Birds
Karnala Bird Sanctuary
The Winged Wonders of Karnala
Karnala Bird Sanctuary is globally recognized as an Important Bird Area (IBA). It serves as a vital home for 134 resident species and a winter refuge for 38 migratory birds that travel thousands of miles to reach these forests.
Great Egret
Eastern Cattle Egret
Chestnut Bittern
Indian Pond Heron
Little Egret
Black Crowned Night Heron
Striated Heron
Alpine Swift
Asian Palm Swift
Crested Treeswift
Little Swift
Black Backed Oriental Dwarf
Common0 Kingfisher
Stork Billed Kingfisher
White Throated Kingfisher
Ashy Crowned Finch Lark
Malabar Lark
Oriental Skylark
Black Eared Kite
Black Kite
Black Winged Kite
Booted Eagle
Cinereous Vulture
Crested Hawk Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Indian Vulture
Long Legged Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Rufous Bellied Eagle
Shikra
Short Toed Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
White Eyed Buzzard
White Rumped Vulture
Indian Grey Hornbill
Malabar Grey Hornbill
Brown Headed Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
White Cheeked Barbet
Little Ringed Plover
Red Wattled Lapwing
Jerdons Nightjar
Indian Little Nightjar
Indian Jungle Nightjar
Small Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Black Headed Cuckooshrike
Common Woodshrike
Large Cuckooshrike
Long Tailed Minivet
Orange Minivetfemale
Orange Minivetmale
Thick Billed Flowerpecker
Pale Billed Flowerpecker
‘Southern’ Coucal
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Blue Faced Malkoha
Chestnut Winged Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Common Hawk Cuckoo
Grey Bellied Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Jacobin or Pied-Cuckoo
Small Cuckoo
Rufous Treepie
Large Billed Crow
House Crow
Emerald Dove
Green Imperial Pigeon
Grey Fronted Green Pigeon
Laughing Dove
Nilgiri Woodpigeon
Red Collared Dove
Rock Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Yellow Footed Green Pigeon
Peregrine Falcon
Common Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon Shaheen
Eurasian Crag Martin
Barn Swallow
Red Rumped Swallow
Wire Tailed Swallow
Dusky Crag Martin
Black Headed Bunting
Crested Bunting
Red Headed Bunting
Ashy Drongo
Black Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Greater Racket Tailed Drongo
White Bellied Drongo
Black Naped Blue Monarch
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Forest Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
White Browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Bay Backed Shrike
Brown Shrike
Long Tailed
Common Lora
Gold Fronted Leafbird
Jerdon’s Leafbird
Cinereous Tit
Indian Yellow Tit
Black Hooded Oriole
Black Naped Oriole
Indian Golden Oriolefemale
Indian Golden Oriolemale
Loten’s Sunbird
Purple Rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Vigor’s Sunbird
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Blue Throated Flycatcher
Grey Headed Canary Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Red Throated Flycatcher
Tickell’s-Blue Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Alexandrine Parakeet
Malabar Parakeet
Plum Headed Parakeet
Rose Ringed Parakeet
Vernal Hanging Parrot
‘Indian’ Baya Weavermale
‘Indian’ Baya Weaver Female
Grey Junglefowl
Jungle Bush quail
Tndian Peafowlfemale
Painted Francolin
Rain Quail
Chestnut Shouldered Petronia
House Sparrowfemale
House Sparrowmale
Indian Eagle Owl
Indian Scops Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Red Vented Bulbul
Red Whiskered Bulbul
Square Tailed Bulbul
White Browed Bulbul
White Eared Bulbul
Common Hoopoe
Malabar Trogon
White Browed Fantail
White Spotted Fantail
Ashy Prinia
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Bright Green Warbler
Common Tailorbird
Greenish Leaf Warbler
Grey Breasted Prinia
Hume’s Leaf Warbler
Jungle Prinia
Lesser Whitethroat
Plain Prinia
Siberian Chiffchaff
Sulphur Bellied Warbler
Tickell’s Leaf warbler
Brown Cheeked Fulvetta
Indian Scimitar Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Puff Throated Babbler
Tawny Bellied Babbler
Yellow Eyed Babbler
Black Redstartfemale
Black Redstartmale
Blue Capped Rock Thrush
Blue Rock Thrush
Bluethroat
Indian Blackbird
Indian-Black-Robinfemale
Indian Blue Robin
Malabar Whistling Thrush
Malabar Whistling Thrush
Orange Headed Thrush
Oriental Magpie Robin
Pied Bushchat
Siberian Stonechat
White Rumped Shamafemale