West Bengal

Species list of West Bengal

Species name / Scientific name
Little Grebe / Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe / Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Little Cormorant / Phalacrocorax niger
Indian Shag (Indian Cormorant) / Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Great Cormorant / Phalacrocorax carbo
Darter (Oriental Darter) / Anhinga melanogaster
Yellow Bittern / Ixobrychus sinensis
Chestnut Bittern (Cinnamon Bittern) / Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern / Ixobrychus flavicolllis (Dupetor flavicollis)
Black-crowned Night-heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron (Green-backed Heron) / Butorides striata
Indian Pond-heron / Ardeola grayii
Eastern Cattle Egret (Cattle Egret) / Bubulcus ibis (Bubulcus coromandus)
Grey Heron / Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron / Ardea goliath
White-bellied Heron / Ardea insignis
Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea
Great Egret / Casmerodius albus (Egretta alba)
Intermediate Egret / Mesophoyx intermedia (Egretta intermedia)
Little Egret / Egretta garzetta
Black-headed Ibis / Threskiornis melanocephalus
Indian Black Ibis / Pseudibis papillosa
Glossy Ibis / Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill / Platalea leucorodia
Painted Stork / Mycteria leucocephala
Asian Openbill / Anastomus oscitans
Black Stork / Ciconia nigra
Wooly-necked Stork / Ciconia episcopus
Black-necked Stork / Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Lesser Adjutant / Leptoptilos javanicus
Greater Adjutant / Leptoptilos dubius
Fulvous Whistling-duck / Dendrocygna bicolor
Lesser Whistling-duck / Dendrocygna javanica
Greylag Goose / Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose / Anser indicus
Comb Duck / Sarkidiornis melanotos
Ruddy Shelduck / Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck / Tadorna tadorna
White-winged Duck / Cairina scutulata (Asarcornis scutulata)
Cotton Teal / Nettapus coromandelianus
Gadwall / Anas strepera
Falcated Duck / Anas falcata
Eurasian Wigeon / Anas penelope
Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos
Indian Spot-billed Duck / Anas poecilorhyncha
Northern Shoveller / Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail / Anas acuta
Garganey / Anas querquedula
Baikal Teal / Anas formosa
Common Teal / Anas crecca
Marbled Duck / Marmaronetta angustirostris
Red-crested Pochard / Rhodonessa rufina (Netta Rufina)
Common Pochard / Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck / Aythya nyroca
Baer's Pochard / Aythya baeri
Tufted Duck / Aythya fuligula
Smew / Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser / Mergellus serrator (Mergus serrator)
Common Merganser / Mergellus merganser (Mergus merganser)
Osprey / Pandion haliaetus
Jerdon's Baza / Aviceda jerdoni
Black Baza / Aviceda leuphotes
Oriental Honey-buzzard / Pernis ptilorhyncus
Black-winged Kite / Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite / Milvus migrans govinda
Black Kite / Milvus migrans
Brahminy Kite / Haliastur indus
White-bellied Sea-eagle / Haliaeetus leucogaster
Pallas's Fish-eagle / Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Lesser Fish-eagle / Ichthyophaga humilis
Grey-headed Fish-eagle / Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
Egyptian Vulture / Neophron percnopterus
White-rumped Vulture / Gyps bengalensis
Indian Vulture / Gyps indicus
Slender-billed Vulture / Gyps tenuirostris
Himalayan Vulture / Gyps himalayensis
Red-headed Vulture / Sarcogyps calvus
Cinereous Vulture / Aegypius monachus
Short-toed Eagle / Circaetus gallicus
Crested Serpent-eagle / Spilornis cheela
Western Marsh Harrier / Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier / Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier / Circus macrourus
Pied Harrier / Circus melanoleucos
Montagu's Harrier / Circus pygargus
Crested Goshawk / Accipiter trivirgatus
Shikra / Accipiter badius
Besra Sparrowhawk / Accipiter virgatus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk / Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk / Accipiter gentilis
White-eyed Buzzard / Butastur teesa
Himalayan Buzzard / Buteo burmanicus
Long-legged Buzzard / Buteo rufinus
Upland Buzzard / Buteo hemilasius
Black Eagle / Ictinaetus malayensis
Indian Spotted Eagle / Aquila hastata
Greater Spotted Eagle / Aquila clanga
Tawny Eagle / Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle / Aquila nipalensis
Eastern Imperial Eagle / Aquila heliaca
Bonelli's Eagle / Hieraaetus fasciatus
Booted Eagle / Hieraaetus pennatus
Rufous-bellied Eagle / Hieraaetus kienerii
Changeable Hawk-eagle / Spizaetus cirrhatus
Mountain Hawk-eagle / Spizaetus nipalensis
Collared Falconet / Microhierax caerulescens
Pied Falconet / Microhierax melanoleucos
Lesser Kestrel / Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel / Falco tinnunculus
Red-headed Falcon / Falco chicquera
Amur Falcon / Falco amurensis
Eurasian Hobby / Falco subbuteo
Oriental Hobby / Falco severus
Laggar Falcon / Falco jugger
Peregrine Falcon / Falco peregrinus
Snow Partridge / Lerwa lerwa
Szechenyi's Monal-partridge / Tetraophasis szechenyii
Tibetan Snowcock / Tetraogallus tibetanus
Black Francolin / Francolinus francolinus
Grey Francolin / Francolinus pondicerianus
Swamp Francolin / Francolinus gularis
Tibetan Partridge / Perdix hodgsoniae
Common Quail / Coturnix coturnix
Rain Quail / Coturnix coromandelica
Blue-breasted Quail / Coturnix chinensis
Jungle Bush-quail / Perdicula asiatica
Manipur Bush-quail / Perdicula manipurensis
Common Hill-partridge / Arborophila torqueola
Rufous-throated Hill-partridge / Arborophila rufogularis
White-cheeked Hill-partridge / Arborophila atrogularis
Chestnut-breasted Hill-partridge / Arborophila mandellii
Mountain Bamboo Partridge / Bambusicola fytchii
Blood Pheasant / Ithaginis cruentus
Satyr Tragopan / Tragopan satyra
Blyth's Tragopan / Tragopan blythii
Temminck's Tragopan / Tragopan temminckii
Himalayan Monal / Lophophorus impejanus
Sclater's Monal / Lophophorus sclateri
Red Junglefowl / Gallus gallus
Ceylon Junglefowl / Lophophorus lafayetii
Kalij Pheasant / Lophura leucomelanos
Mrs Hume's Pheasant / Syrmaticus humiae
Grey Peacock-pheasant / Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Indian Peafowl / Pavo cristatus
Green Peafowl / Pavo muticus
Slaty-legged Crake / Rallina eurizonoides
Slaty-breasted Rail / Gallirallus striatus
European Water Rail / Rallus aquaticus
Brown Crake / Amaurornis akool
White-breasted Waterhen / Amaurornis phoenicurus
Black-tailed Crake / Porzana bicolor
Eastern Baillon's Crake / Porzana pusilla
Spotted Crake / Porzana porzana
Ruddy-breasted Crake / Porzana fusca
Watercock / Gallicrex cinerea
Purple Swamphen / Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen / Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot / Fulica atra
Masked Finfoot / Heliopais personatus
Pheasant-tailed Jacana / Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana / Metopidius indicus
Greater Painted-snipe / Rostratula benghalensis
Black-winged Stilt / Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet / Recurvirostra avosetta
Northern Lapwing / Vanellus vanellus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing / Vanellus malarbaricus
River Lapwing / Vanellus duvaucelii
Grey-headed Lapwing / Vanellus cinereus
Red-wattled Lapwing / Vanellus indicus
Sociable Plover / Vanellus gregarius
White-tailed Lapwing / Vanellus leucurus
Eurasian Golden Plover / Pluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden Plover / Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover / Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover / Charadrius hiaticula
Long-billed Plover / Charadrius placidus
Little Ringed Plover / Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover / Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover / Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand Plover / Charadrius leschenaultii
Eurasian Woodcock / Scolopax rusticola
Jack Snipe / Lymnocryptes minimus
Solitary Snipe / Gallinago solitaria
Wood Snipe / Gallinago nemoricola
Pintail Snipe / Gallinago stenura
Swinhoe's Snipe / Gallinago megala
Great Snipe / Gallinago media
Common Snipe / Gallinago gallinago
Asian Dowitcher / Limnodromus semipalmatus
Eastern Black-tailed Godwit / Limosa limosa melanuroides
Bar-tailed Godwit / Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel / Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew / Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank / Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank / Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper / Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank / Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper / Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper / Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone / Arenaria interpres
Great Knot / Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot / Calidris canutus
Little Stint / Calidris minuta
Rufous-necked Stint / Calidris ruficollis
Temminck's Stint / Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint / Calidris subminuta
Dunlin / Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper / Calidris ferruginea
Spoon-billed Sandpiper / Calidris pygmeus
Broad-billed Sandpiper / Limicola falcinellus
Ruff (M) and Reeve (F) / Philomachus pugnax
Great Black-headed Gull / Larus ichthyaetus
Brown-headed Gull / Larus brunnicephalus
Common Black-headed Gull / Larus ridibundus
Gull-billed Tern / Sterna nilotica
Caspian Tern / Sterna caspia
River Tern / Sterna aurantia
Lesser Crested Tern / Sterna bengalensis
Great Crested Tern / Sterna bergii
Common Tern / Sterna hirundo
Little Tern / Sterna albifrons pusilla/sinensis
Black-bellied Tern / Sterna acuticauda
Sooty Tern / Sterna fuscata
Whiskered Tern / Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Tern / Chlidonias leucopterus
Indian Skimmer / Rynchops albicollis
Rock Pigeon / Columba livia
Snow Pigeon / Columba leuconota
Common Woodpigeon / Columba palumbus
Speckled Woodpigeon / Columba hodgsonii
Ashy Woodpigeon / Columba pulchricollis
Pale-capped Woodpigeon / Columba punicea
Oriental Turtle-dove / Streptopelia orientalis
Red Collared-dove / Streptopelia tranquebarica
Eurasian Collared-dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Laughing Dove / Streptopelia senegalensis
Spotted Dove / Streptopelia chinensis
Barred Cuckoo-dove / Macropygia unchall
Emerald Dove / Chalcophaps indica
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon / Treron bicinctus
Grey-fronted Green-pigeon / Treron affinis
Thick-billed Green-pigeon / Treron curvirostra
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon / Treron phoenicopterus
Pin-tailed Green-pigeon / Treron apicauda
Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon / Treron sphenurus
Green Imperial-pigeon / Ducula aenea
Mountain Imperial-pigeon / Ducula badia
Vernal Hanging-parrot / Loriculus vernalis
Alexandrine Parakeet / Psittacula eupatria
Rose-ringed Parakeet / Psittacula krameri
Himalayan Parakeet / Psittacula himalayana
Grey-headed (Finsch's) Parakeet / Psittacula finschii
Plum-headed Parakeet / Psittacula cyanocephala
Rosy-headed Parakeet / Psittacula roseata
Red-breasted Parakeet / Psittacula alexandri
Pied Cuckoo / Clamator jacobinus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo / Clamator coromandus
Large Hawk-Cuckoo / Hierococcyx sparveroides (Cuculus sparverioides)
Common (Indian) Hawk-cuckoo / Hierococcyx varius (Cuculus varius)
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo / Hierococcyx fugax (Cuculus fugax)
Indian Cuckoo / Cuculus micropterus
Common Cuckoo / Cuculus canorus
Oriental Cuckoo / Cuculus saturatus
Small Cuckoo / Cuculus poliocephalus
Banded Bay Cuckoo / Cacomantis sonneratii
Grey-bellied Cuckoo / Cacomantis passerinus
Plaintive Cuckoo / Cacomantis merulinus
Asian Emerald Cuckoo / Chrysococcyx maculatus
Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo / Surniculus lugubris
Asian Koel / Eudynamys scolopaceus
Green-billed Malkoha / Phaenicophaeus tristis
Sirkeer Malkoha / Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
Greater Coucal / Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal / Centropus bengalensis
Common Barn-owl / Tyto alba
Eastern Grass-owl / Tyto longimembris
Oriental Bay Owl / Phodilus badius
Mountain Scops-owl / Otus spilocephalus
Eurasian Scops-owl / Otus scops
Oriental Scops-owl / Otus sunia
Indian Scops-owl / Otus bakkamoena
Eurasian Eagle-owl / Bubo bubo
Indian Eagle-owl / Bubo bengalensis
Forest Eagle-owl / Bubo nipalensis
Brown Fish-owl / Ketupa zeylonensis
Tawny Fish-owl / Ketupa flavipes
Brown Wood-owl / Strix leptogrammica
Tawny Owl / Strix aluco
Collared Owlet / Glaucidium brodiei
Asian Barred Owlet / Glaucidium cuculoides
Jungle Owlet / Glaucidium radiatum
Spotted Owlet / Athene brama
Brown Hawk-owl / Ninox scutulata
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Indian Jungle Nightjar / Caprimulgus indicus
Large-tailed Nightjar / Caprimulgus macrurus
Jerdon's Nightjar / Caprimulgus atripennis
Indian Little Nightjar / Caprimulgus asiaticus
Savanna Nightjar / Caprimulgus affinis
Himalayan Swiftlet / Collocalia brevirostris (Aerodramus bravirostris)
Indian White-rumped Spinetail / Zoonavena sylvatica
White-throated Needletail / Hirundapus caudacutus
Asian Palm-swift / Cypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine Swift / Tachymarptis melba
Pacific Swift / Apus pacificus
Dark-rumped Swift / Apus acuticauda
House Swift / Apus affinis
Ward's Trogon / Harpactes wardi
Brown-winged Kingfisher / Halcyon amauroptera (Pelargopsis amauroptera)
Stork-billed Kingfisher / Halcyon capensis (Pelargopsis capensis)
Ruddy Kingfisher / Halcyon coromanda
White-throated Kingfisher / Halcyon smyrnensis
Black-capped Kingfisher / Halcyon pileata
Collared Kingfisher / Todiramphus chloris
Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher / Ceyx erithaca
Blyth's Kingfisher / Alcedo hercules
Common Kingfisher / Alcedo atthis
Blue-eared Kingfisher / Alcedo meninting
Himalayan Pied Kingfisher / Megaceryle lugubris
Lesser Pied Kingfisher / Ceryle rudis
Great Barbet / Megalaima virens
Brown-headed Barbet / Megalaima zeylanica
Lineated Barbet / Megalaima lineata
Golden-throated Barbet / Megalaima franklinii
Blue-throated Barbet / Megalaima asiatica
Blue-eared Barbet / Megalaima australis
Coppersmith Barbet / Megalaima haemacephala
Eurasian Wryneck / Jynx torquilla
Speckled Piculet / Picumnus innominatus
White-browed Piculet / Sasia ochracea
Indian Pygmy Woodpecker / Dendrocopos nanus
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker / Dendrocopos canicapillus
Fulvus-breasted Pied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos macei
Striped-breasted Pied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos atratus
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker / Dendrocopos mahrattensis
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos hyperythrus
Crimson-breasted Pied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos cathpharius
Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos darjellensis
Great Spotted Woodpecker / Dendrocopos major
Himalayan Pied Woodpecker / Dendrocopos himalayensis
Rufous Woodpecker / Celeus brachyurus
Lesser Yellownape / Picus chlorolophus
Greater Yellownape / Picus flavinucha
Streak-throated Woodpecker / Picus xanthopygaeus
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker / Picus squamatus
Grey-headed Woodpecker / Picus canus
Himalayan Flameback / Dinopium shorii
Common Flameback / Dinopium javanense
Black-rumped Flameback / Dinopium benghalense
Greater Flameback / Chrysocolaptes lucidus
White-naped Flameback / Chrysocolaptes festivus
Pale-headed Woodpecker / Gecinulus grantia
Bay Woodpecker / Blythipicus pyrrhotis
Heart-spotted Woodpecker / Hemicircus canente
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie / Urocissa flavirostris
Red-billed Blue Magpie / Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Common Green Magpie / Cissa chinensis
Rufous Treepie / Dendrocitta vagabunda
Grey Treepie / Dendrocitta formosae
Collared Treepie / Dendrocitta frontalis
Ground-tit / Pseudopodoces humilis
Spotted Nutcracker / Nucifraga caryocatactes
Red-billed Chough / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Alpine Chough / Pyrrhocorax graculus
House Crow / Corvus splendens
Large-billed Crow / Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
Common Raven / Corvus corax tibetanus
Common Sand-martin / Riparia riparia
Grey-throated Sand-martin / Riparia paludicola
Dusky Crag-martin / Hirundo concolor
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow / Hirundo smithii
Streak-throated Swallow / Hirundo fluvicola
Asian House-martin / Delichon dasypus
Nepal House-martin / Delichon nipalense
Winter Wren / Troglodytes troglodytes
Brown Dipper / Cinclus pallasii
Blue Whistling-thrush / Myophonus caeruleus
Pied Ground-thrush / Zoothera wardii
Orange-headed Thrush / Zoothera citrina
Plain-backed Thrush / Zoothera mollissima
Long-tailed Thrush / Zoothera dixoni
Small-billed Scaly Thrush / Zoothera dauma
Long-billed Ground -thrush / Zoothera monticola
Dark-sided Ground-thrush / Zoothera marginata
Tickell's Thrush / Turdus unicolor
Black-breasted Thrush / Turdus dissimilis
White-collared Blackbird / Turdus albocinctus
Grey-winged Blackbird / Turdus boulboul
Common Blackbird / Turdus merula
Chestnut Thrush / Turdus rubrocanus
Grey-sided Thrush / Turdus feae
Eyebrowed Thrush / Turdus obscurus
Black-throated Thrush / Turdus ruficollis atrogularis
Red-throated Thrush / Turdus ruficollis ruficollis
Dusky Thrush / Turdus naumanni eunomus
Purple Cochoa / Cochoa purpurea
Green Cochoa / Cochoa viridis
Gould's Shortwing / Brachypteryx stellata
Rusty-bellied Shortwing / Brachypteryx hyperythra
Lesser Shortwing / Brachypteryx leucophrys
White-browed Shortwing / Brachypteryx montana
Asian Glossy Starling / Aplonis panayensis
Spot-winged Starling / Saroglossa spiloptera
Gold-crested Myna / Ampeliceps coronatus
Common Hill-myna / Gracula religiosa
Common Myna / Acridotheres tristis
Bank Myna / Acridotheres ginginianus
Jungle Myna / Acridotheres fuscus