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ARPORA
Name	Species	Comments
Little Cormorant	Phalacrocorax niger	Several birds seen daily
Indian Cormorant	Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	Two birds flying over river
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Common everywhere
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Occasional birds usually in flight
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Seen daily
Eastern Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis coromandus	Common everywhere
Indian Pond-heron	Ardeola grayii	Common everywhere
Striated Heron	Butorides striatus	One bird on MD lakes & one on river
Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhyncus	Distant views in flight
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Common everywhere
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	Common everywhere
White-bellied Sea-eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster	Occasional birds usually in flight
Eurasian Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Single bird quartering salt pans
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Occasional birds usually in flight
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Single bird flying over MD
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Single bird perched on wires
Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Small flock daily on salt pans
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	3/5 daily on salt pans
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	2/3 daily on salt pans
Red-wattled Lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Regular on salt pans
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Small numbers regular on salt pans
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Up to 4 daily on salt pans
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	2/3 daily on salt pans
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	3/5 daily on salt pans
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	3/5 daily on salt pans
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	2/3 regular on salt pans
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	1 seen flying over MD
Asian Palm-swift	Cypsiurus balasiensis	Seen daily over MD and salt pans
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	1 seen regularly
Stork-billed Kingfisher	Pelargopsis capensis	3/4 sightings over 2 weeks
White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	Ever present
Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	1 seen on wires outside MD
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	1 seen on river
Little Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Ever present
Eurasian Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Occasional birds usually in flight
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	Seen daily over MD and salt pans
Red-rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica rufula	Regular over salt pans
Streak-throated Swallow	Hirundo fluvicola	Occasional birds usually in flight
Paddyfield Pipit	Anthus rufulus	Regular on salt pans
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	Occasional birds seen on fields by salt pans
White-browed Wagtail	Motacilla madaraspatensis	Regular around MD
Oriental Magpie-robin	Copsychus saularis	Seen almost every day by salt pans
Pied Bushchat	Saxicola caprata	Occasional birds seen on fields by salt pans
Indian Black Robin	Saxicoloides fulicata	Occasional birds seen on fields by salt pans
Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach	Regular around salt pans
Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	Ever present
House Crow	Corvus splendens	Ever present
Ashy Woodswallow	Artamus fuscus	Birds seen on wires and in flight over salt pans
Rosy Starling	Sturnus roseus	Regular sightings on flowering tree outside MD
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	2/3 birds seen from time to time
Jungle Myna	Acridotheres fuscus	Small flock daily around salt pans

 

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