List of birds of South India
Appearance
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This list of birds of South India includes birds from India south approximately of the Narmada River.
Notable bird watching locations in South India include Rollapadu in Andhra Pradesh; Nagarhole National Park and Bandipur National Park in Karnataka; Rajamalai (Eravikulam National Park) and Periyar National Park in Kerala; Mudumalai National Park, Udhagamandalam, Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Anamalai; Vedanthangal and Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Kodikkarai, Tamil Nadu.
Francolins and spurfowls
[edit]- Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
- Grey francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
- Red spurfowl, Galloperdix spadicea
- Painted spurfowl, Galloperdix lunulata
Quails and buttonquails
[edit]- Blue-breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis
- Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
- Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica
- Jungle bush quail, Perdicula asiatica
- Rock bush quail, Perdicula argoondah
- Painted bush quail, Perdicula erythrorhyncha
- Small buttonquail, Turnix sylvatica
- Yellow-legged buttonquail, Turnix tanki
- Barred buttonquail, Turnix suscitator
Galliformes
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- Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratti
- Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
Geese and ducks
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- Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser whistling-duck, Dendrocygna javanica
- Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotus
- Pink-headed duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Historic)
- Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandalianus
- Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
- Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
- Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
- Gadwall, Mareca strepera
- Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- Indian spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
- Common teal, Anas crecca
- Northern pintail, Anas acuta
- Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
- Garganey, Spatula querquedula
- Red-crested pochard, Rhodonessa rufina
- Common pochard, Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous pochard, Aythya nyroca
- Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
Woodpeckers
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Black-rumped_Flameback_%28Dinopium_benghalense%29_in_Hyderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_8011.jpg/220px-Black-rumped_Flameback_%28Dinopium_benghalense%29_in_Hyderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_8011.jpg)
- Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
- Speckled piculet, Picumnus innominatus
- Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, Dendrocopos nanus
- Fulvous-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos macei (northern Eastern Ghats)
- Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Dendrocopos mahrattenis
- Rufous woodpecker, Celeus brachyurus
- Heart-spotted woodpecker, Hemicircus canente
- White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
- Lesser yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
- Greater yellownape, Picus flavinucha
- Streak-throated woodpecker, Picus xanthopygaeus
- Common flameback, Dinopium javanese
- Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense
- Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus
- White-naped woodpecker, Chrysocalptes festivus
Barbets
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Megalaima_viridis_-Bangalore-6.jpg/220px-Megalaima_viridis_-Bangalore-6.jpg)
- Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus
- White-cheeked barbet, Psilopogon viridis
- Malabar barbet, Psilopogon malabaricus
- Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephalus
Hornbills
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Great-Hornbill.jpg/220px-Great-Hornbill.jpg)
- Malabar grey hornbill, Ocyceros griseus
- Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris
- Malabar pied hornbill, Anthracoceros coronatus
- Oriental pied hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris
- Great hornbill, Buceros bicornis
Common hoopoes, trogons and rollers
[edit]- Common hoopoe, Upupa epops
- Malabar trogon, Harpactes fasciatus
- European roller, Coracias garrulus
- Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis
- Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis
Kingfishers
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Stork-billed_Kingfisher.jpg/220px-Stork-billed_Kingfisher.jpg)
- Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
- Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
- Blue-eared kingfisher, Alcedo meninting
- Oriental dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx erithacus
- Stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
- White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
- Collared kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris
Bee-eaters
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- Blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni
- Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis
- Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus
- Blue-tailed bee-eater, Merops philippinus
- European bee-eater, Merops apiaster
- Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti
Cuckoos and malkohas
[edit]- Pied cuckoo
- Chestnut-winged cuckoo
- Large hawk-cuckoo
- Common hawk-cuckoo
- Indian cuckoo
- Eurasian cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
- Lesser cuckoo
- Banded bay cuckoo
- Grey-bellied cuckoo
- Drongo cuckoo
- Asian koel
- Green-billed malkoha
- Blue-faced malkoha
- Sirkeer malkoha
Coucals, parrots and parakeets
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- Greater coucal
- Lesser coucal
- Vernal hanging parrot
- Alexandrine parakeet
- Rose-ringed parakeet
- Plum-headed parakeet
- Malabar parakeet
Swifts
[edit]- Indian swiftlet
- White-rumped needletail
- Brown-backed needletail
- Asian palm swift
- Alpine swift
- Common swift
- Blyth's swift
- House swift
- Crested treeswift
Owls
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jungle_Owlet_Couple.jpg/220px-Jungle_Owlet_Couple.jpg)
- Barn owl
- Grass owl
- Oriental bay owl
- Pallid scops owl
- Oriental scops owl
- Collared scops owl
- Jungle owlet
- Spotted owlet
- Forest owlet
- Eurasian eagle owl
- Spot-bellied eagle owl
- Dusky eagle owl
- Brown fish owl
- Mottled wood owl
- Brown wood owl
- Brown hawk-owl
- Short-eared owl
Frogmouth and nightjars
[edit]- Sri Lanka frogmouth
- Great eared nightjar
- Grey nightjar
- Large-tailed nightjar
- Jerdon's nightjar
- Indian nightjar
- Savanna nightjar
Pigeons and doves
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Columba_elphinstonii.jpg/220px-Columba_elphinstonii.jpg)
- Rock pigeon
- Nilgiri wood pigeon
- Pale-capped pigeon
- Oriental turtle dove
- Laughing dove
- Spotted dove
- Red collared dove
- Eurasian collared dove
- Emerald dove
- Orange-breasted green pigeon
- Grey-fronted green pigeon
- Yellow-footed green pigeon
- Green imperial pigeon
- Mountain imperial pigeon
Bustards and cranes
[edit]Crakes and rails
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Purple_Moore_Hen.jpg/220px-Purple_Moore_Hen.jpg)
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- Baillon's crake
- Ruddy-breasted crake
- Spotted crake
- Watercock
- Grey-headed swamphen
- Common moorhen
- Common coot
Sandgrouse
[edit]Woodcocks, snipes and painted-snipes
[edit]- Eurasian woodcock
- Wood snipe
- Pintail snipe
- Swinhoe's snipe
- Common snipe
- Jack snipe
- Greater painted-snipe
Godwits, curlews, and Tringa sandpipers
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- Black-tailed godwit
- Bar-tailed godwit
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian curlew
- Spotted redshank
- Common redshank
- Marsh sandpiper
- Common greenshank
- Green sandpiper
- Wood sandpiper
- Terek sandpiper
- Common sandpiper
- Ruddy turnstone
- Asian dowitcher
- Great knot
- Red knot
Sanderlings and stints
[edit]- Sanderling
- Little stint
- Red-necked stint
- Temminck's stint
- Long-toed stint
- Dunlin
- Curlew sandpiper
- Spoon-billed sandpiper
- Broad-billed sandpiper
- Ruff
- Red-necked phalarope
Jacanas and large waders
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![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Stone_plover.jpg/220px-Stone_plover.jpg)
- Pheasant-tailed jacana
- Bronze-winged jacana
- Eurasian thick-knee
- Great thick-knee
- Eurasian oystercatcher
- Black-winged stilt
- Pied avocet
- Crab-plover
Plovers
[edit]- Pacific golden plover
- Grey plover
- Common ringed plover
- Little ringed plover
- Kentish plover
- Lesser sand plover
- Greater sand plover
Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles
[edit]- Yellow-wattled lapwing
- River lapwing
- Red-wattled lapwing
- Sociable lapwing
- White-tailed lapwing
- Grey-headed lapwing
- Jerdon's courser
- Indian courser
- Oriental pratincole
- Small pratincole
Jaegers and gulls
[edit]- Pomarine jaeger
- Parasitic jaeger
- Sooty gull
- Heuglin's gull
- Caspian gull
- Pallas's gull
- Brown-headed gull
- Black-headed gull
- Slender-billed gull
- Indian skimmer
Terns and noddies
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- Gull-billed tern
- Caspian tern
- River tern
- Lesser crested tern
- Great crested tern
- Sandwich tern
- Roseate tern
- Black-naped tern
- Common tern
- Little tern
- Saunders's tern
- White-cheeked tern
- Black-bellied tern
- White tern
- Bridled tern
- Sooty tern
- Whiskered tern
- White-winged tern
- Brown noddy
- Lesser noddy
Ospreys, bazas and kites
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brahminy_kite2.jpg/220px-Brahminy_kite2.jpg)
Sea and fish eagles
[edit]Vultures
[edit]Eagles
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- Black eagle
- Short-toed snake eagle
- Crested serpent eagle
- Indian spotted eagle
- Greater spotted eagle
- Tawny eagle
- Steppe eagle
- Bonelli's eagle
- Booted eagle
- Rufous-bellied eagle
- Changeable hawk-eagle
- Mountain hawk-eagle
Harriers
[edit]Accipiters
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/ShikraPune.jpg/220px-ShikraPune.jpg)
Buzzards
[edit]Falcons
[edit]- Lesser kestrel
- Common kestrel
- Red-necked falcon
- Amur falcon
- Eurasian hobby
- Oriental hobby
- Laggar falcon
- Peregrine falcon
Grebes, cormorants and darter
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Snake_bird_nesting.jpg/220px-Snake_bird_nesting.jpg)
Tropicbirds and boobies
[edit]Egrets
[edit]Herons
[edit]- Grey heron
- Purple heron
- Indian pond heron
- Little heron
- Black-crowned night heron
- Malayan night heron
Bitterns
[edit]Flamingos, ibises and spoonbills
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Storks
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Asian_Openbill_%28Anastomus_oscitans%29-_Immatures_in_Uppalpadu%2C_AP_I_IMG_2770.jpg/220px-Asian_Openbill_%28Anastomus_oscitans%29-_Immatures_in_Uppalpadu%2C_AP_I_IMG_2770.jpg)
- Painted stork
- Asian openbill
- Woolly-necked stork
- White stork
- Black stork
- Black-necked stork
- Lesser adjutant
- Greater adjutant
Pelicans and frigatebirds
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Spot-billed_Pelican_%28Pelecanus_philippensis%29_in_Uppalapadu%2C_AP_W_IMG_3330.jpg/220px-Spot-billed_Pelican_%28Pelecanus_philippensis%29_in_Uppalapadu%2C_AP_W_IMG_3330.jpg)
Shearwaters and storm petrels
[edit]- Wedge-tailed shearwater
- Flesh-footed shearwater
- Audubon's shearwater
- Wilson's storm petrel
- Swinhoe's storm petrel
Pitta, leafbirds, and shrikes
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bay-backed_Shrike_%28Lanius_vittatus%29_in_Anantgiri%2C_AP_W_IMG_8868.jpg/220px-Bay-backed_Shrike_%28Lanius_vittatus%29_in_Anantgiri%2C_AP_W_IMG_8868.jpg)
- Indian pitta
- Asian fairy bluebird
- Blue-winged leafbird
- Golden-fronted leafbird
- Rufous-tailed shrike
- Brown shrike
- Bay-backed shrike
- Long-tailed shrike
- Great grey shrike
Treepies, crows and orioles
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/White-bellied_Treepie-Dendrocitta_leucogastra-2.jpg/220px-White-bellied_Treepie-Dendrocitta_leucogastra-2.jpg)
- Rufous treepie
- Grey treepie
- White-bellied treepie
- House crow
- Large-billed crow
- Indian golden oriole
- Black-naped oriole
- Black-hooded oriole
Cuckooshrikes and minivets
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Black-headed_Cuckooshrike_%28Coracina_melanoptera%29_W_IMG_5710.jpg/220px-Black-headed_Cuckooshrike_%28Coracina_melanoptera%29_W_IMG_5710.jpg)
- Ashy woodswallow
- Large cuckooshrike
- Black-winged cuckooshrike
- Black-headed cuckooshrike
- Rosy minivet
- Ashy minivet
- Small minivet
- White-bellied minivet
- Scarlet minivet
- Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike
Drongos
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Greater_Racket-Tailed_Drongo-1.jpg/220px-Greater_Racket-Tailed_Drongo-1.jpg)
- Black drongo
- Ashy drongo
- White-bellied drongo
- Bronzed drongo
- Spangled drongo
- Greater racket-tailed drongo
Fantails and woodshrikes
[edit]- White-throated fantail
- White-browed fantail
- Black-naped monarch
- Indian paradise flycatcher
- Common iora
- Large woodshrike
- Common woodshrike
Thrushes
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Monticola_cinclorhynchus.jpg/220px-Monticola_cinclorhynchus.jpg)
- Blue-capped rock thrush
- Blue rock thrush
- Malabar whistling thrush
- Pied thrush
- Orange-headed thrush
- Scaly thrush
- Tickell's thrush
- Eurasian blackbird
Flycatchers
[edit]- Asian brown flycatcher
- Rusty-tailed flycatcher
- Brown-breasted flycatcher
- Red-throated flycatcher
- Kashmir flycatcher
- Ultramarine flycatcher
- Black-and-orange flycatcher
- Yellow-rumped flycatcher
- Nilgiri flycatcher
- Verditer flycatcher
Shortwing and chats
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Luscinia_brunnea.jpg/220px-Luscinia_brunnea.jpg)
- White-bellied shortwing
- Siberian rubythroat
- Bluethroat
- Indian blue robin
- Oriental magpie robin
- White-rumped shama
- Brown rock-chat
Starlings and mynas
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Acridotheres_fuscus_south.jpg/220px-Acridotheres_fuscus_south.jpg)
- Chestnut-tailed starling
- Brahminy starling
- Rosy starling
- Common starling
- Asian pied starling
- Common myna
- Bank myna
- Jungle myna
- Hill myna
Nuthatches
[edit]Creepers
[edit]Tits
[edit]Martins
[edit]Swallows
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Red-rumped_Swallow_%28Hirundo_daurica%29_collecting_mud_for_nest_W_IMG_7985.jpg/220px-Red-rumped_Swallow_%28Hirundo_daurica%29_collecting_mud_for_nest_W_IMG_7985.jpg)
- Barn swallow
- Pacific swallow
- Wire-tailed swallow
- Red-rumped swallow
- Streak-throated swallow
- Northern house martin
Bulbuls
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Red-vented_Bulbuls.jpg/220px-Red-vented_Bulbuls.jpg)
- Grey-headed bulbul
- Black-crested bulbul
- Red-whiskered bulbul
- Red-vented bulbul
- Yellow-throated bulbul
- White-browed bulbul
- Yellow-browed bulbul
- Square-tailed bulbul
Cisticolas, prinias and white-eyes
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Ashy_Prinia_%28Prinia_socialis%29_at_Secunderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_6578.jpg/220px-Ashy_Prinia_%28Prinia_socialis%29_at_Secunderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_6578.jpg)
- Zitting cisticola
- Bright-headed cisticola
- Rufous-fronted prinia
- Rufescent prinia
- Grey-breasted prinia
- Jungle prinia
- Ashy prinia
- Plain prinia
- Indian white-eye
Warblers
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Blyth%27s_Reed_Warbler.jpg/220px-Blyth%27s_Reed_Warbler.jpg)
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Common_Tailorbird_%28Orthotomus_sutorius%29_in_Hyderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_7561.jpg/220px-Common_Tailorbird_%28Orthotomus_sutorius%29_in_Hyderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_7561.jpg)
- Pale-footed bush warbler
- Grasshopper warbler
- Paddyfield warbler
- Blyth's reed warbler
- Clamorous reed warbler
- Booted warbler
- Common tailorbird
- Common chiffchaff
- Dusky warbler
- Tickell's leaf warbler
- Sulphur-bellied warbler
- Hume's warbler
- Greenish warbler
- Large-billed leaf warbler
- Tytler's leaf warbler
- Western crowned warbler
- Green-crowned warbler
- Lesser whitethroat
- Orphean warbler
Grassbirds
[edit]Laughingthrushes
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Grey-breasted_Laughingthrush.jpg/220px-Grey-breasted_Laughingthrush.jpg)
- Wynaad laughingthrush
- Nilgiri laughingthrush
- Banasura laughingthrush
- Palani laughingthrush
- Ashambu laughingthrush
Babblers and fulvetta
[edit]- Abbott's babbler
- Puff-throated babbler
- Indian scimitar babbler
- Rufous-fronted babbler
- Tawny-bellied babbler
- Dark-fronted babbler
- Striped tit babbler
- Yellow-eyed babbler
- Common babbler
- Large grey babbler
- Rufous babbler
- Jungle babbler
- Yellow-billed babbler
- Brown-cheeked fulvetta
Larks
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Rufous-tailed_Lark_%28Ammomanes_phoenicurus%29_in_Kawal_WS%2C_AP_W_IMG_2004.jpg/220px-Rufous-tailed_Lark_%28Ammomanes_phoenicurus%29_in_Kawal_WS%2C_AP_W_IMG_2004.jpg)
- Singing bushlark
- Indian bushlark
- Jerdon's bushlark
- Ashy-crowned sparrow lark
- Rufous-tailed lark
- Greater short-toed lark
- Crested lark
- Malabar lark
- Sykes's lark
- Oriental skylark
Flowerpeckers
[edit]Sunbirds and spiderhunter
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Little_spiderhunter_India.jpg/220px-Little_spiderhunter_India.jpg)
- Purple-rumped sunbird
- Crimson-backed sunbird
- Purple sunbird
- Loten's sunbird
- Crimson sunbird
- Ruby-cheeked sunbird
- Little spiderhunter
- Olive-backed sunbird
Wagtails
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/White-browed_Wagtail_%28Motacilla_maderaspatensis%29_carrying_feed_for_the_chicks_W_IMG_2622.jpg/220px-White-browed_Wagtail_%28Motacilla_maderaspatensis%29_carrying_feed_for_the_chicks_W_IMG_2622.jpg)
Pipits
[edit]- Richard's pipit
- Paddyfield pipit
- Tawny pipit
- Blyth's pipit
- Long-billed pipit
- Tree pipit
- Olive-backed pipit
- Red-throated pipit
- Nilgiri pipit
Sparrows
[edit]Weavers
[edit]Avadavats
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Red_Avadavat_%28Amandava_amandava%29_W_IMG_4408.jpg/220px-Red_Avadavat_%28Amandava_amandava%29_W_IMG_4408.jpg)
Munias
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Lonchura_striata_547.jpg/220px-Lonchura_striata_547.jpg)
Rosefinches and buntings
[edit]- Common rosefinch
- Crested bunting
- Grey-necked bunting
- Striolated bunting
- Black-headed bunting
- Red-headed bunting
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- H. R. Baker and Chas. M. Inglis (1930). The Birds of Southern India, Including Madras, Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg and Mysore. Madras: Superintendent, Government Press.
- Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp (30 November 2005). Birds of Southern India. A&C Black.