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Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
Common |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Common |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
Several birds on lake |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Common |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis coromandus |
Common in fields around lake |
Indian Pond-heron |
Ardeola grayii |
Common |
Asian Openbill |
Anastomus oscitans |
7 birds feeding in fields near lake |
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
11 birds feeding in fields near lake |
Lesser Whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna javanica |
Seveal hundred birds on lake |
Cotton Pygmy-goose |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
Small numbers on lake |
Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
200 plus on lake |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Common |
Brahminy Kite |
Haliastur indus |
Common |
White-bellied Sea Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Several birds near lake with good views |
White-rumped Vulture |
Gyps bengalensis |
3 birds seen circling on thermals |
Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
2/3 birds seen in general area |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
Single bird seen in fields nearby |
Indian Spotted Eagle |
Aquila hastata |
Several birds circling on thermals |
Greater Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
Several birds circling on thermals |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
Upto 6 birds circling on thermals |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Single bird seen flying over |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Several birds seen on lake margins |
Grey-headed (Purple) Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus |
Common at this site |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
Relatively scarce here |
Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
Common |
Bronze-winged Jacana |
Metopidius indicus |
Relatively common on lake |
Yellow-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus malabaricus |
2/3 birds seen in fields nearby |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
Common in suitable locations |
Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
Upto 6 birds in fields by lakeside |
Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
Single bird flew over lake |
Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
Several birds in fields nearby |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
2/3 birds seen around lake |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Relatively common in appropriate habitats |
Southern Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis parroti |
Pair seen in fields by lakeside |
Asian Palm-swift |
Cypsiurus balasiensis |
Relatively common over lake |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
1/2 birds seen around lake |
Stork-billed Kingfisher |
Pelargopsis capensis |
1/2 birds seen around lake |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
3/4 birds seen around lake |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
2/3 birds seen around lake |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
Small flock in fields by lakeside |
Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
Single bird in fields nearby |
Eurasian Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
Single bird in fields nearby |
Black-rumped Flameback |
Dinopium benghalense |
Single bird in woods nearby |
Eurasian Crag-martin |
Hirundo rupestris |
Several birds over fields nearby |
Eurasian Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Several birds over fields nearby |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
Common |
Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica rufula |
Common |
Richard's Pipit |
Anthus richardi |
1/2 birds seen in fields nearby |
Paddyfield Pipit |
Anthus rufulus |
Relatively common in appropriate habitats |
Tawny Pipit |
Anthus campestris |
3/4 birds seen in fields nearby |
Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
Single bird seen in fields nearby |
Oriental Magpie-robin |
Copsychus saularis |
Relatively common in appropriate habitats |
Siberian Stonechat |
Saxicola maurus indicus |
Several birds seen in fields nearby |
Ashy Prinia |
Prinia socialis |
Small flock in fields by lakeside |
Purple-rumped Sunbird |
Nectarinia zeylonica |
Single male seen in trees at lakeside |
Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
Common |
House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
Common |
Grey-headed (Chestnut-tailed) Starling |
Sturnus malabaricus |
Several birds in fields nearby |
Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
Single bird in fields nearby & quite rare here |
White-rumped Munia |
Lonchura striata |
Several birds seen around lakeside |
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