Here is a trial of collection of different species of birds near my home in bengaluru, with few information about them.

1. BIODIVERSITY
BIRDS,RODENTIA
BY: SHAMA P
COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE,
BENGALURU

2. BAR WINGED PRINIA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Prinia familaris
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least concern
(population stable)
PHYLUM: Chordata
ORDER: Passerine
INSECTIVOROUS
SOCIAL LIVING:NEST

3. CRESTED MYNA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acridotheres cristatellus
CONSERVATION STATUS: least concern (
population stable)
ORDER: passerine
PHYLUM: chordata
OMNIVOROUS
REST AT : Tress

4. CROW
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Corvus splendens
CONSERVATION STATUS: least concern
( population stable)
PHYLUM: chordata
ORDER: Passerine
OMNIVOROUS
REST AT : NEST AND ROOSTING

5. EAGLE
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Accipitriformes
FAMILY: Accipitridae
CARNIVOROUS
ROLE IN ECOSYSTEM: PREDATORS

6. KITE
FAMILY: Accipitridae
ORDER: Accioitridae
CLASS:Aves
PHYLUM: Chordata
TERTIARY CONSUMERS
CARNIVOROUS PREDATORS
Sometimes omnivorous

7. GREATER COUCAL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Centropus sinensis
CONSERVATION STATUS: least
concerned (population stable)
PHYLUM: Chordata
ORDER: Cuckoos
OMNIVOROUS ( feeds on bird egg also)
Feed on toxic fruit like Cascabela thevetia

8. NIGHT HERON
ORDER : Pelecaniformes
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Nycticorax nycticorax
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least concern (
population stable)
PHYLUM: Chordata
FAMILY: Ardeidae
PREDATOR
REST IN: tress or bushes

9. OWL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Strigiformes
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Strigiformes
FAMILY: Strigidae
HELP IN CONTROLLING RODENT
POPULATION

10. PARROT
Rose ringed parakeet
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psittacula krameri
FAMILY: Psittaculidae
ORDER: Parrots
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least concern (
population increasing)
HERBIVOROUS
REST AT : nest

11. PIGEON
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Columba livia
domestica
FAMILY: Columbidae
ORDER: Columiformes
HERBIVORES

12. RED WHISKERED
BULBUL BIRD
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pycnonotus jocosus
FAMILY: Pycnonotidae
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least
concerned ( population decreasing)
ORDER: Passeriformes
REST AT: bushes and shrubs
HERBIVORES

13. KINGFISHER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Alcedines
ORDER:Coraciiformes
FAMILY:Alcedinidae
CONSERVATION STATUS: danger of
extinction ( loss of habitat and threat from
humans)
COSMOPOLITAN omnivores
ASSOCIATED WITH: lakes and rivers

14. GREEN BEE-EATER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Merops orientalis
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
PHYLUM: chordata
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least concerned
INSECTIVOROUS
KNOWN FOR SEASONAL MOVEMENTS
INFECTED BY: endoparasitic fungi, protozoal
parasite

15. YELLOW-BILLED
BABBLER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turdoides affinis
CONSERVATION STATUS: least
concerned
FAMILY: Leiothrichidae
HABITAT: scrub, cultivation land and
garden
PREY FOR : mongoose, crow, greater
coucal

16. PURPLE-RUMPED
SUNBIRD
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Leptocoma zeylonica
CONSERVATION STATUS: least concerned
PHYLUM: Chordata
ORDER: Passerine
FAMILY: Nectariniidae
OMNIVORES
POLLINATORS
Harbour protozoa in their blood

17. DARK-NECKED
TAILORBIRD
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Orthotomus
atrogularis
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least
concerned
PHYLUM: Chordata
ORDER: Passerine
FAMILY: CISTICOLIDAE

18. JAVAN MYNA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acridotheres
javanicus
PHYLUM: Chordata
ORDER: Passerine
FAMILY: Sturnidae
OMNIVOROUS
REST AT: nest built in holes

19. RED-VENTED BULBUL
BIRD
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pycnonotus cafer
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least concerned
FAMILY: Pycnonotidae
Considered as pest since they damage fuits in
field
HERBIVORES
REST AT: nest on tree or water hyacinth

20. RING-NECKED DOVE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Streptopellia capicola
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least
concerned
FAMILY: Columbidae
HERBIVORES

21. SQUIRREL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sciuridae
FAMILY: SCIURIDAE
EATEN BY: red fox
HERBIVORES
HOLES IN BARK OF TREE