eBird Field Checklist
Vellode Bird Sanctuary, Erode
Erode, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L2648608
191 species (+54 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Kentish Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Barred Buttonquail
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Brown-headed Gull
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
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
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Indian 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
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Spotted Owlet
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Indian Gray Hornbill
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Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Bristled Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Green Warbler
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Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed/Nilgiri Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
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
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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