eBird Field Checklist
Theosophical Society
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L2401793
179 species (+41 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Indian Spot-billed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
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
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Painted Stork
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
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Black Baza
Booted Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Brown Boobook
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Indian Gray Hornbill
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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
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Red-necked Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Brown-rumped Minivet
minivet sp.
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Larks
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Jungle/Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
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Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
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