Bird AlbumIndia · Karnataka
Hessaraghatta Kere
273 species and 138,734 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 210 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos210 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 273 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- GKVK Campus11 km236 species
- Doddabommasandra Kere12 km169 species
- GKVK Campus – Botanical Garden12 km166 species
- Yelahanka Kere12 km195 species
- Canara Bank Layout13 km128 species
- Bangalore Life Science Cluster13 km157 species
All 273 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hessaraghatta Kere?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 210 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hessaraghatta Kere?
273 species, from 138,734 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hessaraghatta Kere in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Black Drongo, Brahminy Kite, Common Myna and Indian Pond Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.