India · Gujarat
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
287 species and 41,024 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 225 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Common CraneGrus grus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus207 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 287 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 287 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 225 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary?
287 species, from 41,024 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Asian Green Bee-eater, White-eared Bulbul, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Coot and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.