Species seen during our trip to India. Bharatpur had very poor monsoon rains and was virtually devoid of ducks and water birds. Most of these had moved to nearby Bund Baratha. Chambal River Sanctuary is just east of Agra. Harike is a large wetland near Amritsar. Surwal Lake is near Ranthambore. Backwoods camp is in Goa.
| 1 | Francolinus pondicerianus | Grey Francolin | B, H, R | More often heard than seen |
| 2 | Perdicula asiatica | Jungle Bush-Quail | R | |
| 3 | Galloperdix spadicea | Red Spurfowl | G | |
| 4 | Pavo cristatus | Indian Peafowl | G, H, R | Common around villages |
| 5 | Dendrocygna javanica | Lesser Whistling-Duck | C, R | |
| 6 | Anser anser | Greylag Goose | C | 3 birds on river |
| 7 | Tadorna ferruginea | Ruddy Shelduck | B, C, S | |
| 8 | Anas poecilorhyncha | Spot-billed Duck | B | Only 6 ducks seen at Bharatpur |
| 9 | Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | B | |
| 10 | Anas acuta | Northern Pintail | B | |
| 11 | Anas querquedula | Garganey | G, R | A small party over the river at Backwoods camp was a new sighting for them |
| 12 | Anas crecca | Common Teal | R | |
| 13 | Aythya ferina | Common Pochard | S | |
| 14 | Dendrocopos moluccensis | Brown-capped Woodpecker | B, G | |
| 15 | Dinopium benghalense | Black-rumped Flameback | B, G | |
| 16 | Hemicircus canente | Heart-spotted Woodpecker | G | |
| 17 | Megalaima zeylanica | Brown-headed Barbet | B | |
| 18 | Megalaima viridis | White-cheeked Barbet | G | |
| 19 | Megalaima rubricapilla | Crimson-fronted Barbet | G | |
| 20 | Ocyceros griseus | Malabar Grey-Hornbill | G | |
| 21 | Ocyceros birostris | Indian Grey-Hornbill | B | |
| 22 | Anthracoceros coronatus | Malabar Pied-Hornbill | G | |
| 23 | Upupa epops | Eurasian Hoopoe | R, S | |
| 24 | Harpactes fasciatus | Malabar Trogon | G | |
| 25 | Coracias benghalensis | Northern Roller | B, G, R | |
| 26 | Alcedo atthis | Common Kingfisher | G, H, R | |
| 27 | Ceyx erithacus | Black-backed Kingfisher | G | (Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher) |
| 28 | Pelargopsis capensis | Stork-billed Kingfisher | G | |
| 29 | Halcyon smyrnensis | White-throated Kingfisher | B, G, H, S | |
| 30 | Ceryle rudis | Pied Kingfisher | B | |
| 31 | Merops orientalis | Green Bee-eater | G, R, S | |
| 32 | Merops leschenaulti | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | G | |
| 33 | Cuculus varius | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | G | |
| 34 | Eudynamys scolopacea | Asian Koel | H | |
| 35 | Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii | Sirkeer Malkoha | R | |
| 36 | Centropus sinensis | Greater Coucal | G, H, R | |
| 37 | Loriculus vernalis | Vernal Hanging-Parrot | G | Fly over |
| 38 | Psittacula eupatria | Alexandrine Parakeet | B, R | |
| 39 | Psittacula krameri | Rose-ringed Parakeet | B, G, H, S | Everywhere, even in the Golden Temple at Amritsar |
| 40 | Psittacula roseata | Blossom-headed Parakeet | B, R | |
| 41 | Psittacula columboides | Malabar Parakeet | G | Fly over |
| 42 | Cypsiurus balasiensis | Asian Palm-Swift | Small numbers over Colva beach | |
| 43 | Apus affinis | Little Swift | Delhi and Agra | |
| 44 | Otus bakkamoena | Collared Scops-Owl | B | |
| 45 | Bubo bengalensis | Rock Eagle-Owl | R | |
| 46 | Bubo nipalensis | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | G | One on nest at Backwoods Camp |
| 47 | Bubo coromandus | Dusky Eagle-Owl | B | |
| 48 | Athene brama | Spotted Owlet | B | |
| 49 | Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | S | One being mobbed by Babblers |
| 50 | Batrachostomus moniliger | Ceylon Frogmouth | B | Roosting pair near Backwoods Camp |
| 51 | Caprimulgus indicus | Grey Nightjar | B | Spotlighted near backwoods Camp |
| 52 | Caprimulgus atripennis | Jerdon's Nightjar | B | Spotlighted near backwoods Camp |
| 53 | Columba livia | Rock Pigeon | Common | |
| 54 | Streptopelia senegalensis | Laughing Dove | R | Small numbers near villages |
| 55 | Streptopelia chinensis | Spotted Dove | G, R | Small numbers near villages |
| 56 | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Red Collared-Dove | R | Small numbers near villages |
| 57 | Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared-Dove | R | Small numbers near villages |
| 58 | Ducula badia | Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | G | |
| 59 | Amaurornis akool | Brown Crake | B | One crossing the road to Bund Baratha |
| 60 | Amaurornis phoenicurus | White-breasted Waterhen | H | |
| 61 | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | S | |
| 62 | Fulica atra | Common Coot | S | |
| 63 | Pterocles indicus | Painted Sandgrouse | R | Small party drinking at pool near Tiger Den |
| 64 | Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe | B, S | |
| 65 | Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit | R, S | |
| 66 | Numenius arquata | Eurasian Curlew | S | |
| 67 | Tringa erythropus | Spotted Redshank | B | |
| 68 | Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | B | |
| 69 | Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper | B, S | |
| 70 | Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank | B, S | |
| 71 | Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper | B | |
| 72 | Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | B, R | |
| 73 | Tringa hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | B, C, G, S | |
| 74 | Calidris minuta | Little Stint | B | |
| 75 | Calidris temminckii | Temminck's Stint | B, C | |
| 76 | Calidris alpina | Dunlin | B, C, S | |
| 77 | Philomachus pugnax | Ruff | B, S | |
| 78 | Burhinus oedicnemus | Eurasian Thick-knee | S | |
| 79 | Burhinus recurvirostris | Great Thick-knee | C | |
| 80 | Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt | B, G, H, S | Pretty common |
| 81 | Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet | B, S | |
| 82 | Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | B, C, S | |
| 83 | Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | B, S | |
| 84 | Charadrius mongolus | Lesser Sandplover | Small numbers along Colva beach | |
| 85 | Vanellus duvaucelii | River Lapwing | C | |
| 86 | Vanellus malabaricus | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | R | |
| 87 | Vanellus indicus | Red-wattled Lapwing | B, G, H, S | Pretty common |
| 88 | Glareola lactea | Small Pratincole | C, S | |
| 89 | Larus ichthyaetus | Great Black-headed Gull | H, S | 1 juv at Harike, 3 adults at Surwal |
| 90 | Larus brunnicephalus | Brown-headed Gull | G, S | |
| 91 | Sterna aurantia | River Tern | C, H, S | |
| 92 | Sterna acuticauda | Black-bellied Tern | C | One bird |
| 93 | Chlidonias hybridus | Whiskered Tern | R | |
| 94 | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | S | |
| 95 | Pernis ptilorhyncus | Oriental Honey-buzzard | R | |
| 96 | Elanus caeruleus | Black-winged Kite | S | |
| 97 | Milvus migrans | Black Kite | V common in Delhi and Agra | |
| 98 | Haliastur indus | Brahminy Kite | Small numbers at Colva | |
| 99 | Haliaeetus leucogaster | White-bellied Fish-Eagle | 1 at Colva | |
| 100 | Neophron percnopterus | Egyptian Vulture | C | 3 birds |
| 101 | Gyps indicus | Indian Vulture | R | 2 birds on nesting cliff |
| 102 | Sarcogyps calvus | Red-headed Vulture | R | 1 bird only |
| 103 | Spilornis cheela | Crested Serpent-Eagle | B, R | |
| 104 | Accipiter badius | Shikra | G, R | |
| 105 | Ictinaetus malayensis | Black Eagle | G | |
| 106 | Aquila hastata | Indian Spotted Eagle | B | 1 bird in a tree |
| 107 | Aquila rapax | Tawny Eagle | B | |
| 108 | Aquila fasciatus | Bonelli's Eagle | C | |
| 109 | Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | R | |
| 110 | Anhinga melanogaster | Oriental Darter | B, H | |
| 111 | Phalacrocorax niger | Little Cormorant | B, G | |
| 112 | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | Indian Cormorant | B, H | |
| 113 | Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant | H | |
| 114 | Egretta garzetta | Little Egret | G, H, S | |
| 115 | Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron | B, C, R, S | |
| 116 | Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron | B, R, S | |
| 117 | Ardea alba | Great Egret | B | |
| 118 | Egretta intermedia | Intermediate Egret | G | 2 birds flying over with Little Egrets |
| 119 | Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Common everywhere | |
| 120 | Ardeola grayii | Indian Pond-Heron | Common everywhere | |
| 121 | Butorides striata | Striated Heron | G, H | |
| 122 | Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | B | |
| 123 | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Black-headed Ibis | B | |
| 124 | Pseudibis papillosa | Red-naped Ibis | C | |
| 125 | Platalea leucorodia | Eurasian Spoonbill | B, S | |
| 126 | Mycteria leucocephala | Painted Stork | B, C , S | |
| 127 | Anastomus oscitans | Asian Openbill | B | |
| 128 | Ciconia episcopus | Woolly-necked Stork | B, H, R | |
| 129 | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | Black-necked Stork | B | One pair at Bharatpur |
| 130 | Irena puella | Asian Fairy-bluebird | G | |
| 131 | Chloropsis aurifrons | Golden-fronted Leafbird | G | |
| 132 | Lanius cristatus | Brown Shrike | G | |
| 133 | Lanius vittatus | Bay-backed Shrike | B | |
| 134 | Lanius meridionalis | Southern Grey Shrike | S | |
| 135 | Dendrocitta vagabunda | Rufous Treepie | B, G, R | |
| 136 | Corvus splendens | House Crow | Common in urban areas | |
| 137 | Corvus macrorhynchos | Large-billed Crow | G | |
| 138 | Oriolus oriolus | Eurasian Golden-Oriole | B, G | |
| 139 | Oriolus xanthornus | Black-hooded Oriole | G | |
| 140 | Coracina macei | Large Cuckooshrike | G | |
| 141 | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | Small Minivet | B, G, R | |
| 142 | Pericrocotus flammeus | Scarlet Minivet | G, R | |
| 143 | Hemipus picatus | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | G | |
| 144 | Rhipidura aureola | White-browed Fantail | R | |
| 145 | Dicrurus caerulescens | White-bellied Drongo | R | |
| 146 | Dicrurus macrocercus | Black Drongo | G | |
| 147 | Dicrurus leucophaeus | Ashy Drongo | G | |
| 148 | Dicrurus aeneus | Bronzed Drongo | G | |
| 149 | Dicrurus hottentottus | Hair-crested Drongo | G | (Spangled Drongo) |
| 150 | Dicrurus paradiseus | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | reasonably common | |
| 151 | Hypothymis azurea | Black-naped Monarch | G | |
| 152 | Terpsiphone paradisi | Asian Paradise-Flycatcher | G | |
| 153 | Aegithina tiphia | Common Iora | G | |
| 154 | Myiophonus horsfieldii | Malabar Whistling-Thrush | G | In Backwoods kitchen area ! |
| 155 | Zoothera citrina | Orange-headed Thrush | G | Around Backwoods Camp |
| 156 | Ficedula parva | Red-breasted Flycatcher | B | |
| 157 | Cyornis tickelliae | Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher | G | |
| 158 | Culicicapa ceylonensis | Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher | B | |
| 159 | Luscinia svecica | Bluethroat | B | |
| 160 | Copsychus saularis | Oriental Magpie-Robin | reasonably common | |
| 161 | Copsychus malabaricus | White-rumped Shama | B | |
| 162 | Phoenicurus ochruros | Black Redstart | B | |
| 163 | Saxicola caprata | Pied Bushchat | B, S | |
| 164 | Sturnus malabaricus | Chestnut-tailed Starling | G | |
| 165 | Sturnus pagodarum | Brahminy Starling | B, S | |
| 166 | Sturnus contra | Asian Pied Starling | B, S | |
| 167 | Acridotheres tristis | Common Myna | reasonably common | |
| 168 | Acridotheres ginginianus | Bank Myna | B | |
| 169 | Parus major | Great Tit | R | |
| 170 | Riparia paludicola | Plain Martin | H | |
| 171 | Ptyonoprogne concolor | Dusky Crag-Martin | C | |
| 172 | Hirundo smithii | Asian Wire-tailed Swallow | B, G, H | |
| 173 | Cecropsis daurica | Red-rumped Swallow | H | |
| 174 | Pycnonotus priocephalus | Grey-headed Bulbul | G | |
| 175 | Pycnonotus jocosus | Red-whiskered Bulbul | G | |
| 176 | Pycnonotus leucotis | White-eared Bulbul | B | |
| 177 | Pycnonotus cafer | Red-vented Bulbul | reasonably common in parks & gardens | |
| 178 | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | Black Bulbul | G | |
| 179 | Pycnonotus melanicterus | Black-crested Bulbul | G | |
| 180 | Iole indica | Yellow-browed Bulbul | G | |
| 181 | Prinia burnesii | Rufous-vented Prinia | H | |
| 182 | Prinia socialis | Ashy Prinia | G | |
| 183 | Prinia inornata | Plain Prinia | B | |
| 184 | Zosterops palpebrosus | Oriental White-eye | B | |
| 185 | Orthotomus sutorius | Common Tailorbird | B, G, H | |
| 186 | Phylloscopus tristis | Siberian Chiffchaff | B | |
| 187 | Phylloscopus trochiloides | Greenish Warbler | G | |
| 188 | Phylloscopus occipitalis | Western Crowned-Warbler | G | |
| 189 | Megalurus palustris | Striated Grassbird | H | |
| 190 | Pellorneum ruficeps | Puff-throated Babbler | G | |
| 191 | Rhopocichla atriceps | Dark-fronted Babbler | G | |
| 192 | Turdoides caudatus | Common Babbler | B | |
| 193 | Turdoides earlei | Striated Babbler | H | |
| 194 | Turdoides malcolmi | Large Grey Babbler | B, R | |
| 195 | Turdoides striatus | Jungle Babbler | reasonably common | |
| 196 | Alcippe poioicephala | Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | G | |
| 197 | Sylvia curruca | Lesser Whitethroat | B | |
| 198 | Eremopterix grisea | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | B, S | |
| 199 | Leptocoma minima | Crimson-backed Sunbird | G | |
| 200 | Cinnyris asiaticus | Purple Sunbird | B, G | |
| 201 | Cinnyris lotenius | Long-billed Sunbird | G | |
| 202 | Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | Few birds in villages | |
| 203 | Petronia xanthocollis | Chestnut-shouldered Petronia | G | My 1500th lifer |
| 204 | Motacilla alba | White Wagtail | reasonably common | |
| 205 | Motacilla madaraspatensis | White-browed Wagtail | reasonably common | |
| 206 | Motacilla citreola | Citrine Wagtail | B | 1 fem at Bharatpur |
| 207 | Motacilla cinerea | Grey Wagtail | G, H, R | |
| 208 | Anthus rufulus | Paddyfield Pipit | G, S | |
| 209 | Anthus campestris | Tawny Pipit | S | |
| 210 | Anthus trivialis | Tree Pipit | G | |
| 211 | Ploceus philippinus | Baya Weaver | S | |
| 212 | Amandava amandava | Red Avadavat | B | |
| 213 | Lonchura striata | White-rumped Munia | G | |
| 214 | Lonchura kelaarti | Black-throated Munia | G | |
| 215 | Lonchura punctulata | Scaly-breasted Munia | G |
| B = Bharatpur/Bund Baratha, C = Chambal River, G = Backwoods camp, H = Harike |
| R = Ranthambore, S = Surwal Lake |