Bird AlbumIndia · Tamil Nadu
Pulicat Lake – [TN Section]
216 species and 31,653 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and October–November, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Common TernSterna hirundo
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
House CrowCorvus splendensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Stella Maris College43 km59 species
- IIT Madras49 km197 species
- Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands60 km208 species
All 216 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pulicat Lake – [TN Section]?
January–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pulicat Lake – [TN Section]?
216 species, from 31,653 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pulicat Lake – [TN Section] in November?
The most recorded in November: Caspian Tern, Eurasian Curlew, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Great 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.