List of birds of Bangalore

The following is a list of birds found in and around Bangalore in Karnataka, India. The Nandi Hills, Bannerghatta forest ranges and the Kaveri valley/Sangam area are included in addition to the Bangalore city limits roughly extending 40 kilometres around the city centre (General Post Office). The area has been studied from early times due to its climate and accessibility during the Colonial period.[1] This list also includes annotations. This list is largely based on an annotated checklist published in 1994.[2][3] The family placement and sequence of families is based on the IOC world bird list (version 2.9).

Schematic map of birding areas in and around Bangalore
Outline of routes to locations around Bangalore

Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae
Grey francolin or grey partridge

Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae
Indian spot-billed duck

Podicipediformes

Family: Podicipedidae

Family: Phoenicopteridae

Ciconiiformes

Family: Ciconiidae
Painted stork

Pelecaniformes

Family: Threskiornithidae

Family: Ardeidae
Cattle egrets
Spot-billed pelican

Family: Pelecanidae

Suliformes

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Family: Anhingidae

Accipitriformes

Family Pandionidae
  • Osprey, Pandion haliaetus (historic)

Family: Accipitridae
Black kite, a scavenger
Shikra

Falconiformes

Family: Falconidae

Otidiformes

Family: Otididae

Gruiformes

Family: Rallidae
White-breasted waterhen

Family: Gruidae

Charadriiformes

Family: Turnicidae
Barred buttonquail

Family: Burhinidae

Family Recurvirostridae
Black-winged stilt

Family Charadriidae
Red-wattled lapwing

Family: Rostratulidae
Greater painted snipe
  • Greater painted snipe, Rostratula benghalensis

Family: Jacanidae

Family: Scolopacidae
Green sandpiper, a winter migrant

Family: Glareolidae

Family: Laridae

Family Sternidae

Pterocliformes

Family: Pteroclidae

Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae
Spotted dove

Psittaciformes

Family: Psittacidae

Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae
Greater coucal
Sirkeer malkoha

Strigiformes

Family: Tytonidae

Family: Strigidae
Spotted owlet

Caprimulgiformes

Family: Caprimulgidae

Apodiformes

Family: Hemiprocnidae

Family: Apodidae
House swift

Coraciiformes

Family: Coraciidae
Indian roller, the state bird of Karnataka

Family: Alcedinidae
White-throated kingfisher

Family: Meropidae
Little green bee-eater

Bucerotiformes

Family: Upupidae

Family: Bucerotidae

Piciformes

Family: Picidae

Family: Megalaimidae
White-cheeked barbet

Passeriformes

Family: Pittidae
Indian pitta, a colourful but secretive migrant

Family: Tephrodornithidae

Family: Artamidae

Family: Aegithinidae

Family: Campephagidae

Family: Laniidae

Family: Oriolidae
Indian golden oriole
Black-naped oriole with Indian golden oriole

Family: Dicruridae

Family: Rhipiduridae

Family: Monarchidae

Family: Corvidae

Family: Stenostiridae

Family: Paridae

Family: Alaudidae

Family: Pycnonotidae
Red-whiskered bulbul

Family: Hirundinidae

Family: Phylloscopidae

Family: Acrocephalidae

Family: Cisticolidae
Ashy prinia or ashy wren-warbler

Family: Pellorneidae

Family: Timaliidae

Family: Leiothrichidae
Yellow-billed babbler or white-headed babbler, the commonest babbler in urban areas

Family: Sylviidae

Family: Zosteropidae


Family: Sturnidae

Family: Turdidae
Oriental magpie robin found in gardens

Family: Muscicapidae

Family: Chloropseidae
Golden-fronted leafbird

Family: Dicaeidae

Family: Nectariniidae
Male purple-rumped sunbird

Family: Passeridae

Family: Ploceidae
Baya weavers at partly built nest

Family: Estrildidae

Family: Motacillidae
White-browed wagtail

Family: Fringillidae

Family: Emberizidae

See also

References
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  7. Photo record (7 April 2007) by Pradyumna Mohan
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  10. photo record
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  32. Photo record
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  56. Photo record
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