•  green peafowl
•  white-winged ducks
•  Siamese firebacks
•  the great, oriental pied and the wreathed hornbills
•  broadbills: including the black & red, dusky and banded species
•  endemic Germain's peacock-pheasant
•  an endemic sub-species of the red-vented bulbul
•  Indian darter
•  bar-bellied, blue rumped, blue winged and other pittas
•  orange-necked partridge

•  groups of 10-20 lesser adjutant birds have been observed, and the species is
       thought to breed in the centre of the marsh
•  various herons and egret species
•  milky stork and the woolly-necked stork has also been reported in recent years
•  a wide variety of resident and migratory waterfowl such as ducks are present,
       especially during the dry season.

The reserve is also rich in birds of prey including several species associated with the wetlands, such as osprey, black kite, brahminy kite, grey-headed fish eagle, crested serpent eagle, red-legged & other falconets and black eagles.