eBird Field Checklist
Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary--Saltpans
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L5011640
179 species (+28 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Knob-billed Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Swifts
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Coot
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
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.
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird 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.
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black 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
ibis sp.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
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Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Owls
Barn Owl
Indian Scops-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Drongos
Black Drongo
Black/Ashy Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Common Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
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Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Old World Sparrows
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
pipit sp.
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