eBird Field Checklist
Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Ernakulam, Kerala, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L14049294
224 species (+31 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Malabar Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Great Eared-Nightjar
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Shorebirds
Red-wattled Lapwing
Bronze-winged Jacana
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
white egret sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Booted Eagle
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Owls
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Brown Boobook
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared 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
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Malabar Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Malabar/Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
Rufous Woodpecker
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Common Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
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
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Large/Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Malabar Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Malabar/Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Gray-headed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
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
old world warbler sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
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Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Dark-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Rufous Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
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
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Verditer Flycatcher
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Pied Bushchat
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.
Little Spiderhunter
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Others
bird sp.
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