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Abbreviation   Guide

In(WB)                  West Bengal India

In(As)                      Assam India

In(AP)                      Arunachal Pradesh India

In(Na)                       Nagaland India

In(Su)                        Sunderbans  India WB

In(Utt)                      Uttarakhand

In(MP)                      Madhya Pradesh

 

 

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Page Four  part one

Larks, Prinias, Magpies, Crows, Minivets, Drongos, Buntings
Chats, Flycatchers  
Order: Passeriformes										
										
     Family: Aegithalidae            										
										
          Black-throated Tit				Aegithalos concinnus                     In(Na)      										
														
	  White-throated Tit				Aegithalos niveogularis
	  
	                 										
										
     Family: Alaudidae										
										
          Oriental Skylark				Alauda gulgula                                 										
										
          Rufous-tailed Lark				Ammomanes phoenicurus                          										
										
          Greater Short-toed Lark			Calandrella brachydactyla                      										
										
          Indian Short-toed Lark			Calandrella raytal                             										
										
          Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark			Eremopterix grisea                             										
										
          Crested Lark					Galerida cristata                              										
										
          Indian Lark					Mirafra erythroptera                           										
										
     Family: Certhiidae										
										
          Bar-tailed Tree-creeper			Certhia himalayana                             										
										
     Family: Cinclidae										
										
          Brown Dipper					Cinclus pallasii                               										
										
     Family: Cisticolidae										
										
          Zitting Cisticola				Cisticola juncidis                             										
										
          Hill Prinia					Prinia atrogularis                     In(Na)  
      										
										
          Rufous-fronted Prinia				Prinia buchanani                               										
										
          Yellow-bellied Prinia				Prinia flaviventris                     In(As) 
      										
	          									
     Family: Corvidae										
										
          Common Iora					Aegithina tiphia                        In(Su)   
    										
	    									
          Green Magpie					Cissa chinensis				In(As)
	  
	  Yellow-billed Blue Magpie			Urocissa flavirostris			In(AP)                                										
										
          Large Cuckoo-shrike				Coracina macei                           In(MP)      										
										
          Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike			Coracina melanoptera                      In(Su) 
    										
										
          Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike			Coracina melaschistos                     In(As)     										
										
          Large-billed Crow				Corvus macrorhynchos                      In(WB)    In(Su)	in(Utt)   In(MP)
 	    									
										
          House Crow					Corvus splendens                          In(As)    In(Su) In(Utt)   In(MP)	
	Eurasian Jay					Garrulus glandarius				In(Utt)									
										
          Collared Treepie				Dendrocitta frontalis                     In(As) 
    										
	     									
          Rufous Treepie				Dendrocitta vagabunda                     In(As) 	In(Su)  In(Utt)   In(MP)
    	    	  								
										
          Bronzed Drongo				Dicrurus aeneus                           In(As)       In(Su) 	In(MP)
	  		     							
										
          White-bellied Drongo				Dicrurus caerulescens                     In(MP)     										
										
          Ashy Drongo					Dicrurus leucophaeus                      In(AP)     										
										
          Black Drongo					Dicrurus macrocercus                      In(As)   In(Su) 
		    										
										
          Greater Racket-tailed Drongo			Dicrurus paradiseus                        In(AP)  In(MP)
  										
	    
          Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo			Dicrurus remifer                            In(AP)
   										
	   									
          Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike			Hemipus picatus                     In(AP)           										
										
          Black-naped Oriole				Oriolus chinensis                           In(WB)I  										
										
          Eurasian Golden-Oriole			Oriolus oriolus                                										
										
          Maroon Oriole					Oriolus traillii                        In(AP)       										
										
          Black-hooded Oriole				Oriolus xanthornus                      In(As)   In(Su) In(MP)
      										
	   									
          Short-billed Minivet				Pericrocotus brevirostris               In(AP)       										
										
          Small Minivet					Pericrocotus cinnamomeus                In(Su)   In(MP)
    										
	        
	White-bellied Minivet				Pericrocotus				In(MP)									
          Long-tailed Minivet				Pericrocotus ethologus                   In(AP)      										
										
          Scarlet Minivet				Pericrocotus flammeus                    In(AP)   In(MP) 
  										
		  female								
          Rosy Minivet					Pericrocotus roseus                       In(Na)    										
										
          Grey-chinned Minivet				Pericrocotus solaris                     In(AP)   
   										
          White-throated Fantail			Rhipidura albicollis                      In(AP)    In(MP) 										
										
          White-browed Fantail				Rhipidura aureola                         In(Utt)     										
										
          Yellow-bellied Fantail			Rhipidura hypoxantha                      In(AP) 
    										
										
          Common Woodshrike				Tephrodornis pondicerianus              In(MP) 
	Large Woodshrike				Tephrodornis gularis			In(MP)      										
										
     Family: Eurylaimidae										
										
          Long-tailed Broadbill				Psarisomus dalhousiae                      In(AP)    										
     Family: Fringillidae										
          Common Rosefinch				Carpodacus erythrinus                         										
									
          Yellow-breasted Bunting			Emberiza aureola                               										
										
          Little Bunting				Emberiza pusilla                           In(Na)    
										
	   									
          Black-faced Bunting				Emberiza spodocephala                      In(AP)    	
									
										
          Crested Bunting				Melophus lathami                               										
										
     Family: Hirundinidae										
										
          Nepal House-Martin				Delichon nipalensis                   In(AP)         										
										
          Dusky Crag-Martin				Hirundo concolor                               										
										
          Red-rumped Swallow				Hirundo daurica                      In(MP)         										
										
          Streak-throated Swallow			Hirundo fluvicola                              										
										
          Barn Swallow					Hirundo rustica                          In(As)     In(MP)										
										
          Wire-tailed Swallow				Hirundo smithii                                										
										
          Pacific Swallow				Hirundo tahitica                               										
										
          Plain Martin					Riparia paludicola                             										
										
          Sand Martin					Riparia riparia                           In(As)     										
     Family: Irenidae										
										
          Golden-fronted Leafbird			Chloropsis aurifrons                      In(AP)  In(MP)
   										
	    									
          Orange-bellied Leafbird			Chloropsis hardwickii                     In(AP)     										
										
     Family: Laniidae										
										
          Brown Shrike					Lanius cristatus                         In(As)      										
										
          Rufous-tailed Shrike				Lanius isabellinus                             										
										
          Long-tailed Shrike				Lanius schach                             In(As)  In(MP)
   										
	 L.s. erythronotus 	L. s> tricolor	  							
          Grey-backed Shrike				Lanius tephronotus                        In(As)   In(Su) 
   	      									
          Bay-backed Shrike				Lanius vittatus                                										
     Family: Muscicapidae										
          Brown Rock-Chat				Cercomela fusca                                										
										
          White-capped Water-Redstart			Chaimarrornis leucocephalus                In(Na)    In(Utt)
	  										
										
          White-rumped Shama				Copsychus malabaricus               In(As)           										
								
          Oriental Magpie-Robin				Copsychus saularis                In(Su)        In(As)	In(MP)
  										
	    									
          Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher			Culicicapa ceylonensis              In(As)         In(Utt)  										
										
          Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher			Cyornis poliogenys                   In(As)  
        										
          Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher			Cyornis tickelliae                             										
          Verditer Flycatcher				Eumyias thalassina                   In(Su)          										
										
          Red-throated Flycatcher			Ficedula parva                       In(As)      In(Su)
    										
	    female								
          Sapphire Flycatcher				Ficedula sapphira                     In(AP)         										
										
          Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher			Ficedula strophiata                   In(AP)
         										
	    
          Slaty-blue Flycatcher				Ficedula tricolor                      In(Na)
        										
										
          White-tailed Rubythroat			Luscinia pectoralis                            										
										
          Bluethroat					Luscinia svecica                              										
										
          Blue Rock-Thrush				Monticola solitarius                  In(As)      
  										
	    									
          Blue Whistling-Thrush				Myiophonus caeruleus                   In(As)     In(Utt)
   										
										
          Desert Wheatear				Oenanthe deserti                              										
										
          Isabelline Wheatear				Oenanthe isabellina                            										
										
          Northern Wheatear				Oenanthe oenanthe                              										
										
          Hodgson's Redstart				Phoenicurus hodgsoni                   In(As) 
	  Blue-fronted Redstart				Phoenicurus frontalis     		In(Na)	
							
	      									
          Black Redstart				Phoenicurus ochruros                          										
										
          Plumbeous Water-Redstart			Rhyacornis fuliginosus                In(Utt) 
	            										
										
          Pied Bushchat					Saxicola caprata
	  Grey Bushchat					Saxicola ferrea				In(Na)  In(MP)
		    	 
	 Common Stonechat				Saxicola torquata			In(As)  In(MP)
	        										
          Indian Robin					Saxicoloides fulicata                          										
										
          Orange-flanked Bush-Robin			Tarsiger cyanurus                              										
										
          White-collared Blackbird			Turdus albocinctus                             										
										
          Grey-winged Blackbird				Turdus boulboul                        In(Na)     
   										
										
          Grey-sided Thrush				Turdus feae                            In(As)        										
										
          Dark-throated Thrush				Turdus ruficollis                              										
										
          Mistle Thrush					Turdus viscivorus                              										
										
          Scaly Thrush					Zoothera dauma  
	Chestnut Thrush					Turdus rubrocanus   In(MP)