This document provides information on various bird species found in India and Southeast Asia through brief descriptions of each. It discusses the physical characteristics, habitats, and ranges of 18 different types of birds including the greater coucal, Asian koel, Asian pied starling, common myna, great egret, cattle egret, rose-ringed parakeet, scaly-breasted munia, green bee-eater, oriental magpie robin, black-crowned night heron, oriental turtle dove, red-wattled lapwing, and olive-backed sunbird. Key details about each bird such as appearance, behavior, distribution, and taxonomy are mentioned.

1. Birds Of Nhava

2. Greater Coucal
The greater coucal or
crow pheasant, is a
large non-parasitic
member of the cuckoo
order of birds, the
Cuculiformes. A
widespread resident in
the Indian
Subcontinent and
Southeast Asia, it is
divided into several
subspecies, some
being treated as full
species

3. Asian Koel-Male
The Asian koel is a
member of the cuckoo
order of birds, the
Cuculiformes. It is
found in the Indian
Subcontinent, China,
and Southeast Asia. It
forms a superspecies
with the closely
related black-billed
and Pacific koels
which are sometimes
treated as subspecies.

4. Asian Koel -Female
females are colorful
bodied unlike the male
species. Females are
smaller in size than male.
Both the male and female
have red eyes. The adult
female has brownish
colour with white stripes at
their back. Its underparts
are densely striped and
fawn coloured. The crown
portion is slightly darker in
brown.

5. Asian Pied Starling
The pied myna or Asian
pied starling is a species of
starling found in the Indian
subcontinent and
Southeast Asia. They are
usually found in small
groups mainly on the
plains and low foothills.
They are often seen within
cities and villages although
they are not as bold as the
common myna.

6. Common Myna
The common myna or
Indian myna,
sometimes spelled
mynah, is a member
of the family
Sturnidae native to
Asia. An omnivorous
open woodland bird
with a strong
territorial instinct, the
myna has adapted
extremely well to
urban environments.

7. Red Whiskered Bulbul
The red-whiskered bulbul,
or crested bulbul, is a
passerine bird found in
Asia. It is a member of the
bulbul family. It is a
resident frugivore found
mainly in tropical Asia. It
has been introduced in
many tropical areas of the
world where populations
have established
themselves. It feeds on
fruits and small insects.

8. Red Vented Bulbul
The red-vented bulbul
is a member of the
bulbul family of
passerines. It is
resident breeder
across the Indian
subcontinent,
including Sri Lanka
extending east to
Burma and parts of
Tibet

9. Great Egret
The great egret, also
known as the common
egret, large egret or great
white egret or great white
heron is a large, widely
distributed egret, with four
subspecies found in Asia,
Africa, the Americas, and
southern Europe.
Distributed across most of
the tropical and warmer
temperate regions of the
world

10. Intermediate Egret
The intermediate
egret, median egret,
smaller egret, or
yellow-billed egret is a
medium-sized heron.
Some taxonomists put
the species in the
genus Egretta or
Mesophoyx. It is a
resident breeder from
east Africa across the
Indian subcontinent to
Southeast Asia and
Australia

11. Cattle Egret
The cattle egret is a
cosmopolitan species of
heron found in the tropics,
subtropics and warm
temperate zones. It is the
only member of the
monotypic genus
Bubulcus, although some
authorities regard two of
its subspecies as full
species, the western cattle
egret and the eastern
cattle egret

12. Rose Ringed
Parakeet
The rose-ringed
parakeet, also known
as the ring-necked
parakeet, is a medium-
sized parrot in the
genus Psittacula of the
family Psittacidae and
has a very wide range.
The rose-ringed
parakeet is sexually
dimorphic.

13. Scaly Breasted
Munia
The scaly-breasted
munia or spotted
munia, known in the
pet trade as nutmeg
mannikin or spice
finch, is a sparrow-
sized estrildid finch
native to tropical Asia.
A species of the genus
Lonchura, it was
formally described
and named by Carl
Linnaeus in 1758.

14. Green Bee Eater
The green bee-eater is a
near passerine bird in the
bee-eater family. It is
resident but prone to
seasonal movements and
is found widely distributed
across sub-Saharan Africa
from Senegal and the
Gambia to Ethiopia, the
Nile valley, western Arabia
and Asia through India to
Vietnam.

15. Oriental Magpie
Robin
The oriental magpie-robin
is a small passerine bird
that was formerly classed
as a member of the thrush
family Turdidae, but now
considered an Old World
flycatcher. They are
distinctive black and white
birds with a long tail that is
held upright as they forage
on the ground or perch
conspicuously.

16. Black Crowned Night
Heron
The black-crowned
night heron, or black-
capped night heron,
commonly shortened
to just night heron in
Eurasia, is a medium-
sized heron found
throughout a large
part of the world,
except in the coldest
regions and
Australasia.

17. Oriental Turtle Dove
The oriental turtle dove or
rufous turtle dove is a
member of the bird family
Columbidae. The species is
has a wide native
distribution range from
Europe, east across Asia to
Japan. The populations
show variations in the
patterning of plumage and
have been designated into
at least six named
subspecies

18. Red Wattled Lapwing
The red-wattled
lapwing is an Asian
lapwing or large
plover, a wader in the
family Charadriidae.
Like other lapwings
they are ground birds
that are incapable of
perching.

19. Olive Baked Sunbird
The olive-backed
sunbird, also known as
the yellow-bellied
sunbird, is a southern
Far Eastern species of
sunbird