eBird Field Checklist
Vembanad Wetlands --Thollayiram Kayal
Kottayam, Kerala, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L5598981
124 species (+19 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Spotted Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Asian Koel
Swifts
Indian Swiftlet
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Kentish Plover
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
godwit sp.
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Small Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
River Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Painted Stork
stork sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little 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
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
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Pied Harrier
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Owls
Barn Owl
Jungle Owlet
Brown Boobook
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Greater/Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Peregrine Falcon
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Siberian Stonechat
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail