Compiled by Rajan Gurung (Recommended to be used with the Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Grimmett, Inskipp & Inskipp) Checklist of the Birds of Kanha Tiger Reserve ( = Birds of Shergarh) Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus FRANCOLINS Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Common Quail Coturnix coturnix QUAILS Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea SPURFOWL Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata Red Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus PHEASANTS Indian Pea Fowl Pavo cristatus Grey Lag Goose Anser anser GEESE, WHISTLING Bar Headed Goose Anser indicus Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica DUCKS, SHELDUCKS & Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea WATERFOWL Cotton Pigmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Gadwall Anas strepera Euarasian Wigeon Anas Penolope Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha DABBLING DUCKS Common Teal Anas crecca Garganey Anas querquedula Northern Pintail Anas acuta Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina DIVING DUCKS Common Pochard Aythya ferina MISC. DUCKS Common Merganser Mergus merganser Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus WOODPECKERS & Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis EURASIAN WRYNECK Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocoleptes festivus Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica BARBETS Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris HORNBILLS Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus Common Hoopoe Upupa epops HOOPOE & ROLLERS Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Stork Billed Kingfisher Halcyon Capensis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrensis KINGFISHERS Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis BEE-EATERS Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops phinippinus Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus CUCKOOS & COUCALS Lesser Cuckoo Cuculas poliocephalus Asain Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leshenaultii Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria PARAKEETS Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica NEEDLETAILS Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis House Swift Apus affinis SWIFTS Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Crested Tree Swift Hemiprocne coronata Barn Owl Tyto alba Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo Spot-Bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis OWLS Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum Spotted Owlet Athena brama Forest Owlet Athena blewitti Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus NIGHTJARS Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Rock Pigeon Columba livia PIGEONS Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis DOVES Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Sarus Crane Grus antigone CRANES Brown Crake Amaurornis akool White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus CRAKES & OTHER Little Crake Porzana parva Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla RALLIDS Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common Coot Fulica atra Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago SNIPES Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis Common Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia SANDPIPERS Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Little Stint Calidris minuta STINTS Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii Ruff Philomachus pugnax MISC. WADERS & Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus EURASIAN THICK-KNEE Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius PLOVERS Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus LAPWINGS Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Osprey Pandion haliaetus KITES, BAZAS & Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caerulinus OSPREY Black Kite Milvus migrans Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis VULTURES Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus EAGLES Booted Eagle S Hieraaetus pennatus Rufous-Bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos HARRIERS Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus ACCIPITERS Shikra Accipiter badius Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa BUZZARDS Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo FALCONS Lagger Falcon Falco jugger Saker Falcon Falco Cherrug Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis GREBES Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Darter Anhinga melanogaster DARTER & Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis CORMORANTS Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great Egret Casmerodius albus Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia Cattle Egret Bulbulcus ibis EGRETS, HERONS & Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayei Grey Heron Ardea cinerea BITTERNS Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Little Heron Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus Cinnamomeus Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa IBISES Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus STORKS Black Stork Ciconia nigra Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis PITTAS & LEAFBIRDS Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus SHRIKES Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephrohotus TREE-PIES Rufous Tree Pie Dendrocitta vagabunda House Crow Corvus splendens CROWS Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus WOODSWALLOWS, Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthyornus ORIOLES & Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei CUCKOOSHRIKES Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus MINIVETS, White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius FLYCATCHER Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus SHRIKE & FANTAILS Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens DRONGOS Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Black-naped Monarch Hypothymus azurea Common Iora Aegithina tiphia MONARCHS, IORAS & Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis WOODSHRIKES Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii THRUSHES Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma Tickell’s Thrush Turdus unicolor Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni FLYCATCHERS Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis Bluethroat Luscinia svecica CHATS Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros REDSTARTS Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata Pied Bushchat Saxicola captrata BUSHCHATS Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum STARLINGS Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus MYNAS Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea NUTHATCHES Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis Great Tit Parus major TITS Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys