India · Karnataka
IISc Bangalore
195 species and 52,055 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Doddabommasandra Kere6 km169 species
- Canara Bank Layout6 km128 species
- Bangalore Life Science Cluster6 km157 species
- GKVK Campus – Botanical Garden7 km166 species
- GKVK Campus8 km236 species
- Lalbagh Botanical Gardens8 km181 species
All 195 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at IISc Bangalore?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at IISc Bangalore?
195 species, from 52,055 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at IISc Bangalore in November?
The most recorded in November: White-cheeked Barbet, Black Kite, Large-billed Crow, Purple-rumped Sunbird and Oriental Magpie-Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.