Bangladesh · Sylhet Division
Tanguar Haor
216 species and 5,112 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 156 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Great EgretArdea alba
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
GarganeySpatula querquedula
GadwallMareca strepera
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 216 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tanguar Haor?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 156 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tanguar Haor?
216 species, from 5,112 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tanguar Haor in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Cormorant, Great Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Indian Spot-billed Duck 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.