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Vankalai Bird Sanctuary
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Lesser Whistling-DuckDendrocygna javanica
Apr 2, 2026
60
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Apr 2, 2026
70
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Apr 2, 2026
2
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Apr 2, 2026
2
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Apr 2, 2026
3
Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
Apr 2, 2026
2
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Apr 2, 2026
X
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Apr 2, 2026
4
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Apr 2, 2026
2
Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris
Apr 2, 2026
1
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Apr 2, 2026
1
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Apr 2, 2026
3
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Apr 2, 2026
3
Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris
Apr 2, 2026
2
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Apr 2, 2026
20
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Apr 2, 2026
2
Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
Apr 2, 2026
2
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Apr 2, 2026
4
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Apr 2, 2026
4
Small PratincoleGlareola lactea
Apr 2, 2026
16
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Apr 2, 2026
4
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Apr 2, 2026
2
Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
Apr 2, 2026
40
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Apr 2, 2026
1
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Apr 2, 2026
2
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Apr 2, 2026
30
Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
Apr 2, 2026
4
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Apr 2, 2026
3
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Apr 2, 2026
X
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Apr 2, 2026
X
Great EgretArdea alba
Apr 2, 2026
X
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Apr 2, 2026
3
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Apr 2, 2026
2
Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensis
Apr 2, 2026
4
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Apr 2, 2026
2
White-bellied Sea-EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster
Apr 2, 2026
3
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Apr 2, 2026
1
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Apr 2, 2026
2
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Apr 2, 2026
2
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Apr 2, 2026
3
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
Apr 2, 2026
2
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Apr 2, 2026
4
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Apr 2, 2026
2
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Apr 2, 2026
2
House CrowCorvus splendens
Apr 2, 2026
X
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Apr 2, 2026
X
Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinis
Apr 2, 2026
2
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Apr 2, 2026
X
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Apr 2, 2026
1
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Apr 2, 2026
2
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Apr 2, 2026
X
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Apr 2, 2026
1
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
Apr 2, 2026
5
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Apr 2, 2026
1
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Apr 2, 2026
1
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Apr 2, 2026
1
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Apr 2, 2026
4
Sri Lanka WoodshrikeTephrodornis affinis
Apr 2, 2026
3
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Apr 2, 2026
1
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Apr 2, 2026
1
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Apr 2, 2026
3
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Apr 2, 2026
1
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Apr 2, 2026
2
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Apr 2, 2026
1
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Apr 2, 2026
2
Loten's SunbirdCinnyris lotenius
Apr 2, 2026
2
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Apr 2, 2026
2
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