Bird AlbumIndia · Tamil Nadu
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
251 species and 129,530 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and October, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinis
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridis
Common IoraAegithina tiphia
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Grey JunglefowlGallus sonneratii
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kolarampathy Lake18 km194 species
- Krishnampathi Lake, Seeranaickenpalayam18 km213 species
- Achankulam34 km221 species
- Nanjarayan Tank Bird Sanctuary (Koolipalayam Reservoir)66 km179 species
All 251 species recorded here
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Malabar Flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus
- Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus
- Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Flame-throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History?
December–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History?
251 species, from 129,530 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-vented Bulbul, Common Tailorbird, White-browed Bulbul, Indian Peafowl and Purple-rumped Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.