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Eurasian Wigeons

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Species	Count
(Numbers are estimates)	Feb 2002	Feb 2003	Feb 2004	Feb 2005	Jan 2006
Lesser Whistling-duck	2500	20	20	550	-
Northern Shoveler	45	50	30	20	50
Northern Pintail	120	150	100	40	150
Garganey	80	70	80	70	700
Cotton Pygmy-Goose	250	150	150	50	100
Gadwall	180	200	1000	150	300
Eurasian Wigeon	25	5	150	5	50
Red-Crested Pochard	2	-	-	-	110
Ferruginous Pochard	2	-	70	-	20
Black-rumped Flameback	-	-	-	-	1
Blue-throated Barbet	-	1	-	-	-
Coppersmith Barbet	1	-	-	1	-
Common Kingfisher	1	-	2	-	-
Stork-billed Kingfisher	1	-	-	1	-
White-throated Kingfisher	8	5	6	4	6
Pied Kingfisher	3	3	3	2	1
Green Bee-eater	3	5	-	10	2
Common Hawk Cuckoo	-	-	-	1	1
Greater Coucal	1	-	1	2	-
Asian Palm Swift	-	-	-	Many	-
Spotted Dove	7	4	6	4	3
Eurasian Collared Dove	3	-	-	-	2
Red Collared Dove	-	-	1	1	-
Ruddy-breasted Crake	-	-	?	-	-
Baillon's Crake	-	-	-	-	1
Common Moorhen	-	-	-	20	4
Common Coot	150	200	700	240	600
Spotted Redshank	-	-	2	1	-
Common Redshank	5	-	-	-	-
Common Greenshank	-	3	4	2	6
Green Sandpiper	-	-	-	1	-
Wood Sandpiper	-	10	25	20	4
Common Sandpiper	2	15	2	5	3
Bronze-winged Jacana	-	4	3	15	25
Pheasant-tailed Jacana	-	25	60	40	100
Small Pratincole	-	45	-	-	-
Grey-headed Lapwing	-	-	-	4	-
Red-wattled Lapwing	-	1	5	2	5
Osprey	-	1	-	1	-
Black Kite	2	-	1	-	1
Western Marsh Harrier	-	-	-	2	-
Shikra	-	-	2	-	-
Little Grebe	70	150	100	70	40
Little Cormorant	57	50	100	30	20
Little Egret	9	6	5	2	4
Great Egret	7	10	8	7	5
Intermediate Egret	-	4	2	3	4
Cattle Egret	16	25	10	18	6
Indian Pond Heron	Many	15	30	43	25
Grey Heron	-	1	1	-	-
Purple Heron	-	1	2	3	-
Black-headed Ibis	6	-	-	5	-
Eurasian Spoonbill	-	-	-	1	-
Asian Openbill	83	60	10	18	150
Rufous Treepie	-	-	-	-	1
Black-hooded Oriole	-	-	-	-	1
Black Drongo	Many	Many	13	10	22
Common Iora	-	2	1	4	-
Red-throated Flycatcher	-	-	1	-	-
Asian Pied Starling	Many	Many	Many	12	24
Bank Myna	4	10	25	-	-
Common Myna
Barn Swallow	10	20	20	-	30
Red-vented Bulbul	6	2	5	-	4
Red-whiskered Bulbul	-	-	1	-	-
Plain Prinia	-	-	1	2	-
Zitting Cisticola	-	-	1	-	-
Clamorous Reed Warbler	-	-	-	-	2
Jungle Babbler	-	-	-	5	3
Bengal Bushlark	-	-	-	?	-
Purple-rumped Sunbird	-	-	2	2	-
White Wagtail	1	2	2	-	5
Yellow Wagtail	-	-	-	-	3
Paddyfield Pipit	-	-	2	-	-

 © Sumit K Sen 2007