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Ranthambhor and Keoladeo Ghana (Bharatpur) National Park

A Birding Trip Report for Northern India, 20 February - 7 March 1999

by Mike Prince

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Daily Totals

Name 20/2 21/2 22/2 23/2 24/2 25/2 26/2 27/2 28/2 1/3 2/3 3/3 4/3 5/3 6/3 7/3
Grey Francolin   17 12 10 6 4 15 20 2              
Jungle Bush Quail     2                          
Painted Spurfowl     7                          
Indian Peafowl 6 50 40 30 5 2 8 2 10 6     1      
Lesser Whistling-Duck       500 400 num num num             30  
Greylag Goose       40 60 80 few sev                
Bar-headed Goose       20 30 120 30 sev                
Ruddy Shelduck         40   2 30                
Comb Duck       2 1 2 4                  
Cotton Pygmy-Goose   2     1 4 4 4                
Gadwall       20 200 num num 500                
Eurasian Wigeon       15 100 150 50 200                
Spot-billed Duck       8 15 12 10 2                
Northern Shoveler   3   30 400 800 num 2000                
Northern Pintail       200 200 600 num num                
Garganey         12 8 2 4                
Common Teal   25   80 200 400 num num                
Red-crested Pochard       2                        
Common Pochard           120 10 4                
Ferruginous Pochard       6 9 20 4 2                
Tufted Duck           1                    
Barred Buttonquail   1 3                          
Eurasian Wryneck             2                  
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker           2                    
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker   2       2 3                  
Black-rumped Flameback   1 2 2 1 4 2       1          
Brown-headed Barbet                         1      
Coppersmith Barbet   2 2 1             1          
Indian Grey Hornbill             1                  
Eurasian Hoopoe   1   2 6 8 8 6         1 1 2 1
Indian Roller 1 3 6 40 1   2   4 2 5   1 1 15 10
Common Kingfisher   1   2 8 4 4 4                
White-breasted Kingfisher   1   8 15 10 12 10 4 2 2 1 2 1   1
Pied Kingfisher       4 4 4 7 5 1   1     1   1
Green Bee-eater 1 30 1 25 20 150 sev sev   40 sev few few few 10 5
Common Hawk Cuckoo             1         1 2 2 1 1
Sirkeer Malkoha             1           1      
Greater Coucal   1   1 5 12 few 4     1       1 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 400 300 150 400 num num sev sev sev sev sev sev sev 500 sev sev
Plum-headed Parakeet   15 3 20             1          
Asian Palm Swift                         8 3    
Little Swift 40 40 10     60 60 30 500 300 200 few few 2 sev 100
Collared Scops Owl     1 2   1                    
Eurasian Eagle Owl   1                            
Dusky Eagle Owl         2   2 1                
Spotted Owlet   2   2   2 2 1   1            
Large-tailed Nightjar             1 1                
Rock Pigeon 500 30 20 100 few few few few few sev few few sev few few sev
Laughing Dove   40 80 50 80 sev sev sev few few few few few   10  
Spotted Dove 50 20 8 10               4   6 2  
Red Collared Dove   1           2       1 2 1    
Eurasian Collared Dove   5 30 150 sev sev sev sev sev few few few sev sev sev sev
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon   2 1                          
Siberian Crane         2                      
Sarus Crane       4 4 5 4 5                
Common Crane           48   30                
Brown Crake             1 1                
White-breasted Waterhen       2 20 40 sev sev 6         1 1  
Purple Gallinule       1000 num num num 800                
Common Moorhen       50 100 num num num                
Common Coot       1000 num num 5000 num                
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse     32                          
Painted Sandgrouse     4                          
Common Snipe       2 2 4   3                
Black-tailed Godwit   1   3 10     3                
Spotted Redshank   1   1 2 8 2 1                
Common Redshank       1 5 2                    
Marsh Sandpiper       2 4 4   1                
Common Greenshank       1 2 4 1 2                
Green Sandpiper   2   3 5 20 few 2 10              
Wood Sandpiper       20 120 40 sev 30                
Common Sandpiper   1 2 2                        
Temminck's Stint         2                      
Ruff       300 200 150 sev sev                
Pheasant-tailed Jacana   1   2 15 20 few 30           5    
Bronze-winged Jacana   2   6 10 10 few 6             2 1
Eurasian Thick-knee           3                    
Black-winged Stilt 2 12 4 40 20 20 6 10 40 20         10 5
Little Ringed Plover         2 1   1                
Yellow-wattled Lapwing     10                          
Red-wattled Lapwing 2 15 15 20 10 40 few few 6 4 10 3 20 2 10 8
White-tailed Lapwing       1 25 15 10 10                
Indian Courser     2                          
Yellow-legged Gull               1                
River Tern       2 2   1 2                
Whiskered Tern             1                  
Oriental Honey-buzzard         1 1 2 2                
Black-winged Kite 1 1 1                     2   2
Black Kite 6         1     100 few few 50 sev 4 sev sev
White-tailed Eagle         1                      
Egyptian Vulture   1   1 1 3 3 1 20 6 4     2 4 2
White-rumped Vulture   40 30 10 2 40 20 40     3          
Long-billed Vulture   40 60 15 3 20 1 1   40 50          
Red-headed Vulture           1 2       2          
Short-toed Snake Eagle     1                          
Crested Serpent Eagle       1   2 1                  
Eurasian Marsh Harrier         2 2   2                
Montagu's/Pallid Harrier           1                    
Shikra   4 1 1   1 1     1     2      
Eurasian Sparrowhawk             1 1             1  
Lesser Spotted Eagle           1   2                
Greater Spotted Eagle     1   3 4 4 5                
Steppe Eagle           1   2                
Imperial Eagle           2 2                  
Bonelli's Eagle           1   1                
Booted Eagle           2 1 1                
Common Kestrel               1 1   1         1
Little Grebe   5   8 4 12 6 4 2       6   4  
Oriental Darter       6 30 sev 50 sev                
Little Cormorant   4 1 200 100 sev sev 150 few 3 3   3 6 3 2
Indian Cormorant         20 few   30                
Great Cormorant       30 30 sev sev 50                
Little Egret       15 50 sev 100 sev sev few few   few 2 few 5
Grey Heron       25 150 sev sev sev 2              
Purple Heron       10 50 sev sev sev 2         1    
Great Egret   1   10 10 30 40 50           10 10  
Intermediate Egret       30 300 num num 400   few few     100 50  
Cattle Egret 10 8 5 50     1   few few few sev sev sev 100 sev
Indian Pond Heron   2   30 100 150 sev sev sev   few few sev 20 20 10
Striated Heron       1 1     2                
Black-crowned Night Heron         25 few 80 10                
Yellow Bittern         1                      
Glossy Ibis       200 200 sev few 100                
Black-headed Ibis   1   5 30 sev 80 sev                
Eurasian Spoonbill       1 120 200 sev 200                
Great White Pelican         12     5                
Dalmatian Pelican         5   1                  
Painted Stork   2   400 300 num num 1000 1     4 2     1
Black Stork   2                            
Asian Openbill       3 8 10 4 8                
Woolly-necked Stork       1     2 1 1              
Black-necked Stork       2 3 2 2 2                
Lesser Adjutant           1                    
Rufous-tailed Shrike           1 1                  
Bay-backed Shrike   3 2 2   1 1                  
Long-tailed Shrike 2 5 1     4 3       3          
Southern Grey Shrike   1 5 15                        
Rufous Treepie   25 6 25 6 10 6 4     2 1     4 1
House Crow 100 20 40 200 sev sev sev sev sev sev sev sev sev few sev sev
Jungle Crow   4   10 few few few few few     few 20 sev sev few
Large Cuckooshrike   6                            
Small Minivet   4 6 2 2 2 4 12                
White-browed Fantail   3 3 5                        
Black Drongo 6 5 40 100 100 sev sev sev few   few 4 few 4 20 few
Ashy Drongo               2                
White-bellied Drongo   6 2                          
Common Iora   2                            
Common Woodshrike   4 1     3   3     1          
Blue Rock-Thrush     1                          
Tickell's Thrush   1     2 2   1                
Red-breasted Flycatcher   7 1   3 3 8 4         2   1  
Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher   1                            
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher   6     2 4   2                
Bluethroat         2 2 2 2         3   1  
Oriental Magpie Robin   3 2 10 40 sev sev sev few few few   few   2  
White-rumped Shama   1                            
Indian Robin   20 25 15 4 2 few 6 2 2 4          
Black Redstart   3     1   2       2 1 2 1 2  
Common Stonechat     2                   2      
Pied Bushchat     1 2 6 40 few 6     2          
Brown Rock Chat   5             2 9 15 4 5   1  
Brahminy Starling   60 15   20 40 50 sev     10       4  
Common Starling                           1    
Asian Pied Starling   2   2 12 40 sev sev   few few few few 10 few  
Common Myna 80 80 60 100 sev sev sev sev num num sev sev sev sev sev sev
Bank Myna   4 12 20   1     300 num few few few sev sev sev
Great Tit   8 1 1                        
Sand Martin               2                
Plain Martin     8   6 2 1                  
Dusky Crag Martin   40   2           8 20          
Barn Swallow     3   400 num num num         1   sev 20
Wire-tailed Swallow         2     2                
Red-rumped Swallow                         2      
Red-whiskered Bulbul                       2 2 4 2  
White-eared Bulbul         2 1 10 10                
Red-vented Bulbul 1 50 30 100 sev sev sev sev     20   few     4
Zitting Cisticola                       2 15 4    
Rufous-fronted Prinia     2                          
Graceful Prinia           1             2      
Jungle Prinia   1 15 1                        
Ashy Prinia   3                            
Plain Prinia     2   2     2     2   10      
Oriental White-eye                             1  
Blyth's Reed Warbler       1 8 3 1 3             1  
Clamorous Reed Warbler         5   4 6                
Common Tailorbird   6   1 4 2 4 4         2   2  
Common Chiffchaff   1     4 30 10 10         2      
Dusky Warbler         3   1                  
Hume's Warbler   8 2 2 18 25 20 20     1 1 1   1  
Greenish Warbler   4     1     1                
Common Babbler     7   1           1          
Large Grey Babbler   8 2     6 50 20                
Jungle Babbler   120 80 100 sev sev sev sev sev   sev sev few 6 few  
Lesser Whitethroat     1   6 50 30 30           1 1  
Indian Lark   1 5                          
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark     80       4         2 2 5   5
Rufous-tailed Lark           2                    
Greater Short-toed Lark     4                          
Crested Lark             2                  
Oriental Skylark             2           20 10    
Purple Sunbird   6 6 4 few few 4 few     few     2 2  
House Sparrow 8 10 30 200 sev few few few few few sev sev sev   sev num
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia   1 1 4 6 50 few few       40 15 30 6  
White Wagtail       2 1   1         1       1
White-browed Wagtail         2   1 1             4 6
Citrine Wagtail       1 100 100 sev sev                
Yellow Wagtail                         4      
Grey Wagtail   4 3 4   1 1 1     2          
Paddyfield Pipit     70     4           4 10 6    
Tawny Pipit     1                          
Blyth's Pipit     10                          
Tree Pipit                         2 100    
Olive-backed Pipit     3 3 1 4 7 6         10      
Rosy Pipit                           1    
Streaked Weaver               4                
White-throated Munia   1         4       4   2