Gujarat bird checklist

561 bird species in 93 families have been recorded in Gujarat, according to eBird; about 390 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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Gujarat bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

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

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
Painted Francolin
Common Quail
Rain Quail
Jungle Bush-Quail
Rock Bush-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Yellow-eyed Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Indian Bustard
Asian Houbara
Lesser Florican

Cuckoos

Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Jungle Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Blyth's Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Water Rail
Slaty-breasted Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Brown Crake
Little 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

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
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
Asian Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper

Buttonquail

Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Small Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Crab-Plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Indian Courser
Cream-colored Courser
Small Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Sooty Gull
Common Gull
Caspian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Black-bellied Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Jouanin's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Tropical Shearwater
Persian Shearwater

Storks

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

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird
Christmas Island Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby

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
Little 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
Dalmatian Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

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

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Indian Scops-Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Forest Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook

Trogons

Malabar Trogon

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
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Indian Roller

Asian Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Malabar Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Budgerigar

Pittas

Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Brown-rumped Minivet
Rosy Minivet
Indian Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Indian Golden Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

Ashy Woodswallow

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Ioras

Common Iora
White-tailed 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

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

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Common Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Asian Tit
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Rufous-tailed Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Indian Bushlark
Singing Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
Tawny Lark
Crested Lark
Malabar Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Hume's Lark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Sand Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

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

Reed Warblers and Allies

Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Large-billed Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Lanceolated Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Bristled Grassbird

Swallows

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

Bulbuls

White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Green-crowned Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Greater 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
Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Common Babbler

Nuthatches

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Spotted Creepers

Indian Spotted Creeper

Starlings

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

Thrushes and Allies

Siberian Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Black-throated Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
White-browed Bushchat
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat
Variable Wheatear
Persian Wheatear

Hypocolius

Hypocolius

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Vigors's Sunbird

Leafbirds

Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Zebra Finch
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Chestnut Munia
Green Avadavat
Red Avadavat

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail
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
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Siberian Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting

Most common birds in Gujarat

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

House SparrowPasser domesticus
House CrowCorvus splendens
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus

Largest bird families in Gujarat

Among its regular birds.

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites25
Sandpipers and Allies24
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers21
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl20
Old World Flycatchers17
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns14
Larks14
Plovers and Lapwings12

Reported in the last 30 days

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

Spotted Owlet, Indian Nightjar, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Indian Roller, Asian Green Bee-eater, Greater Coucal, Gray Francolin, Black-winged Kite, Black Drongo, House Crow, Painted Stork, Indian Peafowl, Red Collared-Dove, Red-wattled Lapwing, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Shikra, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, European Roller, Laughing Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-throated Kingfisher, House Sparrow, Indian Robin, Bay-backed Shrike, Common Tailorbird, Greater Short-toed Lark, Paddyfield Pipit, Plain Prinia, Indian Pond-Heron, Indian Paradise-Flycatcher, Black Redstart, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Red-vented Bulbul, Common Iora, Coppersmith Barbet, Little Cormorant, Indian White-eye, Gray Wagtail, Rosy Starling, Lesser Whitethroat, …