eBird Field Checklist
Kovalam salt pan
Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L15729435
95 species (+2 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Swifts
Asian Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Temminck's Stint
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
white egret sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Rollers and Allies
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Drongos
Black Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
Red-vented Bulbul
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
White-rumped Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
White-browed Wagtail