A 4 member team accompanied by a GoMissing expedition leader headed to Bharatpur in search for exotic avian life in the forests of Keoladeo Ghana national park. While the birding experience was absolutely brilliant, and we were able to spot and identify close to 60 species at the park, the weekend getaway turned out to be much more than a birding weekend.

GoMissing goes birding at Keoladeo Ghana national park

While we were there, we were able spot and identify close to 60 species of birds, ducks and water fowl in the national park over 2 visits. The list of species we recorded:

  1. Indian peafowl
  2. Lesser whistling duck
  3. Bar headed geese
  4. Ruddy shelduck
  5. Comb duck
  6. Spot billed duck – picture
  7. Back rumped flameback
  8. Brown headed barbet
  9. Indian gray hornbill
  10. Common hoopoe
  11. Indian roller
  12. Common kingfisher
  13. White throated kingfisher
  14. Blue cheeked bee eater
  15. Greater Coucal
  16. Rose ringed parakeet
  17. Spotted owlet
  18. Gray nightjar
  19. Long tailed nightjar
  20. Laughing dove
  21. Yellow footed green pigeon
  22. Sarus crane
  23. White breasted waterhen
  24. Common coot
  25. Red-wattled lapwing
  26. Shikra
  27. Lesser spotted eagle
  28. Indian cormorant
  29. Grey heron
  30. Great egret
  31. Cattle egret
  32. Indian pond heron
  33. Black headed ibis
  34. Eurasian spoonbill
  35. Painted stork
  36. Asian openbill stork
  37. Wooly necked stork
  38. Brown shrike
  39. Long tailed shrike
  40. Bay backed shrike
  41. Rufous treepie
  42. House crow
  43. Golden oriole
  44. Black drongo
  45. Red breasted flycatcher
  46. Oriental magpie robin
  47. Black redstart
  48. Black headed redstart
  49. Brahminy starling
  50. Wire tailed swallow
  51. Red whiskered bulbul
  52. White eared bulbul
  53. Ashy prinia
  54. Yellow eyed babbler
  55. Common babbler
  56. Large gray babbler
  57. Purple sunbird
  58. Gray wagtail
  59. Yellow throated sparrow

Birding pictures from Bharatpur…

Wire tailed swallow

Wire tailed swallow

Female purple sunbird

Female purple sunbird

Painted Stork foraging

Painted Stork foraging

Painted stork with a catch

Painted stork with a catch

Long tailed Nightjar (a lifer)

Long tailed Nightjar (a lifer)

Grey Nightjar

Grey Nightjar

Lesser whistling ducks

Lesser whistling ducks

Grey Heron with cormorants

Grey Heron with cormorants

Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Golden Oriole

Golden Oriole

Golden Jackal

Golden Jackal

Greater Coucal

Greater Coucal

Common Kingfisher (small blue)

Common Kingfisher (small blue)

Black rumped flameback

Black rumped flameback

A singing ashy prinia

A singing ashy prinia