India · Gujarat
Thol Bird Sanctuary
276 species and 81,657 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 213 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Common CraneGrus grus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jayantilal Park15 km110 species
- Indroda Nature Park26 km226 species
- Nalsarovar Outskirts49 km287 species
- Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary54 km303 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Thol Bird Sanctuary?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 213 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Thol Bird Sanctuary?
276 species, from 81,657 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Thol Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Knob-billed Duck, Oriental Darter, Asian Green Bee-eater, Greylag Goose and Eurasian Collared 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.