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