eBird Field Checklist
Karnataka, IN
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561 species (+247 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Bar-headed x Graylag Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Ruddy Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Aythya sp.
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Red/Painted Spurfowl
Red Junglefowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Painted Francolin
Blue-breasted Quail
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.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Greater/Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Diamond 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.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
Great Indian Bustard
Lesser Florican
Turacos
Guinea Turaco
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Greater/Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Blyth's Swift
fork-tailed swift sp.
Little Swift
Little/House Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian/Red-knobbed Coot
coot sp.
Gray-headed Swamphen
Black-backed/Gray-headed Swamphen
swamphen sp.
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Brown Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
crane sp.
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
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
jacana sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Common/Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common/Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Crab-Plover
Jerdon's Courser
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Oriental/Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Black-headed/Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
White-eyed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
River Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Black-bellied Tern
River/Black-bellied Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Jouanin's Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Lesser/Greater Adjutant
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Christmas Island Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
pelican sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Little Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Cinnamon/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
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Eastern Cattle/Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European/Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
Himalayan/Eurasian Griffon
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
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
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Crested Goshawk/Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Black/Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common/Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
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
Asian Barred/Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
Brown/Northern Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Indian/Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
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
Indian Roller
European/Indian Roller
Indian/Indochinese Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Brown-headed/White-cheeked Barbet
Psilopogon sp.
asian barbet sp.
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Brown-capped/Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Dendrocopos sp.
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.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Budgerigar
Coconut Lorikeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
Rosy-faced Lovebird
lovebird sp.
Orange-winged Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Brown-rumped Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Coracina sp.
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Indian Golden/Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Malabar/Common Woodshrike
Large/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Fantails
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-throated/Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
Spot-breasted/White-browed Fantail
fantail sp.
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Bay-backed/Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
treepie sp.
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Parus sp.
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
parid sp.
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Indian Bushlark
Singing/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
Malabar Lark
Tawny Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Rufous-fronted Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Golden-headed Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Iduna sp.
Hippolais sp.
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Paddyfield/Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Bristled Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Riparia sp.
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin
Eurasian/Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Asian House-Martin
house-martin sp.
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
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
Pycnonotus sp.
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied/Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Timaliidae sp.
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Banasura Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
Indian/Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Starlings and Mynas
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
Acridotheres sp.
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Nilgiri/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
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
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
rock-thrush sp.
Whinchat
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Gray Bushchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat
wheatear sp.
muscicapid sp.
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Pale-billed/Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Vigors's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Streaked/Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Tricolored x Chestnut Munia (hybrid)
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
estrildid finch sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
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
Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Richard's/Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
rosefinch sp.
Old World Buntings
Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Black-headed/Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Gray-necked/Ortolan Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.