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Birds of Nashik

Note:

This list features birds of Nashik that have been spotted and identified by Nature’s Book in and around Nashik region of Maharashtra. It reflects our ongoing documentation based on field observations and is not a complete record of all bird species found in Nashik.

Numbers Listed: 93

Darter, Cormorants, Grebes

  • Little Cormorant
  • Indian Cormorant

Egrets, Herons, Bitterns

  • Intermediate Egret
  • Purple Heron
  • Grey Heron
  • Indian Pond Heron
  • Black-crowned Night Heron

Storks, Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ibises

  • Asian Openbill
  • Painted Stork
  • Eurasian Spoonbill

Geese, Swans, Ducks

  • Ruddy Shelduck
  • Spot-billed Duck
  • Northern Shoveler (NMBS, Nashik 13-12-2020)

Honey Buzzard, Bazas, Kites

Accipiters

  • Shikra

Harriers

Peafowls, Junglefowls, Peacock Pheasants

Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Finfoot

  • White-breasted Waterhen
  • Common Moorhen
  • Common Coot
  • Purple Swamphen

Waders

  • Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Sandgrouse, Pigeons

  • Eurasian Collared Dove (NMBS, Nashik 13-12-2020)

Parakeets, Hanging Parots

Koel, Coucals, Frogmouths, Nightjars

  • Greater Coucal

Owls

  • Barn Owl
  • Spotted Owlet

Swifts, Swiftlets, Needletails, treeswift

  • House (Little) Swift

Rollers, Trogons, Kingfishers

  • Pied Kingfisher
  • Common Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Barbets, Hoopoe

Broadbills, Ioras, Leafbirds, Fairy Bluebird, Orioles, Pittas

  • Eurasian Golden Oriole

Larks

  • Oriental Skylark

Swallows, Martins

  • Wire-tailed Swallow

Wood swallows, Drongos

Flycatcher-Shrike, Wood shrikes, Shrikes

Starlings, Mynas

  • Brahminy Starling
  • Common Myna
  • Jungle Myna

Black Corvids

Cuckooshrikes, Triller, Minivets

  • Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Bulbuls

Babblers

  • Yellow-eyed Babbler
  • Jungle Babbler

Flycatchers, Monarch Flycatchers, Fantails

  • Red-throated Flycatcher
  • Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
  • Verditer Flycatcher
  • White-throated Fantail (White-spotted Fantail)/Spot-breasted Flycatcher

Prinias, Grassbirds, Cisticolas

  • Ashy Prinia

Tailorbirds, Sylvia Warblers

  • Common Tailorbird

Leaf Warblers

  • Sulphur-billed Warbler

Robins, Redstarts, Rock Chat, Shama

  • Black Redstart
  • Oriental Magpie Robin

Wheatears, Stonechats, Bush Chat

Tits

  • Great Tit (Cinerous Tit)

Pipits

  • Paddyfield Pipit

Wagtails

  • White-browed Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Yellow Wagtail
  • Citrine Wagtail

White-eyes, Sunbirds

Flowerpeckers, Avadavats, Munias

  • Red Avadavat
  • Indian Silverbill
  • Black-headed Munia

Sparrows, Petronias, Weavers

Rosefinches and allies

  • Common Rosefinch

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