Bhadbhada Dam

Once a great spot to visit during monsoon, Bhadbhada Dam area has totally changed after the construction of new roads and connecting bridges. This place attracts many water birds and has colonies of swifts and martins. Myna's clutter can be heard anytime of the day as you walk by. Best time is morning as there is less traffic during this time. Birding area is the complete wetland along the bridge.

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Checklist of Avian Fauna of Bhadbhada

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Migratory Status
1	Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	Resident
2	Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Resident
3	House crow	Corvus splendens	Resident
4	House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Resident
5	House swift	Apus affinis	Resident
6	Jungle babbler	Turdoides striatus	Resident
7	Laughing dove	Streptopelia Senegalensis	Resident
8	Little egret	Egretta garzeta	Resident
9	Median egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Resident
10	Oriental magpie robin	Copsychus saularis	Resident
11	Pariah kite	Milvus migrans	Resident
12	Pond heron	Ardeola grayii	Resident
13	Purple moorhen	Porphyrio porphyrio	Resident
14	Purple sunbird	Nectarinia asiatica	Resident
15	Red vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Resident
16	Red wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Resident
17	Silver billed munia	Lonchura malabarica	Resident
18	Small green bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Resident
19	White breasted kingfisher	Halcyon smrnensisy	Resident
20	White breasted waterhen	Amourornis phoenicurus	Resident
21	White browed wagtail	Motacilla maderaspatensis gmelin	Resident
22	Wire tailed swallow	Hirundo smithii leach	Resident
23	Ashy prinia	Prinia socialis	Resident
24	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopacea	Resident
25	Asian pied myna	Sturnus contra linnaeus	Resident
26	Black drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus vieillot	Resident
27	Black shouldered kite	Elanus caeruleus	Resident
28	Black winged stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Resident
29	Blue rock pigeon	Columba livia Gmelin	Resident
30	Brahminy starling	Sturnus pagodarum	Resident
31	Bronze winged jacana	Metopidious indicus	Resident
32	Brown rock chat	Cercomela fusca	Resident
33	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	Resident
34	Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Resident
35	Common teal	Anas creeca linnaeus	Migratory
36	Dusky crag martin	Hirundo concolor	Resident
37	Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Resident