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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2015

Tamil Nadu

Updated ~25 hr(s) ago.

489 species (+151 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Red/Painted Spurfowl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Painted Sandgrouse
Great Indian Bustard
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Great Eared-Nightjar
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
nightjar sp.
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Blyth's Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Crested Treeswift
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Demoiselle Crane
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Wood Snipe
Great Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Crab-Plover
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
skua sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
jaeger/skua sp.
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-tailed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Christmas Island Frigatebird
Oriental Darter
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Gyps sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Buzzard
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Malabar Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Common Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Brown-headed/White-cheeked Barbet
Psilopogon sp.
asian barbet sp.
Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
falcon sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
diurnal raptor sp.
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Indian Pitta
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Brown-rumped Minivet
Ashy/Brown-rumped Minivet
minivet sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Ashy Woodswallow
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Large/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
fantail sp.
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Cinereous Tit
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mirafra sp.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
lark sp.
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Thick-billed Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Iduna sp.
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Bank Swallow
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Yellow-throated Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Western/Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
old world warbler sp.
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Indian White-eye
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Dark-fronted Babbler
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Timaliidae sp.
Puff-throated Babbler
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
Palani Laughingthrush
Ashambu Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
White-bellied Sholakili
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Desert Wheatear
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Pale-billed/Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Jerdon's Leafbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
House Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Common Rosefinch
rosefinch sp.
Gray-necked Bunting
Emberiza sp.
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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