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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.

Table of contents

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

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

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Grebes

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Cormorants

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Darters

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Bitterns, herons and egrets

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Storks

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Ibises and spoonbills

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Flamingos and pelicans

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Ducks

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Hawks, kites and eagles

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Falcons

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Pheasants and partridges

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Rails, crakes and coots

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Jacanas

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Plovers and lapwings

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Sandpipers and allies

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Snipes and curlew

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Gulls

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Terns

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Doves and pigeons

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Parrots and parakeets

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Cuckoos

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Female Asian koel in Chennai

Barn owls

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Typical owls

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Nightjars

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Swifts

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Kingfishers

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Bee-eaters

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Rollers and hoopoe

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Barbets

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Woodpeckers

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Pitta and larks

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Swallows and martins

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Wagtails and pipits

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Cuckooshrikes

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Bulbuls

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Thrushes and allies

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Prinias

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Cisticolas

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Acrocephalid warblers

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Old World warblers

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Old World flycatchers

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Laughingthrushes

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Sunbirds

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Old World orioles

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Shrikes

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Woodshrikes

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Drongos

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Woodswallows

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Crows and treepies

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Starlings

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Weavers

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Munias

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Sparrows

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References

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  1. ^ G. Thirumalai and S. Krishnan (July 2005). Pictorial Handbook: Birds Of Chennai. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India.
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