List 3. Birds Recorded Nesting within and around Waterbodies of Bangalore 1. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 2. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 3. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 4. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 5. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 6. Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca 7. Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus 8. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 9. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10. Common Coot Fulica atra 11. Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis 12. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 13. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14. Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus 15. Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 16. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 17. Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster 18. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger 19. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20. Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis 21. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 22. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 23. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 24. Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia 25. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 26. Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 27. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 28. Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 29. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala 30. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 31. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 32. Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus 34. Brown Crake Amaurornis akool |