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 Common Names and Scientific Names

Pheasants and partridges: - Galliformes- Phasianidae

Jungle Bush Quail - Perdiculaasiatica

Red Spurfowl -  Galloperdix spadicea

Ducks, geese and swans - Anseriformes - AnatidaeAnseriformes - Anatidae

Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata

Common Pochard -  Aythya ferina

Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula

Common Teal - Anas crecca

  

Grebe - Podicipediformes- Podicipedidae

Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Storks--Ciconiiformes- Ciconiidae

Woolly-necked stork - Ciconia episcopic

Bitterns, herons and egrets - Ciconiiformes - ArdeidaeCiconiiformes - Ardeidae

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

Pond Heron - Ardeola grayii
Little Heron - Butorides striatus

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret - Egretta thula

Cormorants - Pelecaniformes - PhalacrocoracidaePelecaniformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Indian Cormorant -  Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger

Hawks, kites and eagles - Falconiformes - AccipitridaeFalconiformes - Accipitridae

Oriental Honey Buzzard - Pernis ptilorhyncus

Black Shouldered Kite - Elanus axillaris

Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
Himalayan griffon Vultures - Gyps himalayensis

Shikra - Neophron percnopterus

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela

Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis

Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata

White-eyed Buzzard - Butastur teesa

Hawks, kites and eagles - Falconiformes - Accipitridae

Part II

Falcons - Falconiformes - FalconidaeFalconiformes - Falconidae

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Coot - Fulica atra 
                  

White Breasted Water Hen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

Avocets and stilts - Charadriiformes - RecurvirostridaeCharadriiformes - Recurvirostridae

Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Plovers and lapwings - Charadriiformes - CharadriidaeCharadriiformes - Charadriidae

Red Wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus

Sandpipers and allies - Charadriiformes - ScolopacidaeCharadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus

Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola

Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis

Terns - Charadriiformes - SternidaeCharadriiformes - Sternidae

River Tern - Psittacula krameri

Pigeons and doves - Columbiformes - ColumbidaeColumbiformes - Columbidae

Rock Pigeon - Columba livia

Oriental  Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis

Eurasian collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto

Laughing Dove - Spilopelia senegalensis

Spotted Dove - Spilopelia chinensis

Parrots and allies - Psittaciformes - PsittacidaePsittaciformes - Psittacidae

Alexandrian Parrot - Psittacula eupatria

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Plum Headed Parakeet - Psittacula cyanocephala

Cuckoos - Cuculiformes - CuculidaeCuculiformes - Cuculidae

Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus
Common Hawk Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius
Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis
Large Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx sparverioides
Lesser Coucal - Centropus bengalensis
Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus
Sirkeer Malokha - Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Barn owls - Strigiformes - TytonidaeStrigiformes - Tytonidae

Typical owls - Strigiformes - StrigidaeStrigiformes - Strigidae

Collared Scops Owl - Otus lettia
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Nightjars - Caprimulgiformes - CaprimulgidaeCaprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae

Indian NightJar - Caprimulgus asiaticus

Treeswifts - Treeswifts - Hemiprocnidae
Crested Treeswift - Hemiprocne coronata

Swifts - Apodiformes - ApodidaeApodiformes - Apodidae

Typical rollers - Coraciiformes Coraciidae

Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis

Kingfishers - Coraciiformes - AlcedinidaeCoraciiformes - Alcedinidae

Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis
White-Throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Bee-eaters - Coraciiformes - MeropidaeCoraciiformes - Meropidae

Green Bee Eater - Merops orientalis

Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Merops philippinus

Hoopoes - Upupa epops - Coraciiformes - Upupidae

Hoopoe - Upupa epops

Hornbills - Coraciiformes - BucerotidaeCoraciiformes - Bucerotidae

Indian Grey Hornbill - Ocyceros birostris

Barbets - Piciformes - MegalaimidaePiciformes - Megalaimidae

Coppersmith Barbet - Megalaima haemacephala 
Brown-Headed Barbet - Megalaima zeylanica

Woodpeckers and allies - Piciformes - PicidaePiciformes - Picidae

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker - Dendrocopos nanus
Black-rumped flame back -  -  - Dinopium benghalense
Common Flameback - Dinopium javanense

Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker - Picoides canicapillus

White-naped Woodpecker - Chrysocolaptes festivus

Woodshrikes - Passeriformes - TephrodornithidaePasseriformes - Tephrodornithidae

Common Woodshrike - Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Ioras - Passeriformes - Aegithinidaeoras - Passeriformes - Aegithinidae

Common Iora - Aegithina tiphia

White-tailed Iora or Marshall's Iora  - Aegithina nigrolutea

Cuckoo-shrikes - Passeriformes - CampephagidaePasseriformes - Campephagidae

Small Minivet - Pericrocotus cinnamomeus 

Long-tailed Minivet - Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

Short-billed Minivet - Pericrocotus brevirostris

Scarlet Minivet - Pericrocotus flammeus

Shrike - Passeriformes - LaniidaePasseriformes - Laniidae

Bay Backed Shrike - Lanius vittatus

Grey Backed Shrike - Lanius tephronotus

Long Tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Old World orioles - Passeriformes - OriolidaePasseriformes - Oriolidae

Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo

Black-naped Oriole - Oriolus chinensis

Drongos - Passeriformes - DicruridaePasseriformes - Dicruridae

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus  

Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus

White Bellied  Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

Fantails - Passeriformes - RhipiduridaePasseriformes - Rhipiduridae

White-throated Fantail flycatcher - Rhipidura albicollis

White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Monarch flycatchers - Passeriformes - MonarchidaePasseriformes - Monarchidae

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradise

Crows, jays, ravens and magpies - Passeriformes - CorvidaePasseriformes - Corvidae

Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda
Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

Fairy flycatcher - Passeriformes - StenostiridaePasseriformes - Stenostiridae

Grey-headed Flycatcher - Culicicapa ceylonensi

Yellow-bellied Fantail - Chelidorhynx hypoxantha- 

Titmice - Passeriformes - ParidaePasseriformes - Paridae

Black Lored tit - Parus xanthogenys
Great-tit - Parus major

Larks - Passeriformes - AlaudidaePasseriformes - Alaudidae

Crested Lark - Galerida cristata

Indian Bush Lark   - Mirafra erythroptera

Bulbuls - Passeriformes - PycnonotidaePasseriformes - Pycnonotidae

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus
Red Vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer

White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis

Swallows and martins - Passeriformes - HirundinidaePasseriformes - Hirundinidae

Red Rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica
Dusky Crag Martin - Hirundo concolor 

Long-tailed tits - Passeriformes - Aegithalidae

Black-throated Tit - Aegithalos concinnus iredalei 

Old World warblers - Passeriformes - SylviidaePasseriformes - Sylviidae

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus
Plain Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus neglectus
Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus
Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus

Cisticolas and allies - Passeriformes - Cisticolidae

Ashy Prinia - Priniasocialis
Graceful Prinia - Prinia gracilis
Jungle Prinia - Prinia sylvatica
Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata

Babblers - Passeriformes - TimaliidaePasseriformes - Timaliidae

Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata
Tawny-bellied Babbler - Dumetia hyperythra
White browed Scimitar Babbler - Pomatorhinus schisticeps
Yellow-eyed babbler - Chrysomma sinense

White-eyes - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae Zosteropidae

Oriental White eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Starlings - Passeriformes - SturnidaePasseriformes - Sturnidae

Brahminy Myna - Sturnia pagodarum

Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis

Thrushes and allies - Passeriformes - TurdidaeTurdidae

Black Bird - Turdus merula

Old World flycatchers - Passeriformes - MuscicapidaePasseriformes - Muscicapidae

Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
Taiga Flycatcher or Red Throated Flycatcher -  Ficedula albicilla
Verditer Flycatcher - Eumyias thalassina
Tickells BlueFlycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis
Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
Hodgson’s Redstart - Phoenicurushodgsoni
Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
Brown Rock Chat -  Cercomela fusca
White eyed Slaty Flycatcher - Melaenornis fischeri
Flowerpeckers - Passeriformes Dicaeidae

Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum agile

Sunbirds and spiderhunters - Passeriformes - NectariniidaePasseriformes - Nectariniidae

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Sparrows - Passeriformes - PasseridaePasseriformes - Passeridae

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Yellow-throated sparrow - Petronia xanthocollis

Weavers and allies - Passeriformes - Ploceidae

Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus

Waxbills and allies - Passeriformes - EstrildidaePasseriformes - Estrildidae

Green Avadavat - Amandava formosa
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Scaly Breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Wagtails and pipits - Passeriformes - MotacillidaePasseriformes - Motacillidae

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

Yellow wagtail - Motacillaflava

Paddyfield Pipit,or Oriental Pipit - Passeriformes - Motacillidae

Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis

Olive-backed Pipit - Anthushodgsoni

Buntings - Passeriformes - EmberizidaePasseriformes - Emberizidae

Crested Bunting - Melophus lathami
White-capped Bunting - Emberiza stewarti 

Siskins, crossbills and allies - Passeriformes - FringillidaePasseriformes - Fringillidae

Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus