This is a list of the birds found at Singanallur Lake in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Over 100 species of birds have been spotted in the lake. The list includes the name in Tamil.
Herons and egrets
Little egret, chinna kokku
Purple heron, sen narai
Grey heron, sambal narai
Great egret, peria kokku
Intermediate egret, naduthara kokku
Cattle egret, unni kokku
Indian pond heron, kuruttu kokku
Black-crowned night heron, erakokku
Western reef egret
Painted stork, manjal mooku narai
Woolly-necked stork, sengaal narai
Ibis and spoonbill
Glossy ibis, arival mookkan
Black-headed ibis, vellai arival mookkan
Eurasian spoonbill, karandivayan
Kites and harriers
Black kite, kalla parundhu
Brahminy kite, semparundhu
Western marsh harrier, setru poonai parundhu
Pallid harrier, poonai parundhu
Pied harrier, vellai poonai parundhu
Shikra, valluru
Gadwall, karuval vathu
Spot-billed duck, pulli mookku vathu
Northern shoveler, andi vathu
Garganey, neela chiragi
Common teal, kiluvai
Francolin and fowl
Grey francolin, kowdhari
Indian peafowl, neela mayil
Crakes and rail
White-breasted waterhen, kambul kozhi
Little crake, chinna kaanan kozhi
Ruddy-breasted crake, sivappu kaanaan kozhi
Water cock, thanneer kozhi
Grey-headed swamphen, neela thazhai kozhi
Common moorhen, thaazhai kozhi
Common coot, naamak kozhi
Pheasant-tailed jacana, neela vaal ilai kozhi
Plovers and lapwings
Little ringed plover, pattani uppukkothi
Yellow-wattled lapwing, sivappu mookku aalkatti
Red-wattled lapwing
Godwit, sandpipers and stilt
Black-tailed godwit, karuvaal mukkan
Marsh sandpiper, chinna pachai kaali
Wood sandpiper, pori ullan
Common sandpiper, ullan
Black-winged stilt, nedungaal ullan
Common tern, aala
Black-bellied tern, karuppu vayitru aala
Doves and pigeons
Blue rock pigeon, mada pura
Little brown dove, chinna thavittu pura
Spotted dove, pulli pura
Rose-ringed parakeet, senthaar pynkili
Jacobin cuckoo, sudalai kuyil
Asian koel, kokilam
Greater coucal, shenbagam
Spotted owlet, pulli aandhai
Asian palm swift, panai uzhavaran
House swift, nattu uzhavaran
Small blue kingfisher, siraal meenkothi
Stork-billed kingfisher, peria alagu meenkothi
White-breasted kingfisher, venmaarbu meenkothi
Pied kingfisher, karuppu vellai meenkothi
Green bee-eater, pachai panchuruttan
Blue-tailed bee-eater, neelawal panchuruttan
Chestnut-headed bee-eater, chenthalai panchuruttan
Rollers and hoopoe
Indian roller, panangadai
Hoopoe, kondalathi
Coppersmith barbet, chemmarbu kukkuruvaan
Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, ponmudhugu maram kothi
Little grebe, mukkulippan
Spot-billed pelican, kuzhai kada
Darter, pambu thara
Common redshank, pavazha kaali
Indian bushlark, sivappu irakkai vaanambadi
Oriental skylark, chinna vaanambadi
Martin and swallows
Barn swallow, thagaivilaan
Red-rumped swallow, sivappu pitta thagaivilaan
Wagtails and pipit
White wagtail, vellai vaalatti
Large pied wagtail, karuppu vellai vaalatti
yellow wagtail, manjal vaalatti
Grey wagtail, karum saambal vaalatti
Paddyfield pipit, vayal nettai kaali
Shrikes and woodshrikes
Brown shrike, pazhuppu keechaan
Rufous-backed shrike, chemmudhugu keechaan
Common woodshrike, kattu keechaan
Red-whiskered bulbul, sivappu meesai chinnaan
Red-vented bulbul, chinnaan
Robin and chats
Indian robin, karunchittu
Common stonechat, kalkuruvi
Pied bushchat, karuppu vellai pudhar chittu
Yellow-billed babbler, venthalai silamban
Warblers, prinias and tailorbird
Zitting cisticola, karungottu kadhirkuruvi
Ashy prinia, saambal kadhirkuruvi
Paddyfield warbler, vayal kadhirkuruvi
Blyth's reed warbler, blyth naanal kadhirkuruvi
Clamorous reed warbler, naanal kadhirkuruvi
Common tailorbird, thaiyal chittu
Greenish warbler, pachai kadhirkuruvi
Eastern Orphean warbler, karunthalai kathirkuruvi
Indian paradise flycatcher, arasawal eppidippan
Tickell's flowerpecker, tickell malar kothi
Purple-rumped sunbird, oodha pitta thenchittu
Purple sunbird, oodha thenchittu
White-rumped munia, venmudhugu munia
Spotted munia, pulli chillai
Tricolored munia, karunthalai chillai
House sparrow, chittu
Baya weaver, tookanag kuruvi
Starling and myna
Rosy starling, chollakkuruvi
Common myna, naganavaai
Indian golden oriole, maangkuil
Black-headed oriole, karunthalai maangkuil
Black drongo, karung karichaan
Crows and treepies
Indian treepie, vaal kakkai
House crow, kakkai
Jungle crow, andam kakkai
List of birds of Singanallur Lake Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
