eBird Field Checklist
Madurai County, Tamil Nadu, IN
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320 species (+104 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
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine 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
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
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
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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
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
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
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Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated 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
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Brown-headed/White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Streak-throated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Laggar 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
Coracina sp.
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
Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
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Jerdon's Bushlark
Indian Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Greater Short-toed/Hume's 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
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed 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
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
old world warbler sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed/Malabar Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
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Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Blue Rock-Thrush
rock-thrush sp.
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
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
leafbird sp.
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
estrildid finch sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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