List of birds of South India

This list of birds of South India includes bird from India south approximately of the Narmada River.

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 are notable bird watching locations in South India.

Francolins and spurfowls

Quails and buttonquails

Galliformes

Geese and ducks

Woodpeckers

Barbets

Hornbills

Great hornbill perched on a Mesua tree at Valparai, Tamil Nadu

Common hoopoe, trogon and rollers

Kingfishers

Bee-eaters

Cuckoos and malkohas

Blue-faced malkoha pictured in Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Coucals, parrots and parakeets

Malabar parakeet pictured in Thattekad, Kerala

Swifts

Owls

Jungle owlet pictured in Kerala

Frogmouth and nightjars

Pigeons and doves

Bustards and cranes

Crakes and rails

Baillon's crake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Sandgrouse

Woodcock, snipes and painted-snipe

Godwits, curlews, and Tringa sandpipers

Sanderling and stints

Jacanas and large waders

Great thick-knee near Mysore, Karnataka

Plovers

Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles

Jaegers and gulls

Terns and noddies

Osprey, bazas and kites

Sea and fish eagles

Vultures

Eagles

Crested serpent eagle subspecies melanotis pictured in Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu

Harrier

Accipiters

Shikra pictured in Pune, Maharashtra

Buzzards

Falcons

Grebe, cormorants and darter

Tropicbirds and boobies

Egrets

Herons

Bitterns

Flamingos, ibises and spoonbill

Storks

Pelicans and frigatebirds

Shearwaters and storm petrels

Pitta, leafbirds, and shrikes

Bay-backed shrike in Ananthagiri hills in Telangana

Treepies, crows and orioles

Cuckooshrikes and minivets

Drongos

Fantails and woodshrikes

Thrushes

Blue-capped rock thrush pictured in Nandi hills in Karnataka

Flycatchers

Shortwing and chats

Indian blue robin in Nandi hills in Karnataka

Starlings and mynas

Nuthatches

Creepers

Tits

Martins

Swallows

Bulbuls

Cisticolas, prinias and white-eye

Warblers

Grassbirds

Laughingthrushes

Babblers and fulvetta

Larks

Flowerpeckers

Sunbirds and spiderhunter

Wagtails

Pipits

Sparrows

Weavers

Avadavats

Munias

Rosefinch and buntings

See also

References

    • 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.
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