Birds of Puducherry
358 birds on the India list have an open record placed in Puducherry, 12 of them threatened (4 Endangered and 8 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for birds yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened birds of Puducherry (12)
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Haliaeetus leucoryphus Pallas's Fish-Eagle EN
- Rynchops albicollis Indian Skimmer EN
- Sterna acuticauda Black-bellied Tern EN
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper VU
- Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle VU
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover VU
- Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake VU
- Sterna aurantia River Tern VU
All birds of Puducherry on the list (358)
- Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Acridotheres fuscus Jungle Myna
- Acridotheres ginginianus Bank Myna
- Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
- Acritillas indica Yellow-browed Bulbul
- Acrocephalus agricola Paddyfield Warbler
- Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Sedge Warbler
- Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler
- Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
- Aegithina lafresnayei Great Iora
- Aegithina tiphia Common Iora
- Aerodramus unicolor Indian Swiftlet
- Agropsar sturninus Daurian Starling
- Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark
- Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
- Amandava amandava Red Avadavat
- Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
- Ammomanes phoenicura Rufous-tailed Lark NT
- Anarhynchus atrifrons
- Anas acuta Northern Pintail
- Anas crecca Green-winged Teal
- Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
- Anas poecilorhyncha Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Anastomus oscitans Asian Openbill
- Anhinga melanogaster Oriental Darter
- Anser anser Greylag Goose
- Anthus campestris Tawny Pipit
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
- Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
- Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
- Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit
- Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit
- Apus affinis Little Swift
- Apus leuconyx Blyth's Swift
- Aquila fasciata Bonelli's Eagle
- Ardea alba Great Egret
- Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
- Ardea coromanda Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Ardea intermedia Medium Egret
- Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
- Ardenna carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater NT
- Ardeola grayii Indian Pond-Heron
- Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone NT
- Argya affinis Yellow-billed Babbler
- Argya striata Jungle Babbler
- Argya subrufa Rufous Babbler
- Artamus fuscus Ashy Woodswallow
- Arundinax aedon Thick-billed Warbler
- Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl
- Athene brama Spotted Owlet
- Aviceda leuphotes Black Baza
- Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
- Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Botaurus flavicollis Black Bittern
- Botaurus sinensis
- Burhinus indicus Indian Stone-curlew
- Butastur teesa White-eyed Buzzard
- Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
- Butorides atricapilla
- Cacomantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo
- Cacomantis passerinus Grey-bellied Cuckoo
- Cacomantis sonneratii Banded Bay Cuckoo
- Cairina moschata Muscovy Duck
- Calandrella brachydactyla Greater Short-toed Lark
- Calandrella dukhunensis Mongolian Short-toed Lark
- Calidris alba Sanderling
- Calidris alpina Dunlin NT
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Calidris minuta Little Stint
- Calidris pugnax Ruff
- Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
- Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper VU
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus pectoralis Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
- Carpospiza brachydactyla Pale Rockfinch
- Cecropis daurica Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal
- Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher
- Ceyx erithaca Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher NT
- Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove
- Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
- Charadrius asiaticus Caspian Plover
- Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
- Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover
- Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand-Plover
- Chlidonias hybrida Whiskered Tern
- Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern
- Chloropsis aurifrons Golden-fronted Leafbird
- Chloropsis jerdoni Jerdon's Leafbird
- Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Brown-headed Gull
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
- Chrysocolaptes socialis Malabar flameback
- Chrysomma sinense Yellow-eyed Babbler
- Ciconia ciconia White Stork
- Ciconia episcopus Asian Woolly-necked Stork NT
- Cinnyris asiaticus Purple Sunbird
- Cinnyris lotenius Loten's Sunbird
- Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier
- Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier NT
- Circus melanoleucos Pied Harrier
- Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier
- Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
- Clamator coromandus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Clamator jacobinus Pied Cuckoo
- Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle VU
- Clanga hastata Indian Spotted Eagle NT
- Columba livia Rock Pigeon
- Copsychus fulicatus Indian Robin
- Copsychus saularis Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Coracias benghalensis Indian Roller NT
- Coracias garrulus European Roller
- Coracina macei Indian Cuckooshrike
- Coracina melanoptera Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike
- Corvus culminatus Indian Jungle Crow
- Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
- Corvus splendens House Crow
- Coturnix coromandelica Rain Quail
- Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
- Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo
- Curruca curruca Lesser Whitethroat
- Cyornis rubeculoides Blue-throated Flycatcher
- Cyornis tickelliae Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
- Cypsiurus balasiensis Asian Palm Swift
- Dendrocitta vagabunda Rufous Treepie
- Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-Duck
- Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
- Dicaeum agile Thick-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Pale-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicrurus aeneus Bronzed Drongo
- Dicrurus caerulescens White-bellied Drongo
- Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
- Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
- Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback
- Egretta garzetta Little Egret
- Egretta gularis Western Reef Heron
- Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite
- Emberiza buchanani Grey-necked Bunting
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
- Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
- Esacus recurvirostris Great Stone-curlew NT
- Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Koel
- Euodice malabarica Indian Silverbill
- Falco amurensis Amur Falcon
- Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon NT
- Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
- Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby
- Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel
- Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher
- Fulica atra Eurasian Coot
- Galerida cristata Crested Lark
- Galerida malabarica Malabar Lark
- Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
- Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
- Gallinago stenura Pin-tailed Snipe
- Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Moorhen
- Galloperdix lunulata Painted Spurfowl
- Galloperdix spadicea Red Spurfowl
- Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl
- Gallus sonneratii Grey Junglefowl
- Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed Tern
- Geokichla citrina Orange-headed Thrush
- Glareola lactea Small Pratincole
- Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole
- Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole
- Glaucidium radiatum Jungle Owlet
- Gorsachius melanolophus Malayan Night Heron
- Gracupica contra Indian Pied Starling
- Gymnoris xanthocollis Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher NT
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
- Haliaeetus leucoryphus Pallas's Fish-Eagle EN
- Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
- Helopsaltes certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
- Hierococcyx varius Common Hawk-Cuckoo
- Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
- Hirundapus giganteus Brown-backed Needletail
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
- Hirundo smithii Wire-tailed Swallow
- Hydrobates monorhis Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel NT
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern
- Hypothymis azurea Black-naped Monarch
- Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Pallas's Gull
- Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Iduna caligata Booted Warbler
- Iduna rama Sykes's Warbler
- Lanius collurioides Burmese Shrike
- Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
- Lanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike
- Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike
- Lanius vittatus Bay-backed Shrike
- Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Larvivora brunnea Indian Blue Robin
- Leptocoma minima Crimson-backed Sunbird
- Leptocoma zeylonica Purple-rumped Sunbird
- Lewinia striata Slaty-breasted Rail
- Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit NT
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit NT
- Lonchura malacca Tricolored Munia
- Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia
- Lonchura striata White-rumped Munia
- Lophospiza trivirgata
- Loriculus vernalis Vernal Hanging-Parrot
- Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
- Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon
- Mareca strepera Gadwall
- Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
- Melophus bruniceps
- Merops leschenaulti Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Merops orientalis Asian Green Bee-eater
- Merops philippinus Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana
- Microcarbo niger Little Cormorant
- Milvus migrans Black Kite
- Motacilla alba White Wagtail
- Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
- Motacilla citreola Citrine Wagtail
- Motacilla flava Western Yellow Wagtail
- Motacilla maderaspatensis White-browed Wagtail
- Motacilla tschutschensis Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Muscicapa latirostris Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Muscicapa muttui Brown-breasted Flycatcher
- Mycteria leucocephala Painted Stork
- Myophonus horsfieldii Malabar Whistling-Thrush
- Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Ninox scutulata Brown Boobook
- Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew NT
- Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Whimbrel
- Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl
- Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
- Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Ocyceros birostris Indian Grey Hornbill
- Oenanthe isabellina Isabelline Wheatear
- Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled Tern
- Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole
- Oriolus kundoo Indian Golden Oriole
- Oriolus oriolus Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Oriolus xanthornus Black-hooded Oriole
- Orthotomus sutorius Common Tailorbird
- Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Otus bakkamoena Indian Scops-Owl
- Pandion haliaetus Osprey
- Parus major Great Tit
- Passer domesticus House Sparrow
- Pastor roseus Rosy Starling
- Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
- Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher
- Pelecanus philippensis Spot-billed Pelican NT
- Pellorneum ruficeps Puff-throated Babbler
- Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush-Quail
- Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet
- Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
- Pericrocotus flammeus Orange Minivet
- Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Petrochelidon fluvicola Streak-throated Swallow
- Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Blue-faced Malkoha
- Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird
- Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant
- Phoenicopterus roseus Greater Flamingo
- Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
- Phylloscopus magnirostris Large-billed Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus nitidus Green Warbler
- Phylloscopus occipitalis Western Crowned Warbler
- Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
- Pitta brachyura Indian Pitta
- Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill
- Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis
- Plocealauda affinis Jerdon's Bushlark
- Ploceus benghalensis Black-breasted Weaver
- Ploceus manyar Streaked Weaver
- Ploceus philippinus Baya Weaver
- Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover
- Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover VU
- Porphyrio poliocephalus Gray-headed Swamphen
- Prinia hodgsonii Gray-breasted Prinia
- Prinia inornata Plain Prinia
- Prinia socialis Ashy Prinia
- Psilopogon haemacephalus Coppersmith Barbet
- Psilopogon viridis White-cheeked Barbet
- Psittacula cyanocephala Plum-headed Parakeet
- Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Pterocles exustus Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Pycnonotus cafer Red-vented Bulbul
- Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Pycnonotus luteolus White-browed Bulbul
- Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake
- Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
- Rhipidura aureola White-browed Fantail
- Riparia riparia Bank Swallow
- Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake VU
- Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-Snipe
- Rynchops albicollis Indian Skimmer EN
- Sarkidiornis melanotos Knob-billed Duck
- Saxicola caprata Pied Bushchat
- Saxicola maurus Siberian Stonechat
- Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler
- Spatula querquedula Garganey
- Spilopelia chinensis Spotted Dove
- Spilopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove
- Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent-Eagle
- Sterna acuticauda Black-bellied Tern EN
- Sterna aurantia River Tern VU
- Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
- Sterna hirundo Common Tern
- Sternula albifrons Little Tern
- Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared-Dove
- Strix ocellata Mottled Wood-Owl
- Sturnia blythii Malabar Starling
- Sturnia malabarica Chestnut-tailed Starling
- Sturnia pagodarum Brahminy Starling
- Surniculus dicruroides Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
- Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
- Tachymarptis melba Alpine Swift
- Tachyspiza badia
- Tachyspiza brevipes
- Tephrodornis pondicerianus Common Woodshrike
- Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Thalasseus bengalensis Lesser Crested Tern
- Thalasseus bergii Great Crested Tern
- Thalasseus sandvicensis Sandwich Tern
- Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis
- Treron affinis Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon
- Treron bicinctus Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
- Treron phoenicopterus Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
- Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
- Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
- Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
- Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
- Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
- Tringa totanus Common Redshank
- Turdoides affinis Yellow-billed Babbler
- Turdoides caudata Common Babbler
- Turdoides malcolmi Large Gray Babbler
- Turdoides striata Jungle Babbler
- Turnix suscitator Barred Buttonquail
- Tyto javanica Eastern Barn Owl
- Upupa epops Common Hoopoe
- Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing
- Vanellus indicus Red-wattled Lapwing
- Vanellus malabaricus Yellow-wattled Lapwing
- Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper
- Yungipicus nanus Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- Zapornia fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Zapornia pusilla Baillon's Crake
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