Bird AlbumIndia · Maharashtra
T S Chanakya birding area
248 species and 32,956 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 138 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great EgretArdea alba
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
House CrowCorvus splendens
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis134 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 248 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pagote – Uran14 km202 species
- Bhandup Pumping Station14 km265 species
- IIT Bombay15 km257 species
- Bhopar grasslands, Thane20 km246 species
- Viva Wetlands, Virar54 km223 species
- Mamachi Wadi Beach, Arnala57 km269 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Vigors's Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at T S Chanakya birding area?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 138 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at T S Chanakya birding area?
248 species, from 32,956 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at T S Chanakya birding area in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Pond Heron, Little Cormorant, Little Egret, Black-winged Stilt and White-throated Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.