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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Tamil Nadu

Updated ~41 hr(s) ago.

543 species (+221 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
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Aythya sp.
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Red/Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Common Quail
Rain Quail
Common/Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Rock Bush-Quail
Jungle/Rock Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Greater/Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
grebe sp.
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Great Indian Bustard
Greater Coucal
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
malkoha sp.
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
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Lesser/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.
nightjar sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-rumped Spinetail
White-throated Needletail
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
treeswift sp.
Slaty-breasted Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Zapornia sp.
rail/crake sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
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.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
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.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common/Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Small Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Crab-Plover
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Black-headed/Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
River Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus sp.
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
White-tailed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Light-mantled Albatross
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Christmas Island Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Masked Booby
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
pelican sp.
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/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
Common Buzzard
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Malabar Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Indian/Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Common Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Amur Falcon/Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Indian Pitta
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Brown-rumped Minivet
Ashy/Brown-rumped Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Coracina sp.
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Ashy Woodswallow
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Malabar/Common Woodshrike
Large/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Spot-breasted Fantail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-throated/Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
Spot-breasted/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
paradise-flycatcher sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
treepie sp.
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Cinereous Tit
Parus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Indian Bushlark
Jerdon's/Indian Bushlark
Mirafra sp.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater Short-toed/Hume's Lark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tawny Lark
Galerida sp.
lark sp.
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Iduna sp.
Hippolais sp.
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Bristled Grassbird
Bank Swallow
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barn Swallow
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
Red-whiskered/Red-vented Bulbul
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pycnonotus sp.
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Western/Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
Palani Laughingthrush
Ashambu Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Garrulax sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
Indian Pied Starling
pied starling sp.
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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.
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
rock-thrush sp.
Whinchat
Siberian Stonechat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pied Bushchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
muscicapid sp.
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Pale-billed/Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Loten's Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Zebra Finch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
estrildid finch sp.
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
White-browed/White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Richard's/Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
Tree Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Common Rosefinch
rosefinch sp.
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Emberiza sp.
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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