Local Area | Grat Rann of kutch |
WLS/NP/City | Kutch |
State | Gujarat |
Date | 26 November 2005 |
Time | Whole day |
Notes | I went to Khavada and the nearby area in great rann of kutch for some official work. And also birding. I was impressed by the raptor fauna I saw. As many of you might be aware about diversity of raptors found in kutch. From the checklist you can see that there are actually two different birding areas worth visiting. One Devisar Pond and Rudrani Dam is a wetland near Bhuj. And another Khavada was in the Great Rann of Kutch. |
Bird Name | Scientific Name | Count | Doubtful | Heard | Notes |
Spot-billed Duck | (Anas poecilorhyncha) | ||||
Common Pochard | (Aythya ferina) | ||||
Shikra | (Accipiter badius) | ||||
Imperial Eagle | (Aquila heliaca) | ||||
Steppe Eagle | (Aquila nipalensis) | ||||
Tawny Eagle | (Aquila rapax) | ||||
Black-winged Kite | (Elanus caeruleus) | ||||
Long-billed Vulture | (Gyps indicus) | ||||
Grey Heron | (Ardea cinerea) | ||||
Purple Heron | (Ardea purpurea) | ||||
Cattle Egret | (Bubulcus ibis) | ||||
Intermediate Egret | (Mesophoyx intermedia) | ||||
Black-winged Stilt | (Himantopus himantopus) | ||||
Pied Avocet | (Recurvirostra avosetta) | ||||
Painted Stork | (Mycteria leucocephala) | ||||
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | (Pterocles exustus) | ||||
Ruff | (Philomachus pugnax) | ||||
Spotted Redshank | (Tringa erythropus) | ||||
Common Greenshank | (Tringa nebularia) | ||||
Black-headed Ibis | (Threskiornis melanocephalus) | ||||
Pied Kingfisher | (Ceryle rudis) | ||||
Indian Roller | (Coracias benghalensis) | ||||
Greater Coucal | (Centropus sinensis) | ||||
Common Coot | (Fulica atra) | ||||
Purple Swamphen | (Porphyrio porphyrio) | ||||
Rufous-tailed Lark | (Ammomanes phoenicurus) | ||||
Greater Short-toed Lark | (Calandrella brachydactyla) | ||||
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | (Eremopterix grisea) | ||||
Crested Lark | (Galerida cristata) | ||||
Black Drongo | (Dicrurus macrocercus) | ||||
Indian Robin | (Saxicoloides fulicata) | ||||
Purple Sunbird | (Nectarinia asiatica) | ||||
Grey Wagtail | (Motacilla cinerea) | ||||
Red-vented Bulbul | (Pycnonotus cafer) | ||||
White-eared Bulbul | (Pycnonotus leucotis) | ||||
Booted Warbler | (Hippolais caligata) | ||||
Common Babbler | (Turdoides caudatus) | ||||
Indian Nightjar | (Caprimulgus asiaticus) |