SEASONAL GUESTS : MIGRATORY BIRDS OF THE GARDEN

SL NO Common Name Scientific Name RESIDENT OR MIGRATORY Season
1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus MIGRATORY October -April
2 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus LOCAL MIGRATORY October -September
3 Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus jerdoni LOCAL MIGRATORY January-March
4 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura MIGRATORY January-March
5 Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo MIGRATORY April -August
6 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi MIGRATORY September -April
7 Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis Local MIGRATORY January-March
8 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica MIGRATORY January-March
9 Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii Local MIGRATORY June-August
10 Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus MIGRATORY October-March
11 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea MIGRATORY November-February
12 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia MIGRATORY November-February
13 Blyth Reed Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides MIGRATORY September-Octobery
14 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus MIGRATORY September-April
15 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus MIGRATORY November-April

LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THE GARDEN

16 Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea RESIDENT Year - Round
17 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus RESIDENT year - Round
18 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans RESIDENT year - Round
19 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii RESIDENT year - Round
20 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis RESIDENT year - Round
21 Shikra Accipiter badius RESIDENT year - Round
22 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus RESIDENT year - Round
23 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela RESIDENT year - Round
24 Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus RESIDENT year - Round
25 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus RESIDENT year - Round
26 Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea RESIDENT year - Round
27 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis RESIDENT year - Round
28 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus RESIDENT January-March
29 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica RESIDENT year - Round
30 Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis RESIDENT year - Round
31 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri RESIDENT year - Round
32 Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius RESIDENT March-September
33 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus RESIDENT Year - Round
34 Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris RESIDENT Year - Round
35 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis RESIDENT Year - Round
36 Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata RESIDENT Year - Round
37 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis RESIDENT Year - Round
38 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis RESIDENT Year - Round
39 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis RESIDENT Year - Round
40 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis RESIDENT Year - Round
41 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis RESIDENT Year - Round
42 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti RESIDENT Year - Round
43 Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris RESIDENT Year - Round
44 White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis RESIDENT Year - Round
45 Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus RESIDENT January-May
46 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus RESIDENT Year - Round
47 Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus RESIDENT January-May
48 Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus RESIDENT Year - Round
49 Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus RESIDENT Year - Round
50 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei RESIDENT Year - Round
51 Black-Headed Cuckoo Shrike Lanius excubitoroides RESIDENT Year - Round
52 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia RESIDENT Year - Round
53 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus RESIDENT Year - Round
54 Orange Minivet pericrocotus flammeus RESIDENT Year - Round
55 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus RESIDENT Year - Round
56 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus RESIDENT Year - Round
57 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus RESIDENT Year - Round
58 Black Hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus RESIDENT Year - Round
59 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea RESIDENT Year - Round
60 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda RESIDENT Year - Round
61 Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus RESIDENT January-May
62 House Crow Corvus splendens RESIDENT Year - Round
63 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus RESIDENT Year - Round
64 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer RESIDENT Year - Round
65 White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus RESIDENT March -September
66 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius RESIDENT Year - Round
67 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata RESIDENT Year - Round
68 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis RESIDENT Year - Round
69 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus RESIDENT Year - Round
70 Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina RESIDENT Year - Round
71 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus RESIDENT March -June
72 Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus RESIDENT Year - Round
73 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis RESIDENT Year - Round
74 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae RESIDENT April -August
75 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni RESIDENT Year - Round
76 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons RESIDENT Year - Round
77 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos RESIDENT Year - Round
78 Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima RESIDENT Year - Round
79 Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica RESIDENT Year - Round
80 Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius RESIDENT Year - Round
81 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata RESIDENT Year - Round
82 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata RESIDENT Year - Round
83 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis RESIDENT November -February
84 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii RESIDENT June -September
85 Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis orientalis RESIDENT November -February
86 Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps RESIDENT October-March
87 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis RESIDENT Year - Round
88 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus RESIDENT Year - Round
89 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii RESIDENT June -August
90 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala RESIDENT October-March
91 Ashy Wood Swallow Artamus fuscus RESIDENT Year - Round
92 Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger RESIDENT Year - Round
93 Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis RESIDENT Year - Round
94 Gray fronted Green Pegion Treron affinis RESIDENT Year - Round
95 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum RESIDENT Year - Round