Explore the common birds of India

Birds are all around us, no matter where we live. Here are some common Indian birds. Sound on!

Birds are beautiful and fascinating. They are also important as pollinators, seed dispersers and pest controllers.

Birds around us by Early Bird for Nature Conservation FoundationNature Conservation Foundation

Coppersmith Barbet
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Asian Koel
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Black Kite
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Common Myna
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Black Drongo
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House Crow
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Rose-ringed Parakeet
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Green Bee-eater
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Indian Roller
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Black-rumped Flameback
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Spotted Owlet
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Barn Swallow
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Purple Sunbird
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White-throated Kingfisher
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Bronze-winged Jacana
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Little Cormorant
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Red-whiskered Bulbul
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Common Tailorbird
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Oriental Magpie-robin
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House Sparrow
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Red-wattled Lapwing
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Indian Pond Heron
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Grey-headed Swamphen
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Cattle Egret
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Eurasian Hoopoe
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Spotted Dove
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CREDITS:
Photographs: Avinash Bhagat, Garima Bhatia, Gururaj Moorching, Manjula Mathur, Megh Roy Choudhury, Pranjal J Saikia, Rajesh Kalra, Rajneesh Suvarna, Ramki Sreenivasan, Sumit K Sen, Subramanniyan CM
Bird calls: Aladdin, Andrew Spencer, Francesco Sottile, Hareesha AS, Jishnu K, Peter Ericsson, Peter Boesman, Peter Robson, Samira Agnihotri, Subhadra Devi, Viral Joshi

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