Birds of the Sundarban

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  • Birds of the Sundarban I

  • ii] The Sundarbaniii] Birds of the Sundarban

  • Sl English Name 1 Red Junglefowl Bangla Name uJu mjoMrKV Binomial Name Gallus gallus Page

  • 3 2 Fulvous Whistling-duck Lesser Whistling-duck rJ\ vrJKu kJKf vrJKu Dendrocygna bicolorDendrocygna javanica

  • 4 Northern Pintail uqJ†JyÅJx Anas acuta

  • 6 5 Northern Shoveler Common Teal UMP∂yÅJx kJKf KfKuyJÅx Anas clypeataAnas crecca

  • 8 7 Eurasian Wigeon Mallard KxÅKgyÅJx jLuKvr Anas PenelopeAnas platyrhynchos

  • 9 Garganey K\Kr~J yÅJx Anas querquedula

  • 10 Spot-billed Duck 11 Gadwall ßoPayÅJx Kk~JÄ yÅJx Anas poecilorhynchaAnas strepera

  • 12 Graeylag Goose 13 Bar-headed Goose ßoPa rJ\yÅJx KvrirJ rJ\yÅJx Anser anserAnser indicus

  • 14 Cotton Pygmy-goose mJKuyÅJx Nettapus coromandelianus

  • 15 Ferruginous Pochard 16 Red-crested Pochard orPYrX náKfyÅJx uJu^MKa náKfyÅJx Aythya nyrocaNetta rufina

  • 17 Ruddy Shelduck 18 Common Shelduck U~rJ YUJYKU kJKf YUJYKU Tadorna ferrugineaTadorna tadorna

  • 19 Rufous Woodpecker U~rJ TJbTázJKu Micropternus brachyurus

  • 20 Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker 21 Common Goldenback mJfJKm TJbTázJKu kJKf TJbPbJTrJ Dendrocopos maceiDinopium javanense

  • 22 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 23 Lesser Goldenback mJoj TJbPbJTrJ mJÄuJ TJbPbJTrJ Dendrocopos canicapillusDinopium benghalense

  • 24 Greater Goldenback mz TJbPbJTrJ Chrysocolaptes lucidus

  • 25 Eurasian Wryneck 26 Speckled Piculet ßoPbJ TJbPbJTrJ KfuJ TáKaTázJKu Jynx torquillaPicumnus innominatus

  • 27 Gray-headed Woodpecker 28 Lesser Yellownape ßoPaoJgJ TJbTázJKu ßZJa yuMh-^MÅKa TJbPbJTrJ Picus canusPicus chlorolophus

  • 29 Greater Yellownape 30 Streak-breasted Woodpecker yuMhßcJrJ mMT TJbPbJTrJ -^MÅKa TJbPbJTrJ Picus flavinuchaPicus viridanus

  • 31 Streak-throated Woodpecker 32 Common Hoopoe xmM\ ßcJrJ TJbPbJTrJ kJKf ÉhÉh Picus xanthopygaeusUpupa epops

  • 33 Blue-throated Barbet 34 Lineated Barbet jLuVuJ mx∂ ßcJrJ mx∂PmRKr Megalaima asiaticaMegalaima lineata

  • 35 Coppersmith Barbet 36 Indian Roller ßZJa mx∂PmRKr mJÄuJ jLuTJ∂ Megalaima haemacephalaCoracias benghalensis

  • 37 Oriental Dollarbird kJyJKz jLuTJ∂ Eurystomus orientalis

  • 38 Common Kingfisher 39 Blue-eared Kingfisher kJKf oJZrJXJ jLuTJj oJZrJXJ Alcedo atthisAlcedo meninting

  • 40 Black-capped Kingfisher 41 White-throated Kingfisher TJuJaáKk oJZrJXJ iuJVuJ oJZrJXJ Halcyon pileataHalcyon smyrnensis

  • 42 Brown-winged Kingfisher U~rJkJU oJZrJXJ Pelargopsis amauroptera

  • 43 Ruddy Kingfisher 44 Collared Kingfisher uJu oJZrJXJ iuJWJz oJZrJXJ Halcyon coromandaTodiramphus chloris

  • 45 Pied Kingfisher 46 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater kJTrJ oJZrJXJ U~rJoJgJ xMAPYJrJ Ceryle rudisMerops leschenaulti

  • 47 Green Bee-eater xmM\ xMAPYJrJ Merops orientalis

  • 48 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 49 Plaintive Cuckoo jLuPu\ xMAPYJrJ xrVo, kJKk~J Merops philippinusCacomantis merulinus

  • 50 Grey-bellied Cuckoo 51 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo ßoPaPka kJKk~J U~rJkJU kJKk~J Cacomantis passerinusClamator coromandus

  • 52 Jacobin Cuckoo YJfT Clamator jacobinus

  • 53 Common Cuckoo 54 Indian Cuckoo kJKf kJKk~J mC TgJ TS Cuculus canorusCuculus micropterus

  • 55 Common Hawk-Cuckoo 56 Asian Koel ßYJUVqJPuJ ßTJKTu Hierococcyx variusEudynamys scolopacea

  • 57 Green-billed Malkoha oJuPTJ~J Phaenicophaeus tristis

  • 58 Greater Coucal 59 Rose-ringed Parakeet mz TáPmJ xmM\ Ka~J Centropus sinensisPsittacula krameri

  • 60 Blossom-headed Parakeet 61 Spotted Owlet yLrJoj UMòPu kÅqJYJ Psittacula roseataAthene brama

  • 62 Barn Owl uçL kÅqJYJ Tyto alba

  • 63 Collared Scops Owl 64 Brown Fish Owl T£L KjokÅqJYJ Éfáo kÅqJYJ Otus bakkamoenaKetupa zeylonensis

  • 65 Buffy Fish Owl 66 Large-tailed Nightjar ßoPa ßoPZJkÅqJYJ uqJ†J rJfYrJ Ketupa ketupuCaprimulgus macrurus

  • 67 Common Emerald Dove xmM\ WMWM Chalcophaps indica

  • 68 Spotted Dove 69 Red Turtle Dove KfuJ WMWM uJu rJ\WMWM Streptopelia chinensisStreptopelia tranquebarica

  • 7 71 Eurasian Collared Dove 0 Oriental Turtle Dove Ch~L rJ\WMWM T£LWMWM SStreptopelia decaoctotreptopelia orientalis

  • 72 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon 73 Pompadour green pigeon TouJmMT yKr~Ju ßZJa yKr~Ju Treron bicinctaTreron phayrei

  • 74 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon 75 Rock Pigeon yuPh kJ yKr~Ju \JuJuL TmMfr Treron phoenicopteraColumba livia

  • 76 Masked Finfoot xMªrL yJÅx Heliopais personata

  • 77 White-breasted Waterhen 78 Common Coot, Eurasian Coot cJÉT kJKf Táa Amaurornis phoenicurusFulica atra

  • 79 Common Moorhen 80 Purple Swamphen kJjoMrKV TJPuo Gallinula chloropusPorphyrio porphyrio

  • 81 Ruddy-breasted Crake uJumMT èrèKr Porzana fusca

  • 82 Common Sandpiper 83 Ruddy Turnstone kJKf mJaJj uJu jMKzmJaJj Actitis hypoleucosArenaria interpres

  • 85 Sanderling 84 Dunlin TJhJ mJaJjmJuMYrJ Calidris alpinaCalidris alba

  • 86 Curlew Sandpiper èKuªJ mJaJj Calidris ferruginea

  • 88 Great Knot 87 Broad-billed Sandpiper ßoPabÅMPaJ mJaJjmz YJkJKU Limicola falcinellusCalidris tenuirostris

  • 90 Red-necked Stint 89 Little Stint mJoj YJkJKUuJuWJz YJkJKU Calidris minutaCalidris ruficollis

  • 91 Temminck’s Stint ßaKoPÛr YJkJKU Calidris temminckii

  • 93 Bar-tailed Godwit 92 Asian Dowitcher FvL~ cCAYJrßcJrJPu\ ß\RrJKu Limnodromus semipalmatusLimosa lapponica

  • 95 Eurasian Curlew 94 Black-tailed Godwit TJuJPu\ ß\RrJKumz èKuªJ Limosa limosaNumenius arquata

  • 96 Whimbrel jJaJ èKuªJ Numenius phaeopus

  • 98 Common Redshank 97 Common Greenshank uJu kJ KkxmM\ kJ Kk--CC Tringa nebulariaTringa totanus

  • 100 Wood Sandpiper 99 Marsh Sandpiper Kmu mJaJjmj mJaJj Tringa stagnatilisTringa glareola

  • 101 Terek Sandpiper ßaPrT mJaJj Xenus cinereus

  • 103 Greater Painted-snipe 102 Spoon billed Sandpiper YJoYbáÅPaJ mJaJjmJÄuJ rJXJYqJVJ Calidris pygmeusRostratula benghalensis

  • 105 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 104 Bronze-winged Jacana hu KkKkßjC KkKk Metopidius indicusHydrophasianus chirurgus

  • 106 Great Thick-knee VñJ KffJA Esacus recurvirostris

  • 108 Little Ringed Plover 107 Kentish Plover ßTK≤v K\Kr~JßZJa K\Kr~J Charadrius alexandrinusCharadrius dubius

  • 110 Lesser Sand Plover 109 Greater Sand Plover mz iMuK\Kr~JßZJa iMuK\Kr~J Charadrius leschenaultiiCharadrius mongolus

  • 111 Black-winged Stilt TJuJkJU ßbKñ Himantopus himantopus

  • 113 Pied Avocet 112 Pacific Golden Plover ßxJjJK\Kr~JCPæJbáÅKa Pluvialis fulvaRecurvirostra avosetta

  • 115 Red-wattled Lapwing 114 Grey-headed Lapwing ßoPaoJgJ KaKaya KaKa Vanellus cinereusVanellus indicus

  • 116 Oriental Pratincole mz mJmMmJaJj Glareola maldivarum

  • 118 Great Black headed Gull 117 Small Pratincole ßZJa mJmMmJaJjmz \uTmMfr Glareola lactealLarus ichthyaetus

  • 120 Brown-headed Gull 119 Black-headed Gull TJuJoJgJ VJXKYuU~rJoJgJ VJXKYu Larus ridibundusLarus brunnicephalus

  • 121 Yellow-legged Gull yuPh kJ VJXKYu Larus cachinnans

  • 123 Great Crested Tern 122 Whiskered Tern \MuKl kJjKYumz KaKT kJjKYu Chlidonias hybridusSterna bergii

  • 125 Little Tern 124 Lesser Crested Tern mJÄuJ KaKT kJjKYußZJa kJjKYu Sterna bengalensisSterna albifrons

  • 126 Common Tern kJKf kJjKYu Sterna hirundo

  • 128 Shikra 127 White-rumped Vulture mJÄuJ vTájfáTtL mJ\ Gyps bengalensisAccipiter badius

  • 130 Oriental Honey-buzzard 129 Common Buzzard kJKf KfxJmJ\oiMmJ\ Buteo buteoPernis ptilorhynchus

  • 131 Osprey oJZoMrJu Pandion haliaetus

  • 133 Indian Spotted Eagle 132 White-bellied Sea Eagle KxºáBVußZJa KY©J BVu Haliaeetus leucogasterAquila hastata

  • 135 Pallas’s Fish Eagle 134 Greater Spotted Eagle mz KY©J BVuTárJ BVu Aquila clanga Haliaeetus leucoryphus

  • 136 Grey-headed Fish Eagle ßoPaoJgJ TárJBVu Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

  • 138 Crested Serpent Eagle 137 Changeable Hawk-Eagle ^MKa~Ju KvTPr BVuKfuJ jJVBVu Spizaetus cirrhatusSpilornis cheela

  • 140 Brahminy Kite 139 Black Kite námj KYuv–U KYu Milvus migransHaliastur indus

  • 141 Pied Harrier kJTrJ TJkJKx Circus melanoleucos

  • 143 Red-necked Falcon 142 Black-shouldered Kite TJaá~J KYuuJuWJz vJKyj Elanus caeruleusFalco chicquera

  • 145 Peregrine Falcon 144 Common Kestrel kJKf ßTPˆsußkPrKV ́j vJKyj Falco tinnunculusFalco peregrines

  • 146 Great Crested Grebe mz ßUÅJkJcámMKr Podiceps cristatus

  • 148 Darter 147 Little Grebe ßZJa cámMKrV~Jr Tachybaptus ruficollisAnhinga melanogaster

  • 150 Little Cormorant 149 Great Cormorant mz kJjPTRKzßZJa kJjPTRKz P Phalacrocorax nigerhalacrocorax carbo

  • 151 Gray Heron iMkKj mT Ardea cinerea

  • 152 Purple Heron ßmèKj mT Ardea purpurea

  • 154 Cattle Egret 153 Indian Pond Heron TJKj mTßVJ mVJ Ardeola grayiiBubulcus ibis

  • 156 Great Egret 155 Little Egret ßZJa mVJmz mVJ Egretta garzettaCasmerodius albus

  • 157 Intermediate Egret oJ^uJ mVJ Mesophoyx intermedia

  • 159 Black-crowned Night Heron 158 Little Heron UMPh mTKjKvmT Butorides striatusNycticorax nycticorax

  • 161 Cinnamon Bittern 160 Black Bittern TJuJ mVuJU~rJ mVuJ Dupetor flavicollisIxobrychus cinnamomeus

  • 162 Yellow Bittern yuPh mVuJ Ixobrychus sinensis

  • 164 Asian Openbill 163 Black-headed Ibis TJuJoJgJ TJP ̃YrJvJoMTPUJu Threskiornis melanocephalusAnastomus oscitans

  • 166 Indian Pitta 165 Lesser Adjutant ohjaJTjSrX Leptoptilos javanicusPitta brachyura

  • 167 Mangrove Pitta mJhJ ÊoYJ Pitta megarhyncha

  • 169 Brown Shrike 168 Golden-fronted Leafbird kJfJ mMumMKuU~rJ uJPaJrJ Chloropsis aurifronsLanius cristatus

  • 171 Long-tailed Shrike 170 Grey-backed Shrike ßoPaKkb uJPaJrJuqJ†J uJPaJrJ Lanius tephronotusLanius schach

  • 172 Common Iora lKaT\u Aegithina tiphia

  • 174 Large Cuckooshrike 173 Ashy Woodswallow iNxr IJmJKmumz TJmJKx Artamus fuscusCoracina macei

  • 176 Jungle Crow 175 Black-headed Cuckooshrike TJuJoJgJ TJmJKxhÅJz TJT Coracina melanopteraCorvus macrorhynchos

  • 177 House Crow kJKf TJT Corvus splendens

  • 179 Bronzed Drongo 178 Rufous Treepie U~rJ yÅJKzYJYJßZJa ná\ñ Dendrocitta vagabundaDicrurus aeneus

  • 181 Black Drongo 180 Hair-crested Drongo ßTvrJ\KlPX Dicrurus hottentotusDicrurus macrocercus

  • 182 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo ßZJa KnorJ\ Dicrurus remifer

  • 184 Ashy Drongo 183 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo mz KnorJ\ßoPa KlPX Dicrurus paradiseusDicrurus leucophaeus

  • 185 Bar-winged Flycatcher- shrike 186 Large Woodshrike hJKVkJU YáaKTuJPaJrJmz mjuJPaJrJ Hemipus picatusTephrodornis gularis

  • 187 Common Woodshrike kJKf mjuJPaJrJ Tephrodomis pondicerianus

  • 189 Asian Paradise-flycatcher 188 Black-naped Monarch TJuJWJz rJ\jhMirJ\ Hypothymis azureaTerpsiphone paradisi

  • 191 Black-naped Oriole 190 Black-hooded Oriole AKÓTáaáoTJuJWJz ßmPjmC Oriolus xanthornusOriolus chinensis

  • 192 Small Minivet ßZJa xJPyKu Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

  • 193 Scarlet Minivet KxÅhMPr xJPyKu Pericrocotus flammeus

  • 1 195 Mangrove Whistler 94 White-throated Fantail YJT ßhJP~uVrJj kJKU Rhipidura albicollisPachycephala grisola

  • 197 White-rumped Shama 196 Oriental Magpie Robin ßhJP~uvqJoJ Copsychus saularisCopsychus malabaricus

  • 198 Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher ^Jz -láaKT Culicicapa ceylonensis

  • 200 Blue-throated Flycatcher 199 Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher iuJVuJ YáaKTjLuVuJ YáaKT Cyornis poliogenysCyornis rubeculoides

  • 202 Taiga Flycatcher 201 Verditer Flycatcher IÍr YáaKTfJAVJ YáaKT Eumyias thalassinaFicedula albicilla

  • 203 Asian Brown Flycatcher U~rJ YáaKT Muscicapa dauurica

  • 205 Dark-sided Flycatcher 204 Brown-breasted Flycatcher ßoPamMT YáaKTTJuJkJv YáaKT Muscicapa muttuiMuscicapa sibirica

  • 207 Black Redstart 206 Siberian Rubythroat xJAPmrL~ YáKjT≥LTJuJ KVKht Luscinia calliopePhoenicurus ochruros

  • 208 Tickell’s Thrush KaPTPur hJoJ Turdus unicolor

  • 210 Orange-headed Thrush 209 Blue Rock Thrush jLu KvuJhJoJTouJ hJoJ Monticola solitariusZoothera citrina

  • 212 Jungle Myna 211 Scaly Thrush IÅJvPa hJoJ^MÅKa vJKuT Zoothera daumaAcridotheres fuscus

  • 213 Bank Myna VJX vJKuT Acridotheres ginginianus

  • 214 Common Myna 215 Asian Pied Starling nJf vJKuTßVJ-vJKuT Acridotheres tristisSturnus contra

  • 217 Daurian Starling 216 Chestnut-tailed Starling U~rJPu\ TJbvJKuTßmèKj Kkb TJbvJKuT Sturnus malabaricusAgropsar sturninus

  • 218 Common Starling KY©J vJKuT Sturnus vulgaris

  • 220 Great Tit 219 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch jLuJn TLaTázJKjmz Kff Sitta frontalisParus major

  • 222 Sand Martin 221 Barn Swallow kJKf IJmJKmumJKu jJTáKa Hirundo rusticaRiparia ripari

  • 223 Brown-throated Martin U~rJVuJ jJTáKa Riparia paludicola

  • 225 Red-whiskered Bulbul 224 Red-vented Bulbul mMumMKu^MaTáKu Pycnonotus caferPycnonotus jocosus

  • 227 Zitting Cisticola 226 Oriental White-eye ßvõfJãLßnJorJ ßZJaj Zosterops palpebrosusCisticola juncidis

  • 228 Plain Prinia láaKT Prinia inornata

  • 230 Common Tailorbird 229 Yellow-bellied Prinia yuPhPka láaKT aájaáKj Prinia flaviventrisOrthotomus sutorius

  • 232 Clamorous Reed Warbler 231 Large-billed Reed Warbler mzPbÅJa juláaKTmJYJu juláaKT Acrocephalus orinusAcrocephalus stentoreus

  • 233 Thick-billed warbler ßoJaJPbÅJa láaKT Iduna aedon

  • 234 Dusky Warbler TJuPY láaKT Phylloscopus fuscatus

  • 2 236 Large-billed Leaf Warbler 35 Yellow-browed Warbler yuPhÃ∆ láaKTmzPbÅJa láaKT Phylloscopus inornatusPhylloscopus magnirostris

  • 238 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 237 Greenish Warbler xmP\ láaKThJKV KffZJfJPr Phylloscopus trochiloidesMixornis gularis

  • 239 Abbott’s Babbler IqJmPar ZJfJPr Malacocincla abbotti

  • 241 Striated Babbler 240 Jungle Babbler xJfnJ~uJßcJrJ xJfnJ~uJ Turdoides striatusTurdoides earlei

  • 243 Oriental Skylark 242 Common Chiffchaff KYlYqJl^MKa nrf Phylloscopus collybitaAlauda gulgula

  • 244 Greater Short-toed Lark ßnÅJfJnrf Calandrella brachydactyla

  • 246 Bengal bushlark 245 Sand Lark mJKu nrfmJÄuJ ^Jznrf Calandrella raytalMirafra assamica

  • 248 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 247 Crimson Sunbird KxÅhMPr ßoRaáKxYáKjoMKU ßoRaáKx Aethopyga siparajaAnthreptes singalensis

  • 249 Purple Sunbird ßmèKj ßoRaáKx Nectarinia asiatica

  • 251 Pale-billed Flowerpecker 250 Purple-rumped Sunbird ßmèKjPTJor ßoRaáKxßZJa láu^MKr Nectarinia zeylonicaDicaeum erythrorynchos

  • 253 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 252 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker uJuKkb láu^MKrTouJPka láu^MKr Dicaeum cruentatumDicaeum trigonostigma

  • 254 Little Spiderhunter ßZJa oJTzoJr Arachnothera longirostra

  • 256 Olive-backed Pipit 255 Paddyfield Pipit iJKj fáKuTJ\ukJAKkb fáKuTJ Anthus rufulusAnthus hodgsoni

  • 258 Black-headed Munia 257 Indian Silverbill ßhKv YÅJKhPbJaTJuJoJgJ oMKj~J Lonchura malabaricaLonchura malacca

  • 259 Scaly-breasted Munia KfuJ oMKj~J Lonchura punctulata

  • 261 Forest Wagtail 260 White Wagtail iuJ U†jmj U†j Motacilla albaDendronanthus indicus

  • 263 Citrine Wagtail 262 Grey Wagtail ßoPa U†jyuPhoJgJ U†j Motacilla cinereaMotacilla citreola

  • 264 Yellow Wagtail yuPh U†j Motacilla flava

  • 265 White-browed Wagtail 266 House Sparrow YòAxJhJ- nár∆ U†j Motacilla maderaspatensisPasser domesticus

  • 268 Common Rosefinch 267 Little Bunting UMPh YaTkJKf fáKf Emberiza pusillaCarpodacus erythrinus

  • 269 Baya Weaver ßhKv mJmMA Ploceus philippinus

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