Diversity, Uses, and Threats in the Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, a Ramsar Site in Western Lowland Nepal

Table 5

Avifauna recorded in the Ghodaghodi Lake complex.

Scientific name	Family
Egretta alba modesta	Ardeidae
Metopidius indicus	Jacanidae
Nettapus coromandelianus	Anatidae
Gallinula chloropus	Rallidae
Fulica atra	Rallidae
Ardea intermedia intermedia	Ardeidae
Anhinga melanogaster	Anhingidae
Phalacrocorax niger	Phalacrocoracidae
Spilornis cheela cheela	Accipitridae
Ardeola grayii	Ardeidae
Accipiter nisus	Accipitridae
Dendrocygna javanica	Anatidae
Buceros bicornis	Bucerotidae
Anastomus oscitans	Ciconiidae
Porphyrio porphyrio	Rallidae
Ardea cinerea	Ardeidae
Amaurornis phoenicurus	Rallidae
Oriolus xanthornus	Oriolidae
Threskiornis melanocephalus	Threskiornithidae
Ardea purpurea	Ardeidae
Dinopium shorii	Picidae
Megalaima asiatica	Capitonidae
Megalaima haemacephala	Capitonidae
Coracias benghalensis	Muscicapidae
Merops philippinus	Meropidae
Merops orientalis	Meropidae
Halcyon smyrnensis	Alcedinidae
Cuculus varius	Cuculidae
Centropus sinensis	Cuculidae
Psittacula eupatria	Psittacidae
Pernis ptilorhyncus	Accipitridae
Long-tailed shrike*	Campephagidae
Rufous hooded oriale*	Oriolidae
Pericrocotus flammeus	Campephagidae
Dicrurus paradiseus	Corvidae
Copsychus malabaricus	Muscicapidae
Cinnyris asiaticus	Nectariniidae
Psittacula krameri	Psittacidae
Anastomus oscitans	Ciconiidae
Pandion haliaetus haliaetus	Accipitridae
Dendrocitta vagabunda	Corvidae

∗Common name.