List of birds of South India explained
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
Quails and buttonquails
Galliformes
- Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratti
- Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
Geese and ducks
- 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
- 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
Hornbills
Common hoopoes, trogons and rollers
Kingfishers
Bee-eaters
Cuckoos and malkohas
Coucals, parrots and parakeets
Swifts
Owls
Frogmouth and nightjars
Pigeons and doves
Bustards and cranes
Crakes and rails
Sandgrouse
Woodcocks, snipes and painted-snipes
Godwits, curlews, and Tringa sandpipers
Sanderlings and stints
Jacanas and large waders
Plovers
Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles
Jaegers and gulls
Terns and noddies
Ospreys, bazas and kites
Sea and fish eagles
Vultures
Eagles
Harriers
Accipiters
Buzzards
Falcons
Grebes, cormorants and darter
Tropicbirds and boobies
Egrets
Herons
Bitterns
Flamingos, ibises and spoonbills
Storks
Pelicans and frigatebirds
Shearwaters and storm petrels
Pitta, leafbirds, and shrikes
Treepies, crows and orioles
Cuckooshrikes and minivets
Drongos
Fantails and woodshrikes
Thrushes
Flycatchers
Shortwing and chats
Starlings and mynas
Nuthatches
Creepers
Tits
Martins
Swallows
Bulbuls
Cisticolas, prinias and white-eyes
Warblers
Grassbirds
Laughingthrushes
Babblers and fulvetta
Larks
Flowerpeckers
Sunbirds and spiderhunter
Wagtails
Pipits
Sparrows
Weavers
Avadavats
Munias
Rosefinches and buntings
See also
References
- Book: H. R. Baker and Chas. M. Inglis. The Birds of Southern India, Including Madras, Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg and Mysore. 1930. Superintendent, Government Press. Madras.
- Book: Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp. Birds of Southern India. 30 November 2005. A&C Black.
