eBird Field Checklist
Vembanad Wetlands --The Lake
Kottayam, Kerala, IN
ebird.org/hotspot/L8454587
139 species (+21 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
duck sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Asian Koel
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Blyth's Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Red-wattled Lapwing
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Small Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested 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
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Buteo/eagle sp.
Owls
Spotted Owlet
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet
Woodpeckers
Black-rumped Flameback
Falcons and Caracaras
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Drongos
Black Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Jungle Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna
Thrushes
Orange-headed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
wagtail sp.