India · Gujarat
Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary
303 species and 60,272 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 232 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayiiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nalsarovar Outskirts5 km287 species
- Thol Bird Sanctuary54 km276 species
- Jayantilal Park55 km110 species
- Indroda Nature Park78 km226 species
All 303 species recorded here
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhynchus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 232 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary?
303 species, from 60,272 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Cormorant, Grey Heron, Black-winged Stilt, Western Marsh Harrier and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.