eBird Field Checklist
Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L2583493
221 species (+75 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Greater/Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
swiftlet sp.
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
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.
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
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
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Great Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
gull sp.
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
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Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
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
Gray/Purple Heron
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
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Spotted Owlet
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
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Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mirafra sp.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
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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
pipit sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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