Research & Monitoring

Important Birds of Koshi

Family NameOrderScientific NameCommon NameIUCN Status
AnatidaeAnseriformesDendrocygna javanicaLesser Whistling-DuckLeast Concern
AnatidaeAnseriformesNettapus coromandelianusCotton Pygmy-GooseLeast Concern
PodicipedidaePodicipediformesTachybaptus ruficollisLittle GrebeLeast Concern
ColumbidaeColumbiformesColumba liviaRock PigeonLeast Concern
ColumbidaeColumbiformesStreptopelia chinensisSpotted DoveLeast Concern
CentropidaeCuculiformesCentropus sinensisGreater CoucalLeast Concern
CuculidaeCuculiformesEudynamys scolopaceusAsian KoelLeast Concern
CuculidaeCuculiformesCuculus micropterusIndian CuckooLeast Concern
RallidaeGruiformesGallicrex cinereusWatercockLeast Concern
RallidaeGruiformesAmaurornis phoenicurusWhite-breasted WaterhenLeast Concern
CharadriidaeCharadriiformesVanellus indicusRed-wattled LapwingLeast Concern
JacanidaeCharadriiformesHydrophasianus chirurgusPheasant-tailed JacanaLeast Concern
JacanidaeCharadriiformesMetopidius indicusBronze-winged JacanaLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesEgretta garzettaLittle EgretLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesBubulcus ibisCattle EgretLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesArdea albaGreat EgretLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesArdea purpureaPurple HeronLeast Concern
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesButastur teesaWhite-eyed BuzzardLeast Concern
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesAccipiter badiusShikraLeast Concern
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesMilvus migransBlack KiteLeast Concern
StrigidaeStrigiformesGlaucidium brodieiSpotted OwletLeast Concern
MegalaimidaePiciformesPsilopogon asiaticusBlue-throated BarbetLeast Concern
PsittaculidaePsittaciformesPsittacula cyanocephalaPlum-headed ParakeetLeast Concern
ArtamidaePasseriformesArtamus fuscusAshy WoodswallowLeast Concern
DicruridaePasseriformesDicrurus macrocercusBlack DrongoLeast Concern
CorvidaePasseriformesDendrocitta vagabundaRufous TreepieLeast Concern
CorvidaePasseriformesCorvus macrorhynchosLarge-billed CrowLeast Concern
SylviidaePasseriformesOrthotomus sutoriusCommon TailorbirdLeast Concern
LocustellidaePasseriformesSchoenicola platyuraBristled GrassbirdLeast Concern
PycnonotidaePasseriformesPycnonotus caferRed-vented BulbulLeast Concern
TimaliidaePasseriformesTurdoides striataJungle BabblerLeast Concern
SturnidaePasseriformesGracupica contraIndian Pied StarlingLeast Concern
SturnidaePasseriformesAcridotheres tristisCommon MynaLeast Concern
SturnidaePasseriformesAcridotheres fuscusJungle MynaLeast Concern
SturnidaePasseriformesAcridotheres ginginianusGreat MynaLeast Concern
MuscicapidaePasseriformesCopsychus saularisOriental Magpie-RobinLeast Concern
PloceidaePasseriformesPloceus philippinusBaya WeaverLeast Concern
EstrildidaePasseriformesLonchura punctulataScaly-breasted MuniaLeast Concern
EstrildidaePasseriformesLonchura malaccaTricolored MuniaLeast Concern
PasseridaePasseriformesPasser domesticusHouse SparrowLeast Concern
AnatidaeAnseriformesAnas streperaGadwallLeast Concern
ColumbidaeColumbiformesStreptopelia tranquebaricaRed Collared-DoveLeast Concern
ThreskiornithidaePelecaniformesPseudibis papillosaRed-naped IbisLeast Concern
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesPernis ptilorhynchusOriental Honey-buzzardLeast Concern
StrigidaeStrigiformesGlaucidium brodieiJungle OwletLeast Concern
AlcedinidaeCoraciiformesHalcyon smyrnensisWhite-throated KingfisherLeast Concern
PsittaculidaePsittaciformesPsittacula krameriRose-ringed ParakeetLeast Concern
OriolidaePasseriformesOriolus kundooIndian Golden OrioleLeast Concern
RhipiduridaePasseriformesRhipidura javanicaWhite-browed FantailLeast Concern
ParidaePasseriformesCyanistes cyanusCinereous TitLeast Concern
PycnonotidaePasseriformesPycnonotus caferRed-whiskered BulbulLeast Concern
MuscicapidaePasseriformesPhoenicurus ochrurosBlack RedstartLeast Concern
PhylloscopidaePasseriformesPhylloscopus collybitaCommon ChiffchaffLeast Concern
SturnidaePasseriformesSturnia sinensisBrahminy StarlingLeast Concern
AnatidaeAnseriformesAnser indicusBar-headed GooseLeast Concern
AnatidaeAnseriformesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLeast Concern
AnatidaeAnseriformesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLeast Concern
CharadriidaeCharadriiformesCharadrius dubiusLittle Ringed PloverLeast Concern
ScolopacidaeCharadriiformesActitis hypoleucosCommon SandpiperLeast Concern
ScolopacidaeCharadriiformesTringa nebulariaCommon GreenshankLeast Concern
ScolopacidaeCharadriiformesCalidris temminckiiTemminck’s StintLeast Concern
CiconiidaeCiconiiformesCiconia nigraBlack StorkLeast Concern
AnhingidaeSuliformesAnhinga melanogasterOriental DarterLeast Concern
PhalacrocoracidaeSuliformesMicrocarbo nigerLittle CormorantLeast Concern
PhalacrocoracidaeSuliformesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesNycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night HeronLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesArdeola grayiiIndian Pond-HeronLeast Concern
ArdeidaePelecaniformesArdea cinereaGray HeronLeast Concern
AccipitridaeAccipitriformesPandion haliaetusOspreyLeast Concern
AlcedinidaeCoraciiformesCeryle rudisPied KingfisherLeast Concern
AlaudidaePasseriformesEremopterix griseusSand LarkLeast Concern
CisticolidaePasseriformesPrinia inornataPlain PriniaLeast Concern
HirundinidaePasseriformesPhaeoprogne cinereolaGray-throated MartinLeast Concern
HirundinidaePasseriformesHirundo rusticaBarn SwallowLeast Concern
HirundinidaePasseriformesCecropis dauricaRed-rumped SwallowLeast Concern
TimaliidaePasseriformesTurdoides malcolmiStriated BabblerLeast Concern
MotacillidaePasseriformesMotacilla citreolaCitrine WagtailLeast Concern
MotacillidaePasseriformesMotacilla madaraspatensisWhite-browed WagtailLeast Concern
MotacillidaePasseriformesAnthus rufulusPaddyfield PipitLeast Concern

Mammals of Koshi

FamilyScientific NameCommon NameIUCN Status
BovidaeBubalus bubalis (Linnaeus)Wild Water BuffaloNear Threatened
PlatanistidaePlatanista gangetica (Roxburgh)Gangetic DolphinEndangered
PteropodidaePteropus giganteus (Brünnich)Indian Flying FoxVulnerable
CercopithecidaeMacaca mulatta (Zimmermann)Rhesus MacaqueLeast Concern
CercopithecidaeSemnopithecus entellus (Dufresne)Hanuman LangurEndangered
SciuridaeRatufa bicolor (Sparrman)Black Giant SquirrelNear Threatened
SciuridaeFunambulus palmarum (Linnaeus)Three-striped Palm SquirrelLeast Concern
SciuridaeFunambulus pennantii (Wroughton)Five-striped Palm SquirrelNear Threatened
CervidaeAxis axis (Erxleben)Spotted DeerLeast Concern
CervidaeAxis porcinus (Zimmermann)Hog DeerNear Threatened
CervidaeMuntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann)Barking DeerLeast Concern
MustelidaeLutra lutra (Hodgson)Common OtterNear Threatened
MustelidaeLutrogale perspicillata (Geoffroy)Smooth-coated OtterNear Threatened
FelidaeFelis chaus (Güldenstädt)Jungle CatLeast Concern
FelidaePrionailurus viverrinus (Bennett)Fishing CatEndangered
ElephantidaeElephas maximus (Linnaeus)Asiatic ElephantEndangered
CanidaeCanis aureus (Linnaeus)Golden JackalLeast Concern
CanidaeVulpes bengalensis (Shaw)Indian FoxLeast Concern
SuidaeSus scrofa (Wagner)Wild BoarLeast Concern
LeporidaeLepus nigricollis (Cuvier)Indian HareLeast Concern
HerpestidaeHerpestes edwardsii (Geoffroy)Indian Grey MongooseLeast Concern