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Flora and Fauna of Bandhavgarh National Park, India

This guide sets forth some of the salient species seen in Bandhavgarh NP in the dry deciduous forests of the Deccan Plateau in central India. Each of the species listed here have been personally observed by ...more ↓

Oriental Garden Lizard 1
Calotes versicolor
Common Hawk-Cuckoo 2
Hierococcyx varius
Greater Coucal 3
Centropus sinensis
Jacobin Cuckoo 4
Clamator jacobinus
Grey-bellied Cuckoo 5
Cacomantis passerinus
Asian Koel 6
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Common Cuckoo 7
Cuculus canorus
Indian Cuckoo 8
Cuculus micropterus
Sirkeer Malkoha 9
Taccocua leschenaultii
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker 10
Dendrocopos mahrattensis
Brown-capped Woodpecker 11
Dendrocopos nanus
Rufous Woodpecker 12
Celeus brachyurus
Streak-throated Woodpecker 9
Picus xanthopygaeus
Black-rumped Flameback 13
Dinopium benghalense
White-naped Woodpecker 14
Chrysocolaptes festivus
Eurasian Wryneck 15
Jynx torquilla
Coppersmith Barbet 13
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Brown-headed Barbet 9
Psilopogon zeylanicus
Plum-headed Parakeet 16
Psittacula cyanocephala
Alexandrine Parakeet 15
Psittacula eupatria
Rose-ringed Parakeet 16
Psittacula krameri
Jungle Owlet 13
Glaucidium radiatum
Mottled Wood-Owl 16
Strix ocellata
Spotted Owlet 13
Athene brama
Rock Eagle-Owl 9
Bubo bengalensis
Brown Boobook 17
Ninox scutulata
Indian Scops-Owl 16
Otus bakkamoena
Brown Fish-Owl 13
Ketupa zeylonensis
Barn Owl 18
Tyto alba
Green Bee-eater 16
Merops orientalis
Blue-bearded Bee-eater 19
Nyctyornis athertoni
Indian Roller 20
Coracias benghalensis
White-throated Kingfisher 9
Halcyon smyrnensis
Stork-billed Kingfisher 21
Pelargopsis capensis
Indian Small Blue Kingfisher 22
Alcedo atthis bengalensis
Pied Kingfisher 23
Ceryle rudis
Emerald Doves 9
Chalcophaps
Spotted Dove 13
Streptopelia chinensis
Eurasian Collared-Dove 24
Streptopelia decaocto
Oriental Turtle-Dove 13
Streptopelia orientalis
Laughing Dove 16
Streptopelia senegalensis
Red Collared-Dove 21
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Rock Pigeon 25
Columba livia
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon 16
Treron phoenicopterus
Woolly-necked Stork 16
Ciconia episcopus
Black Stork 26
Ciconia nigra
Painted Stork 27
Mycteria leucocephala
Lesser Adjutant 16
Leptoptilos javanicus
Asian Openbill 21
Anastomus oscitans
White-breasted Waterhen 28
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Eurasian Moorhen 13
Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot 5
Fulica atra
Painted Sandgrouse 29
Pterocles indicus
Common Hoopoe 9
Upupa epops
Indian Grey Hornbill 16
Ocyceros birostris
Malabar Pied Hornbill 16
Anthracoceros coronatus
Painted Spurfowl 9
Galloperdix lunulata
Red Spurfowl 9
Galloperdix spadicea
Indian Peafowl 16
Pavo cristatus
Painted Francolin 30
Francolinus pictus
Grey Francolin 31
Francolinus pondicerianus
Jungle Bush Quail 13
Perdicula asiatica
Red Junglefowl 13
Gallus gallus
Barred Buttonquail 32
Turnix suscitator
Little Stint 21
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint 4
Calidris temminckii
Wood Sandpiper 33
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 9
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 28
Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank 34
Tringa totanus
Common Sandpiper 16
Actitis hypoleucos
Greater Painted-snipe 35
Rostratula benghalensis
Bronze-winged Jacana 21
Metopidius indicus
Pheasant-tailed Jacana 9
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Little Ringed Plover 7
Charadrius dubius
Red-wattled Lapwing 36
Vanellus indicus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing 16
Vanellus malabaricus
Indian Thick-knee 37
Burhinus indicus
Black-winged Stilt 38
Himantopus himantopus
Little Grebe 16
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed Ibis 4
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Red-naped Ibis 16
Pseudibis papillosa
Little Egret 39
Egretta garzetta
Great Egret 40
Ardea alba
Grey Heron 41
Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron 16
Ardea purpurea
Black-crowned Night-Heron 42
Nycticorax nycticorax
Indian Pond-Heron 16
Ardeola grayii
Cinnamon Bittern 43
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern 44
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Cattle Egret 45
Bubulcus ibis
Intermediate Egret 46
Mesophoyx intermedia
Peregrine Falcon 47
Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Kestrel 48
Falco tinnunculus
Savanna Nightjar 9
Caprimulgus affinis
Indian Nightjar 16
Jungle Nightjar 49
Caprimulgus indicus
Crested Treeswift 16
Hemiprocne coronata
Little Swift 50
Apus affinis
Lesser Whistling-Duck 16
Dendrocygna javanica

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