Bird AlbumIndia · Tamil Nadu
Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands
208 species and 66,111 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 140 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus111 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 208 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- IIT Madras11 km197 species
- Stella Maris College17 km59 species
- Sirudhavur Lake25 km222 species
- Pulicat Lake – [TN Section]60 km216 species
All 208 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 140 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands?
208 species, from 66,111 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sholinganallur/Perumbakkam Marshlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Indian Pond Heron, Purple Heron, Little Egret and Grey-headed Swamphen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.