India · Madhya Pradesh
Kanha Tiger Reserve
314 species and 48,767 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 228 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
Jungle BabblerArgya striata
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kanha NP – Kanha Zone3 km259 species
- Kanha NP – Kisli Zone5 km251 species
- Banjar River, Chaukitola16 km168 species
- Kanha NP – Mukki Zone17 km298 species
- Kanha Tiger Reserve – Mukki Gate18 km226 species
All 314 species recorded here
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kanha Tiger Reserve?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 228 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kanha Tiger Reserve?
314 species, from 48,767 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kanha Tiger Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Rufous Treepie, Indian Roller, Black Drongo and Indian Peafowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.