Bird AlbumIndia · Karnataka
Saul Kere / Sowl Kere
206 species and 224,396 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October–December, with up to 160 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridis
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Doddanekundi Kere6 km202 species
- Varthur Kere7 km209 species
- Dodda Begur Kere7 km187 species
- Lalbagh Botanical Gardens11 km181 species
- Muthanallur Kere12 km244 species
- Ferns Residency16 km132 species
All 206 species recorded here
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Saul Kere / Sowl Kere?
February–March and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 160 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Saul Kere / Sowl Kere?
206 species, from 224,396 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Saul Kere / Sowl Kere in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey-headed Swamphen, White-throated Kingfisher, Spotted Dove, Indian Pond Heron and White-cheeked Barbet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.