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