Trip Report: India (2005-12-31 - 2006-01-22)
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Cricket game, Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Old Delhi Market Area
Red Fort, Delhi
Red Fort, Delhi
Snake Charmer, Delhi
Jamu Mashid, Delhi
Indian Ladies
Camel Safari, Bikaner
Karni Mata Rat Temple
Monkey Temple, Jaipur
Monkey Temple, Jaipur
Jaipur
City Palace Gate, Jaipur
Indian Children
Indian People, Rathambore
Indian People, Rathambore
Rathambore Fort
Rathambore Fort and Lake
Ganges River, Varanasi
Nainital Lake
Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Gajneer Palace Hotel, Bikaner
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) male
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Hanuman Langur Monkeys, Rathambore
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca)
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Female
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)
Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Male
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Female
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
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Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Cricket game, Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Old Delhi Market Area
Red Fort, Delhi
Red Fort, Delhi
Snake Charmer, Delhi
Jamu Mashid, Delhi
Indian Ladies
Camel Safari, Bikaner
Karni Mata Rat Temple
Monkey Temple, Jaipur
Monkey Temple, Jaipur
Jaipur
City Palace Gate, Jaipur
Indian Children
Indian People, Rathambore
Indian People, Rathambore
Rathambore Fort
Rathambore Fort and Lake
Ganges River, Varanasi
Nainital Lake
Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Gajneer Palace Hotel, Bikaner
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) male
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Hanuman Langur Monkeys, Rathambore
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca)
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Female
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)
Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Male
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Female
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
In a one month trip to Northern India, we visited Rajasthan, The Himalayan Foothills, and more.
Sites Visited
Country: India
(15 sites)
- Bandhavgarh National Pak
- Bikaner - Gajner Palace
- Bikaner - Sandy Desert
- Delhi - Okhla
- Delhi - Red Fort
- Delhi - Tughlaqabad
- Deshnok - Karna Mati Temple
- Jaipur
- Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala
- Jim Corbett National Park - Kosi River
- Jim Corbett National Park - Lohachaur
- Kheoladeo National Park
- Nainital
- Rathambore National Park
- Varanasi
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (284 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(284 records)
Class: Birds
(258 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(16 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
- Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(3 records)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Family: Hornbills
- Indian Gray Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris)
- Malabar Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (7 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(21 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
- Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- Eurasian Goshawk (Astur gentilis)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
- Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
- Indian Spotted Eagle (Clanga hastata)
- Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
- Pallas's Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
- Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Shikra (Tachyspiza badia)
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- White-rumped Spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
- Family: Tree-swifts
- Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(6 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
- Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
- Dusky Eagle-Owl (Ketupa coromanda)
- Indian Scops-Owl (Otus bakkamoena)
- Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellata)
- Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(37 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
- Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
- Family: Coursers
- Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Black Bittern (Botaurus flavicollis)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
- Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
- Order: Perching Birds (123 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Black-throated Tit (Aegithalos concinnus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Asian Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus)
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
- Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)
- Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
- Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
- Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)
- Family: Dippers
- Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
- Family: Drongos
- Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
- Family: Fantails
- White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
- White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
- Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Green-Magpie (Cissa chinensis)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Common Babbler (Argya caudata)
- Jungle Babbler (Argya striata)
- Streaked Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum)
- Family: Leafbirds
- Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Gray-cheeked Warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
- Gray-hooded Warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
- Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
- Whistler's Warbler (Phylloscopus whistleri)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris)
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Crested Bunting (Emberiza lathami)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca)
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- Gray Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
- Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
- Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
- Russet Sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
- Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
- Tawny-bellied Babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)
- Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
- Gray-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Rufous-fronted Prinia (Prinia buchanani)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Bay-backed Shrike (Lanius vittatus)
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Great Gray Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
- Iberian Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
- Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
- Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Gray-throated Martin (Riparia chinensis)
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Alpine Thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
- Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
- Himalayan Bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
- Indian Robin (Copsychus fulicatus)
- Orange-headed Thrush (Geokichla citrina)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Plumbeous Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
- Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
- Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara)
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
- Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
- Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor)
- White-Capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
- White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Black-chinned Babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)
- Blue-winged Minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
- Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata)
- Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)
- White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Family: White-eyes
- Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
- Family: Plovers
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(4 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (13 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps)
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
- Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- Gray-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
- Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)
- Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis)
- Lesser Yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis)
Class: Mammals
(20 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(5 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis)
- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
- Family: Felidae
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Tiger (Panthera tigris)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Small Indian Mongoose (Irva auropunctatus)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Platanistidae
- Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (8 records)
- Family: Cervidae
- Chital (Axis axis)
- Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
- Indian Barking Deer (Muntiacus vaginalis)
- Sambar (Cervus unicolor)
- Family: Suidae
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
- Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Squirrels
- Five-striped Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
Class: Reptiles
(6 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(2 records)
- Family: Alligators
- Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Indian Swamp Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: Boas
- Asian Rock Python (Python molurus)
- Family: Monitor
- Indian Monitor Lizard (Varanus bengalensis)
- Family: Snakes
- Checkered Keelback Snake (Fowlea piscator)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Soft-shelled Turtles
- Gangetic Soft-shelled Turtle (Turanex gangeticus)