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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

The Nilgiris

Updated ~32 hr(s) ago.

368 species (+107 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Little Grebe
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.
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
nightjar sp.
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Blyth's Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Crested Treeswift
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Bronze-winged Jacana
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temminck's Stint
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Spot-billed Pelican
Black Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus sp.
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Indian 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
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
Pied Kingfisher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
kingfisher sp.
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
asian barbet sp.
Eurasian Wryneck
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Speckled Piculet
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
flameback sp.
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Orange Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Common Iora
Spot-breasted Fantail
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.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Cinereous Tit
Parus sp.
Indian Yellow Tit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Jerdon's/Indian Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
lark sp.
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Thick-billed Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Pycnonotidae sp.
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
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
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Puff-throated Babbler
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue Rock-Thrush
rock-thrush sp.
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Baya Weaver
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
House Sparrow
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nilgiri Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Common Rosefinch
Red-headed Bunting
Emberiza sp.
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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