LITTLE RANN OF KUTCH-BAJANA CREEK
INDIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 256 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 256 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 6 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | /Bar-headed Goose/ | Anser indicus | |
| 3 | /Graylag Goose/ | Anser anser | |
| 4 | Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | |
| 5 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 6 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 7 | /Common Shelduck/ | Tadorna tadorna | |
| 8 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 9 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 10 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 11 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera | |
| 12 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | |
| 13 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 14 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 15 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 16 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca | |
| 17 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | |
| 18 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca | |
| 19 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | |
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| 20 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| 21 | Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| 22 | Painted Francolin | Francolinus pictus | |
| 23 | /Common Quail/ | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| 24 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 25 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 26 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 27 | /Great Crested Grebe/ | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 28 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 29 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 30 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 31 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 32 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
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| 33 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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| 34 | /Macqueen's Bustard/ | Chlamydotis macqueenii | |
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| 35 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 36 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| 37 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 38 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
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| 39 | /Sykes's Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus mahrattensis | |
| 40 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
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| 41 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
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| 42 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 43 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| 44 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 45 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| 46 | /Demoiselle Crane/ | Anthropoides virgo | |
| 47 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus | |
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| 48 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
| 49 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| 50 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 51 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 52 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 53 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 54 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 55 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| 56 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 57 | /White-tailed Lapwing/ | Vanellus leucurus | |
| 58 | Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| 59 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| 60 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| 61 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 62 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| 63 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
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| 64 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | |
| 65 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 66 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 67 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 68 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 69 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 70 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 71 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus | |
| 72 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | |
| 73 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 74 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 75 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 76 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 77 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | |
| 78 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 79 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 80 | Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
| 81 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
| 82 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| 83 | (Collared Pratincole) | Glareola pratincola | |
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| 84 | /Slender-billed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| 85 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 86 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 87 | /Pallas's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| 88 | /Lesser Black-backed Gull/ | Larus fuscus | |
| 89 | Indian Skimmer | Rynchops albicollis | |
| 90 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 91 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 92 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 93 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 94 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | |
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| 95 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 96 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 97 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 98 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 99 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
| 100 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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| 101 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 102 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 103 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 104 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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| 105 | /Great White Pelican/ | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 106 | /Dalmatian Pelican/ | Pelecanus crispus | |
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| 107 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 108 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 109 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 110 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| 111 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 112 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 113 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 114 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 115 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 116 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 117 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| 118 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 119 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| 120 | Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | |
| 121 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| 122 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 123 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 124 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 125 | European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| 126 | /Cinereous Vulture/ | Aegypius monachus | |
| 127 | /Himalayan Griffon/ | Gyps himalayensis | |
| 128 | /Eurasian Griffon/ | Gyps fulvus | |
| 129 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 130 | Indian Spotted Eagle | Clanga hastata | |
| 131 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | |
| 132 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 133 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 134 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 135 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | |
| 136 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 137 | White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | |
| 138 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 139 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 140 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 141 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 142 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 143 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 144 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 145 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | |
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| 146 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| 147 | /Pallid Scops-Owl/ | Otus brucei | |
| 148 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
| 149 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| 150 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 151 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 152 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 153 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 154 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 155 | (Blue-cheeked Bee-eater) | Merops persicus | |
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| 156 | |European Roller| | Coracias garrulus | |
| 157 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
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| 158 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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| 159 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 160 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
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| 161 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 162 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 163 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 164 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius | |
| 165 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| 166 | Laggar Falcon | Falco jugger | |
| 167 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 168 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| 169 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
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| 170 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
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| 171 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
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| 172 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 173 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 174 | Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| 175 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| 176 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
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| 177 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 178 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 179 | Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| 180 | Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura | |
| 181 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| 182 | Indian Bushlark | Mirafra erythroptera | |
| 183 | /Greater Short-toed Lark/ | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| 184 | Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | |
| 185 | /Hume's Lark/ | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| 186 | /Bimaculated Lark/ | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| 187 | Sand Lark | Alaudala raytal | |
| 188 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| 189 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 190 | Rufous-fronted Prinia | Prinia buchanani | |
| 191 | Delicate Prinia | Prinia lepida | |
| 192 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| 193 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 194 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 195 | /Booted Warbler/ | Iduna caligata | |
| 196 | /Sykes's Warbler/ | Iduna rama | |
| 197 | /Paddyfield Warbler/ | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| 198 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| 199 | /Clamorous Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| 200 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| 201 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 202 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | |
| 203 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 204 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 205 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 206 | Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | |
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| 207 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| 208 | White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | |
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| 209 | /Hume's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 210 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| 211 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca | |
| 212 | /Eastern Orphean Warbler/ | Curruca crassirostris | |
| 213 | /Asian Desert Warbler/ | Curruca nana | |
| 214 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 215 | Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
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| 216 | Large Gray Babbler | Argya malcolmi | |
| 217 | Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
| 218 | Common Babbler | Argya caudata | |
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| 219 | /European Starling/ | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| 220 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus | |
| 221 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| 222 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 223 | Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
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| 224 | Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| 225 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 226 | /Bluethroat/ | Luscinia svecica | |
| 227 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 228 | /Red-breasted Flycatcher/ | Ficedula parva | |
| 229 | /Black Redstart/ | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 230 | White-browed Bushchat | Saxicola macrorhynchus | |
| 231 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 232 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| 233 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 234 | /Desert Wheatear/ | Oenanthe deserti | |
| 235 | Brown Rock Chat | Oenanthe fusca | |
| 236 | /Variable Wheatear/ | Oenanthe picata | |
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| 237 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| 238 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
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| 239 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
| 240 | Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | |
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| 241 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| 242 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
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| 243 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 244 | Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnornis xanthocollis | |
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| 245 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 246 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 247 | /Citrine Wagtail/ | Motacilla citreola | |
| 248 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 249 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 250 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 251 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 252 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris | |
| 253 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
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| 254 | /Gray-necked Bunting/ | Emberiza buchanani | |
| 255 | /Black-headed Bunting/ | Emberiza melanocephala | |
| 256 | Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 103 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 16 |
| V | Vulnerable | 10 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.