India Ramsar wetland
Tawa Reservoir
219 bird species recorded; the most in February.
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
76 species in January.190 species in February.149 species in March.28 species in April.69 species in May.44 species in June.50 species in July.26 species in August.63 species in September.78 species in October.123 species in November.108 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.
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VUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
219 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).
- 219Speciesrecorded more than once
- 90Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,376Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 356 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 7Owls
- 15Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 104Songbirds
- 47Other 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 219 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Indian VultureGyps indicusCR
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNT
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellata
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
Songbirds104 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Large CuckooshrikeCoracina macei
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoni
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- White-spotted FantailRhipidura albogularis
- Indian Black-lored TitParus aplonotus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Large Grey BabblerTurdoides malcolmi
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Indian PittaPitta brachyura
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Black-headed Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina melanoptera
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygius
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Indian Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Alcippe poioicephalaAlcippe poioicephala
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
Other birds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Grey JunglefowlGallus sonneratii
- Caprimulgus indicusCaprimulgus indicus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata
- Savanna NightjarCaprimulgus affinis
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNT
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivus
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiatica
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Red SpurfowlGalloperdix spadicea
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/11°14 mm
- Feb31°/14°11 mm
- Mar36°/19°15 mm
- Apr40°/24°7 mm
- May42°/28°15 mm
- Jun36°/26°188 mm
- Jul30°/23°434 mm
- Aug28°/23°401 mm
- Sep29°/22°205 mm
- Oct29°/19°35 mm
- Nov29°/15°10 mm
- Dec27°/12°4 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Tawa Reservoir.
Lake in India
Tawa Reservoir is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India, 356 m above the sea.
219 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,376 open records.
The most recorded are the Plum-headed Parakeet, the Rufous Treepie and the Eastern Spotted Dove.
29 species come for the summer, 58 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern and Indian Vulture.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Rānīpurnearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Raja Bhoj International Airport (BHO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 104 km in a straight lineCar hire at AGR airport (Agra)Discover 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
- 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
- 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 Tawa Reservoir.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmTawa Reservoir102 km² · 1.6 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyTawa River172 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Tawa Reservoir
India
- 68Birdyas Score
- 219Species
- 90Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7346022) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,376 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 | Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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