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This article lists the birds found in various places in and around the Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Over 285 species of birds have been recorded in and around Coimbatore.
Acrocephalid warblers edit
Babblers edit
Barbets edit
Bee-eaters edit
- Blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
- Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
- Chestnut-headed bee-eater, bay-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)
- European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
- Green bee-eater, little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) first sighting
Bitterns edit
Bulbuls edit
- Black bulbul, Himalayan black bulbul, Asian black bulbul, square-tailed bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)
- Grey-headed bulbul (Brachypodius priocephalus)
- Flame-throated bulbul, ruby-throated bulbul, black-crested bulbul (Rubigula gularis)
- Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- White-browed bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
- Yellow-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus)
- Yellow-browed bulbul (Acritillas indica)
Cisticola edit
Cormorants edit
Coucal edit
Coursers edit
Crows edit
Cuckoos edit
- Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Banded bay cuckoo, bay-banded cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
- Brainfever bird, common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
- Drongo cuckoo, Asian drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
- Grey-bellied cuckoo, the Indian plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus)
- Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
- Jacobin cuckoo, pied cuckoo, pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Cuckooshrikes edit
Darters edit
Doves and pigeons edit
- Blue rock pigeon, rock pigeon (Columba livia)
- Emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
- Eurasian collared dove, collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Little brown dove, laughing dove, palm dove, Senegal dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Grey-fronted green pigeon (Treron affinis)
- Red collared dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
- Spotted dove, Chinese dove, mountain dove, pearl-necked dove, lace-necked dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Drongos edit
Ducks edit
- Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
- Cotton teal, cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
- Eurasian teal, common teal (Anas crecca)
- Garganey (Anas querquedula)
- Lesser whistling duck, Indian whistling duck, lesser whistling teal (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
- Pintail, northern pintail (Anas acuta)
- Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
Egrets edit
Falcons edit
Finches edit
Flamingos edit
Flowerpeckers edit
Flycatchers edit
- Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
- Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa latirostris)
- Black-naped monarch, black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea)
- Brown-breasted flycatcher, Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui)
- Siberian stonechat, Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
- Indian robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus)
- Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)
- Pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
- Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Francolins edit
Godwit edit
Grebes edit
Gulls edit
Hawks, kites and eagles edit
- Besra (Accipiter virgatus)
- Black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
- Black kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
- Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
- Crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
- Oriental honey buzzard, crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
- Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Changeable hawk-eagle, crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
- Lesser fish eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis)
- Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
- Osprey, sea hawk, fish eagle, fish hawk (Pandion haliaetus)
- Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
- Pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
- Rufous-bellied hawk-eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii)
- Short-toed snake eagle, short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Shikra (Accipiter badius)
- Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Western marsh harrier, Eurasian marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- White-bellied sea eagle, white-breasted sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
- White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)
Herons edit
- Black-crowned night heron, night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Indian pond heron, paddybird (Ardeola grayii)
- Purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Striated heron, mangrove heron, little heron, green-backed heron (Butorides striata)
- Western reef heron, western reef egret (Egretta gularis)
Hornbills edit
Ibises edit
Ioras edit
Jacanas edit
Kingfishers edit
Lapwings edit
Larks edit
- Ashy-crowned sparrow lark, ashy-crowned finch-lark, black-bellied finch-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
- Indian bushlark, red-winged bushlark (Mirafra erythroptera)
- Jerdon's bushlark (Mirafra affinis)
- Oriental skylark, Oriental lark, small skylark (Alauda gulgula)
- Rufous-tailed lark, rufous-tailed finch-lark (Ammomanes phoenicura)
- Sykes's lark (Galerida deva)
Laughingthrushes edit
Leafbirds edit
Malkohas edit
Martins edit
Minivets edit
Nightjars edit
Nuthatches edit
Old World warblers edit
Orioles edit
Owls edit
- Barn owl, common barn owl (Tyto alba)
- Brown fish owl (Bubo zeylonensis, Ketupa zeylonensis)
- Collared scops owl (Otus lettia)
- Eurasian eagle owl, European eagle-owl, eagle-owl, Indian great horned owl (Bubo bubo)
- Jungle owlet, barred jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
- Mottled wood owl (Strix ocellata)
- Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
- Spotted owlet (Athene brama)
Parrots and parakeets edit
Pelicans edit
Phalarope edit
Phylloscopid warblers edit
Pipits edit
Pitta edit
Plovers edit
Pranticoles edit
Prinias edit
Quails edit
Rails, crakes and coots edit
- Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
- Common coot, Eurasian coot, coot (Fulica atra)
- Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Little crake (Porzana parva)
- Purple moorhen, purple swamphen, purple gallinule, purple coot (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Ruddy-breasted crake, ruddy crake (Porzana fusca)
- Water cock (Gallicrex cinerea)
- White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Robin edit
Rollers and hoopoe edit
Sandgrouses edit
Sandpipers edit
Shank edit
Shrikes edit
Snipes edit
Sparrows edit
Spoonbills edit
Spurfowls edit
Stilts edit
Stints edit
Starlings edit
Storks edit
Sunbirds and spiderhunters edit
Swallows edit
Swifts edit
Terns edit
Thrushes and allies edit
- Indian blackbird, blackbird, Eurasian blackbird (Turdus nigropileus [WG] or T. spencei [EG] or T. simillimus)
- Malabar whistling thrush, whistling schoolboy (Myophonus horsfieldii)
- Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)
- Scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)
- Nilgiri blue robin, Nilgiri shortwing, white-bellied shortwing, rufous-bellied shortwing (Myiomela major)
Treepies edit
Trogons edit
Tit edit
Wagtails and pipits edit
Waxbills and allies edit
- Tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
- Black-throated munia, Jerdon's mannikin (Lonchura jerdoni or kelaarti)
- Red munia, red munia, strawberry finch (Amandava amandava)
- Scaly-breasted munia, spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- White-rumped munia, white-rumped mannikin, Striated finch (Lonchura striata)
- Indian silverbill, white-throated munia (Euodice malabarica)
Weavers edit
White-eye edit
Woodpeckers edit
- Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos nanus)
- Golden-backed woodpecker, lesser golden-backed woodpecker, lesser goldenback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Greater flameback, greater goldenback, large golden-backed woodpecker, Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)
- Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, lesser goldenback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
- Rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
- Speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)
- Streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
- Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Mahratta woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis)