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Dadra and Nagar Haveli bird checklist

229 bird species in 70 families have been recorded in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, according to eBird; about 124 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

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Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Dadra and Nagar Haveli right now

  1. 1Rock Pigeon
  2. 2Rose-ringed Parakeet
  3. 3Red-vented Bulbul
  4. 4Asian Palm Swift
  5. 5Red-whiskered Bulbul
  6. 6Spotted Dove
  7. 7Black Drongo
  8. 8Eastern Cattle-Egret
  9. 9White-breasted Waterhen
  10. 10Blue-tailed Bee-eater
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Dadra and Nagar Haveli bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Lesser Whistling-Duck
  • Knob-billed Duck
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Indian Spot-billed Duck
  • Green-winged Teal

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Indian Peafowl
  • Red Spurfowl
  • Gray Francolin
  • Painted Francolin
  • Jungle Bush-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • Spotted Dove
  • Laughing Dove
  • Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

Cuckoos

  • Greater Coucal
  • Sirkeer Malkoha
  • Pied Cuckoo
  • Asian Koel
  • Banded Bay Cuckoo
  • Gray-bellied Cuckoo
  • Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
  • Common Hawk-Cuckoo
  • Lesser Cuckoo
  • Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Jungle Nightjar
  • Indian Nightjar
  • Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

  • Alpine Swift
  • Little Swift
  • Asian Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Eurasian Moorhen
  • Eurasian Coot
  • Gray-headed Swamphen
  • White-breasted Waterhen
  • Slaty-legged Crake
  • Brown Crake

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-winged Stilt

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Little Ringed Plover
  • Red-wattled Lapwing

Jacanas

  • Pheasant-tailed Jacana
  • Bronze-winged Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Common Sandpiper
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Wood Sandpiper

Buttonquail

  • Barred Buttonquail
  • Small Buttonquail

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Parasitic Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Bridled Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Whiskered Tern
  • River Tern

Flamingos

  • Greater Flamingo

Grebes

  • Little Grebe

Storks

  • Asian Openbill
  • Asian Woolly-necked Stork
  • Painted Stork

Cormorants and Shags

  • Little Cormorant
  • Indian Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • Black-headed Ibis
  • Eurasian Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Cinnamon Bittern
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Egret
  • Western Reef-Heron
  • Indian Pond-Heron
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Medium Egret
  • Gray Heron
  • Purple Heron

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Black-winged Kite
  • Oriental Honey-buzzard
  • Crested Serpent-Eagle
  • Short-toed Snake-Eagle
  • Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  • Greater Spotted Eagle
  • Booted Eagle
  • Steppe Eagle
  • Bonelli's Eagle
  • Shikra
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Pallid Harrier
  • Black Kite
  • Brahminy Kite
  • White-eyed Buzzard

Barn-Owls

  • Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

  • Jungle Owlet
  • Spotted Owlet
  • Forest Owlet
  • Mottled Wood-Owl

Hoopoes

  • Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

  • Indian Gray Hornbill

Bee-eaters

  • Asian Green Bee-eater
  • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
  • Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Kingfishers

  • Common Kingfisher
  • Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
  • White-throated Kingfisher
  • Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

  • Indian Roller

Asian Barbets

  • Coppersmith Barbet
  • Brown-headed Barbet

Woodpeckers

  • Eurasian Wryneck
  • Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
  • Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
  • White-naped Woodpecker
  • Rufous Woodpecker
  • Black-rumped Flameback

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • Amur Falcon
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Plum-headed Parakeet

Pittas

  • Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

  • Small Minivet
  • Orange Minivet
  • Indian Cuckooshrike
  • Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

  • Indian Golden Oriole
  • Black-hooded Oriole

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

  • Ashy Woodswallow

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

  • Common Woodshrike

Ioras

  • Common Iora

Fantails

  • Spot-breasted Fantail
  • White-browed Fantail

Drongos

  • Black Drongo
  • Ashy Drongo
  • White-bellied Drongo
  • Hair-crested Drongo
  • Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

  • Black-naped Monarch
  • Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

  • Isabelline Shrike
  • Bay-backed Shrike
  • Long-tailed Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Rufous Treepie
  • House Crow
  • Large-billed Crow

Fairy Flycatchers

  • Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Asian Tit

Larks

  • Rufous-tailed Lark
  • Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
  • Greater Short-toed Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

  • Common Tailorbird
  • Gray-breasted Prinia
  • Jungle Prinia
  • Ashy Prinia
  • Plain Prinia
  • Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

  • Booted Warbler
  • Sykes's Warbler
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler
  • Clamorous Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

  • Common Grasshopper Warbler

Swallows

  • Dusky Crag-Martin
  • Barn Swallow
  • Wire-tailed Swallow
  • Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
  • Streak-throated Swallow

Bulbuls

  • White-browed Bulbul
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • Red-vented Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

  • Hume's Warbler
  • Sulphur-bellied Warbler
  • Common Chiffchaff
  • Green Warbler
  • Greenish Warbler
  • Western Crowned Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

  • Lesser Whitethroat

Parrotbills

  • Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

  • Indian White-eye

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

  • Tawny-bellied Babbler
  • Indian Scimitar-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

  • Puff-throated Babbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

  • Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
  • Jungle Babbler
  • Common Babbler

Starlings

  • Rosy Starling
  • Brahminy Starling
  • Chestnut-tailed Starling
  • Common Myna
  • Bank Myna

Thrushes and Allies

  • Orange-headed Thrush
  • Indian Blackbird

Old World Flycatchers

  • Asian Brown Flycatcher
  • Indian Robin
  • Oriental Magpie-Robin
  • White-rumped Shama
  • Verditer Flycatcher
  • Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
  • Bluethroat
  • Ultramarine Flycatcher
  • Taiga Flycatcher
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher
  • Black Redstart
  • Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
  • Siberian Stonechat
  • Pied Bushchat
  • Isabelline Wheatear

Flowerpeckers

  • Thick-billed Flowerpecker
  • Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

  • Purple-rumped Sunbird
  • Crimson-backed Sunbird
  • Purple Sunbird
  • Loten's Sunbird
  • Vigors's Sunbird

Leafbirds

  • Jerdon's Leafbird
  • Golden-fronted Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

  • Baya Weaver
  • Black-breasted Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

  • Indian Silverbill
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • White-rumped Munia
  • Tricolored Munia
  • Red Avadavat

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow
  • Yellow-throated Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

  • Forest Wagtail
  • Gray Wagtail
  • Western Yellow Wagtail
  • Citrine Wagtail
  • White-browed Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Paddyfield Pipit
  • Tree Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

  • Black-headed Bunting

Most common birds in Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Dadra and Nagar Haveli’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Rock PigeonColumba livia
  2. Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
  3. Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
  4. Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
  5. Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
  6. Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
  7. Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
  8. Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
  9. White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
  10. Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
  11. Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  12. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  13. Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
  14. House CrowCorvus splendens
  15. Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
  16. Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  17. Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
  18. Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
  19. Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
  20. Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis

Largest bird families in Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Among its regular birds.

  • Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns9
  • Wagtails and Pipits6
  • Pigeons and Doves5
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites5
  • Starlings5
  • Waxbills and Allies5
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl5
  • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots4

Reported in the last 30 days

51 species reported to eBird in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Purple Sunbird, Ashy Prinia, Indian Paradise-Flycatcher, Asian Palm Swift, Ashy Drongo, Red-vented Bulbul, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Rock Pigeon, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Shikra, Spot-breasted Fantail, Spotted Dove, White-breasted Waterhen, White-throated Kingfisher, Black-rumped Flameback, Black Drongo, Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Asian Tit, Common Iora, Indian Peafowl, Common Sandpiper, Common Tailorbird, Coppersmith Barbet, Greater Coucal, Greenish Warbler, Asian Green Bee-eater, Green Warbler, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Gray Wagtail, Gray-breasted Prinia, House Crow, House Sparrow, Indian White-eye, Indian Pond-Heron, Large-billed Crow, Little Cormorant, Long-tailed Shrike, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, …

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