Birding Trails

SEASONAL GUESTS : MIGRATORY BIRDS OF THE GARDEN

Sl. No. Common Name Scientific Name Season
1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus October - March
2 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus August - April
3 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura December - March
4 Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo December - March
5 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi September - April
6 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica December - March
7 Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus October - March
8 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea October - March
9 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia November - March
10 Blyth Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum September - October
11 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides September - April
12 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus November - April
13 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops December - February
14 Verdite Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus December - February
15 Black naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis November - April
16 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae April - August
17 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus December - March

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 Year - Round
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 Year - Round
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 Year - Round
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 Year - Round
57 Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus Year - Round
58 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis Year - Round
59 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni Year - Round
60 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons Year - Round
61 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Year - Round
62 Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima Year - Round
63 Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica Year - Round
64 Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius Year - Round
65 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata Year - Round
66 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Year - Round
67 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis Year - Round
68 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii June - September
69 Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis orientalis Year - Round
70 Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps October-March
71 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis Year - Round
72 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus Year - Round
73 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii Year - Round
74 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Year - Round
75 Ashy Wood Swallow Artamus fuscus Year - Round
76 Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger Year - Round
77 Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis Year - Round
78 Gray fronted Green Pegion Treron affinis Year - Round
79 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum Year - Round
80 Blue beared Bee eater Nyctyornis athertoni Year - Round
81 Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa Year - Round
82 Flame throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis Year - Round
83 Asian fairy-bluebird Irena puella Year - Round
84 Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis January-March
85 Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii June - August