Birds of Bandhavgarh National Park

Bird Watching in Bandhavgarh

279 species of birds have been recorded in Bandhavgarh, not to mention, out of which 11 are globally threatened. Thus, birds of Bandhavgarh get an advantageous habitat supported by its flora of Bandhavgarh which includes dense tropical forests, fields, grasslands.

Furthermore, every year tourists travel to central India not only in search of the royal Bengal tiger and but also to witness the avian fauna which is resident or immigratory and is found in Bandhavgarh National Park.

How to do Birding in Bandhavgarh National Park?

A Travel Idea For Birding Gateway in Bandhavgarh

Jeep Safari : Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve surely is a paradise to track and watch the big cats and especially the Royal Bengal Tiger but availing services of a trained naturalist who speaks English can make the jungle safari an experience to remember.

Moreover, these naturalists will explain to you the flora and fauna of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. In addition, the family tree of the tigers in Bandhavgarh. Together with, how to track a tiger with the help of animal calls. Similarly, also the avian fauna which you roam the jungle of Bandhavgarh in search of the tiger.

Why is Bandhavgarh a good birding destinations also?

Bird watching destination of central India

Bandhavgarh National Park is surely meant for tourist who wants to catch glimpse of the royal Bengal tiger. Moreover, the geography of the tiger reserve offers very good habitat for bird species. The vindhyachal ranges help the favourable habitat attract birds every year and along with them, birders visit the birding paradise.

Bandhavgarh has been blessed with flora to help birds sustain in the assisting surroundings and makes it an equally birding destination. With approximately 200 species of birds prominent in Bandhavgarh, birding is something tourist should make out time for during their stay.

Time for birding is Bandhavgarh can be during jeep safari, elephant safari, nature walks or near kitchen gardens. It’s advisable to ask assistance from a naturalist as to guide spot the birds with the exact name. We have compiled a few commonly found birds below to assist you with bird watching.

When is the best time for birding in Bandhavgarh?

Bandhavgarh being a part of central India has and offers the tourist a rich variety of birds. Checklist Birds of Bandhavgarh includes some of these colorful and majestic birds that are local and some migrants. One can expect to experience near water bodies in all three safari core zones avian species.

These birds will be wetland species, raptors, vultures, and some resident birds of the Bandhavgarh tiger reserve. Birding is good in winter when the migrant birds arrive and in summer when the forest is dry assisting the trackers or wildlife with sightings.

Travel Tip for a fruitful Birding in Bandhavgarh

  • A Good Naturalist – Local Or Trained Is The Best Asset During Birding In Bandhavgarh National Park When On A Jeep Safari
  • It Is Recommended For Traveller To Have An English Speaking Trained Naturalist Along With Them During Activities Like Below As There Are Fair Chances Of Spotting These Bird And Learning About Them.

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Checklist: Birds Of Bandhavgarh

 

Common NamesScientific Names
Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Cattle EgretBulbulcus ibis
Large EgretArdea alba
Median EgretEgretta intermedia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black BitternIxobrychus flavicollis
Chestnut BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus
Ciconiidae: Stroks
Openbill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Whitenecked StrokCiconia episcopus
Black StrokCiconia nigra
Lesser Adjustant StrokLeptoptilos javanicus
Painted StrokMycteria leucocephala
Podicipedidae: Grebes
Little GrebePodiceps ruficollis
Threskiornithidae: Ibises and Spoonbill
White IbisThreskiornis aethiopica
Black IbisPseudibis papillosa
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants and Darters
Large CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
DarterAnhingra rufa
Anatidae: Ducks, Geese and Swans
Barheaded GooseAnser indicus
Lesser Whistling TealDendrocygna juvanica
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
PintailAnas acuta
Common TealAnas crecca
Redcrested PochardNetta rufina
Common PochardAytya ferina
Comb DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Cotton TealNettapus coromandelians
Turnicidae: Bustard-Quails
Common Bustard QuailTurnix suscitator
Accipitridae: Hawks and Vultures
White Eyed HawkButastur teesa
Honey BazzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
ShikraAccipiter badius
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black-winged KiteElanus caerulus
Horsefield’s GoshawkAccipiter soloensis
Created Hawk EagleSpizaetus cirrhatus
Bonnelli’s EagleHieraaetus fasciatus
Steppe EagleAquila rapax
Lesser Spotted EagleAquila pomarina
Grey-headed Fishing EagleIchthyophaga ichthyaetus
Black or King VultureSarcogyps calvus
Indian Longbilled VultureGyps indicus
Whitebacked VultureGyps bengalensis
Egyptain Scavenger VultureNeophron percnopterus
Hen HarrierCircus cynaeus
Pied HarrierCricus melanoleucos
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Flaconidae: Falcons
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinuns
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Phasianidae: Pheasants, Partridges and Quails
Painted PartridgeFrancolinus pictus
Grey PartridgeFrancolinus pondicerianus
Jungle Bush QuailPerdicula asiatica
Painted SpurfowlGalloperdix lunulata
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Common PeafowlPava cristatus
Gruidae: Cranes
Saurus CraneGrus antigone
Rallidae: Rails and Coots
Whitebreasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Jacanidae: Jacanas
Pheasant tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronzewinged JacanaMetopidius indicus
Rostratulidae: Painted Snipe
Painted SnipeRostratula benghalensis
Recurvirostridae: Stilts and Avocets
Blackwinged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Burhinidae: Stone-Curlews
Stone CurlewBurhinus oedicnimus
Great Stone PloverEsacus magnirostris
Charadriidae: Plovers, Sandpipers and Snipe
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Lesser Sand PloverCharadrius mongolus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common SandpiperTringa hypoleucos
Fantail SnipeGallinago gallinago
Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii
Little StintCalidris minuta
Caprimulgidae: Nightjars
Jungle NightjarCahrimulgus indicus
Common Indian NightjarCahrimulgus asiaticus
Franklin’s NightjarCahrimulgus affinis
Apodidae: Swifts
Whiterumped SpinetailChaetura sylvatica
House SwiftsApus affinis
Crested Tree SwiftsHemiprocne Longipennis
Alcedinidae: Kingfishers
Lesser Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Strokbilled KingfisherPelargopis capensis
White-brested KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Meropidae: Bee-eater
Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Bluebearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
Coracidae: Rollers
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
Laridae: Gulls and Terns
Indian River TernSterna aurantia
Blackbellied TernSterna acuticauda
Pteroclidae: Sandgrouse
Painted SandgrousePterocles indicus
Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves
Yellowlegged Green PigeonTreron Phoenicoptera
Blue Rock PigeonColumba livia
Rufous Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Indian Ring DoveStreptopelia decaocta
Red Turtle DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensis
Little Brown DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
Psittacidae: Parrots
Large ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
Cuculidae: Cuckoos
Pied Crested CuckooClamator jacobinus
Common Hawk CuckooCuculus varius
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
The CuckooCuculus canorus
Plaintive CuckooCacomantis passerinus
Drango CuckooSurniculus lugubris
KoelEudynamys scolopacea
Sirkeer CuckooTaccocua leschenaultii
Crow PheasantCentropus sinensis
Upupidae: Hoopoes
HoopoeUpupa epops
Bucerotidae: Hornbills
Common Grey HornbillsTockus birostris
Malabar Pied HornbillsAnthracoceros coronatus
Strigidae: Owls
Collared Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Brown Fish OwlBubo zeylonensis
Jungle OwletGlucidium radiatum
Brown Hawk OwlNinox scultulata
Spotted OwletAthene brama
Mottled Wood OwlStrix ocellata
Capitonidae: Barbet
Large Green BarbetMegalaima Zeylanica
Crimson Breasted BarbetMegalaima haemacephala
Picidae: Woodpackers
WryneckJynx torquilla
Rufous WoodpackerMicropternus brachyurus
Little Scalybellied Green WoodpackerPicus myrmecophoneus
Lesser Golden Backed WoodpackerDinopium benghalense
Yellowfronted Pied WoodpackerPicoides mahrattensis
Brown Crowned Pigmy WoodpackerPicoides nanus
Black-backed WoodpackerChrysocolaptes festivus
Pittidae: Pittas
Indian PittaPitta brachyura
Aludidae: Larks
Bush LarkMirafra assamica
Ashycrowned Finch-larkEremopterix grisea
Rufoustailed Finch-larkAmmonanes phoenicurus
Hirundinidae: Swallows
Plain Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
Crag MartinHirundo rupestris
Dusky Crag MartinHirundo concolor
SwallowHirundo rustica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Red-rumped or Straited SwallowHirundo daurica
Lanidae: Shrikes
Baybaked ShrikeLanius vittatus
Rufoubacked ShrikeLanius schach
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Oriolidae: Orioles
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Backheaded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
Campephagidae: Cuckooshrikes and Minivets
Common Wood-shrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
Large Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina novaehoolandiae
Smaller Grey Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina melaschistos
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina melanoptera
Longtailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
Whitebellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygius
Dicruridae: Drongos
Black DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Whitebellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
Haircrested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
Greater Racket Tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Sturnidae: Starlings and Mynas
Grey-headed MynaSturnus malabaricus
Brahminy MynaSturnus Pogodarum
Rosy PastorSturnus roseus
Pied MynaSturnus contra
Common MynaAcridtheres tristis
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Corvidae: Crows, Magpies and Jays
Indian Tree PieDendrocitta vagabunda
House CrowCorvus splendens
Jungle CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Irenidae: Ioras and Leaf Birds
Common IoraAegithinia tiphia
Golden-fronted ChloropsisChloropsis aurifrons
Goldmantled ChloropsisChloropsis cochinchinensis
Pycnonotidae: Bulbuls
Redvented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Muscicapidae: Babblers, Flycatchers, Thrushes and Chats
Spotted BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
Slatyheaded Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
Rufousbellied BabblerDumetia hyperythra
Large Grey BabblerTurdoides malcolmi
Jungle BabblerTurdoides striatus
Quaker BabblerAlcippe poioicephala
Yelloweyed BabblerCrysomma sinense
Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa latirostris
Redbreasted FlycatcherMuscicapa parva
Whitebrowed Blue FlycatcherMuscicapa superciliaris
Tickell’s Blue FlycatcherMuscicapa tickelliae
Verditer FlycatcherMuscicapa thalassina
Greyheaded FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
Whitebrowed Fantail FlycatcherRhipidura aureola
Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
Blacknaped FlycatcherMonachus azurea
Slaty Blue FlycatcherMuscicapa leucomelanura
Streaked Fantail WarblerCisticolo juncidis
Franklin’s Wren-warblerPrinia hodgsonii
Jungle Wren-warblerPrinia sylvatica
Tailor BirdOrthotomus sutorius
Indian Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Blyth’s Reed WarbleAcrocephalus dumetorum
Lesser White throatSylvia curruca
Brown Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus collybita
Tickell’s Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
Olivaceous Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
Dusky Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Yellowbrowed Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Dull Green Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
Blyth’s Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus reguloides
RubythroatErithacus calliope
BluethroatErithacus svecicus
Magpie RobinCopsychus saularis
ShamaCopsychus saularis
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Stone ChatSaxicola torquata
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Dark-grey-Bush ChatSaxicola ferrea
Blueheaded Rock ThrushMonticola cinchlorhynchus
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
White Throated Ground ThrushZoothera citrina
Smallbilled Mountain ThrushZoothera dauma
Tickell’s ThrushTurdus unicolor
Paridae: Tits
Grey TitParus major
Slittidae: Nuthatches
Chestnut Bellied NuthatchSitta castanea
Spotted Grey CreeperSalpornis spilonotos
Motacillidae: Pipits & Wagtails
Indian Tree PipitAnthus hodgsonii
Paddyfield PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Brown Rock PipitAnthus similis
Forest WagtailMotacilla indica
Yellowheaded WagtailMotacilla citreola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Large Pied WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
Yellow WagtailMotacikka flava
Dicaeidae: Flowerpeckers
Thickbilled FlowerpeckerDicaeum agile
Tickell’s FlowerpeckersDicaeum erythrorhynchos
Nectariniidae: Sunbirds
Purple SunbirdsNectarina asiatica
Zosteropidae: White-eyes
White-eyesZosterops palpebrosa
Ploceidae : Munias
House sparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow-throated SparrowPetronia xanthocollis
White-throated MuniaLonchura malabarica
White-backed MuniaLonchura striata
Spotted MuniaLonchura punctulata
BayaPloceus philippinus
Fringillidae: Finches
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Emberizidae: Buntings
Whitecapped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
Crested buntingMelophus lathami

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