HARIDWAR BIRDS

Haridwar not only have temples, river and mountains; it has enough Avifauna due to touch of Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve the untouched area of Haridwar. For a birders it is heaven.

 

  1. Ruddy Shelduck (Brahminy Duck) Tadorna ferruginea
  2. Gadwall Mareca strepera
  3. Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
  4. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
  5. Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) Anas crecca
  6. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
  7. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
  8. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
  9. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
  10. Black-shouldered Kite (Black-winged Kite) Elanus caeruleus
  11. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
  12. Himalayan Griffon (Himalayan Vulture) Gyps himalayensis
  13. Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
  14. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
  15. Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata
  16. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
  17. Black Kite Milvus migrans
  18. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
  19. River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
  20. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
  21. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
  22. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
  23. Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
  24. Pallas’s Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
  25. Rock Pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
  26. Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
  27. Red Collared-Dove (Red Turtle-Dove) Streptopelia tranquebarica
  28. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
  29. Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
  30. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
  31. Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
  32. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
  33. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
  34. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
  35. Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Indian Pygmy Woodpecker) Dendrocopos nanus
  36. Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
  37. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
  38. Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
  39. Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
  40. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
  41. Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
  42. Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
  43. Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
  44. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
  45. Hair-crested Drongo (Spangled Drongo) Dicrurus hottentottus
  46. White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
  47. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
  48. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
  49. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark) Eremopterix griseus
  50. Grey-throated Martin (Plain Martin) Riparia chinensis
  51. Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
  52. Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
  53. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
  54. Himalayan Bulbul (White-cheeked Bulbul) Pycnonotus leucogenys
  55. Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
  56. Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei
  57. Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
  58. Whistler’s Warbler Seicercus whistleri
  59. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
  60. Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera

 

  1. Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
  2. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
  3. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
  4. Common Babbler Turdoides caudata
  5. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
  6. Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
  7. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
  8. Common/Stejneger’s Stonechat (Siberian/Stejneger’s Stonechat) Saxicola maurus
  9. Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus
  10. Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
  11. Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
  12. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
  13. Golden-fronted Leafbird (Golden-fronted Chloropsis) Chloropsis aurifrons
  14. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
  15. Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
  16. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
  17. White-browed Wagtail (Large Pied Wagtail) Motacilla maderaspatensis
  18. Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
  19. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (Yellow-throated Sparrow) Petronia xanthocollis
  20. Indian Silverbill (White-throated Munia) Euodice malabarica
  21. Black Stork Ciconia nigra
  22. Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
  23. Red-naped Ibis (Indian Black Ibis) Pseudibis papillosa
  24. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
  25. Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
  26. Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
  27. Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
  28. Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
  29. Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
  30. Brown-headed Barbet (Large Green Barbet) Psilopogon zeylanicus
  31. Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
  32. Black-rumped Flameback (Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker) Dinopium benghalense
  33. Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
  34. White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
  35. Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
  36. Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
  37. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
  38. White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
  39. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
  40. Cinereous Tit (Great Tit) Parus cinereus
  41. Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
  42. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  43. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
  44. Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
  45. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
  46. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
  47. Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
  48. Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
  49. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
  50. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
  51. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi

Date: Feb 24, 2018 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling by foot as well as on Gypsy
Distance: 8-10 Km
Species:111

Observers: Taukir + 2 Guests

SEND ENQUIRY