eBird Field Checklist
Kancheepuram County, Tamil Nadu, IN
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265 species (+78 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Knob-billed Duck
goose sp.
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
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.
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Black-crowned 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
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
White-naped Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
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Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/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
Bristled Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sp.
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
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Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Black Redstart
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed 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
Black-breasted Weaver
Ploceus sp.
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
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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