Bird AlbumIndia · Karnataka
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
231 species and 43,306 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
House CrowCorvus splendens
Indian Grey HornbillOcyceros birostris
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
White-spotted FantailRhipidura albogularis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mysore City Bird Atlas 19A, Kukkarahalli kere13 km212 species
- Mysore City Bird Atlas 30B, Srirampura 2nd Stage18 km146 species
- Mysore City Bird Atlas 30A, Lingambudhi kere18 km261 species
- Hadinaru Kere30 km224 species
- Narasambudhi, Nanjangud38 km227 species
- Nagarahole National Park – Kabini70 km296 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary?
231 species, from 43,306 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Brahminy Kite, Little Cormorant, Indian Cormorant, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Tickell's Blue Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.