Although Gillian Sinclair and Brian Beer were not particularly interested in the birds or other fauna, except mammals, we had a really great time in Little Rann of Kutch and also in GIR - but the best part of the trip was at Velavdar Blackbuck National Park where we saw a total of seven wolves in two days.
1 Accipiter badius Shikra
2 Acridotheres ginginianus Bank Myna
3 Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
4 Acrocephalus melanopogon Moustached Warbler
5 Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler
6 Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
7 Aegithina tiphia Common Iora
8 Alaemon alaudipes Greater Hoopoe Lark
9 Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark
10 Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
11 Ammomanes phoenicurus Rufous-tailed Lark
12 Anas acuta Northern Pintail
13 Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler
14 Anas crecca Common Teal
15 Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon
16 Anas poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck
17 Anas querquedula Garganey
18 Anas strepera Gadwall
19 Anser anser Greylag Goose
20 Anthus campestris Tawny Pipit
21 Anthus similis Long-billed Pipit
22 Apus affinis House Swift
23 Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle
24 Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle
25 Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle
26 Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
27 Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
28 Ardeola grayii Indian Pond Heron
29 Athene brama Spotted Owlet
30 Aythya ferina Common Pochard
31 Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Pochard
32 Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret
33 Burhinus oedicnemus Eurasian Thick-knee
34 Butastur teesa White-eyed Buzzard
35 Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
36 Butorides striatus Little Heron
37 Calandrella brachydactyla Greater Short-toed Lark
38 Calandrella raytal Sand Lark
39 Calidris minuta Little Stint
40 Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
41 Caprimulgus affinis Savanna Nightjar
42 Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar
43 Casmerodius albus Great Egret
44 Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal
45 Cercomela fusca Brown Rock-chat
46 Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher
47 Cettia cetti Cetti's Bush Warbler
48 Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
49 Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
50 Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover
51 Charadrius mongolus Lesser Sand Plover
52 Ciconia episcopus Woolly-necked Stork
53 Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake Eagle
54 Circus aeruginosus Eurasian Marsh Harrier
55 Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier
56 Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier
57 Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
58 Clamator jacobinus Pied Cuckoo
59 Columba livia Rock Pigeon
60 Coracias benghalensis Indian Roller
61 Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
62 Corvus splendens House Crow
63 Coturnix coturnix Common Quail
64 Culicicapa ceylonensis Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
65 Cursorius coromandelicus Indian Courser
66 Cyornis tickelliae Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
67 Dendrocitta vagabunda Rufous Treepie
68 Dendrocopos mahrattensis Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
69 Dendrocopos nanus Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
70 Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-duck
71 Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
72 Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
73 Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback
74 Egretta garzetta Little Egret
75 Egretta gularis Western Reef Egret
76 Elanus caeruleus Black-shouldered Kite
77 Emberiza hortulana Ortolan Bunting
78 Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
79 Eremopterix grisea Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark
80 Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned Sparrow Lark
81 Esacus recurvirostris Great Thick-knee
82 Eudynamys scolopacea Asian Koel
83 Eumyias thalassina Verditer Flycatcher
84 Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel
85 Ficedula parva Red-throated Flycatcher
86 Fulica atra Common Coot
87 Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
88 Grus grus Common Crane
89 Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
90 Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture
91 Gyps indicus Long-billed Vulture
92 Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
93 Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
94 Hemiprocne coronata Crested Treeswift
95 Hieraaetus fasciatus Bonelli's Eagle
96 Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
97 Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
98 Hippolais caligata Booted Warbler
99 Hirundo concolor Dusky Crag Martin
100 Hirundo daurica Red-rumped Swallow
101 Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
102 Hirundo smithii Wire-tailed Swallow
103 Hypothymis azurea Black-naped Monarch
104 Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
105 Lanius isabellinus Rufous-tailed Shrike
106 Lanius meridionalis Southern Grey Shrike
107 Lanius vittatus Bay-backed Shrike
108 Larus brunnicephalus Brown-headed Gull
109 Larus genei Slender-billed Gull
110 Larus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
111 Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
112 Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
113 Lonchura malabarica Indian Silverbill
114 Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
115 Megalaima haemacephala Coppersmith Barbet
116 Melanocorypha bimaculata Bimaculated Lark
117 Merops orientalis Green Bee-eater
118 Merops persicus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
119 Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret
120 Milvus migrans Black Kite
121 Mirafra cantillans Singing Bushlark
122 Mirafra erythroptera Indian Bushlark
123 Monticola solitarius Blue Rock Thrush
124 Motacilla alba White Wagtail
125 Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
126 Motacilla citreola Citrine Wagtail
127 Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail
128 Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher
129 Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher
130 Mycteria leucocephala Painted Stork
131 Nectarinia asiatica Purple Sunbird
132 Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-goose
133 Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
134 Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
135 Oenanthe deserti Desert Wheatear
136 Oenanthe isabellina Isabelline Wheatear
137 Oenanthe picata Variable Wheatear
138 Oenanthe pleschanka Pied Wheatear
139 Oriolus oriolus Eurasian Golden Oriole
140 Orthotomus sutorius Common Tailorbird
141 Otus bakkamoena Collared Scops Owl
142 Pandion haliaetus Osprey
143 Parus major Great Tit
144 Passer domesticus House Sparrow
145 Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
146 Pelecanus crispus Dalmatian Pelican
147 Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican
148 Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush Quail
149 Perdix perdix Grey Partridge
150 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet
151 Pernis ptilorhyncus Oriental Honey-buzzard
152 Petronia xanthocollis Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
153 Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii Sirkeer Malkoha
154 Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
155 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant
156 Phalacrocorax niger Little Cormorant
157 Philomachus pugnax Ruff
158 Phoenicopterus minor Lesser Flamingo
159 Phoenicopterus ruber Greater Flamingo
160 Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
161 Phylloscopus collybita Common Chiffchaff
162 Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
163 Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill
164 Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis
165 Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover
166 Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe
167 Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
168 Prinia buchanani Rufous-fronted Prinia
169 Prinia hodgsonii Grey-breasted Prinia
170 Prinia inornata Plain Prinia
171 Prinia socialis Ashy Prinia
172 Prinia sylvatica Jungle Prinia
173 Psittacula cyanocephala Plum-headed Parakeet
174 Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet
175 Pterocles exustus Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
176 Pterocles indicus Painted Sandgrouse
177 Pycnonotus cafer Red-vented Bulbul
178 Pycnonotus leucotis White-eared Bulbul
179 Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
180 Rhipidura aureola White-browed Fantail
181 Sarkidiornis melanotos Comb Duck
182 Saxicola caprata Pied Bushchat
183 Saxicola torquata Common Stonechat
184 Saxicoloides fulicata Indian Robin
185 Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent Eagle
186 Sterna aurantia River Tern
187 Sterna bergii Great Crested Tern
188 Sterna caspia Caspian Tern
189 Sterna hirundo Common Tern
190 Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Dove
191 Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared Dove
192 Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove
193 Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared Dove
194 Strix ocellata Mottled Wood Owl
195 Sturnus pagodarum Brahminy Starling
196 Sturnus roseus Rosy Starling
197 Sylvia communis Greater Whitethroat
198 Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat
199 Sylvia hortensis Orphean Warbler
200 Sylvia nana Desert Warbler
201 Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
202 Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
203 Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck
204 Tephrodornis pondicerianus Common Woodshrike
205 Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise-flycatcher
206 Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis
207 Treron phoenicoptera Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
208 Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
209 Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
210 Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
211 Tringa totanus Common Redshank
212 Turdoides caudatus Common Babbler
213 Turdoides malcolmi Large Grey Babbler
214 Turdoides striatus Jungle Babbler
215 Upupa epops Common Hoopoe
216 Vanellus indicus Red-wattled Lapwing
217 Vanellus malarbaricus Yellow-wattled Lapwing
218 Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper
219 Zosterops palpebrosus Oriental White-eye
Mammals:
1 Semnopithecus entellus Hanuman Langur
2 Cervus unicolor Sambar
3 Axis axis Spotted deer
4 Boselaphus tragocamelus Nilgai
5 Antilope cervicapra Blackbuck
6 Gazella bennettii Indian gazelle
7 Sus scrofa Wild boar
8 Equus onager Asiatic wild ass
9 Canis aureus Jackal
10 Canis lupus Wolf
11 Panthera leo Asiatic Lion
12 Panthera pardus Common leopard
13 Felis chaus Jungle cat
14 Herpestes edwardsii Grey mongoose
15 Herpestes javanicus Small Indian Mongoose
16 Funambulus palmarum Three striped palm squirrel
17 Bandicota indica Large Bandicoot-Rat
18 Pleropus vampyrus Large Flying Fox
Reptiles:
1 Crocodylus palustris Muggar
2 Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell turtle
3 Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northen house gecko
4 Calotes versicolor Common Garden lizard
5 Eryx conicus Russell's Earth Boa
6 Eryx johnii John's Earth boa
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