eBird Field Checklist
Pulicat Lake-- [TN Section]
Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L2357332
230 species (+61 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
dabbling duck sp.
Common Pochard
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Jungle Bush-Quail
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
nightjar sp.
Swifts
swiftlet sp.
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/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.
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted 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
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
Crab-Plover
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Common x Roseate Tern (hybrid)
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
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Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
grebe sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow 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
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Shikra
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
Eastern Barn Owl
Spotted Owlet
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
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Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/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
crow sp.
Larks
Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
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.
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Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
pipit sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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