City List – Resident Birds, Lodhi Garden Delhi by List by The Delhi Walla - April 26, 2013April 26, 20132 Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Spread over 80 acres, Lodhi Garden was developed around four monuments. A village called Khairpur was erased to give way to this urban oasis. The garden was originally named after Lady Willingdon, wife of India’s Governor-General, who inaugurated it in 1936. The park has a glass house, a bonsai park, a rose garden, a bamboo garden, and an herbal garden; and it is also home to 28 varieties of birds. 1. Green Parakeet Local name – Tota 2. Weaver bird Local name – Baya 3. Pied Cuckoo Local name – Kala Papeeha 4. Black Headed Myna Local name – Puhya 5. Common Myna Local name – Desi Myna 6. Indian Ring Dove Local name – Chhor Fakta 7. Little Swift Local name – Babila 8. Crow Local name – Kouwa 9. Eurasian Collard Dove Local name – Dhor Fakta 10. Large Build Crow Local name – Kariyal 11. House Crow Local name – Kouwa 12. Spotted Owlet Local name – Ullu 13. Common Hawk (Cuckoo) Local name – Papeeha 14. Golden-backed Woodpecker Local name – Kathfora 15. House Sparrow Local name – Gaurayya 16. Red-wattled Lapwing Local name – Titiri 17. Indian Grey Hornbill Local name – Dhamar 18. White-rumped Vulture Local name – Gidh 19. Red-vented Bulbul Local name – Bulbul 20. Black Drongo Local name – Kotwal 21. Koel Local name – Koyal 22. Blue Throat — 23. Indian Tree-Pie Local name – Mahalat 24. Blue Rock Pigeon Local name – Kabutar 25. Large Grey Babbler Local name – Satbhai 26. Tailor Bird Local name – Darzi Chiriya 27. White-breasted Kingfisher Local name – Ram Chiriya 28. Duck Local name – Bathakh Winged residents 1. 2. 3. 3a 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. FacebookX Related Related posts: City Nature – Bougainvillea Trees, Lodhi Garden City Season – Rainy Afternoon, Lodhi Garden City Monument – Lodhi Garden Ruins, Central Delhi City Life – “Lodhi Reads”, Lodhi Garden Mission Delhi – Harsh Vardhan Dutta, Lodhi Garden