This is a detailed birdlist for Indian birds I have identified.

All names are taken from Salim Ali's "A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent"

The list is arranged in the following pattern:
#. Name, Scientific name
Size inch (cm), Page #, Map #
Notes. Mostly locations of spotting.


  1. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
    51 cm P61
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  2. Darter Anhinga rufa
    90 cm, P61
    Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

  3. Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
    46 cm, P61
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  4. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    51 cm, P64
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  5. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    63 cm P61
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  6. Openbill Stork Anastomus oscitans
    81 cm, P65
    Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

  7. Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
    60 cm, P65
    Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

  8. Pariah Kite Milvus migrans govinda
    61 cm P71
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  9. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
    48 cm, P71
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  10. Shikra Accipiter badius
    30-34 cm P79
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  11. Indian Whitebacked Vulture Gyps bengalensis
    90 cm P73
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  12. Egyptian or Scavenger Vulture Neophron percnopterus
    64 cm P73
    Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

  13. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
    36 cm P86
    Harishchandra Gad, near Mumbai, India

  14. Common Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    Male: 92-122 cm, Female: 86 cm P90
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park, Mumbai, India

  15. Whitebreasted Waterhen Amourornis phoenicurus
    32 cm P93
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  16. Radwattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
    33 cm P95
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  17. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    36 cm P103
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  18. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinesis
    30 cm P106
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  19. Roseringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    42 cm P107
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  20. Blossomheaded Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
    36 cm P107
    Goelkonda Fort, Hyderabad, India.

  21. Brainfever Bird Cuculus varius
    34 cm P108
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park, Mumbai, India.

  22. Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
    43 cm P128
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  23. Crow Pheasant Centropus sinensis
    48 cm P109
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  24. Alpine Swift Apus melba
    22 cm P113
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  25. House Swift Apus affinis
    15 cm P113
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  26. Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
    31 cm P115
    Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

  27. Small Blue Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
    18 cm P115
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  28. Whitebreasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnesis
    28 cm P115
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  29. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
    21 cm P114
    Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  30. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
    31 cm P114
    Bhimashankar Wildlife Reserve, Maharashtra, India

  31. Hoopoe Upupa epops
    31 cm P115
    Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  32. Large Green Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
    27 cm P117
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park, Mumbai, India.

  33. Small Green Barbet Megalaima viridis
    23 cm P117
    Lohgad Fort, Maharashtra, India.

  34. Indian Goldenbacked Threetoed Woodpecker Dinopium javanese
    28 cm P117
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  35. Rufoustailed Finch-Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus
    16 cm
    Kelwe-Mahim, Thane, India.

  36. House Martin Delichon urbica
    15 cm
    Kelwe-Mahim, Thane, India.

  37. Rufousbacked Shrike Lanius cristatus
    25 cm
    Kelwe-Mahim, Thane, India.

  38. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
    25 cm P120
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  39. Blackheaded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
    25 cm P120
    Bhimashankar Wildlife Reserve, Maharashtra, India

  40. Black Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
    31 cm P126
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  41. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicurus paradiseus
    31-35 cm P126
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park, Mumbai, India.

  42. Whitebellied Drongo Dicurus caerulescens
    24 cm P126
    Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  43. Brahminy Myna Sturnus pagodarum
    21 cm P153
    Bhimashankar Wildlife Reserve, Maharashtra, India

  44. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    23 cm P153
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  45. Indian Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
    50 cm P127
    Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  46. House Crow Corvus splendens
    43 cm P128
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  47. Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
    48-50 cm P128
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  48. Blackheaded Cuckoo-shrike Coracina nigra
    20 cm P123
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  49. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
    14 cm P124
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  50. Goldenfronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons
    19 cm P124
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  51. Redwhiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
    20 cm P124
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  52. Redvented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
    20 cm P124
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  53. Black Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
    23 cm P124
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  54. Spotted Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
    15 cm P132
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park, Mumbai, India.

  55. Whitethroated Fantail Flycatcher Rhipidura albicollis
    17 cm P151
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  56. Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
    Male 50 cm Female 20 cm P151
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  57. Tailor Bird Orthotomus sutorius
    13 cm P148
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  58. Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
    20 cm P140
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  59. Shama Copsychus malabaricus malabaricus
    25 cm P140
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  60. Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
    16 cm P139
    IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  61. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
    17 cm P152
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  62. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
    17 cm P152
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India

  63. White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa
    10 cm P154
    Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamilnadu, India


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Last updated: February 13, 1999
Comments, suggestions, additions: Sanjay Joshi