eBird Field Checklist
Kelambakkam Backwaters
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L2602742
138 species (+20 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Indian Spot-billed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Gray Francolin
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Swifts
Asian Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Red-wattled Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
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
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black 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
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Booted Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
roller sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
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Drongos
Black Drongo
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
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
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Pied Bushchat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Red Avadavat
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
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