eBird Field Checklist
Valparai Plateau
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN
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246 species (+53 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Garganey
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
old world quail sp.
Painted Bush-Quail
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sooty Tern
River Tern
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Cinnamon Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Brown 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
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
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Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
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
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
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
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
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
Larks
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Iduna sp.
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
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Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Yellow-throated Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Palani Laughingthrush
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Wayanad Laughingthrush
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Starlings and Mynas
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Malabar Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-bellied Sholakili
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
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sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Lonchura sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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