eBird Field Checklist
The Nilgiris County, Tamil Nadu, IN
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368 species (+107 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Bar-headed Goose
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
Painted Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing 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.
Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis sp.
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
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
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Bronze-winged Jacana
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa sp.
Temminck's Stint
Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
buttonquail sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
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Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus sp.
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Indian/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Great Hornbill
Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-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-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
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Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
asian barbet sp.
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
flameback sp.
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
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
Malabar/Common Woodshrike
Large/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
Spot-breasted Fantail
White-throated/Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail
Spot-breasted/White-browed Fantail
fantail sp.
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Hair-crested 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
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White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Parus sp.
Indian Yellow Tit
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Jerdon's/Indian Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Malabar Lark
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.
Grassbirds and Allies
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Yellow-throated Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered/Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
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
Dark-fronted Babbler
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
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Large Gray Babbler
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Wayanad Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian 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
Thrushes
Nilgiri Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Nilgiri Sholakili
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
rock-thrush sp.
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Little Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
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Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Nilgiri Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Old World Buntings
Red-headed Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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