eBird Field Checklist
Kottayam County, Kerala, IN
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357 species (+118 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Knob-billed Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Ferruginous Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Asian 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
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Large/Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
nightjar sp.
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
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
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
lapwing sp.
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.
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed/Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
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pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered 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.
Storm-Petrels
storm-petrel sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White 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
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
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
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
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Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Common Buzzard
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled 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
Kingfishers
Common 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
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
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
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
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
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
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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
Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy 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
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
Jerdon's Bushlark
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
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
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.
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Leaf Warblers
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
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
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted 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
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
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
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Ploceus sp.
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Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
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
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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