- 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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