eBird Field Checklist
Nainital County, Uttarakhand, IN
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620 species (+174 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Aythya sp.
Common Merganser
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Hill Partridge
Rufous-throated Partridge
Himalayan Monal
Koklass Pheasant
Cheer Pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Arborophila/Tropicoperdix sp.
pheasant sp.
Red Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
Common Quail
old world quail sp.
Chukar
Jungle Bush-Quail
Himalayan Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Snow Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
Speckled Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Greater/Lesser Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Green-billed Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Large/Common Hawk-Cuckoo
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Lesser/Indian Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Gray Nightjar
Jungle/Gray Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
White-throated Needletail
Silver-backed Needletail
Himalayan Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Blyth's Swift
fork-tailed swift sp.
Little Swift
House Swift
Little/House Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Brown Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sarus Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Ibisbill
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
River Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Solitary Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Small Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Small Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Black-bellied Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Black-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Eastern Cattle/Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Slender-billed Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Himalayan/Eurasian Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus sp.
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny/Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Hen/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Besra
Crested Goshawk/Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Pallas's Fish-Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Himalayan Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Mountain Scops-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Collared Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Tawny Fish-Owl
Dusky Eagle-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Asian Barred Owlet
Jungle Owlet
Asian Barred/Jungle Owlet
Collared Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Brown Wood-Owl
Himalayan Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Red-headed Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Oriental Pied-Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked/Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Great Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Lineated/Brown-headed Barbet
Blue-throated Barbet
Psilopogon sp.
asian barbet sp.
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Brown-capped/Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Brown-fronted Woodpecker
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Himalayan Woodpecker
Greater Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Himalayan Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Gray-headed Woodpecker
Greater Yellownape
Lesser/Greater Yellownape
Great Slaty Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Collared Falconet
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Slaty-headed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Psittacula sp.
Budgerigar
parakeet sp.
Asian and Grauer's Broadbills
Long-tailed Broadbill
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Western Hooded Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Short-billed Minivet
Long-tailed Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Rosy Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Large/Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Shrike-Babblers and Erpornis
White-browed Shrike-Babbler
Green Shrike-Babbler
White-bellied Erpornis
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Maroon Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Large Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Large/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
White-throated Fantail
White-browed Fantail
White-throated/White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Crow-billed Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Lesser/Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Bay-backed/Long-tailed Shrike
Gray-backed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
Black-headed Jay
jay sp.
Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie
Red-billed Blue-Magpie
Yellow-billed/Red-billed Blue-Magpie
Common Green-Magpie
Rufous Treepie
Gray Treepie
Rufous/Gray Treepie
treepie sp.
Eurasian Nutcracker
Red-billed Chough
Yellow-billed Chough
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
crow/raven sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Fire-capped Tit
Yellow-browed Tit
Coal Tit
Rufous-naped Tit
Rufous-vented Tit
Rufous-naped/Rufous-vented Tit
Gray-crested Tit
Green-backed Tit
Cinereous Tit
Himalayan Black-lored Tit
parid sp.
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Bengal Bushlark
Greater Short-toed/Hume's Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Sand Lark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Himalayan Prinia
Gray-crowned Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Yellow-bellied/Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Golden-headed Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
West Himalayan Bush Warbler
Bristled Grassbird
Striated Grassbird
Bradypterus sp.
Cupwings
Scaly-breasted Cupwing
Immaculate Cupwing
Scaly-breasted/Immaculate Cupwing
Pygmy Cupwing
cupwing sp.
Martins and Swallows
Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Riparia sp.
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Asian House-Martin
Nepal House-Martin
house-martin sp.
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Ashy Bulbul
Mountain Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul
Pycnonotus sp.
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Ashy-throated Warbler
Buff-barred Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Lemon-rumped Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied/Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Smoky Warbler
Mountain Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff
Mountain/Common Chiffchaff
Green-crowned Warbler
Whistler's Warbler
Green-crowned/Whistler's Warbler
Phylloscopus sp. (Golden-spectacled Warbler complex)
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Greenish/Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Chestnut-crowned Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Gray-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Pale-footed Bush Warbler
Gray-bellied Tesia
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
Gray-sided Bush Warbler
Chestnut-headed Tesia
Black-faced Warbler
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
Aberrant Bush Warbler
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Black-throated Tit
White-throated Tit
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-browed Fulvetta
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Black-chinned Yuhina
Whiskered Yuhina
Stripe-throated Yuhina
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Chestnut-capped Babbler
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Black-chinned Babbler
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler
White-browed Scimitar-Babbler
Streak-breasted/White-browed Scimitar-Babbler
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler
Stachyris sp.
Timaliidae sp.
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Striated Laughingthrush
Streaked Laughingthrush
Variegated Laughingthrush
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
Rufous Sibia
Blue-winged Minla
Chestnut-tailed Minla
Red-billed Leiothrix
Silver-eared Mesia
Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Common Babbler
Striated Babbler
Common/Striated Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax sp.
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
White-throated Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Wallcreeper
Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Velvet-fronted/Yellow-billed Nuthatch
White-tailed Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
Indian/Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Hodgson's Treecreeper
Bar-tailed Treecreeper
treecreeper sp.
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Dippers
Brown Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Spot-winged Starling
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Long-tailed Thrush
Alpine Thrush
Dark-sided Thrush
Long-billed Thrush
Scaly Thrush
Zoothera sp.
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Gray-winged Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
White-collared Blackbird
Chestnut Thrush
Black-throated Thrush
Red-throated Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Large Niltava
Small Niltava
Rufous-bellied Niltava
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Lesser Shortwing
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Little Forktail
Spotted Forktail
Slaty-backed Forktail
Siberian Rubythroat
Himalayan Rubythroat
Himalayan/Chinese Rubythroat (White-tailed Rubythroat)
White-tailed Robin
Himalayan Bluetail
Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
Golden Bush-Robin
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
Little Pied Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Blue-fronted Redstart
Plumbeous Redstart
Rufous-backed Redstart
White-capped Redstart
Blue-capped Redstart
Black Redstart
redstart sp.
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
White-throated Bushchat
Siberian Stonechat
White-tailed Stonechat
Siberian/White-tailed Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Gray Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat
Variable Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple Sunbird
Fire-tailed Sunbird
Black-throated Sunbird
Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
Green-tailed Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Orange-bellied Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Finn's Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
estrildid finch sp.
Accentors
Alpine Accentor
Altai Accentor
Rufous-breasted Accentor
Black-throated Accentor
accentor sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Russet Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Upland Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
Collared Grosbeak
Spot-winged Grosbeak
White-winged Grosbeak
Common Rosefinch
Scarlet Finch
Blyth's Rosefinch
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
Pink-browed Rosefinch
Spot-winged Rosefinch
Vinaceous Rosefinch
Streaked Rosefinch
Crimson-browed Finch
rosefinch sp.
Brown Bullfinch
Red-headed Bullfinch
Spectacled Finch
Dark-breasted Rosefinch
Plain Mountain Finch
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Fire-fronted Serin
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Rock Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.