With additional information of bird sightings from such sources as Indian Biodiversity website, I am posting a new list of birds sighted in Tiruvannamalai, thus updating the list I posted in 2012 at this link here.
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Babbler, Common (Turdoides Caudatus)
Babbler, Large Grey (Turdoides Malcolmi)
Babbler, Tawny Bellied (Dumetia Hyperythra)
Babbler, Yellow Billed (Turdoides Affinish)
Babbler, Yellow Eyed (Chrysomma Sinense)
Barbet, Coppersmith (Megalaima Haemacephala)
Bee Eater, Blue Tailed (Merops Philippinus)
Bee Eater, Chestnut Headed (Merops Leschenaulti)
Bee Eater, Green (Merops Orientalis)
Bittern, Cinnamon (Ixobrychus Cinnamomeus)
Bulbul, Red Vented (Pycnonotus Cafer)
Bulbul, White Browed (Pysnonotus Luteolus)
Bulbul, Yellow Throated (Pycnonotus Xantholaemus)
Bush-Lark, Jerdon (Mirafra Affinis)
C
Chat, Pied Bush (Saxicola Caprata)
Coot, Common (Fulica Atra)
Cormorant, Little (Phalacrocorax Pygmaeus)
Coucal, Greater (Centropus Sinensis)
Crow, House (Corvus Splendens)
Crow, Large Billed (Corvus Macrohynchos)
Cuckoo, Grey Bellied (Cacomantis Passerinus)
Cuckoo, Pied (Clamator Jacobinus)
Cuckoo, Indian (Cuculus Micropterus)
Cuckoo Shrike, Black-headed (Coracina Melanoptera)
D
Darter (Ahinga Melanogaster)
Dove, Laughing (Streptopelia Chinensis)
Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia Decaocto)
Dove, Spotted (Streptopelia Chinensis)
Drongo, Black (Dicrurus Macrocercus)
Duck, Spot-Billed (Anas Poecilorhyncha)
E
Eagle, Black (Ictinaetus Malayensis)
Eagle, Crested Serpent (Spilornis Cheela)
Eagle, Lesser Spotted (Aquila Pomarina)
Eagle, Short Toed Snake (Circaetus Gallicus)
Egret, Cattle (Bubulcus Ibis)
Egret, Great (Casmerodius Albus)
Egret, Intermediate (Egretta)
Egret, Little (Egretta Garzetta)
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Falcon, Peregrine (Falco Peregrinus)
Flowerpecker, Pale Billed (Dicaeum Erythrorhynchos)
Flycatcher, Asian Brown (Muscicapa Dauurica)
Flycatcher, Asian Paradise (Terpsiphone Paradisi)
Flycatcher, Tickells Blue (Cyornis Tickelliae)
Francolin, Gray (Francolinus Pondicerianus)
G
Garganey (Anas Querquedula)
Grebe, Little (Tachybaptus Ruficollis)
H
Harrier, Pied (Circus Melanoleucos)
Heron, Black-Crowned Night (Nycticorax Nycticorax)
Heron, Grey (Ardea Cinerea)
Heron, Indian Pond (Ardeola Gravyii)
Heron, Purple (Ardea Purpurea)
Hoopoe, Common (Upupa Epops)
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Ibis, Black Headed (Threskiornis Melanocephalus)
Ibis, Glossy (Plegadis Falcinellus)
Iora, Common (Aegithina Tiphia)
Indian Pitta (Pitta Brachyura)
J
Jacana, English Pheasant Tailed (Hydrophasianus Chirurgus)
Jungle Bush Quail (Perdicula Asiatica)
K
Kestrel, Common (Falco Tinnunculus)
Kingfisher, Common (Alcedo Atthis)
Kingfisher, Pied (Ceryle Rudis)
Kingfisher, White Throated (Halcyon Smyrnensis)
Kite, Black (Milvus Migrans)
Kite, Black Shouldered (Elanus Caeruleus)
Kite, Brahminy (Haliastur Indus)
Koel, Asian (Edynamys Scolopaceus)
L
Lapwing, Yellow Wattled (Vanellus Malarbaricus)
Lapwing, Red Wattled (Vanellus Indicus)
Lark, Ashy Crowned Sparrow (Eremopterix Grisea)
Lark, Rufous Tailed (Ammomanes Phoenicurus)
Leaf Bird, Gold Fronted (Chloropsis Aurifrons)
M
Malkoha, Blue Faced (Phaenicophaeus Viridirostris)
Malkoha, Sirkeer (Phaenicophaeus Leschenaultii)
Minivet, Small (Pericrocotus Cinnamomeus)
Monarch-Flycatcher, Black-Naped (Hypothymis Azurea)
Moorhen, Common (Callinula Cholorupus)
Munia, Scaly Breasted (Lonchura Punctulata)
Mynah, Common (Acridtheres Tristis)
N
Nightjar, Indian (Caprimulgus Asiaticus)
O
Oriole, Eurasian Golden (Oriolus Oriolus)
Owl, Barn (Tyto Alba)
Owl, Collared Scops (Otus Bakkamoena)
Owl, Eurasian Eagle (Bubo Bubo)
Owl, Mottled Wood (Strix Leptogrammica)
Owlet, Spotted (Athenebrama)
P
Painted Spur Fowl (Galloperdix Lunulata)
Parakeet, Rose Ringed (Psittacula Krameri)
Peafowl, Indian (Pavo Cristatus)
Pigeon, Rock (Columba Livia)
Pintail, Northern (Anas Acuta)
Pipit, Paddyfield (Anthus Rufulus)
Pitta, Indian (Pitta Brachyura)
Prinia, Ashy (Prinia Socialis)
Prinia, Plain (Prinia Inornata)
R
Redstart, Black (Phoenicurus Ochruros)
Robin, Indian (Saxicolides Fulicata)
Robin, Indian Blue (Luscinia Brunnea)
Robin, Oriental Magpie (Copsychus Saularis)
Roller, Indian (Coracias Bengalensis)
S
Sandpiper, Green (Tringa Glareola)
Shag, Indian (Phalacrocorax Fuscicollis)
Shama, White Rumped (Copsychus Malabaricus)
Shikra (Accipiter Badius)
Shoveller, Northern (Anas Clypeata)
Shrike, Bay-Backed (Lanius Vittatus)
Shrike, Black Headed Cuckoo (Coracina Melanoptera)
Shrike, Brown (Lanius Cristatus)
Shrike, Common Wood (Tephrodornis Gularis)
Shrike, Southern Grey (Lanius Meridionalis)
Silverbill, Indian (Lonchura Malabarica)
Skylark, Oriental (Alauda Gulgula)
Sparrow, Yellow Throated (Petronia Xanthocollis)
Sparrow, House (Passer Domesticus)
Spoon Bill, Asian (Anastomus Oscitans)
Spoon Bill, Eurasian (Platalea Leucorodia)
Spurfowl, Painted (Galloperdix Lunulata)
Sunbird, Loten's (Nectarinia Lotenia)
Sunbird, Purple (Nectarina Asiastica)
Sunbird, Purple Rumped (Nectarina Zeylonica)
Starling, Brahminy (Sturnus Pagodarum)
Starling, Rosy (Sturnus Roseus)
Stilt, Black-Winged (Himantopus Himantopus)
Stint, Little (Calidris Minuta)
Stone Curlew, Eurasian Thick Knee (Burhinus Oedicnemus)
Stork, Asian Open Billed (Anastomus Oscitan)
Stork, Painted (Mycterria Leucocephala)
Swallow, Red Rumped (Hirundo Daurica)
Swamphen, Purple (Porphyrio Porphyrio)
Swift, Asian Palm (Cypsiurus Balasiensis)
Swift, House (Apus Affinis)
T
Tailorbird, Common (Orthotomus Sutorius)
Thrush, Blue Rock (Monticola Solitarius)
Thrush, Oranged Headed (Zoothera Citrina)
Treepie, Rufous (Dendrocitta Vagabunda)
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Wagtail, Forest (Dendronanthus Indicus)
Wagtail, White Browed (Motacilla Madaraspatensish
Warbler, Blyth's Reed (Acrocephalus Dumetorum)
Waterhen, White Breasted (Amaurornis Phoenicurus)
Weaver, Baya (Ploceus Philippinus)
Woodpecker, Black Rumped Flameback (Dinopium Benghalense)
Wryneck, Eurasian (Jynx Torquilla)
