Birds of the Bandhabgarh National Park Phasianidae Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus Grey Frncolin Francolinus pondicerianus Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Dendrocygndiae Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica Anatidae Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus Common Teal Anas crecca Red-crested Pochard Rhodoness rufina Common Pochard Aythya ferina Turnicidae Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Picidae Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghatense White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus Megalaimidae Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Centropodidae Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Psittacidae Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Apodiadae House Swift Apus affinis Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronate Strigidae Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radlatum Spotted Owlet Athene brama Caprimulgidae Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Charadriidae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius River Tern Sterna aurantia Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda Accipitridae Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus Black-shouldered Kite Elanus iaeruleus Black Kite Milvus migrans Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis Indian Vulture Gyps indicus Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Shikra Accipiter badius White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus Falconidae Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Corvidae Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda House Crow Corvus splendens Large-billed Crow Corvus macrohynchos Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocerus Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaus White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescena Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus Remizidae Great Tit Parus major Hirundinidae Plain Martin Riparia paludicola Eurasian Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Cisticolidae Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica Zosteropidae Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Irenidae Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons Jerdon’s Leafbird Chloropsis Jerdoni Muscicapidae Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitaries Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma Tickell’s Thrush Turdus unicolor Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa daurica Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis Bluethroat Lusciania svecica Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochrurus Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca Bucerotidae Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronacus Upupidae Common Hoopoe Upupa epops Coraciidae Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Alcedinidae Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Halcyonidae Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnesis Cerylidae Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Meropidae Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nycryornis athertoni Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Cuculidae Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerines Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultia Gruidae Sarus Crane Grus antigone Rallidae White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common Coot Fulica atra Pteroclidae Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus Scolopacidae Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Redshank Tringa tetanus Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Little Stint Calidris minuta Rostratulidae Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus Burhinidae Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus Anhingidae Darter Anhinga melanogaster Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Ardeidae Little Egret Egretta garzetta Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Casmerodius albus Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cinnamon bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Threskiornithidae Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucocephala Ciconiidae Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Black Stork Ciconia nigra Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Pittidae Indian Pitta Pitta brachyuran Sturnidae Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus Sittidae Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea Sylviidae Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Tickell’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Blyth’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca blythi Alaudidae Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus Nectariniidae Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica Laniidae Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Pycnonotidae Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Passeridae House Sparrow Passer domesticus Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Crested Bunting Melophus lathami