Birds in alappuzha
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
Family: Coraciidae
Indian Roller Coracias
benghalensis
Family: Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
(Small
Blue Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher)
Family: Halcyonidae
Stork-billed
Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
(White-breasted Kingfisher)
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
Family: Cerylidae
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
(Lesser Pied Kingfisher)
Family: Meropidae
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
(Little Green
Bee-eater)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
ORDER:
CUCULIFORMES
Family: Cuculidae
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
(Pied
Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo)
Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
(Koel, Common Koel)
Family: Centropodidae
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
(Crow-pheasant)
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
Family: Psittacidae
Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
(Indian
Lorikeet)
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Plum-headed Parakeet
Psittacula cyanocephala
Family: Psittacidae
Vernal Hanging Parrot
Loriculus vernalis
(Indian Lorikeet)
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula
krameri
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
(Blossom-headed
Parakeet)..
Birds in alappuzha
ORDER: APODIFORMES
Family: Apodidae
Asian Palm Swift (Palm Swift)
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
House Swift (Little
Swift) Apus affinis
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
Family: Tytonidae
Barn Owl Tyto
alba
Family: Strigidae
Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Brown Fish
Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
(Barred Jungle Owlet)
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Brown Hawk Owl (Brown Boobook) Ninox scutulata
Andaman Hawk Owl Ninox affinis
ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
Family:Columbidae
Rock pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
Spotted Dove Streptopelia
chinensis
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
Family: Rallidae
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina
eurizonoides
(Banded Crake,Slaty-legged Banded Crake)
Slaty-breasted Rail
Gallirallus striatus
(Blue-breasted Banded Rail)
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
Slaty-legged Crake
Rallina eurizonoides
(Banded Crake,Slaty-legged Banded Crake)
Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus
(Blue-breasted Banded Rail)
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Baillon’s Crake Porzana
pusilla
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Ruddy) Porzana
fusca
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
(Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule)
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
(Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule)
Common Coot Fulica atra
(Coot,
Eurasian Coot, Black Coot)..
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Birds in alappuzha
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacinae
Common Snipe
(Fantail Snipe) Gallinago gallinago
Tringinae
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa
stagnatilis
Common Greenshank (Greenshank) Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Family: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
(Painted Snipe)
Family:
Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged
Jacana Metopidius indicus
Family: Charadriidae
Recurvirostrini
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Charadriinae
Pacific Golden
Plover Pluvialis fulva
(Eastern /Asiatic Golden Plover)
Little Ringed
Plover Charadrius dubius
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Charadriinae
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
(Eastern /Asiatic
Golden Plover)
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(Little Plover,
Little Ring Plover)
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Red-wattled
Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Family: Laridae
Larini
Yellow-legged Gull
(Herring) Larus cachinnans
Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus
(Great
Black-headed)
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
(Common Black-headed Gull)
Sternini
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Lesser Crested Tern
Sterna bengalensis
(Indian Lesser Crested Tern)
Great Crested Tern Sterna
bergii
(Large Crested Tern, Swift Tern)
Saunders’s Tern Sterna saundersi
(Saunders’s Little Tern)
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
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Birds in alappuzha
Family: Accipitridae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus caeruleus
(Black-winged Kite)
Black Kite Milvus migrans
(Pariah
Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite)
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Eurasian
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier)
Shikra Accipiter
badius
Family: Falconidae
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
(Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel)
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
Indian Cormorant (Shag) Phalacrocorax
fuscicollis
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
(Cormorant, Large
Cormorant)
Family: Ardeidae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef
Egret Egretta gularis
(Indian Reef Heron)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
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)
Malayan
Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern
Dupetor flavicollis
Family: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis Plegadis
falcinellus
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Cinnamon Bittern (Chestnut
Bittern) Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
Family:
Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
(White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis)
Eurasian
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia major
(Spoonbill, White Spoonbill)...
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Birds in alapuzha
Family: Ciconiidae
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
(Asian Openbill
Stork)
Woolly-necked Stork (White-necked) Ciconia episcopus
ORDER:
PASSERIFORMES
Family: Pittidae
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Family:
Irenidae
Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
(Gold-mantled
/Jerdon’s Chloropsis)
Family: Laniidae
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Family: Corvidae
Corvini
Rufous Treepie (Indian Treepie) Dendrocitta
vagabunda
House Crow Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow Corvus
macrorhynchos
(Jungle/Black Crow)
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
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
Rhipidurini
White-browed Fantail (Flycatcher) Rhipidura aureola
(White-breasted Fantail
Flycatcher)
Dicrurini
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy
Drongo(Grey) Dicrurus leucophaeus
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
Common
Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
(Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike)
Family: Muscicapidae
Muscicapini
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
(Brown Flycatcher)
Saxicolini
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Family:
Sturnidae
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
Saxicolini
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Family: Sturnidae
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Sturnus malabaricus
(Grey-headed Myna)
Common Myna(Mynah) Acridotheres
tristis
Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
Family: Paridae
Parinae
Great Tit (Grey Tit) Parus major
Family: Hirundinidae
Barn Swallow Hirundo
rustica
(Swallow, Common Swallow)
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow (Striated) Hirundo daurica
Family: Pycnonotidae
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Family: Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
(Streaked
Fantail Warbler)
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
(Franklin’s Wren
Warbler)
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
(Ashy Wren Warbler)
Plain Prinia
Prinia inornata
(Plain Wren-Warbler, White-browed Prinia)
Family:
Sylviidae
Acrocephalinae
Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
(Eurasian Great Reed Warbler)
Common Tailorbird (Tailorbird) Orthotomus sutorius
Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
( Dull Green Leaf Warbler)
Timaliini
(Eurasian Great Reed Warbler)
Common Tailorbird (Tailorbird) Orthotomus
sutorius
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
( Dull Green Leaf
Warbler)
Timaliini
Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
(White-headed Babbler)
Family: Alaudidae
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark
Eremopterix grisea
(Ashy-crowned Finch Lark)
Malabar Lark Galerida
malabarica
(Malabar Crested Lark)
Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva
(Syke’s
Crested Lark, Tawny Lark)
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
(Eastern
Skylark, Oriental Lark)
Family: Nectariniidae
Dicaeini
Pale-billed
Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos
(Tickell’s / Small Flowerpecker)
Nectariniini
Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica
Purple Sunbird
Nectarinia asiatica
Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia
(Long-billed
Sunbird)
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 calcarata
Yellow
Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Paddyfield Pipit
Anthus rufulus
White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba
White-browed
Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
(Large Pied Wagtail)
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola calcarata
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
(Indian Pipit)
Ploceinae
Baya Weaver (Baya) Ploceus philippinus
Streaked Weaver Ploceus
manyar
Estrildinae
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
(White-backed
Munia, Striated Munia)
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
(Spotted
Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin)
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut
Munia)
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