Sakhawat Ali is a student of M.Sc.(Wildlife Management) in Pakistan. He writes: 

Sakhawat Ali
M.Sc. (Wildlife Management)
Department of Wildlife Management
University
" Pir Mher Ali Shah"
Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (44000).
a.sakhawat77@yahoo.com, jutt.dodo@gmail.com

I am in my final semester and am working on a research thesis on Rock Pigeon (Columba livia). Due to this research I am motivated to study different birds that are found in urban localities. I would like to Celebrate Urban Birds in Pakistan. I have five others in my group who are also interested. 

In Pakistan I am living in Rawalpindi near Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. I think if I can start this celebration at a neighborhood level we can then achieve the height of the sky.  We have very little funds to use to  celebrate urban birds in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

My native Language is "URDU". My English is not so perfect.

In Pakistan, House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) are present in large numbers but their nesting sites change day by day due to loss of safe nesting sites.

European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris),  also called Common Starlings are seen in Common Myna flocks in Pakistan.

Here is a poster that I made on Wetlands Day, 2009.

 

URBAN BIRDS THAT ARE FOUND IN MY AREA,

RAWALPINIDI / ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN


The detail is given below with name & scientific/ biological names;

1.    House Sparrow  (Passer domesticus)
2.    Indian House Crow  (Corvus splendens)
3.    Rock Pigeon  (Columba livia)
4.    Eurasian Collared Dove  (Streptopelia decaocto)
5.    Little Brown Dove  (Streptopelia senegalensis)
6.    Common Myna  (Acridotheres tristis)
7.    Bank Myna  (Acridotheres ginginianus)
8.    Brown Rock Chat  (Cercomela fusca)
9.     *Purple Sunbird  (Nectarinia asiatica)      
10.     Indian Kite  (Milvus migrans)
11.     Shi Kra Indian Sparrow Hawk  (Accipiter badius)
12.     Rose-Ringed Parakeet  (Psittacula krameri)
13.     Indian Pond Heron  (Ardeola grayii)
14.     Hoopoe  (Upupa epops)
15.     Red Vented Bulbul  (Pycnonotus cafer)

Points to remember:

• *Purple Sunbird seen in Spring/Summer when flowering season at peak level.

• All other birds are seen normally but some like Indian Sparrow Hawk are more rare.
  

• the Brown Rock Chat seen at evening time has a very beautiful song.

• Bank Myna feed in flocks. They feed on Garbage.

• Pond Heron can be seen near the temporary ponds or marshy areas.

• Hoopoe can be seen but in low numbers.

• All other birds are seen in our university, daily, in large numbers.

• Common Myna, House Sparrow and Indian House Crow are in large numbers.

These are 15 birds but some other birds also seen can be reported. I am trying to take pictures of all of them with my digital camera.

Purple Sunbird (nectarinia asiatica)

Rock Pigeon (Columba Livia)