Birding Trails
SEASONAL GUESTS : MIGRATORY BIRDS OF THE GARDEN
| Sl. No. | Common Name | Scientific Name | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | October -April |
| 2 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | October -September |
| 3 | Jerdon's Nightjar | Caprimulgus jerdoni | January-March |
| 4 | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | January-March |
| 5 | Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | April -August |
| 6 | Asian Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | September -April |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Babbler | Turdoides affinis | January-March |
| 8 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | January-March |
| 9 | Malabar Starling | Sturnia blythii | June-August |
| 10 | Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | October-March |
| 11 | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | November-February |
| 12 | Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | November-February |
| 13 | Blyth Reed Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | September-Octobery |
| 14 | Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | September-April |
| 15 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | November-April |
LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THE GARDEN
| Sl. No. | Common Name | Scientific Name | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Spurfowl | Galloperdix spadicea | Year - Round |
| 2 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | year - Round |
| 3 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | year - Round |
| 4 | Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | year - Round |
| 5 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | year - Round |
| 6 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | year - Round |
| 7 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | year - Round |
| 8 | Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | year - Round |
| 9 | Crested Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | year - Round |
| 10 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | year - Round |
| 11 | Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | year - Round |
| 12 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | year - Round |
| 13 | Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | January-March |
| 14 | Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | year - Round |
| 15 | Vernal Hanging Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | year - Round |
| 16 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | year - Round |
| 17 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | March-September |
| 18 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Year - Round |
| 19 | Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Year - Round |
| 20 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | Year - Round |
| 21 | Mottled Wood Owl | Strix ocellata | Year - Round |
| 22 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | Year - Round |
| 23 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | Year - Round |
| 24 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | Year - Round |
| 25 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Year - Round |
| 26 | Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | Year - Round |
| 27 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | Year - Round |
| 28 | Indian Grey Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris | Year - Round |
| 29 | White-cheeked Barbet | Psilopogon viridis | Year - Round |
| 30 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | January-May |
| 31 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | Year - Round |
| 32 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | January-May |
| 33 | Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | Year - Round |
| 34 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | Year - Round |
| 35 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | Year - Round |
| 36 | Black-Headed Cuckoo Shrike | Lanius excubitoroides | Year - Round |
| 37 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | Year - Round |
| 38 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | Year - Round |
| 39 | Orange Minivet | pericrocotus flammeus | Year - Round |
| 40 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | Year - Round |
| 41 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Year - Round |
| 42 | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | Year - Round |
| 43 | Black Hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | Year - Round |
| 44 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | Year - Round |
| 45 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | Year - Round |
| 46 | Jungle Crow | Corvus culminatus | January-May |
| 47 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | Year - Round |
| 48 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Year - Round |
| 49 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Year - Round |
| 50 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | March -September |
| 51 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | Year - Round |
| 52 | Jungle Babbler | Turdoides striata | Year - Round |
| 53 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Year - Round |
| 54 | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Year - Round |
| 55 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | Year - Round |
| 56 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | March -June |
| 57 | Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | Year - Round |
| 58 | Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | Year - Round |
| 59 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | April -August |
| 60 | Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | Year - Round |
| 61 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | Year - Round |
| 62 | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | Year - Round |
| 63 | Crimson-backed Sunbird | Leptocoma minima | Year - Round |
| 64 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | Year - Round |
| 65 | Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | Year - Round |
| 66 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | Year - Round |
| 67 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Year - Round |
| 68 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | November -February |
| 69 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | June -September |
| 70 | Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis orientalis | November -February |
| 71 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | October-March |
| 72 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | Year - Round |
| 73 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | Year - Round |
| 74 | Grey-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | June -August |
| 75 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | October-March |
| 76 | Ashy Wood Swallow | Artamus fuscus | Year - Round |
| 77 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | Year - Round |
| 78 | Lesser coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Year - Round |
| 79 | Gray fronted Green Pegion | Treron affinis | Year - Round |
| 80 | Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | Year - Round |