eBird Field Checklist
Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L1247586
226 species (+40 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Knob-billed Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Common Pochard
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
small swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Common Ringed Plover
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.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
Oriental Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Painted Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Cinnamon Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
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Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Cinereous Vulture
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Spotted Owlet
Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mirafra sp.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
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Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Large Gray Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Blue-throated/Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
pipit sp.
Others
bird sp.
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