eBird Field Checklist
Tamil Nadu, IN
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288 species (+60 other taxa) -
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Indian Spot-billed Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
Jungle Bush-Quail
Jungle/Rock Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Nightjars
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
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
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
jacana sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Barred Buttonquail
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
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
Spot-billed Pelican
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
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
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ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Red-headed Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Brown-headed/White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Red-necked Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Cuckooshrikes
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
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Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Fantails
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Black Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
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
Pycnonotidae sp.
Sylviid Warblers
old world warbler sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
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Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
Palani Laughingthrush
Ashambu Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Starlings and Mynas
Southern Hill Myna
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
White-bellied Sholakili
Nilgiri Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Pale-billed/Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
White-browed Wagtail
White-browed/White Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
pipit sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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