^{Annotated Checklist of} Dibru Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

• Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Falcated Duck Anas falcata
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Common Teal Anas crecca
• Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina
• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
• Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha
• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus
• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia
• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
• Great Barbet Megalaima virens
• Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
• Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
• Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis
• Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirotris
• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaes tristis
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
• Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
• Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata
• Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
• Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
• Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
• Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
• Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus
• Slenderbilled Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
• Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
• Common Kestrel Falco tinnuculus
• Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
• Oriental Hobby Falco severus
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Darter Anhinga melanogaster
• Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Great Egret Casmerodius albus
• Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
• Little Heron Butrides striatus
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach tricolor
• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
• Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucocephaeus
• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
• Blue Whistling Thursh Myiophonus caeruleus
• Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucura
• Jerdon's Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni
• Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera
• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
• Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
• Northern Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
• Great Tit Parus major
• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
• Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii
• Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
• Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes
• Japanese Bush Warbler Cettia diphone
• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
• Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
• Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus
• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
• Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
• Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii
• Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps
• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis
• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis
• Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre
• Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons
• Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
• Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
• Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei
• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
• White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca
• Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Anthreptes singalensis
• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
• Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
• Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberzia aureola
• Black-faced Bunting Emberzia spodocephala

​By Sujan Chatterjee