Birds of Pench National Park–Natures gift to grace the sky

1. Birds of Pench National Park–Natures gift to grace the sky Birds are unique living beings with their ability to fly.There is no better word to describe the beauty of birds than “ majestic”. Birds are a vital connection to the wild. There are about 285 species of birds found in Pench National Park. Birds are found everywhere and provide one of the most exciting ways to connect with the natural world and experience the nature.Birds are the some of the creatures which add beauty toenvironment. The photographs of birds are used to depict beauty.Birds are part of this whole ecosystem we call Nature. Importance of birds to Nature and human being: There are many varieties of birds across the globe. We see only few them around the place of human residence.Some of the birds are reared for human use while others are indirectly helpful to humans. Birds are a part of food chain in the ecosystem and are a part of nature.As birds are high up in the food chain, they are also good indicators of the general state of our biodiversity. Birds are not directly employed by man in agriculture. But they naturally serve some benefits. Birds also helps in cross pollination of plants. Birds are also said to be pest controller, many kind of birds assist farmers by eating weed seeds, harmful insects, or agricultural pests. Birds helps in natural seed dispersal and plant propagation.

2. There are resident and migratory, winter visitor and summer visitor birds in Pench. Colour is considered as the essence of life and so the birds. The spectacular vibrant colours living in the Jungles of Pench makes the Pench safari experience more wonderful. Watching these little creatures and their habitat in the wild is a delight to every visitor. Indian Pitta is called the “Navranga” in Hindi and has nine vibrant colours and is seen in Pench. Pench is known to be bird watchers delight. Kite and eagles are not common in Pench. Kingfisher and dove are most easily spotted in Pench Tiger Reserve. Its bright colours ensures to get notified. Bird photography in Pench can be done, as this is known to be delight for bird watchers. Pench national park is paradise for birding during winters. List of birds found in Pench from the checklist of local guide: Sr No Common Name 1 Grey-headed Fish Eagle 2 Indian Cuckoo 3 Grey-bellied Cuckoo 4 Asian Koel 5 Indian Peafowl 6 Red Spurfowl 7 Painted Spurfowl 8 Red Junglefowl 9 Indian Scops Owl 10 Oriental Scops Owl 11 Jungle Owlet

3. 12 Spotted Owlet 13 Eurasian Eagle Owl 14 Indian Eagle Owl 15 Paddyfield Pipit 16 Tawny Pipit 17 Tree Pipit 18 Painted Stork 19 Painted Francolin 20 Black-headed Ibis 21 Lesser Whistling-duck 22 Indian Pond Hron 23 Grey Heron 24 Purple Heron 25 Little Egret 26 Black Stork 27 Grey Francolin 28 Jungle Bush Quail 29 Asian Openbill 30 Black-crowned Night Heron 31 Tufted Duck 32 Little Cormorant 33 Great Egret 34 Oriental Darter 35 Cuttle Egret 36 Osprey 37 Great Cormorant 38 Peregrine Falcon 39 Cinnamon Bittern 40 Striated Heron/Little Heron 41 Intermediate Egret

4. 42 Laggar Falcon 43 Common Kestrel 44 Jungle Babbler 45 Black Kite 46 Jacobin Cuckoo 47 Common Hawk Cuckoo 48 Yellow-wattled Lapwing 49 Red-wattled Lapwing 50 Alexandrine Parakeet 51 Rose-ringed Parakeet 52 Plum-headed Parakeet 53 Black-winged Kite 54 Indian Cormorant 55 Orange-headed Thrush 56 Egyption Vulture 57 Oriental Honey-buzzard 58 Purple Sunbird 59 Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher 60 Little Grebe 61 Brahminy Kite 62 White-breasted Waterhen 63 Yellow-legged Buttonquail 64 Woolly-necked Stork 65 Black-necked Stork 66 Indian Thick-knee 67 Red-naped Ibis 68 Eusasian Spoonbill 69 Shikra 70 Besra 71 White-eyed Buzzard

5. 72 Crested Hawk Eagle 73 Common Moorhen 74 White-rumped Vulture Indian Vulture/Long-billed Vulture Griffon Vulture/Eurasian Griffon Cinereous Vulture/Eurasian Black Vulture 78 Red-headed Vulture 79 Short-tode Snake Eagle 80 Crested Serpent Eagle 81 Eurasian Marsh Harrier 82 Pied Harrier 83 Crested Goshawk 84 Spotted Dove 85 Laughing Dove 86 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon 87 Emerald Dove 88 Common Snipe 89 Green Sandpiper 90 Wood Sandpiper 91 Common Sandpiper 92 Little Stint 93 Indian Courser 94 River Tern 95 Painted Sandgrouse 96 Common Pigeon 97 Oriental Turtle Dove 98 Eurasion Collared Dove 99 Red Collared Dove 75 76 77

6. 100 Ruddy Shelduck 101 Cotton Pygmy-goose 102 Gadwall 103 Eurasian Wigeon 104 Mallard 105 Indian Spot-billed Duck 106 Northern Pintail 107 Garganey 108 Common Teal 109 Red-crested Pochard 110 Common Pochard 111 Ferruginous Pochard 112 Common Buzzard 113 Tawny Eagle 114 Bonelli’s Eagle 115 Booted Eagle 116 Sirkeer Malkoha 117 Southern Coucal 118 Barn Owl 119 Short-eared Owl 120 Mottled Wood Owl 121 Brown Wood Owl 122 Rufous Woodpecker 123 Brown Fish Owl 124 Common Kingfisher 125 Pied Kingfisher 126 Stork-billed Kingfisher 127 White-throated Kingfisher 128 Indian Grey Hornbill 129 Malabar Pied Hornbill

7. 130 Jungle Nightjar 131 Indian Nightjar 132 Savanna Nightjar 133 Grey Wagtail 134 White Wagtail 135 Little Swift 136 Common Hoopoe 137 Indian Roller 138 Crested Treeswift 139 White-rumped Spinetail 140 Asian Palm Swift 141 Green Bee-eater 142 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 143 Red-whiskered Bulbul 144 Red-vented Bulbul 145 Yellow-browed Bulbul 146 Brown-headed Barbet 147 Coppersmith Barbet 148 Eurasian Wryneck 149 Yellow Wagtail 150 Citrine Wagtail 151 Forest Wagtail 152 Indian Pitta 153 White-naped Woodpecker 154 Barn Swallow 155 Red-rumped Swallow 156 Indian Jungle Crow 157 White-bellied Minivet 158 Small Minivet 159 Long-tailed Minivet

8. 160 Scarlet Minivet 161 Brown Shrike 162 Isabelline Shrike 163 Bay-backed Shrike 164 Long-tailed Shrike 165 Southern Grey Shrike 166 Indian Golden Oriole 167 Black-hooded Oriole 168 White-throated Fantail 169 White-browed Fantail 170 Common Tailorbird 171 Asian Paradise-flycatcher 172 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 173 Black Drongo 174 Ashy Drongo 175 White-bellied Drongo 176 Common Babbler 177 Large Cuckooshrike 178 White-rumped Munia 179 Scaly-breasted Munia 180 Black-headed Munia 181 House Crow 182 Great Tit 183 Black-lored Tit 184 Fire-capped Tit 185 Black-naped Monarch 186 Rufous Treepie 187 Baya Weaver 188 Rufous-tailed Lark 189 Grey-breasted Prinia

9. 190 Jungle Prinia 191 Ashy Prinia 192 Rufous-fronted Prinia 193 Jungle Myna 194 Common Myna 195 Oriental Magpie Robin 196 House Sparrow Village Machaan resort has maintained lush greenery and lovely lawns and almost more than 50 species of birds can be identified in the resort premises. We understand the importance of birds for eco system and conservation. The individual Machaan’s on top of each Glass Cottage gives opportunity to guest to see and experience the vibrant colours and the beautiful creation of nature. You can contact us tobook safari tour in Pench