eBird Field Checklist
The Nilgiris County, Tamil Nadu, IN
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273 species (+56 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Indian Spot-billed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Jungle Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
imperial-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
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
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Barred Buttonquail
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
River Tern
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
white egret sp.
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Red-headed Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Common Buzzard
Himalayan Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Brown Wood-Owl
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
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Asian Green Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
asian barbet sp.
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
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
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
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
Spot-breasted/White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Bronzed 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
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
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Larks
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.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
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
Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
laughingthrush sp.
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian 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
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
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White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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