eBird Field Checklist
Hooghly County, West Bengal, IN
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307 species (+102 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Wood Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Common Quail
Rain Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-capped Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Greater/Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Plaintive Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Large-tailed Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Little Swift
House Swift
Little/House Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
jacana sp.
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Little Stint
peep sp.
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
tern sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Short-tailed Shearwater
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pied Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo/eagle sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Collared Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Brown Fish-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Indian Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Indochinese Roller
Indian/Indochinese Roller
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Blue-throated Barbet
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Brown-capped/Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos sp.
Greater Flameback
Rufous Woodpecker
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
Streak-throated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
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
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Indian Golden/Black-naped Oriole
Slender-billed Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
White-throated Fantail
White-throated/White-browed Fantail
fantail sp.
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Gray-backed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Bengal Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Sand Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Zitting/Golden-headed Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Paddyfield/Blyth's Reed Warbler
Large-billed Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Baikal Bush Warbler
Chinese/Baikal Bush Warbler
West Himalayan Bush Warbler
Spotted Bush Warbler
Baikal/Spotted Bush Warbler
Locustella sp.
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Bristled Grassbird
Striated Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped/Striated Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered/Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Dusky/Smoky Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green-crowned Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Jungle Babbler
Common Babbler
Striated Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Common Hill Myna
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
black myna sp.
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Scaly Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Tickell's Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Bluethroat
Siberian Rubythroat
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Chestnut Munia
Tricolored x Chestnut Munia (hybrid)
Tricolored/Chestnut Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Western Yellow x Citrine Wagtail (hybrid)
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Richard's/Blyth's Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Old World Buntings
Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Black-headed/Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.