Checklist of Birds of the Narayan Sarowar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat

TaxaNo. of SpeciesPlace NameState(s)District(s)
Birds184Narayan Sarowar Wildlife SanctuaryGujaratKachchh

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Narayan Sarovar WLS
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Arpit N. Deomurari, Director Waders Inc, Gujarat, India

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Number of Species: 184

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s.no. order family sub_family common_name scientific_name
1 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Black Francolin (Black Partridge) Francolinus francolinus
2 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Grey Francolin (Grey Partridge) Francolinus pondicerianus
3 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
4 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Rain Quail (Black-breasted Quail) Coturnix coromandelica
5 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
6 GALLIFORMES Phasianidae Indian Peafowl (Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl) Pavo cristatus
7 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anserini Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
8 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anserini Cotton Pygmy-goose (Cotton Teal) Nettapus coromandelianus
9 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Gadwall Anas strepera
10 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
11 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Spot-billed Duck (Spotbil Duck, Spotbill) Anas poecilorhyncha
12 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Northern Shoveler (Shoveller) Anas clypeata
13 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Northern Pintail (Common Pintail, Pintail) Anas acuta
14 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Common Teal Anas crecca
15 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina
16 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Common Pochard Aythya ferina
17 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Ferruginous Pochard (Ferruginous Duck, White-eyed Pochard) Aythya nyroca
18 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae Anatini Tufted Duck (Tufted Pochard) Aythya fuligula
19 PICIFORMES Picidae Eurasian Wryneck (Wryneck) Jynx torquilla
20 PICIFORMES Picidae Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker) Dendrocopos mahrattensis
21 UPUPIFORMES Upupidae Common Hoopoe (Hoopoe) Upupa epops
22 CORACIIFORMES Coraciidae European Roller Coracias garrulus
23 CORACIIFORMES Coraciidae Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
24 CORACIIFORMES Alcedinidae Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
25 CORACIIFORMES Halcyonidae White-throated Kingfisher (White-breasted Kingfisher) Halcyon smyrnensis
26 CORACIIFORMES Cerylidae Pied Kingfisher (Lesser Pied Kingfisher) Ceryle rudis
27 CORACIIFORMES Meropidae Green Bee-eater (Little Green Bee-eater) Merops orientalis
28 CUCULIFORMES Cuculidae Pied Cuckoo (Pied Crested Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo) Clamator jacobinus
29 CUCULIFORMES Cuculidae Asian Koel (Koel, Common Koel) Eudynamys scolopacea
30 CUCULIFORMES Cuculidae Sirkeer Malkoha (Sirkeer Cuckoo, Sirkeer) Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
31 CUCULIFORMES Centropodidae Greater Coucal (Crow-pheasant) Centropus sinensis
32 PSITTACIFORMES Psittacidae Roseringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
33 STRIGIFORMES Strigidae Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
34 STRIGIFORMES Strigidae Eurasian Eagle Owl (Great Horned Owl, Eagle Owl) Bubo bubo
35 STRIGIFORMES Strigidae Spotted Owlet Athene brama
36 STRIGIFORMES Caprimulgidae Eurasian Nightjar (European) Caprimulgus europaeus
37 STRIGIFORMES Caprimulgidae Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
38 STRIGIFORMES Caprimulgidae Indian Nightjar (Common Indian Nightjar) Caprimulgus asiaticus
39 COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae Rock pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
40 COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae Laughing Dove (Little Brown) Streptopelia senegalensis
41 COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae Red Collared Dove (Red Turtle) Streptopelia tranquebarica
42 COLUMBIFORMES Columbidae Eurasian Collared Dove (Indian Ring, Collared) Streptopelia decaocto
43 GRUIFORMES Otididae McQueen’s Bustard (Houbara) Chlamydotis macqueeni
44 GRUIFORMES Otididae Lesser Florican (Likh) Sypheotides indica
45 GRUIFORMES Gruidae Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
46 GRUIFORMES Gruidae Common Crane Grus grus
47 GRUIFORMES Rallidae Common Moorhen (Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule) Gallinula chloropus
48 GRUIFORMES Rallidae Common Coot (Coot, Eurasian Coot, Black Coot) Fulica atra
49 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Indian Sandgrouse) Pterocles exustus
50 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Painted Sandgrouse (Close-barred) Pterocles indicus
51 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
52 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
53 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
54 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Eurasian Curlew (Curlew) Numenius arquata
55 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Common Redshank (Redshank) Tringa totanus
56 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
57 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Common Greenshank(Greenshank) Tringa nebularia
58 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
59 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
60 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Ruddy Turnstone(Turnstone) Arenaria interpres
61 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
62 CICONIIFORMES Pteroclidae Tringinae Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
63 CICONIIFORMES Burhinidae Eurasian Thick-knee (Stone-curlew, Stone-Plover) Burhinus oedicnemus
64 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Haematopodini Eurasian Oystercatcher (Oystercatcher, Common Oystercatcher) Haematopus ostralegus
65 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Recurvirostrini Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
66 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Recurvirostrini Pied Avocet(Avocet) Recurvirostra avosetta
67 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Charadriinae European Golden Plover (Golden Plover, Eurasian Golden Plover) Pluvialis apricaria
68 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Charadriinae Little Ringed Plover (Little Plover, Little Ring Plover) Charadrius dubius
69 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Charadriinae Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus
70 CICONIIFORMES Charadriidae Charadriinae Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
71 CICONIIFORMES Glareolidae Dromadinae Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
72 CICONIIFORMES Glareolidae Glareolinae Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
73 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Larini Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
74 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Larini Black-headed Gull (Common Black-headed Gull) Larus ridibundus
75 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Sternini Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
76 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Sternini Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
77 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Sternini River Tern (Indian River Tern) Sterna aurantia
78 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Sternini Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
79 CICONIIFORMES Laridae Sternini Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
80 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
81 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Black Kite (Pariah Kite, Dark Kite, Black-eared Kite) Milvus migrans
82 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
83 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae White-rumped Vulture (Indian White-backed Vulture) Gyps bengalensis
84 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
85 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
86 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Western Marsh Harrier) Circus aeruginosus
87 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Pallid Harrier (Pale Harrier) Circus macrourus
88 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
89 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Shikra Accipiter badius
90 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk) Accipiter nisus
91 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae White-eyed Buzzard (White-eyed Buzzard Eagle) Butastur teesa
92 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila rastrata
93 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Tawny Eagle (Eurasian Tawny Eagle) Aquila rapax
94 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
95 CICONIIFORMES Accipitridae Accipitrinae Booted Eagle (Booed Hawk Eagle) Hieraaetus pennatus
96 CICONIIFORMES Falconidae Common Kestrel (Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel) Falco tinnunculus
97 CICONIIFORMES Falconidae Red-necked Falcon (Red-headed Merlin, Red-headed Falcon) Falco chicquera
98 CICONIIFORMES Falconidae Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
99 CICONIIFORMES Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
100 CICONIIFORMES Podicipedidae Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
101 CICONIIFORMES Podicipedidae Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
102 CICONIIFORMES Phalacrocoracidae Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
103 CICONIIFORMES Phalacrocoracidae Indian Cormorant (Shag) Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
104 CICONIIFORMES Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant (Cormorant, Large Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
105 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Little Egret Egretta garzetta
106 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Western Reef Egret (Indian Reef Heron) Egretta gularis
107 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
108 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
109 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Great Egret (Large Egret) Casmerodius albus
110 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Intermediate Egret (Smaller Egret, Plumed Egret) Mesophoyx intermedia
111 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
112 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae Indian Pond Heron (Pond Heron) Ardeola grayii
113 CICONIIFORMES Phoenicopteridae Greater Flamingo (Flamingo) Phoenicopterus ruber
114 CICONIIFORMES Phoenicopteridae Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
115 CICONIIFORMES Threskiornithidae Black-headed Ibis (White Ibis, Oriental White Ibis) Threskiornis melanocephalus
116 CICONIIFORMES Threskiornithidae Black Ibis (Red-naped Ibis) Pseudibis papillosa
117 CICONIIFORMES Threskiornithidae Eurasian Spoonbill (Spoonbill, White Spoonbill) Platalea leucorodia
118 CICONIIFORMES Pelecanidae Great White Pelican (Rosy Pelican, White Pelican) Pelecanus onocrotalus
119 CICONIIFORMES Pelecanidae Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
120 CICONIIFORMES Ciconiidae Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
121 PASSERIFORMES Laniidae Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
122 PASSERIFORMES Laniidae Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
123 PASSERIFORMES Laniidae Long-tailed Shrike (Rufous-backed Shrike) Lanius schach
124 PASSERIFORMES Laniidae Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
125 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Corvini House Crow Corvus splendens
126 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Oriolini Small Minivet (Little Minivet) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
127 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Rhipidurini White-browed Fantail Flycatcher (White-breasted Fantail Flycatcher) Rhipidura aureola
128 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Dicrurini Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
129 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Aegithininae Marshall’s Iora (White-tailed Iora) Aegithina nigrolutea
130 PASSERIFORMES Corvidae Malaconotinae Common Woodshrike (Woodshrike, Lesser Wood-shrike) Tephrodornis pondicerianus
131 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Muscicapini Red-throated Flycatcher (Red-breasted Flycatcher) Ficedula parva
132 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Indian Robin (Black Robin, Indian Chat) Saxicoloides fulicata
133 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
134 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Common Stonechat (Collared Bushchat) Saxicola torquata
135 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Pied Bushchat (Pied Stone-chat) Saxicola caprata
136 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Variable Wheatear (Pied Chat, Pied Wheatear) Oenanthe picata pictata
137 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
138 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Isabelline Wheatear (Chat) Oenanthe isabellina
139 PASSERIFORMES Muscicapidae Saxicolini Brown Rock-chat (Indian Chat) Cercomela fusca
140 PASSERIFORMES Sturnidae Brahminy Starling (Black-headed /Brahminy Myna) Sturnus pagodarum
141 PASSERIFORMES Sturnidae Rosy Starling (Rosy Pastor, Rose-coloured Starling) Sturnus roseus
142 PASSERIFORMES Sturnidae Common Myna(Mynah) Acridotheres tristis
143 PASSERIFORMES Sturnidae Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
144 PASSERIFORMES Paridae Parinae White-naped Tit (White-winged Black Tit) Parus nuchalis
145 PASSERIFORMES Hirundinidae Eurasian Crag Martin (Crag Martin, Northern Crag Martin) Hirundo rupestris
146 PASSERIFORMES Hirundinidae Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
147 PASSERIFORMES Hirundinidae Red-rumped Swallow (Striated) Hirundo daurica
148 PASSERIFORMES Pycnonotidae White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
149 PASSERIFORMES Pycnonotidae Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
150 PASSERIFORMES Cisticolidae Rufous-fronted Prinia (Wren Warbler) Prinia buchanani
151 PASSERIFORMES Cisticolidae Grey-breasted Prinia (Franklin’s Wren Warbler) Prinia hodgsonii
152 PASSERIFORMES Cisticolidae Jungle Prinia (Jungle Wren-Warbler, Large Prinia) Prinia sylvatica
153 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Acrocephalinae Grasshopper Warbler (Common Grasshopper Warbler ) Locustella naevia
154 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Acrocephalinae Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
155 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Acrocephalinae Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
156 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Acrocephalinae Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumeton
157 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Timaliini Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
158 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Sylviini Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
159 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Sylviini Greater Whitethroat (Common Whitethroat, Whitethroat) Sylvia communis
160 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Sylviini Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
161 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Sylviini Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
162 PASSERIFORMES Sylviidae Sylviini Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
163 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Singing Bushlark(Lark) Mirafra cantillans
164 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Indian Bushlark (Red-winged Bushlark, Indian Lark) Mirafra erythroptera
165 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark (Ashy-crowned Finch Lark) Eremopterix grisea
166 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Rufous-tailed Lark (Rufous-tailed Finch Lark) Ammomanes phoenicurus
167 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Greater Short-toed Lark (Short-toed lark) Calandrella brachydactyla
168 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Crested Lark Galerida cristata
169 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Eurasian Skylark (Skylark, Common Skylark) Alauda arvensis
170 PASSERIFORMES Alaudidae Oriental Skylark (Eastern Skylark, Oriental Lark) Alauda gulgula
171 PASSERIFORMES Nectariniidae Nectariniini Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
172 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Passerinae House Sparrow Passer domesticus
173 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Passerinae Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (Yellow-throated Sparrow) Petronia xanthocollis
174 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Motacillinae White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail) Motacilla alba
175 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Motacillinae Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
176 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Motacillinae Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
177 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Motacillinae Paddyfield Pipit (Indian Pipit) Anthus rufulus
178 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Motacillinae Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
179 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Ploceinae Baya Weaver (Baya) Ploceus philippinus
180 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Estrildinae Indian Silverbill (White-throated Munia/Silverbill) Lonchura malabarica
181 PASSERIFORMES Passeridae Estrildinae White-rumped Munia (White-backed Munia, Striated Munia) Lonchura striata
182 PASSERIFORMES Fringillidae Emberizinae Rock Bunting (Eurasian Rock-Bunting) Emberiza cia
183 PASSERIFORMES Fringillidae Emberizinae Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
184 PASSERIFORMES Fringillidae Emberizinae Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
References

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