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.
- Ruddy Shelduck (Brahminy Duck) Tadorna ferruginea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) Anas crecca
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-shouldered Kite (Black-winged Kite) Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Himalayan Griffon (Himalayan Vulture) Gyps himalayensis
- Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallas’s Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rock Pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) Columba livia
- Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Red Collared-Dove (Red Turtle-Dove) Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Indian Pygmy Woodpecker) Dendrocopos nanus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Hair-crested Drongo (Spangled Drongo) Dicrurus hottentottus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark) Eremopterix griseus
- Grey-throated Martin (Plain Martin) Riparia chinensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Himalayan Bulbul (White-cheeked Bulbul) Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Whistler’s Warbler Seicercus whistleri
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
- Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Common Babbler Turdoides caudata
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common/Stejneger’s Stonechat (Siberian/Stejneger’s Stonechat) Saxicola maurus
- Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Golden-fronted Leafbird (Golden-fronted Chloropsis) Chloropsis aurifrons
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-browed Wagtail (Large Pied Wagtail) Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (Yellow-throated Sparrow) Petronia xanthocollis
- Indian Silverbill (White-throated Munia) Euodice malabarica
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
- Red-naped Ibis (Indian Black Ibis) Pseudibis papillosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Brown-headed Barbet (Large Green Barbet) Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Black-rumped Flameback (Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker) Dinopium benghalense
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Cinereous Tit (Great Tit) Parus cinereus
- Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- 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