Chandigarh and its surrounding areas within 50 kms including Sukhna Lake, Ghaggar river and its valley, Berwala Bird Safari, Shivalik Hills, Morni and Kalka hills is very rich in  bird life, though is a poorly birded region. The area covers plains, agricultural fields, gardens, river and Shivalik hills upto 1200+ meters ht. This is the first draft of Chandigarh birds based on birding observations by both authors and others. Additions may please be forwarded to the first author at sureshcsharma@rediffmail.com or Bikram Grewal at biks@vsnl.com

1. Grey Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)

2. Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus)

3. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)

4. Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)

5. Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

6. Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

7. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

8. Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocyana javanica)

9. Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

10. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

11. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)

12. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

13. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

14. Gadwall (Anas strepera)

15. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas Penelope)

16. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

17. Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

18. Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

22. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

23. Red-crested Pochard (Rhodonessa rufina)

24. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

25. Ferruginoous Pochard (Aythya nyroca)

26. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

27. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

28. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)

29. Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps)

30. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis)

31. Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)

32. Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus)

33. Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)

34. Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)

35. Great Barbet (Megalaima virens)

36. Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)

37. Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineate)

38. Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica)

39. Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)

40. Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris)

41. Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

42. European Roiller (Coracias garrulous)

43. Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)

44. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

45. White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

46. Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

47. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

48. Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

49. Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

50. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

51. Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)

52. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaultia)

53. Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)

54. Common Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)

55. Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

56. Eurasian Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

57. Grey-bellied Cuckoo (Cacomantis paserinus)

58. Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)

59. Skirkeer Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus leschenaultia)

60. Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)

61. Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

62. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

63. Slaty-headed Parakeet (Psittacula himalayana)

64. Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)

65. White-rumped Swiftlet (Zoonavena sylvatica)

66. House Swift (Apus affinis)

67. Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)

68. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

69. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

70. Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)

71. Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)

72. Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)

73. Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)

74. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

75. Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

76. Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)

77. Rock Pigeon (Columbia livia)

78. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

79. Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

80. Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

81. Red Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

82. Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)

83. Yellowpfooted Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera)

84. Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo)

85. Common Crane (Grus grus)

86. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

87. Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool)

88. White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

89. Baillon’s Crake (Porzana pusilla)

90. Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

91. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

92. Common Coot (Fulica atra)

93. Common Snipe (Gallinagogallinago)

94. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

95. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)

96. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)

97. Common Redshank (Tringa tetanus)

98. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

99. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

100. Green Sandpiper ( (Tringa ochropus)

101. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

102. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

103. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

104. Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)

105. Dunlin (Calidris alpine)

106. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

107. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

108. Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

109. Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)

110. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

111. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

112. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)

113. Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)

114. Small Pratincole (Glareola lacteal)

115. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

116. Kentish Plover (Charadrius mongolus)

117. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

118. Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malarbaricus)

119. River Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)

120. Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus gregarious)

121. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)

122. Pallas’s Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)

123. Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)

124. Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

125. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

126. River Tern (Sterna bengalensis)

127. Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)

128. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)

129. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

130. Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

131. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

132. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus)

133. Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucorphus

134. Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)

135. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

136. White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

137. Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus) ?

138. Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)

139. Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis)

140. Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)

141. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypiusmonachus)

142. Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

143. Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

144. Crested Serpent Eagle (Spi8lornis cheela)

145. Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis)

146. Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

147. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

148. Shikra (Accipiter badius)

149. Besra (Accipiter virgatus)

150. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

151. Oriental Honey-buzzard

152. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

153. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

154. Indian Spotted Eagle (Aquila hastate)

155. Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)

156. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

157. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

158. Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)

159. Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)

160. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

161. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

162. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

163. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

164. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

165. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

166. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

167. Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

168. Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)

169. Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)

170. Great Cormornt (Phalacrocorax carbo)

171. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

172. Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)

173. Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)

174. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

175. Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)

176. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

177. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

178. Little Heron (Butorides striatus)

179. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

180. Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

181. Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

182. Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

183. Black Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)

184. Eurasian Spoonbil (Platalea leucorodia)

185. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

186. Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

187. Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)

188. Woolly-necked Stork (Cinonia episcopus)

189. Black Stork (Cinonia nigra)

190. Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyuran)

191. Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis cochincheninsis)

192. Rufous-tailed Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

193. Bay-backed Shrike (Lanius vittatus)

194. Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)

195. Grey-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus)

196. Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)

197. Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

198. Grey Treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

199. House Crow (Corvus splendens)

200. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

201. Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

202. Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)

203. Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)

204. Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

205. Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)

206. Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)

207. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)

208. Yellow-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hypoxantha)

209. White-throated Fantail (Rhuipidura albicollis)

210. White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)

211. Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

212. Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

213. White-bellied Drogo (Dicrurus caerulescens)

214. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bottentottus)

215. Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone pardisi)

216. Common Iora (Aetithina tiphia)

217. Common Woodshrike (Tephrodrnis pondicerianus)

218. Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhynchus)

219. Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)

220. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)

221. Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrine)

222. Tickell’s Thrush (Turdus unicolor)

223. Dark-throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)

224. Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)

225. Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)

226. Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermnni)

227. Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)

228. Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)

229. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)

230. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)

231. White-tailed Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)

232. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

233. Indian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane) ?

234. Oriental Magpie Robin (Copyschus saularis)

235. White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)

236. Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicata)

237. Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus)

238. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

239. White-capped Water Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)

240. Plumbeous Water Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosus)

241. Spotted Forktail (Enicurus mculatus)

242. Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

243. Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

244. Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea)

245. Brown Rock-chat (Cercomela fusca)

246. Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata)

247. Rufous-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna)

248. Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

249. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

250. Brahminy Starling (Sturnus pagodarum)

251. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

252. Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra)

253. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

254. Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)

255. Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)

256. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta castaqnea)

257. White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis)

258. Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)

259. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

260. Spot-winged Tit (Parus melanolophus)

261. Grey Tit (Parus major)

262. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

263. Plain Marti (Riparia paludicola)

264. Dusky Crag Martin (Hirundo cncolor)

265. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

266. Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirondo smithii)

267. Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)

268. Streak-throated Swallow (Hirundo fluvicola)

269. Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus) ?

270. Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

271. Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

272. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

273. Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)

274. Striated Prinia (Prinia criniger)

275. Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)

276. Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica)

277. Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)

278. Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)

279. Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)

280. Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

281. Oriental White-eye (Zosteops palpebrosus)

282. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

283. Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

284. Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)

285. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

286. Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)

287. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

288. Mountain Chiffchaff (Phyloscopus sindianus)

289. Tickell’s Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus affinis)

290. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)

291. Lemon-rumped Warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)

292. Brooks’s Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis)

293. Hume’s Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

294. Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

295. Western Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis)

296. Grey-hooded Warbler (Seicercus xanthoschistos)

297. White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)

298. Streaked Laughingthrush (Garrulax lineatus)

299. Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys)

300. White-browed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps)

301. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense)

302. Large Grey Babbler (Turdoides malcolmi)

303. Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus)

304. Whiskered Yuhina (Yihina flavicollis)

305. Indian Bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)

306. Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark (Eremopterix grisea)

307. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

308. Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)

309. Thick-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)

310. Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)

311. Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

312. Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)

313. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

314. Russet Sparrow (Passer rutilans)

315. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (Petronia xanthocollis)

316. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

317. White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)

318. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

319. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

320. Grey Wagtail (Motascilla cinerea)

321. Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

322. Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)

323. Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similes)

324. Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus)

325. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

326. Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)

327. Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus)

328. Rufous-breasted Accentor (Prunella strophiata)

329. Black-breasted Weaver (Ploceus benghalensis)

330. Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar)

331. Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

332. Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

333. Indian Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica)

334. Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

335. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) ?

336. Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)

337. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

342. Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)