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Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – Urulanthanni
240 species and 44,700 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeus
Malabar Grey HornbillOcyceros griseus
Blue-winged ParakeetPsittacula columboides
Southern Hill MynaGracula indica
Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indica
Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minima
Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularis
Vernal Hanging ParrotLoriculus vernalis
Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniliger
Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricus
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatus
Malabar FlamebackChrysocolaptes socialis
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary7 km269 species
- Kalamassery – HMT Estate Area46 km210 species
- Kadamakudy – Valiya Kadamakkudy56 km202 species
- Changaram Wetlands – Ezhupunna63 km204 species
- Kerala Agricultural University – Botanical Garden69 km149 species
- Kerala Agricultural University70 km194 species
All 240 species recorded here
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Flame-throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus
- White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
- Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Malabar Flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola
- Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Columba elphinstonii
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
- Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – Urulanthanni?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – Urulanthanni?
240 species, from 44,700 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary – Urulanthanni in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Orange Minivet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Blue-winged Parakeet and Southern Hill Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.