List of birds of Chennai
This is a lists the birds of Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Over 130 species of birds have been spotted there.[1] The list includes the local Tamil name.
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Non-passerines: Grebes • Cormorants • Darters • Bitterns, herons and egrets • Storks • Ibises and spoonbills • Flamingos and pelicans • Ducks • Hawks, kites and eagles • Falcons • Pheasants and partridges • Rails, crakes, and coots • Jacanas • Plovers and lapwings • Sandpipers and allies • Snipes and curlew • Gulls • Terns • Sandgrouses • Doves and pigeons • Parrots and parakeets • Cuckoos • Barn owls • Typical owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Kingfishers • Bee-eaters • Rollers and hoopoe • Barbets • Woodpeckers |
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Passerines: Pitta and larks • Swallows and martins • Wagtails and pipits • Cuckooshrikes • Bulbuls • Thrushes and allies • Prinias • Cisticolas • Acrocephalid warblers • Old World warblers • Old World flycatchers • Laughingthrushes • Sunbirds • Old World orioles • Shrikes • Woodshrikes • Drongos • Woodswallows • Crows and treepies • Starlings • Weavers • Munias • Sparrows |
Grebes
[edit]- Little grebe, mukkulippan
Cormorants
[edit]- Little cormorant, chinna neer kagam
Darters
[edit]- Darter, pambu thara
Bitterns, herons and egrets
[edit]- Grey heron, sambal narai
- Purple heron, sen narai
- Indian pond heron, kuruttu kokku
- Cattle egret, unni kokku
- Striated heron, dhosi kokku
- Great egret, peria kokku
- Black bittern, karunkurugu
- Little egret, chinna kokku
- Chestnut bittern, sengurugu
- Yellow bittern, manal naarai
- Intermediate egret, vellai kokku
- Black-crowned night heron, erakokku or vakkaa
Storks
[edit]- Painted stork, manjal mooku naarai or sanguvalai naarai
- Asian open-billed stork, nathai kuthi naarai
Ibises and spoonbills
[edit]- Glossy ibis, arival mookan or anril
- Black-headed ibis, vellai arival mookkan or thaalaikothi chondan
Flamingos and pelicans
[edit]- Greater flamingo, poo narai
- Spot-billed pelican
Ducks
[edit]- Northern pintail, maarkaliyan
- Indian spot-billed duck, pulli mookku vathu
- Lesser whistling duck, cheezhkai siragi or chilli thaaraa
Hawks, kites and eagles
[edit]- Shikra, valluru
- Eurasian sparrowhawk, kuruvi valluru
- Besra, chinna valluru
- Black-winged kite, siria karum parundhu or karuntholl parundhu
- Brahminy kite, semparundhu or garudan
- Black kite, kalla parundhu
- Egyptian vulture, manjal thirudi kazhugu
- Crested honey buzzard, thaen parundhu
- Crested serpent eagle, paambu parundhu
- White-bellied sea eagle
- White-rumped vulture
- Short-toed snake eagle
- Booted eagle at Pallikaranai wetland
Falcons
[edit]- Common kestrel, sivappu valluru
Pheasants and partridges
[edit]- Grey francolin, kowdhari
- Indian peafowl, neela mayil
- White-breasted waterhen, kaanang kozhi
Rails, crakes and coots
[edit]- Common coot, naamak kozhi
- Common moorhen, thaazhai kozhi
- Grey-headed swamphen, neela thazhai kozhi or neerk kozhi
Jacanas
[edit]- Pheasant-tailed jacana, neela vaal ilai kozhi
- Bronze-winged jacana
Plovers and lapwings
[edit]- Kentish plover, chinna kottan
- Little ringed plover, pattani uppukkothi or sinna kottan
- Pacific golden plover, kalporukki uppukkothi or uppukkothi
- Red-wattled lapwing, sivappu mookku aalkatti
- Yellow-wattled lapwing, manjhal mookku aalkatti
Sandpipers and allies
[edit]- Common sandpiper, ullan or kottan
- Little stint, kosu ullan
- Black-tailed godwit, karuvaal mukkan
- Ruff, pedhai ullan
- Wood sandpiper, pori ullan or vayal ullaan
- Common greenshank, pachai kaali or periya kottaan
- Marsh sandpiper, chinna pachai kaali
- Common redshank, pavazha kaali or sigappukkaal ullan
Snipes and curlew
[edit]- Common snipe, visirivaal ullan or korai kuthi
- Eurasian curlew, peria kottan or kuthiraimalai kottan
- Black-winged stilt, pavazhakkaal ullaan
- Stone curlew, kankiledi or kannadi aalkaatti
Gulls
[edit]- Black-headed gull, kadal kaakkai
Terns
[edit]- Gull-billed tern, parutha alagu aala or kadal kuruvi
- river tern, aatru aala
Doves and pigeons
[edit]- Blue rock pigeon, mada pura
- Spotted dove, pulli pura or mani pura
- Little brown dove, chinna thavittu pura
Parrots and parakeets
[edit]- Rose-ringed parakeet, senthaar pynkili or kili
Cuckoos
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- Greater coucal, shenbagam or kalli kaakka
- Red-winged crested cuckoo, sevviragu kondai kuyil or kondai kuyil
- Jacobin cuckoo, sudalai kuyil or paruthi kuyil
- Asian koel, kokilam or kuyil
- Brainfever bird, akka kuyil parundhu kuyil
- Blue-faced malkoha, pachai vayan kuyil
Barn owls
[edit]- Barn owl, koogai andhai or saavu kuruvi
Typical owls
[edit]- Short-eared owl, kuttai kaadhu aandhai or aandhai
- Spotted owlet, pulli aandhai
- Eurasian eagle owl, komban aandhai
Nightjars
[edit]- Indian nightjar, chinna pakki or pakki
Swifts
[edit]- House swift, nattu uzhavaran
- Asian palm swift, panai uzhavaran or uzhavaarakkuruvi
Kingfishers
[edit]- Small blue kingfisher, siraal meenkothi
- Pied kingfisher, karuppu vellai meenkothi
- Stork-billed kingfisher, peria alagu meenkothi
- Black-capped kingfisher, karunthalai meenkothi
- White-throated kingfisher, venthondai meenkothi
Bee-eaters
[edit]- Green bee-eater, pachai panchuruttan or panchuruttan
- Blue-tailed bee-eater, neelawal panchuruttan
Rollers and hoopoe
[edit]- Indian roller, panangadai
- Hoopoe, kondalathi
Barbets
[edit]- Coppersmith barbet, semmaarbu kukkuruvaan or kalutharuppan
Woodpeckers
[edit]- Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, ponmudhugu maram kothi
Pitta and larks
[edit]- Indian pitta, thottakkallan or arumani kuruvi
- Oriental skylark, chinna vaanambadi
- Ashy-crowned sparrow lark, sambalthalai vaanambadi
- Jerdon's bushlark, pudhar vaanambadi
Swallows and martins
[edit]- Barn swallow, thagaivilaan or thaampaadi
Wagtails and pipits
[edit]- Paddyfield pipit, pullu porukki
- Grey wagtail, kodikkaal vaalatti
- yellow wagtail, manjal vaalatti
- White-browed wagtail, kulathu kuruvi
Cuckooshrikes
[edit]- Black-headed cuckooshrike, karunthalai kuyil keechaan
- Small minivet, chinna minchittu
Bulbuls
[edit]- Red-vented bulbul, kondai kuruvi
- Red-whiskered bulbul, thondai koluthi
- White-browed bulbul, manjal thondaikuruvi
- Common iora, maambazha kuruvi
Thrushes and allies
[edit]- Orange-headed thrush, senthalai poonkuruvi
Prinias
[edit]- Plain prinia, thinu kuruvi
- Ashy prinia, saambal kadhirkuruvi
Cisticolas
[edit]- Common tailorbird, thaiyal chittu
Acrocephalid warblers
[edit]- Blyth's reed warbler, kadhirkuruvi
Old World warblers
[edit]- Yellow-billed babbler, thavittu kuruvi
Old World flycatchers
[edit]- Indian robin, vannaathi kuruvi
- Oriental magpie robin, vannathi kuruvi
- Indian paradise flycatcher, vethi vaalkuruvi
- Pied bushchat, pudhar chittu
Laughingthrushes
[edit]- Common babbler, thavittu chilamban
- Large grey babbler, periya saambal silamban
- Jungle babbler, kaattu silamban
Sunbirds
[edit]- Purple sunbird, thaen chittu
- Loten's sunbird
- Purple-rumped sunbird
Old World orioles
[edit]- Indian golden oriole, maangkuyil
- Black-naped oriole
Shrikes
[edit]- Brown shrike, pazhuppu keechaan
- Long-tailed shrike, kattukuruvi or pey kuruvi
Woodshrikes
[edit]- Common woodshrike, kattu keechaan
Drongos
[edit]- Black drongo, karichchaan
Woodswallows
[edit]- Ashy woodswallow, madam puraa
Crows and treepies
[edit]- Jungle crow, andan kakkai or karun kakkai
- House crow, kakkai
- Rufous treepie, vaal kakkai
Starlings
[edit]- Common myna, naahanavaai
- Brahminy starling, pappathi naahanavai
- Rosy starling, chola kuruvi
Weavers
[edit]- Streaked weaver, Karungeetru Thookkanam kuruvi
- Baya weaver, Thookanaan kuruvi
Munias
[edit]- Tricoloured munia, thinaikuruvi
- Scaly-breasted munia, nellu kuruvi
- White-rumped munia, venmudhugu chillai
Sparrows
[edit]- House sparrow, oor kuruvi
- Indian silverbill, nellu kuruvi
References
[edit]- ^ G. Thirumalai and S. Krishnan (July 2005). Pictorial Handbook: Birds Of Chennai. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India.