India Ramsar wetland
Renuka Lake
238 bird species recorded; the most from February to March.
Harvinder Chandigarh · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
148 species in January.173 species in February.170 species in March.133 species in April.132 species in May.123 species in June.75 species in July.89 species in August.94 species in September.100 species in October.113 species in November.112 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
238 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).
- 238Speciesrecorded more than once
- 124Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 11,268Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 652 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 11Owls
- 6Waders
- 13Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 126Songbirds
- 58Other 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 238 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvusCR
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Owls11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
- Mountain Scops-OwlOtus spilocephalus
- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Brown Wood-owlStrix leptogrammica
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
- Himalayan OwlStrix nivicolum
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds126 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black-chinned BabblerStachyridopsis pyrrhops
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxantha
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Black-lored TitParus xanthogenys
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
- White-tailed RubythroatLuscinia pectoralis
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Whistler’s WarblerSeicercus whistleri
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
- Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
- Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- Grey-sided Bush WarblerCettia brunnifrons
- White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Scaly-breasted CupwingPnoepyga albiventer
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatus
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- White-throated LaughingthrushGarrulax albogularis
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Indian Blue RobinLuscinia brunnea
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Blue-capped RedstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
Other birds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayana
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps
- Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Picus chlorolophusPicus chlorolophus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanus
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiatica
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- WryneckJynx torquilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from February to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan18°/6°39 mm
- Feb21°/8°47 mm
- Mar27°/12°40 mm
- Apr33°/18°32 mm
- May37°/22°45 mm
- Jun37°/24°172 mm
- Jul31°/24°379 mm
- Aug29°/23°381 mm
- Sep28°/20°184 mm
- Oct27°/15°18 mm
- Nov23°/11°6 mm
- Dec19°/7°12 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Renuka Lake.
Lake in India
Renuka Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India, 652 m above the sea.
238 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 11,268 open records.
The most recorded are the Himalayan Bulbul, the Red Junglefowl and the Large-billed Crow.
52 species come for the summer, 68 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and Red-headed Vulture.
The most species are recorded from February to March.
Get there and watch
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Plan the visit
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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
- 1places to stay within 10 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
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites 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 Renuka Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas12 mountains within 25 kmGiltu ka Tibba · 6.6 kmPauri ka Tibba · 11 kmChoyat ka Tibba · 11 kmDevinal ka Tibba · 13 kmKotwai ka Tibba · 14 kmJonkhar ka Tibba · 19 kmDevankot ka Tibba · 20 kmSheo ka Tibba · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Renuka Lake
India
- 71Birdyas Score
- 238Species
- 124Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7313585) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 11,268 open bird records within 6 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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