Birds of Maharashtra (book)

Birds of Maharashtra is a field guide by Ela Foundation. While it lacks large descriptions of the birds, it makes up in the photographs.

Front cover/spine
Female Malabar Trogon

Inside cover/front foldout

 * Mottled Wood Owl
 * Along the ocean:
 * Sooty Tern
 * A mix of Caspian Terns(?) and Black-naped Terns(?)
 * Bridled Tern
 * Near Goa:
 * Male Malabar Trogon
 * Above the trogon: Crimson Sunbird
 * Near Solapur:
 * Greater Coucal
 * Great Indian Bustard
 * Near Nanded:
 * Common Crane
 * Near Nashik:
 * Short-eared Owl
 * Near Amaravati:
 * White-browed Bulbul?
 * Near Nagpur:
 * Great Crested Grebe
 * Near Gadchiroli:
 * Sarus Crane
 * Beside the map of India:
 * Asian Openbill Stork

Inside front cover
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Contents page
Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Foreword

 * Peacock motif (postage stamp)
 * Coppersmith Barbet

Sponsors' foreword
Painting of a European Stonechat known as Common Stonechat in the book.

Preface

 * Changeable Hawk-Eagle
 * Malabar Pied Hornbill
 * Black-hooded Oriole
 * Various gulls.

Introduction

 * White-bellied Sea Eagle
 * Rosy Starling (called Rosy Pastor in the intro.)
 * Little Egret
 * Various small waders (possibly Sanderlings).
 * Shaheen Falcon (ssp. of Peregrine Falcon.)
 * Barn Owl
 * Drawing of an owl
 * Painting of a Blue Peafowl]

Vocalisation in Birds

 * Drawing of a bird with a stringed instrument
 * Common Hawk-Cuckoo
 * Sonograms:
 * Common Iora
 * Greater Coucal
 * Common Tailorbird (with an oscillogram and a 3D sonogram)
 * Barn Owl
 * White-throated Kingfisher
 * Large Grey Babbler
 * Malabar Whistling Thrush
 * Grey Nightjar
 * Jerdon's Nightjar
 * Indian Nightjar (called Common Indian Nightjar)
 * Franklin's Nighthar or Savanna Nightjar

"Garruda in Sanskrit Literature"

 * White-bellied Sea Eagle
 * Stamp of Himalayan Golden Eagle (ssp. of Golden Eagle)

About the book

 * Little Grebe
 * Great Crested Grebe

Topography

 * Striolated Bunting
 * Red-backed Shrike
 * Peregrine Falcon

Glossary
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Extinction and Endangered Habitats

 * †Pink-headed Duck
 * Brahminy Kite
 * Sarus Crane

Errors

 * On page 26, the Greater Flamingo appears to be a Lesser Flamingo.

Typos

 * Asian Koel is misspelt Asial Koel (page xxxi)

Taxonomic

 * Wilson's Storm Petrel, Black-bellied Storm Petrel and White-bellied Storm Petrel should be in Oceanitidae, not Hydrobatidae (page 5-6).
 * Great Egret should be in Casmerodius, not Ardea and its specific epithet should be albus, not alba (page 13).
 * Intermediate Egret should be in Mesophoyx, not Egretta (page 13).
 * Cattle Egret is split in the book, while John Boyd III does not split it (page 15).
 * Northern Shoveler should be in Spatula, not Anas (page 34).
 * Garganey should be in Querquedula, not Anas.