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 ↓

Green-winged Teal ¹
Anas crecca

Indian Spot-billed Duck ²
Anas poecilorhyncha

Bar-headed Goose ²
Anser indicus

Common Pochard ³
Aythya ferina

Ruddy Shelduck ²
Tadorna ferruginea

Red-crested Pochard ⁴
Netta rufina

Cotton Pygmy-Goose ⁵
Nettapus coromandelianus

Knob-billed Duck ⁶
Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos

Osprey ⁷
Pandion haliaetus

Greater Spotted Eagle ⁸
Clanga clanga

Indian Spotted Eagle ⁹
Clanga hastata

Bonelli's Eagle ⁹
Aquila fasciata

Steppe Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila nipalensis

Shikra ⁹
Accipiter badius

Eurasian Sparrowhawk ¹¹
Accipiter nisus

crested serpent eagle ⁹
Spilornis cheela

Short-toed Snake-Eagle ¹²
Circaetus gallicus

Black Kite ¹³
Milvus migrans

black-shouldered kite ¹⁴
Elanus axillaris

oriental honey buzzard ¹⁵
Pernis ptilorhynchus

Egyptian Vulture ¹⁶
Neophron percnopterus

White-rumped Vulture ¹⁷
Gyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture ²
Gyps indicus

White-eyed Buzzard ²
Butastur teesa

Cinereous Vulture ¹⁸
Aegypius monachus

Red-headed Vulture ¹⁹
Sarcogyps calvus

Black Eagle ²⁰
Ictinaetus malaiensis

crested hawk-eagle ²
Nisaetus cirrhatus

Great Cormorant ²¹
Phalacrocorax carbo

Oriental Darter ²²
Anhinga melanogaster

Streak-throated Swallow ²³
Petrochelidon fluvicola

Barn Swallow ²⁴
Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow ⁹
Hirundo smithii

Dusky Crag-Martin ²⁵
Ptyonoprogne concolor

Red-rumped Swallow ²
Cecropis daurica

Brown Shrike ²⁶
Lanius cristatus

Long-tailed Shrike ²
Lanius schach

Bay-backed Shrike ²
Lanius vittatus

Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher ²⁷
Cyornis tickelliae

Pied Bushchat ²⁸
Saxicola caprata

Siberian Stonechat ⁸
Saxicola maurus

Asian Brown Flycatcher ⁸
Muscicapa dauurica

Black Redstart ²
Phoenicurus ochruros

Bluethroat ²⁹
Luscinia svecica

Taiga Flycatcher ³⁰
Ficedula albicilla

Red-breasted Flycatcher ³⁰
Ficedula parva

Indian Robin ²
Copsychus fulicatus

White-rumped Shama ³¹
Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin ³²
Copsychus saularis

Verditer Flycatcher ³⁰
Eumyias thalassinus

Purple Sunbird ⁹
Cinnyris asiaticus

Cinereous Tit ³³
Parus cinereus

Indian Tit ³⁴
Machlolophus aplonotus

Black-lored Tit ¹⁷
Machlolophus xanthogenys

House Sparrow ¹⁷
Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia ²
Petronia xanthocollis

Indian Pitta ³⁵
Pitta brachyura

Puff-throated Babbler ³⁰
Pellorneum ruficeps

Red-vented Bulbul ²
Pycnonotus cafer

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ³⁶
Sitta cinnamoventris

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch ³⁷
Sitta frontalis

Asian Pied Starling ²
Gracupica contra

Chestnut-tailed Starling ³⁸
Sturnia malabarica

Brahminy Starling ²
Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling ³⁹
Pastor roseus

Common Myna ²
Acridotheres tristis

Lesser Whitethroat ⁴⁰
Sylvia curruca

Scaly Thrush ⁴¹
Zoothera dauma

Orange-headed Thrush ²
Geokichla citrina

Oriental White-eye ⁹
Zosterops palpebrosus

Common Chiffchaff ⁹
Phylloscopus collybita

Hume's Warbler ³⁰
Phylloscopus humei

Greenish Warbler ³⁰
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Booted Warbler ⁴²
Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler ⁴³
Acrocephalus dumetorum

Large Gray Babbler ⁴⁴
Turdoides malcolmi

Jungle Babbler ²
Turdoides striata

Yellow-eyed Babbler ²
Chrysomma sinense

Common Iora ¹⁷
Aegithina tiphia

Small Minivet ³⁹
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-bellied Minivet ⁴⁵
Pericrocotus erythropygius

Long-tailed Minivet ⁴⁶
Pericrocotus ethologus

Scarlet Minivet ³⁸
Pericrocotus speciosus

Large Cuckoo-shrike ⁹
Coracina macei

Black-headed Cuckooshrike ³⁸
Lalage melanoptera

Black-winged Cuckooshrike ⁴¹
Lalage melaschistos

Jerdon's Leafbird ³⁰
Chloropsis jerdoni

Thick-billed Flowerpecker ²³
Dicaeum agile

White-bellied Drongo ²
Dicrurus caerulescens

Hair-crested Drongo ³⁰
Dicrurus hottentottus

Ashy Drongo ²
Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Drongo ²
Dicrurus macrocercus

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ³⁰
Dicrurus paradiseus

Tricolored Munia ⁴⁷
Lonchura malacca

Scaly-breasted Munia ⁴⁸
Lonchura punctulata

White-rumped Munia ⁴⁹
Lonchura striata

Red Avadavat ⁵⁰
Amandava amandava

Indian Silverbill ⁵¹
Euodice malabarica

Asian Paradise Flycatcher ³⁹
Terpsiphone paradisi

Black-naped Monarch ³⁰
Hypothymis azurea

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Flora and Fauna of Bandhavgarh National Park, India

Green-winged Teal 1 Anas crecca

Indian Spot-billed Duck 2 Anas poecilorhyncha

Bar-headed Goose 2 Anser indicus

Common Pochard 3 Aythya ferina

Ruddy Shelduck 2 Tadorna ferruginea

Red-crested Pochard 4 Netta rufina

Cotton Pygmy-Goose 5 Nettapus coromandelianus

Knob-billed Duck 6 Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos

Osprey 7 Pandion haliaetus

Greater Spotted Eagle 8 Clanga clanga

Indian Spotted Eagle 9 Clanga hastata

Bonelli's Eagle 9 Aquila fasciata

Steppe Eagle 10 Aquila nipalensis

Shikra 9 Accipiter badius

Eurasian Sparrowhawk 11 Accipiter nisus

crested serpent eagle 9 Spilornis cheela

Short-toed Snake-Eagle 12 Circaetus gallicus

Black Kite 13 Milvus migrans

black-shouldered kite 14 Elanus axillaris

oriental honey buzzard 15 Pernis ptilorhynchus

Egyptian Vulture 16 Neophron percnopterus

White-rumped Vulture 17 Gyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture 2 Gyps indicus

White-eyed Buzzard 2 Butastur teesa

Cinereous Vulture 18 Aegypius monachus

Red-headed Vulture 19 Sarcogyps calvus

Black Eagle 20 Ictinaetus malaiensis

crested hawk-eagle 2 Nisaetus cirrhatus

Great Cormorant 21 Phalacrocorax carbo

Oriental Darter 22 Anhinga melanogaster

Streak-throated Swallow 23 Petrochelidon fluvicola

Barn Swallow 24 Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow 9 Hirundo smithii

Dusky Crag-Martin 25 Ptyonoprogne concolor

Red-rumped Swallow 2 Cecropis daurica

Brown Shrike 26 Lanius cristatus

Long-tailed Shrike 2 Lanius schach

Bay-backed Shrike 2 Lanius vittatus

Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher 27 Cyornis tickelliae

Pied Bushchat 28 Saxicola caprata

Siberian Stonechat 8 Saxicola maurus

Asian Brown Flycatcher 8 Muscicapa dauurica

Black Redstart 2 Phoenicurus ochruros

Bluethroat 29 Luscinia svecica

Taiga Flycatcher 30 Ficedula albicilla

Red-breasted Flycatcher 30 Ficedula parva

Indian Robin 2 Copsychus fulicatus

White-rumped Shama 31 Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin 32 Copsychus saularis

Verditer Flycatcher 30 Eumyias thalassinus

Purple Sunbird 9 Cinnyris asiaticus

Cinereous Tit 33 Parus cinereus

Indian Tit 34 Machlolophus aplonotus

Black-lored Tit 17 Machlolophus xanthogenys

House Sparrow 17 Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia 2 Petronia xanthocollis

Indian Pitta 35 Pitta brachyura

Puff-throated Babbler 30 Pellorneum ruficeps

Red-vented Bulbul 2 Pycnonotus cafer

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch 36 Sitta cinnamoventris

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 37 Sitta frontalis

Asian Pied Starling 2 Gracupica contra

Chestnut-tailed Starling 38 Sturnia malabarica

Brahminy Starling 2 Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling 39 Pastor roseus

Common Myna 2 Acridotheres tristis

Lesser Whitethroat 40 Sylvia curruca

Scaly Thrush 41 Zoothera dauma

Orange-headed Thrush 2 Geokichla citrina

Oriental White-eye 9 Zosterops palpebrosus

Common Chiffchaff 9 Phylloscopus collybita

Hume's Warbler 30 Phylloscopus humei

Greenish Warbler 30 Phylloscopus trochiloides

Booted Warbler 42 Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler 43 Acrocephalus dumetorum

Large Gray Babbler 44 Turdoides malcolmi

Jungle Babbler 2 Turdoides striata

Yellow-eyed Babbler 2 Chrysomma sinense

Common Iora 17 Aegithina tiphia