^{_{Annotated Checklist of}} Chilika Lagoon

• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Garganey Anas querquedula
• Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina
• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
• Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
• Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Spotted Owlet Athene brama
• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
• Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
• Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
• Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
• Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• River Tern Sterna aurantia
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Little Tern Sterna albifrons
• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• White-bellied Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Shikra Accipiter badius
• Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis
• Darter Anhinga melanogaster
• Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Great Egret Casmerodius albus
• Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucocephaeus
• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
• Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
• White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
• Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
• Rufous-winged Bushlark Mirafra assamica
• Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix grisea
• Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica
• Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
• White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
• Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica
• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

​By Sujan Chatterjee