India · Rajasthan
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
282 species and 58,720 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 218 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 282 species recorded here
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhynchus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tal Chhapar Sanctuary?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 218 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tal Chhapar Sanctuary?
282 species, from 58,720 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tal Chhapar Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Francolin, Great Grey Shrike, Common Kestrel, Black-winged Kite and Black Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.