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Schedule Species (Birds) Indian Wildlife SCHEDULE SPECIES (BIRDS) INDIAN WILDLIFE (PROTECTION ACT), 1972 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Andaman teal Anas gibberifrons albogularis Sch I (Part III) Assam bamboo partridge Bambusicola fytchii Sch I (Part III) Bazas Aviceda jerdoni and Aviceda leuphotes Sch I (Part III) Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni Sch I (Part III) Bengal florican Eupodotis bengalensis Sch I (Part III) Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis Sch I (Part III) VU I I/II Blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus Sch I (Part III) Blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus kuseri Sch I (Part III) Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii Sch I (Part III) VU I Eastern white stork Ciconia ciconia boyciana Sch I (Part III) Forest spotted owlet Athene blewitti Sch I (Part III) Frogmouth Genus Batrachostomus Sch I (Part III) Ceylon Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger Sch I (Part III) Great Indian bustard Choriotis nigriceps Sch I (Part III) EN I Great Indian hornbill Buceros bicornis Sch I (Part III) NT II Hawks Fam. Accipitridae Sch I (Part III) Hooded Crane Grus monacha Sch I (Part III) VU I I/II Ptiloaemus tickelli austeni, Aceros Hornbills nipalensis, Rhyticeros undulates ticehursti Sch I (Part III) Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus Sch I (Part III) Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis Sch I (Part III) VU II Houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata Sch I (Part III) VU I I/II Humes bar-backed NT pheasant Syrmaticus humiae Sch I (Part III) I Indian pied hornbill Anthracoceros malabaricus Sch I (Part III) 1 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Jerdon’s Courser Cursorius bitorquatus Sch I (Part III) CR Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus Sch I (Part III) Falco peregrinus, F. biarmicus, F. Large falcons chicquera chicquera Sch I (Part III) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Sch I (Part III) Red-headed Merlin Falco chiquera Sch I (Part III) Saker Falcon Falco cherrug Sch I (Part III) VU I/II Large whistling teal Anatidae Sch I (Part III) Lesser florican Sypheotides indica Sch I (Part III) EN Monal pheasants Lophophorus impejanus, L.sclateri Sch I (Part III) Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri Sch I (Part III) VU Mountain quail Ophrysia superciliosa Sch I (Part III) Narcodam hornbill Rhyticeros (undulatus) narcondami Sch I (Part III) EN II Nicobar megapode Megapodius freycinet Sch I (Part III) VU Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis Sch I (Part III) NT Osprey or Fish eating eagle Pandion haliaetus Sch I (Part III) Peacock pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Sch I (Part III) Peafowl Pavo cristatus Sch I (Part III) Pink headed duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea Sch I (Part III) CR I Siberian White crane Grus leucogeranus Sch I (Part III) CR I I/II Tibetan Snow Cock Tetraogallus tibetanus Sch I (Part III) Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus Sch I (Part III) VU Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii , Sch I (Part III) VU I Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra Sch I (Part III) NT Tragopan melanocephalus, Tragopan blythii Tragopan Pheasants T. Satyra, T. temmincki Sch I (Part III) White bellied Sea Eagle Haliaetus leucogaster Sch I (Part III) White spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Sch I (Part III) White-winged Wood Cairina scutalata Sch I (Part III) EN I 2 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Duck Swiftlets Collocalia unicolor and Collacalia fusiphaga Sch I (Part III) Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus Sch I (Part III) Gracula religiosa intermedia, Gracula religiosa peninsularis, Gracula religiosa Hill myna indica and Gracula religiosa andamanesis Sch I (Part III) Lesser Hill-myna Gracula indica Sch I (Part III) Tibetan ear pheasant Crossoptilon harmani Sch I (Part III) NT I Kalij pheasant Lophurs leucomelana Sch I (Part III) Lord Derby’s parakeet Psittacula derbyana Sch I (Part III) Gyps indicus. Gyps bengalensis, Gyps Vultures tenuirostris Sch I (Part III) White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis Sch I (Part III) CR Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris Sch I (Part III) CR White bellied hereon Ardea insignis Sch I (Part III) CR Avadavat Estrildinae Sch IV Avocet Recurvirostridae Sch IV Babblers Timaliinae Sch IV Barbets Capitonidae Sch IV Barn Owls Tytonknae Sch IV Bitterns Ardeidae Sch IV Brown-headed gull Larus brunnicephalus Sch IV Bulbuls Pycnonotidae Sch IV Buntings Emberizidae Sch IV Bustards Otididae Sch IV Bustard-quail Turnicidae Sch IV Chloropsis Irenidae Sch IV Comb duck Sarkidiornis melanotes Sch IV Coots Rallidae Sch IV Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae Sch IV 3 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Cranes Gruidae Sch IV Cuckoos Cuculidae Sch IV Curlews Scolopacinae ?? Sch IV Darters Phalacrocoracidae Sch IV Doves including the Emerald Dove Columbidae Sch IV Drongos Dicruridae Sch IV Ducks Anatidae Sch IV Egrets Ardeidae Sch IV Fairy Blue Bird Irenidae Sch IV Falcons Falconidae Sch IV Finches including the chaffinch Fringillidae Sch IV Flamingos Phoenicopteridae Sch IV Flower peckers Dicaeidae Sch IV Flycatchers Muscicapidae Sch IV Geese Anatidae Sch IV Goldfinches and allies Carduelinae Sch IV Grebes Podicipedidae Sch IV Herons Ardeidae Sch IV Ibises Threskiornithidae Sch IV Ioras Irenidae Sch IV Jays Corvidae Sch IV Jacanas Jacanidae Sch IV Junglefowl Phasianidae Sch IV Kingfishers Alcedinidae Sch IV Larks Alaudidae Sch IV Lorikeets Psittacidae Sch IV Magpies including the Hunting magpie Corvidae Sch IV 4 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Mannikins Estrildinae Sch IV Megapodes Megapodidae Sch IV Minivets Campephagidae Sch IV Munias Estrildinae Sch IV Mynas Sturnidae Sch IV Nightjar Caprimulgidae Sch IV Orioles Oriolidae Sch IV Owls Strigidae Sch IV Oystercatchers Haematopodidae Sch IV Parakeets Psittacidae Sch IV Partridges Phasianidae Sch IV Pelicans Pelecanidae Sch IV Pheasants Phasianidae Sch IV Columbidae except Blue Rock Pigeons Pigeon(Columba livia) Sch IV Pipits motacillidae Sch IV Pittas Pittidae Sch IV Plovers Charadriinae Sch IV Quails Phasianidae Sch IV Rails Rallidae Sch IV Rollers or Blue Jays Coraciidae Sch IV Sand grouses Pteroclididae Sch IV Sandpipers Scolopacidae Sch IV Snipes Scolopacinae Sch IV Spurfowls Phasianidae Sch IV Starlings Sturnidae Sch IV Stone Curlew Burhinidae Sch IV Storks Ciconiidae Sch IV Stilts Recurvirostridae Sch IV 5 Common Name Scientific Name WPA, 1972 IUCN CITES CMS Sunbirds Nectariniidae Sch IV Swans Anatidae Sch IV Teals Anatidae Sch IV Thrushes Turadinae (Turdinae) Sch IV Tits Paridae Sch IV Tree pies Corvidae Sch IV Trogons Trogonidae Sch IV Vultures Accipitridae Sch IV Wax bills Estriliidinae Sch IV Weaver Weaveer Birds or Bayas Ploceidae Sch IV White-eyes Zosteropidesa (Zosteropidae) Sch IV Woodpeckers Picidae Sch IV Wrens Troglodytidae Sch IV Common crow Sch V 6 .
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