Birds List during staying Mumbai, India

8th-12th October, 2012

No. Family Common Name Latin Name
1 Capitoni Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
2 Meropidae Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
3 Psittacidae Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
4 Apodidae House Swift Apus affinis
5 Scolopacidae Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
6
Common Greenshank? Tringa nebularia
7
Green Sandpiper? Tringa ochropus
8 Recurvirostridae Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
9 Sternidae River Tern Sterna aurantia
10 Accipitridae Black Kite Milvus migrans
11 Phalacrocoracidae Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
12 Ardeidae Little Egret Egretta garzetta
13
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
14
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
15
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
16
Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
17
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
18
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
19 Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
20
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
21 Ciconiidae Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
22 Laniidae Bay-backed Shrike? Lanius vittatus
23 Corvidae House Crow Corvus splendens
24 Muscicapidae Asian Brown Flycatcher? Muscicapa dauurica
25 Turdidae Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
26 Sturnidae Chestbut-tailed Starling Stunus malabaricus
27
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
28 Hirundinidae Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
29 Pycnonotidae White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
30
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
31 Sylviidae Ashy Prinia? Prinia socialis
32 Passeridae House Sparrow Paaser domesticus
33 Motacillidae Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea


cf. Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 1999. "Birds of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives", Princeton University Press.