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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Chennai

Updated ~32 hr(s) ago.

344 species (+138 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
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Aythya sp.
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Greater/Lesser Flamingo
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
green-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
sandgrouse sp.
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
White-rumped Spinetail
White-throated Needletail
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Blyth's Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Crested Treeswift
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
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
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Jack Snipe
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger/skua sp.
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
River Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus sp.
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
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
Oriental Honey-buzzard
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)
Black Baza
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-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
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
Indian Gray Hornbill
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
kingfisher sp.
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon sp.
asian barbet sp.
Eurasian Wryneck
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
woodpecker sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
parakeet sp.
Indian Pitta
Small Minivet
Ashy Minivet
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brown-rumped Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Coracina sp.
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Ashy Woodswallow
Common Woodshrike
Common Iora
Spot-breasted Fantail
Black Drongo
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mirafra sp.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Eurasian/Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Bank Swallow
Dusky Crag-Martin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Phylloscopus sp.
Lesser Whitethroat
Western/Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
thrush sp.
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Desert Wheatear
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
leafbird sp.
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted 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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
White-browed/White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Common Rosefinch
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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