India · Madhya Pradesh
Sirpur Lake
224 species and 39,194 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 224 species recorded here
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sirpur Lake?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sirpur Lake?
224 species, from 39,194 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sirpur Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Drongo, Asian Green Bee-eater, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Indian Pond Heron and Laughing Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.