Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary
Narendrapur, Kolkata
Checklist of Birds

~ presented by Birds of India

Compiled by Sumit K Sen

Note: Checklist includes surrounding parts and the Shyamkhola area

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1. Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica

2. Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus

3. Gadwall Anas strepera

4. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

5. Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

6. Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

7. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

8. Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus

9. Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus

10. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei

11. Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

12. Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

13. Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

14. Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata

15. Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica

16. Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

17. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

18. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

19. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

20. Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis

21. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

22. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

23. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

24. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti

25. Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

26. Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

27. Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus

28. Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

29. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

30. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

31. Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

32. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

33. Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis

34. House Swift Apus affinis

35. Barn Owl Tyto alba

36. Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena

37. Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis

38. Spotted Owlet Athene brama

39. Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

40. Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus

41. Rock Pigeon Columba livia

42. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis

43. Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

44. Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

45. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta

46. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera

47. Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides

48. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

49. Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla

50. Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca

51. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

52. Common Coot Fulica atra

53. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

54. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

55. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

56. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

57. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

58. Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

59. Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus

60. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

61. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

62. Black Kite Milvus migrans

63. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

64. White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis

65. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela

66. Shikra Accipiter badius

67. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

68. Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus

69. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

70. Darter Anhinga melanogaster

71. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

72. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

73. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

74. Little Egret Egretta garzetta

75. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

76. Great Egret Casmerodius albus

77. Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia

78. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

79. Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

80. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

81. Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

82. Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

83. Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

84. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

85. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

86. Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

87. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

88. House Crow Corvus splendens

89. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

90. Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus

91. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

92. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

93. Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

94. Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

95. Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos

96. Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

97. Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

98. White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

99. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

100. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

101. White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

102. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus

103. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

104. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer

105. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus

106. Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

107. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

108. Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

109. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

110. Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina

111. Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma

112. Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor

113. Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus

114. Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda

115. Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui

116. Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva

117. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina

118. Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides

119. Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

120. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

121. Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

122. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

123. Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata

124. Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus

125. Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum

126. Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra

127. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

128. Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus

129. Great Tit Parus major

130. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

131. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

132. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

133. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

134. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

135. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

136. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

137. Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus

138. Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

139. Yellow-vented Warbler r Phylloscopus cantator

140. Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

141. Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon

142. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

143. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

144. Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

145. Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei

146. Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 

147. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

148. Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris

149. Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii

150. Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti

151. Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus

152. Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica

153. Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile

154. Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos

155. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum 

156. Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica

157. Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica

158. Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

159. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

160. Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

161. White Wagtail Motacilla alba

162. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola

163. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

164. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

165. Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

166. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

167. Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

168. Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

169. Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica

170. White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

171. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

172. Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca

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References & sources:

• ¹ A Guide to the Birds of Salt Lake, Calcutta & change detection study (1999) ~ Prakriti Samsad & Wildlife Circle, WB

• ² Birds of South Asia - The Ripley Guide ~ Pamela C. Rasmussen

• ³ Naturalist Vol III 2004 ~ Prakriti Samsad

• Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan ~ S Ali & S.D. Ripley

• Birds of the Indian Subcontinent ~ R. Grimmett,T.Inskipp & C. Inskipp

• Records from www.kolkatabirds.com; bengalbird and birdphotoindia Google groups

• Personal discussions with Sujan Chatterjee and Kushal Mookherjee

10-04-2011

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