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This article lists the birds found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Over 508 species of birds have been spotted in Tamil Nadu. The list also sometimes includes the local Tamil name in italics following the English common name.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Grebes • Tropicbirds • Shearwaters • Pelicans • Cormorants • Darters • Bitterns, herons and egrets • Storks • Ibises and spoonbills • Flamingos • Ducks • Hawks, kites and eagles • Falcons • Pheasants and partridges • Buttonquails • Rails, crakes and coots • Bustards • Jacanas • Avocets and stilts • Pratincoles and coursers • Plovers and lapwings • Sandpipers and allies • Snipes and curlew • Gulls • Terns • Sandgrouses • Doves and pigeons • Parrots and parakeets • Cuckoos • Barn owls • Typical owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Trogons • Kingfishers • Bee-eaters • Rollers and hoopoe • Hornbills • Barbets • Woodpeckers

Emerald dove, the state bird of Tamil Nadu

Passerines: Pitta and larks • Swallows and martins • Wagtails and pipits • Cuckoo-shrikes • Bulbuls • Thrushes and allies • Cisticolas and allies • Old World warblers • Old World flycatchers • Babblers • Titmice • Nuthatches • Sunbirds and spiderhunters • Flowerpeckers • White-eyes • Old World orioles • Shrikes • Woodshrikes • Drongos • Woodswallows • Crows and treepies • Starlings • Weavers • Buntings • Finches • Waxbills and allies • Sparrows

See also        Notes        References

Grebes

Little grebe in Kodaikanal Lake

Tropicbirds

Shearwaters

Pelicans

Spot-billed pelicans in Singanallur Lake

Cormorants

Cormorants and egrets in Singanallur Lake

Darters

Bitterns, herons and egrets

Cattle egret
Purple heron pictured in Sulur Lake, Coimbatore

Storks

Painted storks in Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Asian openbill storks in Tirunelveli

Ibises and spoonbills

Glossy ibises in Singanallur Lake

Flamingos

Ducks

A flock of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) at Koonthakulam Bird Sanctuary, Tirunelveli District

Hawks, kites and eagles

Crested serpent eagle subspecies melanotis pictured in Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Brahminiy kites in Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Falcons

Pheasants and partridges

Indian peafowl in Mudumalai National Park

Buttonquails

Rails, crakes and coots

Purple moorhen in Singanallur lake

Bustards

Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed jacana

Avocets and stilts

Black-winged stilt in Singanallur Lake

Pratincoles and coursers

Plovers and lapwings

Sandpipers and allies

Snipes and curlew

Eurasian curlew pictured in Kelambakkam

Gulls

Terns

Sandgrouses

Doves and pigeons

Eurasian collared dove in the Nilgiris

Parrots and parakeets

Cuckoos

Asian koel - male, pictured in Tirunelveli
Blue-faced malkoha pictured in Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore

Barn owls

Typical owls

Nightjars

Indian nightjar in Nanmangalam

Swifts

Trogons

Malabar trogon photographed in Anaimalai hills

Kingfishers

Bee-eaters

Chestnut-headed bee-eater in Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
Green bee-eater in Coimbatore

Rollers and hoopoe

Hornbills

Great hornbill perched on a Mesua tree at Valparai

Barbets

Woodpeckers

Golden-backed woodpecker Arumuganeri, Tamil Nadu

Pitta and larks

Swallows and martins

Wagtails and pipits

Cuckoo-shrikes

Bulbuls

Red-vented bulbul in Tirunelveli
Red-whiskered bulbul

Thrushes and allies

White-bellied shortwing in Ooty

Cisticola and allies

Old World warblers

Old World flycatchers

Female pied bushchat, Coimbatore
Black-naped monarch in Niligiris
Asian paradise flycatcher at the foothills of Palani Hills

Babblers

Yellow-billed babblers in Mulli

Titmice

Nuthatches

Sunbirds and spiderhunters

Purple sunbird spotted in Tirunelveli

Flowerpeckers

White-eyes

Old World orioles

Shrikes

Woodshrikes

Drongos

Woodswallows

Crows and treepies

White-bellied treepie in Anamalai
House crow in Tirunelveli
Rufous treepie captured at Budalur, Thanjavur (Dt).

Starlings

Chestnut-tailed starling in Anamalai

Weavers

Buntings

Finches

Waxbills and allies

Sparrows

Munias

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sridhar, TR (1987). "Tropic Bird in Madras". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 27(1-2): 10–12.
  2. ^ Stig Toft Madsen (2006). "Mind the Shearwaters". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 36.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j L. Joseph Reginald, C. Mahendran, S. Suresh Kumar and P. Pramod (December 2007). "Birds of Singanallur lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal. 22 (12): 2944–2948.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b G. Thirumalai and S. Krishnan (July 2005). Pictorial Handbook: Birds Of Chennai. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India.
  5. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoopaa/422288946/
  6. ^ http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/feb102001/378.pdf
  7. ^ a b c V. Gokula and Lalitha Vijayan (2000). "Foraging pattern of birds during the breeding season in thorn forest of Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, Southern India". Tropical Ecology. 41 (2): 195–208.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Birds of Tamil Nadu.
  • K. Ratnam (November 2004). Birds Of Tamil Nadu. Chennai: Manivaasagar Pathippagam.
  • K. Ratnam (May 1998). Tamilil Paravai Peyargal. Sulur, Coimbatore District: Ulagam Veliyeedu.
  • Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Tim (2005). Birds Of southern India. London: Christopher Helm.
  • M. A. Badshah. Checklist of birds of Tamil Nadu with English, Scientific and Tamil names. Chennai: Forest Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.
  • Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore, Annual report, 2006-2007
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