Delhi bird checklist

411 bird species in 77 families have been recorded in Delhi, according to eBird; about 285 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 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

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Delhi bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Black Swan
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
White-headed Duck

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Indian Peafowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
Common Quail
Rain Quail
Jungle Bush-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Diamond Dove
Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse

Cuckoos

Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Jungle Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Brown Crake
Baillon's Crake

Cranes

Sarus Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane

Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
River Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin
Little Stint

Buttonquail

Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Indian Skimmer
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Black-bellied Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe

Storks

Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Black-necked Stork
Greater Adjutant
Painted Stork

Anhingas

Oriental Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

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

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Red-headed Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Besra
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Pallas's Fish-Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Himalayan Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Indian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Spotted Owlet
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

Indian Gray Hornbill
Oriental Pied-Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Indian Roller

Asian Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Old World Parrots

Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Budgerigar

New World and African Parrots

Jandaya Parakeet

Pittas

Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Long-tailed Minivet
Indian Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

Common Woodshrike

Ioras

White-tailed Iora

Fantails

White-browed Fantail

Drongos

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

Monarch Flycatchers

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Fire-capped Tit
Asian Tit

Larks

Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Indian Bushlark
Bengal Bushlark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Hume's Lark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Sand Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

Common Tailorbird
Rufous-fronted Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia
Delicate Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler
Bristled Grassbird
Striated Grassbird

Swallows

Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Hume's Warbler
Brooks's Leaf Warbler
Lemon-rumped Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Smoky Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Whistler's Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Greater Whitethroat

Parrotbills

Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Common Babbler
Striated Babbler

Nuthatches

Indian Nuthatch

Starlings

European Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna

Thrushes and Allies

Scaly Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Gray-winged Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Black-throated Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
White-browed Bushchat
Siberian Stonechat
White-tailed Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Gray Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat
Variable Wheatear

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Indian Silverbill
Java Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
Red Avadavat

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Sind Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Water Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting

Most common birds in Delhi

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 Delhi’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Little SwiftApus affinis
Great EgretArdea alba
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

Largest bird families in Delhi

Among its regular birds.

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites20
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl19
Sandpipers and Allies18
Plovers and Lapwings13
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers13
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns12
Larks12
Old World Flycatchers10

Reported in the last 30 days

221 species reported to eBird in Delhi in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Spotted Owlet, Indian Scops-Owl, Greenish Warbler, Alexandrine Parakeet, Common Myna, Red-wattled Lapwing, Brown-headed Barbet, House Crow, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Purple Sunbird, Little Swift, Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon, Asian Koel, Red-naped Ibis, Black Kite, Jungle Babbler, Red-vented Bulbul, Rufous Treepie, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Rock Pigeon, Common Tailorbird, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Coppersmith Barbet, Bank Myna, Indian White-eye, Little Ringed Plover, Indian Peafowl, Ashy Prinia, Asian Woolly-necked Stork, Hume's Warbler, Painted Stork, Gray Francolin, Shikra, Black-rumped Flameback, Laughing Dove, Ashy Drongo, White-throated Kingfisher, Indian Gray Hornbill, House Sparrow, …