Free Living Animals
Free Living Animals
List of free living wild animals within the zoo premises:
Mammals of Nandankanan
| Sl. No. | Common Name | Scientific name | Status |
| 1 | Wild Boar | Sus scrofa | R |
| 2 | Spotted Deer | Axis axis | VC |
| 3 | Ratel | Mellivora capensis | R |
| 4 | Common mongoose | Herpestes edwardsi | VC |
| 5 | Indian Poprcupine | Hystrix indica | R |
| 6 | Mouse Deer or Indian Chevrotain | Tragulus meminna | R |
| 7 | Common palm civet | Paradoxurus hermaphrodites | R |
| 8 | Jackal | Canis aureus | R |
| 9 | Indian fox | Vulpes bengalensis | VR |
| 10 | Common Langur | Presbytis entellus | VC |
| 11 | Rhesus Macaque | Macaca mulatta | VC |
| 12 | Jungle Cat | Felis chaus | R |
| 13 | Pangolin | Manis crassicaudata | VR |
| 14 | Indian hare | Lepus nigricollis | C |
| 15 | Small Indian civet | Viverricula indica | R |
| 16 | Striped hyena | Hyaena hyaena | R |
| 17 | Three striped palm squirrel | Funambulus palmarium | VC |
| 18 | Rat | Rattus rattus | VC |
| 19 | Indian flying fox | Pteropus giganteus | R |
| 20 | Horse shoe bat | Rhinolophus lepidus | VC |
Birds of Nandankanan
| Sl. No. | Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
| PHASIANIDAE | |||
| 1 | Grey Patridge | Francolinus pondicerianus | C |
| 2 | Common Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | VC |
| 3 | Red Jungle fowl | Gallus gallus murghi | R |
| 4 | Red Spurfowl | Galloperdix spadicea | R |
| DENDROCYGNIDAE | |||
| 5 | Lesser Whistling Teal | Dendrocygna javanica | VR |
| ANATIDAE | |||
| 6 | Cotton pigmy goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | VR |
| 7 | Common Teal | Anas crecca | R |
| 8 | Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | VR |
| 9 | Gadwall | Anas strepera | R |
| 10 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | R |
| 11 | Brahminy Duck | Tadorna ferruginea | VR |
| TURNICIDAE | |||
| 12 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | R |
| PICIDAE | |||
| 13 | Yellow fronted Pied or Mahratta Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos mahrattensis | R |
| 14 | Larger Golden backed Woodpecker |
Chrysocolaptes lucidus | C |
| 15 | Black-rumped flameback | Dinopium benghalense | VR |
| MEGALAIMIDAE | |||
| 16 | Small Green Barbet | Megalaima viridis | R |
| 17 | Copper-smith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | R |
| 18 | Brown-headed Barbet | Megalaima zeylanica | R |
| UPUPIDAE | |||
| 19 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | R |
| CORACIIDAE | |||
| 20 | Indian Roller or Blue Jay | Coracias benghalensis | C |
| ALCEDINIDAE | |||
| 21 | Indian Small Blue Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis bengalensis | VR |
| DACELONIDAE | |||
| 22 | White breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra | C |
| CERYLIDAE | |||
| 23 | Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | VR |
| MEROPIDAE | |||
| 24 | Indian Small Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | C |
| 25 | Blue Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | R |
| CUCULIDAE | |||
| 26 | Indian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | VC |
| 27 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | R |
| 28 | Common hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | VR |
| 29 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | VR |
| 30 | Blue faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | VR |
| CENTROPODIDAE | |||
| 31 | Crow-pheasant or Coucal | Centropus sinensis | VC |
| PSITTACIDAE | |||
| 32 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | VR |
| 33 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | R |
| APODIDAE | |||
| 34 | Asian palm swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | C |
| TYTONIDAE | |||
| 35 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | VC |
| STRIGIDAE | |||
| 36 | Eastern Spotted Scops Owl | Otus spiloephalus | VR |
| 37 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | C |
| CAPRIMULGIDAE | |||
| 38 | Indian Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | C |
| COLUMBIDAE | |||
| 39 | Indian Blue Rock Pigeon | Columba livia intermedia | C |
| 40 | Indian Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | VC |
| 41 | Emrald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | VR |
| RALLIDAE | |||
| 42 | Purple Moorhen | Porphyrio porphyrio | R |
| 43 | Water cock | Gallicrex cinerea | R |
| 44 | Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | C |
| 45 | White breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus boliocephalus |
C |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | |||
| 46 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | VR |
| 47 | Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | R |
| 48 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | R |
| 49 | Indian Stone Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus indicus | VR |
| JACANIDAE | |||
| 50 | Bronze winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | C |
| 51 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | R |
| CHARADRIIDAE | |||
| 52 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | C |
| 53 | Yellow wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | C |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | |||
| 54 | Pariah Kite | Milvus migrans govinda | VR |
| 55 | Shikra | Accipiter badius dussdumderi | R |
| 56 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | R |
| 57 | Crested Serpent eagle | Spilornis cheela | R |
| ANHINGIDAE | |||
| 58 | Darter or Snake‑bird | Anhinga melanogaster | C |
| PHALACROCORACIDAE | |||
| 59 | Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger | VC |
| ARDEIDAE | |||
| 60 | Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | C |
| 61 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | VR |
| 62 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | VR |
| 63 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis coromandus | VC |
| 64 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | VC |
| 65 | Median Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia | R |
| 66 | Great Egret | Casmerodius albus | R |
| 67 | Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | C |
| 68 | Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | VR |
| 69 | Black Bittern | Dupetor flavicollis | VR |
| 70 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | VR |
| 71 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | R |
| CICONIDAE | |||
| 72 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | VR |
| 73 | Openbill Stork | Anastomus oscitans | VC |
| 74 | Wooly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | R |
| THRESKIORNITHIDAE | |||
| 75 | Oriental White Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopica melanocephala | R |
| LANIDAE | |||
| 76 | Large Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | R |
| 77 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | R |
| CORVIDAE | |||
| 78 | Northeastern Tree Pie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | VC |
| 79 | Indian House Crow | Corvus splendens | VC |
| 80 | Indian Jungle Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos culminates |
VR |
| 81 | Indian Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | R |
| 82 | Indian Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | VC |
| 83 | Indian white-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | R |
| 84 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | VR |
| 85 | Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus kundoo | C |
| 86 | Indian Black headed Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | C |
| 87 | Black headed Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina melanoptera | VR |
| 88 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | R |
| MUSCICAPIDAE | |||
| 89 | Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | C |
| 90 | Indian Robin | Saxicoloides fulicata | C |
| 91 | Orange headed thrush | Zoothera citrina | VR |
| 92 | Red-throated flycatcher | Ficedula parva | R |
| STURNIDAE | |||
| 93 | Indian Pied Myna | Sturnus contra | C |
| 94 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | VC |
| 95 | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | C |
| 96 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnus pagodarum | C |
| PYCNONOTIDAE | |||
| 97 | Red whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | R |
| 98 | Red vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | C |
| 99 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | R |
| CISTICOLIDAE | |||
| 100 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | R |
| 101 | Streaked Fantail Warbler | Cisticola juncidis | VR |
| ZOSTEROPIDAE | |||
| 102 | Oriental White‑eye | Zosterops palpebrosa | R |
| SYLVIDAE | |||
| 103 | Indian Rufous Babbler | Turdoides subrufus | R |
| 104 | Jungle Babbler | Turdoides striatus | VC |
| 105 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | R |
| 106 | Yellow Browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | R |
| 107 | Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | R |
| 108 | Common Tailor Bird | Orthotomus sutorius | VR |
| ALAUDIDAE | |||
| 109 | Red-winged Bush-lark | Mirafra erythroptera | VR |
| NECTARINIDAE | |||
| 110 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Nectarinia zeylonica | C |
| 111 | Purple Sunbird | Nectarinia asiatica | VC |
| 112 | Loten’s Sunbird | Nectarinia lotenia | R |
| PASSERIDAE | |||
| 113 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | R |
| 114 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | R |
| 115 | Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | R |
| 116 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | R |
| 117 | Paddy field Pipit | Anthus rufulus | C |
| 118 | Indian Baya | Ploceus philippinus | VR |
| 119 | Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | R |
| 120 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | R |
| HALCYONIDAE | |||
| 121 | Stork-billed kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | R |
Reptiles of Nandankanan
| Sl.no. | Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
| 1 | Land Monitor lizard | Varanus bengalensis | VC |
| 2 | Indian Python | Phython molurus | VC |
| 3 | Yellow monitor lizard | Varanus falvescens | R |
| 4 | Russels Viper | Daboia russelli | C |
| 5 | Banded krait | Bungarus fasciatus | R |
| 6 | Common Indian Krait | Bungarus caeruleus | VC |
| 7 | Indian Cobra Binocellate | Naja naja naja | VC |
| 8 | Cobra Monocellate | Naja naja kaouthia | C |
| 9 | Rat Snake | Ptyas mucosus | VC |
| 10 | Common Indian Broze back or tree snake | Dendrelaphis tristis | C |
| 11 | Checkered keel back | Xenochrophis piscator | R |
| 12 | Chameleon | Chameleon zeylanicus | C |
| 13 | Common Green Whip Snake | Ahaetulla nasuta | R |
| 14 | Earth Boa | Eryx johnii | VR |
| 15 | Garden lizard | Calotes verricolor | VR |
STATUS
VR- Very Rare, R- Rare, VC- Very Common, C- Common
VR- Very Rare, R- Rare, VC- Very Common, C- Common