Appendix I

LIST OF FAUNA FOUND IN NAGARJUNASAGAR SRISAILAM
TIGER RESERVE MAMMALS A. CHIROPTERA 1. Fulvous Fruit bat (Rousettus Leschenaulti) 2. Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) 3. Indian pipistrelle (Pipistrellus coromandra) 4. Common yellow bat (Scotophilus heathi) B. INSECTIVORA 1. Grey musk shrew (Suncus murinus) 2. Indian Tree shrew (Anathana ellioti) C. RODENTIA 1. Three Striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palamarum) 2. Five striped palm squirrel (F.pennanti) 3. Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica) 4. Indian Gerbille (Tatera indica ) 5. Indian mole - rat (Bandicota bengalensis) 6. Bandicoot rat (B. Indica) 7. Indian field mouse (Mus boodugo) 8. Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica) D. LAGOMORPHA 1. Blacknapped hare (Lepus nigricollis) E. PHOLIDOTA 1. Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) F. PRIMATES 1. Common Langur (Presbytis entellus) 2. Bonnet macaque ( Macaca radiata ) 3. Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta ) G. CARNIVORA 1. Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris ) 2. Panther or Leopard (Panthera pardus) 3. Jungle cat (Felis bengalensis) 4. Small Indian Civet (Viverricula indica) 6. Common palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) 7. Common mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi) 8. Smooth Indian otter (Lutra perspicillata) 9. Ratel or Honey badger (Mellivora capensis ) 10. Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) 11. Indian wild Dog or Dhole (Cuon alpinus) 12. Striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena) 13. Indian Fox (Vulpes bengalensis) 14. Jackal (Canis aureus) 15. Wolf (Canis lupus) H. ARTIODACTYLA 1. Chital or spotted deer (Axis axis) 2. Sambar (Cervus unicolor) 3. Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) 4. Mouse deer (Tragulus meminna) 5. Wild boar (Sus scrofa) 6. Chinkara (Gazella gazella) 7. Chausinga (Tectracerus quadricornis) 8. Black buck (Antilope cervicapra) 9. Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) BIRDS A. GALIFORMES 1. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) 2. Grey jungle fowl (Gallus sonneratti) 3. Red spur fowl (Gallopedrix spadicea) 4. Jungle bush quail (Perdicula asiatica) 5. Grey Patridge (Francolinus padicerianus) 6. Painted spur fowl (Galloperdix lunulata) 7. Grey quail (Coturnix coturnix) 8. Painted patridge (Francolinus pictus) B. GRUIFORMES 1. Indian moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 2. White breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) 3. Purple moorhen (Porphyrio porphyrio) C. CICONIIFORMES 1. Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) 2. Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) 3. Little egret (Egretta garzetta) 4. Large egret (Ardea alba) 5. Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) 6. White necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) 7. Open billed stork (Anastomus oscitans) 8. Panited stork (Mycteria leucocephala) 9. White Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephala) 10. Black ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) D. PODICIPITIFORMES 1. Little grebe or Dabchick (Podiceps ruficollis) E. ANSERIFORMES 1. Cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) 2. Common teal (Anas crecca) 3. Lesser whistling teal (Dendrocygna javanica) 4. Pintail (Anas acuta) 5. Spotbill duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 6. Shoveller (Anas clypeata) 7. Comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) F. FALCONIFORMES 1. White backed Vulture (Gyps benghalensis) 2. White scavenger Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) 3. Blackwinged kite (Elanus caeruleus) 4. Pariah kite (Milvus migrans) 5. Pale harrier (Circus macrourus) 6. Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) 7. Montagu's harrier 8. White eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) 9. Crested Hawk eagle (Spizatus cirrhatus) 10. Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) 11. Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) 12. Short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) 13. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 14. Shikra (Accipiter badius) G. CHARADRIFORMES 1. Bronze winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) 2. Red wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) 3. Yellow wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) 4. Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) 5. Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 6. Blackwinged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 7. Curlew (Numenius arquata) 8. Common sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) 9. Indian courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) 10. River tern (Sterna aurantia) H. CULUMBIFORMES 1. Common sandgrouse (Pterocoles exustus) 2. Blue rock pigeon (Columba livia) 3. Yellow legged green pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) 4. Emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) 5. Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis) 6. Red turtle dove (S. tranquebarica) 7. Ring dove (S. decaocto) 8. Little brown dove (S. senegalensis) I. PSITTACIFORMES 1. Large Indian Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) 2. Rose ringed parakeet (P. krameri) 3. Blossom headed parakeet (P. cyanocephala) J. CUCULIFORMES 1 Common hawk cuckoo (Cuculus varius) 2. Pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) 3. Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) 4. Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis) K. STRIGIFORMES 1. Great horned owl (Bubo bubo) 2. Barn owl (Tyto alba) 3. Brown fish owl (Bubo zeylonensis) 4. Spotted owlet (Athene brama) L. CAPRIMULGIFORMES 1. Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus) M. APODIFORMES 1. Palm swift (Cypsiurus parvus) 2. House swift (Apus affinis) 3. Common swallow (Hirundo rustica) 4. Wiretailed swallow (H. smithii) N. CORACIIFORMES 1. Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) 2. Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 3. Small green bee eater (Merops orientalis) 4. Bluetailed bee eater (M. philippinus) 5. Pied King fisher (Ceryle rudis ) 6. Small Blue King Fisher (Alecedo atthis) 7. White breasted king fisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 8. Stork billed king fisher (Pelargopsis capensis) 9. Common grey hornbill (Tockus birostris) O. PICIFORMES 1. Green barbet (Megalaima zeylanica) 2. Crimson breasted barbet (M. haemacephala) 3. Golden backed wood pecker (Dinopium benghalensis) 4. Yellow pied wood pecker (Picoides mahrattensis) 5. Pygmy wood pecker (P. nanus) 6. Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) P. PASSERIFORMES 1. Ashy crowed finch lark (Eremopterix grisea) 2. Crested lark (Galerida malabarica) 3. Skylark (Alauda gulgula) 4. Blackheaded yellow bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus) 5. Golden fronted Chloropsis or Green bulbul (Chloropsis aurifrons) 6. Red vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) 7. Red whiskered bulbul (P. jocosus) 8. Bay backed shrike (Lanius vittatus) 9. Rufous backed shrike (L. schach) 10. Common wood shrike (Tephrodornis pondecerianus) 11. Black drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) 12. White bellied drongo (D. caerulescens) 13. Racket tailed drongo (D. paradiseus) 14. Golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) 15. Blackheaded oriole (O. xanthornus) 16. Brahminy myna (Sturnus pagodarum) 17. Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) 18. Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) 19. Tree pie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) 20. Large cuckoo shrike (Coracina noaehillandiae) 21. Scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) 22. Iora (Aegithiana tiphia) 23. Spotted babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) 24. Common babbler (Turdoides caudatus) 25. Slatyheaded sciminar babbler (Pmatorhinus schisticeps) 26. White headed Babbler 27. Jungle babbler (Turdoides caudatus) 28. Tickell's blue fly catcher (Muscicapa tickillae) 29. Verditer blue fly catcher (M. thalassina) 30. Paradise fly catcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) 31. White spotted fan tailed fly catcher (Rhipidura albico) 32. Ashy wren warbler (Prinia socialis) 33. Tailor bird (Orthotomus sutorius) 34. Magpie robin (Copsychus saularis) 35. Indian robin (Saxicoloides fulicata) 36. Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) 37. Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) 38. Pied wagtail (M. Maderaspatensis) 39. White wagtail (M. alba) 40. Blue headed wag tail (Motacilla beema) 41. Tickell's flower- peeckev (Dicaeum enythrorhyncuos) 42. Purple sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica) 43. Purple rumped sun bird (N. Zeylonica) 44. White eye (Zozterops palpebrosa) 45. Weaver bird (Ploceus phillipinus) 46. White throated munia (Lonchura malabarica) 47. Red munia (Estrilda ammandava) 48. Spotted munia (Lonchura paunctulata) 49. Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) 50. Collared buschat (Saxocola torquata) REPTILES 1. Deccan saw back terrapin (Kachuga tentoria) 2. Indian pond terrapin (Melanochelys trijuga) 3. Mud or Flap shelled turtle (Lissemys punctuta granosa) 4. Indian starred tortoise (Testudo elegans) 5. Mugger or Marsh crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) 6. Bark gecko (Hemidactylus leschenaultii) 7. Southern house Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) 8. Termite hill Gecko (H. triedrus) 9. Banded rock gecko (Cyrtodactylus dakkanensis) 10. Common garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) 11. Forest calotes (Calotes rouxi) 12. Fan throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) 13. Indian chameleon (Chamaeleon zeylanicus) 14. Common Skink (Mabuya carinata) 15. Snake skink (Riopa punctata) 16. Land monitor (Varanus bengalensis) 17. Common blind snake (Typhlina bramina) 18. Indian rock python (Python molurus) 19. Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) 20. Russel's viper (Vipera russelli) 21. Saw- scaled viper (Echis carinatus) 22. Common Krait (Bangarus caeruleus) 23. Common rat snake (Ptyas mucosus) 24. Tree snake (Dendrilaphis tristis) 25. Common wolf snake (Lycodon aulicus) 26. Checkered keel back (Xenochrophis piscator) 27. Green keel back (Macropisthodon plumbicolor) 28. Cat snake (Boiga trigonata) 29. Russel's earthboa (Eryx conicus) 30. Vine snake / Whip snake (Ahaetulla nasutus) AMPHIBIA 1. Dwarf toad 2. Common toad 3. Narrow mouthed frog 4. Skittering frog 5. Common Frog 6. Spotted tree frog 7. Bull frog FISHES 1. Ailia coila 2. Arvis jella 3. Catla catla 4. Labeo bata 5. Labeo calabasu 6. Labeo fimbriatus 7. Garrhana mirigala 8. Mystus singhala 9. Graagotyla 10. Wallago attu. (Source:- Rao, 1991) |
Last Updated: October 6, 2015