India · Gujarat
Vadhavana Lake, Dabhoi
253 species and 30,032 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 198 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Timbi Lake26 km249 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Vadhavana Lake, Dabhoi?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 198 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Vadhavana Lake, Dabhoi?
253 species, from 30,032 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Vadhavana Lake, Dabhoi in November?
The most recorded in November: Greylag Goose, Little Cormorant, White-throated Kingfisher, Indian Pond Heron and Red-wattled Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.