Aquila hastata

4 Greater Spotted Eagle (VU) 6 8 Aquila clanga

3 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

4 Steppe Eagle 5 394 Aquila nipalensis

3 Eastern Imperial Eagle (VU) 4 2 Aquila heliaca

2 Bonelli's Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus fasciatus

4 Booted Eagle 4 3 Hieraaetus pennatus

4 Crested Hawk-eagle 2 2 Spizaetus cirrhatus

3 Western Osprey 3 2 Pandion haliaetus

4 Common Kestrel 9 4 Falco tinnunculus

3 Red-headed Falcon 1 2 Falco chicquera

1 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius

2 Laggar Falcon 1 2 Falco jugger

3 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus

2 Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus babylonicus

2 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

2 Painted Francolin (End) Francolinus pictus

4 Grey Francolin (Nr End) 12 20 (H) Francolinus pondicerianus 1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix

1 Quail sp. Coturnix sp.

4 Indian Peafowl (End) 9 50 Pavo cristatus

4 Sarus Crane (VU) 1 3 Grus antigone

4 Demoiselle Crane 3 410 Grus virgo

4 Common Crane 11 2000 Grus grus

4 Demoiselle or Common Crane 3 200 Grus virgo or G. grus

4 White-breasted Waterhen 5 3 Amaurornis phoenicurus

1 Brown Crake 1 1 Amaurornis akool

1 'Eastern' Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla

4 Grey-headed Swamphen 5 40 Porphyrio poliocephalus

4 Common Moorhen 4 10 Gallinula chloropus

4 Eurasian Coot 7 300 Fulica atra

1 Indian Bustard (VU)(End) Ardeotis nigriceps

4 Macqueen's Bustard 2 2 Chlamydotis undulata

1 Lesser Florican (EN)(End) Sypheotides indicus

4 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 1 3 Hydrophasianus chirurgus

4 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 2 Haematopus ostralegus

3 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

4 Grey Plover 1 65 Pluvialis squatarola

4 Little Ringed Plover 4 5 Charadrius dubius

4 Kentish Plover 6 300 Charadrius alexandrinus

4 Lesser Sand Plover 1 700 Charadrius mongolus

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India West Cumulative Bird List… 4

4 Greater Sand Plover 2 50 Charadrius leschenaultii

4 Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Sub.-End) 3 23 Vanellus malabaricus

4 Red-wattled Lapwing 13 100 Vanellus indicus

2 Sociable Plover (CR) Vanellus gregarius

4 White-tailed Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus leucurus

1 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura

4 Common Snipe 5 4 Gallinago gallinago

4 'Western' Black-tailed Godwit 6 65 Limosa limosa

4 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 14 Limosa lapponica

4 Whimbrel 1 27 Numenius phaeopus

4 Eurasian Curlew 4 45 Numenius arquata

3 Spotted Redshank 5 30 Tringa erythropus

4 Common Redshank 7 90 Tringa totanus

4 Common Greenshank 8 40 Tringa nebularia

4 Marsh Sandpiper 8 60 Tringa stagnatilis

4 Green Sandpiper 9 8 Tringa ochropus

4 Wood Sandpiper 5 18 Tringa glareola

4 Terek Sandpiper 1 35 Xenus cinereus

4 Common Sandpiper 9 4 Actitis hypoleucos

4 Ruddy Turnstone 1 5 Arenaria interpres

3 Great Knot 1 1 Calidris tenuirostris

3 Sanderling 1 2 Calidris alba

4 Little Stint 6 1300 Calidris minuta

4 Temminck's Stint 7 20 Calidris temminckii

4 Dunlin 2 160 Calidris alpina

4 Curlew Sandpiper 2 60 Calidris ferruginea

2 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 140 Limicola falcinellus

4 Ruff 5 1600 Philomachus pugnax

4 Black-winged Stilt 11 140 Himantopus himantopus

4 Pied Avocet 7 330 Recurvirostra avosetta

2 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

4 Crab-Plover 1 325 Dromas ardeola

4 Indian Stone-curlew 5 6 Burhinus indicus

4 Great Thick-knee 1 4 Esacus recurvirostris

2 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor

4 Indian Courser (End) 1 2 Cursorius coromandelicus

3 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

1 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

3 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea

4 Steppe Gull 2 1 Larus cachinnans barabensis

4 Heuglin's Gull 1 3 Larus heuglini

4 Great Black-headed Gull 2 3 Larus ichthyaetus

4 Brown-headed Gull 6 350 Larus brunnicephalus

4 Common Black-headed Gull 1 4 Larus ridibundus

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India West Cumulative Bird List… 5

4 Slender-billed Gull 3 470 Larus genei

4 Gull-billed Tern 6 270 Gelochelidon nilotica

4 Caspian Tern 2 9 Hydroprogne caspia

4 Lesser Crested Tern 1 7 Thalasseus bengalensis

1 Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii

4 River Tern 5 14 Sterna aurantia

3 Little Tern or Saunders's Tern 1 11 Sterna albifrons or S. saundersi

4 Whiskered Tern 5 14 Chlidonias hybrida

4 White-winged Tern 1 1 Chlidonias leucopterus

3 Indian Skimmer (VU) 1 170 Rynchops albicollis

4 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 8 40 Pterocles exustus

2 Spotted Sandgrouse 1 265 Pterocles senegallus

3 Painted Sandgrouse (End) 3 15 Pterocles indicus

4 Rock Pigeon 12 600 Columba livia

1 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis

4 Laughing Dove 13 102 Streptopelia senegalensis

2 Spotted Dove 3 1 Streptopelia chinensis

4 Red Collared-dove 1 4 Streptopelia tranquebarica

4 Eurasian Collared-dove 12 486 Streptopelia decaocto

4 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon 3 20 Treron phoenicopterus

4 Rose-ringed Parakeet 12 150 Psittacula krameri

4 Plum-headed Parakeet (End) 2 12 (H) Psittacula cyanocephala 1 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

4 'Southern' Coucal [End?] 9 6 Centropus [sinensis] parroti

2 Sirkeer Malkoha (End) Taccocua leschenaultii

1 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

1 Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

4 Asian Koel 11 5 Eudynamys scolopaceus

1 Western Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba

2 Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei

3 Indian Collared Scops-owl 1 2 Otus bakkamoena

4 Indian Eagle-owl (End) 1 1 Bubo bengalensis

1 Brown Fish Owl 1 1 Ketupa zeylonensis

2 Mottled Wood-owl (IN-End) Strix ocellata

4 Spotted Owlet 4 3 Athene brama

4 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus

4 Sykes's Nightjar (Nr End) 1 2 Caprimulgus mahrattensis

1 Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

3 Indian Little Nightjar 1 3 Caprimulgus asiaticus

2 Nightjar sp. Caprimulgus sp.

1 Alpine Swift 1 19 Tachymarptis melba

4 Little Swift 4 40 Apus affinis

3 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata

4 Common Kingfisher 6 5 Alcedo atthis

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4 White-throated Kingfisher 12 15 Halcyon smyrnensis

4 Lesser Pied Kingfisher 6 8 Ceryle rudis

4 Little Green Bee-eater 13 105 Merops orientalis

4 Indian Roller 8 5 Coracias benghalensis

4 Common Hoopoe 9 5 Upupa epops

4 Coppersmith Barbet 4 5 Megalaima haemacephala

1 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

4 Indian Pygmy Woodpecker 1 3 Dendrocopos nanus

2 Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker 2 2 Dendrocopos mahrattensis

3 Black-rumped Flameback (End) 1 3 Dinopium benghalense

4 Indian Bushlark 1 2 Mirafra erythroptera

4 Ashy-crowned Finch-lark 8 110 Eremopterix griseus

4 Rufous-tailed Lark 7 25 Ammomanes phoenicura

3 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata

3 Mongolian Short-toed Lark 7 750 Calandrella dukhunensis

3 Sand Lark 2 5 Calandrella raytal

4 Crested Lark 10 10 Galerida cristata

4 Sykes's Lark (IN-End) 1 4 Galerida deva

3 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

3 Greater Hoopoe Lark 1 2 Alaemon alaudipes

3 Common Sand-martin 4 30 Riparia riparia

1 Pale Sand-martin Riparia diluta

4 Grey-throated Sand-martin 2 6 Riparia chinensis

2 Eurasian Crag-martin 2 4 Ptyonoprogne rupestris

4 Dusky Crag-martin 7 10 Ptyonoprogne concolor

4 Barn Swallow 11 170 Hirundo rustica

4 Wire-tailed Swallow 9 45 Hirundo smithii

4 Red-rumped Swallow 10 12 Hirundo daurica

2 Streak-throated Swallow 3 120 Hirundo fluvicola

1 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

4 White Wagtail 9 20 Motacilla alba

2 " " 7 4 Motacilla a. alba

4 White-browed Wagtail 3 2 Motacilla maderaspatensis

4 Citrine Wagtail 10 30 Motacilla citreola

4 Western Yellow Wagtail 9 100 Motacilla flava

3 Black-headed Wagtail' 4 1 Motacilla flava feldegg

2 Blue-headed Wagtail' 4 20 Motacilla flava beema

2 Grey-headed Wagtail 2 7 Motacilla flava thun bergi

4 Grey Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla cinerea

3 Paddyfield Pipit 4 3 Anthus rufulus

4 Tawny Pipit 6 4 (H) Anthus campestris 4 Long-billed Pipit 3 4 Anthus similis

4 Tree Pipit 4 5 (H) Anthus trivialis 2 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

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2 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

4 Small Minivet 3 18 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

3 White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius

4 Common Woodshrike 2 3 Tephrodornis pondicerianus

4 Grey Hypocolius 2 8 Hypocolius ampelinus

4 Indian Paradise Flycatcher 3 3 (H) Terpsiphone paradisi 2 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

4 White-browed Fantail 4 5 Rhipidura aureola

4 White-eared Bulbul 11 120 Pycnonotus leucotis

4 Red-vented Bulbul 12 60 Pycnonotus cafer

4 Common Iora 3 6 Aegithina tiphia

4 Marshall's Iora (End) 2 4 Aegithina nigrolutea

4 Isabelline Shrike 10 8 Lanius isabellinus

3 Brown Shrike 2 2 Lanius cristatus

4 Bay-backed Shrike 10 13 Lanius vittatus

4 Long-tailed Shrike 8 6 Lanius schach

4 Southern Grey Shrike 4 4 Lanius meridionalis

2 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius pallidirostris

2 Grey Shrike sp. Lanius meridionalis or L. pallidirostris

1 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

4 Red-breasted Flycatcher 5 11 (H) Ficedula parva 2 Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla

1 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris

4 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 3 6 (H) Cyornis tickelliae 4 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher 1 3 Culicicapa ceylonensis

2 Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius

4 Bluethroat 2 5 (H) Luscinia svecica 4 Oriental Magpie-Robin 4 8 Copsychus saularis

4 Indian Black Robin (End) 12 30 Saxicoloides fulicatus

4 Black Redstart 8 5 Phoenicurus ochruros

2 White-browed Bushchat (In End) Saxicola macrorhynchus

4 Siberian Stonechat 7 10 Saxicola mauruus

3 Pied Bushchat 3 4 Saxicola caprata

4 Variable Wheatear 6 7 Oenanthe picata

2 " " 1 2 Oenanthe p. picata

2 " " 4 7 Oenanthe picata opistholeuca

4 Red-tailed Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe chrysopygia

4 Desert Wheatear 10 10 Oenanthe deserti

3 Isabelline Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe isabellina

4 Brown Rock-chat 4 2 Cercomela fusca

4 Tawny-bellied Babbler 1 2 Dumetia hyperythra

2 Yellow-eyed Babbler 2 2 Chrysomma sinense

4 Common Babbler (End) 9 40 Turdoides caudata

3 Large Grey Babbler (End) 1 6 Turdoides malcolmi

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4 Jungle Babbler (End) 6 154 Turdoides striata

4 Zitting Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola juncidis

4 Rufous-fronted Prinia (End) 2 4 Prinia buchanani

4 Grey-breasted Prinia 5 15 Prinia hodgsonii

3 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

4 Ashy Prinia 2 3 Prinia socialis

3 Jungle Prinia (End) Prinia sylvatica

4 Plain Prinia 4 6 Prinia inornata

4 Common Tailorbird 9 14 (H) Orthotomus sutorius 4 Paddyfield Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus agricola

2 Blyth's Reed-warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

4 Indian Reed-warbler 5 6 Acrocephalus [stentoreus] brunnescens

4 Sykes's Warbler 3 4 Iduna rama

2 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata

4 Siberian Chiffchaff 1 2 Phylloscopus [collybita] tristis

3 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 3 Phylloscopus griseolus

4 Hume's Leaf-warbler 4 10 (H) Phylloscopus humei 4 Greenish Warbler 4 8 Phylloscopus trochiloides

2 Bright-green Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus nitidus

1 Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

4 Lesser Whitethroat 6 9 (H) Sylvia curruca 4 'Desert' Whitethroat 5 11 (H) Sylvia [curruca] minula 3 Eastern Orphean Warbler 1 2 Sylvia crassirostris

4 Asian Desert Warbler 2 2 Sylvia nana

4 Cinereous Tit 3 6 Parus cinereus

4 White-naped Tit (VU)(In-End) 1 1 Parus nuchalis

3 Thick-billed Flowerpecker 2 5 Dicaeum agile

1 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

4 Purple Sunbird 13 56 Cinnyris asiaticus

4 Oriental White-eye 4 10 Zosterops palpebrosus

1 Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami

3 Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani

2 Striolated Bunting 2 2 Emberiza striolata

3 Black-headed Bunting 1 3 Emberiza melanocephala

2 Red-headed Bunting 1 2 Emberiza bruniceps

3 Common Rosefinch 2 2 Carpodacus erythrinus

1 Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

4 Indian Silverbill 10 45 Euodice malabarica

4 Scaly-breasted Munia 3 4 Lonchura punctulata

4 House Sparrow 13 100 Passer domesticus

4 Yellow-throated Petronia 7 350 Petronia xanthocollis

1 Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis

1 Streaked Weaver 1 2 Ploceus manyar

4 Baya Weaver 3 7 Ploceus philippinus

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India West Cumulative Bird List… 9

4 Brahminy Starling (Sub.-End) 8 6 Temenuchus pagodarum

4 Rosy Starling 9 500 Sturnus roseus

2 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

4 Common Myna 6 50 Acridotheres tristis

4 Bank Myna (Sub.-End) 5 30 Acridotheres ginginianus

3 Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo

4 Black Drongo 13 140 Dicrurus macrocercus

3 Ashy Drongo 1 2 Dicrurus leucophaeus

1 White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

4 Rufous Treepie 5 5 Dendrocitta vagabunda

4 House Crow 10 150 Corvus splendens

4 Indian Jungle Crow (End) 4 100 Corvus [macrorhynchus] culminatus

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