Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Meghalaya & Nagaland Recce
Systematic Bird List
28th March - 23rd April 2007
James Eaton
Black-breasted Parrotbill, Dibru-Saikhowa (James Eaton/Birdtour Asia)
Systematic Bird List
Key to sites
D Delhi
M Shillong & Cheerapunjee, Meghalaya
EWS Eaglesnest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh
K Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam
N Khonoma, Nagaland
DS Dibru-Saikhowa, Assam
MH Mishmi Hills, Arunchal Pradesh
DOF Digboi Oil Fields, Assam
| Area visited | D |
M |
EWS |
K |
N |
DS |
MH |
DOF |
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| Number of nights at each site | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | |||||||||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | |||||||
| PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | |||||||||
| Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | 1 | |||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae | |||||||||
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | 1 | |||||||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | 1 | |||||||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |||||||||
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | 1 | |||||||
| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Black Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | 1 | |||||||
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | |||||||
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | 1 | |||||||
| Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | 1 | |||||||
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |||||||||
| Lesser Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna javanica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | |||||||||
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | 1 | |||||||
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | 1 | |||||||
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo burmanicus | 1 | |||||||
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans govinda | 1 | |||||||
| Milvus migrans lineatus | x | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | 1 | |||||||
| Grey-headed Fish-Eagle | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | 1 | |||||||
| White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | 1 | |||||||
| Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | 1 | |||||||
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | 1 | |||||||
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | 1 | |||||||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus melaschistos | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Accipiter nisus nisosimilis | |||||||||
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus nipalensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | 1 | |||||||
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |||||||||
| Pied Falconet | Microhierax melanoleucus | 1 | |||||||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | 1 | |||||||
| Shaheen' Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus peregrinator | 1 | |||||||
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |||||||||
| Swamp Francolin | Francolinus gularis | 1 | |||||||
| Mountain Bamboo Partridge | Bambusicola fytchii | 1 | |||||||
| Common Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Chestnut-breasted Partridge | Arborophila mandellii | h | h | ||||||
| Rufous-throated Partridge | Arborophila rufogularis | h | 1 | h | |||||
| Blood Pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus | 1 | |||||||
| Blyth's Tragopan | Tragopan blythii | h | 1 | h | |||||
| Temminck's Tragopan | Tragopan temminckii | h | |||||||
| Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus | 1 | |||||||
| Sclater's Monal | Lophophorus sclateri | 1 | |||||||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kalij Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Grey Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | h | h | ||||||
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | 1 | |||||||
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |||||||||
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Indian Swamphen | 1 | ||||||||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| GRUIFORMES: Otididae | |||||||||
| Bengal Florican | Houbaropsis bengalensis | 1 | |||||||
| Lesser Florican | 1 | ||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | |||||||||
| Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | 1 | |||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |||||||||
| River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | 1 | |||||||
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | 1 | |||||||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius jerdoni | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |||||||||
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | 1 | |||||||
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | 1 | |||||||
| Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | 1 | |||||||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | 1 | |||||||
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | 1 | |||||||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | 1 | |||||||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | 1 | |||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae | |||||||||
| River Tern | Sterna aurantia | 1 | |||||||
| Black-bellied Tern | Sterna acuticauda | 1 | |||||||
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |||||||||
| Ashy Wood-Pigeon | Columba pulchricollis | 1 | |||||||
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis orientalis | 1 | |||||||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | 1 | |||||||
| Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | 1 | |||||||
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | 1 | |||||||
| Thick-billed Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | 1 | |||||||
| Yellow-footed Pigeon | Treron phoenicoptera phoenicoptera | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Treron phoenicoptera chlorigaster | 1 | ||||||||
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | 1 | |||||||
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | |||||||||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | 1 | |||||||
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |||||||||
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus sparverioides | 1 | 1 | h | |||||
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus nisicolor | 1 | |||||||
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | h | h | h | |||||
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | 1 | h | h | |||||
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | h | h | ||||||
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | 1 | h | h | h | h | h | ||
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | h | h | h | 1 | ||||
| Square-tailed' Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | h | 1 | h | h | ||||
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | h | 1 | ||||||
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | 1 | |||||||
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | h | 1 | ||||||
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |||||||||
| Mountain Scops-Owl | Otus spilocephalus | h | h | h | |||||
| Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia | h | |||||||
| Himalayan Wood-Owl | Strix newarensis | h | |||||||
| Chinese Tawny Owl | Strix nivicola | h | 1 | ||||||
| Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | h | |||||||
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Podargidae | |||||||||
| Hodgson's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus hodgsoni | h | |||||||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |||||||||
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | |||||||||
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dark-rumped Swift | Apus acuticauda | 1 | |||||||
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |||||||||
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ward's Trogon | Harpactes wardi | 1 | |||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |||||||||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||