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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

India: the West - Gujarat and the Rann of Kutch

Cumulative Checklist

with Bryan Bland as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of two on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = total number of days this species was recorded during the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species during the 2010 tour
  • Column D = (H) = denotes a species that was heard more often than it was seen

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
2 Little Grebe 7 20 Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Great Crested Grebe 1 10 Podiceps cristatus
2 Black-necked Grebe 1 4 Podiceps nigricollis
2 Great White Pelican 3 60 Pelecanus onocrotalus
2 Dalmatian Pelican 4 13 Pelecanus crispus
2 Little Cormorant 11 200 Phalacrocorax niger
2 Indian Shag 4 10 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
2 Great Cormorant 6 1000 Phalacrocorax carbo
2 Oriental Darter 6 10 Anhinga melanogaster
2 Little Egret 13 '00s Egretta garzetta
2 Western Reef-heron 5 100 Egretta gularis
2 Great Egret 10 50 Egretta alba
2 Intermediate Egret 10 200 Egretta intermedia
2 Grey Heron 13 20 Ardea cinerea
2 Purple Heron 5 10 Ardea purpurea
2 Eastern Cattle Egret 13 '00s Bubulcus coromandus
2 Indian Pond-heron 13 20 Ardeola grayii
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 4 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Painted Stork 11 60 Mycteria leucocephala
2 Asian Openbill 9 50 Anastomus oscitans
2 Black Stork 1 1 Ciconia nigra
2 Woolly-necked Stork 2 4 Ciconia episcopus
1 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
2 Black-necked Stork 1 8 Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
2 Glossy Ibis 3 3 Plegadis falcinellus
2 Black-headed Ibis 7 30 Threskiornis melanocephalus
2 Indian Black Ibis (End) 8 50 Pseudibis papillosa
2 Eurasian Spoonbill 9 50 Platalea leucorodia
2 Greater Flamingo 2 20 Phoenicopterus roseus
1 Lesser Whistling-duck 5 150 Dendrocygna javanica
2 Greylag Goose 2 51 Anser anser
2 Ruddy Shelduck 4 8 Tadorna ferruginea
2 Comb Duck 2 20 Sarkidiornis melanotos
2 Cotton Teal 3 4 Nettapus coromandelianus
2 Gadwall 7 5 Anas strepera
2 Eurasian Wigeon 4 50 Anas penelope
2 Mallard 1 15 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Indian Spot-billed Duck 8 100 Anas poecilorhyncha
2 Northern Shoveler 5 20 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail 4 '00s Anas acuta
2 Garganey 2 9 Anas querquedula
2 Common Teal 7 '00s Anas crecca
2 Common Pochard 1 40 Aythya ferina
1 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
1 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
2 Oriental Honey-buzzard 8 6 Pernis ptilorhynchus
2 Black-winged Kite 9 15 Elanus caeruleus
2 Black Kite 5 70 Milvus migrans
2 'Black-eared' Kite 2 1 Milvus [migrans] lineatus
2 Brahminy Kite 2 1 Haliastur indus
2 Egyptian Vulture 1 18 Neophron percnopterus
1 White-rumped Vulture (CR) Gyps bengalensis
2 Indian Vulture (CR)(End) 1 1 Gyps indicus
1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
1 Vulture sp 1 4 Gyps sp
1 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
2 Short-toed Eagle 2 3 Circaetus gallicus
2 Crested Serpent-Eagle 1 2 Spilornis cheela
2 Western Marsh Harrier 7 100 Circus aeruginosus
2 Pallid Harrier 8 450 Circus macrourus
2 Montagu's Harrier 8 100 Circus pygargus
1 Pallid or Montagu's Harrier 4 350 Circus macrourus or C. pygargus
2 Shikra 12 12 Accipiter badius
1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus
2 White-eyed Buzzard 2 4 Butastur teesa
2 'Steppe' Buzzard 1 1 Buteo buteo vulpinus
2 Long-legged Buzzard 3 6 Buteo rufinus
1 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
2 Indian Spotted Eagle (Nr End) 2 4 Aquila hastata
2 Greater Spotted Eagle (VU) 3 3 Aquila clanga
2 Tawny Eagle 2 1 Aquila rapax
2 Steppe Eagle 3 2 Aquila nipalensis
1 Eastern Imperial Eagle (VU) Aquila heliaca
1 Bonelli's Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus fasciatus
2 Booted Eagle 4 1 Hieraaetus pennatus
2 Crested Hawk-eagle 1 1 Spizaetus cirrhatus
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
2 Common Kestrel 9 5 Falco tinnunculus
2 Red-headed Falcon 1 1 Falco chicquera
1 Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
1 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
1 'Red-capped' Falcon Falco peregrinus babylonicus
2 Black Francolin 1 1 Francolinus francolinus
1 Painted Francolin (End) 1 1 Francolinus pictus
2 Grey Francolin (Nr End) 11 17 Francolinus pondicerianus
1 Common Quail 4 5 Coturnix coturnix
2 Indian Peafowl (End) 12 35 Pavo cristatus
2 Sarus Crane (VU) 1 2 Grus antigone
2 Demoiselle Crane 1 210 Grus virgo
2 Common Crane 10 600 Grus grus
2 White-breasted Waterhen 7 2 Amaurornis phoenicurus
1 'eastern' Baillon's Crake 2 1 Porzana Pusilla
2 Purple Swamphen 4 40 Porphyrio [porphyrio] poliocephalus
2 Common Moorhen 5 6 Gallinula chloropus
2 Eurasian Coot 7 '00s Fulica atra
1 Indian Bustard (VU)(End) Ardeotis nigriceps
2 Macqueen's Bustard 2 8 Chlamydotis undulata
1 Lesser Florican (EN)(End) Sypheotides indicus
2 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 4 2 Hydrophasianus chirurgus
2 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 14 Haematopus ostralegus
2 Pacific Golden Plover 2 2 Pluvialis fulva
2 Grey Plover 1 100 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Little Ringed Plover 2 2 Charadrius dubius
2 Kentish Plover 2 20 Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Lesser Sand Plover 1 '00s Charadrius mongolus
2 Greater Sand Plover 2 00s Charadrius leschenaultii
2 Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Sub.-End) 3 6 Vanellus malabaricus
2 Red-wattled Lapwing 13 '00s Vanellus indicus
2 Sociable Plover (CR) 2 23 Vanellus gregarius
2 White-tailed Lapwing 1 6 Vanellus leucurus
1 Pintail Snipe 2 1 Gallinago stenura
2 Common Snipe 4 5 Gallinago gallinago
2 'Western' Black-tailed Godwit 5 10 Limosa limosa
2 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 50 Limosa lapponica
2 Whimbrel 1 100 Numenius phaeopus
2 Eurasian Curlew 4 20 Numenius arquata
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
2 Common Redshank 5 30 Tringa totanus
2 Common Greenshank 4 30 Tringa nebularia
2 Marsh Sandpiper 3 60 Tringa stagnatilis
2 Green Sandpiper 11 8 Tringa ochropus
2 Wood Sandpiper 3 8 Tringa glareola
2 Terek Sandpiper 1 1 Xenus cinereus
2 Common Sandpiper 9 6 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 10 Arenaria interpres
1 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
1 Sanderling 1 20 Calidris alba
2 Little Stint 4 '00s Calidris minuta
2 Temminck's Stint 2 1 Calidris temminckii
2 Dunlin 1 100 Calidris alpina
2 Curlew Sandpiper 2 25 Calidris ferruginea
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
2 Ruff 4 100 Philomachus pugnax
2 Black-winged Stilt 9 50 Himantopus himantopus
2 Pied Avocet 2 '00s Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
2 Crab-Plover 1 '0000s Dromas ardeola
2 Indian Stone-curlew 2 3 Burhinus Indicus
2 Great Thick-knee 2 2 Esacus recurvirostris
1 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
2 Indian Courser (End) 2 25 Cursorius coromandelicus
2 Collared Pratincole 1 41 Glareola pratincola
1 Oriental Pratincole 1 1 Glareola maldivarum
2 Small Pratincole 1 20 Glareola lactea
2 Heuglin's Gull (incl Steppe Gull) 2 20 Larus heuglini (L.h. barabensis)
2 Great Black-headed Gull 1 1 Larus ichthyaetus
2 Brown-headed Gull 4 8 Larus brunnicephalus
2 Common Black-headed Gull 4 30 Larus ridibundus
2 Slender-billed Gull 1 1 Larus genei
2 Gull-billed Tern 4 40 Gelochelidon nilotica
2 Caspian Tern 2 2 Hydroprogne caspia
2 Lesser Crested Tern 1 24 Thalasseus bengalensis
1 Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
2 River Tern 8 24 Sterna aurantia
1 Little Tern or Saunders's Tern Sterna albifrons or S. saundersi
2 Whiskered Tern 4 10 Chlidonias hybrida
2 White-winged Tern 2 4 Chlidonias leucopterus
1 Indian Skimmer (VU) Rynchops albicollis
2 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 5 400 Pterocles exustus
1 Painted Sandgrouse (End) Pterocles indicus
2 Rock Pigeon 13 100 Columba livia
1 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis
2 Laughing Dove 10 30 Streptopelia senegalensis
2 Red Collared-dove 1 1 Streptopelia tranquebarica
2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 13 100 Streptopelia decaocto
2 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon 6 43 Treron phoenicopterus
2 Rose-ringed Parakeet 12 50 Psittacula krameri
2 Plum-headed Parakeet (End) 2 10 Psittacula cyanocephala
2 'Southern' Coucal [End] 12 5 Centropus [sinensis] parroti
2 Sirkeer Malkoha (End) 1 1 Taccocua leschenaultii
2 Asian Koel 3 7 Eudynamys scolopaceus
2 Pallid Scops-owl 1 1 Otus brucei
1 Indian Collared Scops-owl 2 2 Otus bakkamoena
2 Indian Eagle-owl (End) 1 1 Bubo bengalensis
2 Mottled Wood-owl (IN-End) 2 2 Strix ocellata
2 Spotted Owlet 5 2 Athene brama
2 Short-eared Owl 3 2 Asio flammeus
2 Sykes's Nightjar (Nr End) 4 4 Caprimulgus mahrattensis
2 Indian Little Nightjar 2 3 Caprimulgus Asiaticus
1 nightjar sp. 2 1 Caprimulgus sp.
2 Little Swift 1 40 Apus affinis
2 Crested Treeswift 2 12 Hemiprocne coronata
2 Common Kingfisher 3 1 Alcedo atthis
2 White-throated Kingfisher 11 10 Halcyon smyrnensis
2 Lesser Pied Kingfisher 9 5 Ceryle rudis
2 Little Green Bee-eater 13 200 Merops orientalis
2 Indian Roller 8 7 Coracias benghalensis
2 Common Hoopoe 11 12 Upupa epops
2 Coppersmith Barbet 3 8 Megalaima haemacephala
2 Indian Pygmy Woodpecker 2 3 Dendrocopos nanus
1 Black-rumped Flameback (End) Dinopium benghalense
2 Indian Bushlark 3 10 Mirafra erythroptera
2 Ashy-crowned Finch-lark 5 12 Eremopterix griseus
2 Rufous-tailed Lark 5 10 Ammomanes phoenicura
2 Bimaculated Lark 2 10 Melanocorypha bimaculata
1 Greater Short-toed Lark 8 1000 Calandrella brachydactyla
1 Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
2 Crested Lark 6 4 Galerida cristata
2 Sykes's Lark (IN-End) 2 3 Galerida deva
2 Oriental Skylark 1 40 Alauda gulgula
1 Greater Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes
1 Common Sand-martin Riparia Riparia
1 Pale Sand-martin Riparia Diluta
2 Grey-throated Sand-martin 2 2 Riparia chinensis
2 Dusky Crag-martin 1 4 Ptyonoprogne concolor
2 Barn Swallow 13 50 Hirundo rustica
2 Wire-tailed Swallow 9 20 Hirundo smithii
2 Red-rumped Swallow 5 4 Hirundo daurica
2 White Wagtail 7 4 Motacilla alba
2 White-browed Wagtail 4 2 Motacilla maderaspatensis
2 Citrine Wagtail 6 4 Motacilla citreola
2 Western Yellow Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla flava
1 Black-headed Wagtail' 1 1 Motacilla flava feldegg
2 Grey Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla cinerea
1 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
2 Tawny Pipit 7 6 Anthus campestris
2 Long-billed Pipit 2 2 Anthus similis
2 Tree Pipit 2 1 Anthus trivialis
1 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
1 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
2 Small Minivet 4 12 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
2 White-bellied Minivet 1 6 Pericrocotus erythropygius
2 Common Woodshrike 3 5 Tephrodornis pondicerianus
2 Grey Hypocolius 1 2 Hypocolius ampelinus
2 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 2 1 Terpsiphone paradisi
2 Black-naped Monarch 2 1 Hypothymis azurea
2 White-browed Fantail 3 5 Rhipidura aureola
2 White-eared Bulbul 7 20 Pycnonotus leucotis
2 Red-vented Bulbul 12 50 Pycnonotus cafer
2 Common Iora 3 7 Aegithina tiphia
2 Marshall's Iora (End) 1 3 Aegithina nigrolutea
2 Isabelline Shrike 6 4 Lanius isabellinus
1 Brown Shrike 2 1 Lanius cristatus
2 Bay-backed Shrike 8 3 Lanius vittatus
2 Long-tailed Shrike 10 6 Lanius schach
2 Southern Grey Shrike 2 1 Lanius meridionalis
1 Asian Brown Flycatcher 2 3 Muscicapa dauurica
2 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula parva
2 Red-throated Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula albicilla
1 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
2 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 2 3 Cyornis tickelliae
2 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher 2 1 Culicicapa ceylonensis
2 Blue Rock-thrush 1 1 Monticola solitarius
2 Bluethroat 3 4 Luscinia svecica
2 Oriental Magpie-Robin 4 9 Copsychus saularis
2 Indian Black Robin (End) 11 10 Saxicoloides fulicatus
2 Black Redstart 5 2 Phoenicurus ochruros
2 White-browed Bushchat (In End) 2 2 Saxicola macrorhynchus
2 Common Stonechat 7 14 Saxicola torquatus
1 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
2 Variable Wheatear 7 8 Oenanthe picata
2 Red-tailed Wheatear 1 5 Oenanthe chrysopygia
2 Desert Wheatear 7 30 Oenanthe deserti
1 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
2 Brown Rock-chat 1 3 Cercomela fusca
2 Tawny-bellied Babbler 1 4 Dumetia hyperythra
1 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
2 Common Babbler (End) 7 20 Turdoides caudata
1 Large Grey Babbler (End) Turdoides malcolmi
2 Jungle Babbler (End) 4 4 Turdoides striata
2 Zitting Cisticola 4 5 Cisticola juncidis
2 Rufous-fronted Prinia (End) 1 12 Prinia buchanani
2 Grey-breasted Prinia 2 15 Prinia hodgsonii
2 Graceful Prinia 2 2 Prinia gracilis
2 Ashy Prinia 2 2 Prinia socialis
2 Jungle Prinia (End) 2 4 Prinia sylvatica
2 Plain Prinia 5 6 Prinia inornata
2 Common Tailorbird 6 4 Orthotomus sutorius
2 Paddyfield Warbler 2 4 Acrocephalus agricola
1 Blyth's Reed-warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
2 Indian Reed-warbler 3 2 A. [stentoreus] brunnescens
2 Sykes's Warbler 2 1 Hippolais rama
2 Booted Warbler 4 3 Hippolais caligata
2 Siberian Chiffchaff 1 2 Phylloscopus [collybita] tristis
1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
2 Hume's Leaf-warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus Humei
2 Greenish Warbler 3 1 Phylloscopus trochiloides
1 Bright-green Warbler (H) Phylloscopus nitidus
2 Lesser Whitethroat 4 2 Sylvia curruca
2 'Desert' Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia [curruca] minula
1 Eastern Orphean Warbler 1 2 Sylvia crassirostris
2 Asian Desert Warbler 1 4 Sylvia nana
2 Great Tit 3 2 Parus major
2 White-naped Tit (VU)(In-End) 1 2 Parus nuchalis
2 Thick-billed Flowerpecker 2 2 Dicaeum agile
1 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
2 Purple Sunbird 10 6 Cinnyris asiaticus
2 Oriental White-eye 3 40 Zosterops palpebrosus
2 Grey-necked Bunting 2 17 Emberiza buchanani
1 Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
2 Black-headed Bunting 1 1 Emberiza melanocephala
1 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
2 Indian Silverbill 4 10 Euodice malabarica
2 Scaly-breasted Munia 4 6 Lonchura punctulata
1 Tricoloured (Black-h./Chestnut) Munia 1 1 Lonchura malacca
2 House Sparrow 11 50 Passer domesticus
2 Yellow-throated Petronia 5 8 Petronia xanthocollis
1 Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
2 Baya Weaver 4 20 Ploceus philippinus
2 Brahminy Starling (Sub.-End) 5 6 Temenuchus pagodarum
2 Rosy Starling 11 1000 Sturnus roseus
1 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
2 Common Myna 10 60 Acridotheres tristis
2 Bank Myna (Sub.-End) 2 50 Acridotheres ginginianus
2 Indian Golden Oriole 3 2 Oriolus kundoo
2 Black Drongo 12 50 Dicrurus macrocercus
1 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
2 Rufous Treepie 3 1 Dendrocitta vagabunda
2 House Crow 12 350 Corvus splendens
2 Indian Jungle Crow (End) 3 10 C. [macrorhynchus] culminatus

Non-Established Exotics
2 Lesser Flamingo 1 4 Phoeniconaias minor

Taxonomic Notes

Codes against the bird names indicate globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International as follows: CR = Critically Endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, NT = Near-threatenedSubcontinent endemics are highlighted as follows: End = Subcontinent endemic; Sub.-End = Subcontinent breeding endemic; Nr-end = Near-endemic to the Subcontinent. IN-End = Indian endemic; IN-End* = Indian breeding endemic; IN-R = Near-endemic to India.

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