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Bird Observations

			Date Range: May, 1900-2024

Tamil Nadu

Updated ~24 hr(s) ago.

403 species (+128 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Rock Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
pigeon/dove sp.
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
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.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian 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.
White-rumped Spinetail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Crested Treeswift
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
rail/crake sp.
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.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Swinhoe's Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
snipe sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Black-bellied Tern
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
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
stork sp.
frigatebird sp.
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Spot-billed Pelican
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Jerdon's Baza
Red-headed Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Gyps sp.
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
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
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
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
owl sp.
Malabar Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
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.
Speckled Piculet
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Indian Pitta
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
minivet sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Ashy Woodswallow
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Singing Bushlark
Jerdon's Bushlark
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
Tawny Lark
lark sp.
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow-throated Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sp.
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
old world warbler sp.
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Indian White-eye
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Puff-throated Babbler
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.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Wayanad Laughingthrush
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Nilgiri Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
thrush sp.
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
White-bellied Sholakili
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
rock-thrush sp.
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Desert Wheatear
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Thick-billed/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
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow 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
Tawny Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tree Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Common Rosefinch
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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