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# Species:596
# Excl Vagrants:596
# Endemics:3
# Near Endemics:12

SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1/Greater White-fronted Goose/Anser albifronsRR 
2/Common Shelduck/Tadorna tadornaRR 
3/Falcated Duck/Mareca falcata NT
4/Marbled Duck/Marmaronetta angustirostrisRRV
5White-winged DuckAsarcornis scutulata EN
6/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
7/Ferruginous Duck/Aythya nyroca NT
8/Baer's Pochard/Aythya baeriRRCR
9White-cheeked PartridgeArborophila atrogularisRRNT
10Swamp FrancolinOrtygornis gularis V
11Pale-capped PigeonColumba punicea V
12Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchallRR 
13Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayreiRRNT
14Thick-billed Green-PigeonTreron curvirostraRR 
15Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea NT
16Mountain Imperial-PigeonDucula badiaRR 
17Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisRRCR
18(Violet Cuckoo)Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchusRR 
19(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo)Surniculus lugubrisRR 
20Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennisNE 
21White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvaticaNE 
22Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensisRR 
23White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagusRR 
24/Water Rail/Rallus aquaticusRR 
25Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris NT
26IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersiiRR 
27/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
28River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii NT
29/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
30/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
31/Swinhoe's Snipe/Gallinago megalaRR 
32/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisRREN
33/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
34Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollisLCEN
35/White-winged Tern/Chlidonias leucopterusRR 
36River TernSterna aurantia V
37Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda EN
38Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
39Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
40/Lesser Adjutant/Leptoptilos javanicus V
41Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusRREN
42Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala NT
43Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
44Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensis NT
45/Dalmatian Pelican/Pelecanus crispus NT
46Little BitternIxobrychus minutusRR 
47Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophusRR 
48Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchusLC 
49White-bellied HeronArdea insignisRRCR
50/Goliath Heron/Ardea goliathRR 
51Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus NT
52Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
53Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus CR
54/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
55White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis CR
56Indian VultureGyps indicus CR
57Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris CR
58/Himalayan Griffon/Gyps himalayensis NT
59Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
60Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
61Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata V
62/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
63/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
64/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
65/Eastern Marsh Harrier/Circus spilonotusRR 
66/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
67/Japanese Sparrowhawk/Accipiter gularisRR 
68Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus EN
69Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis NT
70Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
71Tawny Fish-OwlKetupa flavipesRR 
72Forest OwletAthene blewittiEEN
73Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
74Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNENT
75Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatusRRV
76Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo herculesRRNT
77Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromandaRR 
78Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
79White-browed PiculetSasia ochraceaRR 
80Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotisRR 
81Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
82Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucosRR 
83Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensRR 
84Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
85Laggar FalconFalco jugger NT
86Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
87Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschiiRRNT
88Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataRRNT
89Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
90Gray-lored BroadbillSerilophus rubrophygiusRR 
91Blue-naped PittaHydrornis nipalensisRR 
92Indian PittaPitta brachyuraNE 
93Gray-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solarisRR 
94Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisRR 
95Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeusNE 
96/Ashy Minivet/Pericrocotus divaricatusRR 
97White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeucaRR 
98/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
99Crow-billed DrongoDicrurus annectensRR 
100Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferRR 
101Common Green-MagpieCissa chinensisRR 
102Sultan TitMelanochlora sultaneaRR 
103Jerdon's BushlarkMirafra affinisNE 
104Indian BushlarkMirafra erythropteraNE 
105Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisRR 
106Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRR 
107/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensRR 
108/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/Helopsaltes certhiolaRR 
109/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
110(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorRRNT
111Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataLCV
112Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaRR 
113/Bank Swallow/Riparia ripariaRR 
114Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseRR 
115Striated SwallowCecropis striolataRR 
116White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
117Striated BulbulAlcurus striatusRR 
118Ashy BulbulHemixos flavalaRR 
119/Yellow-browed Warbler/Phylloscopus inornatusRR 
120/Brooks's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus subviridisRR 
121/Smoky Warbler/Phylloscopus fuligiventerRR 
122White-spectacled WarblerPhylloscopus intermediusRR 
123Gray-cheeked WarblerPhylloscopus poliogenysRR 
124Chestnut-crowned WarblerPhylloscopus castanicepsRR 
125Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantatorRR 
126Gray-bellied TesiaTesia cyaniventerRR 
127Slaty-bellied TesiaTesia oliveaRR 
128Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliarisRR 
129Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cucullatusRR 
130Jerdon's BabblerChrysomma altirostreRRV
131Black-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis flavirostrisNEV
132Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimentaRR 
133Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataRR 
134Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularisRR 
135Golden BabblerCyanoderma chrysaeumRR 
136Rufous-capped BabblerCyanoderma ruficepsRR 
137Streak-breasted Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollisRR 
138White-browed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsRR 
139Large Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys hypoleucosRR 
140Gray-throated BabblerStachyris nigricepsRR 
141Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensis NT
142White-hooded BabblerGampsorhynchus rufulusRR 
143Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficepsRR 
144Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustreRRV
145Spot-throated BabblerPellorneum albiventreRR 
146Buff-breasted BabblerPellorneum tickelliRR 
147Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiNENT
148Swamp Grass BabblerLaticilla cinerascensEEN
149Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbottiRR 
150Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephalaRR 
151Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouropteraRR 
152Slender-billed BabblerArgya longirostrisNEV
153Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monilegerRR 
154White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusRR 
155Rufous-necked LaughingthrushPterorhinus ruficollisRR 
156Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushPterorhinus pectoralisRR 
157/Wallcreeper/Tichodroma murariaRR 
158Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensisRR 
159Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensisRR 
160Great MynaAcridotheres grandisRR 
161Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilisRR 
162/Red-throated Thrush/Turdus ruficollisRR 
163(Green Cochoa)Cochoa viridisRR 
164(Ferruginous Flycatcher)Muscicapa ferrugineaRR 
165Large NiltavaNiltava grandisRR 
166Pale-chinned Blue FlycatcherCyornis poliogenysRR 
167(Pale Blue Flycatcher)Cyornis unicolorRR 
168Blue-throated FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoidesRR 
169Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythraLCNT
170Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophrisRR 
171Himalayan ShortwingBrachypteryx cruralisRR 
172White-crowned ForktailEnicurus leschenaultiRR 
173Black-backed ForktailEnicurus immaculatusRR 
174Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceusRR 
175White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucurumRR 
176Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacusRR 
177Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythraRR 
178Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoniRR 
179Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphiraRR 
180/Hodgson's Redstart/Phoenicurus hodgsoniRR 
181/Daurian Redstart/Phoenicurus auroreusRR 
182/White-throated Bushchat/Saxicola insignisRRV
183Jerdon's BushchatSaxicola jerdoniRR 
184Yellow-vented FlowerpeckerDicaeum chrysorrheumRR 
185Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorE 
186Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumRR 
187Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensisRR 
188Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturataRR 
189Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisRR 
190Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostraRR 
191Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magnaRR 
192Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensisRREN
193Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchusNEEN
194Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaNE 
195Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeusRR 
196Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusRR 
197/Forest Wagtail/Dendronanthus indicusRR 
198/Red-throated Pipit/Anthus cervinusRR 
199/Little Bunting/Emberiza pusillaRR 
200/Yellow-breasted Bunting/Emberiza aureola CR
201/Black-faced Bunting/Emberiza spodocephalaRR 

 

 *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

CodeDescription##
//Boreal Visitor97
\\Austral Visitor0
||Transient9
##Non-breeding Dispersal1
<>Erratic/Irregular0
()Breeding Season Only14
{}Casual/Vagrant1
[]Accidental22

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic86
LCLocal8
NENear Endemic64
RRRestricted Range395

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened37
VVulnerable19
ENEndangered11
CRCritically Endangered8

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.