PUNAKHA
BHUTAN
LOCALE
| # Species: | 304 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 304 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
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 | Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| 3 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 4 | /Common Shelduck/ | Tadorna tadorna | |
| 5 | |Northern Shoveler| | Spatula clypeata | |
| 6 | |Gadwall| | Mareca strepera | |
| 7 | |Eurasian Wigeon| | Mareca penelope | |
| 8 | /Eastern Spot-billed Duck/ | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| 9 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 10 | |Northern Pintail| | Anas acuta | |
| 11 | |Green-winged Teal| | Anas crecca | |
| 12 | |Red-crested Pochard| | Netta rufina | |
| 13 | |Common Pochard| | Aythya ferina | |
| 14 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca | |
| 15 | |Tufted Duck| | Aythya fuligula | |
| 16 | /Common Merganser/ | Mergus merganser | |
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| 17 | Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | |
| 18 | Rufous-throated Partridge | Arborophila rufogularis | |
| 19 | Satyr Tragopan | Tragopan satyra | |
| 20 | Kalij Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | |
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| 21 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 22 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 23 | <Snow Pigeon> | Columba leuconota | |
| 24 | Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
| 25 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 26 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 27 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 28 | (Spotted Dove) | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 29 | Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| 30 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
| 31 | Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
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| 32 | (Indian Cuckoo) | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 33 | (Common Cuckoo) | Cuculus canorus | |
| 34 | (Himalayan Cuckoo) | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 35 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 36 | (Chestnut-winged Cuckoo) | Clamator coromandus | |
| 37 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 38 | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| 39 | (Large Hawk-Cuckoo) | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
| 40 | (Gray-bellied Cuckoo) | Cacomantis passerinus | |
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| 41 | Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
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| 42 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 43 | Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
| 44 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| 45 | /Eurasian Coot/ | Fulica atra | |
| 46 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 47 | Black-tailed Crake | Zapornia bicolor | |
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| 48 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus | |
| 49 | /Black-necked Crane/ | Grus nigricollis | |
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| 50 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 51 | Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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| 52 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
| 53 | /Northern Lapwing/ | Vanellus vanellus | |
| 54 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
| 55 | (Red-wattled Lapwing) | Vanellus indicus | |
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| 56 | /Solitary Snipe/ | Gallinago solitaria | |
| 57 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 58 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 59 | |Common Redshank| | Tringa totanus | |
| 60 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
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| 61 | |Brown-headed Gull| | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 62 | |Pallas's Gull| | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
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| 63 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 64 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 65 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 66 | (Striated Heron) | Butorides striata | |
| 67 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 68 | Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 69 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 70 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 71 | |Gray Heron| | Ardea cinerea | |
| 72 | White-bellied Heron | Ardea insignis | |
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| 73 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 74 | |Oriental Honey-buzzard| | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 75 | Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | |
| 76 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 77 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| 78 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 79 | /Hen Harrier/ | Circus cyaneus | |
| 80 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 81 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 82 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 83 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 84 | Eurasian Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| 85 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 86 | Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| 87 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| 88 | Mountain Scops-Owl | Otus spilocephalus | |
| 89 | Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia | |
| 90 | Tawny Fish-Owl | Ketupa flavipes | |
| 91 | Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
| 92 | Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| 93 | Himalayan Owl | Strix nivicolum | |
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| 94 | Ward's Trogon | Harpactes wardi | |
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| 95 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 96 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | |
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| 97 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 98 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 99 | Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
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| 100 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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| 101 | Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | |
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| 102 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 103 | Great Barbet | Psilopogon virens | |
| 104 | Golden-throated Barbet | Psilopogon franklinii | |
| 105 | Blue-throated Barbet | Psilopogon asiaticus | |
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| 106 | Yellow-rumped Honeyguide | Indicator xanthonotus | |
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| 107 | Speckled Piculet | Picumnus innominatus | |
| 108 | Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus | |
| 109 | Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | |
| 110 | Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis | |
| 111 | Crimson-naped Woodpecker | Dryobates cathpharius | |
| 112 | Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | |
| 113 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 114 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 115 | Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| 116 | Greater Yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | |
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| 117 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 118 | (Oriental Hobby) | Falco severus | |
| 119 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 120 | Gray-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | |
| 121 | Short-billed Minivet | Pericrocotus brevirostris | |
| 122 | (Long-tailed Minivet) | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| 123 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 124 | (Black-winged Cuckooshrike) | Lalage melaschistos | |
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| 125 | White-browed Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius aeralatus | |
| 126 | Black-eared Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius melanotis | |
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| 127 | (Slender-billed Oriole) | Oriolus tenuirostris | |
| 128 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| 129 | Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | |
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| 130 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| 131 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| 132 | White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
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| 133 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 134 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 135 | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| 136 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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| 137 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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| 138 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| 139 | Gray-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
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| 140 | Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 141 | Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | |
| 142 | Common Green-Magpie | Cissa chinensis | |
| 143 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
| 144 | Gray Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae | |
| 145 | Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| 146 | Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| 147 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 148 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 149 | Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail | Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus | |
| 150 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 151 | (Fire-capped Tit) | Cephalopyrus flammiceps | |
| 152 | Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| 153 | Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | |
| 154 | Gray-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous | |
| 155 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
| 156 | Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
| 157 | Yellow-cheeked Tit | Machlolophus spilonotus | |
| 158 | Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | |
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| 159 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 160 | Himalayan Prinia | Prinia crinigera | |
| 161 | Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | |
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| 162 | |Blyth's Reed Warbler| | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
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| 163 | Pygmy Cupwing | Pnoepyga pusilla | |
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| 164 | (Gray-throated Martin) | Riparia chinensis | |
| 165 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia | |
| 166 | (Eurasian Crag-Martin) | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| 167 | (Barn Swallow) | Hirundo rustica | |
| 168 | Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| 169 | Nepal House-Martin | Delichon nipalense | |
| 170 | (Red-rumped Swallow) | Cecropis daurica | |
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| 171 | Striated Bulbul | Alcurus striatus | |
| 172 | Ashy Bulbul | Hemixos flavala | |
| 173 | Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | |
| 174 | Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
| 175 | Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris | |
| 176 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 177 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| 178 | Himalayan Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucogenys | |
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| 179 | Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | |
| 180 | Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
| 181 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 182 | Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 183 | Lemon-rumped Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
| 184 | |Tickell's Leaf Warbler| | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| 185 | /Dusky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 186 | (Green-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus burkii | |
| 187 | Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| 188 | (Chestnut-crowned Warbler) | Phylloscopus castaniceps | |
| 189 | Yellow-vented Warbler | Phylloscopus cantator | |
| 190 | (Blyth's Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
| 191 | Gray-hooded Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthoschistos | |
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| 192 | Gray-bellied Tesia | Tesia cyaniventer | |
| 193 | Slaty-bellied Tesia | Tesia olivea | |
| 194 | Chestnut-headed Tesia | Cettia castaneocoronata | |
| 195 | Black-faced Warbler | Abroscopus schisticeps | |
| 196 | Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | |
| 197 | Aberrant Bush Warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus | |
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| 198 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
| 199 | Black-browed Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos | |
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| 200 | Fire-tailed Myzornis | Myzornis pyrrhoura | |
| 201 | White-browed Fulvetta | Fulvetta vinipectus | |
| 202 | Brown Parrotbill | Cholornis unicolor | |
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| 203 | Striated Yuhina | Staphida castaniceps | |
| 204 | Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | |
| 205 | Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis | |
| 206 | Rufous-vented Yuhina | Yuhina occipitalis | |
| 207 | Black-chinned Yuhina | Yuhina nigrimenta | |
| 208 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 209 | Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | |
| 210 | Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | |
| 211 | Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus superciliaris | |
| 212 | Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis | |
| 213 | Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler | Erythrogenys erythrogenys | |
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| 214 | Rufous-winged Fulvetta | Schoeniparus castaneceps | |
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| 215 | Nepal Fulvetta | Alcippe nipalensis | |
| 216 | Striated Laughingthrush | Grammatoptila striata | |
| 217 | Scaly Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron subunicolor | |
| 218 | Blue-winged Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron squamatum | |
| 219 | Bhutan Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron imbricatum | |
| 220 | Black-faced Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron affine | |
| 221 | Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron erythrocephalum | |
| 222 | Rufous Sibia | Heterophasia capistrata | |
| 223 | Hoary-throated Barwing | Actinodura nipalensis | |
| 224 | Blue-winged Minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | |
| 225 | Chestnut-tailed Minla | Actinodura strigula | |
| 226 | Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
| 227 | Red-tailed Minla | Minla ignotincta | |
| 228 | Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
| 229 | Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla rufogularis | |
| 230 | White-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus albogularis | |
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| 231 | /Wallcreeper/ | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| 232 | White-tailed Nuthatch | Sitta himalayensis | |
| 233 | Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch | Sitta cinnamoventris | |
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| 234 | Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
| 235 | Sikkim Treecreeper | Certhia discolor | |
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| 236 | Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| 237 | Spotted Elachura | Elachura formosa | |
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| 238 | Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| 239 | Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| 240 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 241 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 242 | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | |
| 243 | Great Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
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| 244 | Alpine Thrush | Zoothera mollissima | |
| 245 | Himalayan Thrush | Zoothera salimalii | |
| 246 | Gray-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
| 247 | White-collared Blackbird | Turdus albocinctus | |
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| 248 | (Dark-sided Flycatcher) | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 249 | (Ferruginous Flycatcher) | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| 250 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 251 | Small Niltava | Niltava macgrigoriae | |
| 252 | (Verditer Flycatcher) | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 253 | (Pale Blue Flycatcher) | Cyornis unicolor | |
| 254 | Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | |
| 255 | Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| 256 | Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| 257 | Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
| 258 | Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
| 259 | Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | |
| 260 | /Siberian Rubythroat/ | Calliope calliope | |
| 261 | Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| 262 | Pygmy Flycatcher | Ficedula hodgsoni | |
| 263 | Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata | |
| 264 | (Ultramarine Flycatcher) | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| 265 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 266 | Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| 267 | Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | |
| 268 | White-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | |
| 269 | /Hodgson's Redstart/ | Phoenicurus hodgsoni | |
| 270 | |Black Redstart| | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 271 | Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufiventris | |
| 272 | (Blue-capped Rock-Thrush) | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| 273 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 274 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 275 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| 276 | Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
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| 277 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
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| 278 | Fire-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda | |
| 279 | Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | |
| 280 | Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | |
| 281 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | |
| 282 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| 283 | Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | |
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| 284 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
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| 285 | Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
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| 286 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 287 | Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| 288 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 289 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 290 | |Citrine Wagtail| | Motacilla citreola | |
| 291 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 292 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| 293 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 294 | Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
| 295 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 296 | Crimson-browed Finch | Carpodacus subhimachala | |
| 297 | Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis | |
| 298 | Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala | |
| 299 | Dark-breasted Rosefinch | Procarduelis nipalensis | |
| 300 | Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| 301 | Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Chloris spinoides | |
| 302 | /Tibetan Serin/ | Spinus thibetanus | |
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| 303 | /Little Bunting/ | Emberiza pusilla | |
| 304 | 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 | 19 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 27 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| 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.