India · West Bengal
Rabindra Sarovar
209 species and 85,907 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October–November, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
Jungle BabblerArgya striata
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus
Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Baruipur Marshes17 km243 species
All 209 species recorded here
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rabindra Sarovar?
April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rabindra Sarovar?
209 species, from 85,907 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rabindra Sarovar in November?
The most recorded in November: Taiga Flycatcher, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Black Kite, Rufous Treepie and Asian Koel.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.