India · West Bengal
Gajoldoba Barrage JG
321 species and 48,575 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 205 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
GadwallMareca strepera
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mahananda WLS – Latpanchar25 km391 species
- Mahananda WLS – Rongtong and Shivakhola Forest25 km403 species
All 321 species recorded here
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gajoldoba Barrage JG?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 205 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gajoldoba Barrage JG?
321 species, from 48,575 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gajoldoba Barrage JG in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Gadwall, Little Cormorant, River Lapwing and Red-crested Pochard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.