CAMP CORBETT BIRD LIST

GRIMMETT & INSKIPP, 1999

Website: http://www.campcorbett.net/

AVADAVAT

Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

BABBLER

Black-Chinned Babbler Stachyris pyrrhops

Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus

Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi

Puff-Throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps

Rusty-Cheeked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenus

Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei

Striped Tit Babbler Macronous gularis

Tawny Bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra

Yellow-Eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

BARBET

Blue-Throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica

Brown-Headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

Great Barbet Megalaima virens

Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata

BAZA

Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes

BEE-EATER

Blue Bearded Bee Eater Nyctyornis athertoni

Blue Tailed Bee Eater Merops philippinus

Chestnut Headed Bee Eater Merops leschenaulti

Green Bee-Eater Merops orientalis

BITTERN

Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris

BLACKBIRD

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Grey-Winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul

BLUETHROAT

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

BROADBILL

Long-Tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae

BULBUL

Ashy Bulbul Hypsipetes flavala

Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Black-Headed Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus flaviventris

Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenus

Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclelandii

Red Vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

Red Whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

White-Eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

BULLFINCH

?Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis

BUNTING

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

White-Capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

BUSHCHAT

Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea

?Hodgson's Bushchat Saxicola insignis

Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

BUSHLARK

Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

BUZZARD

Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

White-Eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

CHAT

Brown Rock-Chat Cercomela fusca

CHIFFCHAFF

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

COCHOA

Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea

CORMORANT

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

COUCAL

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

Lesser Coucal Centropus Bengalensis

CROW

House Crow Corvus splendens

Large-Billed Crow Corvus macrorynchos

CUCKOO

Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

Grey-Bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus

Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus

Large Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides

Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus

Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

CUCKOO SHRIKE

Blackheaded Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

Black-Winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos

Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

DOVE

Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia Orientalis

Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebaria

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis

DRONGO

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus

Crow Billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans

Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus

Lesser Racket-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer

Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

White-Bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

EAGLE

Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis

Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus

Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela

Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga

Grey-Headed Fishing Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

Lesser Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis

Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis

Pallas's Fishing Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

Rufous Bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii

Short-Toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

EGRET

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret Egretta Garzetta

FALCON

Peregrine Falcon Falco perigrinus peregrinator

FALCONET

Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens

FANTAIL

White-Browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

White-Throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

Yellow-Bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha

FLOWERPECKER

Pale-Billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorynchos

Thick-Billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile

FLYCATCHER

Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

Dark-Sided Flycatcher Muscicapa siberica

?Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea

Grey-Headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni

Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor

Red-Throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva

Rufous-Gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata

Rusty-Tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda

Slaty-Blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricola

Snowy Browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae

Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris

Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina

FLYCATCHER-SHRIKE

Bar-Winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus

FORKTAIL

Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri

Spotted Forktail Eniculus maculatus

GOOSE

Bar-Headed Goose Anser Indicus

GOSHAWK

Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus

Northern Goshawk Accipiter Gentilis

HARRIER

Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus

HERON

Black-Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

Little Heron Butorides striatus

HONEY-BUZZARD

Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

HOOPOE

Common Hoopoe Upapa epops

HORNBILL

Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis

Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

IBIS

Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

IORA

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

JAY

Black-Headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus

JUNGLE-FOWL

Red Junglefowl Galus galus

KESTREL

Common Kestrel Falco tinninculus

KINGFISHER

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Stork-Billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis

White-Throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

KITE

Black Kite Milvus migrans lineatus

Black Kite Milvus migrans govinda

Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

KOEL

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

LAPWING

Red-Wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii

LARK

Crested Lark Galerida cristata

Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

Rufous-Winged Bushlark Mirafra assamica

LAUGHING-THRUSH

Rufous Chinned Laughing Thrush Garrulax rufogularis

White-Crested Laughing Thrush Garrulax leucolophus

White-Throated Laughing Thrush Garrulax albogularis

LEAFBIRD

Golden-Fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons

Orange-Bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

LEIOTHRIX

Red Billed-Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea

MAGPIE

Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis

Red-Billed Blue Magpie Cissa erythroryncha

MALKOHA

Green Billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

MALLARD

Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos

MARTIN

Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

?Northern House Martin Delichon urbica

Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalensis

Plain Martin Riparia paludicola

MINIVET

Long-Tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus

Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus

Short Billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

MINLA

Blue Winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera

MONARCH

Black Naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

MOORHEN

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

MUNIA

Scaly-Breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

White-Rumped Munia Lonchura striata

MYNA

Bank Martin Acridotheres ginginianus

Common Mynah Acridotheres tristis

Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa

Jungle Mynah Acridotheres fuscus

NIGHTJAR

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus

Large-Tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

NILTAVA

Rufous-Bellied Niltava Niltava sundara

Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae

NUTHATCH

Chestnut-Bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea

Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

White-Tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis

ORIOLE

Black-Hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

Maroon Oriole Oriolus trailii

OWL

Brown Fish Owl Bubo zeylonensis

Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scatulata

Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena

Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo Bubo

Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia

Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa Flavipes

OWLET

Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum

Spotted Owlet Athene brama

PARADISE FLYCATCHER

Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

PARAKEET

Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

Plum-Headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala

Red-Breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri

Rose-Ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

Slaty-Headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana

PARTRIDGE

Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus

PEAFOWL

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

PHEASANT

Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos

PICULET

Speckled Piculet Picamnus innominatus

PIGEON

Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia

Orange Breasted Green Pigeon Treron Bicinta

Pin Tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii

Yellow Footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera

Wedge-Tailed Green Pigeon Treron Sphenura

PIPIT

Olive-Backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

Paddyfield Pipit Anthus Rufulus

PITTA

Indian Pitta Pitta Brachyura

PRINIA

Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

Grey Breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

Grey Crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla

Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica

Plain Prinia Prinia subflava or inornata

Yellow Bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris

QUAIL

?Common Quail Coturnix coturnix

Barred Button Quail Turnix suscitator

REDSTART

?Blue-Fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

phoenicuroides

?Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni

Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus

White-Capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

ROBIN

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

ROCKCHAT

?Brown Rock Chat Cercomela Fusca

ROLLER

Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

Indian Roller Eurystomus bengalensis

ROSEFINCH

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

?Dark-Breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis

RUBYTHROAT

Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

White-Tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis

SANDPIPER

Common Sandpiper Actitis hupoleucos

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

SHAMA

White-Rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

SHIKRA

Shikra Accipiter badius

SHRIKE

Bay-Backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

Long-Tailed Shrike Lanius schach

SIBIA

Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata

SILVERBILL

Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica

SPARROW

Chestnut-Shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

?Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

SPARROWHAWK

Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

STARLING

Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra

Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum

Chestnut Tailed Starling Sturnus Malabaricus

Purple Backed Starling Sturnus sturnicus

Spot-Winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera

STILT

Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

STONECHAT

Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata

STORK

Black Necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

SUNBIRD

Black Throated Sunbird Aethogypa saturata

Crimson Sunbird (local variant) Aethogypa siparaja seheriae

Purple Sunbird Neactarinia asiatica

SWALLOW

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Red-Rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

Wire-Tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

SWIFT

Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis

Common Swift Apus apus

Crested Tree Swift Hemiprocne coronata

Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris

House Swift Apus affinis

White-Rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica

TAILORBIRD

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

TEAL

Common Teal Anas Crecca

TERN

River Tern Sterna aurantia

THRUSH

Blue-Capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

Blue Whistling Thrush Myiophonus caeruleus

Dark Sided Thrush Zoothera marginata

Chestnut Bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris

Dark-Throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis

Long-Billed Thrush Zoothera monticola

Orange Headed Thrush Zoothera citrina

Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor

TIT

Black-Lored Tit Parus xanthogenys

Black-Throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus

Fire-Capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Great Tit Parus major

White Cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys

?Yellow Browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

TREECREEPER

Bar-Tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana

TREEPIE

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

VULTURE

?Cinerious Vulture Aegypius monachus

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

Himalayan Griffon Gyps Himalayensis

Red-Headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus

Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus

Long-Billed Vulture Gyps indicus

White-Rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis

WAGTAIL

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

White Browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

White Wagtail Motacilla alba

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

WALLCREEPER

Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

WARBLER

Aberrant Bush Warbler Cettia flavolivacea

Ashy Throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis

?Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata

?Chestnut-Crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major

?Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

Golden-Spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii

Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

Grey-Hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos

Grey-Sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunifons

Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humeii

?Large-Billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris

Lemon Rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

Palefooted Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes

Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis

Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

Yellow Browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

WATERHEN

White Breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

WEAVER

Baya Weaver Ploceus phillipinus

WHITE-EYE

Oriental White-Eye Zosterops palpebrosa

WHITETHROAT

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

WOODPECKER

Black-Rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

Brown Capped Pygmy W/pecker Dendrocopos nanus

Brown Fronted Woodpecker Dendrocopos auriceps

Fulvous Breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei

Grey Capped Pygmy W/pecker Dendrocopos canicapillus

Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentis

Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha

Grey-Headed Woodpecker Picus canus

Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus

Rufous-Bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperithrus

Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker Picus squamata

Streak-Throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

White Naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus

WOODSHRIKE

Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis

WOODSWALLOW

Ashy Woodswallow Artamus Fuscus

WRYNECK

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

YUHINA

?Black-Chinned Yuhina Yuhina Nigrimenta

White Bellied Yuhina Yuhina Zantholeuca

TOTAL: 349 species

Compiled by: Christopher Salt 03/06/08

All species seen within 5km of Camp Corbett

? refers to uncertain identification

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