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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 ↓

Indian Spot-billed Duck 1
Anas poecilorhyncha
Bar-headed Goose 1
Anser indicus
Common Pochard 2
Aythya ferina
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Tadorna ferruginea
Red-crested Pochard 3
Netta rufina
Cotton Pygmy-Goose 4
Nettapus coromandelianus
Knob-billed Duck 5
Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos
Osprey 6
Pandion haliaetus
Greater Spotted Eagle 7
Clanga clanga
Indian Spotted Eagle 8
Clanga hastata
Bonelli's Eagle 8
Aquila fasciata
Steppe Eagle 9
Aquila nipalensis
Shikra 8
Accipiter badius
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 10
Accipiter nisus
crested serpent eagle 8
Spilornis cheela
Short-toed Snake-Eagle 11
Circaetus gallicus
Black Kite 12
Milvus migrans
black-shouldered kite 13
Elanus axillaris
oriental honey buzzard 14
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Egyptian Vulture 15
Neophron percnopterus
White-rumped Vulture 16
Gyps bengalensis
Indian Vulture 1
Gyps indicus
White-eyed Buzzard 1
Butastur teesa
Cinereous Vulture 17
Aegypius monachus
Red-headed Vulture 18
Sarcogyps calvus
Black Eagle 19
Ictinaetus malaiensis
crested hawk-eagle 1
Nisaetus cirrhatus
Great Cormorant 20
Phalacrocorax carbo
Oriental Darter 21
Anhinga melanogaster
Streak-throated Swallow 22
Petrochelidon fluvicola
Barn Swallow 23
Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow 8
Hirundo smithii
Dusky Crag-Martin 24
Ptyonoprogne concolor
Red-rumped Swallow 1
Cecropis daurica
Brown Shrike 25
Lanius cristatus
Long-tailed Shrike 1
Lanius schach
Bay-backed Shrike 1
Lanius vittatus
Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher 26
Cyornis tickelliae
Pied Bushchat 27
Saxicola caprata
Siberian Stonechat 7
Saxicola maurus
Asian Brown Flycatcher 7
Muscicapa dauurica
Black Redstart 1
Phoenicurus ochruros
Bluethroat 28
Luscinia svecica
Taiga Flycatcher 29
Ficedula albicilla
Red-breasted Flycatcher 29
Ficedula parva
Indian Robin 1
Copsychus fulicatus
White-rumped Shama 30
Copsychus malabaricus
Oriental Magpie-Robin 31
Copsychus saularis
Verditer Flycatcher 29
Eumyias thalassinus
Purple Sunbird 8
Cinnyris asiaticus
Cinereous Tit 32
Parus cinereus
Indian Tit 33
Machlolophus aplonotus
Black-lored Tit 16
Machlolophus xanthogenys
House Sparrow 16
Passer domesticus
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia 1
Petronia xanthocollis
Indian Pitta 34
Pitta brachyura
Puff-throated Babbler 29
Pellorneum ruficeps
Red-vented Bulbul 1
Pycnonotus cafer
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch 35
Sitta cinnamoventris
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 36
Sitta frontalis
Asian Pied Starling 1
Gracupica contra
Chestnut-tailed Starling 37
Sturnia malabarica
Brahminy Starling 1
Sturnia pagodarum
Rosy Starling 38
Pastor roseus
Common Myna 1
Acridotheres tristis
Lesser Whitethroat 39
Sylvia curruca
Scaly Thrush 40
Zoothera dauma
Orange-headed Thrush 1
Geokichla citrina
Oriental White-eye 8
Zosterops palpebrosus
Common Chiffchaff 8
Phylloscopus collybita
Hume's Warbler 29
Phylloscopus humei
Greenish Warbler 29
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Booted Warbler 41
Iduna caligata
Blyth's Reed Warbler 42
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Large Gray Babbler 43
Turdoides malcolmi
Jungle Babbler 1
Turdoides striata
Yellow-eyed Babbler 1
Chrysomma sinense
Common Iora 16
Aegithina tiphia
Small Minivet 38
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
White-bellied Minivet 44
Pericrocotus erythropygius
Long-tailed Minivet 45
Pericrocotus ethologus
Scarlet Minivet 37
Pericrocotus speciosus
Large Cuckoo-shrike 8
Coracina macei
Black-headed Cuckooshrike 37
Lalage melanoptera
Black-winged Cuckooshrike 40
Lalage melaschistos
Jerdon's Leafbird 29
Chloropsis jerdoni
Thick-billed Flowerpecker 22
Dicaeum agile
White-bellied Drongo 1
Dicrurus caerulescens
Hair-crested Drongo 29
Dicrurus hottentottus
Ashy Drongo 1
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Black Drongo 1
Dicrurus macrocercus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 29
Dicrurus paradiseus
Tricolored Munia 46
Lonchura malacca
Scaly-breasted Munia 47
Lonchura punctulata
White-rumped Munia 48
Lonchura striata
Red Avadavat 49
Amandava amandava
Indian Silverbill 50
Euodice malabarica
Asian Paradise Flycatcher 38
Terpsiphone paradisi
Black-naped Monarch 29
Hypothymis azurea
Grey Wagtail 51
Motacilla cinerea

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