eBird Field Checklist
Thoothukudi County, Tamil Nadu, IN
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268 species (+83 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
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
Common Pochard
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Rain Quail
old world quail sp.
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
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
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Barred Buttonquail
Indian Courser
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Black-headed/Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
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Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked 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
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
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Common Buzzard
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
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
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Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
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
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy 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.
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's 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
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
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Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Passer sp.
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
pipit sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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