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Bird Checklist of Ranthambhore National Park


Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

The classification and scientific nomenclature follows:
Birds of Indian Subcontinent.
The sightings are mostly from within the Ranthambhore National Park which is the main destination for the wildlife tourists. However major  water bodies lie either at the edge of the Tiger reserve or with in 10 Km distance.

R:            Resident
P:            Passage (autumn and / or spring) migrant
S:            Summer visitor
W:          Winter visitor
V:            Vagrant (erratic)    
FAMILY: PHASIANIDAE - Pheasants, Junglefowl, Patridges, Quails  
BLACK FRANCOLIN Francolinus francolinus R Rare
PAINTED FRANCOLIN Francolinus pictus R Rare
GREY FRANCOLIN Francolinus pondicerianus R Very Common
COMMON QUAIL Coturnix coturnix W Very Rare
RAIN QUAIL Coturnix coromandelica R Rare
BLUE BREASTED QUAIL Coturnix chinensis R Very Rare
JUNGLE BUSH QUAIL Perdicula asiatica R Very Common
ROCK BUSH QUAIL Perdicula argoondah R Common
PAINTED SPURFOWL Galloperdix lunulata R Common
INDIAN PEAFOWL Pavo cristatus R Very Common
  FAMILY: DENDROCYGNIDAE – Tree Ducks        
 LESSER WHISTLING DUCK Dedrocygna javanica W Very Common
    FAMILY : ANATIDAE – Geese , Ducks  
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser W Common
BARHEADED GOOSE Anser indicus W Common
RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea R/W Very Common
COMMON SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna W Rare
COMB DUCK Sarkidiornis melanotos W Common
COTTON PYGMY GOOSE Nettapus coromandelianus W Very Common
GADWALL Anas strepera W Common
EURASIAN WIGEON Anas Penelope W Common
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos W Rare
SPOT-BILLED DUCK Anas poecilorhyncha W Common
COMMON TEAL Anas crecca R/W Very Common
GARGANEY Anas querquedula W Common
NORTHERN PINTAIL Anas acuta W Common
NORTHERN SHOVELLER Anas clypeata W Very Common
RED-CRESTED POCHARD Rhodonessa rufina W Rare
COMMON POCHARD Aythya ferina W Common
FERRUGINOUS POCHARD Aythya nyroca W Common
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula W Rare
  FAMILY: TURNICIDAE – Bustard and Button Quails  

     

SMALL BUTTON QUAIL Turnix sylvatica S Rare
YELLOW-LEGGED BUTTONQUAILS Turnix tanki R Common
BARRED BUTTONQUAILS Turnix suscitator R Rare

 

FAMILY: PICIDAE – Woodpeckers  
EURASIAN WRYNECK Jynx torquilla W Rare
BROWN-CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER Dendrocopos nanus R Common
YELLOW-CROWNED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos mahrattensis R Rare
BLACK-RUMPED FLAMEBACK Dinopium benghalense R Very Common
WHITE NAPED WOODPECKER Chrysocolaptes festivus R Rare
  FAMILY: MEGALAIMIDAE – Barbets  

     

BROWN HEADED BARBET Megalaima zeylanica R Common
COPPPERSMITH BARBET Megalaima haemacephala R Very Common
      FAMILY: BUCEROTIDAE – Hornbills  

    

INDIAN GREY HORNBILL Ocyceros birostris R Rare
  FAMILY: UPUPIDAE- Hoopoe

    

COMMON HOOPOE Upupa epops R Very Common

 

  FAMILY: CORACIDAE- Rollers

            

EUROPEAN ROLLER Coracias garrulus P Rare
INDIAN ROLLER Coracias benghalensis R Very Common

 

FAMILY: ALCENDINIDAE – Kingfishers ( Genera Alcedo )  
COMMON KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis R Common
  FAMILY: HALCYONIDAE – Kingfishers ( Genera Halcyon )  

  

STORK BILLED KINGFISHER Halcyon capensis R Rare
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER Halcyon smyrnensis R Very Common
  FAMILY: CERYLIDAE – Kingfishers ( Genera  Ceryle )  

    

 PIED KINGFISHER    Ceryle rudis R Common

 

                        FAMILY: MEROPIDAE – Bee-eaters  
GREEN BEE EATER Merops orientalis                                                                                R Very   Common
BLUE TAILED BEE EATER Merops philippinus W                                                        Common
CHESTNUT HEADED BEE EATER Merops leschnaulti w Common
    FAMILY: CUCULIDAE – Cuckoos  
PIED CUCKOO Clamator jacobinus S Common
COMMON HAWK CUCKOO Hierococcyx varius R Common
EURASIAN CUCKOO Cuculus canorus S Rare
GREY BELLIED CUCKOO Cacomantis passerinus R Very rare
  FAMILY: CENTROPODIDAE-Coucals  
ASIAN KOEL Eudynamys scolopacea R Common
SIRKEER MALKOHA Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii R Common
GREATER COUCAL Centropus sinensis R Very Common
  FAMILY: PSITTACIDAE – Parakeets, Lorikeets  
ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET Psittacula eupatria R Common
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET Psittacula krameri R Very Common
PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET    Psittacula cynaocephala R Very Common
  FAMILY: APODIDAE – Swifts  
ASIAN PALM SWIFT Cypsiurus balasiensis R Common
FORK-TAILED SWIFT Apus pacifus R Rare
ALPINE SWIFT Tachymarptis melba V Very Rare (only few sighting)
HOUSE SWIFT Apus affinis R Common

 

    FAMILY: TYTONIDAE – Barn owl  
BARN OWL Tyto alba R Rare
  FAMILY: STRIGIDAE – Owls        
COLLARD SCOPS OWL lesser Otus bakkamoena R Common
EURASIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo bobo R Rare
DUSKY EAGLE OWL Bubo coromandus R Rare
BROWN FISH OWL Ketupa zeylonensis R Rare
SPOTTED OWLET Athene brama R Very Common
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus W Very Rare
  FAMILY: CAPRIMULGIDAE – Nightjars          
GREY NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus indicus R Common
LARGE-TAILED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus macrurus R Common
INDIAN NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus asiaticus R Common
SAVANNA NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus affinis R Common
  FAMILY: COLUMBIDAE – Pigeons , Doves         
ROCK PIGEON Columba livia R Very Common
ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia orientalis W Rare
LAUGHING DOVE Streptopelia senegalensis R Common
SPOTTED DOVE Streptopelia chinensis R Very Common
RED COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia tranquebarica R Very Common
 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto R Very Common
YELLOW-FOOTED GREEN PIGEON Treron phoenicoptera R Common
  FAMILY: GRUIDAE – Cranes        
SARUS CRANE Grus antigone R Rare
COMMON CRANE Grus grus W Rare
DEMOISELLE CRANE Grus virgo W Rare
  FAMILY: RALLIDAE – Rails, Moorhens, Coots  
BROWN CRAKE Amaurornis akool R Common
WHITE-BRESTED WATERHEN Amaurornis phoenicurus R Common
PURPLE SWAMPHEN Porphyrio porphyrio R Rare
COMMON MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus R Common
COMMON COOT Fulica atra R Common
  FAMILY: PTEROCLIDDIAE – Sandgrouse        
CHESTNUT-BELLIED SANDGROUSE Pterocles exustus R Rare surval sighted,
PAINTED SANDGROUSE Pterocles indicus R Common
  FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE – Snipes, Godwits, Curlew, Stints, Sandpipers        
PINTAIL SNIPE Gallinago stenura W Common
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago W Common
JACK SNIPE doubtful Lymnocryptes minimus W Rare
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa W Very Common
 EURASIAN CURLEW Numenius arquata W Rare
 SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus W Common
COMMON REDSHANK Tringa tetanus W Common
MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis W Common
COMMON GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia W Common
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus W Common
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola W Common
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos W Common
LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta W Common
DUNLIN Calidris alpina W Rare
TEMMINCK’S STINT Calidris temminckii W Rare
RUFF Philomachus pugnax W Common


  FAMILY: ROSTRATULIDAE – Painted Snipe         
GREATER PAITED SNIPE Rostratula benghalensis R Rare
PINTAIL SNIPE Gallinago stenura W Rare, sighted in Devpura SMSanctuary
  FAMILY: JACANINDAE – Jacanas  
PHEASANT – TAILED JACANA       Hydrophasianus chirurgus R Rare
BRONZE-WINGED JACANA      Metopidius indicus R Common
  FAMILY: BURHINIDAE – Thick Knees         
EURASIAN THICK-KNEE Burhinus oedicnemus R Rare
GREAT      THICK-KNEE  Esacus recurvirostris R Common
FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE – Plovers, Lapwings  
BLACK-WINGED STILT      Himantopus himantopus R Very Common
PIED      AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta W Common
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis Squatarola W Rare
LITTLE      RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius R Common
KENTISH PLOVER      Charadrius alexandrinus W Rare
NORTHERN LAPWING Vanellus vaellus W Rare
YELLOW-WATTLED LAPWING      Vanellus malarbaricus R Rare
RIVER      LAPWING Vanellus duvaucelii R Common
RED-      WATTLED LAPWING Vanellus indicus R Very Common
SOCIABLE LAPWING      Vanellus gregarius W Rare
    FAMILY: GLAREOLIDAE – Crab Plovers, Coursers, Pranticole        
INDIAN COURSER Cursorius coromandelicus R Very Rare
SMALL      PRANTICOLE  Glareola lactea R Rare
    FAMILY: LARIDAE –Skimmers, Gulls, Terns       
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus cachinnans W Rare
HEUGLIN’S GULL     Larus heuglini W Very Rare (Only few sightings in Surwal)
PALLA’S      GULL Larus ichthyaetus W Rare
BROWN-     HEADED GULL Larus brunnicephalus W Common
BLACK-     HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus W Common
GULL-     BILLED TERN Gelochelidon nilotica W Common
RIVER     TERN Sterna aurantia R Very Common
LITTLE     TERN Sterna albifrons V Very Rare (Only few sightings in Surwal)
BLACK-     BELLIED TERN Sterna acuticauda R Common
WHISKERED TERN     Chlidonias hybridus W Common
INDIAN     SKIMMER Rynchops albicollis R Rare
  FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE – Hawks, Kites, Eagles, Vultures        
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus W Common
BLACK-      SHOULDERED KITE Elanus caeruleus R Very Common
BLACK KITE      Milvus migrans R Common
PALLA’S FISH      EAGLE Haliaeetus leucoryphus R Rare
GREY-      HEADED FISH EAGLE Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus V Very Rare (One specimen in Bhakola 1999-00)
LAMMERGEIER        Gypaetus barbatus V Very Rare (Few specimen in Bodal during winters)
EGYPTIAN      VULTURE Neophron percnopterus R