Odisha bird checklist

495 bird species in 83 families have been recorded in Odisha, according to eBird; about 330 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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Odisha 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
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Common Merganser

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Red Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
Blue-breasted Quail
Rain Quail
Jungle Bush-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Pale-capped Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon

Cuckoos

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

Nightjars and Allies

Great Eared-Nightjar
Jungle Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

White-rumped Spinetail
Brown-backed Needletail
Himalayan Swiftlet
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

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

Cranes

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
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
River Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled 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
Asian Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
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

Buttonquail

Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

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

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Storks

Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Black-necked Stork
Lesser 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
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron

Pelicans

Spot-billed Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
Egyptian Vulture
Jerdon's Baza
Black Baza
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Himalayan Griffon
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Crested Goshawk
Besra
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
Pallas's Fish-Eagle
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Indian Scops-Owl
Collared Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Dusky Eagle-Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook

Trogons

Malabar Trogon

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

Indian Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Oriental Pied-Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Brown-winged Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

Indian Roller
Dollarbird

Asian Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Blue-throated Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
White-browed Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Greater Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Himalayan Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Gray-headed Woodpecker
Greater Yellownape

Falcons and Caracaras

Collared Falconet
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-Parrot

Pittas

Indian Pitta
Mangrove Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Small Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Ashy 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

Large Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Ioras

Common Iora

Fantails

White-throated Fantail
White-browed Fantail

Drongos

Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Crow-billed Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

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

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Rufous Treepie
Gray Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Asian Tit
Indian Yellow Tit

Larks

Rufous-tailed Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Indian Bushlark
Bengal Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

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

Reed Warblers and Allies

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

Grassbirds and Allies

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Striated Grassbird

Swallows

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

Bulbuls

Black-crested Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

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

Bush Warblers and Allies

Pale-footed Bush Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler

Parrotbills

Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

Chestnut-capped Babbler
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Rufous-fronted Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

Puff-throated Babbler
Abbott's Babbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Common Babbler
Striated Babbler

Nuthatches

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch

Starlings

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

Thrushes and Allies

Scaly Thrush
Pied Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Indian Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Pale-chinned Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Plumbeous Redstart
White-capped Redstart
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
Little Spiderhunter

Leafbirds

Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Green Avadavat
Red Avadavat

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Little Bunting

Most common birds in Odisha

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

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
House CrowCorvus splendens
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Lesser Whistling-DuckDendrocygna javanica

Largest bird families in Odisha

Among its regular birds.

Sandpipers and Allies22
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites20
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl20
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers17
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns13
Pigeons and Doves12
Plovers and Lapwings10
Starlings9

Reported in the last 30 days

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

Indian Scops-Owl, Black-crowned Night Heron, Eastern Barn Owl, Red-wattled Lapwing, Spotted Owlet, Asian Openbill, Rock Pigeon, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Scaly-breasted Munia, Common Tailorbird, Spotted Dove, Ashy Woodswallow, White-throated Kingfisher, House Crow, Jungle Babbler, Brown-headed Barbet, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Black Kite, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Asian Koel, Indian Pied Starling, Common Myna, Black Drongo, Little Swift, Asian Emerald Dove, Asian Palm Swift, Greenish Warbler, Indian Robin, Small Minivet, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul, Black-hooded Oriole, Oriental Turtle-Dove, White-rumped Shama, Indian Cuckooshrike, Indian Scimitar-Babbler, Purple Sunbird, Ashy Prinia, Rufous Treepie, …