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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We gratefully acknowledge the critical comments and suggestions of many persons for the improvement of the present issue dealing with in Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Our thanks are due to Mr. Harjeet Singh, Senior Advisor, MoEF, GOI and Dr. Bandyopadhyay, Director, MoEF, GOI for their support. Our special thanks are due to Dr. M. K. Ranjitsinh, Member of Indian Board for Wildlife, Mr. Debi Goenka, Honorary Treasurer, BNHS, Mr. Neeraj Sekhar, Regional Deputy Director (Wildlife Preservation) & Assistant Management Authority-CITES, Govt. of , Mr. Mahendra Vyas, Environment Lawyer and Mr. B. C. Chaudhury, Senior Scientist, WII, Dehradun for their views and critical comments on the manuscript. We would like to thank Mr. Rajat Bhargav, IBCN Coordinator, Important Areas programme, BNHS for providing trade names of bird in India.

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A BNHS REVIEW OF THE AVIFAUNAL LIST OF THE WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972

India has a centuries’ long tradition in the The WPA, 1972 is very comprehensive in its scope, conservation of nature. Many and plants are and provides clear-cut definitions and guidelines sacred to Indians, and many other species are unharmed regarding various aspects of the Act, such as listing the or afforded protection due to various other reasons. The responsibilities and duties of those implementing the Act; birth and spread of Buddhism and Jainism in India further procedures to be followed in the appointment of wildlife strengthened the Indian compassion for all forms of life. officers and creation of the various types of protected The earliest codified law to protect nature can be traced areas; rules regarding the issue of firearm licenses; matters to the third century BC, when Emperor Ashoka enacted a regarding the trade in wildlife; and punishments to be law towards the preservation of wildlife and the meted out under the Act. environment. He declared that forests must not be burnt, Regarding the flora and fauna listed in the Act, and listed a wide variety of animals that were not to be these are grouped into six categories, termed Schedules killed, which interestingly included bats, queen ants and of the Act. Various animals are grouped under Schedules boneless fish (quoted by Raj Panjwani in The Wildlife I to V, and Schedule VI, which lists endangered plants. (Protection) Act, 1972 – 4th Edn). Thus, it may be said that Schedule V species are classed as vermin, and can be the ethics and ethos of conservation was inherent in killed if declared so, and among birds, only the House Indian culture. Crow splendens finds a place in this Schedule In modern India, the protection of wildlife through (Table 3). With regard to the other bird species listed enactment started in 1873 through the Madras Act to under the Act, they have been grouped under Schedule I prevent the indiscriminate destruction of wild elephants and Schedule IV (Table 1 & 2). during British rule. This was followed by the promulgation However, there are certain lacunae or deficiencies of the Wild Birds Protection Act in 1887, primarily intended which require clarification or rectification. Some of these to put a check on the hunting of game birds during the are: breeding season in specified areas of the former British 1) Does the system of giving the group name (e.g. India. Subsequent to this came the Wild Birds and Animals avocet and stilts) followed by family name (e.g., (Protection) Act, 1912, to extend the scope of the Recurvirostridae) suggest that only these groups protection to other wildlife (besides birds) and made of the family come under the Schedule? Does it applicable throughout British India. mean for example that, the Ibisbill (which also comes In the post Independence scenario, the landmark in under the same family) does not come under the nature conservation was the enactment of The Indian same family) Schedule? Similar is the case of family Wildlife (Protection) Act by the Government of India in Rallidae (which include coots and rails), without 1972. This was the first comprehensive legislation for listing the crakes and moorhens. If the mention of control and management of wildlife including their habitats. the family name is actually intended to mean all The framework of this Act, termed as the Wildlife species under it, then only the family name only (Protection) Act, 1972 [WL (P) A] was adopted from the need be given, otherwise, all the groups of a family Bombay Wild Birds and Animals (Protection) Act of 1950, must find a place in the list. For the same reasons framed by the late ornithologist Humayun Abdulali of the one wonders whether warblers, wagtails, cuckoo- Bombay Natural History Society. The WPA was first shrikes, flycatcher-shrikes and woodshrikes figure brought out as a book in 1990, and this was followed by in the Schedule? the second, third and fourth editions in 1992, 1994 and 2) Shrikes (Lanidae), Swifts (Apodidae) and Bee-eaters 1997 respectively, with amendments to the Act. In an effort (Meropidae) do not find a place in the lists. Does to promote its effective implementation, the Act is brought this mean that the species can be killed? Similarly, out as a priced publication and is available with many as per the list, only the Brown-headed Gull Larus offices and libraries. brunnicephalus comes under the Schedule. Does

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this mean that the other gulls are not protected? of the Act, deserves Schedule I status. 3) Why is the Comb Sarkidiornis melanotos The ambiguities and drawbacks have made it placed separately, and not under its family , possible for poachers or wildlife traders to escape, which is also in the list. or to get off with lighter sentences. Due to these To fill up these gaps we have given the list of reasons, we bring out this issue of Buceros in an protected bird species that actually come under the effort to update and fill in the existing lacunae in listed families. the avifaunal list of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 4) Does the Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia deserve 1972. Some of the changes are: a place in the Act as wild, semi-wild and ‘domestic’ 1. We give the complete list of species of groups of populations of the species are present throughout families that are mentioned in the Act. the country?. 2. We have added the ‘missing’ groups (and the 5) The scientific names of many species have species under them) for families listed in the Act. undergone change, and these changes need to be 3. We have also added a list of families (and species incorporated in the future reviews of the Act. For under them) that are not listed in the Act (Appendix example, the scientific name of the Great Indian I). Bustard Choriotis nigriceps is now Ardeotis 4. We have included the list of bird species that have nigriceps. been identified by the BirdLife International as 6) Recent taxonomic changes (e.g. Ciconia ciconia threatened, endangered, critically endangered, boyciana is now treated as a distinct species vulnerable and near threatened, so that, while Oriental White stork C. boyciana) are also to be reviewing the Act, more attention will be given by included in the future amendments. the authorities to include them under the respective 7) The status of many species has changed in the Schedules of the Act. recent past based on BirdLife International’s criteria. 5. We have given the local trade names for birds These changes are to be included in the Act involved in the bird trade. This will be a boost for accordingly, eg. the Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus enforcement authorities, as the trade names tend philippensis, currently placed under Schedule IV to differ from the English or local names.

Please note that ours is not a legal document and certainly not a substitute to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

3 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Table1. The list below is reproduced from the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (as amended upto 1993) WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972. Schedule-I

PART III: BIRDS Andaman teal (Anas gibberifrons albogularis) Assam bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) Bazas (Aviceda jerdoni and Aviceda leuphotes) Bengal florican (Eupodotis bengalensis) Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus, I.c.kuseri) Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi) Eastern white stork (Ciconia ciconia boyciana) Forest spotted owlet (Athene blewitti) ( Batrachostomus) Great Indian bustard (Choriotis nigriceps) Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis) Hawks (fam. Accipitridae) Hooded crane (Grus monacha) Hornbills (Ptiloaernus tickelli austeni, Aceros nipalensis, Rhyticeros undulatus ticehursti) Houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) Hume’s bar-backed pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) Indian pied hornbill (Anthracoceros malabaricus) Jerdon’s courser (Cursorius bitorquatus) Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) Large falcons (Falco peregrinus, F. biarmicus, F. chicquera) Large whistling teal (Dendrocygna bicolor) Lesser florican (Sypheotides indica) Monal pheasants (Lophophorus impejanus, L. sclateri) Mountain (Ophrysia superciliosa) Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros (undulatus) narcondami) Nicobar (Megapodius freycinet) Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis) Osprey or Fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus) Peacock pheasants (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) Sclater’s monal (Lophophorus sclateri) Siberian white crane (Grus leucogeranus) Tibetan snow cock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) Tragopan pheasants (Tragopan melanocephalus, T. blythii, T. satyra, T. temnminckii) White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster) White-eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) White spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) White-winged wood duck (Cairina scutulata)

4 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Table 2. The list below is reproduced from the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended upto 1993) WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972. Schedule-IV

1. Avadavat (Estrildinae) 2. Avocet (Recurvirostridae) 3. Babblers (Timaliinae) 4. Barbets (Capitonidae) 5. Barn owls (Tytoninae) 6. Bitterns (Ardeidae) 7. Brown-headed gull (Larus brunnicephalus) 8. Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) 9. Buntings (Emberizidae) 10. Bustards (Otididae) 11. Bustard- (Turnicidae) 12. Chloropsis (Irenidae) 13. Comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 14. Coots (Rallidae) 15. Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) 16. Cranes (Gruidae) 17. Cuckoos (Cuculidae) 17-A. Curlews (Scolopacinae) 18. Darters (Phalacrocoracidae) 19. Doves including the Emerald dove (Columbidae) 20. Drongos (Dicruridae) 21. (Anatidae) 22. Egrets (Ardeidae) 23. Fairy bluebirds (Irenidae) 24. Falcons (Falconidae), except the Shaheen and Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), the Saker and Laggar falcons (F. biarmicus), and the Redheaded merlin (F. chicquera) 25. including the Chaffinch (Fringillidae) 26. Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) 27. Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) 28. Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) 29. Geese (Anatidae) 30. Goldfinches and allies () 31. Grebes (Podicipitidae) 32. Herons (Ardeidae) 33. Ibises (Threskiornithidae) 34. loras (lrenidae) 35. Jays () 36. Jacanas (Jacanidae) 36-A. Junglefowl () 37. Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) 38. (Alaudidae) 39. Lorikeets (Psittacidae) 40. including the Hunting (Corvidae)

5 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Table 2. The list below is reproduced from the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended upto 1993) (Contd.) WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972. Schedule-IV

41. Mannikins (Estrildinae) 42. (Megapodidae) 43. Minivets (Campephagidae) 44. Munias (Estrildinae) 45. Mynas (Sturnidae) 46. Nightjars (Caprimulgidae) 47. Orioles (Oriolidae) 48. Owls (Strigidae) 49. Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae) 50. Parakeets (Psittacidae) 51. Partridges (Phasianidae) 52. Pelicans (Pelecanidae) 53. Pheasants (Phasianidae) 54. Pigeons (Columbidae) except the Blue rock pigeon (Columba livia) 55. Pipits (Motacillidae) 55-A. Pittas (Pittidae) 56. Plovers (Charadriinae) 57. Quails (Phasianidae) 58. Rails (Rallidae) 59. Rollers or Blue jays (Coraciidae) 60. Sandgrouses (Pteroclididae) 61. Sandpipers (Scolopacinae) 62. Snipes (Scolopacinae) 63. Spurfowls (Phasianidae) 64. Starlings (Sturnidae) 65. Stone curlews (Burhinidae) 66. Storks (Ciconiidae) 67. Stilts (Recurvirostridae) 68. (Nectariniidae) 69. Swans (sic) (Anatidae) 70. Teals (Anatidae) 71. Thrushes (Turdinae) 72. Tits (Paridae) 73. Tree pies (Corvidae) 74. Trogons (Trogonidae) 75. Vultures (Accipitridae) 76. Waxbills (Estrildinae) 77. Weaver birds or bayas (Ploceidae) 78. White-eyes (Zosteropidae) 79. Woodpeckers (Picidae) 80. Wrens (Troglodytidae)

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Vermin

1. Common Crow* * Corvus splendens, family Corvidae

7 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-I [Note: The sequence of the species / groups is as per the order in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 * = Common and scientific names as given in the Act ** = The English and scientific names follow Manakadan & Pittie, 2002 (Newsletter for Birdwatchers Vol.42, No.3).

English Name** Scientific Name** Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

1.Andaman Teal (Anas gibberifrons albogularis)*

Andaman Teal Anas gibberifrons Sunda Teal -

2. Assam bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)

Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii Assam Bamboo Partridge -

3. Bazas (Aviceda jerdoni and Aviceda leuphotes)

Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni Blyth’s Baza - Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes Blackcrested Baza -

4. Bengal florican (Eupodotis bengalensis)

Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis - Charak

5. Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis --

6. Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus, I.c.kuseri)

Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus - Chilme

Note: Both the species have been merged into one i.e. Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)

7. Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi)

Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii - Chir

8. Eastern white stork (Ciconia ciconia boyciana)

Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana - Gybar

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-I (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

9. Forest spotted owlet (Athene blewitti)

Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti Forest Spotted Owlet -

10. Frogmouths (Genus Batrachostomus)

Ceylon Batrachostomus moniliger Sri Lanka Frogmouth - Hodgson’s Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni --

11. Great Indian bustard (Choriotis nigriceps)

Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps Indian Bustard -

12. Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis Great Hornbill Pahadi Dhanesh

13. Hawks (Fam. Accipitridae) [The family Accipitridae also includes Eagles, Buzzards, Kites and Harriers]

Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Honey Buzzard Muhath Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite Tharthariya Red Kite Milvus milvus - Black Kite Milvus migrans Pariah Kite Cheel Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus - Kapasi Pallas’s Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus - Kootair White-tailed Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Sea Eagle Lesser Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis Himalayan Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, Lesser Fish-Eagle Greater Grey-headed Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Grey-headed Fish-Eagle, Fish-Eagle Grey-headed Fishing-Eagle Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Eagle Okab Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela - Nicobar Serpent-Eagle Spilornis minimus Nicobar Crested Serpent-Eagle Andaman Serpent-Eagle Spilornis elgini Andaman Dark Serpent-Eagle

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-I (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus Eurasian Marsh Harrier, Marsh Harrier Patai Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus - Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Pale Harrier Patai Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos - Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus - Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus - Shikra Accipiter badius - Shikra, Chipak Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri - Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis - Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis - Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - Shikra, Chipak Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis - White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa White-eyed Buzzard Eagle Kutra, Chuhamar Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Buzzard Kutra, Chuhamar Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buteo Chuhamar Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius Upland Buteo Chuhamar Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis -- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina - Teesa Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga - Teesa Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax - Okab Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Tawny Eagle - Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca -- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos - Murari Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Bonelli’s Hawk Eagle - Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Hawk Eagle - Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle - Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus Crested Hawk Eagle Shahbaaz Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis Hodgson’s or Legge’s - Hawk Eagle

14. Hooded crane (Grus monacha)

Hooded Crane Grus monacha --

15. Hornbills (Ptiloaemus tickelli austeni, Aceros nipalensis, Rhyticeros undulatus ticehursti) [Besides these there are other species occuring in India]

Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli Whitethroated Brown Hornbill - Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis --

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-I (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus -- Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus - Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris Common Grey Hornbill Chota Dhanesh Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus -- Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris -- Plain-pouched Hornbill Aceros subruficollis -

16. Houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)

Houbara Chlamydotis undulata - -

17. Hume’s bar-backed pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)

Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae Mrs. Hume’s Barbacked - Pheasant

18. Indian pied hornbill (Anthracoceros malabaricus)

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris Indian Pied Hornbill Bara Dhanesh

19. Jerdon’s courser (Cursorius bitorquatus)

Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Doublebanded Courser -

20. Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)

Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Lammergeier -

21. Large falcons (Falco peregrinus, F. biarmicus, F. chicquera) [Now Falco biarmicus has been splitted up into two separate species i.e. F. jugger, F. cherrug]

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - Baheri Laggar Falco jugger - Laggar Saker Falco cherrug Lanner Falcon or Cherrug Charak Falcon Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon Turumti

22. Large whistling teal (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Large Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Large Whistling Teal -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

23. Lesser florican (Sypheotides indica) [No change]

24. Monal pheasants (Lophophorus impejanus, L. sclateri)

Impeyan Monal Lophophorus impejanus Monal Pheasant, Dhapne Himalayan Monal Sclater’s Monal Lophophorus sclateri - -

25. (Ophrysia superciliosa)

Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa --

26. Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros (undulatus) narcondami)

Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami --

27. Nicobar megapode (Megapodius freycinet)

Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis Nicobar -

28. Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis)

Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica --

29. Osprey or Fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus)

Osprey Pandion haliaetus - Machmanga

30. Peacock pheasants (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)

Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Peacock Pheasant -

31. Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Common Peafowl Mor, Chotiwala, Pargana, Murela

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-I (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

32. Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) [No change]

33. Sclater’s monal (Lophophorus sclateri) [see Monal pheasants (24)]

34. Siberian white crane (Grus leucogeranus)

Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus Siberian White Crane Turni

35. Tibetan snow cock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) [No change]

36. Tragopan pheasants (Tragopan melanocephalus, T. blythii, T. satyra, T. temminckii)

Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus - - Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra - Hiralal Motilal Blyth’s Tragopan Tragopan blythii - Temminck’s Tragopan Tragopan temminckii - -

37. White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster) [No change]

38. White-eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)

Tibetan Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani --

39. White spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia - Chimta

40. White-winged wood duck (Cairina scutulata)

White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata White-winged Wood Duck -

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-IV

The avifaunal list under Schedule IV, Part III of the Act lists ‘bird groups’ (e.g., Geese) and the families under them (e.g., Anatidae), without listing of individual species. The provision of species lists would make the Act more complete, making things easier for enforcement authorities. Bird species found in India that come under these groups/families are enlisted below to fill this lacuna.

Note: 1. The sequence of the families follows the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 2. The English and scientific names follow Manakadan & Pittie, 2002 (Newsletter for Birdwatchers Vol.42, No.3).

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade Name In Use

1. Avadavat (Estrildinae) [The subfamily Estrildinae also has munias and mannikins]

Red Munia Amandava amandava Red Avadavat Lal , Lal muniya Green Munia Amandava formosa Green Avadavat Hara lal, Hari muniya, Tiger White-throated Munia Lonchura malabarica Indian Silverbill, Piddi, Chiddakka Common Silverbill White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata White-backed Munia/Mannikin Makachin, Bengali finch Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti Rufous-bellied Munia, Hill Munia - Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia, Sinebaj, Doctor, Spotted Mannikin Telia munia Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca Chestnut Munia, Hakalnol, Nargis Chestnut Mannikin

2. Avocets (Recurvirostridae) [The family Recurvirostridae also has ibisbill and stilts]

Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii -- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus - Lamtinga, Lalpairi Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Avocet Kuchaha

3. Babblers (Timaliinae) [The subfamily Timaliinae also has laughingthrushes, babaxes, sibias, yuhinas]

White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis - Chandtara, Gogai White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus - Guppoo Lesser Necklaced Garrulax monileger Necklaced Laughingthrush - Laughingthrush

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-IV (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name Greater Necklaced Garrulax pectoralis Black-gorgeted Laughingthrush - Laughingthrush Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus - Navratan Rufous-necked Garrulax ruficollis - - Laughingthrush Chestnut-backed Garrulax nuchalis - - Laughingthrush Yellow-throated Garrulax galbanus -- Laughingthrush Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti Wynaad or Yellow-breasted - Laughingthrush Rufous-vented Garrulax gularis Wynaad or Yellow-breasted Laughingthrush Laughingthrush - Ashy Laughingthrush Garrulax cineraceus Moustached Laughingthrush - Rufous-chinned Garrulax rufogularis -- Laughingthrush Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus White-spotted Laughingthrush - Grey-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus -- Spot-breasted Garrulax merulinus Spotted-breasted Laughingthrush - Laughingthrush White-browed Garrulax sannio -- Laughingthrush Nilgiri Laughingthrush Garrulax cachinnans - Grey-breasted Garrulax jerdoni White-breasted Laughingthrush - Laughingthrush Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus -- Striped Laughingthrush Garrulax virgatus Manipur Streaked Laughingthrush - Variegated Laughingthrush Garrulax variegatus -- Brown-capped Garrulax austeni -- Laughingthrush Blue-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax squamatus -- Scaly Laughingthrush Garrulax subunicolor Plain-coloured Laughingthrush - Elliot’s Laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii - - Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis -- Red-headed Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Reshmi guldar Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea Crimson-winged Laughingthrush - Abbott’s Babbler Malacocincla abbotti -- Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli -- Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre Brown Babbler -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre - - Spotted Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps Puff-throated Babbler - Large Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus hypoleucos -- Spot-breasted Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis Scimitar-Babbler Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys -- Indian Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii - Chameli Rufous-necked Pomatorhinus ruficollis Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler - Scimitar-Babbler Lloyd’s Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps -- Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus -- Slender-billed Xiphirhynchus superciliaris -- Scimitar-Babbler Long-billed Wren-Babbler Rimator malacoptilus -- Streaked Wren-Babbler Napothera brevicaudata -- Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota Small Wren Babbler - Greater Scaly-breasted Pnoepyga albiventer Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler - Wren-Babbler Lesser Scaly-breasted Pnoepyga pusilla Brown Wren Babbler - Wren-Babbler Rufous-throated Spelaeornis caudatus Tailed Wren Babbler - Wren-Babbler Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis -- Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides Bar-winged Wren-Babbler - Spotted Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis formosus -- Long-tailed Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus Long-tailed Wren Barbbler/ Austen’s Wren-Babbler - Tawny-breasted Spelaeornis longicaudatus -- Wren-Babbler Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler Sphenocichla humei Wedge-billed Wren - Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons Red-fronted Babbler - Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps Red-headed Babbler - Black-chinned Babbler Stachyris pyrrhops Red-billed Babbler - Gold-headed Babbler Stachyris chrysaea Golden Babbler - Austen’s Babbler Stachyris oglei -- Rufous Bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra Tawny-bellied Babbler - Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps Grey-throated Babbler - Black-headed Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps Dark-fronted Babbler - Yellow-breasted Babbler Macronous gularis Striped Tit-Babbler - Red-capped Babbler Timalia pileata Chestnut-capped Babbler - Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense - Gulchashm

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre -- Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus - Pengdi Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei - Pengdi Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris -- Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi - Badi Gogai Indian Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufus -- Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus - Gogai, Saat bhai White-headed Babbler Turdoides affinis Yellow-billed Babbler, - Pale-capped Babbler Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus -- Silver-eared Leiothrix (Mesia) Leiothrix argentauris Silver-eared Mesia Gulsehra Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Pekin Robin Sehra, Robin Cutia Cutia nipalensis Cutia - Rufous-bellied Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer Black-headed Shrike-Babbler - Red-winged Shrike Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis White-browed Shrike-Babbler - Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus -- Chestnut-throated Pteruthius melanotis Black-eared Shrike Babbler - Shrike-Babbler Chestnut-fronted Pteruthius aenobarbus -- Shrike-Babbler White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus White-headed Shrike Babbler - Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni Spectacled Barwing - Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis Hoary Barwing - Austen’s Barwing Actinodura waldeni Streak-throated Barwing - Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera Blue-winged Siva Noorposh, Blue robin Bar-throated Minla Minla strigula Bar-throated Siva, Guldar Chestnut-tailed Minla Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta -- Gold-breasted Tit-Babbler Alcippe chrysotis Gold-breasted Fulvetta - Yellow-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe cinerea Yellow-throated Fulvetta - Rufous-winged Tit-Babbler Alcippe castaneceps Chestnut-headed Tit-Babbler, Rufous-winged Fulvetta - White-browed Tit-Babbler Alcippe vinipectus White-browed Fulvetta - Streak-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe cinereiceps Brown-headed Tit-Babbler - Brown-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe ludlowi Brown-headed Tit-Babbler - Rufous-throated Tit-Babbler Alcippe rufogularis Red-throated Tit-Babbler - Rusty-capped Tit-Babbler Alcippe dubia Rufous-headed Tit-Babbler - Quaker Tit-Babbler Alcippe poioicephala Brown-cheeked Fulvetta - Nepal Tit-Babbler Alcippe nipalensis Nepal Babbler - Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectans Chestnutbacked Sibia -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata Black-capped Sibia Kathai Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis -- Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella -- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides -- Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps Rufous-eared Yuhina - White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri Chestnut-headed Yuhina - Yellow-naped Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis Whiskered Yuhina Botiya Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis -- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis -- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta - Choti botiya White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca - Botiya Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura Fire-tailed Myzornis -

4. Barbets (Capitonidae)

Great Barbet Megalaima virens Great Hill Barbet Dhabara, Pahari basantha Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica Large Green Barbet Bukrum, Hara basantha Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata -- White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis Small Green Barbet - Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii -- Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica -- Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis - Bada gulbadna Crimson-throated Barbet Megalaima rubricapillus Crimson-fronted Barbet - Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Crimson-breasted Barbet Gulbandna

5. Barn-Owls (Tytonidae)

Barn Owl Tyto alba - Rustak Grass Owl Tyto capensis Eastern Grass Owl Ghas Ka Ullu Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius Bay Owl -

6. Bitterns (Ardeidae) [The family Ardeidae also has egrets and herons]

Little Egret Egretta garzetta - Karchiya Western Reef-Egret Egretta gularis Indian Reef-Egret - Pacific Reef-Egret Egretta sacra Eastern Reef-Egret - Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - Anjan, Kaboot Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Giant Heron -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis Great White-bellied Heron - Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana -- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea - Lal Anjan Large Egret Casmerodius albus Great Egret Malank Median Egret Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret, Pathauk Smaller Egret Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis - Surkhiya Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii Pond Heron, Paddybird Chamariya Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus -- Little Green Heron Butorides striatus Little Heron - Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Night Heron Vaak Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Malay Bittern, Tiger Bittern - Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus -- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis -- Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Cinnamon Bittern - Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis -- Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Bittern -

7. Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus) [Brown-headed Gull belongs to the family Laridae which also has other gull species, terns and noddies]

Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii - Dhomra Mew Gull Larus canus -- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus -- Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini -- Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans -- Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus Great Black-headed Gull - Greater Black-backed Gull Larus marinus -- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus -- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus -- Slender-billed Gull Larus genei -- Little Gull Larus minutus -- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica -- Caspian Tern Sterna caspia -- River Tern Sterna aurantia -- Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis Indian Lesser Crested Tern - Large Crested Tern Sterna bergii -- Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis -- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Rosy Tern - Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana -- Common Tern Sterna hirundo -- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea --

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Little Tern Sterna albifrons - Koorari Saunders’s Tern Sterna saundersi -- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa -- Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda -- Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Brownwinged Tern - Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata -- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -- White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus -- Black Tern Chlidonias niger -- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Noddy Tern - Black Noddy Anous minutus -- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris -- White Tern Gygis alba Indian Ocean White Tern or Fairy Tern - Note: The trade names of all the terns and gulls are Koorari and Dhomra respectively.

8. Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons Finchbilled Bulbul Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus Striated Green Bulbul Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus - Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps -- Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus Black-headed Yellow Bulbul Basanti bulbul, Pili bulbul Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus - Lal kaan ki bulbul, Kangra bulbul White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis White-cheeked Bulbul Singu Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys Ulti choti ka kangra, Safed kaan ki bulbul Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer - Bulbul Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus -- Blyth’s Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens Blyth’s or Flavescent Bulbul - White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus -- White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus -- Olive Bulbul Iole virescens -- Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica -- Brown-eared Bulbul Hemixos flavala Ashy Bulbul Sipru, Bulbul Rufous-bellied Bulbul Hypsipetes maclellandii Mountain Bulbul - Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus - Rechual,

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Kali bulbul Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis -- 9. Buntings (Emberizidae) Crested Bunting Melophus lathami - Mukhiya Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella -- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalus -- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia -- Godlewski’s Bunting Emberiza godlewskii Rock Bunting - Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani -- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana -- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti Chestnut-breasted Bunting - Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata House Bunting - Grey-headed Bunting Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting - Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla -- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola -- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila -- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala - Kali topi ka gaddam, Canary Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps - Gaddam, Bageri Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala -- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Common Reed Bunting - Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra -- 10. Bustards (Otididae) Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax -- 11. Bustardquails (Turnicidae) Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica Little Bustardquail, - Buttonquail Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki Yellow-legged Bustardquail Lava Common Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Barred Bustardquail or Gudala Buttonquail 12. Chloropsis (Irenidae) [The family Irenidae also has other bird groups like Ioras and Fairy-Bluebirds] Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Iora Bada babuna Marshall’s Iora Aegithina nigrolutea White-tailed Iora - Jerdon’s Chloropsis Chloropsis cochinchinensis Gold-mantled Chloropsis Blue-winged Leafbird Hareva, Hara basantha Gold-fronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons Golden-fronted Leafbird Hareva, Hara basantha

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Orange-bellied Chloropsis Chloropsis hardwickii Orange-bellied Leafbird Udha haveva Asian Fairy-Bluebird Irena puella Fairy Bluebird -

13. Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) (See No. 21)

14. Coots (Rallidae) [Crakes, Moorhens and Rails are other members of the family Rallidae]

Andaman Crake Rallina canningi -- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Red-legged Banded Crake - Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides Banded Crake - Blue-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus Slaty-breasted Rail - Water Rail Rallus aquaticus -- Corn Crake Crex crex -- Brown Crake Amaurornis akool -- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus - Banmurgi, Jalmurgi Elwes’s Crake Porzana bicolor -- Little Crake Porzana parva -- Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla -- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana -- Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Ruddy Crake - Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Kora Kora Purple Moorhen Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen Kaim, Kaima Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Moorhen Jalmurgi, Banmurgi Common Coot Fulica atra Coot Tilak

15. Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus - Banway, Jalkaua Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger - Banway, Jalkaua Indian Shag Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant Banway, Jalkaua Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Cormorant Banway, Jalkaua

16. Cranes (Gruidae)

Sarus Crane Grus antigone - Sarus Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo - Karkara Common Crane Grus grus - Kurja, Goonj

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

17. Cuckoos (Cuculidae) [Malkohas and Coucals are also the members of the family Cuculidae]

Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Pied Cuckoo Papaiya Red-winged Crested Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides -- Brainfever Bird Hierococcyx varius Common Hawk-Cuckoo Bansariya, Papaiya Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax -- Cuculus micropterus - Papaiya Cuculus canorus The Cuckoo, - Eurasian Cuckoo Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Horsfield’s or Himalayan Cuckoo - Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Small Cuckoo - Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Indian Banded Bay Cuckoo - Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus Grey-bellied Cuckoo - Rufous-bellied Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo - Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus Emerald Cuckoo - Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus -- Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris -- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Koel Koel Large Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis Green-billed Malkoha - Small Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Blue-faced Malkoha - Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii Sirkeer Cuckoo Sargul Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus Ceylon Malkoha - pyrrhocephalus Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Crow-Pheasant Mahoka Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis Andaman Crow-Pheasant, - Brown Coucal Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Small Coucal -

17-A. Curlews (Scolopacinae) [The subfamily Scolopacinae also has other members like sandpipers, stints, snipes, woodcocks and godwits]

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Woodcock - Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria -- Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola - Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Pin-tail Snipe - Swinhoe’s Snipe Gallinago megala -- Great Snipe Gallinago media -- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Fantail Snipe -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus -- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa -- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica -- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus -- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Curlew - Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus - Chaha Common Redshank Tringa totanus Redshank Chaha Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis - Chaha Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Greenshank Chaha Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer - Chaha Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - Chaha Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola - Chaha Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus -- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata -- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos -- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Turnstone - Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus -- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Snipe-billed Godwit - Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Eastern Knot - Red Knot Calidris canutus Knot - Sanderling Calidris alba -- Spoonbilled Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus Spoonbill Sandpiper - Little Stint Calidris minuta - Runni Rufous-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Red-necked or Eastern Stint - Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii -- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -- Dunlin Calidris alpina -- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Curlew-Sandpiper - Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis -- Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus -- Ruff Philomachus pugnax - Bagdad

18. Darters (Anhingidae) Darter Anhinga melanogaster Indian Darter Banway

19. Doves including the Emerald Dove (Columbidae) [The family Columbidae also includes pigeons] Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris -- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota -- Eastern Stock Pigeon Columba eversmanni - Bagahi Kabutar, Bagar Western Stock Pigeon Columba oenas -- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus Wood Pigeon -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii -- Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba pulchricollis -- Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon Columba elphinstonii -- Purple Wood-Pigeon Columba punicea -- Andaman Wood-Pigeon Columba palumboides -- European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur Turtle Dove - Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis Rufous Turtle-Dove Kahalak Little Brown Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove Chota phagta Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis - Chitta phagta Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Turtle Dove - Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Ring Dove, Indian Ring Dove Phirki Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall Bartailed Cuckoo Dove - Andaman Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia rufipennis -- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Green-winged Pigeon, Sohanphata, Bronze-winged Dove Sunphata Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica -- Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon Treron bicincta -- Pompadour Green-Pigeon Treron pompadora Grey-fronted Green-Pigeon - Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra -- Yellow-legged Green-Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Hariyal Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron apicauda -- Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron sphenura -- Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea -- Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia Imperial Pigeon - Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor -- 20. Drongos (Dicruridae) Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus - Bhujanga Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Grey Drongo - White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens White-vented Drongo - Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans -- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus Bronzed Drongo - Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer Small Racket-tailed Drongo Chota Bhrangraj Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo - Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis -- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Ceylon Crested Drongo Bhrangraj

21. Ducks (Anatidae) [The family Anatidae also has geese and swans] Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-Teal Salehi White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala --

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Mute Swan Cygnus olor -- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus -- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus -- Bean Goose Anser fabalis -- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons White-fronted Goose - Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus - Greylag Goose Anser anser Saman Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Kaaj Snow Goose Anser caerulescens -- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis -- Brahminy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Brahminy Duck, Surkhab, Chakwa- Ruddy Shelduck chakvi Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - Chanjwa Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Nakta Nakta Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-Goose, Girha Quacky Duck Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata -- Gadwall Anas strepera - Mail Falcated Teal Anas falcata Falcated Duck - Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Wigeon Farhan Mallard Anas platyrhynchos - Neelsar Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha Spotbill Duck Garampair Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata Shoveller Gahna, Bhanbhana Northern Pintail Anas acuta Pintail Seenkpar Garganey Anas querquedula - Patri Baikal Teal Anas formosa -- Common Teal Anas crecca Chikkala, Chota sikpar Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris -- Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina - Lalsar Common Pochard Aythya ferina - Budhan Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca White-eyed Pochard - Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri -- Tufted Pochard Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck - Greater Scaup Aythya marila Scaup Duck - Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Longtail Duck, Old Squaw - Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Goldeneye Duck - Smew Mergellus albellus -- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator -- Common Merganser Mergus merganser Goosander -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

22. Egrets (Ardeidae) (See No. 6).

23. Fairy-Bluebirds (Irenidae) (See No. 12)

24. Falcons (Falconidae)

Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens Red-breasted Falcon - Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos White-legged Falcon - Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni -- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kestrel Khourmoutiya Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Red-legged Falcon - Merlin Falco columbarius -- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Hobby - Oriental Hobby Falco severus Indian Hobby -

25. Finches including the Chaffinch (Fringillidae) Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common Chaffinch - Brambling Fringilla montifringilla -- Fire-fronted Serin pusillus Gold-fronted Finch Chhoti Goldfinch Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides Himalayan Greenfinch Chuniyabaya, Pilli canary Black-headed Greenfinch Carduelis ambigua Himalayan Greenfinch - Eurasian Siskin Carduelis -- Tibetan Siskin Carduelis thibetana Tibetan Serin - European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Gold Finch Goldfinch Twite Carduelis flavirostris Tibetan Twite - Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina Linnet - Hodgson’s Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola Plain Mountain Finch - Black-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti Brandt’s Mountain-Finch - Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni Red-browed Finch Chota ramgora Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea Crimson-winged Desert Finch - Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Trumpeter Bullfinch - Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus Mongolian Trumpeter Bullfinch - Black-billed Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta Lichtenstein’s Desert Finch, Desert Finch - Blanford’s Carpodacus rubescens Crimson Rosefinch - Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis Nepal Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus Scarlet Grosbeak Toothi Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus -- Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochrous --

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus -- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii Large Rosefinch - Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus Red-mantled Rosefinch - Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys Red-mantled Rosefinch - White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura -- Streaked Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides Eastern Great Rosefinch - Common Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla Great Rosefinch - Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus Red-breasted Rosefinch - Crimson-browed Finch Propyrrhula subhimachala Red-headed Rosefinch - Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi - Surakh ramgora, Ramgora Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Crossbill - Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis -- Orange Bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca -- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala -- Beavan’s Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca Grey-headed Bullfinch - Haw Finch Coccothraustes coccothraustes -- Black-and-Yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides -- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis Allied Grosbeak - Spotted-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos Spot-winged Grosbeak - White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes -- Gold-naped Black Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Gold-headed Black Finch, - Gold-naped Finch

26. Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Flamingo Rajhans Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor - Chota Rajhans

27. Flowerpeckers (Dicaedae) Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile - Phoolsoonghi Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum -- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanoxanthum -- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma -- Tickell’s Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos Pale-billed Flowerpecker - Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor Plain-coloured Flowerpecker - Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus Buff-bellied Flowerpecker - Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum --

28. Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) [The family Muscicapidae has eight subfamilies: Muscicapinae, Monarchinae, Rhipidurinae, Panurinae, Sylviidae, Pachycephalinae, Timaliinae and Turdinae. The Timaliinae (See No. 3) and Turdinae (See No. 71) are listed on page 43.]

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a) Muscicapinae (Flycatchers & Niltavas) Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneata Olive Flycatcher - Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata -- Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher - Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Brown Flycatcher - Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda Rufous-tailed Flycatcher - Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui Layard’s Flycatcher - Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea -- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia -- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii Rusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher - Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher - Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher - Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra - White-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula monileger -- Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra Snowy-browed Flycatcher - Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni Westermann’s Flycatcher - Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris -- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor Manipur Slaty Blue Flycatcher - Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira Sapphire-headed Flycatcher - Black-and-Orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa Black-and-rufous Flycatcher - Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina - Phirozi Dusky-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordida Dull-blue Flycatcher - Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudata Nilgiri Verditer Flycatcher - Large Niltava Niltava grandis - Bara sunehra Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae - Chota sunehra Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara Beautiful Niltava Sunehra Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida Rufous-bellied Blue Flycatcher - White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis concretus White-tailed Flycatcher - White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes -- Brooks’s Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys Pale-chinned Flycatcher - Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor -- Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides -- Large-billed Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas Hill Blue-Flycatcher - Tickell’s Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Orange-breasted - Blue Flycatcher Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni Gry-headed Flycatcher - Grey-headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Pahadi botiya

b) Monarchinae (Monarch-Flycatchers & Paradise-Flycatchers)

Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Paradise Flycatcher Bulbul gosta Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher Hypothymis azurea --

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c) Rhipidurinae (Fantail-Flycatchers) Yellow-bellied Rhipidura hypoxantha - Nachaniya Fantail-Flycatcher White-throated Rhipidura albicollis - Nachaniya Fantail-Flycatcher White-browed Rhipidura aureola - Nachaniya Fantail-Flycatcher d) Panurinae (Parrotbills) Great Parrotbill Conostoma oemodium -- Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor Brown Suthora - Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis -- Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris Gould’s Parrotbill - Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis Whitethroated Parrotbill - Fulvous-fronted Parrotbill Paradoxornis fulvifrons Fulvousfronted Suthora, - Fulvous Parrotbill Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis Orange Suthora - Lesser Rufous-headed Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris Lesser Redheaded Suthora - Parrotbill Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps Greater Redheaded Parrotbill -

e) Sylviidae (Warblers, Goldcrest, Prinias and Tesias)

Goldcrest Regulus regulus -- Streaked Fantail-Warbler Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola - Golden-headed Fantail-Warbler Cisticola exilis Bright-headed Cisticola, Fantail Warbler - Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii Longtailed Grass Warbler - Brown Prinia Prinia criniger Striated Prinia, - Brown Hill Warbler Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis Black-throated Hill Warbler - Hodgson’s Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla Hodgson’s Wren-Warbler, - Grey-crowned Prinia Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani Rufous-fronted Wren-Warbler - Beavan’s Prinia Prinia rufescens Beavan’s Wren-Warbler, - Rufescent Prinia Franklin’s Prinia Prinia hodgsonii Grey-breasted Prinia, - Franklin’s Wren-Warbler Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis Streaked Wren-Warbler - Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica Jungle Wren Warbler - Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris Yellow-bellied Wren-Warbler - Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis Ashy Wren-Warbler - Plain Prinia Prinia inornata Plain Wren-Warbler -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata Chestnutheaded - Ground Warbler Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea Slatybellied - Ground Warbler Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer Dull Slatybellied - Ground Warbler - Pale-footed Bush-Warbler Cettia pallidipes -- Japanese Bush-Warbler Cettia diphone Chinese Bush Warbler - Brown-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes -- Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler Cettia major Large Bush Warbler - Aberrant Bush-Warbler Cettia flavolivacea -- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides Verreaux’s Bush Warbler - Grey-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons Rufouscapped Bush Warbler - Cetti’s Bush-Warbler Cettia cetti Cetti’s Warbler - Spotted Bush-Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus -- Long-billed Bush-Warbler Bradypterus major Largebilled Bush Warbler - Chinese Bush-Warbler Bradypterus tacsanowskius -- Brown Bush-Warbler Bradypterus luteoventris -- Russet Bush-Warbler Bradypterus mandelli -- Streaked Grasshopper Warbler Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warlber - Pallas’s Warbler Locustella certhiola - - Pale Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella naevia Grasshopper Warbler - Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon -- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus -- Black-browed Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-crowned Reed Warbler - Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola -- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens - - Blyth’s Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum -- Eurasian Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus -- Oriental Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Oriental Reed Warbler - Indian Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler - Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon -- Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata -- Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus Goldenheaded Tailor Bird - Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Tailor Bird - Black-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Dark-necked Tailorbird - Stoliczka’s Tit-Warbler Leptopoecile sophiae White-browed Tit-Warbler - Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Brown Leaf Warbler - Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus -- Plain Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus -- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Leaf Warbler - Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer Smoky Willow Warbler - Tickell’s Warbler Phylloscopus affinis Tickell’s Leaf Warbler -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis -- Olivaceous Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus -- Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi -- Orange-barred Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher Buff-barred Warbler - Grey-faced Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis Ashy-throated Warbler - Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus -- Brooks’s Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis -- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Plain or Yellowbrowed Leaf Warbler - Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei -- Arctic Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler - Greenish Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Dull Green Leaf Warbler - Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes - - Large-billed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris -- Tytler’s Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri -- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis Large Crowned Leaf Warbler - Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus - - Blyth’s Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides -- Black-browed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus cantator Yellow-vented Warbler - Gold-spectacled Seicercus burkii Golden-spectacled Warbler, Flycatcher-Warbler Blackbrowed Flycatcher-Warbler - Grey-headed Flycatcher-Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos Grey-hooded Warbler - White-spectacled Seicercus affinis Allied Flycatcher-Warbler, Flycatcher-Warbler White-spectacled Warbler - Grey-cheeked Seicercus poliogenys Grey-cheeked Warbler Flycatcher-Warbler - Chestnut-crowned Seicercus castaniceps Chestnut-headed Flycatcher-Warbler Flycatcher- Warbler - Broad-billed Flycatcher-Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni Broad-billed Warbler - Rufous-faced Flycatcher-Warbler Abroscopus albogularis Whitethroated Flycatcher - Warbler, Rufous-faced Warbler Black-faced Flycatcher-Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps Black-faced Warbler - Yellow-bellied Abroscopus superciliaris Yellow-bellied Warbler - Flycatcher-Warbler Striated Marsh-Warbler Megalurus palustris Striated Grassbird - Bristled Grass-Warbler Chaetornis striatus Bristled Grassbird - Rufous-rumped Grass-Warbler Graminicola bengalensis Rufous-rumped Grassbird - Broad-tailed Grass-Warbler Schoenicola platyura Broad-tailed Grassbird - Garden Warbler Sylvia borin -- Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis Whitethroat - Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca -- Hume’s Whitethroat Sylvia althaea --

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Small Whitethroat Sylvia minula -- Desert Warbler Sylvia nana - - Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria - - Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis - -

f) Pachycephalinae (Whistlers)

Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala grisola Grey Thickhead -

29. Geese (Anatidae) (See No. 21)

30. Goldfinches and allies (Carduelinae) (See No. 25)

31. Grebes (Podicipedidae) Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dabchick Choti pandubbi Red-necked Grebe Podiceps griseigena -- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus -- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Slavonian Grebe - Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis --

32. Herons (Ardeidae) (See No. 6)

33. Ibises (Threskiornithidae) [The family Threskiornithidae also has the Eurasian Spoonbills listed under Schedue-I of the Act] Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -- Oriental White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis Kuldakadi, Didda Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa Red-naped Ibis -

34. Ioras (Irenidae) (See No. 12)

35. Jays (Corvidae) [Crows, and magpies are also members of the family Corvidae] Eurasian glandarius Redcrowned Jay Uni-bansariya Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus - Kanta bansariya Yellow-billed Blue Magpie flavirostris Gold-billed Magpie - Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha Red-billed Magpie Lampuchiya, Kabri Common Green Magpie chinensis Green Magpie Hari Indian vagabunda Rufous Treepie Malhat, Maar, Lamdor

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae Himalayan Treepie Pahadi Malhat White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra Southern Treepie - Black-browed Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis Collared Treepie - Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi -- Black-billed Magpie pica Magpie - Hume’s Groundpecker Pseudopodoces humilis Hume’s Ground - Spotted Nucifraga caryocatactes Nutcracker - Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax -- Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Alpine Chough - Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula Jackdaw - Rook Corvus frugilegus -- Carrion Crow Corvus corone Hooded Crow - Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow Pahadi Kouva Common Raven Corvus corax Raven -

36. Jacanas (Jacanidae) Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus - Piyuha, Tal makhani, Pihua Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus - Kundiya, Kandai 36-A. Junglefowl (Phasianidae) [The family Phasianidae also has pheasants, partridges and quails] Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa -- Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis -- Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii Pheasant- - Chukor Alectoris chukar Chukar, Chukar Partridge Chakor Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus Black Partridge Kala Teetar Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus Painted Partridge - Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus -- Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Grey Partridge Bhura Teetar Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis Swamp Partridge Kaker Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae -- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Common or Grey Quail - Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica -- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica Black-breasted Quail Chanak Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis -- Jungle Bush-Quail asiatica -- Rock Bush-Quail Perdicula argoondah -- Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha -- Red-breasted Hill-Partridge Arborophila mandellii -- Manipur Bush-Quail Perdicula manipurensis Manipur Painted Bush Quail -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Common Hill-Partridge Arborophila torqueola Hill Partridge - Rufous-throated Hill-Partridge Arborophila rufogularis Rufous-throated Partridge - White-cheeked Hill-Partridge Arborophila atrogularis White-cheeked Partridge - Red Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata - Chokhara Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata - Chokhara Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha -- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus - Jungli/Pahari Murga Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii -- Kaleej Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos - Khalij Green Peafowl Pavo muticus Burmese Peafowl - Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant -

37. Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Blyth’s Kingfisher Alcedo hercules Great Blue Kingfisher Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Eurasian Kingfisher, Chota Common Kingfisher kaudiyala Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting -- Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca Three-toed Kingfisher - Black-backed Kingfisher Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa -- Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis -- Brown-winged Kingfisher Halcyon amauroptera -- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda -- White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher Kaudiyala Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Black-capped Purple Kingfisher - Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris White Collared Kingfisher - Greater Pied Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris Himalayan Pied Kingfisher, - Crested Kingfisher Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher Chitkabra kaudilla

38. Larks (Alaudidae)

Singing Bush- cantillans - Charchari Red-winged Bush-Lark Mirafra erythroptera Indian Bushlark Lalpari Bengal Bush-Lark Mirafra assamica Bush Lark - Jerdon’s Bush-Lark Mirafra affinis Bush Lark - Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned Finch-Lark - Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark Ghutariya, Bharhin

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus Rufous-tailed Lark - Desert Finch-Lark Ammomanes deserti Desert Lark - Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes Bifasciated Lark - Eastern Calandra-Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Bimaculated Lark - Long-billed Calandra-Lark Melanocorypha maxima Tibetan Lark - Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Short-toed Lark Agan Hume’s Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris -- Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens - Akonia Asian Short-toed Lark Calandrella cheleensis -- Indian Short-toed Lark Calandrella raytal Sand Lark - Common Galerida cristata - Chandool Malabar Crested Lark Galerida malabarica Malabar Lark - Sykes’s Crested Lark Galerida deva Sykes’s Lark - arvensis Skylark, Common Skylark - Eastern Skylark Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark - Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris -- 39. Lorikeets (Psittacidae) [One species of hanging- (earlier called Lorikeets) occurs in India. Parakeets are the dominant members of the family Psittacidae] Indian Hanging- Loriculus vernalis Indian Lorikeet Vernal Hanging-Parrot Latkan tota Alexandrine Parakeet eupatria Large Indian Parakeet Pahadi tota, channa, Chandana tiya, Rai tota Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri - Desi tota, Kantiya Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana Himalayan Slaty-headed Jirri, Jhaiya Parakeet tota Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii Finsch’s Parakeet, Eastern Slaty-headed Parakeet - Intermediate Parakeet Psittacula intermedia -- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Blossom-headed Parakeet Lalsar (m), Udy (f), Tuiya tota Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata Eastern Blossom-headed Lalsir tota, Parakeet Phultusi tota Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides Malabar Parakeet Bluewing Lord Derby’s Parakeet Psittacula derbiana Derbyan Parakeet - Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri - Madna tota, Madangor

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps -- Red-cheeked Parakeet Psittacula longicauda Long-tailed Parakeet -

40. Magpies including the Hunting Magpie (Corvidae) (See No. 35)

41. Mannikins (Estrildidae) (See No. 1) 42. Megapodes (Megapodidae) Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis Megapode, Nicobar Scrubfowl -

43. Minivets (Campephagidae) [The family Campephagidae also includes cuckoo-shrikes, trillers, flycatcher-shrikes and woodshrikes] Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei -- Bar-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina striata Barred Cuckoo-Shrike - Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melaschistos Small Grey Cuckoo-Shrike Dark Grey Cuckoo-Shrike - Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melanoptera -- Pied Triller Lalage nigra Pied Cuckoo-Shrike - Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus -- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus -- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Little Minivet Choti saheli White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius -- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris Yellow-throated Minivet - Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus -- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris -- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus Orange Minivet Saheli Pied Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike - Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis -- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus Lesser Woodshrike -

44. Munias (Estrildidae) (See No. 1) 45. Mynas (Sturnidae) [Starlings are also members of the family Sturnidae] Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis Glossy Starling - Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera Spot-winged Stare - Grey-headed Starling Sturnus malabaricus Chestnut-tailed Starling Kanji pawai White-headed Starling Sturnus erythropygius White-headed Myna - Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum Brahminy Myna Pawai Black-headed Myna Daurian Starling Sturnus sturninus Purple-backed Starling - White-shouldered Starling Sturnus sinensis Chinese Myna, - Grey-backed Myna

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus Rosy Pastor Kashnai Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Starling Tiliyar Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra Pied Myna Ablak, Ablak maina Common Myna Acridotheres tristis - Dhardwa, Sadi-maina Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus - Chai, Ghudsal Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus - Kanji dhardwa Great-tufted Myna Acridotheres grandis Orange-billed Jungle Myna, - White-vented Myna Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus - - Gold-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus Golden-crested Myna - Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Hill Myna Pahadi Myna Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica - Cochiniya Myna 46. Nightjars (Caprimulgidae) Great Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis - Chapka Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Grey Nightjar Chapka European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Eurasian Nightjar Chapka Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis - Chapka Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Long-tailed Nightjar Chapka Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis Long-tailed Nightjar Chapka Common Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar Chapka Franklin’s Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Savanna Nightjar Chapka 47. Orioles (Oriolidae) Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Golden Oriole Peelak Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole - Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris Black-naped Oriole - Black-headed Oriole Oriolus xanthornus Black-hooded Oriole Kali topi ki peelak Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii - Surkh-peelak 48. Owls (Strigidae) Andaman Scops-Owl Otus balli -- Spotted Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus Mountain Scops-Owl - Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei Striated Scops-Owl - Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops Scops Owl - Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia Scops Owl Choti Kanutti Nicobar Scops-Owl Otus alius Scops Owl - Collared Scops-Owl Otus bakkamoena - Kanutti, Chote Kan Ka Ullu Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Eagle Owl Lalanka, Surkhiya

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl - Dusky Eagle-Owl Bubo coromandus Dusky Horned Owl Badka, Burmunda Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis - Hunhuna Tawny Fish-Owl Ketupa flavipes -- Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu Malay Fish Owl - Mottled Wood-Owl Strix ocellata - Chipariya Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica -- Tawny Wood-Owl Strix aluco Tawny Owl - Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei Collared Pygmy Owlet Char ankh wali chugdi Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Barred Owlet Chugad Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum - Pahadi chugdi Little Owl Athene noctua -- Spotted Owlet Athene brama - Chugdi, Khas kudar Tengmalm’s Owl Aegolius funereus Boreal Owl - Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata -- Andaman Hawk-Owl Ninox affinis Andaman Brown Hawk Owl - Long-eared Owl Asio otus -- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus -- 49. Oystercatcher (Haematopodidae) Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Oystercatcher - 50. Parakeets (Psittacidae) (See No.39) 51. Partridges (Phasianidae) (See No. 36-A) 52. Pelicans (Pelecanidae) Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus White or Rosy Pelican Kurair, Hawaseel Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Grey Pelican Jalasain, Hawaseel Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus - Gangwa 53. Pheasants (Phasianidae) (See No. 36-A) 54. Pigeons (Columbidae) except the Blue Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) (See No. 19) 55. Pipits (Motacillidae) [The family Motacillidae also includes wagtails] Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus - White Wagtail Motacilla alba Pied Wagtail Mamola, Dhoban chidiya

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis White-browed Wagtail Khanjan, Dhoban chidiya Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yellow Hooded, Yellow-headed Wagtail Choti pilak, Pilkahe Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava - Choti pilak Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea -- Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi - Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit - Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris -- Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii -- Brown Rock Pipit Anthus similis Long-billed Pipit - Eurasian Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit - Oriental Tree Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Indian Tree Pipit - Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis -- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus -- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus Vinaceous-breasted Pipit - Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit - Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Water Pipit - Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus -- Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis -- Note: Pipits and larks are generally called Bhageri in the bird trade.

55-A. Pittas (Pittidae) Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis -- Blue Pitta Pitta cyanea -- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida Green-breasted Pitta - Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura - Navrang, Dudhpui 56. Plovers (Charadriidae) [The family Charadriidae also has dotterels and lapwings] European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Golden Plover - Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Eastern Golden Plover - Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover - Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Ringed Plover - Long-billed Ringed Plover Charadrius placidus Long-billed Plover - Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Little Plover - Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus -- Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Mongolian Plover - Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Large Sand Plover -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Sand Plover - Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Sand Plover - Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Australian Black-fronted Plover - Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Lapwing - Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus - Peeli Titairi River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii Spurwinged Lapwing - Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus -- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus - Titairi Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Sociable Plover - White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus - Saphed dum ki tehri, Titeetri

57. Quails (Phasianidae) (See 36-A)

58. Rails (Rallidae) (See No. 14)

59. Rollers or Blue Jays (Coraciidae)

European Roller Coracias garrulus Kashmir Roller - Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Blue Jay Subjak, Neelkant, Nelayi Oriental Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird - 60. Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae) Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus -- Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus -- White-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata Large Pintail Sandgrouse, - Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Indian Sandgrouse Bhat titar, Gatta Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus -- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Imperial Sandgrouse - Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus Coronetted Sandgrouse - Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus - Pahari Bhat titar

61. Sandpipers (Scolopacinae) (See No. 17-A)

62. Snipes (Scolopacinae) (See 17-A)

63. Spurfowls (Phasianidae) (See No. 36-A)

64. Starlings (Sturnidae) (See No. 45)

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-IV (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

65. Stone-Curlews (Burhinidae) [Stone-Plovers are also members of the family Burhinidae]

Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Eurasian Thick-knee Karvanak Great Stone-Plover Esacus recurvirostris Great Thick-knee - Beach Stone-Plover Esacus magnirostris Beach Thick-knee -

66. Storks (Ciconiidae)

Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala - Jangil, Kankari Asian Open-billed Stork Anastomus oscitans Open-billed Stork, Gaugila Asian Openbill Black Stork Ciconia nigra - Surmal White-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Woolly-necked Stork Laglag European White Stork Ciconia ciconia - Kanakul, Gybar Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus - Loha Sarank Lesser Adjutant-Stork Leptoptilos javanicus - Chenari, Chanyari Greater Adjutant Stork Leptoptilos dubius Adjutant Stork Chek, Hargila

67. Stilts (Recurvirostridae) (See No. 2)

68. Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Ruby-cheeked Anthreptes singalensis Ruby Cheek - Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica -- Small Sunbird Nectarinia minima Crimson-backed Sunbird - Van Hasselt’s Sunbird Nectarinia sperata Purple-throated Sunbird - Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis -- Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica - Kala shakarkhora Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia Long-billed Sunbird - Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae Gould’s Sunbird - Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis Nepal Yellow-backed Lal Sunbird shakarkhora Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata Black-breasted Sunbird - Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Yellow-backed Sunbird - Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda -- Little Arachnothera longirostra -- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna --

69. Swans (sic) (Anatidae) (See No. 13)

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

70. Teals (Anatidae) (See No. 13)

71. Thrushes (Turdinae) [The subfamily Turdinae also has species like shortwings, robins, blackbirds, forktails and wheatears] Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis Rock Thrush - Blue-headed Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus Blue-caped Rock Thrush - Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris -- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius - Gingaar Malabar Whistling-Thrush Myiophonus horsfieldii -- Blue Whistling-Thrush Myiophonus caeruleus -- Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii Pied Ground-Thrush - Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina Orange-headed Ground-Thrush - Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica Siberian Ground-Thrush - Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima Plain-backed Mountain-Thrush - Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni Long-tailed Mountain-Thrush - Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma Golden or Smallbilled Thrush - Greater Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola Long-billed Thrush, Large Brown Thrush - Lesser Long-billed Thrush Zoothera marginata Dark-sided Thrush, Lesser Brown Thrush - Tickell’s Thrush Turdus unicolor Indian Grey Thrush - Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis -- White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus -- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul - Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Blackbird Kastura Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus Grey-headed Thrush - Kessler’s Thrush Turdus kessleri White-backed Thrush - Fea’s Thrush Turdus feae Grey-sided Thrush - Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Dark Thrush - Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Red-throated or Black-throated Thrush - Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni Rufous-tailed Thrush - Fieldfare Turdus pilaris -- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos -- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus -- Gould’s Shortwing Brachypteryx stellata -- Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra -- White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major -- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys -- White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana -- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos --

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Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope -- Himalayan Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis White-tailed Rubythroat - Bluethroat Luscinia svecica -- Firethroat Luscinia pectardens -- Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea -- Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane -- Orange-flanked Bush-Robin Tarsiger cyanurus -- Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus -- White-browed Bush-Robin Tarsiger indicus -- Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus -- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes -- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis - Dhyal White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus - Shyama Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata - Kalchiri Eversmann’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus Rufous-backed Redstart - Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus -- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Tharthira, Shakarkampi Hodgson’s Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni -- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps -- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus -- Guldenstadt’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster White-winged Redstart - Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis -- White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus - Chandeli Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus Plumbeous Water Redstart Choti chandeli White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides -- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura -- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale -- Grandala Grandala coelicolor -- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri -- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus -- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus -- Leschenault’s Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti White-crowned Forktail - Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus -- Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea -- Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis -- Stoliczka’s Bushchat Saxicola macrorhyncha -- Hodgson’s Bushchat Saxicola insignis -- Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata - Khar pidda White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura -- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura -- Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata - Pidda Jerdon’s Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni --

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Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea -- Hume’s Wheatear Oenanthe alboniger -- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe -- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata -- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka -- Rufous-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna -- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti -- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina -- Indian Chat Cercomela fusca Brown Rock-Chat Shama, Choti shama Note: Generally thrushes and blackbirds are named commonly as Kastura in trade.

72. Tits (Paridae) [Tits are now classified into three families i.e. Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae] a) Long-Tailed Tits (Aegithalidae) White-cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys -- Red-headed Tit Aegithalos concinnus Black-throated Tit Languri White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis -- Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos Black-browed Tit -

b) Penduline-Tits (Remizidae) Eurasian Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus White-crowned Penduline Tit - Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps --

c) Tits (Paridae) Simla Crested Tit Parus rufonuchalis Rufous-naped Crested Tit - Rufous-bellied Crested Tit Parus rubidiventris -- Spot-winged Crested Tit Parus melanolophus -- Coal Tit Parus ater -- Brown Crested Tit Parus dichrous -- Great Tit Parus major Grey Tit Pahadi chironta Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus - Kaneri Pied Tit Parus nuchalis -- Black-lored Yellow Tit Parus xanthogenys -- Black-spotted Yellow Tit Parus spilonotus -- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus -- Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea --

73. Treepies (Corvidae) (See No. 35)

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Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Schedule-IV (Contd.)

English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

74. Trogons (Trogonidae) Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus -- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus -- Ward’s Trogon Harpactes wardi -- 75.Vultures (Accipitridae) Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Scavenger Vulture - Indian White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture - Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus -- Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris -- Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis Himalayan Griffon-Vulture - Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Eurasian Griffon-Vulture - Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Black Vulture - Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus King Vulture - 76. Waxbills (Estrildinae) (See No. 1) 77. Weavers or Bayas (Ploceidae) [The family Ploceidae also has sparrows and snowfinches] Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis Black-throated Weaver Bird Chandwa baya, Momiya chonch ka baya Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar - Jalidar baya Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Baya Desi baya, baya Finn’s Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus Yellow Weaver Bada baya, Pahadi baya House Sparrow Passer domesticus - Chidda, Gauraiya Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis -- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus -- Cinnamon Tree Sparrow Passer rutilans Russet Sparrow - Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus - Sohan chidda Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow Pahlwan chidda, Banchida Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi - Mandelli’s Snowfinch Pyrgilauda taczanowskii White-rumped Snowfinch - Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis -- Plain-backed Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi -- Small Snowfinch Montifringilla davidiana --

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name 78. White-eyes (Zosteropidae)

Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus White-eye Baboona

79. Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Wryneck Guchmudaiya Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus -- Rufous Piculet Sasia ochracea White-browed Piculet - Brown-capped Pygmy Dendrocopos nanus Pygmy-Woodpecker - Woodpecker Grey-capped Pygmy Dendrocopos canicapillus Grey-crowned Pigmy - Woodpecker Woodpecker Brown-fronted Pied Dendrocopos auriceps Brown-fronted Woodpecker - Woodpecker Fulvous-breasted Pied Dendrocopos macei Fulvous-breasted - Woodpecker Woodpecker Stripe-breasted Pied Dendrocopos atratus Stripe-breasted - Woodpecker Woodpecker Yellow-fronted Pied Dendrocopos mahrattensis Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Woodpecker Chota Jashrath Rufous-bellied Pied Dendrocopos hyperythrus Sapsucker - Woodpecker Crimson-breasted Pied Dendrocopos cathpharius Crimson-breasted - Woodpecker Woodpecker Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis Darjeeling Woodpecker - Great Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Pied - Woodpecker, Red-crowned Pied Woodpecker Himalayan Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis Himalayan Woodpecker - Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Brown Woodpecker - Great Black Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis Indian Great Black - Woodpecker, White-bellied Woodpecker Andaman Black Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei Indian Great Black - Woodpecker, Andaman Woodpecker Small Yellow-naped Picus chlorolophus Lesser Yellownape - Woodpecker Large Yellow-naped Picus flavinucha Greater Yellownape - Woodpecker

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Little Scaly-bellied Green Picus xanthopygaeus Streak-throated Woodpecker - Woodpecker Large Scaly-bellied Green Picus squamatus Scaly-bellied Woodpecker - Woodpecker Black-naped Green Picus canus Grey-faced Woodpecker, - Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Himalayan Golden-backed Dinopium shorii Himalayan Flameback, - Woodpecker Himalayan Golden-backed Threetoed Woodpecker Common Golden-backed Dinopium javanense Common Flameback, - Woodpecker Indian Golden-backed Threetoed Woodpecker Lesser Golden-backed Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback - Woodpecker Greater Golden-backed Chrysocolaptes lucidus Greater Flameback, - Woodpecker Larger Golden-backed Woodpecker Black-shouldered Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus White-naped Woodpecker, - Black-backed Woodpecker Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia -- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis Red-eared Bay Woodpecker - Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente -- Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus Himalayan Great Slaty Woodpecker -

80. Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Northern Wren -

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Appendix I

List of the bird families that do not appear either in Schedule-I (Part-III) or Schedule-IV (No.11) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 but should be included in the future amendments

Order Family Group Name

Gaviiformes Gaviidae Divers (Loons) Procellariiformes Procellariidae Petrels, Shearwaters Pelecaniformes Phaethontidae Tropicbirds Sulidae Boobies Fregatidae Frigatebirds Gruiformes Heliornithidae Finfoots Charadriiformes Rostratulidae Painted-Snipes Phalaropodidae Phalaropes Dromadidae Crab-Plover Glareolidae Coursers (except Jerdon’s Courser), Pratincoles Stercorariidae Skuas, Jaegers Rynchopidae Skimmers Apodiformes Apodidae Swifts, Needletail-Swifts, Palm-Swifts Hemiprocnidae Tree-Swifts Trogoniformes Trogonidae Trogons Coraciiformes Meropidae Bee-eaters Upupidae Hoopoes Piciformes Indicatoridae Honeyguides Passeriformes Eurylaimidae Broadbills Hirundinidae Swallows, Martins Laniidae Shrikes Bombycillidae Waxwings, Hypocolius Cinclidae Dippers Prunellidae Accentors Sittidae Nuthatches, Wallcreeper Artamidae Woodswallows (Wood-Shrikes)

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1. Gaviidae (Divers)

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Red-Throated Loon - Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Black-Throated Loon -

2. Procellariidae (Petrels & Shearwaters)

Cape Petrel Daption capense -- Trinidad Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana - - Barau’s Petrel Pterodroma baraui - - Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii -- Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax -- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas - - Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus -- Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater - Audubon’s Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri -- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus --

3. Phaethonidae (Tropicbirds)

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Short-tailed Tropicbird - Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda - - Yellow-billed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Longtailed Tropic bird, - White-tailed Tropicbird

4. Sulidae (Boobies)

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra - - Red-footed Booby Sula sula -- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster --

5. Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)

Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Lesser Frigate bird - Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Least Frigate bird - Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi --

6. Heliornithidae (Finfoots)

Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata --

7. Rostratulidae (Painted-Snipe)

Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis Painted Snipe -

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8. Phalaropodidae (Phalaropes)

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus -- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria --

9. Dromadidae (Crab-Plovers)

Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola --

10. Glareolidae (Coursers & Pratincoles)

Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus -- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola -- Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor -- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Small Indian Pratincole -

11. Stercorariidae (Skuas & Jaegers)

Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica Antarctic Skua - South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki Maccormick’s Skua - Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Pomatorhine Skua - Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Richardson’s Skua -

12. Rynchopidae (Skimmers)

Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis --

13. Apodidae (Swifts)

White-bellied Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Glossy Swiftlet - Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia unicolor Indian Swiftlet - Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris -- Common Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga Edible-nest Swiftlet - White-rumped Needletail-Swift Zoonavena sylvatica White-rumped Needletail - White-throated Needletail-Swift Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail - Silver-backed Needletail-Swift Hirundapus cochinchinensis White-backed Needletail, - Cochinchina Spinetail Swift Brown-backed Needletail-Swift Hirundapus giganteus Brown-backed Needletail, - Large Brownthroated Spinetail Swift Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Palm Swift - Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba -- Common Swift Apus apus The Swift -

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Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Large Whiterumped Swift - Khasi Hills Swift Apus acuticauda Dark-rumped Swift, - Darkbacked Swift House Swift Apus affinis --

14. Hemiprocnidae (Tree-Swifts)

Crested Tree-Swift Hemiprocne coronata --

15. Trogonidae (Trogons)

Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus -- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus -- Ward’s Trogon Harpactes wardi --

16. Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni -- Small Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Green Bee-eater - Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus -- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus -- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster -- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti --

17. Upupidae (Hoopooes)

Common Hoopoe Upupa epops Hoopoe -

18. Indicatoridae (Honeyguides)

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus Honeyguide -

19. Eurylaimidae (Broadbills)

Hodgson’s Broadbill Serilophus lunatus Silver-breasted Broadbill, - Collared Broadbill Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae --

20. Hirundinidae (Swallows & Martins) Sand Martin Riparia riparia Collared Sand Martin - Pale Martin Riparia diluta -- Plain Martin Riparia paludicola Plain Sand Martin -

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English Name Scientific Name Other English Names Local Trade In Use Name

Eurasian Crag-Martin Hirundo rupestris Crag Martin - Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula -- Dusky Crag-Martin Hirundo concolor -- Common Swallow Hirundo rustica Swallow, Barn Swallow - House Swallow Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow - Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii -- Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica -- Striated Swallow Hirundo striolata - - Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola Indian Cliff Swallow - Pale Crag-Martin Hirundo obsoleta -- Northern House-Martin Delichon urbica House Martin - Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus -- Nepal House-Martin Delichon nipalensis --

21. Laniidae (Shrikes)

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio -- Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus -- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus -- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides -- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus -- Rufous-backed Shrike Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike - Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus Tibetan Shrike - Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor -- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Grey Shrike - Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis -- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator --

22. Bombycillidae (Waxwings & Hypocolius)

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Waxwing - Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus Grey Hypocolius -

23. Cinclidae (Dippers)

White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Whitebreasted Dipper - Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii --

24. Prunellidae (Accentors)

Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris -- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana -- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides --

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Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata -- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens -- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis -- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata -- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella --

25. Nuthatches and Wallcreepers

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis -- Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis -- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea -- White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis -- White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis -- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis -- Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa -- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria --

26. Woodswallows (Wood-shrikes)

Ashy Swallow-Shrike Artamus fuscus Ashy Woodswallow - White-breasted Swallow-Shrike Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow -

54 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Manakadan & Species Pelecanus philippensis Leptoptilos javanicus Anser erythropus Anas formosa Marmaronetta angustirostris baeri Aythya Haliaeetus leucoryphus Accipiter butleri Aquila clanga Aquila heliaca Falco naumanni Megapodius nicobariensis Francolinus gularis Perdicula manipurensis Arborophila mandellii melanocephalus Tragopan blythii Tragopan Lophophorus sclateri Catreus wallichi gregarius Vanellus Vol. 42(3)] Vol. English Name Vulnerable 1 Spot-billed Pelican 23 Lesser Adjutant-Stork 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose 5 Baikal Teal 6 Marbled Teal 7 Pochard Baer’s 8 Sea-Eagle Pallas’s 9 Nicobar Sparrowhawk 10 Spotted Eagle Greater Eastern Imperial Eagle 11 Lesser Kestrel 12 Nicobar Megapode 13 Swamp Francolin 14 Manipur Bush-quail 15 Red-breasted Hill-Partridge 16 Tragopan Western 17 Tragopan Blyth’s 18 Monal Sclater’s 19 Cheer Pheasant 20 Sociable Lapwing Appendix II Newsletter for Birdwatchers Pittie, 2002 [See Species Fregata andrewsi Rhodonessa caryophyllacea Ophrysia superciliosa Grus leucogeranus Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Heteroglaux blewitti Gyps bengalensis Gyps indicus Gyps tenuirostris Ardea insignis Ciconia boyciana Leptoptilos dubius Oxyura leucocephala Cairina scutulata Ardeotis nigriceps Houbaropsis bengalensis Sypheotides indica guttifer Tringa Garrulax cachinnans English Name Critical Endangered Threatened bird species of India (Source: The BirdLife International Red Data Book, 2001). English and scientific names follow 12 Christmas Island Frigatebird ? 3 Pink-headed Duck 4 Himalayan Quail 5 Siberian Crane 6 Courser Jerdon’s 7 Forest Owlet 8 Indian White-backed Vulture 9 Long-billed Vulture Slender-billed Vulture 12 White-bellied Heron 3 Oriental Stork 4 Greater Adjutant-Stork 5 White-headed Duck 6 White-winged Duck 7 Great Indian Bustard 8 Bengal Florican 9 Lesser Florican 10 Spotted Greenshank Nilgiri Laughingthrush

55 Buceros Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) Manakadan & Pittie, Species Paradoxornis flavirostris Prinia cinereocapilla Chaetornis striatus Schoenicola platyura Ficedula subrubra Parus nuchalis Sitta formosa Amandava formosa Ploceus megarhynchus Syrmaticus humiae Pavo muticus Grus monacha Grus nigricollis Grus antigone Heliopais personata Rallina canningi Otus alius Pelecanus crispus Vol. 42(3)] Vol. English Name 43 Black-breasted Parrotbill 44 Prinia Hodgson’s 45 Bristled Grass-Warbler 46 Broad-tailed Grass-Warbler 47 Kashmir Flycatcher 48 Pied Tit 49 Beautiful Nuthatch 50 Green Munia 51 Weaver Finn’s 52 Pheasant Mrs. Hume’s 53 Green Peafowl 54 Hooded Crane 55 Black-necked Crane 56 Sarus Crane 58 Masked Finfoot Data Deficient 12 Andaman Crake Nicobar Scops-Owl Conservation Dependent 1 Dalmatian Pelican Appendix II (contd.) Newsletter for Birdwatchers 2002 [See Gallinago nemoricola Calidris pygmeus Rynchops albicollis Columba eversmanni Columba elphinstonii Columba punicea Apus acuticauda Aceros nipalensis Aceros narcondami Pycnonotus xantholaemus Hypsipetes nicobariensis feae Turdus Brachypteryx hyperythra Brachypteryx major Saxicola macrorhyncha Saxicola insignis Pellorneum palustre Spelaeornis badeigularis Spelaeornis longicaudatus Stachyris oglei Chrysomma altirostre longirostris Turdoides Species 21 Snipe Wood 22 Spoonbill Sandpiper 23 Indian Skimmer 24 Eastern Stock Pigeon 25 Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon 26 Purple Wood-Pigeon 27 Khasi Hills Swift 28 Rufous-necked Hornbill 29 Narcondam Hornbill 30 Bulbul Yellow-throated 31 Nicobar Bulbul 32 Thrush Fea’s 33 Rusty-bellied Shortwing 34 White-bellied Shortwing 35 Bushchat Stoliczka’s 36 Bushchat Hodgson’s 37 Marsh Babbler 38 Mishmi Wren-babbler 39 Wren-babbler Tawny-breasted 40 Babbler Austen’s 41 Babbler Jerdon’s 42 Slender-billed Babbler English Name Threatened bird species of India (Source: The BirdLife International Red Data Book, 2001). English and scientific names follow

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