DVD Guide to Birdwatching in Goa

The small Indian state of Goa has become hugely popular with birdwatchers. It boasts a remarkable variety of species in a small area. Add on blue skies, sandy beaches and friendly locals and you can see why people are describing it as the perfect introduction to Oriental birding.

147 species - running time 2 hours 23 minutes

Species included:

Lesser Whistling Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy Goose
Garganey
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
Coppersmith Barbet
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Malabar Grey Hornbill
Common Hoopoe
Indian Roller
European Roller
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Pied Cuckoo
Eurasian Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Greater Coucal
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Little Swift
Spotted Owlet
Rock Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Pompadour Green Pigeon
White-breasted Waterhen
Watercock
Purple Swamphen
Common Moorhen
Common Coot
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin
Greater Painted Snipe
Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Pacific Golden Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Small Pratincole
Brown-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Osprey
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Shikra
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Booted Eagle
Common Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Darter
Little Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little Egret
Western Reef Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Indian Pond Heron
Little Heron
Cinnamon Bittern
Purple Heron
Grey Heron
Woolly-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Indian Pitta
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Ashy Woodswallow
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Scarlet Minivet
Black Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Black-naped Monarch
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Common Iora
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Red-throated Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie Robin
Indian Robin
Common Stonechat
Mystery chat
Pied Bushchat
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Brahminy Starling
Rosy Starling
Jungle Myna
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Black-lored Tit
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Black-crested Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Zitting Cisticola
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Green Warbler
Puff-throated Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark
Malabar Lark
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
White-browed Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Baya Weaver
White-rumped Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-headed Munia
Black-headed Bunting