India · National Capital Territory of Delhi
Najafgarh Jheel Area
279 species and 33,452 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 187 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
House CrowCorvus splendensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chandu3 km297 species
- Budhera Water Treatment Plant5 km296 species
- Basai Wetland6 km279 species
- Sultanpur National Park8 km340 species
- Bhondsi Nature Park19 km242 species
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus21 km172 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Najafgarh Jheel Area?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 187 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Najafgarh Jheel Area?
279 species, from 33,452 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Najafgarh Jheel Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-wattled Lapwing, Black Drongo, Grey Heron, Great Cormorant and Western Marsh Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.