Corbett is rewarded with more that 600 species of Birds. Every year more that 1000 Migratory birds are also included. Corbett is heaven for the bird’s watchers. Various species of birds in Corbett are listed below.
Some Birds Species:
Francolins, Quails, Partridges and Pheasants, Black Francolin, Grey Francolin, Common Quail, Rain Quail, Blue-breasted Quail, Jungle Bush Quail, Rock Bush Quail, Hill Partridge, Red Junglefowl, Kalij Pheasant, Indian Peafowl
Whistling-ducks
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Geese and Ducks
Greylag Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Comb Duck, Cotton Pygmy-goose, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Spot-billed Duck,Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Common Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, Ferruginous Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Merganser
Buttonquails
Small Buttonquail, Yellow-legged Buttonquail, Barred Buttonquail
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck, Speckled Piculet, Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Brown-fronted Woodpecker, Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpecker, Lesser Yellownape, Greater Yellownape, Streak-throated Woodpecker, Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Himalayan Flameback, Black-rumped Flameback, Greater Flameback, White-naped Woodpecker, Great Slaty Woodpecker
Barbets
Great Barbet, Brown-headed Barbet, Lineated Barbet, Blue-throated Barbet, Coppersmith Barbet
Hornbills
Indian Grey Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill
Hoopoe
Common Hoopoe
Rollers
Indian Roller, Dollarbird
Small Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Large Kingfishers
Stork-billed Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfishers
Crested Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters
Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Cuckoos
Pied Cuckoo, Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Common Hawk, Indian Cuckoo, Eurasian Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo, Banded Bay Cuckoo, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Drongo Cuckoo, Asian Koel, Green-billed, Sirkeer
Coucals
Greater Coucal, Lesser Coucal
Parakeets
Alexandrine Parakeet, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Slaty-headed Parakeet, Plum-headed Parakeet, Red-breasted Parakeet
Swifts
Himalayan Swiftlet, White-rumped Needletail, Silver-backed Needletail, Asian Palm Swift Alpine Swift, Common Swift, Fork-tailed Swift, House Swift, Tree swifts, Crested Tree swif
Barn Owl and Grass Owl
Barn Owl, Grass Owl
Owls
Brown Fish Owl, Tawny Fish Owl, Brown Wood Owl, Mountain Scops Owl, Oriental Scops Owl, Collared Scops Owl, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Collared Owlet, Asian Barred Owlet, Jungle Owlet, Spotted Owlet, Brown Hawk Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl
Nightjars
Grey Nightjar, Large-tailed Nightjar, Indian Nightjar, Savanna Nightjar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon, Hill Pigeon, Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Emerald Dove, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Pin-tailed Green Pigeon, Laughing Dove, Spotted Dove, Red Collared Dove, Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
Cranes
Sarus Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Common Crane
Rails
Water Rail, Brown Crake, White-breasted, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Purple Swamphen Common Moorhen, Common Coot
Snipe and Sandpipers
Eurasian Woodcock, Wood Snipe, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Stint, Pintail Snipe, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe us, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank, , Temminck’s Stint, Long-toed Stint, Dunlin
Painted-snipe
Greater Painted-snipe
Jacanas
Pheasant-tailed, Bronze-winged
Thick-kneesEurasian
Thick-knee, Great Thick-knee
Plovers and stilts
Ibisbill, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Lapwing, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, River Lapwing, Red-wattled Lapwing, Sociable Plover, Pied Avocet, Long-billed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Great Sand Plover, White-tailed Lapwing, Small Pratincole
Gulls and Terns
Yellow-legged Gull, Pallas’s Gull, Brown-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, River Tern Sterna, Black-bellied Tern Sterna, Whiskered Tern
Hawks and Eagles
Osprey, Black Baza, Oriental Honey-Buzzard,Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite, Brahminy Kite, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Cinereous Vulture, Red-headed Vulture, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Eurasian Marsh Harrier, Pied Harrier, Hen Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Shikra, Besra, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Northern Goshawk, White-eyed Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Fish Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Lammergeier, Bonelli’s Eagle, Booted Eagle, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, White-rumped Vulture, Slender-billed Vulture, Himalayan Griffon, Eurasian Griffon, Black Eagle, Indian Spotted Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Booted Eagle, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Mountain Hawk Eagle
Falcons
Collared Falconet, Common Kestrel, Red-necked Falcon, Amur Falcon, Oriental Hobby Laggar Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Grebes
Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Horned Grebe
Anhinga
Darter Anhinga
CormorantsLittle Cormorant, Indian Cormorant, Great Cormorant
Herons and Bitterns
Little Egret, Western Reef, Grey Heron, Little Heron, Black-crowned Night, Little Bittern,Yellow Bittern, Purple Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Indian Pond Heron, Cinnamon Bittern
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Ibises
Glossy Ibis, Black-headed Ibis, Black Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill
Pelicans
Great White Pelican, Spot-billed Pelican
Storks
Painted Stork, Asian Openbill, Black Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, White Stork, Black-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant
Pittas
Indian Pitta
Broadbills
Long-tailed Broadbill
Leafbirds
Golden-fronted Leafbird, Orange-bellied Leafbird
ShrikesRofous-tailed Shrike, Brown Shrike, Bay-backed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey-backed Shrike, Southern Grey Shrike
Crows and alliesEurasian Jay, Black-headed Jay, Red-billed Blue, Common Green, Grey Treepie, House Crow, Large Cuckooshrike, Black-winged, Black-headed, Rosy Minivet, Small Minivet, Long-tailed Minivet, Short-billed Minivet, Scarlet Minivet, Bar-winged Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Fantail, Large-billed Crow, Ashy Drongo, White-bellied Drongo, Bronzed Drongo, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Spangled Drongo, Ashy Woodswallow, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Black-hooded Oriole, Maroon Oriole, White-throated Fantail, White-browed Fantail, Black Drongo, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Black-naped Monarch, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Common Iora, Large Woodshrike
Dippers
Brown Dipper
Thrushes and Flycatchers
Blue-capped Rock Thrush, Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Orange-headed Thrush, Long-tailed Thrush, Scaly Thrush Long-billed Thrush, Tickell’s Thrush, White-collared Blackbird, Grey-winged Blackbird Red-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Dark-sided Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Rusty-tailed Flycatcher, Slaty-backed Flycatcher, Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, Red-throated Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Ultramarine Flycatcher, Slaty Blue Flycatcher, Verditer Flycatcher, Small Niltava, Rufous-bellied, Pale-chinned Flycatcher, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Purple Cochoa, Hodgson’s Bushchat, Common Stonechat, White-tailed Stonechat, Pied Bushchat, Grey Bushchat, Variable Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Brown Rock-chat
Starlings
Spot-winged Starling, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Brahminy Starling, Common Starling, Asian Pied Starling, Common Myna, Bank Myna, Jungle Myna, Northern Hill Myna
Nuthatches
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, White-tailed Nuthatch, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Wallcreeper
Treecreepers and Wrens
Bar-tailed Treecreeper, Winter Wren Troglodytes
Tits
Fire-capped Tit, Rufous-naped Tit, Spot-winged Tit, Great Tit, Green-backed Tit, Black-lored Tit, Long-Tailed Tits, Black-throated Tit
Swallows
Sand Martin, Plain Martin, Eurasian Crag Martin, Dusky Crag Martin, Barn Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, Red-Rumped Swallow, Streak-throated Swallow, Northern House Martin, Asian House Martin, Nepal House Martin
Crests
Goldcrest
Bulbuls
Black-crested Bulbul, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Himalayan Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul, Ashy Bulbul, Mountain Bulbul, Black Bulbul
Cisticolas and Prinias
Zitting Cisticola, Bright-headed, Striated Prinia, Grey-crowned Prinia, Rufous-fronted Prinia, Grey-breasted Prinia, Jungle Prinia, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Ashy Prinia, Plain Prinia
White-eyes
Oriental White-eye
Warblers and Babblers
Chestnut-headed Tesia, Grey-bellied Tesia, Pale-footed Bush Warbler, Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler, Aberrant Bush Warbler, Grey-sided Bush Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Common Tailorbird, Common Chiffchaff, Plain Leaf Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Smoky Warbler, Tickell’s Leaf Warbler,Sulpher-bellied Warbler, Buff-barred Warbler, Ashy-throated warbler, Lemon-rumped Warbler, Hume’s Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Tytler’s Leaf Warbler, Western Crowned Warbler, Blyth’s Leaf Warbler, Whistler’s Warbler, Golden-spectacled Warbler,Grey-hooded Warbler, Straited Grassbird, White-throated Laughingthrush, White-crested Laughingthrush, Striated Laughingthrush, Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush, Streaked Laughingthrush, Variegated Laughingthrush, Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, Puff-throated Babbler, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler, White-browed Scimitar Babbler, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler, Nepal Wren Babbler, Black-chinned Babbler, Tawny-bellied Babbler, Chestnut-capped Babbler, Yellow-eyed Babbler, Common Babbler, Large Grey Babbler, Jungle Babbler, Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed, White-browed Shrike Babbler, Green Shrike Babbler, Blue-winged Minla,Rufous Sibia, Whiskered Yuhina, Stripe-throated Yuhina, Black-chinned Yuhina, White-bellied Yuhina, Lesser Whitethroat, Orphean Warbler
Larks
Indian Bushlark, Rufous-winged Bushlark, Ashy-crowned Sparrowlark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Sand Lark, Crested Lark, Eurasian Skylark, Oriental Skylark
Flowerpeckers and Sunbirds
Thick-billed Flowerpecker, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Purple Sunbird, Green-tailed Sunbird, Black-throated Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, Fire-tailed Sunbird
Sparrows, Pipits, Wagtails and allies
House Sparrow, Russet Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Chestnut-shouldered, Forest Wagtail, White Wagtail, White-browed Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail, Paddyfield Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Long-billed Pipit, Tree Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Rosy Pipit, Water Pipit, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Black-throated Accentor, Black-breasted Weaver, Streaked Weaver, Baya Weaver, Finn’s Weaver,Red Avadavat, Indian Silverbill, White-Rumped Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Black-headed Munia
Finches and Buntings
Chaffinch Fringilla, Fire-fronted, Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Common Rosefinch, Crested Bunting, Pine Bunting, Rock Bunting, White-capped Bunting, Chestnut-eared Bunting, Little Bunting Chestnut Bunting, Black-faced Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Corn Bunting
