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GREBE

1. Little grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

SHEARWATER-
2. Streaked Shearwater- Colenectris leucomelas

PELICAN
3. Spot-billed Pelican - Pelecanus philippensis
CORMORANTS
4. Indian Shag - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
5. Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
6. Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger
DARTER
7. Oriental Darter - Anhinga melanogaster
BOOBIES
8. Masked Booby - Sula dactylatra
FRIGATE BIRD
9. Lesser Frigate bird - Fregata ariel
EGRETS
10. Western Reef- heron - Egretta gularis
11. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
12. Great Egret - Egretta alba
13. Intermediate Egret - Egretta intermedia
14. Eastern Cattle Egret - Bubulcus coromandus
HERONS
15. Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
16. Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
POND AND NIGHT HERONS
17. Indian Pond-heron - Ardeola grayii
18. Malayan Night-heron - Gorsachius melanolophus
19. Black-crowned Night-heron - Nycticorax nycticorax

20. Striated Heron - Butorides striata
BITTERNS
21. Black Bittern - Dupetor flavicollis
22. Chestnut Bittern - Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
23. Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus Sinensis
24. Eurasian Bittern - Botaurus stellaris
STORKS
25. Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
26. White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
27. Wooly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
28. Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala
29. Black stork - Ciconia nigra
30. Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
IBISES AND SPOONBILL
31. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
32. Black headed Ibis - Threskiomis melanoceohalus
33. Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
34. Indian Black Ibis * - Pseudibis papillosa
ADJUTANT
35. Lesser Adjutant - Leptoptillos javanicus
FLAMINGO
36. Greater flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
GEESE
37. Bar-headed Goose -Anser indicus
WHISTLING-DUCK
38. Fulvos Whistling-duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
39. Lesser whistling-duck - Dendrocygna javanica
SHELDUCK
40. Ruddy Shelduck - Tadoma ferruginea
PERCHING DUCK
41. Comb Duck - Sarkidiomis melanotos
DABBLING DUCKS
42. Common Teal - Anas crecca
43. Garganey - Anas querquedula
44. Gadwall - Anas strepera
45. Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
46. Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
47. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
48. Indian Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha
BAY DUCK
49. Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
50. Common pochard - Aythya ferina
51. Red-crested pochard - Netta rufina
COTTON TEAL
52. Cotton Teal - Nettapus coromandelianus
KITES
53. Black- winged Kite - Elanus caerules
54. Brahmany Kite - Haliastur indus
55. Black Kite
Milvus migrans migrans/govinda
BAZAS
56. Jerdon's Baza - Aviceda jerdoni
57. Black Baza - Aviceda leuphotes
ACCIPITERS PERCHED
58. Besra sparrowhawk - Accipiter virgatus
59. Shikra - Accipiter badius
60. Eurasian sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
61. Crested Goshawk - Accipiter trivirgatus
BUTEO BUZZARDS
62. Steppe Buzzard - Buteo buteo vulpinus
63. Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
64. Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pemis ptilorhyncus
65. White-eyed Buzzard - Butastur teesa
EAGLES
66. Crested Serpent-eagle - Spilornis cheela
67. Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus gallicus
68. Rufous-bellied Eagle - Hieraaetus kienerii
69. Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
70. Bonellis Eagle - Hieraaetus fasciatus
71. Mountain Hawk-eagle - Spizaetus nipalensis
72. Crested Hawk -eagle - Spizaetus cirrhatus *
73. Black Eagle - Ictinaetus malayensis
AQUILA EAGLES PERCHED
74. Indian Spotted Eagle * - Aquila hastata
75. Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax
76. Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis
77. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
78. Grey-Headed Fish Eagle - Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
79. Lesser Fish Eagle - Ichthyophaga humilis
80. White-bellied Sea-eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster
VULTURES
81. White-rumped Vulture - Gyps bengalensis
82. Indian Vulture * - Gyps indcus
83. Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
84. Red-headed Vulture - Aegypius Calvus
HARRIERS
85. Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus
86. Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
87. Pied Harrier - Circus melanoleucos
88. Hen harrier - Circus cyaneus
89. Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
KESTRELS
90. Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
91. Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
FALCONS
92. Oriental Hobby - Falco severus
93. Amur Falcon - Falco amurensis
94. Red-headed falcon - Falco chicquera
FALCONS
95. Peregrine (shaheen) falcon
Falco peregrinus peregrinator
96. Peregrine falcon - Falco peregrinus calidus
97. Laggar falcon * - Falco jugger
FRANCOLINS
98. Grey Francolin * - Francolinus pondicerianus
99. Painted Francolin * - Francolinus pictus
QUAILS
100. Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix
101. Rain Quail - Coturnix Coromandelica
102. Painted Bush-quail * - Perdicula erythrorhyncha
103. Blue-breasted Quail - Coturnix chinensis
104. Jungle Bush-quail * - Perdicula asiatica
105. Rock Bush-quail * - Perdicula argondah
BUTTONQUAILS
106. Barred Buttonquail - Turnix suscitator
107. Yellow-legged Buttonquail - Turnix tanki
108. Small Buttonquail - Turnix Sylvaticus
SPUR FOWL AND JUNGLE FOWL
109. Red Spurfowl - Galloperdix spadicea
110. Painted Spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata
111. Grey Junglefowl - Gallus sonneratii
PEAFOWL
112. Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus
BUSTARDS
113. Lesser Florican - Sypheotides indicus
114. Great Indian Bustard - Ardeotis nigricepas
RAILS
115. Slaty - breasted Rail - Rallus striatus
116. `Eastern' Baillon's Crake - Porzana pusilla
117. Slaty - legged Crake - Rallina eurizonoides
118. Ruddy - breasted Crake - Porzana fusca
GALLINULE AND COOT
119. White - breated Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus
120. Watercock - Gallicrex cinerea
121. Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus
122. Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
123. Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra
PAINTED - SNIPE, CRAB - PLOVER OYSTERCATCHER AND JACANAS
124. Crab - Plover - Dromas ardeola
125. Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
126. Black - winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
127. Eurasian Oystercatcher - Harmatopus osteralegus
128. Bronze - winged Jacana - Metopidius indicus
129. Pheasamt - tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus
COURSERS, PRATINCOLES AND THICK - KNEES
130. Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
131. Oriental Pratincole - Glareola maldivarum
132. Small Pratincole - Glareola lactea
133. Jerdon's Courser - Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
134. Indian Courser - Cursorius coromandelicus
135. Great Thick - knee - Esacus recurvirostris
136. Indian Stone - curlew - Burhinus indicus
LAPWINGS
137. Red - wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus
138. Yellow - wattled Lapwing - Vanellus mlabaricus
139. Grey - headed Lapwing - Vanellus cinereus
PLOVERS
140. Grey Plover
Pluialis squatarola
141. Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialis fulva
142. Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii
143. Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus
144. Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius curonicus
145. Charadrius dubius jerdoni
146. Kentish Plover - Charadrius a. alexandrinus
CURLEWS AND GODWITS
147. Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
148. Whimbrel - Nemenius phaeopus
149. Bar - tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
TRINGINE SANDPIPERS
150. Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinerius