List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Satyr Tragopan	Tragopan satyra	Many	BC
2	Sclater's Monal	Lophophorus sclateri		BC
3	Tibetan Partridge	Perdix hodgsoniae		BC
4	Tibetan Snowcock	Tetraogallus tibetanus	TRG	BC
5	/Black-necked Crane/	Grus nigricollis	Many	BC
6	White-bellied Heron	Ardea insignis	Many	CR
7	Pallas's Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	Many	EN
8	Gray-backed Shrike	Lanius tephronotus	Many	BC
9	Black-rumped Magpie	Pica bottanensis	Many	BC
10	Gray-crested Tit	Lophophanes dichrous	Many	BC
11	Ground Tit	Pseudopodoces humilis		BC
12	Gray-crowned Prinia	Prinia cinereocapilla	SJ,TA	NE
13	Jungle Prinia	Prinia sylvatica	TS	NE
14	Lemon-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus	Many	BC
15	(Whistler's Warbler)	Phylloscopus whistleri	Many	BC
16	(Large-billed Leaf Warbler)	Phylloscopus magnirostris	Many	BC
17	Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler	Horornis acanthizoides	TG,ULRS	BC
18	/White-browed Tit-Warbler/	Leptopoecile sophiae	BT	BC
19	Crested Tit-Warbler	Leptopoecile elegans		BC
20	White-browed Fulvetta	Fulvetta vinipectus	Many	BC
21	Black-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis flavirostris		BC
22	Great Parrotbill	Paradoxornis aemodium	Many	BC
23	Rufous-headed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis bakeri		BC
24	Bhutan Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron imbricatum	Many	NE
25	Hodgson's Treecreeper	Certhia hodgsoni	Many	BC
26	/Spot-winged Starling/	Saroglossa spilopterus	LLRN,SJ,TA,TG	BC
27	(Tickell's Thrush)	Turdus unicolor	Many	BC
28	/Tibetan Blackbird/	Turdus maximus	BT,CL,JD,PV	BC
29	White-backed Thrush	Turdus kessleri		BC
30	Himalayan Bluetail	Tarsiger rufilatus	Many	BC
31	Blue-fronted Redstart	Phoenicurus frontalis	Many	BC
32	/Blue-capped Redstart/	Phoenicurus coeruleocephala	Many	BC
33	/Hodgson's Redstart/	Phoenicurus hodgsoni	Many	BC
34	White-throated Redstart	Phoenicurus schisticeps	Many	BC
35	/Robin Accentor/	Prunella rubeculoides	BT,CL,DL	BC
36	White-winged Grosbeak	Mycerobas carnipes	Many	BC
37	Red-fronted Rosefinch	Carpodacus puniceus		BC
38	Blanford's Rosefinch	Agraphospiza rubescens	Many	BC
39	Gold-naped Finch	Pyrrhoplectes epauletta	Many	BC
40	White-capped Bunting	Emberiza stewarti		BC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 *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 COUNTRIESIN ASIA

• Borneo^§
• Cambodia
• China^§§
• India
• Indonesia^§§§
• Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia^§§§§
• Mongolia
• Philippines
• Saudi Arabia
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bumthang (BT)
• Chele La Pass (CL)
• Dochu La (DL)
• Gelephu Area (GA)
• Jigme Dorji National Park (JD)
• Lower Lingmethang Road & Namling (LLRN)
• Mangde Chhu River Forest (MC)
• Mo Chhu River (MCR)
• Morong (MO)
• Pele La Pass (PL)
• Phobjikha Valley (PV)
• Phrumseng La/Thrumsing La (PNP)
• Royal Manas National Park & Panbang (RMNP)
• Samdrup Jongkha (SJ)
• Tharpaling Monastery (TM)
• Tiger's Nest Monastery Trail (TNT)
• Tingtibi Area (TA)
• Trashi Yangtse/Bumdeling Sanctuary (TY)
• Trashigang (TRG)
• Trongsa Area (TG)
• Tsirang (TS)
• Upper Lingmethang Road & Sengor (ULRS)
• Yongko La (YK)
• Yotong La (YL)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	0
NE	Near Endemic	5
CR	Critically Endangered	1
EN	Endangered	1
BC	Best Seen in This Country	33
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.

§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo