^{Annotated Checklist of} Duars and Middle Hills of North Bengal

• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
• Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Green Peafowl Pavo muticus
• Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Comb Duck Sakidiornis melanotos
• 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
• Common Teal Anas crecca
• Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
• Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus
• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis
• Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
• Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha
• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
• Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus
• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
• Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente
• Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
• Great Barbet Megalaima virens
• Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
• Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
• Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii
• Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
• Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis
• Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
• Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostri
• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirotris
• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
• Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis
• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
• Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
• Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
• Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
• Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
• Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaes tristis
• Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaes leschenaulti
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
• Vernal Hanging Parakeet Loriculus vernalis
• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
• Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
• White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica
• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• House Swift  Apus affinis
• Barn Owl Tyto alba
• Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
• Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis
• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
• Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
• Spotted Owlet Athene brama
• Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata
• Hodgson's Frogmouth Batraschostomus hodgsoni
• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
• Savannah Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
• Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
• Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Barred Cuckoo Dove Macropygia unchall
• Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura
• Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
• Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
• Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
• Lesser Florican Sypheotides indica
• Sarus Crane Grus antigone
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Black-tailed Crake Porzana bicolor
• Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Common Coot Fulicata atra
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus
• Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
• Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
• Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
• Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
• Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
• Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
• Lesser Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis
• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
• Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
• Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
• Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
• Shikra Accipiter badius
• Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
• White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
• Indian Spotted Eagle Pomarina hastata
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
• Bonelli's Eagle Hieraatus fasciatus
• Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraatus kienerii
• Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
• Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
• Oriental Hobby Falco severus
• Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Darter Anhinga melanogaster
• Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
• Great Egret Casmerodius albus
• Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Malay Night Heron Gorsachius melanophus
• Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
• Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
• Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
• Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
• Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia
• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
• Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis
• Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
• Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
• Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
• Asian Fairy Bluebird Irene puella
• Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
• Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach tricolor
• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
• Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
• Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
• Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
• Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos
• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
• Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
• Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha
• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucocephaeus
• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans
• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
• Greater Racket Tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
• Black-naped Monarch Monarcha azurea
• Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
• Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Blue Whistling Thursh Myiophonus caeruleus
• Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii
• Orange-headed Thursh Zoothera citrina
• Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima
• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
• Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
• Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina
• Large Niltava Niltava grandis
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
• Pygmy Blue Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni
• Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
• White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
• Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane
• Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarriornis leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fulginosus
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
• Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
• Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
• Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea
• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus
• Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
• Northern Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea
• White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
• Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa
• Great Tit Parus major
• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
• Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys
• Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotatus
• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalensis
• Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
• White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
• Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavalus
• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii
• Hill Prinia Prinia atrogularis
• Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla
• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
• Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
• Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes
• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
• Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
• Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii
• Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos
• Rufous-rumped Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis
• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis
• Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus
• Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus
• Scaly Laughingthrush Garrulax subunicolor
• Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis
• Abott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
• White-browed Scimiter-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
• Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
• Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
• Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
• Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris
• Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus
• White-browed Shrike Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
• White-hooded Babbler Gampsorrhynchus rufulus
• Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera
• Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps
• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
• Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectens
• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
• Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis
• Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
• Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
• White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca
• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris
• Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
• Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Anthreptes singalensis
• Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica
• Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
• Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
• Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica
• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
• Chestnut Bunting Emberzia rutila
• Black-faced Bunting Emberzia spodocephala