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Bird List -Wayanad |
| A Checklist of
the Birds of Wynaad Dist. Kerala by V.J. Zacharias & A.J. Gaston (Courtesy Forktail 8) ORDER: GALLIFORMES Family: Phasianidae Grey Francolin (Grey Partridge) Francolinus pondicerianus Rain Quail (Black-breasted Quail) Coturnix coromandelica Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl) ORDER: ANSERIFORMES Family: Dendrocygndiae Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica (Lesser Whistling-teal, Lesser Treeduck) Family: Anatidae Anserini Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Cotton Pygmy-goose (Cotton Teal) Nettapus coromandelianus Anatini Gadwall Anas strepera Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (Shoveller) Northern Pintail Anas acuta (Common Pintail, Pintail) Garganey Anas querquedula ORDER: TURNICIFORMES Family: Turnicidae Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki (Button Quail) Family: Picidae Speckled Piculet(Spotted Piculet) Picumnus innominatus Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus (Brown-crowned Pigmy Woodpecker) Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis (Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker) Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis (Indian Great Black Woodpecker) Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker) Common Flameback Dinopium javanense (Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker) Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker) Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Larger Golden-backed Woodpecker) White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus (Black-backed Woodpecker) Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente Family: Megalaimidae Brown-headed Barbet (Green Barbet) Megalaima zeylanica White-cheeked Barbet (Small Green) Megalaima viridis Crimson-fronted Barbet Megalaima rubricapilla (Crimson-throated Barbet) Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala (Crimson-breasted Barbet) ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES Family: Bucerotidae Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis (Great Pied Hornbill, Giant Hornbill) Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus ORDER: UPUPIFORMES Family: Upupidae Common Hoopoe (Hoopoe) Upupa epops ORDER: TROGONIFORMES Family: Trogonidae Malabar Trogon (Ceylon Trogon) Harpactes fasciatus ORDER: CORACIIFORMES Family: Coraciidae Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Broad-billed Roller) Family: Alcedinidae Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (Small Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher) Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus (Three-toed Kingfisher) Family: Halcyonidae Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis (White-breasted Kingfisher) Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (Black-capped Purple Kingfisher) Family: Cerylidae Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis (Lesser Pied Kingfisher) Family: Meropidae Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis (Little Green Bee-eater) Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti ORDER: CUCULIFORMES Family: Cuculidae Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo) Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus (The Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo) Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii (Indian Banded Bay Cuckoo) Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus (Indian Plaintive Cuckoo) Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea (Koel, Common Koel) Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (Small Green-billed Malkoha) Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii (Sirkeer Cuckoo, Sirkeer) Family: Centropodidae Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis (Crow-pheasant) Lesser Coucal (Small Coucal) Centropus bengalensis ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES Family: Psittacidae Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis (Indian Lorikeet) Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala (Blossom-headed Parakeet) Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides (Blue-winged Parakeet) ORDER: APODIFORMES Family: Apodidae Indian Swiftlet Collocalia unicolor (Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet) White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica (White-rumped Spinetail) Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus (Large Brown-throated Spinetail Swiftt) Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift) Cypsiurus balasiensis Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba House Swift (Little Swift) Apus affinis Family: Hemiprocnidae Crested Treeswift (Crested Swift) Hemiprocne coronata ORDER: STRIGIFORMES Family: Strigidae Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia (Scops Owl, Little Scops Owl) Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis (Forest Eagle Owl) Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum (Barred Jungle Owlet) Brown Hawk Owl (Brown Boobook) Ninox scutulata Family: Batrachostomidae Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger (Ceylon Frogmouth) Family: Caprimulgidae Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus (Indian Jungle Nightjar) Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES Family:Columbidae Rock pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Columba elphinstonii Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (Rufous Turtle Dove) Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica (Bronze-winged Dove) Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta (Orange-breasted Pigeon) Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora (Pompadour Pigeon) Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Imperial) Ducula badia ORDER: GRUIFORMES Family: Rallidae Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus (Blue-breasted Banded Rail) White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla Ruddy-breasted Crake (Ruddy) Porzana fusca Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule) ORDER: CICONIIFORMES Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacinae Eurasian Woodcock (Woodcock) Scolopax rusticola Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Snipe (Fantail Snipe) Gallinago gallinago Tringinae Common Redshank (Redshank) Tringa totanus Common Greenshank (Greenshank) Tringa nebularia Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruff Philomachus pugnax Family: Rostratulidae Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis (Painted Snipe) Family: Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus Charadriinae Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius (Little Plover, Little Ring Plover) Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Family: Laridae Sternini Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda Family: Accipitridae Accipitrinae Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (Blyth’s Baza, Brown Baza) Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus (Black-winged Kite) Black Kite Milvus migrans (Pariah Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite) Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus (Himalayan, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle) Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (Small White, Scavenger) White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis (Indian White-backed Vulture) Indian Vulture Gyps indicus (Indian Long-billed, Indian Griffon) Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus (King Vulture, Black Vulture) Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus (Western Marsh Harrier) Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (Pale Harrier) Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus Shikra Accipiter badius Besra Accipiter virgatus (Besra Sparrow-hawk) Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk) Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Goshawk) Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (Buzzard, Eurasian Buteo) Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus (Bonelli’s Hawk Eagle) Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (Booed Hawk Eagle) Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii (Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle) Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus (Crested Hawk Eagle) Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgson’s Hawk Eagle) Family: Falconidae Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel) Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera (Red-headed Merlin, Red-headed Falcon) Laggar Falcon Falco jugger Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (Red-capped Falcon, Barbary Falcon) Family: Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Family: Anhingidae Darter Anhinga melanogaster (Indian Darter, Oriental Darter, Snakebird) Family: Phalacrocoracidae Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Family: Ardeidae Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great Egret (Large Egret) Casmerodius albus Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia (Smaller Egret, Plumed Egret) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii (Pond Heron) Little Heron Butorides striatus (Little Green Heron, Striated Heron) Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Night Heron) Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis Family: Threskiornithidae Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa (Red-naped Ibis) Family: Ciconiidae Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked) Ciconia episcopus White Stork Ciconia ciconia ORDER: PASSERIFORMES Family: Pittidae Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura Family: Irenidae Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella (Fairy Bluebird) Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Gold-mantled /Jerdon’s Chloropsis) Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons Family: Laniidae Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach (Rufous-backed Shrike) Family: Corvidae Corvini Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie) Dendrocitta vagabunda White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra (Southern Tree Pie) House Crow Corvus splendens Large-billed Crow (Jungle/Black Crow) Corvus macrorhynchos Artamini Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus (Ashy Swallow-shrike) Oriolini Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus (Golden Oriole) Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Black-hooded Oriole (Black-headed) Oriolus xanthornus Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera Small Minivet(Little Minivet) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus (Orange Minivet) Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus (Pied Flycatcher-shrike) Dicrurinae Rhipidurini White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis (White-throated Fantail Flycatcher) White-browed Fantail (Flycatcher) Rhipidura aureola (White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher ) Dicrurini Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy Drongo(Grey) Dicrurus leucophaeus White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens (White-vented Drongo) Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus (Little Bronzed Drongo) Spangled Drongo (Hair-crested) Dicrurus hottentottus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Racket-tailed Drongo) Monarchini Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea (Black-naped Flycatcher, Azure Flycatcher) Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Paradise-flycatcher) Aegithininae Common Iora (Iora) Aegithina tiphia Malaconotinae Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus (Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike) Family: Muscicapidae Turdinae Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus (Blue-headed Rock Thrush) Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma (Speckled Mountain Thrush) Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula White-bellied Shortwing (Rufous-bellied Shortwing) Brachypteryx major Muscicapinae Muscicapini Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica (Brown Flycatcher) Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda (Rufous-tailed Flycatcher) Brown-breasted Flycatcher(Layard’s) Muscicapa muttui Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva (Red-breasted Flycatcher) Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa (Black-and-rufous Flycatcher) Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudata White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae (Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher) Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis (Grey-headed Flycatcher) Saxicolini Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Indian Blue Robin (Blue Chat) Luscinia brunnea Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis (Magpie Robin Dayal) White-rumped Shama (Shama) Copsychus malabaricus Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata (Black Robin, Indian Chat) Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata (Collared Bushchat) Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata (Pied Stone-chat) Family: Sturnidae Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus (Grey-headed Myna) Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum (Black-headed /Brahminy Myna) Common Myna(Mynah) Acridotheres tristis Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus Hill Myna Gracula religiosa (Grackle, Common Hill Myna, Talking Myna) Family: Sittidae Sittinae Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis (Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch) Family: Paridae Parinae Great Tit (Grey Tit) Parus major White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis (White-winged Black Tit) Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys (Yellow-cheeked Tit) Family: Hirundinidae Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (Swallow, Common Swallow) Pacific Swallow (House, Hill) Hirundo tahitica Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Red-rumped Swallow(Striated) Hirundo daurica Northern House Martin Delichon urbica (House Martin, Common House Martin) Family: Pycnonotidae Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus (Black-headed Yellow Bulbul) Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica Black Bulbul (Gray) Hypsipetes leucocephalus Family: Cisticolidae Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis (Streaked Fantail Warbler) Bright-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis (Fantail Warbler, Bright-capped Cisticola) Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii (Franklin’s Wren Warbler) Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica (Jungle Wren-Warbler, Large Prinia) Plain Prinia Prinia inornata (Plain Wren-Warbler) Family: Zosteropidae Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus (White-eye, Small White-eye) Family: Sylviidae Acrocephalinae Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia (Common Grasshopper Warbler ) Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus (Indian Great Reed Warbler) Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata (Booted Tree Warbler) Common Tailorbird(Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius Tickell’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell’s Warbler) Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides ( Dull Green Leaf Warbler) Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris (Large-billed Tree Warbler) Tytler’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri (Slender-billed Warbler) Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis (Large Crowned Leaf Warbler) Megalurinae Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyura (Broad-tailed Grass Warbler) Garrulacinae Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti Nilgiri Laughingthrush Garrulax cachinnans (Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush) Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni (White-breasted Laughingthrush) Sylviinae Timaliini Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps (Spotted Babbler) Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra (Rufous-bellied Babbler) Dark-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps (Black-headed Babbler) Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufus Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala (Quaker Babbler) Sylviini Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Family: Alaudidae Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea (Ashy-crowned Finch Lark) Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica (Malabar Crested Lark) Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula (Eastern Skylark, Oriental Lark) Family: Nectariniidae Nectariniinae Dicaeini Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos (Tickell’s / Small Flowerpecker) Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor (Plain-colored Flowerpecker) Nectariniini Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica Crimson-backed Sunbird Nectarinia minima (Small Sunbird) Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia (Long-billed Sunbird) Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Family:Passeridae Passerinae House Sparrow Passer domesticus Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis (Yellow-throated Sparrow) Motacillinae Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis (Large Pied Wagtail) Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola (Yellow-headed/hooded Wagtail) Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus (Indian Pipit) Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni (Indian Tree Pipit, Olive Tree Pipit) Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis Ploceinae Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar (Streaked Weaver/Striated Weaver) Baya Weaver(Baya) Ploceus philippinus Estrildinae Red Avadavat (Red Munia) Amandava amandava White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata (White-backed Munia, Striated Munia) Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti (Rufous-bellied Munia, Ceylon Hill Munia) Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata (Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin) Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca (Chestnut Munia) Family: Fringillidae Carduelini Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus |