ZUARI RIVER |
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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Common |
Indian Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
Single bird flying from roost at High Tide |
Oriental Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
4 birds roosting at HT |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Common |
Western Reef-egret |
Egretta gularis |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Common |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
2/3 birds seen at HT |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Common |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Common |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common in fields around river |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Little Heron |
Butorides striatus |
Single bird seen at HT |
Black-headed Ibis |
Threskiornis melanocephalus |
12 seen roosting at HT |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
Greater Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
2/3 birds seen flying over on both trips |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
2/3 birds seen on both trips |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Single bird flying round railway bridge |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Small flocks seen on both trips |
Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
Small flock seen al Low Tide |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common |
Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
Small flocks seen on both trips |
Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
Max flock of 12 but seen on both trips |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Terek Sandpiper |
Xenus cinereus |
6 birds seen at LT |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Common |
Brown-headed Gull |
Larus brunnicephalus |
Common |
Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
Several birds seen at LT |
Lesser Crested Tern |
Thalasseus bengalensis |
Seen on both trips but best at HT |
Great Crested Tern |
Thalasseus bergii |
Seen on both trips but best at HT |
Little Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
Small flock seen al Low Tide |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Common in suitable locations |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Seen on both trips |
Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Pelargopsis capensis |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
Halcyon pileata |
Several birds seen on both trips |
Collared Kingfisher |
Todirhamphus chloris |
Excellent views with 3 at LT and 5 at HT |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
Seen on both trips |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
Common over river |
Indian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus kundoo |
Several birds on river banks on both trips |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Common in suitable locations |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Common in suitable locations |
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