Birdlife in Bandhavgarh

Where birds are concerned, keep a look out for white browed fantails, steppe eagles, green pigeons, grey malabar hornbills, black and white malabar hornbills (quite a rare sighting), blossom headed parakeets, parakeets, blue bearded bee eaters, green bee eaters, white bellied drongos, owls, Jerdon's and gold fronted leaf birds, minivets, woodshrikes and the lovely paradise flycatchers.

A serpant eagle on the look out for prey from it's high perch

There are a total of around a hundred and fifty species already logged officially. So, despite it being famous for it's four legged inhabitants, Bandhavgarh is also a bird lover's paradise.

Click here for a comprehensive listing of the birds in Bandhavgarh