India
Wildlife destinations I have visited in India and species of wildlife I have seen and photographed here during my travels.
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Currency
- Indian rupee (INR)
- Population
- 1,463,865,525 (2025)
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30
- Plug types
- Type C, D + M
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My wildlife destinations
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163 observed species
My observed wildlife
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Cormorants & Allies1
Cranes, Rails & Allies1
Cuckoos3
Gulls, Auks & Allies4
Hawks, Eagles, Kites & Allies10
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Crested Serpent-EagleSpilornis cheela
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensis
Indian VultureGyps indicus
Jerdon’s BazaAviceda jerdoni
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus
ShikraTachyspiza badia
White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisHerons & Allies11
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosaHornbills & Hoopoes3
Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers & Allies5
Landfowl5
Owls6
Parrots3
Passerines50
Bushshrikes & Allies1
Corvids3
Cuckooshrikes3
Drongos & Fantails6
Monarchs1
Old World Flycatchers & Allies9
Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Tickell’s Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricusOld World Orioles & Allies1
Old World Warblers & Allies12
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Jungle BabblerArgya striata
Large Grey BabblerArgya malcolmi
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicura
Tawny-bellied BabblerDumetia hyperythra
Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidisSparrows, Finches & Allies3
Sunbirds & Flowerpeckers2
Swallows & Martins3
Pigeons & Doves6
Storks4
Swifts & Treeswifts1
Waders & Shorebirds13
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Little StintCalidris minuta
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii
Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricusWaterfowl4
Carnivores9
Even-toed Ungulates8
Lagomorphs1
From the field
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- Capital
- New Delhi
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Currency
- Indian rupee (INR)
- Population
- 1,463,865,525 (2025)
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30
- Plug types
- Type C, D + M



















































































































