Family DENDROCYGNIDAE

1.   Lesser Whistling Teal (Dendroiygna javanica)

Family ANATIDAE

2.   Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus)

3.   Common Teal (Anas crecca)

4.   Spotbill Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

5.   Pintail (Northern Pintail Duck) (Anas acuta)

6.   Garganey (Anas querquedula)

7.  White eyed Pochard (Aythya nyroca)

Family PICIDAE

8.   Pigmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus)

9.   Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense)

Family MEGALAIMIDAE

10.   Small Green Barbet (Megalaima viridis)

11.   Crimsonbrested Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)

Family CORACIDAE

12.    Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)

Family ALCEDINIDAE

13.   Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Family DACELONIDAE

14.   Storkbilled Kingfisher (Pelagropsis capensis)

15.  Whitebresied Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

16.   Blackcapped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)

Family CERYLIDAE

17  Pied Kingfisher (Cerylerudis)

Family MEROPIDAE

18  Bluetailed Bee-eater (Meropsphilippinus)

19  Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

Family CUCULIDAE

20  Pied Crested Cuckoo (Oxylophus jacobinus)

21  Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Brain fever bird) (Cuculusvarius)

22  Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

23  Koel (Eudynamis scolopacea)

Family CENTROPODIDAE

24  Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Family PSITTACIDAE

25  Indian Lorikeet (Loriculw vernalis)

26  Roseringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

27  Blossomheaded Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Family APODIDAE

28  Indian House Swift (Apus affinis)

29  Alpine Swift (Apus melba)

30  Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)

Family TYTONIDAE

31   Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Kumarakom & Surroundings

32  Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena)

33  Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)

34  Mottled Wood Owl (Strix ocellata)

35  Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatm)

36  Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)

37  Brown hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)

Family COLUMBIDAE

38  Blue Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

39  Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

Family RALLIDAE

40  White brested Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

41  Banded Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)

42  Bluebrested Banded Rail (Galliarallus striatus)

43  Ballion's Crake (Porzana pusilla)

44  Ruddy Crake (Porzana fusca)

45  Water Cock (Gallicrex cinerea)

46  Purple Moorhen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

47  Indian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

48  Coot (Fulica atra)

Family SCOLOPACIDAE

49  Fantail Snipe (Common Snipe) (Gallinago gallinago)

50  Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

51  Curlew (Numenius arquata)

52  Common Redshank (Trnga tetanus)

53  Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

54  Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

55  Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

56  Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

57  Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoltucos)

Family ROSTRATULIDAE

58  Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

Family JACANIDAE

59  Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)

60  Bronzewinged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)

Family CHARADRIIDAE

61  Blackwinged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

62  Eastern Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

63  Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

64  Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Family LARIDAE

65  Lesser Blackbacked Gull (Larus fuscus)

66  Great Blackheaded Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)

67  Brownheaded Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)

68  Blackheaded Gull (Larus ridibundus)

69  Gullbilled Tern (Sterna nilotica)

70  Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

71  Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)

72  Large Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)

73  Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)

74  Saunder's Little Tern (Sterna saundersi)

Family ACCIPITRIDAE

75  Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

76  Blackwinged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

77  Pariah Kite (Black Kite) (Milvus migrans)

78  Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus)

79  Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

80  Shikra (Accipter badius)

Family FALCONIDAE

81  Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

82  Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Family PODICIPEDIDAE

    83  Little Grebe (Podiceps ruficollis)

Family ANHINGIDAE

84  Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Family PHALACROCORACIDAE

85  Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)

86  Indian Shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)

87  Large Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Family ARDEIDAE

88  Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

89  Indian Reef Heron (Egretta gularis)

90  Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

91  Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

92  Large Egret (Great Egret) (Ardea alba)

93  Smaller Egret (Intermediate Egret) (Egretta intermedia)

94  Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

95  Pond Heron (Ardeolagrayii)

96  Little Green Heron (Butorides striatus)

97  Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

98  Yellow Bittern (lxobrychus sinensis)

99  Chestnut Bittern (Cinnamon Bittern) (lxobrychus cinnamomeus)

100  Black Bittern (lxabrachuflavicollis)

Family THRESKIORNITHIDAE

 101  Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

 102  White Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

 103  Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia major)

Family CICONIIDAE

 104  Whitenecked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)

 105  Openbilled Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Family PITTIDAE

 106  Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)

Family  IRENIDAE

 107  Jerdons Chloropsis (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

Family  LANIDAE

 109  Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Family  CORVIDAE

 110  Indian Tree Pie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

 111  House Crow (Corvus splendens)

112  Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

113  Ashy Swallow Shrike (Artamus fuscus)

114  Golden Oriole (Oriol woriolus)

115  Blacknaped Oriole (Oriolus chinemis)

116  Blackheaded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornw)

117  Large Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina macei)

118  Blackheaded Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melanoptera)

119  Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

120  Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

121  Grey Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

122  Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)

123  Whitebrowed Fantail Flycatcher (Rhipidura aureola)

124  Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)

125  Common lora (Aeglthina tiphia)

126  Common Wood Shrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

127  Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)

129  Magpie Robin (Copsychus aularis)

130  Indian Robin (Saxicoloides julicata)

131  Blue throat (Luscinia svecicus)

Family  STURNIDAE

132  Greyheaded Myna (Sturnus malabaricus)

133  Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

134  Jungle Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

Family  PARIIDAE

135  Grey Tit (Parus major)

Family  HIRUNDINIDAE

136  Eastern Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

137  Red rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)

138  Wiretailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)

Family  PYCNONOTIDAE

139  Redwhiskered Bulbul (Pycnonoyus jocosus)

140  Redvented Bulbul  (Pycno notus cafer)

Family   CISTICOLIDAE

141  Franklin's Wren warbler (Prinia hodgsonni)

142  Streaked Fantail Warbler (Cisticola juncidis)

143  Ashy Wren Warbler (Prinia socialis)

144  Plain Wren Warbler (Prinia inornata)

Family   SYLVIIDAE

145  Blyths Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

146  Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)

147  Tailor Bird (Orthotomussutorius)

148  Greenish Leaf Warbler (Philloscopus nitidus)

149  Whiteheaded Babbler (Turodois affinis)

Family   ALAUDIDAE

150  Ashycrowned Finch Lark (Eremopterix grisea)

151   Sykes's Crested Lark (Galerula deva)

152  Malabar Crested Lark (Galaridia malabarica)

153  Eastern Sky Lark (Alauda gulgula)

Family   NECTARINIIDAE

154  Tickell's Flowerpecker (Dicaern erythrorhynchos)

155   Purplerumped Sunbird (Nectarinia zeylonica)

 156  Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)

157  Lotens Sunbird (Nectarinia lotenia)

Family    PASSERIDAE

158   House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

159  Yellow throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis)

160  Forest Wagtail (Motacilla indica)

161   White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

162  Large Pied Wagtail (Motacilla maderasparensis)

163  Yellowheaded Wagtail (Motacilla citriola)

164  Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

165   Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

166  Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)

167  Travancore Baya (Ploceus philippinus)

168   Streaked Weaver Bird (Ploceus manyar)

169  Whitebacked Munia (Lonchura striata)

170  Spotted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

171   Blackheaded Munia (Lonchura malacca)

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