Kaziranga National Park
and Panbari Reserve Forest
Checklist of Birds

~ presented by Birds of India

Annotated by Sujan Chatterjee

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• Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus

• Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis

• Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis

• White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis

• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus

• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos

• Grey Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum

• Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor

• Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica

• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

• Greylag Goose Anser anser

• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

• Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus

• Gadwall Anas strepera

• Falcated Duck Anas falcata

• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

• Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

• Northern Pintail Anas acuta

• Garganey Anas querquedula

• Common Teal Anas crecca

• Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina

• Common Pochard Aythya ferina

• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca

• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri

• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

• Smew Mergus albellus

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

• Barred Button Quail Turnix suscitator

• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus

• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus

• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei

• Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus

• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

• Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha

• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis

• Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata

• Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica

• Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis

• Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis

• Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus

• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus

• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

• Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis

• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda

• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni

• Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus

• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti

• Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus

• Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides

• Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus

• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

• Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus

• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

• Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus

• Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris

• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

• Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii

• Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata

• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri

• Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris

• Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis

• Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus

• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis

• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

• House Swift Apus affinis

• Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia

• Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena

• Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

• Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo coromandus

• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis

• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes

• Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei

• Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides

• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum

• Spotted Owlet Athene brama

• Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata

• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

• Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis

• Savannah Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia

• Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea

• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis

• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis

• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

• Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

• Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta

• Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora

• Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra

• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera

• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda

• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura

• Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea

• Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia

• Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis

• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides

• Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus

• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

• Brown Crake Amaurornis akool

• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

• Black-tailed Crake Porzana bicolor

• Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca

• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea

• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

• Common Coot Fulicata atra

• Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura

• Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala

• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

• Jack Snipe Gallinago minimus

• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

• Common Redshank Tringa totanus

• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

• Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer

• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

• Little Stint Calidris minuta

• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

• Ruff Philomachus pugnax

• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

• Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

• Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

• Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus

• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

• River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii

• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

• Small Pratincole Glareola lactea

• Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus

• Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

• River Tern Sterna aurantia

• Common Tern Sterna hirundo

• Little Tern Sterna albifrons

• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni

• Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes

• Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

• Black Kite Milvus migrans

• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis

• Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus

• Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris

• Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis

• Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus

• Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus

• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela

• Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus

• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos

• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

• Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus

• Shikra Accipiter badius

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

• Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

• White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis

• Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga

• Indian Spotted Eagle Pomarina hastata

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

• Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

• Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus

• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

• Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii

• Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus

• Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis

• Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens

• Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucus

• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

• Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera

• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis

• Oriental Hobby Falco severus

• Laggar Falcon Falco jugger

• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

• Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

• Darter Anhinga melanogaster

• Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

• Little Egret Egretta garzetta

• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

• White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis

• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

• Great Egret Casmerodius albus

• Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia

• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

• Little Heron Butorides striatus

• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus

• Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus

• Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

• Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

• Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis

• Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris

• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

• Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

• Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus

• Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius

• Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis

• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

• Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus

• Asian Fairy Bluebird Irene puella

• Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis

• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis

• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

• Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae

• House Crow Corvus splendens

• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus

• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris

• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii

• Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos

• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

• Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

• Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus

• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus

• Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha

• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucocephalus

• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans

• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus

• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer

• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

• Greater Racket Tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus

• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

• Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis

• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

• Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus

• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris

• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

• Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus

• Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina

• Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni

• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma

• Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis

• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul

• Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis

• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys

• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica

• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea

• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii

• Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva

• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra

• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni

• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor

• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina

• Large Niltava Niltava grandis

• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae

• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara

• Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys

• Pygmy Blue Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

• Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis

• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

• Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus

• White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

• Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus

• White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura

• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus

• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti

• Hodgson's Bushchat Saxicola insignis

• Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata

• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura

• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

• Jerdon's Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni

• Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea

• Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera

• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus

• Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum

• Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra

• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

• Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus

• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus

• White-vented Myna Acridotheres cinereus

• Northern Hill Myna Gracula religiosa

• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

• Great Tit Parus major

• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea

• Sand Martin Riparia riparia

• Plain Martin Riparia paludicola

• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

• Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

• Striated Swallow Hirundo striolata

• Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus

• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

• Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys

• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

• White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus

• Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala

• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

• Bright-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis

• Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii

• Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

• Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris

• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

• Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

• Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata

• Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea

• Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer

• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes

• Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Cettia fortipes

• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major

• Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons

• Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus

• Chinese Bush Warbler Bradypterus tacsanowskius

• Rusty-rumped Warbler Locustella certhiola

• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens

• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus

• Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon

• Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer

• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris

• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus

• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides

• Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator

• Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii

• Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos

• White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

• Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris

• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris

• Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striatus

• Rufous-rumped Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis

• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger

• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis

• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis

• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti

• Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre

• Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps

• Large Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus hypoleucos

• White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

• Pygmy Wren Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla

• Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons

• Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps

• Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea

• Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps

• Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis

• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata

• Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre

• Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei

• Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus

• White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus

• Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala

• White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca

• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

• Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans

• Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

• Rufous-winged Bushlark Mirafra assamica

• Sand Lark Calandrella raytal

• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

• Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile

• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum

• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos

• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor

• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum

• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Anthreptes singalensis

• Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica

• Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae

• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata

• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

• Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

• White Wagtail Motacilla alba

• White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola

• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi

• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii

• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

• Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis

• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar

• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

• Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus

• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

• Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca

• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola

• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala

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