eBird Field Checklist
Kottayam County, Kerala, IN
ebird.org/region/IN-KL-KT
246 species (+67 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Spotted Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine 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
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
sand-plover sp.
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
jacana sp.
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
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
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
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
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
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Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Common Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
Rufous Woodpecker
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/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
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Malabar Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
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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
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Larks
Oriental Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
old world warbler sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
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
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
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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
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
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
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Old World Buntings
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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