List of birds of South India
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This list of birds of South India includes bird from India south approximately of the Narmada River.
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 are notable bird watching locations in South India.
Francolins and spurfowls
- Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
- Grey francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
- Red spurfowl, Galloperdix spadicea
- Painted spurfowl, Galloperdix lunulata
Quails and buttonquails
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus
- White-cheeked barbet, Psilopogon viridis
- Malabar barbet, Psilopogon malabaricus
- Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephalus
Hornbills
- 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 hoopoe, trogon and rollers
- Common hoopoe, Upupa epops
- Malabar trogon, Harpactes fasciatus
- European roller, Coracias garrulus
- Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis
- Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis
Kingfishers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Indian swiftlet
- White-rumped needletail
- Brown-backed needletail
- Asian palm swift
- Alpine swift
- Common swift
- Blyth's swift
- House swift
- Crested treeswift
Owls
- 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
- Sri Lanka frogmouth
- Great eared nightjar
- Grey nightjar
- Large-tailed nightjar
- Jerdon's nightjar
- Indian nightjar
- Savanna nightjar
Pigeons and doves
- 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
Crakes and rails
- Baillon's crake
- Ruddy-breasted crake
- Spotted crake
- Watercock
- Grey-headed swamphen
- Common moorhen
- Common coot
Sandgrouse
Woodcock, snipes and painted-snipe
- 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
Sanderling and stints
- 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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- Pheasant-tailed jacana
- Bronze-winged jacana
- Eurasian thick-knee
- Great thick-knee
- Eurasian oystercatcher
- Black-winged stilt
- Pied avocet
- Crab-plover
Plovers
- Pacific golden plover
- Grey plover
- Common ringed plover
- Little ringed plover
- Kentish plover
- Lesser sand plover
- Greater sand plover
Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles
- 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
- 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
Osprey, bazas and kites
Sea and fish eagles
Vultures
Eagles
- 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
Harrier
Accipiters
Buzzards
Falcons
- Lesser kestrel
- Common kestrel
- Red-necked falcon
- Amur falcon
- Eurasian hobby
- Oriental hobby
- Laggar falcon
- Peregrine falcon
Grebe, cormorants and darter
Tropicbirds and boobies
Egrets
Herons
- Grey heron
- Purple heron
- Indian pond heron
- Little heron
- Black-crowned night heron
- Malayan night heron
Bitterns
Flamingos, ibises and spoonbill
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Storks
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- Painted stork
- Asian openbill
- Woolly-necked stork
- White stork
- Black stork
- Black-necked stork
- Lesser adjutant
- Greater adjutant
Pelicans and frigatebirds
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Shearwaters and storm petrels
- Wedge-tailed shearwater
- Flesh-footed shearwater
- Audubon's shearwater
- Wilson's storm petrel
- Swinhoe's storm petrel
Pitta, leafbirds, and shrikes
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- 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
- Rufous treepie
- Grey treepie
- White-bellied treepie
- House crow
- Large-billed crow
- Indian golden oriole
- Black-naped oriole
- Black-hooded oriole
Cuckooshrikes and minivets
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- 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
- Black drongo
- Ashy drongo
- White-bellied drongo
- Bronzed drongo
- Spangled drongo
- Greater racket-tailed drongo
Fantails and woodshrikes
- White-throated fantail
- White-browed fantail
- Black-naped monarch
- Indian paradise flycatcher
- Common iora
- Large woodshrike
- Common woodshrike
Thrushes
- Blue-capped rock thrush
- Blue rock thrush
- Malabar whistling thrush
- Pied thrush
- Orange-headed thrush
- Scaly thrush
- Tickell's thrush
- Eurasian blackbird
Flycatchers
- Asian brown flycatcher
- Rusty-tailed flycatcher
- Brown-breasted flycatcher
- Red-throated flycatcher
- Kashmir flycatcher
- Ultramarine flycatcher
- Black-and-orange flycatcher
- Yellow-rumped flycatcher
Shortwing and chats
- White-bellied shortwing
- Siberian rubythroat
- Bluethroat
- Indian blue robin
- Oriental magpie robin
- White-rumped shama
- Brown rock-chat
Starlings and mynas
- Chestnut-tailed starling
- Brahminy starling
- Rosy starling
- Common starling
- Asian pied starling
- Common myna
- Bank myna
- Jungle myna
- Hill myna
Nuthatches
Creepers
Tits
Martins
Swallows
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- Barn swallow
- Pacific swallow
- Wire-tailed swallow
- Red-rumped swallow
- Streak-throated swallow
- Northern house martin
Bulbuls
- 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-eye
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- Zitting cisticola
- Bright-headed cisticola
- Rufous-fronted prinia
- Rufescent prinia
- Grey-breasted prinia
- Jungle prinia
- Ashy prinia
- Plain prinia
- Indian white-eye
Warblers
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- 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
Laughingthrushes
- Wynaad laughingthrush
- Nilgiri laughingthrush
- Banasura laughingthrush
- Palani laughingthrush
- Ashambu laughingthrush
Babblers and fulvetta
- 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
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- 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
Sunbirds and spiderhunter
- Purple-rumped sunbird
- Crimson-backed sunbird
- Purple sunbird
- Loten's sunbird
- Crimson sunbird
- Ruby-cheeked sunbird
- Little spiderhunter
- Olive-backed sunbird
Wagtails
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Pipits
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- Richard's pipit
- Paddyfield pipit
- Tawny pipit
- Blyth's pipit
- Long-billed pipit
- Tree pipit
- Olive-backed pipit
- Red-throated pipit
- Nilgiri pipit
Sparrows
Weavers
Avadavats
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Munias
Rosefinch and buntings
- Common rosefinch
- Crested bunting
- Grey-necked bunting
- Striolated bunting
- Black-headed bunting
- Red-headed bunting
See also
References
- 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.