Joseph George (ed), M.B.Krishna, S.Subramanya, J.N.Prasad, O.C.Naveein, S.Karthikeyan, U.Harish Kumar, N.Srinivasan, T.S.Srinivasa,
AND
ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF BANGALORE.
Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore. 1994.
Which is a compilation of the observations of more than fifty-five birdwatchers, extending to more than twenty years and the literature dating back to 1828. The details, including the list of contributors, references, acknowledgements, explanatory and species notes, etc. are in the printed publication.
Dr.M.B.Krishna, The Heritage, 10 RangaRao Road, Shankarapura, Bangalore 560004. India. December 1995.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | R/C | Habitat | Call |
| Accipiter badius | Shikra | C | ||
| Accipiter gentilis | Goshawk | R | ||
| Accipiter nisus | Sparrow-Hawk | R | ||
| Acridotheres fuscus | Jungle Myna | C | ||
| Acridotheres tristis | Indian Myna | C | ||
| Acrocephalus aedon | Thickbilled Warbler | R | ||
| Acrocephalus agricola | Paddyfield Warbler | C | ||
| Acrocephalus dumetorum | Blyth's Reed Warbler | C | ||
| Acrocephalus stentoreus | Indian Great Reed Warbler | C | ||
| Aegithina tiphia | Common Iora | C | ||
| Alauda gulgula | Eastern Skylark | C | ||
| Alcedo atthis | Small Blue Kingfisher | C | ||
| Amaurornis akool | Brown Crake | R | ||
| Amaurornis phoenicurus | Whitebreasted Waterhen | C | ||
| Ammomanes phoenicurus | Rufoustailed Finch-Lark | ? | ||
| Anas acuta | Pintail | C | ||
| Anas clypeata | Shoveller | C | ||
| Anas crecca | Common Teal | C | ||
| Anas penelope | Wigeon | R | ||
| Anas poecilorhyncha | Spotbill Duck | C | ||
| Anas querquedula | Garganey | C | ||
| Anas strepera | Gadwall | R | ||
| Anastomus oscitans | Openbill Stork | R | ||
| Anhinga rufa | Darter | R | ||
| Anser indicus | Barheaded Goose | C | ||
| Anthropoides virgo | Demoiselle Crane | R | ||
| Anthus hodgsonii | Indian Tree Pipit | R | ||
| Anthus novaeseelandiae | Paddyfield Pipit | C | ||
| Anthus trivialis | Tree Pipit | R | ||
| Apus affinis | House Swift | C | ||
| Apus melba | Alpine Swift | R | ||
| Apus pacificus | Large Whiterumped Swift | R | ||
| Aquila clanga | Greater Spotted Eagle | R | ||
| Aquila rapax / Aquila vindhiana | Tawny Eagle | R | ||
| Ardea alba | Large Egret | C | ||
| Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron | C | ||
| Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron | C | ||
| Ardeola grayii | Pond Heron | C | ||
| Ardeola striatus | Little Green Heron | R | ||
| Artamus fuscus | Ashy Swallow-Shrike | R | ||
| Athene brama | Spotted Owlet | C | ||
| Aythya ferina | Common Pochard | C | ||
| Aythya fuligula | Tufted Pochard | R | ||
| Aythya nyroca | White-eyed Pochard | R | ||
| Botaurus stellaris | Bittern | R | ||
| Bubo bubo | Great Horned Owl | C | ||
| Bubo zeylonensis | Brown Fish Owl | R | ||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | C | ||
| Burhinus oedicnemus | Stone Curlew | R | ||
| Butastur teesa | White-eyed Buzzard | C | ||
| Buteo rufinus | Longlegged Buzzard | R | ||
| Cacomantis passerinus | Indian Plaintive Cuckoo | C | ||
| Cacomantis sonneratii | Indian Baybanded Cuckoo | R | ||
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint | C | ||
| Calidris temminckii | Temminck's Stint | C | ||
| Calidris testacea | Curlew-Sandpiper | R | ||
| Caprimulgus affinis | Allied/Franklin's Nightjar | R | ||
| Caprimulgus asiaticus | Common Indian Nightjar | C | ||
| Caprimulgus indicus | Indian Jungle Nightjar | R | ||
| Caprimulgus macrurus | Longtailed Nightjar | R | ||
| Caprimulgus mahrattensis | Sykes's Nightjar | R | ||
| Carpodacus erythrinus | Common Rosefinch | R | ||
| Centropus sinensis | Crow-Pheasant | C | ||
| Ceryle rudis | Lesser Pied Kingfisher | C | ||
| Chaetura gigantea | Brownthroated Spinetail Swift | R | ||
| Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | C | ||
| Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | C | ||
| Chlidonias hybrida | Whiskered Tern | C | ||
| Chloropsis aurifrons | Goldfronted Chloropsis | R | ||
| Chloropsis cochinchinensis | Goldmantled Chloropsis | C | ||
| Choriotis nigriceps | Great Indian Bustard | R | ||
| Chrysocolaptes festivus | Blackbacked Woodpecker | C | ||
| Chrysomma sinense | Yelloweyed Babbler | C | ||
| Ciconia ciconia | White Stork | R | ||
| Ciconia episcopus | Whitenecked Stork | C | ||
| Circaetus gallicus | Short-toed Eagle | C | ||
| Circus aeruginosus | Marsh Harrier | C | ||
| Circus cyaneus | Hen Harrier | R | ||
| Circus macrouros | Pale Harrier | C | ||
| Circus melanoleucos | Pied Harrier | R | ||
| Circus pygargus | Montague's Harrier | C | ||
| Cisticola juncidis | Streaked Fantail Warbler | C | ||
| Clamator coromandus | Redwinged Crested Cuckoo | R | ||
| Clamator jacobinus | Pied Crested Cuckoo | C | ||
| Columba elphinstonii | Nilgiri Wood Pigeon | R | ||
| Columba livia | Blue Rock Pigeon | C | ||
| Copsychus saularis | Magpie-Robin | C | ||
| Coracias benghalensis | Indian Roller | C | ||
| Coracina melanoptera | Blackheaded Cuckoo-Shrike | C | ||
| Coracina melaschistos | Smaller Grey Cuckoo-Shrike | R | ||
| Coracina novaehollandiae | Large Cuckoo-shrike | C | ||
| Corvus macrorhynchos | Jungle Crow | C | ||
| Corvus splendens | House Crow | C | ||
| Coturnix coromandelica | Rain Quail | R | ||
| Coturnix coturnix | Common Quail | R | ||
| Cuculus canorus | European Cuckoo | R | ||
| Cuculus micropterus | Indian Cuckoo | R | ||
| Cuculus varius | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | C | ||
| Culicicapa ceylonensis | Greyheaded Flycatcher | R | ||
| Cursorius coromandelicus | Indian Courser | ? | ||
| Cypsiurus parvus | Palm Swift | C | ||
| Dendrocitta leucogastra | Whitebellied Tree Pie | R | ||
| Dendrocitta vagabunda | Indian Tree Pie | C | ||
| Dendrocygna javanica | Lesser Whistling Teal | ? | ||
| Dicaeum agile | Thickbilled Flowerpecker | R | ||
| Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | Tickell's Flowerpecker | C | ||
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Black Drongo | C | ||
| Dicrurus caerulescens | Whitebellied Drongo | C | ||
| Dicrurus hottentottus | Haircrested Drongo | C | ||
| Dicrurus leucophaeus | Grey Drongo | C | ||
| Dinopium benghalense | Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker | C | ||
| Dumetia hyperythra | Whitethroated Babbler | C | ||
| Egretta garzetta | Little Egret | C | ||
| Egretta gularis | Indian Reef Heron | R | ||
| Egretta intermedia | Smaller Egret | C | ||
| Elanus caeruleus | Blackwinged Kite | C | ||
| Emberiza brunniceps | Redheaded Bunting | R | ||
| Emberiza melanocephala | Blackheaded Bunting | R | ||
| Eremopterix grisea | Ashycrowned Finch-Lark | C | ||
| Erithacus brunneus | Blue Chat | R | ||
| Erithacus svecicus | Bluethroat | C | ||
| Esacus magnirostris | Great Stone Plover | R | ||
| Estrilda amandava | Red Munia | C | ||
| Eudynamys scolopacea | Koel | C | ||
| Falco biarmicus jugger | Laggar Falcon | R | ||
| Falco chicquera | Readheaded Merlin | C | ||
| Falco peregrinus japonensis | Peregrine Falcon | R | ||
| Falco perigrinus peregrinator | Shaheen Falcon | R | ||
| Falco subbuteo | Hobby | R | ||
| Falco tinnunculus | Kestrel | C | ||
| Francolinus pictus | Black Partridge | R | ||
| Francolinus pondicerianus | Grey Partridge | C | ||
| Fulica atra | Coot | C | ||
| Gallicrex cinerea | Kora Watercock | C | ||
| Gallinago gallinago | Fantail Snipe | C | ||
| Gallinago media | Great Snipe | R | ||
| Gallinago minima | Jack Snipe | R | ||
| Gallinago nemoricola | Wood Snipe | R | ||
| Gallinago stenura | Pintail Snipe | C | ||
| Gallinula chloropus | Moorhen | C | ||
| Galloperdix lunulata | Painted Spurfowl | R | ||
| Galloperdix spadicea | Red Spurfowl | R | ||
| Gallus sonneratii | Grey Junglefowl | C | ||
| Glareola lactea | Small Indian Pratincole | C | ||
| Glaucidium radiatum | Barred Jungle Owlet | R | ||
| Gyps benghalensis | Indian Whitebacked Vulture | C | ||
| Gyps indicus | Indian Longbilled Vulture | C | ||
| Halcyon pileata | Blackcapped Kingfisher | R | ||
| Halcyon smyrnensis | Whitebreasted Kingfisher | C | ||
| Haliastur indus | Brahminy Kite | C | ||
| Hemiprocne longipennis | Crested Tree Swift | R | ||
| Hieraaetus fasciatus | Bonelli's Eagle | R | ||
| Hieraaetus pennatus | Booted Hawk-Eagle | ? | ||
| Himantopus himantopus | Blackwinged Stilt | C | ||
| Hippolais caligata | Booted Tree Warbler | C | ||
| Hirundo concolor | Dusky Crag Martin | C | ||
| Hirundo daurica | Redrumped/Striated Swallow | C | ||
| Hirundo fluvicola | Indian Cliff Swallow | C | ||
| Hirundo rustica | Barn/Common Swallow | C | ||
| Hirundo smithii | Wiretailed Swallow | C | ||
| Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | C | W(reeds) | |
| Ictinaetus malayensis | Black Eagle | R | ||
| Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | Chesnut Bittern | R | ||
| Ixobrychus minutus | Little Bittern | R | ||
| Lanius cristatus | Brown Shrike | C | ||
| Lanius excubitor | Grey Shrike | R | ||
| Lanius schach | Rufousbacked Shrike | C | ||
| Lanius vittatus | Baybacked Shrike | R | ||
| Larus brunnicephalus | Brownheaded Gull | C | ||
| Larus ridibundus | Blackheaded Gull | R | ||
| Limosa limosa | Blacktailed Godwit | C | ||
| Lonchura malabarica | Whitethroated Munia | C | ||
| Lonchura malacca | Blackheaded Munia | C | ||
| Lonchura punctulata | Spotted Munia | C | ||
| Lonchura striata | Whitebacked Munia | C | ||
| Megalaima haemacephala | Crimsonbreasted Barbet | C | ||
| Megalaima viridis | Small Green Barbet | C | ||
| Megalaima zeylanica | Large Green Barbet | R | ||
| Melopsittacus undulatus | Budgerygar | R | ||
| Merops leschenaultii | Chesnutheaded Bee-eater | R | ||
| Merops orientalis | Small Green Bee-eater | C | ||
| Merops philippinus | Bluetailed Bee-eater | R | ||
| Metopidius indicus | Bronzewinged Jacana | R | ||
| Micropternus brachyurus | Rufous Woodpecker | R | ||
| Milvus migrans govinda | Pariah Kite | C | ||
| Milvus migrans lineatus | Blackeared Kite | C | ||
| Mirafra assamica | (Madras)Rufouswinged Bush Lark | R | ||
| Mirafra erythroptera | Redwinged Bush Lark | R | ||
| Mirafra javanica | Singing Bush Lark | C | ||
| Monarcha azurea | Blacknaped Flycatcher | C | ||
| Monticola cinclorhynchus | Blueheaded Rock Thrush | ? | ||
| Monticola solitarius | Blue Rock Thrush | C | ||
| Motacilla alba | White Wagtail | C | ||
| Motacilla cinerea | Grey Wagtail | C | ||
| Motacilla flava bheema | Blueheaded Yellow Wagtail | R | ||
| Motacilla flava melanogrisea | Blackheaded Yellow Wagtail | C | ||
| Motacilla flava thunbergi | Greyheaded Yellow Wagtail | C | ||
| Motacilla indica | Forest Wagtail | R | ||
| Motacilla maderaspatensis | Large Pied Wagtail | C | ||
| Muscicapa albicaudata | Nilgiri Flycatcher | R | ||
| Muscicapa latirostris | Brown Flycatcher | C | ||
| Muscicapa nigrorufa | Black and Orange Flycatcher | R | ||
| Muscicapa parva | Redbreasted Flycatcher | C | ||
| Muscicapa rubeculoides | Bluethroated Flycatcher | R | ||
| Muscicapa superciliaris | Whitebrowed Blue Flycatcher | R | ||
| Muscicapa thalassina | Verditer Flycatcher | R | ||
| Muscicapa tickelliae | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | C | ||
| Mycteria leucocephala | Painted Stork | R | ||
| Myiophoneus horsfieldii | Malabar Whistling Thrush | R | ||
| Nectarinia asiatica | Purple Sunbird | C | ||
| Nectarinia lotenia | Loten's Sunbird | C | ||
| Nectarinia zeylonica | Purplerumped Sunbird | C | ||
| Neophron percnopterus | ( White ) Scavenger Vulture | C | ||
| Nettapus coromandelianus | Cotton Teal | C | ||
| Numenius arquata | Curlew | R | ||
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Night Heron | C | ||
| Nyctyornis athertoni | Bluebearded Bee-eater | R | ||
| Oriolus oriolus | Golden Oriole | C | ||
| Oriolus xanthornus | Blackheaded Oriole | R | ||
| Orthotomus sutorius | Tailor Bird | C | ||
| Otus bakkamoena | Collared Scops Owl | C | ||
| Otus scops | Scops Owl | R | ||
| Pandion haliatus | Osprey | R | ||
| Parus major | Grey Tit | C | ||
| Parus nuchalis | Whitewinged Black Tit | R | ||
| Parus xanthogenys | Yellowcheeked Tit | R | ||
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | C | ||
| Pavo cristatus | Common Peafowl | C | ||
| Pelargopsis capensis | Storkbilled Kingfisher | R | ||
| Pelecanus philippensis | Grey Pelican | R | ||
| Pellorneum ruficeps | Spotted Babbler | C | ||
| Perdicula asiatica | Jungle Bush Quail | C | ||
| Perdicula erythrorhyncha | Painted Bush Quail | R | ||
| Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | Small Minivet | C | ||
| Pericrocotus flammeus | Orange/Scarlet Minivet | R | ||
| Pernis ptilorhynchos | Honey Buzzard | C | ||
| Petronia xanthocollis | Yellowthroated Sparrow | R | ||
| Phalacrocorax carbo | Large Cormorant | R | ||
| Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | Indian Shag | R | ||
| Phalacrocorax niger | Little Cormorant | C | ||
| Phalaropus lobatus | Rednecked Phalarope | R | ||
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff and Reeve | C | ||
| Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser Flamingo | R | ||
| Phoeniconaias roseus | Greater Flamingo | R | ||
| Phoenicurus ochruros | Black Redstart | C | ||
| Phylloscopus affinis | Tickell's Leaf Warbler | R | ||
| Phylloscopus magnirostris | Largebilled Leaf Warbler | R | ||
| Phylloscopus occipitalis | Large Crowned Leaf Warbler | R | ||
| Phylloscopus trochiloides | Greenish Leaf Warbler | C | ||
| Picoides mahrattensis | Yellowfronted Pied Woodpecker | R | ||
| Picoides nanus | Pygmy Woodpecker | R | ||
| Picus myrmecophoneus | Little Scalybellied Woodpecker | R | ||
| Pitta brachyura | Indian Pitta | C | ||
| Platalea leucorodia | Spoonbill | R | ||
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | R | ||
| Ploceus manyar | Streaked Weaver Bird | C | ||
| Ploceus philippinus | Baya Weaver Bird | C | ||
| Pluvialis dominica | Eastern Golden Plover | R | ||
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover | R | ||
| Podiceps ruficollis | Little Grebe | C | ||
| Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | Slatyheaded Scimitar Babbler | R | ||
| Porphyrio porphyrio | Purple Moorhen | C | W(reed) | |
| Porzana fusca | Ruddy Crake | # | ||
| Porzana pusilla | Baillon's Crake | R | ||
| Prinia hodgsonii | Franklin's Longtailed Warbler | C | ||
| Prinia socialis | Ashy Longtailed Warbler | C | ||
| Prinia subflava | Plain Longtailed Warbler | C | ||
| Prinia sylvatica | Jungle Longtailed Warbler | C | ||
| Pseudibis papillosa | Black Ibis | R | ||
| Psittacula alexandrii | Redbreasted Parakeet | R | ||
| Psittacula columboides | Bluewinged Parakeet | R | ||
| Psittacula cyanocephala | Blossomheaded Parakeet | C | ||
| Psittacula eupatria | Alexandrine Parakeet | R | ||
| Psittacula krameri | Roseringed Parakeet | C | ||
| Pycnonotus cafer | Redvented Bulbul | C | ||
| Pycnonotus jocosus | Redwhiskered Bulbul | C | ||
| Pycnonotus leucogenys | Whitecheeked Bulbul | R | ||
| Pycnonotus luteolus | Whitebrowed Bulbul | C | ||
| Pycnonotus xantholaemus | Yellowthroated Bulbul | R | ||
| Rallus striatus | Bluebreasted Banded Rail | # | ||
| Recurvirostra avocetta | Avocet | R | ||
| Rhipidura albicollis | Whitethroated Fantail Flycatcher | C | ||
| Rhipidura aureola | Whitebrowed Fantail Flycatcher | R | ||
| Rhopodytes viridirostris | Small Greenbilled Malkoha | C | ||
| Riparia riparia | Collared Sand Martin | R | ||
| Rostratula benghalensis | Painted Snipe | C | ||
| Sarcogyps calvus | Black Vulture | R | ||
| Sarkidiornis melanotus | Comb Duck | R | ||
| Saxicola caprata | Pied Bush Chat | C | ||
| Saxicola torquata | Stone Chat | R | ||
| Saxicoloides fulicata | Indian Robin | C | ||
| Scolopax rusticola | Woodcock | R | ||
| Spilornis cheela | Crested Serpent Eagle | C | ||
| Spizaetus cirrhatus | Crested Hawk-Eagle | R | ||
| Sterna acuticauda | Blackbellied Tern | R | ||
| Sterna aurantia | Indian River Tern | C | ||
| Streptopelia chinensis | Spotted Dove | C | ||
| Streptopelia decaocto | Indian Ring Dove | C | ||
| Streptopelia orientalis | Rufous Turtle Dove | R | ||
| Streptopelia senegalensis | Little Brown Dove | C | ||
| Streptopelia tranquebarica | Red Turtle Dove | R | ||
| Strix ocellata | Mottled Wood Owl | C | ||
| Sturnus malabaricus blythii | Whiteheaded Myna | R | ||
| Sturnus malabaricus malabaricus | Greyheaded Myna | C | ||
| Sturnus pagodarum | Blackheaded Myna | C | ||
| Sturnus roseus | Rosy Pastor | C | ||
| Sturnus vulgaris | Starling | # | ||
| Surniculus lugubris | Drongo-Cuckoo | R | ||
| Sylvia curruca | Lesser Whitethroat | R | ||
| Sylvia hortensis | Orphean Warbler | R | ||
| Sypheotides virgo | Lesser Florican | R | ||
| Taccocua leschenaultii | Sirkeer Cuckoo | C | ||
| Tadorna ferruginea | Brahminy Duck | R | ||
| Tephrodornis pondicerianus | Common Wood Shrike | C | ||
| Terpsiphone paradisi | Paradise Flycatcher | C | ||
| Threskiornis aethiopica | White Ibis | C | ||
| Tockus birostris | Grey Hornbill | R | ||
| Treron phoenicoptera | Green Pigeon | R | ||
| Tringa erythropus | Spotted Redshank | R | ||
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | ? | ||
| Tringa hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | C | ||
| Tringa nebularia | Greenshank | C | ||
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper | C | ||
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper | C | ||
| Tringa terek | Terek Sandpiper | R | ||
| Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | C | ||
| Turdoides affinis | Whiteheaded Babbler | C | ||
| Turdoides caudatus | Common Babbler | R | ||
| Turdoides malcolmii | Large Grey Babbler | C | ||
| Turdoides striatus | Jungle Babbler | R | ||
| Turdus merula | Blackbird | R | ||
| Turnix suscitator | Common Bustard-Quail | R | ||
| Turnix tanki | Yellowlegged Button Quail | R | ||
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | C | ||
| Upupa epops | Hoopoe | C | ||
| Vanellus cinereus | Greyheaded Lapwing | R | ||
| Vanellus indicus | Redwattled Lapwing | C | Water | Tit-Ti-Tew |
| Vanellus malabaricus | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | C | ||
| Zoothera citrina | Whitethroated Ground Thrush | C | ||
| Zoothera wardii | Pied Ground Thrush | |||
| Zosterops palpebrosa | White-eye | C | ||
R/C : R stands for Rare, C stands for Common. Habitat : W for water, A for air, F for forest, C for cultivation, H for human habitation
