Checklist of Birds sighted at IIT Madras Campus (Since 1999)

 

 

 

 

Sl No Common Name

Scientific Name

 
  1. Ashy Prinia

Prinia socialis

 
  1. Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopacea

 
  1. Asian Openbilled-Stork

Anastomus oscitans

 
  1. Asian Palm-Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

 
  1. Asian Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

 
  1. Barn Owl

Tyto alba

 
  1. Black Bittern

Dupetor flavicollis

 
  1. Black Drongo (or) King Crow

Dicrurus macrocercus

 
  1. Black Kite

Milvus migrans

 
  1. Blackcapped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

 
  1. Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

 
  1. Blue-faced Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus viridirostris

 
  1. Black-headed cuckoo-shrike

Coracina melanoptera

 
  1. Blue Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

 
  1. Brainfever Bird (or) Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx varius

 
  1. Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater

Merops philippinus

 
  1. Booted Warbler

Hippolais caligata

 
  1. Brown Shrike

Lanius cristatus

 
  1. Brown Hawk Owl

Ninox scutulata

 
  1. Chestnut Bittern

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

 
  1. Collared Scops Owl

Otus lettia

 
  1. Common Coot

Fulica atra

 
  1. Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

 
  1. Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

 
  1. Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

 
  1. Common Tailor Bird

Orthotomus sutorius

 
  1. Common Teal

Anas crecca

 
  1. Coppersmith Barbet

Megalaima haemacephala

 
  1. Darter (or) Snake Bird

Anhinga melanogaster

 
  1. Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

 
  1. Eurasian Stone-Curlew, Eurasian Thick-knee

Burhinus oedicnemus

 
  1. Forest Wagtail

Dendronanthus indicus

 
  1. Greater Coucal (or) Crow-Pheasant

Centropus sinensis

 
  1. Grey Francolin (or) Partridge

Francolinus pondicerianus

 
  1. Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

 
  1. Grey-headed Starling

Sturnus malabaricus

 
  1. House Crow

Corvus splendens

 
  1. House Sparrow (Only dead specimens in 2002)

Passer domesticus

 
  1. House Swift

Apus affinis

 
  1. Indian Scops Owl

Otus bakkamoena

 
  1. Indian Pitta

Pitta brachyura

 
  1. Indian Pond Heron (or) Paddy Bird

Ardeola grayii

 
  1. Indian Robin

Saxicoloides fulicata

 
  1. Indian Tree Pie

Dendrocitta vagabunda

 
  1. Jungle Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

 
  1. Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

 
  1. Large Pied Wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis

 
  1. Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker

Dinopium benghalense

 
  1. Lesser Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

 
  1. Little Brown Dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

 
  1. Little Cormorant

Phalacrocorax niger

 
  1. Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

 
  1. Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

 
  1. Little Heron (green backed) or Striated Heron

Butorides striata

 
  1. Loten's Sunbird

Nectarinia lotenia

 
  1. Median Egret (or) Smaller Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

 
  1. Orangeheaded Ground Thrush

Zoothera citrina

 
  1. Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

 
  1. Oriental White Ibis

Threskiornis melanociphalus

 
  1. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

 
  1. Pied Crested Cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

 
  1. Purple Sunbird

Nectarina asiatica

 
  1. Purple Moorhen

Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus

 
  1. Purplerumped Sunbird

Nectarina zeylonica

 
  1. Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

 
  1. Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

 
  1. Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

 
  1. Redwinged Crested Cuckoo

Clamator coromandus

 
  1. Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

 
  1. Shikra

Accipiter badius

 
  1. Small Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

 
  1. Small Blue Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

 
  1. Spot-billed Duck (or) Grey Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

 
  1. Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

 
  1. Spotted Owlet

Athene brama

 
  1. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis tickelliae

 
  1. Tickell's Flowerpecker

Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

 
  1. Western Marsh-Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

 
  1. White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

 
  1. White-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

 
  1. White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

 
  1. White-browed Bulbul

Pycnonotus luteolus

 
  1. White-headed Babbler

Turdoides affinis

 
  1. Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

 
  1. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (one sighting)

Treron phoenicoptera

 
  1. Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus malabaricus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated on 8 August 2012 by Susy Varughese