India · Uttarakhand
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & Lake
309 species and 62,835 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and November, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Indian Grey HornbillOcyceros birostris
Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Whistler's WarblerPhylloscopus whistleri
Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wildlife Institute of India0 km351 species
- Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest Campus7 km330 species
- Curzon Road, Dalanwala, Dehradun8 km150 species
- Asan Conservation Reserve33 km354 species
- Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve59 km355 species
- Gujjar Basti, Gaindikhata63 km273 species
All 309 species recorded here
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & Lake?
February–March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & Lake?
309 species, from 62,835 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Spot-billed Duck, Common Moorhen, White-throated Fantail, Hume's Leaf Warbler and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.