KANHA NATIONAL PARK
INDIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 304 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 304 |
| # Endemics: | 6 |
| # Near Endemics: | 19 |
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 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | /Bar-headed Goose/ | Anser indicus | |
| 3 | /Graylag Goose/ | Anser anser | |
| 4 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 5 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 6 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 7 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 8 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 9 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera | |
| 10 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | |
| 11 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 12 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 13 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 14 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca | |
| 15 | /Red-crested Pochard/ | Netta rufina | |
| 16 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | |
| 17 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | |
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| 18 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| 19 | Red Spurfowl | Galloperdix spadicea | |
| 20 | Painted Spurfowl | Galloperdix lunulata | |
| 21 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| 22 | Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| 23 | Painted Francolin | Francolinus pictus | |
| 24 | Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | |
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| 25 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 26 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 27 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 28 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 29 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 30 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 31 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 32 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 33 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| 34 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
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| 35 | Painted Sandgrouse | Pterocles indicus | |
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| 36 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 37 | (Common Cuckoo) | Cuculus canorus | |
| 38 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 39 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| 40 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 41 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 42 | Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| 43 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| 44 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| 45 | Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
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| 46 | Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| 47 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| 48 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| 49 | White-rumped Spinetail | Zoonavena sylvatica | |
| 50 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 51 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 52 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 53 | Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
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| 54 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 55 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| 56 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 57 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 58 | Brown Crake | Zapornia akool | |
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| 59 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | |
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| 60 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
| 61 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| 62 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 63 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 64 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
| 65 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| 66 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 67 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 68 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 69 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| 70 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
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| 71 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 72 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 73 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 74 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 75 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 76 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | |
| 77 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 78 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 79 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 80 | Yellow-legged Buttonquail | Turnix tanki | |
| 81 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 82 | Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
| 83 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
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| 84 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | |
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| 85 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 86 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 87 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 88 | /Lesser Adjutant/ | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
| 89 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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| 90 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 91 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 92 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 93 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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| 94 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 95 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 96 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 97 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 98 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 99 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 100 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 101 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 102 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 103 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| 104 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| 105 | Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | |
| 106 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| 107 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 108 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 109 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 110 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 111 | Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| 112 | Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | |
| 113 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | |
| 114 | /Cinereous Vulture/ | Aegypius monachus | |
| 115 | White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | |
| 116 | Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus | |
| 117 | /Eurasian Griffon/ | Gyps fulvus | |
| 118 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 119 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 120 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| 121 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 122 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 123 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | |
| 124 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 125 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 126 | White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | |
| 127 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 128 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 129 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 130 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 131 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 132 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 133 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
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| 134 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| 135 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 136 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| 137 | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Ketupa nipalensis | |
| 138 | Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | |
| 139 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
| 140 | Mottled Wood-Owl | Strix ocellata | |
| 141 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| 142 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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| 143 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 144 | Indian Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris | |
| 145 | Malabar Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus | |
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| 146 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 147 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 148 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 149 | Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| 150 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 151 | Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | |
| 152 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 153 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| 154 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
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| 155 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 156 | Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
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| 157 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 158 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| 159 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
| 160 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 161 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| 162 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 163 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| 164 | White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | |
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| 165 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 166 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 167 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| 168 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 169 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| 170 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| 171 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
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| 172 | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
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| 173 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| 174 | /Long-tailed Minivet/ | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| 175 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 176 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| 177 | /Black-winged Cuckooshrike/ | Lalage melaschistos | |
| 178 | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
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| 179 | Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
| 180 | /Black-naped Oriole/ | Oriolus chinensis | |
| 181 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
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| 182 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
| 183 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| 184 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| 185 | Spot-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura albogularis | |
| 186 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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| 187 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 188 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 189 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| 190 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| 191 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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| 192 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 193 | Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| 194 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 195 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 196 | Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| 197 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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| 198 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
| 199 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 200 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 201 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 202 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
| 203 | Indian Yellow Tit | Machlolophus aplonotus | |
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| 204 | Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura | |
| 205 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| 206 | Indian Bushlark | Mirafra erythroptera | |
| 207 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
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| 208 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 209 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 210 | Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
| 211 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| 212 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 213 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 214 | /Sykes's Warbler/ | Iduna rama | |
| 215 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| 216 | /Clamorous Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| 217 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| 218 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | |
| 219 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 220 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 221 | Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| 222 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 223 | Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | |
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| 224 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| 225 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 226 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| 227 | /Hume's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 228 | Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | |
| 229 | /Tickell's Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| 230 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| 231 | /Greenish Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
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| 232 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca | |
| 233 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 234 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 235 | Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
| 236 | Indian Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | |
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| 237 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | |
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| 238 | Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe poioicephala | |
| 239 | Large Gray Babbler | Argya malcolmi | |
| 240 | Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
| 241 | Common Babbler | Argya caudata | |
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| 242 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| 243 | Indian Nuthatch | Sitta castanea | |
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| 244 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus | |
| 245 | Indian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra | |
| 246 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| 247 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 248 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 249 | Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
| 250 | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | |
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| 251 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| 252 | Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| 253 | Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | |
| 254 | /Tickell's Thrush/ | Turdus unicolor | |
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| 255 | Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 256 | Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| 257 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 258 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 259 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 260 | Blue-throated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
| 261 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| 262 | /Bluethroat/ | Luscinia svecica | |
| 263 | Malabar Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus horsfieldii | |
| 264 | Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| 265 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 266 | /Red-breasted Flycatcher/ | Ficedula parva | |
| 267 | /Black Redstart/ | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 268 | Blue-capped Rock-Thrush | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| 269 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
| 270 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus | |
| 271 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| 272 | Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
| 273 | /Desert Wheatear/ | Oenanthe deserti | |
| 274 | Brown Rock Chat | Oenanthe fusca | |
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| 275 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 276 | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | |
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| 277 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| 278 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| 279 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| 280 | Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| 281 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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| 282 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| 283 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| 284 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 285 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 286 | Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| 287 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 288 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 289 | Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnornis xanthocollis | |
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| 290 | /Forest Wagtail/ | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| 291 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 292 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 293 | /Citrine Wagtail/ | Motacilla citreola | |
| 294 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| 295 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 296 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 297 | /Blyth's Pipit/ | Anthus godlewskii | |
| 298 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris | |
| 299 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 300 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 301 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
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| 302 | Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami | |
| 303 | /Black-headed Bunting/ | Emberiza melanocephala | |
| 304 | Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | |
*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 | 65 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 12 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
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.