India · Uttar Pradesh
Okhla Bird Sanctuary
325 species and 151,997 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 204 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Asola Wildlife Sanctuary9 km246 species
- Sanjay Van13 km211 species
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus15 km172 species
- Surajpur Wetlands Bird Sanctuary19 km264 species
- Mangar Bani25 km216 species
- Basai Wetland33 km279 species
All 325 species recorded here
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Striated Babbler Argya earlei
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Okhla Bird Sanctuary?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 204 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Okhla Bird Sanctuary?
325 species, from 151,997 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Okhla Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Spot-billed Duck, Black Kite, White-throated Kingfisher, Red-wattled Lapwing and Grey-headed Swamphen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.