| Bird-group &Family1 |
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'New' English Names2 |
'Traditional' English
Names3 |
Scientific names4 |
| HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS -Ardeidae |
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Grey Heron |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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Purple Heron |
Purple Heron |
A. purpurea |
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BIack-crowned Night Heron |
Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Indian Pond Heron |
Pond Heron /Paddy Bird |
Ardeola grayii |
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Little Heron |
Little Green Heron |
Butorides striatus |
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Western Reef Egret |
Indian Reef Heron |
Egretta gularis |
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Great Egret |
Large Egret |
Ardea alba (Casmerodius albus) |
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Intermediate Egret |
Smaller/Median Egret |
Egretta intermedia (Mesophoyx intermedia) |
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Little Egret |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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Cattle Egret |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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Yellow Bittern |
Yellow Bittern |
lxobrychus sinensis |
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Cinnamon Bittern |
Chestnut Bittern |
lxobrychus cinnamomeus |
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Black Bittern |
Black Bittern |
lxobrychus jlavicollis (Dupetor jlavicollis) |
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Great Bittern |
Bittern |
Botaurus stellaris |
| STORKS-Ciconiidae |
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Painted Stork |
Painted Stork |
Mycteria leucocephala |
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Woollly-necked Stork |
White-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
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Black-necked Stork |
BIacknecked Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
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White Stork |
White Stork |
Ciconia ciconia |
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Black Stork |
Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra |
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Asian Openbill |
Openbill Stork |
Anastomus oscitans |
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Greater Adjutant |
Adjutant Stork |
Leptoptilos dubius |
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Lesser Adjutant |
Lesser Adjutant |
Leptopilos javanicus |
| IBISES & SPOONBILL - Threskiornithidae |
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Black-headed Ibis |
White Ibis |
Thresskiomis aethiopica (T.mela-nocephalus) |
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Black Ibis |
Black Ibis |
Pseudibis papillosa |
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Glossy Ibis |
Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
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Eurasian Spoonbill |
Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
| FLAMINGOS -Phoenicopteridae |
|
Greater Flamingo |
Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus roseus (P.ruber) |
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Lesser Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus minor (Phoeniconaias minor) |
