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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2015

Tamil Nadu

Updated ~22 hr(s) ago.

485 species (+152 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
whistling-duck sp. (Dendrocygna sp.)
Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
goose sp. (Anatidae (goose sp.))
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Garganey/Green-winged Teal (Spatula querquedula/Anas crecca)
teal sp. (Anatidae sp. (teal sp.))
dabbling duck sp. (Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.))
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
duck sp. (Anatidae (duck sp.))
waterfowl sp. (Anatidae sp.)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Red Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea)
Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata)
Red/Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea/lunulata)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gray Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica)
old world quail sp. (Synoicus/Coturnix sp.)
Jungle Bush-Quail (Perdicula asiatica)
Painted Bush-Quail (Perdicula erythrorhyncha)
francolin/spurfowl sp. (Phasianidae sp. (francolin/spurfowl sp.))
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
flamingo sp. (Phoenicopteridae sp.)
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
grebe sp. (Podicipedidae sp.)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii)
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Red Collared-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
Streptopelia sp. (Streptopelia sp.)
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon (Treron affinis)
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
green-pigeon sp. (Treron sp.)
Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula cuprea)
imperial-pigeon sp. (Ducula sp.)
pigeon/dove sp. (Columbidae sp.)
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus)
Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
coucal sp. (Centropus sp.)
Sirkeer Malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii)
Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris)
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
Gray-bellied Cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus)
Cacomantis sp. (Cacomantis sp.)
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides/lugubris)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Cuculus sp. (Cuculus sp.)
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) (Cuculidae sp.)
Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger)
Great Eared-Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
Jungle Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
Jerdon's Nightjar (Caprimulgus atripennis)
Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
Caprimulgus sp. (Caprimulgus sp.)
nightjar sp. (Caprimulgidae sp.)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-rumped Needletail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
Indian Swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor)
dark swiftlet sp. (Aerodramus sp.)
swiftlet sp. (Collocalia/Aerodramus sp.)
Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
Blyth's Swift (Apus leuconyx)
Little Swift (Apus affinis)
Apus sp. (Apus sp.)
Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
large swift sp. (Apodidae sp. (large swift sp.))
small swift sp. (Apodidae sp. (small swift sp.))
swift sp. (Apodidae sp.)
Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp. (Gallinula/Fulica/Porphyrio sp.)
Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla)
rail/crake sp. (Rallidae sp. (rail/crake sp.))
Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)
Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
golden-plover sp. (Pluvialis apricaria/dominica/fulva)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. (Pluvialis sp.)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
lapwing sp. (Vanellus sp.)
Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Lesser/Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus/leschenaultii)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
small plover sp. (Charadrius sp.)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
plover sp. (Charadriidae sp.)
Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
curlew sp. (Numenius sp.)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
godwit sp. (Limosa sp.)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Red-necked/Little Stint (Calidris ruficollis/minuta)
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.))
Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Common/Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago gallinago/stenura)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala)
Pin-tailed/Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago stenura/megala)
snipe sp. (Gallinago sp.)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Tringa sp. (Tringa sp.)
Scolopacidae sp. (Scolopacidae sp.)
Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
buttonquail sp. (Turnix sp.)
Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)
Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus)
Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea)
pratincole sp. (Glareola sp.)
shorebird sp. (Charadriiformes sp.)
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
skua sp. (Stercorarius sp. (skua sp.))
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
jaeger/skua sp. (Stercorarius sp.)
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Larus sp. (Larus sp.)
gull sp. (Larinae sp.)
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Little/Saunders's Tern (Sternula albifrons/saundersi)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)
River Tern (Sterna aurantia)
Sterna sp. (Sterna sp.)
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
large tern sp. (Hydroprogne/Thalasseus sp.)
tern sp. (Sterninae sp.)
Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
gull/tern sp. (Laridae sp.)
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
tropicbird sp. (Phaethon sp.)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
stork sp. (Ciconiidae sp.)
Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Little/Indian Cormorant (Microcarbo niger/Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
cormorant sp. (Phalacrocoracidae sp.)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
small bittern sp. (Ixobrychus sp.)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Gray/Purple Heron (Ardea cinerea/purpurea)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Great/Intermediate Egret (Ardea alba/intermedia)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
white egret sp. (Ardea/Egretta/Bubulcus sp.)
Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii)
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
pond-heron sp. (Ardeola sp.)
Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Malayan Night-Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
heron sp. (Ardeidae sp.)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)