Trip Report: India (2005-12-31 - 2006-01-22)
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
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Gajneer Palace Hotel, Bikaner
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Ganges River, Varanasi
Nainital Lake
Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) male
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
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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
Corbett Tiger Reserve
Gajneer Palace Hotel, Bikaner
Tuqalaqabad, Delhi
Ganges River, Varanasi
Nainital Lake
Elephant Ride, Corbett Tiger Reserve
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) male
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
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
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(3 records)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian 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
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(21 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Pallas's Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
- Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- Shikra (Tachyspiza badia)
- Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
- Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
- Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
- Indian Spotted Eagle (Clanga hastata)
- Eurasian Goshawk (Astur gentilis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- White-rumped Needletail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
- Family: Tree-swifts
- Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(6 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Family: Rollers
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Indian Scops-Owl (Otus bakkamoena)
- Dusky Eagle-Owl (Ketupa coromanda)
- Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
- Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellata)
- Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
- Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(37 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
- Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- 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
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Black Bittern (Botaurus flavicollis)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Family: Jacanas
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
- Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
- 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
- Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus)
- Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)
- Asian Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)
- Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)
- Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
- Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
- Family: Dippers
- Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Family: Fantails
- Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)
- White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
- White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis)
- Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Streaked Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum)
- Common Babbler (Argya caudata)
- Jungle Babbler (Argya striata)
- Family: Leafbirds
- Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Gray-hooded Warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
- Gray-cheeked Warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
- Hume's Bush 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
- Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
- Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
- Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
- Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Gray Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus)
- Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata)
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Indian Chat (Oenanthe fusca)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Russet Sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
- Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
- Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
- Tawny-bellied Babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)
- Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)
- Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Rufous-fronted Prinia (Prinia buchanani)
- Gray-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
- Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Bay-backed Shrike (Lanius vittatus)
- Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
- Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
- Great Gray Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
- Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Gray-throated Martin (Riparia chinensis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
- Orange-headed Thrush (Geokichla citrina)
- Alpine Thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
- Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor)
- Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
- Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
- Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
- Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara)
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
- Indian Robin (Copsychus fulicatus)
- Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- White-Capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
- Plumbeous Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
- Himalayan Bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
- Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)
- Black-chinned Babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)
- Blue-winged Minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
- Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
- Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- 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)
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
- River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(4 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (13 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes auriceps)
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis)
- Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis)
- Lesser Yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
- Gray-faced Woodpecker (Picus canus)
- Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)
Class: Mammals
(20 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(5 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
- Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis)
- 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)
- Sambar (Cervus unicolor)
- Indian Barking Deer (Muntiacus vaginalis)
- Family: Suidae
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
- 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)