eBird Field Checklist
Rajapalayam Water Reservoir
Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L3146422
210 species (+38 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Jungle Bush-Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
treeswift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Little Stint
Barred Buttonquail
Small Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Lesser Fish-Eagle
eagle sp.
Owls
Indian Scops-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
owl sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
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Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Woodpeckers
Malabar Flameback
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Streak-throated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
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
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
White-bellied Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Broad-tailed Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Flame-throated Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Dusky Warbler
Green Warbler
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Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
old world warbler sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Puff-throated Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Common/Jungle Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Jerdon's/Golden-fronted Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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