eBird Field Checklist
Ottiyambakkam Big Lake (ஒட்டியம்பாக்கம் பெரிய ஏரி)
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L5589897
168 species (+38 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
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
Gray Francolin
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Nightjars
Indian Nightjar
Swifts
swiftlet sp.
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruff
peep sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
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
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.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Aquila sp.
White-eyed Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Shikra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
eagle sp.
Owls
Spotted Owlet
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
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Common Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Drongos
Black Drongo
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
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Booted/Sykes's Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
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
Ploceus sp.
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
pipit sp.
Others
bird sp.