Table 1 Inventory of waterbirds of the Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve recorded from July 2012 to June 2013

1

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Little grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

R

VC

C

2

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Great cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

WV

VC

C

3

Little cormorant

P. niger

WV

VC

C

4

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae

Yellow bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

WV

R

C

5

Black-crowned night-heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

WV

C

C

6

Indian pond heron

Ardeola grayii

R

VC

C

7

Cattle egret

Bubulcus ibis

R

VC

C

8

Little egret

Egretta garzetta

R

VC

C

9

Intermediate egret

E. intermedia

R

C

C

10

Great egret

E. alba

WV

C

C

11

Purple heron

Ardea purpurea

R

VC

C

12

Grey heron

A. cinerea

R

VC

C

13

Ciconiidae

Painted stork

Mycteria leucocephala

WV

R

C

14

Black stork

Ciconia nigra

WV

R

C

15

Wooly-necked stork

C. episcopus

WV

R

C

16

Black-necked stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

WV

R

C

17

Threskiornithidae

Black-headed ibis

Threskiornis melanocephalus

WV

R

C

18

Black ibis

Pseudibis papillosa

WV

R

C

19

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

WV

R

C

20

Eurasian spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

WV

R

C

21

Anseriformes

Anatidae

Lesser whistling duck

Dendrocygna javanica

WV

VC

H

22

Greylag goose

Anser anser

WV

R

H

23

Greater white-fronted goose

Anser albifrons

WV

R

H

24

Bar-headed goose

A. indicus

WV

C

H

25

Ruddy shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

WV

R

H

26

Knob-billed duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

WV

R

H

27

Eurasian wigeon

Anas penelope

WV

C

H

28

Gadwall

A. strepera

WV

VC

H

29

Eurasian teal

A. crecca

WV

VC

H

30

Mallard

A. platyrhynchos

WV

R

H

31

Indian spot-billed duck

A. poecilorhyncha

WV

R

H

32

Northern pintail

A. acuta

WV

C

H

33

Garganey

A. querquedula

WV

R

H

34

Northern shoveler

A. clypeata

WV

VC

H

35

Red-crested pochard

Netta rufina

WV

R

H

36

Common pochard

Aythya ferina

WV

C

H

37

Ferruginous duck

A. nyroca

WV

R

H

38

Tufted duck

A. fuligula

WV

R

H

39

Gruiformes

Rallidae

Water rail

Rallus aquaticus

WV

C

O

40

White-breasted waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

R

VC

O

41

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

R

VC

O

42

Purple swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

R

VC

O

43

Eurasian coot

Fulica atra

WV

C

O

44

Gruidae

Common crane

Grus grus

WV

R

O

45

Charadriiformes

Jacanidae

Pheasant-tailed jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

SW

C

O

46

Charadriidae

Red-wattled lapwing

Vanellus indicus

R

VC

O

47

White-tailed lapwing

V. leucurus

WV

48

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

R

R

O

49

Scolopacidae

Common snipe

Gallinago gallinago

WV

R

I

50

Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

WV

C

I

51

Green sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

WV

R

I

52

Common greenshank

T. nebularia

R

53

Curlew sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

V

R

I

54

Little stint

C. minuta

V

R

I

55

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

WV

VC

I

56

Recurvirostridae

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

WV

C

I

57

Glareolidae

Oriental pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

V

R

I

58

Little pratincole

G. lactea

R

C

I

59

Laridae

River tern

Sterna aurantia

SW

C

C

60

Common tern

S. hirundo

V

R

C

61

White-winged tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

V

R

C