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Birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. Birds are characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds also have digestive and respiratory systems that are uniquely adapted for flight. Many species annually migrate great distances. Birds are social, communicating with visual signals, calls, and songs, and participating in such social behaviours as cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators. Eggs are usually laid in a nest and incubated by the parents. Most birds have an extended period of parental care after hatching. About 120–130 species have become extinct due to human activity since the 17th century, and hundreds more before then. There are about 8650 species of birds in the world, of which 1230 species are available in India. Agastya campus is located in terrain of Gudivanka, Andhra Pradesh, it is located at the intersection of three states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &Tamilnadu. There are around 137 species of birds recorded at the Agastya Campus (Table 1), 42 are migratory species. Among migratory species Harriers have chosen this place for roosting during night times.
Table 1: Birds of Agastya Foundation Campus
Grey Francolin |
Francolinus pondicerianus |
Rain Quail |
Coturnix coromandelica |
Grey Junglefowl |
Gallus sonneratii |
Indian Peafowl |
Pavo cristatus |
Lesser Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna javanica |
Bar-headed Goose |
Anser indicus |
Spot-billed Duck |
Anas poecilorhyncha |
Yellow-legged Buttonquail |
Turnix tanki |
Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker |
Dinopium benghalense |
White-cheeked Barbet |
Megalaima viridis |
Coppersmith Barbet |
Megalaima haemacephala |
Common Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
Small Blue Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
White-breasted Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
Small Bee-eater |
Merops orientalis |
European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |
Common Hawk Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx varius |
Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Small Green-billed Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
SirkeerMalkoha |
Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii |
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula krameri |
Plum-headed Parakeet |
Psittacula cyanocephala |
Asian Palm Swift |
Cypsiurus balasiensis |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
Eurasian Scops Owl |
Otus scops |
Eurasian Eagle Owl |
Bubo bubo |
Spotted Owlet |
Athene brama |
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
Common Indian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus asiaticus |
Blue Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
Little Brown Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
Yellow-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus malabaricus |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernisptilo rhynchus |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanu scaeruleus |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Brahminy Kite |
Halias turindus |
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
Short-toed Snake Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
Western Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
Pallid Harrier |
Circus macrourus |
Pied Harrier |
Circus melanoleucos |
Montagu's Harrier |
Circus pygargus |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
White-eyed Buzzard |
Butas turteesa |
Lesser Spotted Eagle |
Aquila pomarina |
Tawny Eagle |
Aquila rapax |
Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
Red-headed Falcon |
Falco chicquera |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
Large Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
Indian Pond Heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
Black-headed Ibis |
Threskiornis melanocephalus |
Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
Painted Stork |
Mycteria leucocephala |
Asian Openbill Stork |
Anastomus oscitans |
Jerdon's Chloropsis |
Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
Brown Shrike |
Lanius cristatus |
Bay-backed Shrike |
Lanius vittatus |
Rufous-backed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Indian Treepie |
Dendrocitta vagabunda |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Jungle Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos |
Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis |
Ashy Woodswallow |
Artamus fuscus |
Eurasian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
Large Cuckoo-Shrike |
Coracina macei |
Small Minivet |
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
White-bellied Drongo |
Dicrurus caerulescens |
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
Common Woodshrike |
Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
Blue Rock Thrush |
Monticola solitarius |
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher |
Cyornis tickelliae |
Oriental Magpie Robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Indian Robin |
Saxicoloides fulicatus |
Common Stonechat |
Saxicola torquata |
Pied Bushchat |
Saxicola caprata |
Brahminy Starling |
Sturnus pagodarum |
Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
Jungle Myna |
Acridotheres fuscus |
Southern Hill Myna |
Gracula indica |
Great Tit |
Parus major |
Dusky Crag Martin |
Hirundo concolor |
Common Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Red-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus cafer |
White-browed Bulbul |
Pycnonotus luteolus |
Streaked Fantail Warbler |
Cisticola juncidis |
Jungle Prinia |
Prinia sylvatica |
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
Plain Prinia |
Prinia inornata |
Oriental White-eye |
Zosterops palpebrosus |
Blyth's Reed-Warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Booted Warbler |
Hippolais caligata |
Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
Greenish Leaf-Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Rufous-bellied Babbler |
Dumetia hyperythra |
Yellow-eyed Babbler |
Chrysomma sinense |
Common Babbler |
Turdoides caudatus |
Large Grey Babbler |
Turdoides malcolmi |
Jungle Babbler |
Turdoides striatus |
White-headed Babbler |
Turdoides affinis |
Jerdon'sBushlark |
Mirafra affinis |
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark |
Eremopterix grisea |
Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark |
Ammomanes phoenicurus |
Eastern Skylark |
Alauda gulgula |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum agile |
Tickell'sFlowerpecker |
Dicaeumerythro rhynchos |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Purple Sunbird |
Nectarinia asiatica |
House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
Large Pied Wagtail |
Motacilla maderaspatensis |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
Oriental Tree Pipit |
Anthus hodgsoni |
Baya Weaver |
Ploceu sphilippinus |
Red Munia |
Amandava amandava |
White-throated Munia |
Lonchura malabarica |
Spotted Munia |
Lonchura punctulata |
 Common Hoopoe |
 Paddy field Pipit |  Black-shouldered Kite |  Common Hoopoe |
 Cattle Egret |  Indian Roller |  Black Drongo |  Great Tit |
 Indian Roller |  Black Drongo |  Great Tit |  Common Tailorbird |
 Shikra |  Common Hawk Cuckoo |
 White-browed Bulbul |  Small Bee-eater |  Indian Robin |  Greater Coucal |
 Common Kestrel |  Rufous-backed Shrike |
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