Birdwatching
The following list contains over 80 varieties of common birds of the northern Indian plains that can be seen in and around the Savista estate. Guests are invited to identify more that can be added to the list. Every year or so we discover a few new birds, possibly attracted to Savista by the organic practices we follow. You can see of these and more if you combine your stay at Savista with a day trip to the Keoladeo National Bird Sanctuary.
- Bank Myna
- Spotted Owlet
- Brahminy Starling (black-headed myna)
- Oriental White-eye Swallow
- Asian Pied Starling (common myna)
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Pied Myna
- Pied Kingfisher (lesser pied)
- Black Drongo
- House Crow
- Spangled Drongo
- House Sparrow
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Indian Roller
- Brown-headed Barbet
- Indian Robin
- Bay-backed Shrike
- Oriental Magpie Robin
- Long-tailed Shrike (rufous backed)
- Common Stonechat
- Great Grey Shrike
- Brown Rockchat
- Common Woodshrike
- Variable Wheat-ear
- Green Bee-Eater
- Pied Bushchat
- Rufous Tree pie
- Grey Bushchat
- Greater Coucal
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Oriental Skylark (eastern)
- Purple Sunbird
- Indian Bushlark (red-winged)
- Common Babbler
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Jungle Babbler
- Black-hooded Oriole
- Large Grey Babbler
- Baya Weaver
- Graceful Prinia
- White Wagtail (pied)
- Ashy Prinia
- Masked Wagtail
- Plain Prinia (wren warbler)
- Yellow Wagtail
- Grey Breasted Prinia
- Citrine Wagtail (yellow headed)
- Hoopoe
- White-browed Wagtail (large pied)
- Yellow Crowned Woodpecker
- White-browed Fantail (flycatcher)
- Black-rumped Flameback
- White-throated Fantail (flycatcher)
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- Common Hawk Cuckoo
- Spotted Creeper (grey)
- Asian Koel
- Mallard
- Pied Cuckoo (pied crested)
- Moorhen
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Little Grebe
- Laughing Dove
- Grey Heron
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Black-Winged Stilt
- Red Collared Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Peacock
- Grey Francolin (grey partridge)
- Dusky Crag Martin
- Grey Nightjar (Indian jungle)
- Field Egret
- Savanna Nightjar (Franklin’s)
- Eurasian cuckoo
- Stork Billed Kingfisher
- Orange And Black Flycatcher
- Black Crowned Night Heron
- Common kestrel
- Shikra