India bird sanctuary
Bankapur Peacock Sanctuary
60 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
1 species in January.8 species in February.32 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.39 species in June.27 species in July.23 species in August.5 species in September.0 species in October.35 species in November.17 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
60 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 60Speciesrecorded more than once
- 15Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 296Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 591 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Waders
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 34Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 60 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
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- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Owls2 species
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- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders1 species
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- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
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- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Songbirds34 species
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- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Yellow-billed BabblerTurdoides affinis
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
Other birds17 species
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- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Rhopodytes viridirostrisRhopodytes viridirostris
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan31°/15°1 mm
- Feb34°/17°2 mm
- Mar37°/20°14 mm
- Apr37°/22°32 mm
- May35°/22°81 mm
- Jun29°/22°290 mm
- Jul27°/21°334 mm
- Aug27°/21°281 mm
- Sep27°/20°195 mm
- Oct28°/20°126 mm
- Nov28°/17°33 mm
- Dec28°/15°4 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bankapur Peacock Sanctuary.
Wildlife sactuary in Karnataka, India
Bankapur Peacock Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India, 591 m above the sea.
60 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 296 open records.
The most recorded are the Asian Green Bee-eater, the House Crow and the Red-vented Bulbul.
11 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Bankāpurnearest town · 0.3 km in a straight line
- Hubballi Airport (HBX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire in GoaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bankapur Peacock Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmAyyankeri Gudda · 21 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Bankapur Peacock Sanctuary
India
- 38Birdyas Score
- 60Species
- 15Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q16253187) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 296 open bird records within 4 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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