A list of all the birds I have seen so far. This page belonged to my birds-specific blog, but I am keeping it because this list is an effort of years of birdwatching and I hope to add many new birds to this list.

Note: The list is sorted based on the location of birdwatching, alphabetically.

Total observed: 52

Bengaluru, Karnataka

  1. Ashy prinia Prinia socialis

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  1. Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
  2. Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
  3. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
  4. Grey Heron Ardea cinere
  5. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
  6. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
  7. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
  8. Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
  9. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
  10. Shikra Accipiter badius
  11. Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
  12. Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
  13. White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

Mysore, Karnataka

  1. Brahminy kite Haliastur indus

Ranchi, Jharkhand

  1. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
  2. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
  3. Black Kite Milvus migrans
  4. Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
  5. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
  6. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
  7. Common Pigeon Columba livia
  8. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
  9. Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
  10. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
  11. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
  12. Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
  13. House Crow Corvus splendens
  14. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
  15. House Swift Apus nipalensis
  16. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos –
  17. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
  18. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
  19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  20. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
  21. Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
  22. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
  23. Pied Myna Gracupica contra
  24. Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
  25. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
  26. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
  27. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
  28. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
  29. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
  30. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
  31. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
  32. Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus
  33. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

Udhagamandalam (Ooty), Tamil Nadu

  1. Black-and-orange flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa (at Dodabetta Peak)
  2. Indian roller Coracias benghalensis
  3. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  4. Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus