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 ↓

Little Egret ¹
Egretta garzetta

Great Egret ²
Ardea alba

Grey Heron ³
Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron ⁴
Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁵
Nycticorax nycticorax

Indian Pond-Heron ⁴
Ardeola grayii

Cinnamon Bittern ⁶
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Black Bittern ⁷
Ixobrychus flavicollis

Cattle Egret ⁸
Bubulcus ibis

Intermediate Egret ⁹
Mesophoyx intermedia

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Flora and Fauna of Bandhavgarh National Park, India

Little Egret 1 Egretta garzetta

Great Egret 2 Ardea alba

Grey Heron 3 Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron 4 Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 Nycticorax nycticorax

Indian Pond-Heron 4 Ardeola grayii

Cinnamon Bittern 6 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Black Bittern 7 Ixobrychus flavicollis

Cattle Egret 8 Bubulcus ibis

Intermediate Egret 9 Mesophoyx intermedia