List of birds of Singanallur Lake explained

This is a list of the birds found at Singanallur Lake in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Over 100 species of birds have been spotted in the lake. The list includes the name in Tamil.

Non-passerines

Cormorants

• Little cormorant, chinna neer kagam
• Indian cormorant, kondai neer kagam
• Great cormorant, peria neer kagam

Herons and egrets

• Little egret, chinna kokku
• Purple heron, sen narai
• Grey heron, sambal narai
• Great egret, peria kokku
• Intermediate egret, naduthara kokku
• Cattle egret, unni kokku
• Indian pond heron, kuruttu kokku
• Black-crowned night heron, erakokku
• Western reef egret

Storks

• Painted stork, manjal mooku narai
• Woolly-necked stork, sengaal narai

Ibis and spoonbill

• Glossy ibis, arival mookkan
• Black-headed ibis, vellai arival mookkan
• Eurasian spoonbill, karandivayan

Kites and harriers

• Black kite, kalla parundhu
• Brahminy kite, semparundhu
• Western marsh harrier, setru poonai parundhu
• Pallid harrier, poonai parundhu
• Pied harrier, vellai poonai parundhu
• Shikra, valluru

Ducks

• Gadwall, karuval vathu
• Indian spot-billed duck, pulli mookku vathu
• Northern shoveler, andi vathu
• Garganey, neela chiragi
• Common teal, kiluvai

Francolin and fowl

• Grey francolin, kowdhari
• Indian peafowl, neela mayil

Crakes and rail

• White-breasted waterhen, kambul kozhi
• Little crake, chinna kaanan kozhi
• Ruddy-breasted crake, sivappu kaanaan kozhi
• Water cock, thanneer kozhi
• Grey-headed swamphen, neela thazhai kozhi
• Common moorhen, thaazhai kozhi
• Common coot, naamak kozhi

Jacanas

• Pheasant-tailed jacana, neela vaal ilai kozhi

Plovers and lapwings

• Little ringed plover, pattani uppukkothi
• Yellow-wattled lapwing, sivappu mookku aalkatti
• Red-wattled lapwing

Godwit, sandpipers and stilt

• Black-tailed godwit, karuvaal mukkan
• Marsh sandpiper, chinna pachai kaali
• Wood sandpiper, pori ullan
• Common sandpiper, ullan
• Black-winged stilt, nedungaal ullan

Terns

• Common tern, aala
• Black-bellied tern, karuppu vayitru aala

Doves and pigeons

• Blue rock pigeon, mada pura
• Little brown dove, chinna thavittu pura
• Spotted dove, pulli pura

Parakeet

• Rose-ringed parakeet, senthaar pynkili

Cuckoos

• Jacobin cuckoo, sudalai kuyil
• Asian koel, kokilam
• Greater coucal, shenbagam

Owls

• Spotted owlet, pulli aandhai

Swifts

• Asian palm swift, panai uzhavaran
• House swift, nattu uzhavaran

Kingfishers

• Small blue kingfisher, siraal meenkothi
• Stork-billed kingfisher, peria alagu meenkothi
• White-breasted kingfisher, venmaarbu meenkothi
• Pied kingfisher, karuppu vellai meenkothi

Bee-eaters

• Green bee-eater, pachai panchuruttan
• Blue-tailed bee-eater, neelawal panchuruttan
• Chestnut-headed bee-eater, chenthalai panchuruttan

Rollers and hoopoe

• Indian roller, panangadai
• Hoopoe, kondalathi

Barbets

• Coppersmith barbet, chemmarbu kukkuruvaan

Woodpeckers

• Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, ponmudhugu maram kothi

Other non-passerines

• Little grebe, mukkulippan
• Spot-billed pelican, kuzhai kada
• Darter, pambu thara
• Common redshank, pavazha kaali

Passerines

Larks

• Indian bushlark, sivappu irakkai vaanambadi
• Oriental skylark, chinna vaanambadi

Martin and swallows

• Barn swallow, thagaivilaan
• Red-rumped swallow, sivappu pitta thagaivilaan

Wagtails and pipit

• White wagtail, vellai vaalatti
• Large pied wagtail, karuppu vellai vaalatti
• yellow wagtail, manjal vaalatti
• Grey wagtail, karum saambal vaalatti
• Paddyfield pipit, vayal nettai kaali

Shrikes and woodshrikes

• Brown shrike, pazhuppu keechaan
• Rufous-backed shrike, chemmudhugu keechaan
• Common woodshrike, kattu keechaan

Bulbuls

• Red-whiskered bulbul, sivappu meesai chinnaan
• Red-vented bulbul, chinnaan

Robin and chats

• Indian robin, karunchittu
• Common stonechat, kalkuruvi
• Pied bushchat, karuppu vellai pudhar chittu

Laughingthrushes

• Yellow-billed babbler, venthalai silamban

Warblers, prinias and tailorbird

• Zitting cisticola, karungottu kadhirkuruvi
• Ashy prinia, saambal kadhirkuruvi
• Paddyfield warbler, vayal kadhirkuruvi
• Blyth's reed warbler, blyth naanal kadhirkuruvi
• Clamorous reed warbler, naanal kadhirkuruvi
• Common tailorbird, thaiyal chittu
• Greenish warbler, pachai kadhirkuruvi
• Eastern Orphean warbler, karunthalai kathirkuruvi

Flycatchers

• Indian paradise flycatcher, arasawal eppidippan

Flowerpeckers

• Tickell's flowerpecker, tickell malar kothi

Sunbirds

• Purple-rumped sunbird, oodha pitta thenchittu
• Purple sunbird, oodha thenchittu

Munias

• White-rumped munia, venmudhugu munia
• Spotted munia, pulli chillai
• Tricolored munia, karunthalai chillai

Sparrows

• House sparrow, chittu

Weavers

• Baya weaver, tookanag kuruvi

Starling and myna

• Rosy starling, chollakkuruvi
• Common myna, naganavaai

Orioles

• Indian golden oriole, maangkuil
• Black-headed oriole, karunthalai maangkuil

Drongos

• Black drongo, karung karichaan

Crows and treepies

• Indian treepie, vaal kakkai
• House crow, kakkai
• Jungle crow, andam kakkai

References

• Birds of Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu