Telangana bird checklist

458 bird species in 84 families have been recorded in Telangana, according to eBird; about 317 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

The most common birds in Telangana right now

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Telangana bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Australian 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

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

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

Pigeons and Doves

Rock 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

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Indian Bustard
Lesser Florican

Cuckoos

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

Nightjars and Allies

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

Swifts

White-rumped Spinetail
Alpine Swift
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
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

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
River Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Tibetan 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
Eurasian Woodcock
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
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Dunlin
Little Stint

Buttonquail

Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Jerdon's Courser
Indian Courser
Small Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

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

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Storks

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

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird

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

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

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Indian 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

Bee-eaters

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

Kingfishers

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

Rollers

European Roller
Indian Roller

Asian Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Greater Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Greater Yellownape

Falcons and Caracaras

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

Old World Parrots

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

Pittas

Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

White-bellied Minivet
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
White-tailed Iora

Fantails

Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail

Drongos

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

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch
Amur Paradise-Flycatcher
Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

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

Asian Tit
Indian Yellow Tit

Larks

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

Cisticolas and Allies

Common Tailorbird
Rufous-fronted Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle 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

Common Grasshopper Warbler
Bristled Grassbird

Swallows

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

Bulbuls

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

Leaf Warblers

Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Tytler's Leaf 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

Parrotbills

Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

Tawny-bellied Babbler
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

Puff-throated Babbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

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

Nuthatches

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch

Spotted Creepers

Indian Spotted Creeper

Starlings

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

Thrushes and Allies

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

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
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
Siberian Rubythroat
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Northern Wheatear
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

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
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
Eastern 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

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting

Most common birds in Telangana

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

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
House CrowCorvus splendens
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

Largest bird families in Telangana

Among its regular birds.

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl20
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites18
Sandpipers and Allies18
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers15
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns13
Old World Flycatchers12
Wagtails and Pipits11
Pigeons and Doves10

Reported in the last 30 days

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

Little Swift, Red-vented Bulbul, Yellow-billed Babbler, Little Egret, Coppersmith Barbet, Common Myna, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Indian Peafowl, Asian Palm Swift, Asian Koel, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Common Tailorbird, Indian Robin, Rock Pigeon, Purple Sunbird, Ashy Prinia, Spotted Dove, Dusky Crag-Martin, Oriental Darter, Black Kite, Barn Swallow, House Crow, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, House Sparrow, Shikra, Scaly-breasted Munia, Indian Silverbill, Asian Green Bee-eater, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Indian Paradise-Flycatcher, Plum-headed Parakeet, Indian Golden Oriole, White-browed Wagtail, Indian White-eye, Black Drongo, Greater Coucal, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Booted Warbler, …