Manas National Park - Bird Watching
The Manas National Park 476 different birds identified within the  park area. The Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society is a great place to be based. They have excellent bird guides who can help you identify the different birds, the Ecotourism Society can also take you on walks in the park and you can even stay over night in the park with the society - a real treat.
Audio Clips of Indian Birds - Here are some audio clips we recorded, we thought you might enjoy. We recommend using your head set if you do not have a good set of speakers, for full enjoyment of the sounds from an Assamese forest.
Listen to the call of a Fish Eagle (30Secs)
Manas Forest bird sounds clip (11 mins)
Manas Forest bird sounds clip (2 mins)
The Natural Heritage Series book 'Manas National Park' classes the birds under main headings as follows:-
- Storks - 7 varieties
- Herons, Egrets and Bitterns - 14 varieties
- Grebes - 1 variety
- Pelicans - 1 variety
- Cormorants - 3 varieties
- Darter - 1 variety
- Ibises - 1 variety
- Ducks and Geese - 19 varieties
- Hawks, Kites, Eagles, Buzzards, Vultures and Harriers - 41 varieties
- Falcons - 9 varieties
- Pheasants, Partridges and Quail - 9 varieties
- Bustard-quail or Buttonquail - 3 varieties
- Rails and Coots - 20 varieties
- Bustards - 1 variety
- Jacans - 2 varieties
- Plovers - 10 varieties
- Curlews, Sandpipers and Snipes - 14 varieties
- Painted Snipe - 1 variety
- Ibisbill, Stilts and Avocets - 3 varieties
- Stone Curlews, Thick-Knees - 2 varieties
- Pratincoles or Swallow-plovers - 2 varieties
- Gulls and Terns - 6 varieties
- Pigeons and Doves - 15 varieties
- Parakeets - 5 varieties
- Cuckoo Makohas and Coucals - 18 varieties
- Owls - 12 varieties
- Nightjars - 3 varieties
- Swifts - 8 varieties
- Treeswifts - 1 variety
- Trogons - 1 variety
- Kingfisher - 9 varieties
- Bee-eaters - 4 varieties
- Rollers - 2 varieties
- Hoopoe - 1 variety
- Hornbills - 5 varieties
- Barbets - 5 varieties
- Woodpeckers - 14 varieties
- Broadbills - 2 varieties
- Pittas - 4 varieties
- Larks - 3 varieties
- Swallows and Martins - 6 varieties
- Shrikes - 3 varieties
- Orioles - 4 varieties
- Drongos - 7 varieties
- Swallow-shrikes or Woodswallows - 1 variety
- Starlings and Mynas - 10 varieties
- Crows, Magpies, Jays - 5 varieties
- Cuckoo-shrikes and Minivetes - 9 varieties
- Fairy Bluebird, Ioras and Leafbirds - 4 varieties
- Bulbuls - 7 varieties
- Babblers - 23 varieties
- Flycatchers - 16 varieties
- Monarch Flycatchers - 2 varieties
- Warblers - 30 varieties
- Thrushes and Chats - 28 varieties
- Dippers - 1 variety
- Tits and Titmice - 2 varieties
- Nuthatches and Creepers - 3 varieties
- Pipits and Wagtails - 12 varieties
- Flowerpeckers - 5 varieties
- Sunbirds and Spiderhunters - 7 varieties
- White-eyes - 1 variety
- Sparrows, Weavers and Munias - 12 varieties
- Finches - 1 variety
- Buntings - 5 varieties
We would highly recommend the Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society for bird watching in the Manas National Park.
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