India · Karnataka
Hoskote / Hosakote Kere
254 species and 177,386 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 191 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri187 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 254 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Doddanekundi Kere14 km202 species
- Varthur Kere14 km209 species
- Ferns Residency14 km132 species
- Jakkur Kere17 km208 species
- Saul Kere / Sowl Kere19 km206 species
- Yelahanka Kere19 km195 species
All 254 species recorded here
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hoskote / Hosakote Kere?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 191 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hoskote / Hosakote Kere?
254 species, from 177,386 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hoskote / Hosakote Kere in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Drongo, Indian Pond Heron, White-throated Kingfisher, Grey Heron and Pied Bush Chat.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.