INDIA BIRD CHECKLIST
Remote Species
ASIA INDIA
| # Species: | 1368 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1236 |
| # Endemics: | 86 |
| # Near Endemics: | 65 |
BIRDING LOCALES
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 24 |
| V | Vulnerable | 13 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.
List of species in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
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| 1 | Andaman Teal | Anas albogularis | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 2 | Nicobar Megapode | Megapodius nicobariensis | |
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| 3 | Western Tragopan | Tragopan melanocephalus | |
| 4 | Satyr Tragopan | Tragopan satyra | |
| 5 | Sclater's Monal | Lophophorus sclateri | MH |
| 6 | Tibetan Partridge | Perdix hodgsoniae | |
| 7 | Mrs. Hume's Pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae | |
| 8 | Tibetan Eared-Pheasant | Crossoptilon harmani | |
| 9 | Green Peafowl | Pavo muticus | |
| 10 | Mountain Bamboo-Partridge | Bambusicola fytchii | KS |
| 11 | Chinese Francolin | Francolinus pintadeanus | |
| 12 | Tibetan Snowcock | Tetraogallus tibetanus | |
| 13 | Himalayan Snowcock | Tetraogallus himalayensis | |
| 14 | /Japanese Quail/ | Coturnix japonica | |
| 15 | Manipur Bush-Quail | Perdicula manipurensis | |
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| 16 | Andaman Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumboides | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 17 | Andaman Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia rufipennis | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 18 | Andaman Green-Pigeon | Treron chloropterus | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 19 | Nicobar Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula nicobarica | |
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| 20 | Tibetan Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes tibetanus | |
| 21 | /Pin-tailed Sandgrouse/ | Pterocles alchata | |
| 22 | /Black-bellied Sandgrouse/ | Pterocles orientalis | |
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| 23 | Andaman Coucal | Centropus andamanensis | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 24 | (Eurasian Nightjar) | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| 25 | Andaman Nightjar | Caprimulgus andamanicus | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 26 | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| 27 | (Common Swift) | Apus apus | MTH |
| 28 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | MTH |
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| 29 | Andaman Crake | Rallina canningi | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 30 | Masked Finfoot | Heliopais personatus | |
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| 31 | (Black-necked Crane) | Grus nigricollis | |
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| 32 | /Eurasian Oystercatcher/ | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| 33 | Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| 34 | Jerdon's Courser | Rhinoptilus bitorquatus | |
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| 35 | /Red-necked Grebe/ | Podiceps grisegena | |
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| 36 | Nicobar Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis klossi | |
| 37 | Andaman Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis elgini | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 38 | Nicobar Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza butleri | |
| 39 | /Upland Buzzard/ | Buteo hemilasius | |
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| 40 | Andaman Masked-Owl | Tyto deroepstorffi | |
| 41 | /Oriental Bay-Owl/ | Phodilus badius | DGA |
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| 42 | Andaman Scops-Owl | Otus balli | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 43 | Nicobar Scops-Owl | Otus alius | |
| 44 | Buffy Fish-Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
| 45 | Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| 46 | Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| 47 | Andaman Boobook | Ninox affinis | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 48 | Hume's Boobook | Ninox obscura | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 49 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | DGA |
| 50 | Narcondam Hornbill | Rhyticeros narcondami | |
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| 51 | (European Bee-eater) | Merops apiaster | |
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| 52 | Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | |
| 53 | Brown-winged Kingfisher | Pelargopsis amauroptera | |
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| 54 | Freckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos analis | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 55 | Stripe-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos atratus | |
| 56 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| 57 | Sind Woodpecker | Dendrocopos assimilis | |
| 58 | Andaman Woodpecker | Dryocopus hodgei | FFR,MTH,SW |
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| 59 | /Saker Falcon/ | Falco cherrug | |
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| 60 | Derbyan Parakeet | Psittacula derbiana | |
| 61 | Nicobar Parakeet | Psittacula caniceps | |
| 62 | Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | |
| 63 | Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| 64 | Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
| 65 | Mangrove Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha | |
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| 66 | Andaman Cuckooshrike | Coracina dobsoni | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 67 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
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| 68 | Clicking Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius intermedius | |
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| 69 | Andaman Drongo | Dicrurus andamanensis | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 70 | [Amur Paradise-Flycatcher] | Terpsiphone incei | |
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| 71 | Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
| 72 | Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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| 73 | Andaman Treepie | Dendrocitta bayleii | FFR,MTH,SW |
| 74 | Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| 75 | Kashmir Nutcracker | Nucifraga multipunctata | |
| 76 | /Eurasian Jackdaw/ | Coloeus monedula | |
| 77 | /Rook/ | Corvus frugilegus | |
| 78 | /Hooded Crow/ | Corvus cornix | |
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| 79 | Gray-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous | |
| 80 | Azure Tit | Cyanistes cyanus | |
| 81 | Ground Tit | Pseudopodoces humilis | |
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| 82 | Tawny Lark | Galerida deva | |
| 83 | Tibetan Lark | Melanocorypha maxima | |
| 84 | /Turkestan Short-toed Lark/ | Alaudala heinei | |
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| 85 | Rufous-crowned Prinia | Prinia khasiana | KS |
| 86 | Hill Prinia | Prinia superciliaris | |
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| 87 | /Black-browed Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | DSNP,FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 88 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 89 | Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| 90 | [Baikal Bush Warbler] | Locustella davidi | DSNP |
| 91 | West Himalayan Bush Warbler | Locustella kashmirensis | |
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| 92 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 93 | Cachar Bulbul | Iole cacharensis | DGA |
| 94 | Nicobar Bulbul | Hypsipetes nicobariensis | |
| 95 | Black-headed Bulbul | Microtarsus melanocephalos | |
| 96 | Andaman Bulbul | Microtarsus fuscoflavescens | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 97 | Crested Finchbill | Spizixos canifrons | KS |
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| 98 | /Plain Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus neglectus | |
| 99 | [Two-barred Warbler] | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | |
| 100 | [Sakhalin Leaf Warbler] | Phylloscopus borealoides | MTH |
| 101 | Claudia's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus claudiae | |
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| 102 | Rufous-faced Warbler | Abroscopus albogularis | DGA,MH |
| 103 | Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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| 104 | /White-browed Tit-Warbler/ | Leptopoecile sophiae | |
| 105 | White-cheeked Tit | Aegithalos leucogenys | |
| 106 | White-throated Tit | Aegithalos niveogularis | |
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| 107 | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| 108 | Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
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| 109 | White-browed Fulvetta | Fulvetta vinipectus | KS |
| 110 | Manipur Fulvetta | Fulvetta manipurensis | KS,MH |
| 111 | Spot-breasted Parrotbill | Paradoxornis guttaticollis | KS |
| 112 | Great Parrotbill | Paradoxornis aemodium | |
| 113 | Rufous-headed Parrotbill | Paradoxornis bakeri | |
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| 114 | Mishmi Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis badeigularis | MH |
| 115 | Naga Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis chocolatinus | KS |
| 116 | Chin Hills Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis oatesi | |
| 117 | Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis longicaudatus | |
| 118 | Gray-bellied Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis reptatus | |
| 119 | Brown-crowned Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus phayrei | |
| 120 | Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler | Erythrogenys mcclellandi | KS,MH |
| 121 | Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler | Stachyris roberti | KS,MH |
| 122 | Snowy-throated Babbler | Stachyris oglei | |
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| 123 | Rufous-throated Fulvetta | Schoeniparus rufogularis | DGA,MH |
| 124 | Rusty-capped Fulvetta | Schoeniparus dubius | KS |
| 125 | Streaked Wren-Babbler | Gypsophila brevicaudata | DGA |
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| 126 | Brown-capped Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron austeni | KS |
| 127 | Striped Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron virgatum | KS |
| 128 | Elliot's Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron elliotii | |
| 129 | Assam Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron chrysopterum | KS |
| 130 | Banasura Laughingthrush | Montecincla jerdoni | |
| 131 | Ashambu Laughingthrush | Montecincla meriodionalis | |
| 132 | Long-tailed Sibia | Heterophasia picaoides | KS,MH |
| 133 | Gray Sibia | Heterophasia gracilis | KS |
| 134 | Spot-breasted Laughingthrush | Garrulax merulinus | KS |
| 135 | Moustached Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla cineracea | KS |
| 136 | Yellow-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus galbana | |
| 137 | Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus nuchalis | DGA |
| 138 | White-browed Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus sannio | KS |
| 139 | Mount Victoria Babax | Pterorhinus woodi | |
| 140 | Giant Babax | Pterorhinus waddelli | |
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| 141 | White-cheeked Nuthatch | Sitta leucopsis | |
| 142 | Kashmir Nuthatch | Sitta cashmirensis | |
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| 143 | Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
| 144 | Hume's Treecreeper | Certhia manipurensis | |
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| 145 | White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
| 146 | White-headed Starling | Sturnia erythropygia | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 147 | Collared Myna | Acridotheres albocinctus | |
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| 148 | /Siberian Thrush/ | Geokichla sibirica | |
| 149 | /Gray-sided Thrush/ | Turdus feae | KS |
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| 150 | Andaman Shama | Copsychus albiventris | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
| 151 | White-tailed Flycatcher | Leucoptilon concretus | |
| 152 | Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis nicobaricus | |
| 153 | Rufous-backed Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | |
| 154 | White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps | |
| 155 | /White-winged Redstart/ | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
| 156 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | SW |
| 157 | (Pied Wheatear) | Oenanthe pleschanka | MH |
| 158 | /Persian Wheatear/ | Oenanthe chrysophygia | |
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| 159 | Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| 160 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| 161 | Andaman Flowerpecker | Dicaeum virescens | FFR,MTH,SW,WD |
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| 162 | Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | |
| 163 | Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus | MTH,SW |
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| 164 | Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
| 165 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | |
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| 166 | Robin Accentor | Prunella rubeculoides | |
| 167 | Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens | |
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| 168 | Tibetan Snowfinch | Montifringilla henrici | |
| 169 | Black-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla adamsi | |
| 170 | Rufous-necked Snowfinch | Pyrgilauda ruficollis | |
| 171 | Blanford's Snowfinch | Pyrgilauda blanfordi | |
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| 172 | White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| 173 | Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| 174 | Three-banded Rosefinch | Carpodacus trifasciatus | |
| 175 | Sillem's Rosefinch | Carpodacus sillemii | |
| 176 | Red-mantled Rosefinch | Carpodacus rhodochlamys | |
| 177 | Blyth's Rosefinch | Carpodacus grandis | |
| 178 | Streaked Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilloides | |
| 179 | Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla | |
| 180 | Red-fronted Rosefinch | Carpodacus puniceus | |
| 181 | Orange Bullfinch | Pyrrhula aurantiaca | |
| 182 | Mongolian Finch | Bucanetes mongolicus | |
| 183 | Blanford's Rosefinch | Agraphospiza rubescens | |
| 184 | Black-headed Mountain Finch | Leucosticte brandti | |
| 185 | Black-headed Greenfinch | Chloris ambigua | |
| 186 | Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
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| 187 | Godlewski's Bunting | Emberiza godlewskii | |
| 188 | [Tristram's Bunting] | Emberiza tristrami | MH |
| 189 | /Chestnut Bunting/ | Emberiza rutila | KS,MH |
*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.