Avifauna

Contains information about species location and their sightings on Lakshadweep.

(1) Pande, S., Sant, N. R., Ranade, S. D., Pednekar, S. N., Mestry, P. G., Kharat, S. S. & Deshmukh, V. 2007. An ornithological expedition to the Lakshadweep archipelago: Assessment of threats to pelagic and other birds and recommendations. Indian Birds 3 (1): 2–12., http://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB3.1_PandeETAL_Lakshadweep.pdf

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Brown Noddy

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/brown-noddy

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Grey Heron

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ardea_cinerea/

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Large Crested Tern

http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/crested-tern

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Lesser Crested Tern

https://www.hbw.com/species/lesser-crested-tern-thalasseus-bengalensis

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Lesser Sand Plover

https://ebird.org/species/lesplo

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Osprey

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/osprey

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Pomarine Jaeger

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/pomarine-jaeger

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Red-billed Tropicbird

Nellis, David W. Common Coastal Birds of Florida and the Caribbean. 1st ed., Pineapple Press, Inc., 2001

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Ruddy Turnstone

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ruddy-turnstone

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Sooty Tern

https://www.hbw.com/species/sooty-tern-onychoprion-fuscatus