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This list of birds of South India includes birds from India south approximately of the Narmada River.
Contents
- Francolins and spurfowls
- Quails and buttonquails
- Galliformes
- Geese and ducks
- Woodpeckers
- Barbets
- Hornbills
- Common hoopoes, trogons and rollers
- Kingfishers
- Bee-eaters
- Cuckoos and malkohas
- Coucals, parrots and parakeets
- Swifts
- Owls
- Frogmouth and nightjars
- Pigeons and doves
- Bustards and cranes
- Crakes and rails
- Sandgrouse
- Woodcocks, snipes and painted-snipes
- Godwits, curlews, and Tringa sandpipers
- Sanderlings and stints
- Jacanas and large waders
- Plovers
- Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles
- Jaegers and gulls
- Terns and noddies
- Ospreys, bazas and kites
- Sea and fish eagles
- Vultures
- Eagles
- Harriers
- Accipiters
- Buzzards
- Falcons
- Grebes, cormorants and darter
- Tropicbirds and boobies
- Egrets
- Herons
- Bitterns
- Flamingos, ibises and spoonbills
- Storks
- Pelicans and frigatebirds
- Shearwaters and storm petrels
- Pitta, leafbirds, and shrikes
- Treepies, crows and orioles
- Cuckooshrikes and minivets
- Drongos
- Fantails and woodshrikes
- Thrushes
- Flycatchers
- Shortwing and chats
- Starlings and mynas
- Nuthatches
- Creepers
- Tits
- Martins
- Swallows
- Bulbuls
- Cisticolas, prinias and white-eyes
- Warblers
- Grassbirds
- Laughingthrushes
- Babblers and fulvetta
- Larks
- Flowerpeckers
- Sunbirds and spiderhunter
- Wagtails
- Pipits
- Sparrows
- Weavers
- Avadavats
- Munias
- Rosefinches and buntings
- See also
- References
Notable bird watching locations in South India include Rollapadu in Andhra Pradesh; Nagarhole National Park and Bandipur National Park in Karnataka; Rajamalai (Eravikulam National Park) and Periyar National Park in Kerala; Mudumalai National Park, Udhagamandalam, Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Anamalai; Vedanthangal and Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Kodikkarai, Tamil Nadu.
