PHOBJIKHA VALLEY
BHUTAN
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 3810 |
| # Species: | 276 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 276 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Habitat: Alpine scrub, tundra | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | |Bar-headed Goose| | Anser indicus | |
| 2 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 3 | |Northern Shoveler| | Spatula clypeata | |
| 4 | |Gadwall| | Mareca strepera | |
| 5 | |Eurasian Wigeon| | Mareca penelope | |
| 6 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 7 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 8 | |Northern Pintail| | Anas acuta | |
| 9 | |Green-winged Teal| | Anas crecca | |
| 10 | |Tufted Duck| | Aythya fuligula | |
| 11 | /Common Merganser/ | Mergus merganser | |
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| 12 | Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | |
| 13 | Blood Pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus | |
| 14 | Satyr Tragopan | Tragopan satyra | |
| 15 | Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus | |
| 16 | Kalij Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | |
| 17 | Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
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| 18 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 19 | <Snow Pigeon> | Columba leuconota | |
| 20 | Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
| 21 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 22 | (Spotted Dove) | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 23 | Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| 24 | Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
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| 25 | (Common Cuckoo) | Cuculus canorus | |
| 26 | (Himalayan Cuckoo) | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 27 | (Lesser Cuckoo) | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| 28 | (Asian Emerald Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx maculatus | |
| 29 | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| 30 | (Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo) | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| 31 | (Large Hawk-Cuckoo) | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
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| 32 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 33 | Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
| 34 | (Asian Palm Swift) | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 35 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus | |
| 36 | /Black-necked Crane/ | Grus nigricollis | |
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| 37 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 38 | Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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| 39 | /Northern Lapwing/ | Vanellus vanellus | |
| 40 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
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| 41 | /Solitary Snipe/ | Gallinago solitaria | |
| 42 | Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | |
| 43 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 44 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
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| 45 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
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| 46 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 47 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 48 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 49 | White-bellied Heron | Ardea insignis | |
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| 50 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 51 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 52 | |Oriental Honey-buzzard| | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 53 | Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | |
| 54 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 55 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| 56 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 57 | |Steppe Eagle| | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 58 | /Hen Harrier/ | Circus cyaneus | |
| 59 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 60 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 61 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 62 | Eurasian Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| 63 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 64 | Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| 65 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| 66 | /Himalayan Buzzard/ | Buteo reflectus | |
| 67 | |Long-legged Buzzard| | Buteo rufinus | |
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| 68 | Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
| 69 | Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| 70 | /Short-eared Owl/ | Asio flammeus | |
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| 71 | Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | |
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| 72 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 73 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 74 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 75 | Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
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| 76 | Great Barbet | Psilopogon virens | |
| 77 | Golden-throated Barbet | Psilopogon franklinii | |
| 78 | Blue-throated Barbet | Psilopogon asiaticus | |
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| 79 | Yellow-rumped Honeyguide | Indicator xanthonotus | |
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| 80 | Speckled Piculet | Picumnus innominatus | |
| 81 | Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | |
| 82 | Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis | |
| 83 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 84 | Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| 85 | Greater Yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | |
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| 86 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 87 | |Eurasian Hobby| | Falco subbuteo | |
| 88 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 89 | Gray-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | |
| 90 | Short-billed Minivet | Pericrocotus brevirostris | |
| 91 | (Long-tailed Minivet) | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| 92 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 93 | (Black-winged Cuckooshrike) | Lalage melaschistos | |
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| 94 | White-browed Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius aeralatus | |
| 95 | Green Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius xanthochlorus | |
| 96 | White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | |
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| 97 | (Slender-billed Oriole) | Oriolus tenuirostris | |
| 98 | Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | |
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| 99 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| 100 | White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
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| 101 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 102 | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
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| 103 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 104 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| 105 | Gray-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
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| 106 | Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 107 | Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | |
| 108 | Gray Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae | |
| 109 | Black-rumped Magpie | Pica bottanensis | |
| 110 | Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| 111 | Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| 112 | Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| 113 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 114 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| 115 | Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| 116 | Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail | Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus | |
| 117 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 118 | (Fire-capped Tit) | Cephalopyrus flammiceps | |
| 119 | Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| 120 | Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | |
| 121 | Gray-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous | |
| 122 | Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
| 123 | Yellow-cheeked Tit | Machlolophus spilonotus | |
| 124 | Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | |
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| 125 | |Greater Short-toed Lark| | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| 126 | Hume's Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| 127 | (Oriental Skylark) | Alauda gulgula | |
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| 128 | Himalayan Prinia | Prinia crinigera | |
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| 129 | |Blyth's Reed Warbler| | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
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| 130 | Scaly-breasted Cupwing | Pnoepyga albiventer | |
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| 131 | (Eurasian Crag-Martin) | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| 132 | (Barn Swallow) | Hirundo rustica | |
| 133 | Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| 134 | Nepal House-Martin | Delichon nipalense | |
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| 135 | Ashy Bulbul | Hemixos flavala | |
| 136 | Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | |
| 137 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| 138 | Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | |
| 139 | Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
| 140 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 141 | Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 142 | Lemon-rumped Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
| 143 | |Tickell's Leaf Warbler| | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| 144 | (Green-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus burkii | |
| 145 | (Whistler's Warbler) | Phylloscopus whistleri | |
| 146 | Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| 147 | (Large-billed Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| 148 | (Chestnut-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus castaniceps | |
| 149 | Yellow-vented Warbler | Phylloscopus cantator | |
| 150 | (Blyth's Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
| 151 | Gray-hooded Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthoschistos | |
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| 152 | Gray-sided Bush Warbler | Cettia brunnifrons | |
| 153 | Chestnut-headed Tesia | Cettia castaneocoronata | |
| 154 | Black-faced Warbler | Abroscopus schisticeps | |
| 155 | Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | |
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| 156 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
| 157 | Black-browed Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos | |
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| 158 | Fire-tailed Myzornis | Myzornis pyrrhoura | |
| 159 | Golden-breasted Fulvetta | Lioparus chrysotis | |
| 160 | White-browed Fulvetta | Fulvetta vinipectus | |
| 161 | Brown Parrotbill | Cholornis unicolor | |
| 162 | Fulvous Parrotbill | Suthora fulvifrons | |
| 163 | Black-throated Parrotbill | Suthora nipalensis | |
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| 164 | Striated Yuhina | Staphida castaniceps | |
| 165 | White-naped Yuhina | Yuhina bakeri | |
| 166 | Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | |
| 167 | Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis | |
| 168 | Rufous-vented Yuhina | Yuhina occipitalis | |
| 169 | Black-chinned Yuhina | Yuhina nigrimenta | |
| 170 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 171 | Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | |
| 172 | Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis | |
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| 173 | Rufous-winged Fulvetta | Schoeniparus castaneceps | |
| 174 | Rufous-throated Fulvetta | Schoeniparus rufogularis | |
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| 175 | Nepal Fulvetta | Alcippe nipalensis | |
| 176 | Striated Laughingthrush | Grammatoptila striata | |
| 177 | Himalayan Cutia | Cutia nipalensis | |
| 178 | Bhutan Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron imbricatum | |
| 179 | Black-faced Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron affine | |
| 180 | Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron erythrocephalum | |
| 181 | Rufous Sibia | Heterophasia capistrata | |
| 182 | Hoary-throated Barwing | Actinodura nipalensis | |
| 183 | Chestnut-tailed Minla | Actinodura strigula | |
| 184 | Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
| 185 | Red-tailed Minla | Minla ignotincta | |
| 186 | Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla rufogularis | |
| 187 | Spotted Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla ocellata | |
| 188 | White-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus albogularis | |
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| 189 | Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| 190 | /Wallcreeper/ | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| 191 | White-tailed Nuthatch | Sitta himalayensis | |
| 192 | Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch | Sitta cinnamoventris | |
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| 193 | Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
| 194 | Rusty-flanked Treecreeper | Certhia nipalensis | |
| 195 | Sikkim Treecreeper | Certhia discolor | |
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| 196 | Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| 197 | Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| 198 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 199 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 200 | Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
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| 201 | Long-tailed Thrush | Zoothera dixoni | |
| 202 | Alpine Thrush | Zoothera mollissima | |
| 203 | Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| 204 | /Black-throated Thrush/ | Turdus atrogularis | |
| 205 | Gray-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
| 206 | /Tibetan Blackbird/ | Turdus maximus | |
| 207 | White-collared Blackbird | Turdus albocinctus | |
| 208 | /Red-throated Thrush/ | Turdus ruficollis | |
| 209 | Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
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| 210 | (Dark-sided Flycatcher) | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 211 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 212 | Large Niltava | Niltava grandis | |
| 213 | Rufous-bellied Niltava | Niltava sundara | |
| 214 | (Verditer Flycatcher) | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 215 | (Indian Blue Robin) | Larvivora brunnea | |
| 216 | White-bellied Redstart | Luscinia phaenicuroides | |
| 217 | Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| 218 | Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
| 219 | Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
| 220 | Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | |
| 221 | Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| 222 | Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin | Tarsiger hyperythrus | |
| 223 | Golden Bush-Robin | Tarsiger chrysaeus | |
| 224 | Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | |
| 225 | Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata | |
| 226 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| 227 | (Ultramarine Flycatcher) | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| 228 | Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| 229 | Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | |
| 230 | White-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | |
| 231 | /Blue-capped Redstart/ | Phoenicurus coeruleocephala | |
| 232 | /Hodgson's Redstart/ | Phoenicurus hodgsoni | |
| 233 | White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps | |
| 234 | |Black Redstart| | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 235 | /Daurian Redstart/ | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| 236 | Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufiventris | |
| 237 | (Blue-capped Rock-Thrush) | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| 238 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 239 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 240 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| 241 | Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
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| 242 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
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| 243 | Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | |
| 244 | Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | |
| 245 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | |
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| 246 | Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | |
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| 247 | Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| 248 | Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
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| 249 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 250 | Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| 251 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 252 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 253 | |Citrine Wagtail| | Motacilla citreola | |
| 254 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 255 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| 256 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 257 | |Blyth's Pipit| | Anthus godlewskii | |
| 258 | Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
| 259 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 260 | Collared Grosbeak | Mycerobas affinis | |
| 261 | Spot-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas melanozanthos | |
| 262 | White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| 263 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| 264 | Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch | Carpodacus pulcherrimus | |
| 265 | Dark-rumped Rosefinch | Carpodacus edwardsii | |
| 266 | Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus thura | |
| 267 | Crimson-browed Finch | Carpodacus subhimachala | |
| 268 | Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis | |
| 269 | Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala | |
| 270 | Dark-breasted Rosefinch | Procarduelis nipalensis | |
| 271 | Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| 272 | Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Chloris spinoides | |
| 273 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| 274 | /Tibetan Serin/ | Spinus thibetanus | |
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| 275 | /Little Bunting/ | Emberiza pusilla | |
| 276 | Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 28 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 17 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 25 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.