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Bird Checklist for Sikkim COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Bird Checklist for Sikkim COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Graylag Goose Anser anser Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Common Pochard Aythya ferina Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup Aythya marila Common Merganser Mergus merganser GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Chukar Alectoris chukar Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus (Sikkim) Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba pulchricollis Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon Treron bicinctus Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon Treron phayrei Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra (Sikkim) Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron apicauda Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon Treron sphenurus Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Gray-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus (Sikkim) Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Podargidae Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris White-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus Alpine Swift Apus melba Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx Little Swift Apus affinis House Swift Apus nipalensis CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata (Sikkim) Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus Watercock Gallicrex cinerea White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Sarus Crane Antigone antigone Common Crane Grus grus Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Indian Thick-knee Burhinus indicus CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta CHARADRIIFORMES: Ibidorhynchidae Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii (Sikkim) Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Ruff Calidris pugnax Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Redshank Tringa totanus CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus (Sikkim) Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida River Tern Sterna aurantia Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Black Stork Ciconia nigra Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus White Stork Ciconia ciconia Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus SULIFORMES: Anhingidae Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Sikkim) PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii Striated Heron Butorides striata Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus (Sikkim) Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus Shikra Accipiter badius Besra Accipiter virgatus Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Black Kite Milvus migrans Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Pallas's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius (Sikkim) STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus Indian Scops-Owl Otus bakkamoena Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia Rock Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Tawny Fish-Owl Ketupa flavipes Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum Spotted Owlet Athene brama Little Owl Athene noctua Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica Tawny Owl Strix aluco Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae (Sikkim) Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx
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