A presentation made for creating interest in young birders specially school and college students. They presentation showcase common birds found in eastern parts of India.

1. By Ar Shakti Nanda
Architect / Wildlife Photographer / Naturalist
BIRDS IN THE BACKYARD

2. The Importance of Birds
• Agents of Dispersal - Some birds transport a variety of things through the environment.
For example, birds serve to spread seeds of various plants, thereby helping in plant
dispersal
• Biological Controls - birds consume insects such as mosquitoes, Japanese beetles, and
European corn borer moths. To feed their young, birds catch huge quantities of adult
and larval insects, which are high in protein for growing chicks. Without birds, many of
these insects would become even greater pests, consuming agricultural and forestry
crops and produce, and our own blood!
• Bio-indicators - Without birds, the effects of pollution would not have been as visible.
such as habitat loss and degradation, are having an even greater impact on birds and
other species. Many migratory bird populations are on a decline. These birds are telling
us something

3. Many colourful birds keep fluttering, flying and singing around us everyday
but they mostly go unnoticed due to our noise and hectic modern busy life.
We pay little attention to nature around us but prefer to see it on televisions
then observing ourselves
BIRDS IN THE BACKYARD

4. Lets try to train our eyes for
observing and watching nature
keenly. Let us see what lives
around us.
Lets try to identify the birds we
see around us in the backyard,
in the garden, on the road side
trees and in the paddy fields.

5. Indian roller
(Coracias benghalensis)
State Bird of Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka
and Orissa

6. Indian roller
(Coracias benghalensis)
State Bird of Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka
and Orissa

7. House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)

9. Purple-rumped Sunbird
(Leptocoma zeylonica)

10. Purple-rumped Sunbird
(Leptocoma zeylonica)

11. Common Tailorbird
(Orthotomus sutorius)

12. Plain Prinia
(Prinia inornata)

13. Ashy Prinia
(Prinia socialis)

14. Little Grebe
(Tachybaptus ruficollis),

15. Little Grebe
(Tachybaptus ruficollis),

16. Laughing Dove
(Spilopelia senegalensis)

17. Spotted Dove
(Spilopelia chinensis)

18. Purple Moorhen
( Porphyrio porphyrio)

19. White-Breasted Waterhen
(Amaurornis phoenicurus)

20. Bronze-Winged Jacana
(Metopidius indicus)

21. Lesser Whistling Duck
(Dendrocygna javanica),

22. Indian pond heron (Ardeola
grayii)

23. Common Kingfisher
(Alcedo atthis)

24. White-throated Kingfisher
(Halcyon smyrnensis)

25. Pied Kingfisher
(Ceryle rudis)
Pied Kingfisher
(Ceryle rudis)

27. Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops

28. Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops

29. Pied Bush Chat
(Saxicola caprata)

30. Pied Bush Chat
(Saxicola caprata)

31. Blue-Tailed Bee-eater
(Merops philippinus)

32. Blue-Tailed Bee-eater
(Merops philippinus)

33. Green Bee-eater
(Merops orientalis)

34. Alexandrine parakeet
(Psittacula eupatria)

35. Blue-Tailed Bee-eater
(Merops philippinus)

36. Blue-Tailed Bee-eater
(Merops philippinus)

37. Black Drongo
(Dicrurus macrocercus)

38. Brown Shrike
(Lanius cristatus)

39. Long-tailed Shrike
(Lanius schach)

40. Red-whiskered Bulbul
(Pycnonotus jocosus)

41. Red-vented Bulbul
(Pycnonotus cafer)

42. Indian Robin
(Saxicoloides fulicatus)

44. Oriental Magpie Robin
(Copsychus saularis)

45. Greater Coucal
(Centropus sinensis),

46. Scaly-breasted Munia
(Lonchura punctulata)

47. Asian koel
(Eudynamys scolopaceus)

48. Spotted Owlet
(Athene brama)

49. Asian openbill
(Anastomus oscitans)

50. Jungle Babbler
(Turdoides striata)

51. Yellow-wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus malabaricus)

52. Red-wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus indicus)

53. Black Kite
(Milvus migrans)

54. Golden Oriole
(Oriolus oriolus)

55. Black-headed Oriole
(Oriolus larvatus)

56. Common Hawk-cuckoo
(Hierococcyx varius)

57. Rufous Treepie
(Dendrocitta vagabunda)

58. Shikra
(Accipiter badius)

60. Baya Weaver
(Ploceus philippinus)

62. Jungle Myna
(Acridotheres fuscus)

63. Brown-headed Barbet
(Megalaima zeylanica)

64. Little Cormorant
(Microcarbo niger)

65. Black-rumped Flameback
(Dinopium benghalense)
Little Cormorant
(Microcarbo niger)

66. Common Myna
(Acridotheres tristis),
Asian pied Starling
(Gracupica contra)
House Crow
(Corvus splendens),
Blue Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia)
Images shown in this slide are downloaded from net

67. Hope you all enjoyed the birds
Happy Birding 
Thank you
Ar Shakti Nanda
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