Records of the bird species from the coastal and fresh water zoned of the study area

| S. No. |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| 1 |
Little grebe |
Podiceps ruficollis |
| 2 |
Little cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
| 3 |
Pond heron |
Ardeola grayii |
| 4 |
Cattle egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
| 5 |
Little egret |
Egretta garzetta |
| 6 |
Indian reef heron |
Egretta gularis |
| 7 |
Black ibis |
Pseudibis papillosa |
| 8 |
Spot billed duck |
Anas poecilorhyncha |
| 9 |
Common teal |
Anas crecca |
| 10 |
White bellied sea eagle |
Heliaetus leucogaster |
| 11 |
Brahmini duck |
T adoma ferruginea |
| 12 |
Coot |
Fulica atra |
| 13 |
Pheasant tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
| 14 |
Bronze winged Jacana |
Metopidius indicus |
| 15 |
Red wattled lapwing |
Vanellus indica |
| 16 |
Yellow wattled lapwing |
Vanellus malabarica |
| 17 |
Little ringed plover |
Charadrius dubius |
| 18 |
Oyster catcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
| 19 |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
| 20 |
Black winged stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
| 21 |
Red shank |
Tringa totanus |
| 22 |
Green shank |
Tringa nebularia |
| 23 |
Common sandpiper |
Triga hypoleucos |
| 24 |
Sand piper |
Tringa sp. |
| 25 |
Ruff and Reeve |
Philomachus pugnax |
| 26 |
Black headed gull |
Larus ridibundus |
| 27 |
Great black headed gull |
Larus ichthyactur |
| 28 |
Little tern |
Sterna albifrons |
| 29 |
Caspian tern |
Hydroprogne caspia |
| 30 |
Tern |
Sterna sp. |
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Last Updated: September 29, 2015