Birds of Tamil Nadu
654 birds on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 33 of them threatened (5 Critically Endangered, 7 Endangered and 21 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 Tamil Nadu (33)
- Calidris pygmaea Spoon-billed Sandpiper CR
- Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture CR
- Gyps indicus Indian Vulture CR
- Sarcogyps calvus Red-headed Vulture CR
- Sypheotides indicus Lesser Florican CR
- Anser cygnoides Swan Goose EN
- Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle EN
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture EN
- Psittacus erithacus Gray Parrot EN
- Rynchops albicollis Indian Skimmer EN
- Sterna acuticauda Black-bellied Tern EN
- Aceros nipalensis Rufous-necked Hornbill VU
- Anthus nilghiriensis Nilgiri Pipit VU
- Antigone antigone Sarus Crane VU
- Aquila heliaca Imperial Eagle VU
- Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle VU
- Aythya ferina Common Pochard VU
- Buceros bicornis Great Hornbill VU
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Chaetornis striata Bristled Grassbird VU
- Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle VU
- Ficedula subrubra Kashmir Flycatcher VU
- Fregata andrewsi Christmas Island Frigatebird VU
- Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe VU
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Montecincla meridionalis VU
- Montecincla meridionalis Ashambu Laughingthrush VU
- Ocyceros griseus Malabar Grey Hornbill VU
- Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover VU
- Schoenicola striatus Bristled Grassbird VU
- Sterna aurantia River Tern VU
All birds of Tamil Nadu on the list (654)
- Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Aceros nipalensis Rufous-necked Hornbill VU
- Acridotheres fuscus Jungle Myna
- Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
- Acritillas indica Yellow-browed Bulbul
- Acrocephalus agricola Paddyfield Warbler
- Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus scirpaceus Common Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler
- Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
- Aegithina nigrolutea White-tailed Iora
- Aegithina tiphia Common Iora
- Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture NT
- Aerodramus unicolor Indian Swiftlet
- Agapornis fischeri Fischer's Lovebird NT
- Agropsar sturninus Daurian Starling
- Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark
- Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark
- Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
- Alcedo meninting Blue-eared Kingfisher
- Alcippe poioicephala Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
- 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
- Anous stolidus Brown Noddy
- Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy
- Anser anser Greylag Goose
- Anser cygnoides Swan Goose EN
- Anser indicus Bar-headed Goose
- Anthracoceros coronatus Malabar Pied Hornbill NT
- Anthus campestris Tawny Pipit
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
- Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
- Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit
- Anthus nilghiriensis Nilgiri Pipit VU
- Anthus novaeseelandiae New Zealand Pipit
- Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
- Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit
- Anthus similis Long-billed Pipit
- Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit
- Antigone antigone Sarus Crane VU
- Apus affinis Little Swift
- Apus apus Common Swift
- Apus leuconyx Blyth's Swift
- Aquila fasciata Bonelli's Eagle
- Aquila heliaca Imperial Eagle VU
- Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle EN
- Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle VU
- Ara chloropterus Red-and-green Macaw
- Arachnothera longirostra Little Spiderhunter
- Ardea alba Great Egret
- Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
- Ardea coromanda Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Ardea ibis Western Cattle-Egret
- Ardea intermedia Medium Egret
- Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
- Ardenna carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater NT
- Ardenna pacifica Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Ardeola bacchus Chinese Pond-Heron
- Ardeola grayii Indian Pond-Heron
- Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone NT
- Argya affinis Yellow-billed Babbler
- Argya caudata Common Babbler
- Argya malcolmi Large Grey 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 jerdoni Jerdon's Baza
- Aviceda leuphotes Black Baza
- Aythya ferina Common Pochard VU
- Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
- Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck NT
- Batrachostomus moniliger Sri Lanka Frogmouth
- Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Botaurus flavicollis Black Bittern
- Botaurus sinensis
- Brachypodius priocephalus Grey-headed Bulbul
- Brachypteryx hyperythra Rusty-bellied Shortwing NT
- Branta canadensis Canada Goose
- Bubo bengalensis Rock Eagle-Owl
- Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Buceros bicornis Great Hornbill VU
- Burhinus indicus Indian Stone-curlew
- Butastur teesa White-eyed Buzzard
- Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
- Buteo refectus Himalayan Buzzard
- Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
- Butorides atricapilla
- Butorides striata Striated Heron
- Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Cacatua goffiniana Tanimbar Corella NT
- 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 cinerea Red-capped Lark
- Calandrella dukhunensis Mongolian Short-toed Lark
- Calidris alba Sanderling
- Calidris alpina Dunlin NT
- Calidris canutus Red Knot NT
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
- Calidris minuta Little Stint
- Calidris pugnax Ruff
- Calidris pygmaea Spoon-billed Sandpiper CR
- Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint NT
- Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Calliope calliope Siberian Rubythroat
- Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater NT
- Caprimulgus affinis Savanna Nightjar
- Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus indicus Jungle Nightjar
- Caprimulgus macrurus Large-tailed Nightjar
- Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
- Cecropis daurica Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Cecropis rufula European Red-rumped Swallow
- Centropus bengalensis Lesser Coucal
- Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal
- Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher
- Ceyx erithaca Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher NT
- Chaetornis striata Bristled Grassbird VU
- Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove
- Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
- Charadrius asiaticus Caspian Plover
- Charadrius atrifrons
- 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 genei Slender-billed Gull
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
- Chrysocolaptes festivus White-naped Woodpecker
- Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Greater Flameback
- Chrysocolaptes lucidus Buff-spotted Flameback
- Chrysocolaptes socialis Malabar flameback
- Chrysolophus amherstiae Lady Amherst's Pheasant
- Chrysolophus pictus Golden Pheasant
- Chrysomma sinense Yellow-eyed Babbler
- Chrysophlegma flavinucha Greater Yellownape
- Ciconia ciconia White Stork
- Ciconia episcopus Asian Woolly-necked Stork NT
- Ciconia nigra Black Stork
- 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
- Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Cisticola cantans Singing Cisticola
- Cisticola exilis Golden-headed Cisticola
- 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 elphinstonii Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
- Columba livia Rock Pigeon
- Copsychus fulicatus Indian Robin
- Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped Shama
- Copsychus saularis Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Coracias benghalensis Indian Roller NT
- Coracias garrulus European Roller
- Coracina javensis Oriental Cuckooshrike
- Coracina macei Indian Cuckooshrike
- Coracina melanoptera Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- Corvus culminatus Indian Jungle Crow
- Corvus levaillantii Eastern Jungle Crow
- Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
- Corvus splendens House Crow
- Coturnix coromandelica Rain Quail
- Coturnix coturnix Common Quail
- Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
- Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo
- Cuculus poliocephalus Lesser Cuckoo
- Cuculus saturatus Himalayan Cuckoo
- Culicicapa ceylonensis Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
- Curruca crassirostris Eastern Orphean Warbler
- Curruca curruca Lesser Whitethroat
- Curruca hortensis Western Orphean Warbler
- Cursorius coromandelicus Indian Courser NT
- Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher
- Cyornis pallidipes White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
- Cyornis pallipes White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
- Cyornis rubeculoides Blue-throated Flycatcher
- Cyornis tickelliae Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
- Cypsiurus balasiensis Asian Palm Swift
- Daption capense Pintado Petrel
- Delichon urbicum Western House Martin
- Dendrocitta leucogastra White-bellied Treepie
- Dendrocitta vagabunda Rufous Treepie
- Dendrocoptes auriceps Brown-fronted Woodpecker
- Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-Duck
- Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
- Dicaeum agile Thick-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum concolor Nilgiri Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum cruentatum Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Pale-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum minullum Plain Flowerpecker
- Dicrurus aeneus Bronzed Drongo
- Dicrurus caerulescens White-bellied Drongo
- Dicrurus hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo
- Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
- Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
- Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback
- Dinopium javanense Common Flameback
- Dromas ardeola Crab-Plover
- Dryocopus javensis White-bellied Woodpecker
- Ducula aenea Green Imperial Pigeon NT
- Ducula badia Mountain Imperial Pigeon
- Ducula cuprea Malabar Imperial Pigeon
- Dumetia atriceps Dark-fronted Babbler
- Dumetia hyperythra Tawny-bellied Babbler
- Eclectus roratus Moluccan Eclectus
- Egretta garzetta Little Egret
- Egretta gularis Western Reef Heron
- Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite
- Emberiza bruniceps Red-headed Bunting
- Emberiza buchanani Grey-necked Bunting
- Emberiza cia Rock Bunting
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
- Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
- Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Black-necked Stork
- Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
- Esacus recurvirostris Great Stone-curlew NT
- Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Koel
- Eumyias albicaudatus Nilgiri Flycatcher
- Eumyias thalassinus Verditer Flycatcher
- Euodice malabarica Indian Silverbill
- Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird
- Falco amurensis Amur Falcon
- Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon NT
- Falco jugger Laggar Falcon NT
- Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel
- Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
- Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby
- Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel
- Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher
- Ficedula nigrorufa Black-and-orange Flycatcher
- Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Ficedula ruficauda Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
- Ficedula subrubra Kashmir Flycatcher VU
- Ficedula superciliaris Ultramarine Flycatcher
- Ficedula zanthopygia Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
- Forpus passerinus Green-rumped Parrotlet
- Francolinus pictus Painted Francolin
- Fregata andrewsi Christmas Island Frigatebird VU
- Fregata ariel Lesser Frigatebird
- Fregata minor Great Frigatebird
- Fulica atra Eurasian Coot
- Galerida deva Tawny Lark
- Galerida malabarica Malabar Lark
- Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
- Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
- Gallinago media Great Snipe NT
- Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
- Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe VU
- 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
- Garrulax delesserti Wynaad Laughingthrush
- Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed Tern
- Geokichla citrina Orange-headed Thrush
- Geokichla wardii Pied Thrush
- Glareola lactea Small Pratincole
- Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole
- Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole
- Glaucidium radiatum Jungle Owlet
- Gorsachius melanolophus Malayan Night Heron
- Gracula indica Southern Hill Myna
- Gracupica contra Indian Pied Starling
- Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
- Gymnoris xanthocollis Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture CR
- Gyps fulvus Eurasian Griffon
- Gyps himalayensis Himalayan Griffon NT
- Gyps indicus Indian Vulture CR
- Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher NT
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
- Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
- Harpactes fasciatus Malabar Trogon
- Helopsaltes certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Hemicircus canente Heart-spotted Woodpecker
- Hemiprocne coronata Crested Treeswift
- Hemipus picatus Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
- Hierococcyx sparverioides Large Hawk-Cuckoo
- Hierococcyx varius Common Hawk-Cuckoo
- Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
- Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail
- Hirundapus giganteus Brown-backed Needletail
- Hirundo domicola Hill Swallow
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
- Hirundo smithii Wire-tailed Swallow
- Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow
- Hydrobates monorhis Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel NT
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern
- Hypothymis azurea Black-naped Monarch
- Hypsipetes ganeesa Square-tailed Bulbul
- Hypsipetes leucocephalus Black Bulbul
- Ichthyaetus hemprichii Sooty Gull
- Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Pallas's Gull
- Icthyophaga humilis Lesser Fish-Eagle NT
- Icthyophaga ichthyaetus Grey-headed Fish Eagle NT
- Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Ictinaetus malaiensis Black Eagle
- Iduna caligata Booted Warbler
- Iduna rama Sykes's Warbler
- Irena puella Asian Fairy-bluebird
- Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck
- Ketupa nipalensis
- Ketupa zeylonensis Brown Fish-Owl
- Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike
- Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
- Lanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike
- Lanius isabellinus Isabelline Shrike
- Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike
- Lanius vittatus Bay-backed Shrike
- Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Larvivora brunnea Indian Blue Robin
- Leiopicus mahrattensis Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
- Leptocoma minima Crimson-backed Sunbird
- Leptocoma zeylonica Purple-rumped Sunbird
- Leptoptilos javanicus Lesser Adjutant NT
- Lewinia striata Slaty-breasted Rail
- Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher NT
- Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher NT
- Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit NT
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit NT
- Locustella naevia Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Lonchura kelaarti Black-throated Munia
- Lonchura malacca Tricolored Munia
- Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia
- Lonchura striata White-rumped Munia
- Lophospiza trivirgata
- Lophotriorchis kienerii Rufous-bellied Eagle NT
- Lophura leucomelanos Kalij Pheasant
- Lophura nycthemera Silver Pheasant
- Loriculus vernalis Vernal Hanging-Parrot
- Luscinia brunnea Indian Blue Robin
- Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
- Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe
- Lyncornis macrotis Great Eared-Nightjar
- Machlolophus aplonotus Indian Yellow Tit
- Machlolophus nuchalis White-naped Tit NT
- Machlolophus xanthogenys Himalayan Black-lored Tit
- Macronus gularis Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
- Mareca falcata Falcated Duck
- Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon
- Mareca strepera Gadwall
- Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
- Melophus bruniceps
- Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar
- Merops apiaster European Bee-eater
- Merops leschenaulti Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Merops orientalis Asian Green Bee-eater
- Merops persicus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Merops philippinus Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana
- Microcarbo niger Little Cormorant
- Micropternus brachyurus Rufous Woodpecker
- Milvus migrans Black Kite
- Mirafra javanica Singing Bushlark
- Montecincla cachinnans Nilgiri Laughingthrush NT
- Montecincla fairbanki Palani Laughingthrush NT
- Montecincla meridionalis VU
- Montecincla meridionalis Ashambu Laughingthrush VU
- Monticola cinclorhynchus
- Monticola saxatilis Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
- 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
- Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher
- Mycteria leucocephala Painted Stork
- Myiomela albiventris White-bellied Blue Robin NT
- Myiomela major Nilgiri blue robin NT
- Myophonus horsfieldii Malabar Whistling-Thrush
- Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture EN
- Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard
- Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Ninox scutulata Brown Boobook
- Nisaetus cirrhatus Changeable Hawk-Eagle
- Nisaetus kelaarti Legge's Hawk-Eagle
- Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew NT
- Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Whimbrel
- Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl
- Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nyctyornis athertoni Blue-bearded Bee-eater
- Nymphicus hollandicus Cockatiel
- Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Ocyceros birostris Indian Grey Hornbill
- Ocyceros griseus Malabar Grey Hornbill VU
- Oenanthe deserti Desert Wheatear
- Oenanthe fusca Brown Rock Chat
- Oenanthe isabellina Isabelline Wheatear
- Oenanthe picata Variable Wheatear
- Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled Tern
- Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty 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
- Otus brucei Pallid Scops-Owl
- Otus lettia Collared Scops-Owl
- Otus sunia Oriental Scops-Owl
- Pandion haliaetus Osprey
- Parus cinereus Asian Tit
- Parus major Great Tit
- Passer domesticus House Sparrow
- Pastor roseus Rosy Starling
- Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
- Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher
- Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican
- Pelecanus philippensis Spot-billed Pelican NT
- Pellorneum ruficeps Puff-throated Babbler
- Perdicula argoondah Rock Bush-Quail
- Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush-Quail
- Perdicula erythrorhyncha Painted Bush-Quail
- Pericrocotus cantonensis Brown-rumped Minivet
- Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet
- Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
- Pericrocotus erythropygius White-bellied Minivet
- Pericrocotus flammeus Orange Minivet
- Pericrocotus speciosus Scarlet Minivet
- Pernis apivorus European Honey-buzzard
- Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Petrochelidon fluvicola Streak-throated Swallow
- Phaenicophaeus tristis Green-billed Malkoha
- Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Blue-faced Malkoha
- Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird
- Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird
- Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Black Cormorant
- Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope
- Phodilus assimilis Sri Lanka Bay Owl
- Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled Albatross NT
- Phoeniconaias minor Lesser Flamingo NT
- Phoenicopterus roseus Greater Flamingo
- Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
- Phylloscopus affinis Tickell's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
- Phylloscopus griseolus Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Phylloscopus humei Hume's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed Warbler
- Phylloscopus magnirostris Large-billed Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus nitidus Green Warbler
- Phylloscopus occipitalis Western Crowned Warbler
- Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Two-barred Warbler
- Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
- Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler
- Phylloscopus tytleri Tytler's Leaf Warbler
- Picumnus innominatus Speckled Piculet
- Picus chlorolophus Lesser Yellownape
- Picus xanthopygaeus Streak-throated Woodpecker
- Pitta brachyura Indian Pitta
- Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill
- Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis
- Plocealauda affinis Jerdon's Bushlark
- Plocealauda assamica
- Plocealauda erythroptera
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Other species of Tamil Nadu
Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species