Big Bird Day: Complete list of birds spotted

It was a big event for this unique group of citizens who met in the Capital on February 24 to celebrate the Big Bird Day. Here is the complete list of the birds spotted on the event:

It was a big event for this unique group of citizens who met in the Capital on February 24 to celebrate the Big Bird Day. Here is the complete list of the birds spotted on the event:
1. Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

2. Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus

3. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus

4. Greylag Goose Anser anser

5. Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

6. Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
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7. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

8. Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus

9. Gadwall Anas strepera

10. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
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11. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

12. Common Teal Anas crecca
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13. Garganey Anas querquedula

14. Northern Pintail Anas acuta

15. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

16. Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina

17. Common Pochard Aythya ferina

18. Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca

19. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

20. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

21. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis

22. Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

23. Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica

24. Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

25. Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

26. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

27. Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

28. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

29. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

30. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

31. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

32. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

33. Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

34. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

35. Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala

36. House Swift Apus affinis

37. Barn Owl Tyto alba

38. Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena

39. Spotted Owlet Athene brama

40. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

41. Rock Pigeon Columba livia

42. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis

43. Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

44. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

45. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera

46. Sarus Crane Grus antigone

47. Common Crane Grus grus

48. Brown Crake Amaurornis akool

49. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

50. Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla

51. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

52. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

53. Common Coot Fulica atra

54. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

55. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

56. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

57. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

58. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

59. Common Redshank Tringa totanus

60. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

61. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

62. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

63. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

64. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

65. Little Stint Calidris minuta

66. Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

67. Ruff Philomachus pugnax

68. Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

69. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

70. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

71. Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus

72. River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii

73. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

74. White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus

75. Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus

76. Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Small

77. Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans

78. Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus

79. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

80. River Tern Sterna aurantia

81. Osprey Pandion haliaetus

82. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

83. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

84. Black Kite Milvus migrans

85. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

86. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

87. Shikra Accipiter badius

88. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

89. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

90. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

91. Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastrata

92. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

93. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

94. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

95. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

96. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera

97. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

98. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

99. Darter Anhinga melanogaster

100. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

101. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

102. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

103. Little Egret Egretta garzetta

104. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

105. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

106. Great Egret Casmerodius albus

107. Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia

108. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

109. Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

110. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

111. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

112. Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

113. Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

114. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

115. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

116. Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

117. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

118. Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

119. Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus

120. Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

121. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

122. Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

123. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

124. House Crow Corvus splendens

125. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

126. Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

127. White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

128. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

129. Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

130. Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva

131. Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula (parva) albicilla

132. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

133. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

134. Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

135. Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata

136. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

137. Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura

138. White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura

139. Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

140. Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

141. Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

142. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

143. Brown Rock-chat Cercomela fusca

144. Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum

145. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

146. Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra

147. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

148. Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus

149. Plain Martin Riparia paludicola

150. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Swallow

151. Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

152. Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola

153. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

154. White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

155. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

156. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

157. Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani

158. Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

159. Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

160. Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris

161. Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

162. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

163. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

164. Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon

165. Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata

166. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

167. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

168. Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei

169. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

170. Syke's Warbler Hippolais rama

171. Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris

172. Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

173. Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus

174. Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei

175. Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi

176. Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus

177. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

178. Hume's Whitethroat Sylvia althaea

179. Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera

180. Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea

181. Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

182. Crested Lark Galerida cristata

183. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

184. Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica

185. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

186. Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus

187. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis

188. White Wagtail Motacilla alba

189. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

190. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola

191. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

192. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

193. Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

194. Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

195. Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis

196. Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis

197. Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar

198. Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

199. Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

200. Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica

201. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

202. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
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