India · Maharashtra
IIT Bombay
257 species and 104,828 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October–December, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
House CrowCorvus splendens
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayiiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bhandup Pumping Station5 km265 species
- T S Chanakya birding area15 km248 species
- Bhopar grasslands, Thane18 km246 species
- Pagote – Uran28 km202 species
- Viva Wetlands, Virar39 km223 species
- Mamachi Wadi Beach, Arnala42 km269 species
All 257 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Vigors's Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- 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 IIT Bombay?
February–March and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at IIT Bombay?
257 species, from 104,828 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at IIT Bombay in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, House Crow, Common Myna, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Black Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.