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Administration

Ambattur comes under the new Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency. It was previously under the North Chennai parliamentary constituency and along with Villivakkam, it was the largest assembly constituency in India. The delimitation process of assembly constituencies has given Ambattur a new identity of its own. Constituency no : 8, Tamil Nadu. Once a major panchayat, Ambattur was made a township in the 1960s and a selection grade municipality from April 1975. In May 1992, it was raised to special grade municipality. It was a municipality till October 2011. It was divided into 52 wards. Ambattur Municipality includes Padi

Padi, Chennai

Padi was named after the series of Nayanmars Especially Sundarar came to Padi and sang songs in the Lord Shiva Temple . Padi exactly 13 km from Chennai FORT is a suburb of Chennai, India. M.T.H Road now known as CTH Road passes through Padi...

, Korattur

Korattur

Korattur is satellite township in the northwest part of Chennai, India. It is a part of the Ambattur municipality and located along the Chennai-Mumbai railroad about 12 km from the Chennai Central...

, Anna Nagar

Anna Nagar

Anna Nagar , formely known as Naduvakkarai, is a neighbourhood in the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. Named after the Tamil leader C. N. Annadurai, it is located in the north-western part of Chennai and forms a part of Egmore-Nungambakkam taluk...

Western Extension, Mogappair

Mogappair

Mogappair is a fast-developing residential neighborhood in north-western Chennai, India. This suburb located west of the Jawaharlal Nehru Road is part of the Ambattur Municipality...

and Ambattur Industrial Estate areas. Now it is a part of Chennai and has 15 wards.

Ambattur shall come under Chennai Corporation from 2011 as per a government G.O. On 15 June 2011, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu submitted a memorandum to the prime minister of India to expand the city limits of Chennai by which the Ambattur Municipality would come under the new scheme.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Ambattur had a population of 302,492. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ambattur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. A total of 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

During 2001-2011, Ambattur registered a population growth of 54 percent.

Waterbodies

Ambattur has two main waterbodies, namely the Ambattur Eri

Ambattur Lake

Ambattur Lake is a rain-fed reservoir which reaches top levels during the monsoon seasons. In November 2008, incessant monsoon rain filled the lake and encroachments on the north and south banks of the lake were demolished. It also caters to the drinking water needs of the Chennai city after Poondi...

and the Chithu Oragadam Lake and the bigger Puzhal eri on the outskirts. The upkeep of the Ambattur Eri is plagued by problems such as dumping of garbage, water mining and construction of buildings and the Chithu Oragadam (Thangal) Eri suffers due to pollution by sewage. The local body generates nearly 250 tonnes of garbage daily.

Economy

Companies like Britannia Industries Limited, TI Cycles of India

TI Cycles of India

TI Cycles of India is a bicycle manufacturer based in India. Established in 1949 by the Murugappa Group and Sir Ivan Stedeford of Tube Investments Group in UK, TI Cycles is the maker of brands like Hercules, BSA and Philips cycles. It has manufacturing plants at Ambattur near Chennai, Nasik in...

, Dunlop

Dunlop Tyres

Dunlop Tyres is a British company owned 75% by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and 25% by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which bought the right to sell Dunlop-branded road tyres....

, TVS have their plants in Ambattur. VSNL-Tata Communication has its satellite earth station

Satellite earth station

A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial terminal station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft, and/or reception of radio waves from an astronomical radio source. Ground stations are located either on the surface of the Earth, or within Earth's...

at the Ambattur-Red Hills road, known as wireless among the locals. Jaya TV

Jaya TV

Jaya TV is one of the major Tamil language satellite television channels based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV is one of the early Tamil channels to entertain the Tamil audiences spread across Globe....

, Vijay TV, Asianet

Asianet

Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

and Kairali relay signals from this facility. The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), which manufactures military tanks, is just 5 km from this place, adding to its importance. A railway concrete sleeper manufacturing company is located near the Ambattur railway station.

Ambattur Industrial Estate

The Ambattur Industrial Estate (AIE), spread over an area of 1,430 acres (4.9 km²), houses about 1,800 units and is the biggest small scale industrial estate in South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

. Textile industries such as Ambattur Clothing Limited (ACL) and Bombay Fashions have their facilities here and employ thousands of women. Information Technology (IT) companies such as HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies Limited is a leading global IT services company headquartered in Noida, India. It is primarily engaged in providing a range of software services, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services. HCL Technologies is fourth largest IT company in India and is ranked 48 in...

, Dell

Dell

Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...

and Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...

have their development centres in the AIE. There are also a few BPO

Business process outsourcing

Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...

centres such as Perot Systems in AIE.
Famous CSS(Cybernet Slash Support) is located in AMBIT park in Ambattur IE. Its just near the Ambattur Estate bus terminus. Its a nine floor building for other companies also to come in. Prince Info Park is also an IT park located near Ambattur IE which has various companies like Optimus, Sparsh etc., Day by day Ambattur is getting transformed to hold maximum of IT sectors.

Ambattur Industrial Estate was commissioned in the year 1964 by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Several factors such as suitability of the soil, communication facilities, availability of raw materials, a large volume of ground water suitable for industrial and domestic purposes, and the like were responsible for seeking this place for the setting up of an industrial estate. An area of 4 km² adjoining the industrial estate was acquired by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for housing purposes.
AIE is slowly transforming itself into an IT hub in Chennai. Chennai Tech Park, a 2400000 sq ft (222,967.3 m²), state-of-the-art, futuristic IT park, is being developed on 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) of land offering the finest of IT and ITES office spaces at AIE.

Ambattur Industrial Estate IT Parks

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/19/stories/2011051950800300.htm

After searching for an office space in Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Alwarpet and T. Nagar, CSS Corp zeroed in on a premise at an IT Park in Ambattur where the lease rentals were half of that in the city. The global technology solution provider is one such example of companies which are looking to consolidate their city operations in Ambattur.

Proximity to residential neighbourhoods and the lower rentals are some of the factors attracting companies to set up offices in Ambattur. The lease rental for office space ranges between Rs.20 and Rs.28 per sq. ft. in Ambattur, whereas it is between Rs.65 and Rs.90 per sq. ft. in the city.
“The real estate price in Ambattur is less in comparison to other IT destinations in Chennai. That is one reason why the locality is preferred by many other sectors too,” says Balaji Meenakshisundaram, Director and Head of Facilities of CSS Corp.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has leased out 12 floors of Tower A in India Land and Properties Pvt. Ltd. Similarly, of the 22 facilities that HCL Technologies has in Chennai, six are in Ambattur.

According to A. Gopal Rathnam, Vice-President, iOPEX Technologies, BPO companies are seeing greater presence in Ambattur as they require middle-level employees, who often reside in the neighbouring localities. “Around Rajiv Gandhi Salai, there are not many middle-class residential localities. Also, you incur a lot of cost in transporting employees,” he adds.

Demand-supply gap:
However, the demand for commercial space in Ambattur is not as robust as Rajiv Gandhi Salai and other popular locations for IT and ITeS firms.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants, approximately 3.2 million sq. ft. of commercial space is vacant in Ambattur. The potential of the pocket is not yet being explored fully.
Rajiv Gandhi Salai has been having an edge over Ambattur as it has been an IT/ITeS destination since 2000-2001, it's marketed extensively by the government and companies prefer as it has a good density of IT firms. Ambattur has four to five IT parks, but pan-India developers such as RMZ Millennium, Ascendas, TRIL, SP have not announced any project in this pocket.

Sarita Hunt, Head – Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants, says while residential projects near a IT/ ITeS destination is important, they are not the primary reason for IT firms to choose a particular destination. Important parameters of some of the firms include proximity to other or related firms, better amenities for the employees, better connectivity, grade A office space facility and lesser travel time for their employees, she says.

“In fact, at least 20 per cent of work force from Ambattur travels to the IT corridor on work,” says Ms. Hunt. It makes more sense for companies to block space as these are grade A buildings, which are well-maintained buildings and in prime locations, she adds.
While IT and ITeS firm in Ambattur have brought in a new image to the industrial belt that has been known for its garment and auto-ancillary units, it has increased the land price. “A small-scale unit cannot think of investing in a land and starting a business in Ambattur,” says Dilip Kumbhat, Chairman, Chennai Auto Ancillary Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Company.

Transport

The Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

-Tiruvallur

Tiruvallur

Tiruvallur is a temple town and Grade I municipality in Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the Cooum river about northwest of the city of Chennai , the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvallur district...

Highway (CTH Road or NH

Indian highways

The National Highways Network of India, is a network of highways that is managed and maintained by agencies of the Government of India. These highways measured over as of 2010, including over of limited-access Expressways....

205) passes through Ambattur and the Chennai-Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

highway is just about 7 km from the place making it a strategic location. On an average, about 40,000 passenger car units use the CTH Road. The new Chennai Bypass road between Maduravoyal

Maduravoyal

Maduravoyal is a suburb of Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 2 miles west of Chennai corporation limits. It is on the Chennai-Bangalore National highway. The second phase of Chennai Bypass cuts through Maduravoyal to reach the northern borders of...

and Madhavaram would pass through Ambattur Industrial Estate. The first phase of the Bypass road connects NH45 with NH4. The second phase connects NH4 with NH5 and NH205 via Ambattur Industrial Estate.

The Chennai Central

Chennai Central

Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

-Arakkonam

Arakkonam

Arakkonam is a mid-sized City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of about 101,626 as per the census 2011...

railway line passes through Ambattur and has a railway station at Ambattur. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains

Chennai suburban railway

Chennai suburban railway is a commuter rail system in the Indian city of Chennai operated by the Southern Railway. Chennai has a complex railway network. The system uses electrical multiple units operating on alternating current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system...

operate daily from Chennai Central and Chennai Beach to Avadi

Avadi

Avadi is a suburb of chennai and a municipality in Thiruvallur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Avadi is an acronym for "Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India". Situated about 23 km north west of Chennai, it is surrounded by major defence establishments.-Geography:Avadi...

, Tiruvallur

Tiruvallur

, Arakkonam

Arakkonam

Arakkonam is a mid-sized City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of about 101,626 as per the census 2011...

and Tiruttani

Tiruttani

Tiruttani is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the main tourist centre in Thiruvallur district about 84 km from Chennai. Thiruthani Murugan Temple is one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga. Tiruttani is 15 km from Andhra Pradesh state...

via Ambattur. By rail, Ambattur is 30 minutes from Chennai Central, 20 minutes from Perambur

Perambur

Perambur , is a locality in Northern part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India.It is one of expensive area in chennai with all facilities of needs....

and 10 minutes from Villivakkam

Villivakkam

- History :According to legend, two demons, 'Ilvalan' and 'Vatapi', who were born to Sage Dhurva and Aswamukhi, tortured the entire world and killed many innocent people. One of the demons used to take the shape of a fruit and the other used to offer it to some innocent passer-by and after he...

. Many fast EMU locals (suburban trains) towards Tiruvallur, Arakkonam and Tiruttani, stop at Ambattur railway station. The long felt need of a Passenger Reservation Centre at Ambattur is yet to be fulfilled by the Southern Railway. For a complete route map on suburban and MRTS train network in Chennai, :File:Chennai suburban rail and bus interconnectivity map.png click here.

The Ambattur bus terminus is located adjacent to the MTH Road and has MTC (city buses) connecting Ambattur with various points in Chennai city. Ambattur is one of the biggest localities of Chennai, but it does not have a proper bus terminus. A lot of buses from Avadi and the outskirts of Chennai also pass through Ambattur, offering good connectivity. There are also a few buses operating to Nagercoil, Madurai and other parts of Tamil Nadu from here. Buses to the famous pilgrim center of Tirupathi can also be availed from Ambattur.

Schools

The oldest school in Ambattur is the Sri Mahaganesa Vidhyasala; Other schools are Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar Higher Secondary School -- a Govt.-aided higher secondary school , T.I Matriculation Higher Secondary School, (both run by AMM Foundation), Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Government Girls Higher Secondary School, GK Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya(founded in 1979 and celebrated silver jubilee in the year 2005, affiliated to CBSE), Hussain Memorial Mat.Hr.Sec.school, Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School (located in Pudur), Velammal Matriculation Hr. Sec. School (in Surapet

Surapet

Surapet is an old village located in Chennai By-pass between Ambattur and Puzhal.This Village is a separate panchayat that comes under Puzhal Panchayat, which is to be merged to Chennai Corporation by 2011 end...

), St.Joseph Matriculation HSS, Ebenezer Marcus MHSS (in Pudur), Lake View Matriculation school (in Pudur), Emmanuel Methodist MHSS (in Pudur).

Colleges

Velammal Engineering College

Velammal Engineering College , is an engineering college located near Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai, India. Established in 1995, this college is managed by Velammal Education Trust, which was founded in 1986 by Thuri. M.V...

is located about 5 km from Ambattur at Surapet

Surapet

on the Ambattur-Red Hills

Red Hills

The Red Hills is the name of a physiographic region located mostly in Clark, Comanche and Barber counties in southern and central Kansas. This undulating terrain of red-tinted sediments, a product of the underlying geology, does not fit the conventional description of the Great Plains landscape of...

road. Annai Violet College of Arts and Science at Menambedu, Soka Ikeda College of Arts and Science for Women at Madhanankuppam, Benson College of Hotel Management and Culinary Arts at Ambattur are some of the other colleges in Ambattur.

LIC Zonal Training Centre

Ambattur also houses the Chennai Zonal Training Center of Life Insurance Corporation of India

Life Insurance Corporation of India

The Life Insurance Corporation of India is the largest state-owned life insurance company in India, and also the country's largest investor. It is fully owned by the Government of India. It also funds close to 24.6% of the Indian Government's expenses. It has assets estimated of...

; it is located near Prithivipakkam.

Hospitals

Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital

Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital is a modern multi-speciality hospital in Ambattur near Chennai, India. The hospital is named after Sir Ivan Stedeford, the British industrialist and philanthropist. The hospital was opened in 25 February 1966, and managed by the AMM Foundation. It is situated 3 km from...

, managed by the AMM Foundation, is a modern multi-speciality hospital serving 300,000 patients a year.

Dr. Rabindran's Health Care Center is another notable hospital located near the town centre and the Ambattur bus terminus.

Several other speciality hospitals such as Essvee Hospital, Mahalakshmi Hospital and Teja Hospital and B.M.Hospital (for orthopaedic problems) are located on the MTH road.

A full fledge diagnostic centre - Rohini Scan Center is on the Redhills road near the Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Kamalapuram colony.

Places of worship

There are many temples dedicated to various Hindu Gods in Ambattur. There are several churches and a mosque here in Ambattur.

Residential Areas In Ambattur

Most of the residential area of Ambattur are named after Hindu Gods and they are Sathyapuram, Indira Nagar Prithivipakkam, Gnanamurthy Nagar, Vijayalaksmipuram,Pudur,banu nagar, Krishnapuram, Vinayagapuram, Ramnagar, Venkateswara Nagar, Venkatapuram, etc.

Library

The Branch Library, as it is now called, was opened in May 1971 by the then Minister of Education and Local Administration V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

V.R. Nedunchezhiyan was a former finance minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures .He was born at Thirukkannapuram in a Hindu Mudaliar family...

; it was earlier known as Murugappa Library, as the building it is housed in belongs to the A.M.M. Charities Trust. The library is situated near P.K. Govt. Girls Hr.Sec.School.where they provide books to all members.

Recreational Centres

Rakki Cinemas (multiplex Complex) screens Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and English movies. Sri Murugan [multiplex]near the Ambattur railway station . Kannan Theatre is near Senthil Nagar but its has been closed for more than a year. The park in Krishnapuram is used by many people and walkers for pastime and fitness respectively; this has been recently renovated.(Oct. 2009)

Hotels

There are quite a few hotels in Ambattur. Few of them are Hotel KATTIKKARUMBU HOTELS(09444184435), Raja Bhavan, Kumar's Hotel,Hotel Balaji Bhavan and Sabari Bhavan Hotel.

Departmental Stores

Ambattur has a few notable Departmental Stores. They are: Nilgiris Departmental Store on Redhills Road(Opp. to Naidu Hall), Ponnu Super Market on Redhills Road, Farm Bazaar in North Park St., Golden Fancy & Super Market, Reliance Fresh in North Park Street, Birla More on Oragadam Road , Shopping Singapore and Sekar Stores(in MTH Road), B.S.V supermarket,ambattur (in canara bank)

Major Branded/Retail Showrooms

Many major electronics, mobile and textile retail chains have their branches at Ambattur. Single-brand exclusive showrooms include Panasonic, Sony India, Samsung (near Ambattur Estate bus terminus), Adidas (Redhills Road) Watch Square and Titan Eye+. Popular multi-branded showrooms include Viveks(near Ambattur Estate Bus Terminus), Next, Univercell, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles, Challenger Computers, Modern Computers, JFA Furnitures, Naidu Hall, Vision Express, Purple Optics.

Shuttle Badminton Indoor Stadium

The Ambattur Badminton Association has constructed a spacious indoor stadium for playing shuttle badminton, located near the T.I.Cycles of India factory. It is called Kamalam John Samuel Indoor Stadium (named after the mother of one of the donors, J.C.D. Prabhakaran),says Dr. K. Dayanidhi,PON.Ganesan ,Dr.Ramasami who are the persons responsible for this venture.

Bird life in Ambattur

Quite a variety of birds reside and frequent the places in and around Ambattur. Woodland birds, water birds and many more visit here. They are:

Shikra
Shikra
The Shikra is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the Little Banded Goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the Shikra...

(Accipiter badius)
Blue Rock Pigeon (Columbia livia)
Spotted Dove
Spotted Dove
The Spotted Dove , also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the Indian Subcontinent including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to southern Tibet and Southeast Asia...

(Streptopelia chinensis)
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
The Rose-ringed Parakeet , also known as the Ringnecked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical parakeet species that has an extremely large range. Since the trend of the population appears to be increasing, the species has been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2009.Rose-ringed parakeets are...

(Psittacula cyanocephala)
Pied Crested Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Brainfever bird
Common Hawk-cuckoo
The Common Hawk-Cuckoo , popularly known as the Brainfever bird, is a medium sized cuckoo resident in South Asia. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, a sparrow hawk, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch...

(Hierococcyx varius)
Asian Koel
Asian Koel
The Asian Koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies...

(Eudynamys scolopacea)
Crow Pheasant
Greater Coucal
The Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China and Indonesia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species...

(Centropus sinensis)
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...

(Tyto alba)
Spotted Owlet
Spotted Owlet
The Spotted Owlet is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It...

(Athene brama)
House Swift
House Swift
The House Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Little Swift.-References:...

(Apus affinis)
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...

(Hirundo rustica)
White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
The White-throated Kingfisher also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher or Smyrna Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, east through South Asia to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations...

(Halcyon smyrnensis)
Small Blue Kingfisher
Small Blue Kingfisher
The Cerulean Kingfisher is a near passerine bird in the kingfisher genus which is found in parts of India...

(Alcedo atthis)
White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Lesser Pied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
The Pied Kingfisher is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Their black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive. Males have a double band across the breast while females have a...

(Ceryle rudis)
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...

(Upupa epops)
Coppersmith
Coppersmith
A coppersmith, also known as a redsmith, is a person who makes artifacts from copper. The term redsmith comes from the colour of copper....

(Megalaima haemacephala)
Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
The Black-rumped Flameback , also known as the Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker or Lesser Goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in South Asia. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight...

(Dinopium benghalense)
Large Pied Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
The Red-vented Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Burma and southwestern China. It has been introduced and has established itself in the wild in many Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa,...

(Pycnonotus cafer)
White-browed Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
The White-browed Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in Sri Lanka and peninsular India. Largely olive coloured above with whitish underparts, it has a pale supercilium and a yellow vent...

(Pycnonotus luteolus
Common Iora
Common Iora
The Common Iora is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours...

(Aegithina tiphia)
Oriental Magpie Robin
Oriental Magpie Robin
The Oriental Magpie Robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously...

(Copsychus saularis)
White-headed Babbler (Turdoides affinis)
Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird
The Common Tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are...

(Orthotomus sutorius)
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
The Asian Paradise-flycatcher is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia. Males have elongated central tail feathers, and in some populations a black and rufous plumage while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head...

(Terpsiphone paradise)
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple-rumped Sunbird
The Purple-rumped Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to feed. They build a hanging pouch...

(Nectarinia zeylonica)
Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
The Purple Sunbird is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers...

(Nectarinia asiatica)
Common Myna
Common Myna
The Common Myna or Indian Myna also sometimes spelled Mynah, is a member of family Sturnidae native to Asia. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct, the Myna has adapted extremely well to urban environments...

(Acridotheres tristis)
Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Black Drongo
Black Drongo
The Black Drongo , also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. Previously considered a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo , it is now recognized as a full species...

(Dicrurus macrocercus)
Indian Treepie
Rufous Treepie
The Rufous Treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae family. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens...

(Dendrocitta vagabunda)
House Crow
House Crow
thumb|300px|Bangalore, IndiaThe House Crow , also known as the Colombo Crow is a common bird of the Crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size but is relatively...

(Corvus splendens)
Jungle Crow
Jungle Crow
The Jungle Crow , is a widespread Asian species of crow. They are very adaptable and are able to survive on a wide range of food sources making them capable of colonizing new areas due to which they are often considered a nuisance, especially on islands...

(Corvus macrorhynchos)
Indian Pond Heron
Indian Pond Heron
The Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They are widespread and common but can be easily missed when they stalk prey at the edge of small water-bodies or even when they roost...

Ardeola grayii

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