Satpura Bird List

The Satpura Tiger Reserve covers an extremely diverse eco-system which includes sal and teak dominated forests, young Chloraxylon dominated lowland jungle, some meadows, mixed hill forests with bamboo and at the northern end the waters of the Tawa Reservoir provide a constantly changing but extremely rich habitat for migrant waterfowl, charismatic birds of prey like the Osprey and the peregrine falcon. As the cold weather approaches large numbers of waterfowl use the waters of the lake including bar-headed geese, pintail, garganey, pochard and Ruddy shelduck. The following list is reasonably comprehensive although we are sure that more species will continue to be added and consists of birds actually seen or reported. The Satpuras also form one corridor of movement/dispersal for various species between the mountains of the Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats and harbour creatures found nowhere else in central India. Thus a walk around Pachmarhi will get you a sighting of the lovely Malabar Whistling Thrush – Salim Alis’ ‘Whistling schoolboy’ and the black crested bulbul or even the Indian Blackbird. And any wooded area could be patrolled by Black Eagles and Mountain Hawk eagles. The Rufous bellied eagle is also reported from here and it is almost certain that late winter will bring sightings of Himalayan Griffon vultures. Nomenclature follows Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp 2^nd Edition.

R- Resident ; W- Winter Visitor ; S- Summer Visitor ; PM- Passage Migrant ;

V-Vagrant ; LM- Local Migrant

1.Painted Francolin R Francolinus pictus

2.Grey Francolin R Francolinus pondicerianus

3.Common Quail W Coturnix coturnix

4.Rain Quail W Coturnix coromandelica

5.Jungle Bush Quail R Perdicula asiatica

6.Rock Bush Quail R Perdicula argoondah

7.Red Spurfowl R Galloperdix spadicea

8.Painted Spurfowl R Galloperdix lunulata

9.Red Junglefowl R Gallus gallus

10.Grey Junglefowl R Gallus sonneratii

11.Indian Peafowl R Pavo cristatus

12.Lesser Whistling-duck R Dendrocygna javanica

13.Greylag Goose W Anser anser

14.Bar-headed Goose W Anser indicus

15.Knob-billed Duck R Sarkidiornis melanotos

16.Ruddy Shelduck W Tadorna ferruginea

17.Cotton pygmy-goose R Nettapus coromandelianus

18.Gadwall W Anas strepera

19.Eurasian Wigeon W Anas Penelope

20.Indian Spot-billed Duck R Anas poecilorhyncha

21.Northern Shoveler W Anas clypeata

22.Northern Pintail W Anas acuta

23.Garganey W Anas querquedula

24.Common Teal W Anas crecca

25.Red-crested Pochard W Netta rufina

26.Common Pochard W Aythya ferina

27.Ferruginous Duck W Aytha nyroca

28.Tufted Duck W Aythya fuligula

29.Little Grebe R Tachybaptus ruficollis

30.Painted Stork R Mycteria leucocephala

31.Asian Openbill R Anastomus oscitans

32.Black Stork W Ciconia Nigra

33.Woolly-necked Stork R Ciconia episcopus

34.White Stork W Ciconia ciconia

35.Black-necked Stork V Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

36.Lesser Adjutant V Leptoptilos javanicus

37.Black-headed Ibis LM Threskiornis melanocephalus

38.Red-naped Ibis R Pseudibis papillosa

39.Glossy Ibis V Plegadis falcinellus

40.Eurasian Spoonbill W Platalea leucorodia
BITTERNS & HERONS Ardeidae

41.Cinnamon Bittern R Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

42.Black Bittern R Dupetor flavicollis

43.Striated Heron R Butorides striata

44.Black-crowned Night Heron R Nycticorax nycticorax

45.Indian Pond Heron R Ardeola grayii

46.Grey Heron R Ardea cinerea

47.Purple Heron R Ardea purpurea

48.Cattle Egret R Bubulcus ibis

49.Great Egret R Casmerodius albus

50.Intermediate Egret R Mesophoyx intermedia

51.Little Egret R Egretta garzetta

52.Darter R Anhinga melanogaster

53.Little Cormorant R Phalacrocorax niger

54.Indian Cormorant R Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

55.Great Cormorant R Phalacrocorax carbo

56.Common Kestrel W Falco tinnunculus

57.Amur Falcon PM Falco amurensis

58.Merlin W Falco columbarius

59.Eurasian Hobby W Falco subbuteo

60.Peregrine Falcon W Falco peregrinus calidus

61.Shaheen Falcon R Falco peregrinus peregrinator

62.Black Kite R Milvus migrans

63.Black-winged Kite R Elanus caeruleus
OSPREY, HAWKS, EAGLES, HARRIERS & VULTURES Accipitridae

64.Osprey W Pandion haliaetus

65.Grey-headed Fish Eagle R Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

66.Black Eagle R Ictinaetus malayensis

67.Oriental Honey-buzzard R Pernis ptilorhynchus

68.Egyptian Vulture R Neophron percnopterus

69.White-rumped Vulture R Gyps bengalensis

70.Indian Vulture R Gyps indicus

71.Himalayan Vulture W Gyps himalayensis

72.Griffon Vulture W Gyps fulvus

73.Red-headed Vulture R Sarcogyps calvus

74.Short-toed Snake Eagle R Circaetus gallicus

75.Crested Serpent Eagle R Spilornis cheela

76.Eurasian Marsh Harrier W Circus aeruginosus

77.Hen Harrier W Circus cyaneus

78.Pallid Harrier W Circus macrourus

79.Montagu’s Harrier W Circus pygargus

80.Crested Goshawk W Accipiter trivirgatus

81.Shikra R Accipiter badius

82.Besra R Accipiter virgatus

83.Eurasian Sparrowhawk W Accipiter nisus

84.White-eyed Buzzard R Butastur teesa

85.Long-legged Buzzard V Buteo rufinus

86.Indian Spotted Eagle W Aquila hastate

87.Greater Spotted Eagle W Aquila clanga

88.Tawny Eagle W Aquila rapax

89.Steppe Eagle W Aquila nepalensis

90.Bonelli’s Eagle R Aquila fasciata

91.Booted Eagle W Hieraaetus pennatus

92.Rufous-bellied Eagle R Lophotriorchis kienerii

93.Crested Hawk Eagle R Nisaetus cirrhatus

94.Mountain Hawk Eagle R Nisaetus nipalensis

95.White-breasted waterhen R Amaurornis phoenicurus

96.Brown Crake R Amaurornis akool

97.Purple Swamphen R Porphyrio porphyria

98.Common Moorhen R Gallinula chloropus

99.Eurasian Coot R Fulica Atra

100.Barred buttonquail R Turnix suscitator

101.Yellow-legged buttonquail R Turnix tanki

102.Small Buttonquail R Turnix sylvaticus

103.Sarus Crane V Grus antigone

104.Indian Thick-knee R Burhinus (oedicnemus) indicus

105.Great Thick-knee R Esacus recurvirostris

106.Pheasant-tailed Jacana R Hydrophasianus chirurgus

107.Bronze-winged Jacana R Metopidius indicus
STILT Recurvirostridae

108.Black-winged Stilt R Himantopus himantopus

109.Pied Avocet V Recurvirostra avosetta
PLOVERS Charadriidae

110.River Lapwing R Vanellus duvaucelii

111.Yellow-wattled Lapwing R Vanellus malabaricus

112.Red-wattled Lapwing R Vanellus indicus

113.Little Ringed Plover W Charadrius dubious

114.Kentish Plover W Charadrius alexandrines

115.Lesser Sand Plover W Charadrius mangolus

116.Greater Sand Plover V Charadrius leschenaultii

117.Greater Painted Snipe LM Rostratula benghalensis

118.Ruff W Philomachus pugnax

119.Red-necked Phalarope V Phalaropus lobatus

SNIPES,CURLEWS & SANDPIPERS Scolopacidae

120.Common Snipe W Gallinago gallinago

121.Pin-tailed Snipe W Gallinago stenura

122.Black-tailed Godwit W Limosa limosa

123.Spotted Redshank W Tringa erythropus

124.Common Redshank W Tringa totanus

125.Common Greenshank W Tringa nebularia

126.Green Sandpiper W Tringa ochropus

127.Wood Sandpiper W Tringa glareola

128.Common Sandpiper W Actitis hypoleucos

129.Little Stint W Calidris minuta

130.Temminck’s Stint W Calidris temminckii

131.Sanderling W Calidris alba

132.Dunlin W Calidris alpina

133.Curlew Sandpiper S Calidris ferruginea

134.Dunlin W Calidris alpine

135.Indian Courser LM Cursorius cocomandelicus

136.Small Pratincole R/LM Glarieola lacteal
GULLS,TERNS,SKIMMERS Laridae

137.Pallas’s Gull W Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

138.Brown-headed Gull W Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

139. Black-headed Gull W Chroicocephalus ridibundus

140.River Tern R Sterna aurantia

141.Little Tern R/LM Sternula albifrons

142.Black-bellied Tern R Sterna acuticauda

143.Indian Skimmer R Rynchops albicollis

144.Painted Sandgrouse R Pterocles indicus

145.Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse R Pterocles exustus
PIGEONS & DOVES Columbidae

146.Common Pigeon R Columba livia

147.Oriental Turtle Dove R Streptopelia orientalis

148.Eurasian Collared Dove R Streptopelia decaocto

149.Red Collared Dove R Streptopelia tranquebarica

150.Spotted Dove R Stigmatopelia chinensis

151.Laughing Dove R Stigmatopelia senegalensis

152.Orange-breasted Green Pigeon R Treron bicinctus

153.Yellow-footed Green Pigeon R Treron phoenicopterus

154.Emerald Dove R Chalcophaps indica

PARAKEETS Psittacidae

155.Alexandrine Parakeet R Psittacula eupatria

156.Rose-ringed Parakeet R Psittacula krameri

157.Plum-headed Parakeet R Psittacula cyanocephala

158.Jacobin Cuckoo S Clamator jacobinus

159.Common Hawk Cuckoo R Hierococcyx varius

160.Indian Cuckoo S Cuculus micropterus

161.Eurasian Cuckoo S Cuculus canorus

162.Grey-bellied Cuckoo S Cacomantis passerines

163.Drongo Cuckoo S Surniculus lugubris

164.Asian Koel R Eudynamys scolopaceus

165.Sirkeer Malkoha R Taccocua leschenaultia

166.Southern Coucal R Centropus (sinensis) parroti

167.Barn Owl R Tyto Alba

168.Long-eared Owl W Asio otus

169.Short-eared Owl W Asio flammeus

170.Indian Scops Owl R Otus bakkamoena

171.Oriental Scops Owl R Otus sunia

172.Jungle Owlet R Glaucidium radiatum

173.Spotted Owlet R Athene brama

174.Indian Eagle Owl R Bubo (bubo) bengalensis

175.Dusky Eagle Owl R Bubo coromandus

176.Brown Fish Owl R Ketupa zeylonensis

177.Mottled Wood Owl R Strix ocellata

178.Brown Wood Owl R Strix leptogrammica

179.Brown Hawk Owl R Ninox scutulata

180.Jungle Nightjar R Caprimulgus indicus

181.Indian Nightjar R Caprimulgus asiaticus

182.Savanna Nightjar S Caprimulgus affinis

183.Asian Palm Swift R Cypsiurus balasiensis

184.Alpine Swift W Tachymarptis melba

185.Crested Treeswift R Hemiprocne coronate

186.Little Swift R Apus affinis
HOOPOE Upupidae

187.Common Hoopoe R Upupa epops

188.Indian Roller R Coracias benghalensis

189.Stork-billed Kingfisher R Pelargopsis capensis

190.White-throated Kingfisher R Halcyon smyrnensis

191.Black-capped Kingfisher V Halcyon pileata

192.Common Kingfisher R Alcedo atthis

193.Pied Kingfisher R Ceryle rudis

194.Green Bee-eater R Merops orientalis

195.Blue-tailed Bee-eater R Merops philippinus

196.Blue-bearded Bee-eater R Nyctyornis athertoni

197.Indian Grey Hornbill R Ocyceros birostris

198.Malabar Pied Hornbill R Anthracoceros coronatus
BARBETS Ramphastidae

199.Brown-headed Barbet R Megalaima zeylanica

200. Coppersmith Barbet R Megalaima haemacephala
WRYNECK & WOODPECKERS Picidae

201.Eurasian Wryneck W Jynx torquilla

202.Rufous Woodpecker R Micropternus brachyurus

203.Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker R Dendrocopos nanus

204.Yellow-crowned Woodpecker R Dendrocopos mahrattensis

205.Lesser Yellownape R Picus chlorolophus

206.Streak-throated Woodpecker R Picus xanthopygaeus

207.Lesser Goldenback R Dinopium benghalense

208.White-naped Woodpecker R Chrysocolaptes festivus

PITTAS Pittidae

209.Indian Pitta S Pitta brachyura

WOODSHRIKES Uncertain Family

210.Common Woodshrike R Tephrodornis pondicerianus
WOODSWALLOWS Artamidae

211.Ashy Woodswallow R Artamus fuscus

212.Large Cuckooshrike R Coracina macei

213.Black-winged Cuckooshrike R/LM Coracina melaschistos

214.Black-headed Cuckooshrike S Coracina melanoptera

215.Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike R Hemipus picatus

216.White-bellied Minivet R Pericrocotus erithropygius

217.Small Minivet R Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

218.Long-tailed Minivet W Pericrocotus ethologus

219.Scarlet Minivet R Pericrocotus(flammeus)speciosus
IORA Aegithinidae

220.Common Iora R Aegithina tiphia

SHRIKES Lanidae

221.Brown Shrike W Lanius christatus

222.Isabelline Shrike W Lanius isabellinus

223.Bay-backed Shrike R Lanius vittatus

224.Long-tailed Shrike R Lanius schach

225.Southern Grey Shrike R Lanius meridionalis

226.Gr Racket-tailed Drongo R Dicrurus paradiseus

227.Spangled Drongo R Dicrurus hottentottus

228.Black Drongo R Dicrurus macrocerus

229.Ashy Drongo W Dicrurus leucophaeus

230.White-bellied Drongo R Dicrurus caerulescens

231.Indian Golden Oriole W Oriolus (oriolus) kundoo

232.Black-naped Oriole W Oriolus chinensis

233.Black-hooded Oriole R Oriolus xanthornus

234.White-throated Fantail R Rhipidura albicollis

235.White-spotted Fantail R Rhipidura(albicollis)albogularis

236.White-browed Fantail R Rhipidura aureola

237.Asian Paradise Flycatcher R Terpsiphone paradisi

238.Black-naped Monarch R Hypothymis azurea
CROWS Corvidae

239.Rufous Treepie R Dendrocitta vagabunda

240.Indian Jungle Crow R Corvus (macrorhynchos)culminates

241.House Crow R Corvus splendens

242.Great Tit R Parus major

243.Indian Yellow Tit R Parus (xanthogenys) aplonotus
MARTINS & SWALLOWS Hirundinidae

244.Plain Martin R Riparia paludicola

245.Eurasian Crag Martin W Ptyonoprogne rupestris

246.Dusky Crag Martin R Ptyonoprogne concolor

247.Common House Martin R Delichon urbicum

248.Streak-throated Swallow R Petrochelidon fluvicola

249.Wire-tailed Swallow R Hirundo smithii

250.Barn Swallow W Hirundo rustica

251.Red-rumped Swallow R Cecropis daurica
LARKS Alaudidae

252.Singing Bushlark R Mirafra cantillans

253.Indian Bushlark R Mirafra erythroptera

254.Rufous-tailed Lark R Ammomanes phoenicura

255.Greater Short-toed Lark R Calandrella brachydactyla

256.Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark R Eremopterix griseus

257.Crested Lark R/LM Galerida cristata

258.Sykes’s Lark R/LM Galerida deva

259.Oriental Skylark R Alauda gugula
BULBULS Pycnonotidae

260.Black-crested Bulbul R Pycnonotus (melanicterus) flaviventris

261.Red-whiskered Bulbul R Pycnonotus jocosus

262.Red-vented Bulbul R Pycnonotus cafer

263.White-browed Bulbul R Pycnonotus luteolus
PRINIAS,CISTICOLA & ALLIES Cisticolidae

264.Grey-breasted Prinia R Prinia Hodgsonii

265.Jungle Prinia R Prinia sylvatica

266.Ashy Prinia R Prinia socialis

267.Plain Prinia R Prinia inornata

268.Rufous-fronted Prinia R Prinia buchanani

269.Zitting Cisticola R Cisticola juncidis

270.Golden-headed Cisticola V Cisticola exilis

271.Common Tailor Bird R Orthotomus sutorius
WARBLERS Sylviidae

272.Thick-billed Warbler W Phragamaticola aedon

273.Clamorous Reed Warbler W Acrocephalus stentoreus

274.Paddyfield Warbler W Acrocephalus agricola

275.Blyth’s Reed Warbler W Acrocephalus dumetorum

276.Booted Warbler W Iduna caligata

277.Sykes’s Warbler W Iduna rama

278.Common Chiffchaff W Phylloscopus collybita

279.Dusky Warbler W Phylloscopus fuscatus

280.Smokey Warbler W Phylloscopus fuligiventer

281.Tickell’s Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus affinis

282.Sulphur-bellied Warbler W Phylloscopus griseolus

283.Yellow-browed Warbler W Phylloscopus inornatus

284.Hume’s Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus humei

285.Greenish Warbler W Phylloscopus trochiloides

286.Large-billed Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus magnirostris

287.Western Crowned Warbler W Phylloscopus occipitalis

288.Blyth’s Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus reguloides

289.Lesser Whitethroat W Sylvia curruca

290.Hume’s Whitethroat W Sylvia althaea

291.Orphean Warbler W Sylvia hortensis
BABBLERS Timaliidae

292.Puff-throated Babbler R Pellorneum ruficeps

293.Tawny-bellied Babbler R Dumetia hyperythra

294.Indian Scimitar Babbler R Pomatorhinus horsfieldii

295.Common Babbler R Turdoides caudate

296.Large Grey Babbler R Turdoides malcolmi

297.Jungle Babbler R Turdoides striata

298.Brown-cheeked Fulvetta R Alcippe poioicephala

299.Yellow-eyed Babbler R Chrysomma altirostre
WHITE-EYES Zosteropidae

300.Oriental White-eye R Zosterops palpebrosus

301.Indian Nuthatch R Sitta castanea

302.Velvet-fronted Nuthatch R Sitta frontalis
TREECREEPERS Certhiidae

303.Spotted Creeper R Salpornis spilonotus

STARLINGS & MYNAS Sturnidae

304.Bank Myna R Acridotheres ginginianus

305.Common Myna R Acridotheres tristis

306.Asian Pied Starling R Gracupica contra

307.Chestnut-tailed Starling R/LM Sturnia malabarica

308.Brahminy Starling R Sturnia pagodarum

309.Rosy Starling W Pastor roseus
THRUSHES Turdidae

310.Malabar Whistling Thrush R Myophonus horsfieldii

311.Orange-headed Thrush R Zoothera citrine

312.Tickell’s Thrush W Turdus unicolor

313.Indian Blackbird R Turdus (merula) simillimus
CHATS & OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Muscicapidae

314.Bluethroat W Luscinia svecica

315.Oriental Magpie Robin R Copsychus saularis

316.White-rumped Shama R Copsychus malabaricus

317.Indian Robin R Saxicoloides fulicatus

318.Black Redstart W Phoenicurus ochruros

319.Common Stonechat W Saxicola torquatus

320.Pied Bushchat R Saxicola caprata

321.Hodgson’s Bush Chat V Saxicola insignis

322.Brown Rock Chat S Cercomela fusca

323.Blue Rock Thrush W Monticola solitaries

324.Blue-capped Rock Thrush W Monticola cinclorhynchus

325.Asian Brown Flycatcher W Muscicapa dauurica

326.Rusty-tailed Flycatcher P Muscicapa ruficauda

327.Red-breasted Flycatcher W Ficedula parva

328.Taiga Flycatcher W Ficedula albicilla

329.Ultramarine Flycatcher W Ficedula superciliaris

330.Verditer Flycatcher W Eumyias thalassinus

331.Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher R Cyornis tickelliae

332.Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher P Cyornis rubeculoides

333.Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher W Culicicapa ceylonensis

LEAFBIRDS Chloropseidae

334.Jerdon’s Leafbird R Chloropsis jerdoni

335.Golden-fronted Leafbird R Chloropsis aurifrons

FLOWERPECKERS Dicaeidae

336.Thick-billed Flowerpecker R Dicaeum agile

337.Pale-billed Flowerpecker R Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
SUNBIRDS Nectariniidae

338.Purple Sunbird R Cinnyris asiaticus

339.Purple-rumped Sunbird R Leptocoma zeylonica

SPARROWS & PETRONIAS Passeridae

340.House Sparrow R Passer domesticus

341.Chestnut-shouldered Petronia R Gymnoris xanthocollis

342.Baya Weaver R/LM Ploceus philippinus

343.Indian Silverbill R Euodice malabarica

344.Red Avadavat R Amandava amandava

345.White-rumped Munia R/LM Lonchura striata

346.Scaly-breasted Munia R Lonchura punctulata

347.Black-headed Munia R/LM Lonchura Malacca
PIPITS & WAGTAILS Motacillidae

348.Yellow Wagtail W Motacilla flava

349.Citrine Wagtail W Motacilla citreola

350.Forest Wagtail W Dendronanthus indicus

351.Grey Wagtail W Motacilla cinerea

352.White Wagtail W Moticilla alba

353.White-browed Wagtail R Moticilla maderaspatensis

354.Richard’s Pipit W Anthus richardi

355.Paddyfield Pipit R Anthus fufulus

356.Tawny Pipit W Anthus campestris

357.Blyth’s Pipit W Anthus godlewskii

358.Long-billed Pipit W Anthus similis

359.Tree Pipit W Anthus trivialis

360.Olive-backed Pipit W Anthus hodgsoni

361.Common Rosefinch W Carpodacus erythrinus

362.Crested Bunting R/LM Melophus lathami

363.Grey-necked Bunting W Emberiza buchanani

364.Black-headed Bunting W Emberiza melanocephala