This article lists the birds found in Chennai, capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Over 130 species of birds have been spotted here.[1] The list accompanies the local Tamil name.
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Non-passerines: Grebes . Cormorants . Darters . Bitterns, herons and egrets . Storks . Ibises and spoonbills . Flamingos . Ducks . Hawks, kites and eagles . Falcons . Pheasants and partridges . Rails, crakes, and coots . Jacanas . Plovers and lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Snipes and Curlew . Gulls . Terns . Sandgrouses . Doves and pigeons . Parrots and parakeets . Cuckoos . Barn owls . Typical owls . Nightjars . Swifts . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Rollers and hoopoe . Barbets . Woodpeckers . |
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Passerines: Pitta and larks . Swallows and martins . Wagtails and pipits . Cuckoo-shrikes . Bulbuls . Thrushes and allies . Prinias . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Babblers . Sunbirds . Old World orioles . Shrikes . Woodshrikes . Drongos . Woodswallows . Crows and Treepies . Starlings . Weavers . Munias . Sparrows . |
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