eBird Field Checklist
Ernakulam County, Kerala, IN
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422 species (+151 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Jungle Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Asian/Pacific 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.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Great Eared-Nightjar
Jungle Nightjar
Jungle/Gray 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
Little 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
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
swamphen sp.
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Caspian Plover
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
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
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Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Crab-Plover
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Black-headed/Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common 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
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Jouanin's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia sp.
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Red-footed Booby
Masked Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
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cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
hornbill sp.
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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
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Indian/Indochinese Roller
roller sp.
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith 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
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
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
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Chattering Lory
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Large/Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
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
Fantails
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Black Drongo
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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
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed 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
Indian Yellow Tit
parid sp.
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Iduna sp.
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered/Red-vented Bulbul
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Greenish/Large-billed Leaf Warbler
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Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
old world warbler sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
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
Palani Laughingthrush
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Velvet-fronted/Yellow-billed Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
White-bellied Sholakili
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Chinese Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
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Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya 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
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Black-headed/Red-headed Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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