INDIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Accessible Species

ASIA INDIA

# Species:1368
# Excl Vagrants:1236
# Endemics:86
# Near Endemics:65

OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA

BIRDING LOCALES

§ 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

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic49
LCLocal5
NENear Endemic47
RRRestricted Range318

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened62
VVulnerable52
ENEndangered17
CRCritically Endangered13

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 all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. 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.*

color codes

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
9|White-headed Duck|Oxyura leucocephala EN
10Chestnut-breasted PartridgeArborophila mandellii NT
11White-cheeked PartridgeArborophila atrogularisRRNT
12Blyth's TragopanTragopan blythiiRRV
13Temminck's TragopanTragopan temminckiiRR 
14Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolophaRR 
15Cheer PheasantCatreus wallichiiRRV
16Red SpurfowlGalloperdix spadiceaE 
17Painted SpurfowlGalloperdix lunulataE 
18Gray JunglefowlGallus sonneratiiE 
19Swamp FrancolinOrtygornis gularis V
20Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictusNE 
21Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiaticaNE 
22Rock Bush-QuailPerdicula argoondahE 
23Painted Bush-QuailPerdicula erythrorhynchaE 
24Hill PigeonColumba rupestrisRR 
25Snow PigeonColumba leuconotaRR 
26/Yellow-eyed Pigeon/Columba eversmanni V
27Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbusRR 
28Ashy Wood-PigeonColumba pulchricollis  
29Nilgiri Wood-PigeonColumba elphinstoniiEV
30Pale-capped PigeonColumba punicea V
31Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchallRR 
32Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica NT
33Gray-fronted Green-PigeonTreron affinisE 
34Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayreiRRNT
35Thick-billed Green-PigeonTreron curvirostraRR 
36Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea NT
37Malabar Imperial-PigeonDucula cupreaE 
38Mountain Imperial-PigeonDucula badiaRR 
39Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
40Painted SandgrousePterocles indicusNE 
41Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigricepsNECR
42/Asian Houbara/Chlamydotis macqueenii V
43Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisRRCR
44Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicusECR
45|Little Bustard|Tetrax tetrax NT
46Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostrisNE 
47(Violet Cuckoo)Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchusRR 
48(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo)Surniculus lugubrisRR 
49Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennisNE 
50Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniligerNE 
51Hodgson's FrogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoniRR 
52White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvaticaNE 
53Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensisRR 
54Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolorNE 
55White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagusRR 
56/Water Rail/Rallus aquaticusRR 
57Sarus CraneAntigone antigone V
58Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris NT
59IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersiiRR 
60/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
61River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii NT
62/Sociable Lapwing/Vanellus gregariusRRCR
63/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
64/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
65/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
66/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatusRRNT
67/Wood Snipe/Gallinago nemoricola V
68/Swinhoe's Snipe/Gallinago megalaRR 
69/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisRREN
70/Red Knot/Calidris canutusRRNT
71/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
72/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
73Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNE 
74(Collared Pratincole)Glareola pratincolaRR 
75/Slender-billed Gull/Chroicocephalus geneiRR 
76Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollisLCEN
77Saunders's TernSternula saundersiRR 
78/White-winged Tern/Chlidonias leucopterusRR 
79Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRR 
80River TernSterna aurantia V
81Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaRR 
82Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda EN
83Lesser FlamingoPhoenicoparrus minor V
84/Eared Grebe/Podiceps nigricollisRR 
85Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelHydrobates monorhis NT
86Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui EN
87#Jouanin's Petrel#Bulweria fallax NT
88Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas NT
89Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes NT
90Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
91Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
92/Lesser Adjutant/Leptoptilos javanicus V
93Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusRREN
94Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala NT
95Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
96Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus NT
97Little BitternBotaurus minutusRR 
98Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophusRR 
99Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacraRR 
100Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchusLC 
101White-bellied HeronArdea insignisRRCR
102/Goliath Heron/Ardea goliathRR 
103Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensis NT
104/Dalmatian Pelican/Pelecanus crispus NT
105Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus NT
106Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus EN
107Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
108Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus CR
109/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
110White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis CR
111Indian VultureGyps indicus CR
112Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris CR
113/Himalayan Griffon/Gyps himalayensis NT
114Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaartiNE 
115Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
116Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
117Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata V
118/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
119Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
120/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
121/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
122/Japanese Sparrowhawk/Tachyspiza gularisRR 
123/Chinese Sparrowhawk/Tachyspiza soloensisRR 
124/Eastern Marsh Harrier/Circus spilonotusRR 
125/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
126Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus EN
127Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis NT
128Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
129Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilisNE 
130/Pallid Scops-Owl/Otus bruceiRR 
131Tawny Fish-OwlKetupa flavipesRR 
132Forest OwletAthene blewittiEEN
133Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellataE 
134/Long-eared Owl/Asio otusRR 
135Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusNE 
136Ward's TrogonHarpactes wardiRRNT
137Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
138Malabar Gray HornbillOcyceros griseusEV
139Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNENT
140Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensisRRV
141Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatusRRV
142Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo herculesRRNT
143Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromandaRR 
144Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
145Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisLC 
146|European Roller|Coracias garrulusRR 
147Indochinese RollerCoracias affinisRR 
148Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricusE 
149White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisE 
150Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon frankliniiRR 
151Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotusRRNT
152White-browed PiculetSasia ochraceaRR 
153Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auricepsRR 
154Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensisRR 
155Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensisRR 
156Crimson-naped WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusRR 
157Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotisRR 
158Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
159Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatusRR 
160Malabar FlamebackChrysocolaptes socialisE 
161White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivusNE 
162Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
163Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucosRR 
164Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensRR 
165Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
166Laggar FalconFalco jugger NT
167Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
168Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayanaRR 
169Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschiiRRNT
170Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataRRNT
171Malabar ParakeetPsittacula columboidesE 
172Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
173Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicaudaRRV
174Gray-lored BroadbillSerilophus rubrophygiusRR 
175Blue-naped PittaHydrornis nipalensisRR 
176Blue PittaHydrornis cyaneusRR 
177Indian PittaPitta brachyuraNE 
178White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygiusE 
179Gray-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solarisRR 
180Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisRR 
181Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeusNE 
182/Ashy Minivet/Pericrocotus divaricatusRR 
183Indian CuckooshrikeCoracina maceiNE 
184Black-headed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius rufiventerRR 
185Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotisRR 
186White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeucaRR 
187/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
188White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchusRR 
189Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolaE 
190White-tailed IoraAegithina nigroluteaNE 
191Spot-breasted FantailRhipidura albogularisE 
192White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescensNE 
193Crow-billed DrongoDicrurus annectensRR 
194Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferRR 
195|Red-backed Shrike|Lanius collurioRR 
196|Red-tailed Shrike|Lanius phoenicuroidesRR 
197|Burmese Shrike|Lanius collurioidesRR 
198Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusRR 
199Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatusRR 
200Yellow-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa flavirostrisRR 
201Red-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaRR 
202Common Green-MagpieCissa chinensisRR 
203White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastraE 
204Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemisilaRR 
205Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusRR 
206Carrion CrowCorvus coroneRR 
207Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammicepsRR 
208Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalisRR 
209Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventrisRR 
210White-naped TitMachlolophus nuchalisEV
211Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysRR 
212Indian Yellow TitMachlolophus aplonotusE 
213Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusRR 
214Sultan TitMelanochlora sultaneaRR 
215Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNE 
216Jerdon's BushlarkPlocealauda affinisNE 
217Indian BushlarkPlocealauda erythropteraNE 
218/Eurasian Skylark/Alauda arvensisRR 
219Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaE 
220/Bimaculated Lark/Melanocorypha bimaculataRR 
221Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisRR 
222Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularisRR 
223Gray-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaNEV
224Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRR 
225Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticaNE 
226/Moustached Warbler/Acrocephalus melanopogonRR 
227/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensRR 
228/Oriental Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus orientalisRR 
229/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/Helopsaltes certhiolaRR 
230/Lanceolated Warbler/Locustella lanceolataRR 
231Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventrisRR 
232/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
233(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorRRNT
234Russet Bush WarblerLocustella mandelliRR 
235Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusEV
236Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataLCV
237Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataRR 
238Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaRR 
239/Bank Swallow/Riparia ripariaRR 
240Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaNE 
241Pacific SwallowHirundo javanicaRR 
242Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseRR 
243Striated SwallowCecropis striolataRR 
244White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
245Striated BulbulAlcurus striatusRR 
246Ashy BulbulHemixos flavalaRR 
247Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indicaNE 
248Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesaNE 
249Gray-headed BulbulMicrotarsus priocephalusENT
250Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularisE 
251White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolusNE 
252Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescensRR 
253Yellow-throated BulbulPycnonotus xantholaemusEV
254/Yellow-browed Warbler/Phylloscopus inornatusRR 
255/Brooks's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus subviridisRR 
256/Smoky Warbler/Phylloscopus fuligiventerRR 
257White-spectacled WarblerPhylloscopus intermediusRR 
258Gray-cheeked WarblerPhylloscopus poliogenysRR 
259(Gray-crowned Warbler)Phylloscopus tephrocephalusRR 
260Chestnut-crowned WarblerPhylloscopus castanicepsRR 
261Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantatorRR 
262Gray-bellied TesiaTesia cyaniventerRR 
263Slaty-bellied TesiaTesia oliveaRR 
264/Cetti's Warbler/Cettia cettiRR 
265Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliarisRR 
266Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cucullatusRR 
267Broad-billed WarblerTickellia hodgsoniRR 
268Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescensRR 
269Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnusRR 
270Black-browed TitAegithalos iouschistosRR 
271|Greater Whitethroat|Curruca communisRR 
272Fire-tailed MyzornisMyzornis pyrrhouraRR 
273Golden-breasted FulvettaLioparus chrysotisRR 
274Jerdon's BabblerChrysomma altirostreRRV
275Brown-throated FulvettaFulvetta ludlowiRR 
276Black-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis flavirostrisNEV
277Brown ParrotbillParadoxornis unicolorRR 
278Gray-headed ParrotbillParadoxornis gularisRR 
279White-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis ruficepsRR 
280Fulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifronsRR 
281Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensisRR 
282Pale-billed ParrotbillSuthora atrosuperciliarisRR 
283Striated YuhinaStaphida castanicepsRR 
284White-naped YuhinaYuhina bakeriRR 
285Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisRR 
286Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularisRR 
287Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalisRR 
288Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimentaRR 
289Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataRR 
290Dark-fronted BabblerDumetia atricepsNE 
291Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularisRR 
292Golden BabblerCyanoderma chrysaeumRR 
293Rufous-fronted BabblerCyanoderma rufifronsRR 
294Black-chinned BabblerCyanoderma pyrrhopsRR 
295Rufous-capped BabblerCyanoderma ruficepsRR 
296Rufous-throated Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis caudatusRRNT
297Bar-winged Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis troglodytoidesRR 
298Black-crowned Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ferruginosusRR 
299Red-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ochraceicepsRR 
300Slender-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus superciliarisRR 
301Streak-breasted Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollisRR 
302Indian Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldiiNE 
303White-browed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsRR 
304Large Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys hypoleucosRR 
305Gray-throated BabblerStachyris nigricepsRR 
306Sikkim Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris humeiRRNT
307Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensis NT
308White-hooded BabblerGampsorhynchus rufulusRR 
309Yellow-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus cinereusRR 
310Rufous-winged FulvettaSchoeniparus castanecepsRR 
311Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficepsRR 
312Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustreRRV
313Spot-throated BabblerPellorneum albiventreRR 
314Buff-breasted BabblerPellorneum tickelliRR 
315Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiNENT
316Swamp Grass BabblerLaticilla cinerascensEEN
317Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbottiRR 
318Eyebrowed Wren-BabblerNapothera epilepidotaRR 
319Long-billed Wren-BabblerNapothera malacoptilaRR 
320Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephalaRR 
321Nepal FulvettaAlcippe nipalensisRR 
322Himalayan CutiaCutia nipalensisRR 
323Scaly LaughingthrushTrochalopteron subunicolorRR 
324Blue-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron squamatumRR 
325Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatumRR 
326Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatumNE 
327Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatumRR 
328Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affineRR 
329Nilgiri LaughingthrushMontecincla cachinnansEEN
330Palani LaughingthrushMontecincla fairbankiENT
331Beautiful SibiaHeterophasia pulchellaRR 
332Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensisRR 
333Streak-throated BarwingActinodura waldeniRR 
334Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouropteraRR 
335Rusty-fronted BarwingActinodura egertoniRR 
336Silver-eared MesiaLeiothrix argentaurisRR 
337Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotinctaRR 
338Rufous-backed SibiaLeioptila annectensRR 
339Bugun LiocichlaLiocichla bugunorumECR
340Red-faced LiocichlaLiocichla phoeniceaRR 
341Large Gray BabblerArgya malcolmiNE 
342Slender-billed BabblerArgya longirostrisNEV
343Rufous BabblerArgya subrufaE 
344Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisNE 
345Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monilegerRR 
346White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusRR 
347Spotted LaughingthrushIanthocincla ocellataRR 
348Wayanad LaughingthrushPterorhinus delessertiE 
349Rufous-vented LaughingthrushPterorhinus gularisRR 
350Rufous-necked LaughingthrushPterorhinus ruficollisRR 
351Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushPterorhinus pectoralisRR 
352White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularisRR 
353Gray-sided LaughingthrushPterorhinus caerulataRR 
354/Wallcreeper/Tichodroma murariaRR 
355Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosaRRV
356Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisRR 
357Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensisRR 
358Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonotaE 
359/Bar-tailed Treecreeper/Certhia himalayanaRR 
360Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensisRR 
361Sikkim TreecreeperCerthia discolorRR 
362Spotted ElachuraElachura formosaRR 
363Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensisRR 
364Golden-crested MynaAmpeliceps coronatusRR 
365Southern Hill MynaGracula indicaNE 
366Malabar StarlingSturnia blythiiE 
367Great MynaAcridotheres grandisRR 
368(Pied Thrush)Geokichla wardiiNE 
369Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimaliiRR 
370Dark-sided ThrushZoothera marginataRR 
371Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensisE 
372Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusRR 
373Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimusNE 
374Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilisRR 
375/Eyebrowed Thrush/Turdus obscurusRR 
376/Red-throated Thrush/Turdus ruficollisRR 
377/Dusky Thrush/Turdus eunomusRR 
378Purple CochoaCochoa purpureaRR 
379(Green Cochoa)Cochoa viridisRR 
380(Ferruginous Flycatcher)Muscicapa ferrugineaRR 
381|Spotted Flycatcher|Muscicapa striataRR 
382Nilgiri SholakiliSholicola majorEEN
383White-bellied SholakiliSholicola albiventrisEV
384Large NiltavaNiltava grandisRR 
385Chinese Vivid NiltavaNiltava oatesiRR 
386Nilgiri FlycatcherEumyias albicaudatusE 
387White-gorgeted FlycatcherAnthipes monilegerRR 
388White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipesE 
389Pale-chinned Blue FlycatcherCyornis poliogenysRR 
390(Pale Blue Flycatcher)Cyornis unicolorRR 
391Blue-throated FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoidesRR 
392Large Blue FlycatcherCyornis magnirostrisRRNT
393Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whiteiRR 
394Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythraLCNT
395Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophrisRR 
396Himalayan ShortwingBrachypteryx cruralisRR 
397Gould's ShortwingBrachypteryx stellataRR 
398Malabar Whistling-ThrushMyophonus horsfieldiiE 
399White-crowned ForktailEnicurus leschenaultiRR 
400Black-backed ForktailEnicurus immaculatusRR 
401Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceusRR 
402/Chinese Rubythroat/Calliope tschebaiewiRR 
403White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucurumRR 
404Blue-fronted RobinCinclidium frontaleRR 
405Rufous-breasted Bush-RobinTarsiger hyperythrusRR 
406White-browed Bush-RobinTarsiger indicusRR 
407Golden Bush-RobinTarsiger chrysaeusRR 
408Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacusRR 
409Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaE 
410Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythraRR 
411Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoniRR 
412Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphiraRR 
413/Kashmir Flycatcher/Ficedula subrubra V
414/Blue-capped Redstart/Phoenicurus coeruleocephalaRR 
415/Hodgson's Redstart/Phoenicurus hodgsoniRR 
416/Daurian Redstart/Phoenicurus auroreusRR 
417|Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush|Monticola saxatilisRR 
418White-browed BushchatSaxicola macrorhynchusEV
419/White-throated Bushchat/Saxicola insignisRRV
420Jerdon's BushchatSaxicola jerdoniRR 
421Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fuscaNE 
422/Hypocolius/Hypocolius ampelinusRR 
423Yellow-vented FlowerpeckerPachyglossa chrysorrheumRR 
424Yellow-bellied FlowerpeckerPachyglossa melanozanthumRR 
425Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorE 
426Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumRR 
427Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensisRR 
428Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minimaE 
429Loten's SunbirdCinnyris loteniusNE 
430Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicaudaRR 
431Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturataRR 
432Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisRR 
433Vigors's SunbirdAethopyga vigorsiiE 
434Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostraRR 
435Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magnaRR 
436Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensisRREN
437Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoniNE 
438Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchusNEEN
439Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaartiNE 
440Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaNE 
441Green AvadavatAmandava formosusEV
442Alpine AccentorPrunella collarisRR 
443/Altai Accentor/Prunella himalayanaRR 
444Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiataRR 
445/Black-throated Accentor/Prunella atrogularisRR 
446Maroon-backed AccentorPrunella immaculataRR 
447/Spanish Sparrow/Passer hispaniolensisRR 
448Sind SparrowPasser pyrrhonotusRR 
449Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeusRR 
450Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusRR 
451/Forest Wagtail/Dendronanthus indicusRR 
452Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensisEV
453Upland PipitAnthus sylvanusRR 
454/Red-throated Pipit/Anthus cervinusRR 
455/Siberian Pipit/Anthus japonicusRR 
456/Common Chaffinch/Fringilla coelebsRR 
457/Brambling/Fringilla montifringillaRR 
458Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioidesRR 
459Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinisRR 
460Scarlet FinchCarpodacus sipahiRR 
461Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimusRR 
462Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroaRR 
463Vinaceous RosefinchCarpodacus vinaceusRR 
464Dark-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus edwardsiiRR 
465/Spot-winged Rosefinch/Carpodacus rodopeplusRR 
466Himalayan White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thuraRR 
467Crimson-browed FinchCarpodacus subhimachalaRR 
468Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephalaRR 
469Gray-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythacaRR 
470/Trumpeter Finch/Bucanetes githagineusRR 
471/Gold-naped Finch/Pyrrhoplectes epaulettaRR 
472Spectacled FinchCallacanthis burtoniRR 
473Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensisRR 
474/Eurasian Linnet/Linaria cannabinaRR 
475European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisRR 
476Fire-fronted SerinSerinus pusillusRR 
477Tibetan SerinSpinus thibetanusRR 
478/Pine Bunting/Emberiza leucocephalosRR 
479Rock BuntingEmberiza ciaRR 
480/Little Bunting/Emberiza pusillaRR 
481/Yellow-breasted Bunting/Emberiza aureola CR
482/Black-faced Bunting/Emberiza spodocephalaRR 
483/Reed Bunting/Emberiza schoeniclusRR 

 

 *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.