Classification According to Colour 
VIII. RED 
1. Birds with red in plumage, or having red 
wattles or red skin on head 
(a) Bright red 
. The Red-vented Bulbuls (15-18). 
The Red-whiskered Bulbuls (20 and 21). 
. The Minivets * (39-41). 
The Bank Myna (53). 
The Indian Redstart * (65). 
The Indian Robins (66 and 67). 
The Amadavat * (79). 
(Cock) Common Rose-Finch (80). 
. The Purple-rumped Sunbird (108). (Back 
dull crimson.) 
10. The Pitta (109). 
11. (Cock) Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker 
(110). 
12. Golden-backed Woodpecker (111). 
13. The Crimson-breasted Barbet (114). 
14. The Green Parrots (131-133). 
15. The Black Vulture (141). 
16. The Purple Coot (175). (Red shield on 
forehead.) 
* These birds are conspicuously red. 
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