India North Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 16) on which this species has been seen. Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the 2020 tour Column C: Maximum daily count for this species on the 2020 tour Column D: H = Heard Only; (H) = Heard more than seen The order, English and scientific names mostly follow those used in Inskipp, T., Lindsey, N. & Duckworth, W. (1996). An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region. Oriental Bird Club. Where an asterisk * follows the species’ English name the taxonomy used in Rasmussen, P. C. and Anderton, J. C. (2005) Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vols. 1 and 2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona is followed. A B C D 1 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 16 Black Francolin 2 4 (H) Francolinus francolinus 16 Grey Francolin 9 20 (H) Francolinus pondicerianus 2 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 13 Jungle Bush Quail 1 28 Perdicula asiatica 15 Hill Partridge 1 2 H Arborophila torqueola 2 Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis 15 Painted Spurfowl 2 3 Galloperdix lunulata 11 Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha 16 Red Junglefowl 2 8 Gallus gallus 16 Kalij Pheasant 5 10 Lophura leucomelanos 9 Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii 16 Indian Peafowl 13 102 Pavo cristatus 16 Lesser Whistling-duck 4 14 Dendrocygna javanica 16 Greylag Goose 4 435 Anser anser 16 Bar-headed Goose 5 400 Anser indicus 16 Ruddy Shelduck 10 434 Tadorna ferruginea 3 Common Shelduck 2 1 Tadorna tadorna 16 Knob-billed Duck 6 8 Sarkidiornis melanomas 14 Cotton Pygmy Goose 1 2 Nettapus coromandelianus 16 Gadwall 5 1200 Anas strepera 1 Falcated Duck Anas falcata 16 Eurasian Wigeon 3 15 Anas penelope 11 Mallard 1 7 Anas platyrhynchos 16 Indian Spot-billed Duck 5 40 Anas poecilorhyncha 16 Northern Shoveler 5 250 Anas clypeata 16 Northern Pintail 6 1500 Anas acuta 16 Garganey 4 50 Anas querquedula ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. 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Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India North Cumulative Bird List… 3 16 Green Bee-eater 4 6 Merops orientalis 14 Common Hawk Cuckoo 5 1 Hierococcyx varius 4 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii 1 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 10 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea 3 Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii 3 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 16 Greater Coucal 7 8 Centropus sinensis 3 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 16 Alexandrine Parakeet 5 5 Psittacula eupatria 16 Rose-ringed Parakeet 11 80 Psittacula krameri 16 Slaty-headed Parakeet 4 30 Psittacula himalayana 16 Plum-headed Parakeet 11 25 Psittacula cyanocephala 16 Red-breasted Parakeet 4 60 Psittacula alexandri 7 Himalayan Swiftlet 1 30 Aerodramus brevirostris 14 White-rumped Needletail 2 8 Zoonavena sylvatica 1 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis 10 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 16 Little Swift 9 20 Apus affinis 16 Crested Treeswift 4 95 Hemiprocne coronata 1 Common Barn-owl Tyto alba 2 Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus 3 Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia 16 Indian Scops Owl 3 2 Otus bakkamoena 1 Collared Scops Owl Otus letia 16 Dusky Eagle Owl 2 2 Bubo coromandus 4 Spot-bellied Eagle-owl Bubo nipalensis 16 Brown Fish Owl 2 1 Ketupa zeylonensis 13 Tawny Fish Owl 1 1 Ketupa flavipes 1 Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocellata 3 Brown Wood-owl Strix leptogrammica 15 Collared Owlet 3 1 Glaucidium brodiei 15 Asian Barred Owlet 4 2 Glaucidium cuculoides 2 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 16 Spotted Owlet 6 5 Athene brama 16 Brown Hawk Owl 4 1 Ninox scutulata 2 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 2 Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 3 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka 9 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus 6 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis 4 nightjar sp. Caprimulgus sp. 16 Rock Pigeon 17 200 Columba livia 1 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. 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Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India North Cumulative Bird List… 5 16 Black-winged Stilt 13 150 Himantopus himantopus 11 Pied Avocet 1 1 Recurvirostra avosetta 1 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16 Little Ringed Plover 7 15 Charadrius dubius 14 Kentish Plover 3 4 Charadrius alexandrinus 1 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 5 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 16 Yellow-wattled Lapwing 2 4 Vanellus malabaricus 16 River Lapwing 8 70 Vanellus duvaucelii 2 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus 16 Red-wattled Lapwing 16 100 Vanellus indicus 3 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius 16 White-tailed Lapwing 3 15 Vanellus leucurus 16 Indian Courser 3 16 Cursorius coromandelicus 16 Small Pratincole 5 540 Glareola lactea 16 Indian Skimmer 2 51 Rynchops albicollis 9 'Steppe' Gull 1 4 Larus [heuglini] barabensis 15 Pallas’s Gull 2 15