India · Haryana
Basai Wetland
279 species and 54,500 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhynchaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Najafgarh Jheel Area6 km279 species
- Budhera Water Treatment Plant6 km296 species
- Chandu7 km297 species
- Sultanpur National Park9 km340 species
- Bhondsi Nature Park13 km242 species
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus19 km172 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Basai Wetland?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Basai Wetland?
279 species, from 54,500 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Basai Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Citrine Wagtail, Red-wattled Lapwing, Grey-headed Swamphen, Indian Pied Myna and Black-winged Stilt.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.