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species 1.

Greater Flamingo

Count X

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 2.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 10

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 3.

Pacific Golden-Plover

Count 10

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 4.

Greater Sand-Plover

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 5.

Whimbrel

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 6.

Eurasian Curlew

Count 3

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 7.

Common Redshank

Count 4

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 8.

Curlew Sandpiper

Count 10

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 9.

Little Stint

Count 1

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 10.

Little Tern

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 11.

Caspian Tern

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 12.

Asian Openbill

Count 1

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 13.

Painted Stork

Count 5

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 14.

Little Cormorant

Count 10

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 15.

Spot-billed Pelican

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 16.

Little Egret

Count 1

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 17.

Indian Pond-Heron

Count 3

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 18.

Gray Heron

Count 4

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 19.

Black-headed Ibis

Count 2

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 20.

Common Kingfisher

Count 1

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 21.

Pied Kingfisher

Count 3

Kadhiravan Balasubramanian

species 22.

Asian Palm Swift

Count 5

Anu Parthasarathy

species 23.

Black-winged Stilt

Count 2

Anu Parthasarathy

species 24.

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Count 25

Anu Parthasarathy

species 25.

Kentish Plover

Count 3

Anu Parthasarathy

species 26.

Black-tailed Godwit

Count 1

Anu Parthasarathy

species 27.

Common Sandpiper

Count 1

Anu Parthasarathy

species 28.

Common Greenshank

Count 1

Anu Parthasarathy

species 29.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 12

Anu Parthasarathy

species 30.

Temminck's Stint

Count 3

Anu Parthasarathy

species 31.

Brown-headed Gull

Count 15

Anu Parthasarathy

species 32.

Whiskered Tern

Count 30

Anu Parthasarathy

species 33.

Great Egret

Count 1

Anu Parthasarathy

species 34.

Medium Egret

Count 3

Anu Parthasarathy

species 35.

Rock Pigeon

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 36.

White-breasted Waterhen

Count 1

Gowri Shankar S

species 37.

Wood Sandpiper

Count 1

Gowri Shankar S

species 38.

Lesser Crested Tern

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 39.

Great Crested Tern

Count 6

Gowri Shankar S

species 40.

Eastern Cattle Egret

Count 8

Gowri Shankar S

species 41.

House Crow

Count 4

Gowri Shankar S

species 42.

Large-billed Crow

Count 3

Gowri Shankar S

species 43.

Greater Coucal

Count 1

Rama Neelamegam

species 44.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Count 1

Rama Neelamegam

species 45.

Terek Sandpiper

Count 5

Rama Neelamegam

species 46.

Great Knot

Count 3

Rama Neelamegam

species 47.

Glossy Ibis

Count 4

Rama Neelamegam

species 48.

Asian Green Bee-eater

Count 1

Rama Neelamegam

species 49.

House Sparrow

Count 10

Rama Neelamegam

species 50.

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Count 4

Gowri Shankar S

species 51.

Asian Koel

Count 1

Gowri Shankar S

species 52.

Gull-billed Tern

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 53.

Oriental Darter

Count 4

Gowri Shankar S

species 54.

Black Kite

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 55.

Brahminy Kite

Count 1

Gowri Shankar S

species 56.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 57.

White-throated Kingfisher

Count 1

Gowri Shankar S

species 58.

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Count 7

Gowri Shankar S

species 59.

Black Drongo

Count 2

Gowri Shankar S

species 60.

Red-vented Bulbul

Count 4

Gowri Shankar S

species 61.

Common Myna

Count 5

Gowri Shankar S

species 62.

Osprey

Count 1

krithik sankar

species 63.

Spotted Dove

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 64.

Little Swift

Count 10

Bindhu Mohan

species 65.

Little Ringed Plover

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 66.

Ruff

Count 3

Bindhu Mohan

species 67.

Pallas's Gull

Count 5

Bindhu Mohan

species 68.

Common Tern

Count 20

Bindhu Mohan

species 69.

Purple Heron

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 70.

Black-winged Kite

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 71.

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 72.

Indian Roller

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 73.

Coppersmith Barbet

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 74.

Indian Golden Oriole

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 75.

Ashy Prinia

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 76.

Gray Francolin

Count 1

Menachem Goldstein

species 77.

Sanderling

Count 3

Menachem Goldstein

species 78.

Black-headed Gull

Count 10

Menachem Goldstein

species 79.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 28

Menachem Goldstein

species 80.

Yellow-billed Babbler

Count 4

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 81.

Loten's Sunbird

Count 1

Menachem Goldstein

species 82.

Gray-headed Lapwing

Count 1

smitha s

species 83.

Great Cormorant

Count X

Sathvik Nallagatla

species 84.

Indian Cormorant

Count X

Sathvik Nallagatla

species 85.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Count 3

Rahul Subbiah

species 86.

Long-tailed Jaeger

Count 1

Rahul Subbiah

species 87.

Blue-faced Malkoha

Count 1

Abhishek Mithal

species 88.

Rufous Treepie

Count 1

Abhishek Mithal

species 89.

Shikra

Count 1

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 90.

Common Tailorbird

Count 1

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 91.

Barn Swallow

Count 5

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 92.

White-browed Wagtail

Count 1

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 93.

Oriental Pratincole

Count 50

Sivakumar SS

species 94.

Striated Heron

Count 1

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 95.

Red-rumped Swallow

Count 1

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 96.

Lesser Flamingo

Count 30

Jeev Guha

species 97.

Western Reef-Heron

Count 5

Jeev Guha

species 98.

Indian Pied Starling

Count 1

Jeev Guha

species 99.

Red-wattled Lapwing

Count 2

arun kumar

species 100.

Sooty Tern

Count 1

arun kumar

species 101.

White-winged Tern

Count 2

arun kumar

species 102.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 5

arun kumar

species 103.

Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Count 1

Srinivas Daripineni

species 104.

Eurasian Spoonbill

Count 10

Prajwal T

species 105.

Purple Sunbird

Count 1

Karthikeyan G B

species 106.

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Count 1

Badri Narayan

species 107.

Bronze-winged Jacana

Count 1

Badri Narayan

species 108.

Marsh Sandpiper

Count 4

Badri Narayan

species 109.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Count 2

Janardanan R

species 110.

Great Thick-knee

Count 2

Abinesh Inbarajan

species 111.

Laughing Dove

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 112.

Black-rumped Flameback

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 113.

Ashy Woodswallow

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 114.

Brown Shrike

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 115.

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 116.

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Count 1

Navin Chandran

species 117.

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Count X

Navin Chandran

species 118.

Black Bittern

Count 1

Vignesh S

species 119.

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Count 1

Vignesh S

species 120.

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Count X

Vignesh S

species 121.

Rosy Starling

Count X

Vignesh S

species 122.

Green Sandpiper

Count 1

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 123.

Pied Bushchat

Count 2

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 124.

Paddyfield Pipit

Count 1

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 125.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Rahul Pratti

species 126.

Eurasian Moorhen

Count 1

Girish Vijayaraghavan

species 127.

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Count 1

Girish Vijayaraghavan

species 128.

Pallid Harrier

Count 1

Girish Vijayaraghavan

species 129.

Spotted Owlet

Count 3

Girish Vijayaraghavan

species 130.

Pied Cuckoo

Count 2

Dilip M

species 131.

Little Grebe

Count 2

Pradeep Seshadri

species 132.

Eurasian Coot

Count 1

Pradeep Seshadri

species 133.

Gray-headed Swamphen

Count 1

Pradeep Seshadri

species 134.

Plain Prinia

Count 1

Pradeep Seshadri

species 135.

Tricolored Munia

Count 15

Dinesh Ramakrishnan

species 136.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 1

Sundar Palanivelu

species 137.

White-eyed Buzzard

Count 1

karthick hari

species 138.

Garganey

Count 20

Sundar Palanivelu

species 139.

Sandwich Tern

Count 2

Ganesh Jayaraman

species 140.

Indian Skimmer

Count 2

Sundar Palanivelu

species 141.

Scaly-breasted Munia

Count 1

Umesh Mani

species 142.

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

Count 2

karthick hari

species 143.

Jerdon's Bushlark

Count 1

karthick hari

species 144.

Bridled Tern

Count 2

Adit Jeyan

species 145.

Indian Thick-knee

Count 1

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 146.

Oriental Skylark

Count 2

Cheran Jagadeesan

species 147.

Red Collared-Dove

Count 1

Sundar Palanivelu

species 148.

Indian Silverbill

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 149.

White-browed Bulbul

Count 3

gowathaman ganesan

species 150.

Northern Pintail

Count 15

Nitin Nair

species 151.

Eurasian Hoopoe

Count 2

Nitin Nair

species 152.

Bar-headed Goose

Count 30

Anonymous eBirder

species 153.

Red-naped Ibis

Count 4

Subramniam Venkatramani

species 154.

Eurasian Kestrel

Count 1

Karthikeyan G B

species 155.

Indian Peafowl

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 156.

Slender-billed Gull

Count 3

Fareed Mohmed

species 157.

Greater Spotted Eagle

Count 2

Fareed Mohmed

species 158.

Rufous-tailed Lark

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 159.

Jungle Prinia

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 160.

Zitting Cisticola

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 161.

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 162.

Brahminy Starling

Count 2

Fareed Mohmed

species 163.

Richard's Pipit

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 164.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Count 4

Muralidharan S

species 165.

Asian Woolly-necked Stork

Count X

Muralidharan S

species 166.

Yellow Bittern

Count X

Muralidharan S

species 167.

Ashy Drongo

Count 4

Venkatesh R

species 168.

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Count X

Bindhu Mohan

species 169.

Small Pratincole

Count X

Bindhu Mohan

species 170.

Long-tailed Shrike

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 171.

Wire-tailed Swallow

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

species 172.

Indian Courser

Count 5

Savithri Singh

species 173.

Baya Weaver

Count 1

Karthikeyan G B

species 174.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 5

Badri Narayan

species 175.

Lesser Noddy

Count 1

Rahul Singh

species 176.

Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

species 177.

Indian Spotted Eagle

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 178.

Small Minivet

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 179.

Long-toed Stint

Count 2

Swarna Ravishankar

species 180.

Spotted Redshank

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 181.

Indian Robin

Count 2

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 182.

Northern Shoveler

Count 8

MURALIDHAR Gopalakrishna

species 183.

Pied Avocet

Count 1

MURALIDHAR Gopalakrishna

species 184.

Dunlin

Count 1

MURALIDHAR Gopalakrishna

species 185.

Cinnamon Bittern

Count 1

ROHITH SRINIVASAN

species 186.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Count 2

Syed Ibrahim Shah Jalal

species 187.

Western Marsh Harrier

Count 1

Syed Ibrahim Shah Jalal

species 188.

Common Snipe

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 189.

Montagu's Harrier

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 190.

Black-capped Kingfisher

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 191.

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Count 2

Fareed Mohmed

species 192.

Eurasian Wigeon

Count 2

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 193.

Watercock

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 194.

Booted Eagle

Count 2

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 195.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 196.

Blyth's Pipit

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 197.

Common Cuckoo

Count 2

Syed Ibrahim Shah Jalal

species 198.

Green-winged Teal

Count 6

Ajay R

species 199.

Common Iora

Count 1

Fareed Mohmed

species 200.

Western Yellow Wagtail

Count 1

arun kumar

species 201.

Streak-throated Swallow

Count 1

Kiran Kashyap

species 202.

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Count 20

Kiran Kashyap

species 203.

Gray Wagtail

Count 1

Deepa Mohan

species 204.

Common Pochard

Count 15

Sundar Palanivelu

species 205.

Red-necked Falcon

Count 1

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 206.

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Count 1

Vinay Prakatoor

species 207.

Barn Owl

Count 1

Justus Obed

species 208.

Red Knot

Count 1

Subash Jeyan

species 209.

Jungle Bush-Quail

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

species 210.

Gray-tailed Tattler

Count 1

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 211.

Lesser Frigatebird

Count 1

Prashant Prakash

species 212.

Caspian Plover

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 213.

Roseate Tern

Count 1

Sahana M

species 214.

Knob-billed Duck

Count 8

Prasanna Raju

species 215.

Red-necked Phalarope

Count 7

Karthikeyan Ponnambalamoorthy

species 216.

Booted Warbler

Count 2

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 217.

European Roller

Count 1

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 218.

Amur Falcon

Count 1

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 219.

Common Woodshrike

Count 1

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 220.

Bay-backed Shrike

Count X

Fareed Mohmed

species 221.

White-rumped Munia

Count X

Fareed Mohmed

species 222.

Red Avadavat

Count X

Fareed Mohmed

species 223.

Tawny Pipit

Count 80

Aravind Amirtharaj

species 224.

Bonelli's Eagle

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

species 225.

Tawny Eagle

Count 1

forest venkat

species 226.

Siberian Stonechat

Count 3

sahithya selvaraj

species 227.

Crab-Plover

Count X

Gnanaskandan Kesavabharathi

species 228.

Streaked Weaver

Count X

Hans Bucht

species 229.

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Count 1

Ramakrishnan Rajamani

Additional taxa

golden-plover sp.

Count 8

Gowri Shankar S

Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover

Count 10

Subramniam Venkatramani

gull sp.

Count 1

Menachem Goldstein

cormorant sp.

Count 150

Menachem Goldstein

sand-plover sp.

Count 10

Badri Narayan

lark sp.

Count 2

Badri Narayan

small plover sp.

Count 15

Umesh Mani

diurnal raptor sp.

Count 1

AM AMSA

large tern sp.

Count X

Badri Narayan

tern sp.

Count X

Badri Narayan

white egret sp.

Count 1

Badri Narayan

passerine sp.

Count 3

Salem Ornithological Foundation (Group Account)

pond-heron sp.

Count 5

Subramniam Venkatramani

swift sp.

Count X

Bindhu Mohan

plover sp.

Count 100

Muralidharan S

curlew sp.

Count 2

Muralidharan S

snipe sp.

Count 6

Muralidharan S

gull/tern sp.

Count 40

Muralidharan S

Red-necked/Little Stint

Count 4

Anita Arjundas

swallow sp.

Count 8

Anita Arjundas

pipit sp.

Count 1

Rahul Singh

heron sp.

Count 1

Bindhu Mohan

shrike sp.

Count 2

Bindhu Mohan

Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler

Count 4

Syed Ibrahim Shah Jalal

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

Count 10

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

Sterna sp.

Count 20

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

eagle sp.

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

Booted/Sykes's Warbler

Count 1

Vikas Madhav Nagarajan

sunbird sp.

Count 2

Srinivas Daripineni

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Count 15

Douglas Ball

Tringa sp.

Count 100

Douglas Ball

shorebird sp.

Count 300

Douglas Ball

godwit sp.

Count 300

Douglas Ball

peep sp.

Count 30

Douglas Ball

frigatebird sp.

Count 1

Melvin Jaison

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Count 1

Bhaskar pandeti

large swift sp.

Count 2

Rameshkumar Natarajan

ibis sp.

Count 5

Subramanyam Ramanathan

duck sp.

Count 1000

Cheran Jagadeesan

Lonchura sp.

Count 6

Vinod Shankar

Little/Saunders's Tern

Count 1

Sidharth Srinivasan

crow sp.

Count 6

Panchapakesan Jeganathan

falcon sp.

Count 1

Aneesh Pandian

waterfowl sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

grebe sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

nightjar sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

swiftlet sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

lapwing sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

bird sp.

Count 1

Parun Sethupathy

Larus sp.

Count 3

Ganeshwar S V

dabbling duck sp.

Count 8

Ganeshwar S V

harrier sp.

Count 1

Rama Neelamegam

pratincole sp.

Count 1

Umesh Mani

whistling-duck sp.

Count X

vijay kumar

Black/Ashy Drongo

Count 10

Subramanian Sankar

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Observer	Date	Species
Kadhiravan Balasubramanian	13 Apr 2024	22
Anu Parthasarathy	7 Apr 2024	33
Gowri Shankar S	6 Apr 2024	34
Subramniam Venkatramani	6 Apr 2024	38
Rama Neelamegam	6 Apr 2024	39
Gowri Shankar S	6 Apr 2024	42
krithik sankar	3 Mar 2024	27
Bindhu Mohan	2 Feb 2024	54
Menachem Goldstein	28 Jan 2024	36
Subramniam Venkatramani	28 Jan 2024	40

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Aravind Amirtharaj	171
2	Fareed Mohmed	158
3	Karthikeyan Ponnambalamoorthy	154
4	Vikas Madhav Nagarajan	136
5	Rama Neelamegam	130
6	Cheran Jagadeesan	128
7	Saranya Subramanian	126
8	Karthikeyan G B	122
9	Sundar Palanivelu	120
10	Ajay R	111