List of birds of South India
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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[edit]
- Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratti
- Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
Geese and ducks[edit]
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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]
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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[edit]
- Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus
- White-cheeked barbet, Psilopogon viridis
- Malabar barbet, Psilopogon malabaricus
- Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephalus
Hornbills[edit]
- 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]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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[edit]
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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[edit]
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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[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[edit]
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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]
Sea and fish eagles[edit]
Vultures[edit]
Eagles[edit]
- 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]
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]
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[edit]
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Storks[edit]
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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[edit]
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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]
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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[edit]
- 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]
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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[edit]
- 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]
- 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]
- White-bellied shortwing
- Siberian rubythroat
- Bluethroat
- Indian blue robin
- Oriental magpie robin
- White-rumped shama
- Brown rock-chat
Starlings and mynas[edit]
- 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]
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- Barn swallow
- Pacific swallow
- Wire-tailed swallow
- Red-rumped swallow
- Streak-throated swallow
- Northern house martin
Bulbuls[edit]
- 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]
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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[edit]
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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[edit]
Laughingthrushes[edit]
- 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]
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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[edit]
Sunbirds and spiderhunter[edit]
- Purple-rumped sunbird
- Crimson-backed sunbird
- Purple sunbird
- Loten's sunbird
- Crimson sunbird
- Ruby-cheeked sunbird
- Little spiderhunter
- Olive-backed sunbird
Wagtails[edit]
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Pipits[edit]
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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[edit]
Weavers[edit]
Avadavats[edit]
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Munias[edit]
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.