List of birds of Coimbatore
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.
CoimbatoreTamil NaduBlyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)Booted warbler (Iduna caligata)Paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)Tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)Yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis)Brown-headed barbet, large green barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus)Coppersmith barbet, crimson-breasted barbet, coppersmith (Psilopogon haemacephalus)Malabar barbet (Psilopogon malabaricus)White-cheeked barbet, small green barbet (Psilopogon viridis)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)Black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)Cinnamon bittern, chestnut bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)Yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)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)Zitting cisticola, streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis)Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)Indian cormorant, Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)Little cormorant (Microcarbo niger)Southern coucal, crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)Indian courser (Cursorius coromandelicus)House crow (Corvus splendens)Jungle crow, large-billed crow, thick-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)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)Black-headed cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melanoptera)Large cuckoo-shrike (Coracina macei)Darter, snakebird, Oriental darter, Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster)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)Ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)Bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)Greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)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)Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)Great egret, great white egret, common egret, large egret, great white heron (Ardea alba)Intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret, yellow-billed egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)Little egret (Egretta garzetta)Amur falcon, eastern red-footed falcon (Falco amurensis)Common kestrel, European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Old World kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)Eurasian hobby, hobby (Falco subbuteo)Red-necked falcon, red-headed merlin (Falco chicquera)Common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor)Tickell's flowerpecker, pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)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)Grey francolin, grey partridge (Francolinus pondicerianus)Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)Brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)Pallas's gull, great black-headed gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)Heuglin's gull, Siberian gull (Larus heuglini)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)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)