Charak Samhita

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शतपत्रोभृङ्गराजःकोयष्टिर्जीवजीवकः। कैरातःकोकिलोऽत्यूहोगोपापुत्रःप्रियात्मजः ॥५०॥

sanskrit

The following birds from the Pecker family are suitable for human consumption: The black woodpecker (shatapatra, Picus martius), the king bird of paradise–shrike (Bhringaraja, Lanalidae), the green-bill coucal (kojashthi, Centropus chlororhynchos), peacock pheasant (jivajivaka, Chalcurus), red-faced malkoha (kairata, Pheanicophaeus pyrrhocephalus), the koel (kokila, Eudynamys honorata), the red-vented bulbul (Atyuha, Molpastes haemorrhous), the cowbird (gopaputra, Molothrus), the Indian babbler (priyatmaja, Argya caudata),

english translation

zatapatrobhRGgarAjaHkoyaSTirjIvajIvakaH| kairAtaHkokilo'tyUhogopAputraHpriyAtmajaH ||50||

hk transliteration by Sanscript