India · Telangana
Osman Sagar Lake
273 species and 75,484 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 201 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Rock DoveColumba liviaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ameenpur Lake, Hyderabad16 km263 species
- Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary39 km280 species
- Ananthagiri Hills, Vikarabad47 km260 species
All 273 species recorded here
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Osman Sagar Lake?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 201 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Osman Sagar Lake?
273 species, from 75,484 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Osman Sagar Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Drongo, Red-wattled Lapwing, Asian Green Bee-eater, Spotted Dove and Indian Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.