My lifelist - Birds...
Here is a list of birds that I have seen and identified. This is a compilation of the names(common as well as scientific) of the birds which I have spotted, along with the location at which I met them first. The birds which are likely to be seen every now and then, if you have the habit of looking here and there while you are passing by,(comment restricted to only those who are staying in and around my place:-)) are marked as ``common''. I am thankful to Joby Joseph for introducing me to this habbit of looking `here and there' and helping me to identify many a species.
No. Common Name Scientific Name Location of first spotting 1 Shikra Accipiter badius IISc 2 Indian Mynah Acridotheres tristis Common 3 Jungle Mynah Acridotheres fuscus IISc 4 Iora Aegithina tiphia Valley School 5 Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis JNCASR, Jakur. 6 White-breasted Water Hen Amaurornis phoenicurus IISc 7 Open-billed Stork Anastomus oscitans Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary 8 Darter Anhinga rufa Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary 9 Indian Tree Pipit Anthus hodgsonii IISc 10 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea JNCASR, Jakur. 11 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary 12 Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Common 13 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary 14 Crow Pheasant Centropus sinensis Common 15 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Way to Ranganthittu B.S. 16 Goldmantled Chloropsis Chloropsis cochinchinensis Way to Manchinabele 17 Goldfronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons Saklespura 18 Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Valley School 19 Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia Common 20 Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis Common 21 Blue Jay Coracias benghalensis Way to Manchinabele 22 House Crow Corvus splendens Common 23 Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common 24 Tickell's Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos IISc 25 Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Common 26 Racquet-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Saklespura 27 Golden Backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalenses Magadi Road 28 Median Egret Egretta intermedia Ranganthittu B.Sanctuary 29 Small Egret Egretta garzetta Ranganthittu B.S. 30 Black-bellied Finch Lark Eremopterix grisea Valley school 31 Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Common 32 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Way to Madugiri 33 Coot Fulica atra Hebbal Lake 34 Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii Saklespura 35 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Common 36 Brahmany Kite Haliastur indus Common 37 Redrumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Valley school 38 Roufus-bellied Munia Lonchura kelaarti Way to Madugiri 39 Blackheaded Munia Lonchura malacca Way to Madugiri 40 Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata Hesseraghatta 41 Small Green Barbet Megalaima viridis IISc, Common 42 Crimson-breasted Barbet Megalaima haemacephala IISc 43 Small Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Common 44 Chesnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaultii Saklespura 45 Common Pariah Kite Milvus migrans Common 46 Bush Lark Mirafra assamica Valley school 47 Forest Wagtail Motacilla indica IISc 48 Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis Way to JNCASR, Jakur 49 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Near Hebbal Lake 50 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Saklespura 51 Verditer Flycatcher Muscicapa thalassina Valley school 52 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Ranganthittu B.S. 53 Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica IISc 54 Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica IISc 55 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Ranganthittu B.S. 56 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Saklespura 57 Grey Tit Parus major IISc 58 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common 59 Peafowl Pavo cristatus Thimallapuram forest lodge 60 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus Valley school 61 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Ranganthittu B.S. 62 Large Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Ranganthittu B.S. 63 Dabchick Podiceps ruficollis Hebbal Lake 64 Purple Moorhen Porphyrio porphyrio Hebbl Lake - ahead of it. 65 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Common 66 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer IISc 67 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus IISc 68 White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus IISc Jubilee Garden 69 Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata Way to Hesseraghatta 70 Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata Common 71 Little Brown Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Way to Manchinabele 72 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Common 73 Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi My Home, Kerala 74 White Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica Ranganthittu B.S. 75 Common Grey Hornbill Tockus birostris Way to Ranganthittu B.S. 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Tumkur road side 77 Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus Valley school 78 White-headed Babbler Turdoides affinis IISc 79 Hoopoe Upupa epops Saklespura 80 Red Wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus IISc Air Field 81 White-Eye Zosterops palpebrosa Valley school 82 Spotted Owlett Athene brama IISc 83 Barn Owl Tyto alba IISc 84 Large Billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris IISc 85 Byth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum IISc 86 White backed Munia Lonchura striata Way to Madugiri 87 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitaris Way to Hesseraghatta 88 White Bellied Tree Pie Dendrocitta leucogastra Saklespura 89 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus IISc 90 White Bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens Way to Green Valley 91 White Scavenger Vulture Nephron perchopterus IISc-Main Buiding 92 Nilgiri House Swallow Hirundo tahitica Way to Hesseraghatta 93 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Way to Hesseraghatta 94 Blue Headed Roch Thrush IISc 95 Bay backed Shrike On the way to Hesseraghatta 96 Monarch Flycatcher IISc 97 River Tern Ranganthittu B.S. 98 Collard dove On the way to Kokkarebelur 99 Spot billed Pelican Kokkarebelur 100 Spoonbill Ranganthittu B.S. 101 Great Thick Knee Ranganthittu B.S. 102 Fish Eagle Ranganthittu B.S. 103 Blue Tailed Bea-eater On the way to Kokkarebelur 104 Northern Shoveler On the way to Mysore 105 White Naped Woodpecker On the way to Mysore 106 Black Ibis On the way to Mysore 107 Glossy Ibis On the way to Mysore 108 Rufous backed Shrike On the way to Kokkarebelur 109 Tickle's Flycatcher Ranganthittu B.S. 110 Indian Tree Pie My Brother's house at Edappally, Kerala. 111 Yellow headed Wagtail NCUP 112 Little Ringed Plover NCUP 113 Jungle Owlett My House at Kerala 114 Black bellied Tern On the way to Kolar 115 White breasted Waterhen IISc 116 Yellow whattled Lapwing IISc Air Field
- The names are either from Salim Ali's book of Indian Birds or from Inskipp & Inskipp.
- IISc - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- JNCASR - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore
- Ranganthittu B.S. - Ranganthittu Bird Sancturay, Mysore
- Saklespura - Treck through the metreguage railway line from Saklespura to Yedukumeri
- Valley school - Valley school, Krishna Murthi Foundation of India, Kanakapura road, Bangalore.
- NCUP - National Center for Ultrafast Processes, Tharamani Campus, Madras.
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