Birds of Tiruvannamalai

This guide is based on the book with the same name published by The Forest Way Trust in 2018. The aim of this guide is to help you to identify and learn more about the birds that can be found on and around the Sacred Hill of Arunachala.

All birds included in this volume have been noted ...more ↓

Great Egret ¹
Ardea alba

Intermediate Egret ²
Ardea intermedia

Cattle Egret ³
Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron ⁴
Butorides striata

Indian Pond-Heron ⁵
Ardeola grayii

Grey Heron ⁶
Ardea cinerea

Black-crowned Night Heron ⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow Bittern ⁸
Ixobrychus sinensis

Purple Heron ⁴
Ardea purpurea

Cinnamon Bittern ⁹
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Black Bittern ¹⁰
Ixobrychus flavicollis

Glossy Ibis ¹¹
Plegadis falcinellus

Black-headed Ibis ¹²
Threskiornis melanocephalus

Spot-billed Pelican ¹³
Pelecanus philippensis

Eurasian Spoonbill ¹⁴
Platalea leucorodia

Painted Stork ¹⁵
Mycteria leucocephala

Asian Openbill ¹³
Anastomus oscitans

Woolly-necked Stork ¹⁶
Ciconia episcopus

Indian Pitta ¹⁷
Pitta brachyura

Brown Shrike ¹⁸
Lanius cristatus

Bay-backed Shrike ¹⁹
Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike ¹⁸
Lanius schach

Rufous Treepie ²⁰
Dendrocitta vagabunda

Large-billed Crow ²¹
Corvus macrorhynchos

House Crow ²²
Corvus splendens

Ashy Woodswallow ¹²
Artamus fuscus

Eurasian Golden Oriole ²³
Oriolus oriolus

Large Cuckooshrike ²⁴
Coracina macei

Black-headed Cuckooshrike ²
Lalage melanoptera

Small Minivet ²⁴
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-browed Fantail ²⁵
Rhipidura aureola

Black Drongo ²⁴
Dicrurus macrocercus

Ashy Drongo ¹³
Dicrurus leucophaeus

White-bellied Drongo ²⁶
Dicrurus caerulescens

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ²⁷
Dicrurus paradiseus

Hair-crested Drongo ²⁴
Dicrurus hottentottus

Common Iora ¹³
Aegithina tiphia

Common Woodshrike ¹³
Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Blue Rock-Thrush ²⁸
Monticola solitarius

Orange-headed Thrush ²⁹
Geokichla citrina

Geokichla citrina cyanota ³⁰

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher ³¹
Terpsiphone paradisi

Asian Brown Flycatcher ⁸
Muscicapa dauurica

Brown-breasted Flycatcher ³²
Muscicapa muttui

Verditer Flycatcher ¹⁰
Eumyias thalassinus

Blue-throated Flycatcher ²⁴
Cyornis rubeculoides

Indian Blue Robin ³³
Larvivora brunnea

White-rumped Shama ¹⁰
Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin ¹⁰
Copsychus saularis

Indian Robin ²⁸
Copsychus fulicatus

Black Redstart ³⁴
Phoenicurus ochruros

Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata

Brahminy Starling ¹³
Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling ¹²
Pastor roseus

Common Myna ³⁵
Acridotheres tristis

Barn Swallow ³⁶
Hirundo rustica

Red-rumped Swallow ⁸
Cecropis daurica

White-browed Bulbul ³⁰
Pycnonotus luteolus

Red-whiskered Bulbul ³⁷
Pycnonotus jocosus

Red-vented Bulbul ¹³
Pycnonotus cafer

Yellow-throated Bulbul ³⁸
Pycnonotus xantholaemus

Grey-breasted Prinia ²⁹
Prinia hodgsonii

Jungle Prinia
Prinia sylvatica

Plain Prinia ³⁹
Prinia inornata

Ashy Prinia ⁴⁰
Prinia socialis

Booted Warbler ¹⁰
Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler ⁴¹
Acrocephalus dumetorum

Greenish Warbler ⁵
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Lesser Whitethroat ³⁰
Sylvia curruca

Common Tailorbird ²⁶
Orthotomus sutorius

Yellow-eyed Babbler ⁴²
Chrysomma sinense

Tawny-bellied Babbler ³⁰
Dumetia hyperythra

Large Grey Babbler ¹⁶
Turdoides malcolmi

Common Babbler ²⁹
Turdoides caudata

Yellow-billed Babbler ⁴³
Turdoides affinis

Jerdon's Bushlark ⁴⁴
Mirafra affinis

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark ⁴⁵
Eremopterix griseus

Rufous-tailed Lark ⁴⁵
Ammomanes phoenicura

Oriental Skylark ⁴⁶
Alauda gulgula

Thick-billed Flowerpecker ⁴⁷
Dicaeum agile

Pale-billed Flowerpecker ²⁴
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

Purple-rumped Sunbird ⁴⁸
Leptocoma zeylonica

Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus

Long-billed Sunbird ⁴⁹
Cinnyris lotenius

House Sparrow ¹³
Passer domesticus

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia ⁵⁰
Petronia xanthocollis

Forest Wagtail ⁸
Dendronanthus indicus

White-browed Wagtail ⁵¹
Motacilla maderaspatensis

Western Yellow Wagtail ⁵²
Motacilla flava

Paddyfield Pipit ¹⁰
Anthus rufulus

Grey Wagtail ⁵³
Motacilla cinerea

Tree Pipit ¹²
Anthus trivialis

Baya Weaver ¹³
Ploceus philippinus

Indian Silverbill ⁵⁴
Euodice malabarica

White-rumped Munia ⁴²
Lonchura striata

Scaly-breasted Munia ⁵⁵
Lonchura punctulata

Tricolored Munia ⁵⁶
Lonchura malacca

Zitting Cisticola ⁵⁷
Cisticola juncidis

Clamorous Reed Warbler ⁵⁸
Acrocephalus stentoreus

Watercock ⁵⁹
Gallicrex cinerea

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Birds of Tiruvannamalai

Great Egret 1 Ardea alba

Intermediate Egret 2 Ardea intermedia

Cattle Egret 3 Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron 4 Butorides striata

Indian Pond-Heron 5 Ardeola grayii

Grey Heron 6 Ardea cinerea

Black-crowned Night Heron 7 Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow Bittern 8 Ixobrychus sinensis

Purple Heron 4 Ardea purpurea

Cinnamon Bittern 9 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Black Bittern 10 Ixobrychus flavicollis

Glossy Ibis 11 Plegadis falcinellus

Black-headed Ibis 12 Threskiornis melanocephalus

Spot-billed Pelican 13 Pelecanus philippensis

Eurasian Spoonbill 14 Platalea leucorodia

Painted Stork 15 Mycteria leucocephala

Asian Openbill 13 Anastomus oscitans

Woolly-necked Stork 16 Ciconia episcopus

Indian Pitta 17 Pitta brachyura

Brown Shrike 18 Lanius cristatus

Bay-backed Shrike 19 Lanius vittatus

Long-tailed Shrike 18 Lanius schach

Rufous Treepie 20 Dendrocitta vagabunda

Large-billed Crow 21 Corvus macrorhynchos

House Crow 22 Corvus splendens

Ashy Woodswallow 12 Artamus fuscus

Eurasian Golden Oriole 23 Oriolus oriolus

Large Cuckooshrike 24 Coracina macei

Black-headed Cuckooshrike 2 Lalage melanoptera

Small Minivet 24 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

White-browed Fantail 25 Rhipidura aureola

Black Drongo 24 Dicrurus macrocercus

Ashy Drongo 13 Dicrurus leucophaeus

White-bellied Drongo 26 Dicrurus caerulescens

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 27 Dicrurus paradiseus

Hair-crested Drongo 24 Dicrurus hottentottus

Common Iora 13 Aegithina tiphia

Common Woodshrike 13 Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Blue Rock-Thrush 28 Monticola solitarius

Orange-headed Thrush 29 Geokichla citrina

Geokichla citrina cyanota 30

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher 31 Terpsiphone paradisi

Asian Brown Flycatcher 8 Muscicapa dauurica

Brown-breasted Flycatcher 32 Muscicapa muttui

Verditer Flycatcher 10 Eumyias thalassinus

Blue-throated Flycatcher 24 Cyornis rubeculoides

Indian Blue Robin 33 Larvivora brunnea

White-rumped Shama 10 Copsychus malabaricus

Oriental Magpie-Robin 10 Copsychus saularis

Indian Robin 28 Copsychus fulicatus

Black Redstart 34 Phoenicurus ochruros

Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

Brahminy Starling 13 Sturnia pagodarum

Rosy Starling 12 Pastor roseus

Common Myna 35 Acridotheres tristis

Barn Swallow 36 Hirundo rustica

Red-rumped Swallow 8 Cecropis daurica

White-browed Bulbul 30 Pycnonotus luteolus

Red-whiskered Bulbul 37 Pycnonotus jocosus

Red-vented Bulbul 13 Pycnonotus cafer

Yellow-throated Bulbul 38 Pycnonotus xantholaemus

Grey-breasted Prinia 29 Prinia hodgsonii

Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica

Plain Prinia 39 Prinia inornata

Ashy Prinia 40 Prinia socialis

Booted Warbler 10 Iduna caligata

Blyth's Reed Warbler 41 Acrocephalus dumetorum

Greenish Warbler 5 Phylloscopus trochiloides

Lesser Whitethroat 30 Sylvia curruca

Common Tailorbird 26 Orthotomus sutorius

Yellow-eyed Babbler 42 Chrysomma sinense

Tawny-bellied Babbler 30 Dumetia hyperythra

Large Grey Babbler 16 Turdoides malcolmi

Common Babbler 29 Turdoides caudata

Yellow-billed Babbler 43 Turdoides affinis

Jerdon's Bushlark 44 Mirafra affinis

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark 45 Eremopterix griseus

Rufous-tailed Lark 45 Ammomanes phoenicura

Oriental Skylark 46 Alauda gulgula