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 ↓

Streak-throated Swallow ¹
Petrochelidon fluvicola

Barn Swallow ²
Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow ³
Hirundo smithii

Dusky Crag-Martin ⁴
Ptyonoprogne concolor

Red-rumped Swallow ⁵
Cecropis daurica

Brown Shrike ⁶
Lanius cristatus

Long-tailed Shrike ⁵
Lanius schach

Bay-backed Shrike ⁵
Lanius vittatus

Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher ⁷
Cyornis tickelliae

Pied Bushchat ⁸
Saxicola caprata

Siberian Stonechat ⁹
Saxicola maurus

Asian Brown Flycatcher ⁹
Muscicapa dauurica

Black Redstart ⁵
Phoenicurus ochruros

Bluethroat ¹⁰
Luscinia svecica

Taiga Flycatcher ¹¹
Ficedula albicilla

Red-breasted Flycatcher ¹¹
Ficedula parva

Indian Robin ⁵
Copsychus fulicatus

White-rumped Shama ¹²
Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin ¹³
Copsychus saularis

Verditer Flycatcher ¹¹
Eumyias thalassinus

Purple Sunbird ³
Cinnyris asiaticus

Cinereous Tit ¹⁴
Parus cinereus

Indian Tit ¹⁵
Machlolophus aplonotus

Black-lored Tit ¹⁶
Machlolophus xanthogenys

House Sparrow ¹⁶
Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia ⁵
Petronia xanthocollis

Indian Pitta ¹⁷
Pitta brachyura

Puff-throated Babbler ¹¹
Pellorneum ruficeps

Red-vented Bulbul ⁵
Pycnonotus cafer

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ¹⁸
Sitta cinnamoventris

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch ¹⁹
Sitta frontalis

Asian Pied Starling ⁵
Gracupica contra

Chestnut-tailed Starling ²⁰
Sturnia malabarica

Brahminy Starling ⁵
Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling ²¹
Pastor roseus

Common Myna ⁵
Acridotheres tristis

Lesser Whitethroat ²²
Sylvia curruca

Scaly Thrush ²³
Zoothera dauma

Orange-headed Thrush ⁵
Geokichla citrina

Oriental White-eye ³
Zosterops palpebrosus

Common Chiffchaff ³
Phylloscopus collybita

Hume's Warbler ¹¹
Phylloscopus humei

Greenish Warbler ¹¹
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Booted Warbler ²⁴
Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler ²⁵
Acrocephalus dumetorum

Large Gray Babbler ²⁶
Turdoides malcolmi

Jungle Babbler ⁵
Turdoides striata

Yellow-eyed Babbler ⁵
Chrysomma sinense

Common Iora ¹⁶
Aegithina tiphia

Small Minivet ²¹
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-bellied Minivet ²⁷
Pericrocotus erythropygius

Long-tailed Minivet ²⁸
Pericrocotus ethologus

Scarlet Minivet ²⁰
Pericrocotus speciosus

Large Cuckoo-shrike ³
Coracina macei

Black-headed Cuckooshrike ²⁰
Lalage melanoptera

Black-winged Cuckooshrike ²³
Lalage melaschistos

Jerdon's Leafbird ¹¹
Chloropsis jerdoni

Thick-billed Flowerpecker ¹
Dicaeum agile

White-bellied Drongo ⁵
Dicrurus caerulescens

Hair-crested Drongo ¹¹
Dicrurus hottentottus

Ashy Drongo ⁵
Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Drongo ⁵
Dicrurus macrocercus

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ¹¹
Dicrurus paradiseus

Tricolored Munia ²⁹
Lonchura malacca

Scaly-breasted Munia ³⁰
Lonchura punctulata

White-rumped Munia ³¹
Lonchura striata

Red Avadavat ³²
Amandava amandava

Indian Silverbill ³³
Euodice malabarica

Asian Paradise Flycatcher ²¹
Terpsiphone paradisi

Black-naped Monarch ¹¹
Hypothymis azurea

Grey Wagtail ³⁴
Motacilla cinerea

Western Yellow Wagtail ³⁵
Motacilla flava

Olive-backed Pipit ¹¹
Anthus hodgsoni

Paddyfield Pipit ³
Anthus rufulus

Indian Golden Oriole ³⁶
Oriolus kundoo

Black-hooded Oriole ³⁷
Oriolus xanthornus

Baya Weaver ¹⁶
Ploceus philippinus

White-browed Fantail ³⁸
Rhipidura aureola

Tawny-bellied Babbler ³⁹
Dumetia hyperythra

Common Woodshrike ¹⁶
Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Indian Bushlark ⁴⁰
Mirafra erythroptera

Oriental Skylark ⁴¹
Alauda gulgula

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark ²¹
Eremopterix griseus

Rufous-tailed Lark ²¹
Ammomanes phoenicura

Common Tailorbird ⁴²
Orthotomus sutorius

Zitting Cisticola ⁴³
Cisticola juncidis

Grey-breasted Prinia ²⁰
Prinia hodgsonii

Plain Prinia ⁴⁴
Prinia inornata

Ashy Prinia ⁴⁵
Prinia socialis

Jungle Prinia ²⁰
Prinia sylvatica

House Crow ⁴⁶
Corvus splendens

Indian Jungle Crow ⁵
Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus

Rufous Treepie ⁴⁷
Dendrocitta vagabunda

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Flora and Fauna of Bandhavgarh National Park, India

Streak-throated Swallow 1 Petrochelidon fluvicola

Barn Swallow 2 Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow 3 Hirundo smithii

Dusky Crag-Martin 4 Ptyonoprogne concolor

Red-rumped Swallow 5 Cecropis daurica

Brown Shrike 6 Lanius cristatus

Long-tailed Shrike 5 Lanius schach

Bay-backed Shrike 5 Lanius vittatus

Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher 7 Cyornis tickelliae

Pied Bushchat 8 Saxicola caprata

Siberian Stonechat 9 Saxicola maurus

Asian Brown Flycatcher 9 Muscicapa dauurica

Black Redstart 5 Phoenicurus ochruros

Bluethroat 10 Luscinia svecica

Taiga Flycatcher 11 Ficedula albicilla

Red-breasted Flycatcher 11 Ficedula parva

Indian Robin 5 Copsychus fulicatus

White-rumped Shama 12 Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin 13 Copsychus saularis

Verditer Flycatcher 11 Eumyias thalassinus

Purple Sunbird 3 Cinnyris asiaticus

Cinereous Tit 14 Parus cinereus

Indian Tit 15 Machlolophus aplonotus

Black-lored Tit 16 Machlolophus xanthogenys

House Sparrow 16 Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia 5 Petronia xanthocollis

Indian Pitta 17 Pitta brachyura

Puff-throated Babbler 11 Pellorneum ruficeps

Red-vented Bulbul 5 Pycnonotus cafer

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch 18 Sitta cinnamoventris

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 19 Sitta frontalis

Asian Pied Starling 5 Gracupica contra

Chestnut-tailed Starling 20 Sturnia malabarica

Brahminy Starling 5 Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling 21 Pastor roseus

Common Myna 5 Acridotheres tristis

Lesser Whitethroat 22 Sylvia curruca

Scaly Thrush 23 Zoothera dauma

Orange-headed Thrush 5 Geokichla citrina

Oriental White-eye 3 Zosterops palpebrosus

Common Chiffchaff 3 Phylloscopus collybita

Hume's Warbler 11 Phylloscopus humei

Greenish Warbler 11 Phylloscopus trochiloides

Booted Warbler 24 Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler 25 Acrocephalus dumetorum

Large Gray Babbler 26 Turdoides malcolmi

Jungle Babbler 5 Turdoides striata

Yellow-eyed Babbler 5 Chrysomma sinense

Common Iora 16 Aegithina tiphia

Small Minivet 21 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-bellied Minivet 27 Pericrocotus erythropygius

Long-tailed Minivet 28 Pericrocotus ethologus

Scarlet Minivet 20 Pericrocotus speciosus

Large Cuckoo-shrike 3 Coracina macei

Black-headed Cuckooshrike 20 Lalage melanoptera

Black-winged Cuckooshrike 23 Lalage melaschistos

Jerdon's Leafbird 11 Chloropsis jerdoni

Thick-billed Flowerpecker 1 Dicaeum agile

White-bellied Drongo 5 Dicrurus caerulescens

Hair-crested Drongo 11 Dicrurus hottentottus

Ashy Drongo 5 Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Drongo 5 Dicrurus macrocercus

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 11 Dicrurus paradiseus

Tricolored Munia 29 Lonchura malacca

Scaly-breasted Munia 30 Lonchura punctulata

White-rumped Munia 31 Lonchura striata

Red Avadavat 32 Amandava amandava

Indian Silverbill 33 Euodice malabarica

Asian Paradise Flycatcher 21 Terpsiphone paradisi

Black-naped Monarch 11 Hypothymis azurea

Grey Wagtail 34 Motacilla cinerea

Western Yellow Wagtail 35 Motacilla flava

Olive-backed Pipit 11 Anthus hodgsoni

Paddyfield Pipit 3 Anthus rufulus

Indian Golden Oriole 36 Oriolus kundoo

Black-hooded Oriole 37 Oriolus xanthornus

Baya Weaver 16 Ploceus philippinus

White-browed Fantail 38 Rhipidura aureola

Tawny-bellied Babbler 39 Dumetia hyperythra