Non-passerine birds

A collection of species I have photographed

birds

Bustards

Black-bellied Bustard

(Lissotis melanogaster)

Cormorants & allies

Cormorants

Great Cormorant

(Phalacrocorax carbo)

Little Cormorant

(Microcarbo niger)

Long-tailed Cormorant

(Microcarbo africanus)

Cranes, rails & allies

Gallinules & Coots

Common Moorhen

(Gallinula chloropus)

Eurasian Coot

(Fulica atra)

Rails & Crakes

White-breasted Waterhen

(Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Falcons & Caracaras

Falcons

Common Kestrel

(Falco tinnunculus)

Grebes

Great Crested Grebe

(Podiceps cristatus)

Red-necked Grebe

(Podiceps grisegena)

Hawks, eagles, kites & allies

Booted Eagles

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

(Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Crowned Eagle

(Stephanoaetus coronatus)

Long-crested Eagle

(Lophaetus occipitalis)

Martial Eagle

(Polemaetus bellicosus)

Tawny Eagle

(Aquila rapax)

Wahlberg’s Eagle

(Hieraaetus wahlbergi)

Buzzards & Buteonine Hawks

Common Buzzard

(Buteo buteo)

Forest Buzzard

(Buteo trizonatus)

Harris’s Hawk

(Parabuteo unicinctus)

Jackal Buzzard

(Buteo rufofuscus)

Chanting Goshawks & Allies

Lizard Buzzard

(Kaupifalco monogrammicus)

Elanine Kites

Black-winged Kite

(Elanus caeruleus)

Harrier-Hawks

African Harrier-Hawk

(Polyboroides typus)

Harriers

Western Marsh Harrier

(Circus aeruginosus)

Honey-Buzzards, Bazas & Allies

African Cuckoo-Hawk

(Aviceda cuculoides)

European Honey-Buzzard

(Pernis apivorus)

Jerdon’s Baza

(Aviceda jerdoni)

Oriental Honey-Buzzard

(Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Milvine Kites

Red Kite

(Milvus milvus)

Yellow-billed Kite

(Milvus aegyptius)

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture

(Cathartes aura)

Old World Vultures

Griffon Vulture

(Gyps fulvus)

Indian Vulture

(Gyps indicus)

Red-headed Vulture

(Sarcogyps calvus)

White-backed Vulture

(Gyps africanus)

White-rumped Vulture

(Gyps bengalensis)

Osprey

Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus)

Sea Eagles

African Fish Eagle

(Haliaeetus vocifer)

Snake Eagles & Allies

Bateleur

(Terathopius ecaudatus)

Black-chested Snake Eagle

(Circaetus pectoralis)

Brown Snake Eagle

(Circaetus cinereus)

Crested Serpent-Eagle

(Spilornis cheela)

Southern Banded Snake Eagle

(Circaetus fasciolatus)

True Hawks

Cooper’s Hawk

(Accipiter cooperii)

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

(Accipiter nisus)

Shikra

(Accipiter badius)

Hummingbirds

Emeralds

Broad-billed Hummingbird

(Cynanthus latirostris)

Landfowl

Asian Spurfowl

Painted Spurfowl

(Galloperdix lunulata)

Red Spurfowl

(Galloperdix spadicea)

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

(Numida meleagris)

Southern Crested Guineafowl

(Guttera edouardi)

Junglefowl & Francolins

Crested Francolin

(Ortygornis sephaena)

Grey Junglefowl

(Gallus sonneratii)

Red Junglefowl

(Gallus gallus)

New World Quails

Gambel’s Quail

(Callipepla gambelii)

Peafowl

Indian Peafowl

(Pavo cristatus)

Pheasants

Common Pheasant

(Phasianus colchicus)

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

(Colius striatus)

Nightbirds

Nightjars

Indian Nightjar

(Caprimulgus asiaticus)

Jungle Nightjar

(Caprimulgus indicus)

Swamp Nightjar

(Caprimulgus natalensis)

Owls

Barn Owls

Barn Owl

(Tyto alba)

Eagle-Owls

Brown Fish-Owl

(Ketupa zeylonensis)

Rock Eagle-Owl

(Bubo bengalensis)

Spotted Eagle-Owl

(Bubo africanus)

Eared Owls

Short-eared Owl

(Asio flammeus)

Owlets & Pygmy-Owls

Jungle Owlet

(Glaucidium radiatum)

Northern Hawk-Owl

(Surnia ulula)

Spotted Owlet

(Athene brama)

Scops-Owls

Indian Scops-Owl

(Otus bakkamoena)

Parrots

Old World Parakeets & Allies

Alexandrine Parakeet

(Psittacula eupatria)

Plum-headed Parakeet

(Psittacula cyanocephala)

Rose-ringed Parakeet

(Psittacula krameri)

Swifts & Treeswifts

Swifts

Common Swift

(Apus apus)

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

(Hemiprocne coronata)

Trogons

Narina Trogon

(Apaloderma narina)

Turacos

Livingstone’s Turaco

(Tauraco livingstonii)

Purple-crested Turaco

(Gallirex porphyreolophus)

Waders & Shorebirds

Curlews

Eurasian Curlew

(Numenius arquata)

Jacanas

African Jacana

(Actophilornis africanus)

Lapwings

Blacksmith Lapwing

(Vanellus armatus)

Northern Lapwing

(Vanellus vanellus)

Red-wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus indicus)

River Lapwing

(Vanellus duvaucelii)

Wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus senegallus)

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus malabaricus)

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

(Haematopus ostralegus)

Plovers

Common Ringed Plover

(Charadrius hiaticula)

European Golden Plover

(Pluvialis apricaria)

Kentish Plover

(Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

Little Ringed Plover

(Charadrius dubius)

Three-banded Plover

(Charadrius tricollaris)

White-fronted Plover

(Anarhynchus marginatus)

Sandpipers

Common Greenshank

(Tringa nebularia)

Common Redshank

(Tringa totanus)

Common Sandpiper

(Actitis hypoleucos)

Curlew Sandpiper

(Calidris ferruginea)

Dunlin

(Calidris alpina)

Green Sandpiper

(Tringa ochropus)

Little Stint

(Calidris minuta)

Temminck’s Stint

(Calidris temminckii)

Wood Sandpiper

(Tringa glareola)

Stils & Avocets

Black-winged Stilt

(Himantopus himantopus)

Pied Avocet

(Recurvirostra avosetta)

Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee

(Esacus recurvirostris)

Indian Thick-knee

(Burhinus indicus)

Spotted Thick-knee

(Burhinus capensis)

Water Thick-knee

(Burhinus vermiculatus)

Waterfowl

Dabbling Ducks

Indian Spot-billed Duck

(Anas poecilorhyncha)

Mallard

(Anas platyrhynchos)

Mandarin Duck

(Aix galericulata)

Diving Ducks

Common Eider

(Somateria mollissima)

Common Goldeneye

(Bucephala clangula)

Red-crested Pochard

(Netta rufina)

Tufted Duck

(Aythya fuligula)

Geese

Barnacle Goose

(Branta leucopsis)

Canada Goose

(Branta canadensis)

Greylag Goose

(Anser anser)

Red-breasted Goose

(Branta ruficollis)

Mergansers

Red-breasted Merganser

(Mergus serrator)

Smew

(Mergellus albellus)

Pygmy-Geese

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

(Nettapus coromandelianus)

Shelducks & Sheldgeese

Common Shelduck

(Tadorna tadorna)

Egyptian Goose

(Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Knob-billed Duck

(Sarkidiornis melanotos)

Spur-winged Goose

(Plectropterus gambensis)

Swans

Mute Swan

(Cygnus olor)

Whooper Swan

(Cygnus cygnus)

Whistling-Ducks

Lesser Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna javanica)

White-faced Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna viduata)