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Indian Roller
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The present checklist of birds of Corbett is largely based on my bird sightings between April’1996 and April’2001 and sightings reported by fellow birder friends. During this period I, personally, recorded more than 425 species of birds in this area.
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The checklist is based on the sightings in Corbett Tiger Reserve, adjourning Tumarian Dam area touching the southern boundary of the reserve and Kosi river valley along the eastern boundary of the reserve from Kumerian to Ramnagar. It is a running checklist which gets revised when a new species is reported.
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Intermediate Egret
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Lesser Flameback
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Taxonomy, sequence and nomenclature follow An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region by Tim Inskipp, Nigel Lindsey and William Duckworth (1996). Families have been given in bold letters and scientific names have been given in italics. Globally threatened birds are shown in red color.
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Birds representing 60 families have been recorded in Corbett Tiger Reserve. A total of 493 species including 31 globally threatened species have been listed in the present checklist.
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Openbill
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Long billed Vulture
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Previous checklists of birds of Corbett have given a bird tally of almost 600 species for this area.
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I would like to point out that all such checklists have taken into consideration the various sub-species whereas only the main species have been taken into account in the present checklist.
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Painted Stork
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Spoon Bill
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It is a very difficult task to accurately list all the bird species found here, since a vast number of species are found in a small area. One lifetime is too small to see them all. There is always a possibility of a species occurring as a vagrant. I welcome all corrections and suggestions.
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.....data compiled by : Manoj Sharma.
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