India · Kerala
Changaram Wetlands – Ezhupunna
204 species and 193,305 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
House CrowCorvus splendens
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kalamassery – HMT Estate Area29 km210 species
- Kadamakudy – Valiya Kadamakkudy29 km202 species
- Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary57 km269 species
- Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – Urulanthanni63 km240 species
- Kole Wetlands – Palakkal76 km215 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Changaram Wetlands – Ezhupunna?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Changaram Wetlands – Ezhupunna?
204 species, from 193,305 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Changaram Wetlands – Ezhupunna in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Pond Heron, Black Drongo, Brahminy Kite, Lesser Whistling Duck and Barn Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.