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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
VVulnerable54
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 
39Painted SandgrousePterocles indicusNE 
40Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigricepsNECR
41/Asian Houbara/Chlamydotis macqueenii V
42Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisRRCR
43Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicusECR
44|Little Bustard|Tetrax tetrax NT
45Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostrisNE 
46(Violet Cuckoo)Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchusRR 
47(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo)Surniculus lugubrisRR 
48Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennisNE 
49Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniligerNE 
50Hodgson's FrogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoniRR 
51White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvaticaNE 
52Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensisRR 
53Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolorNE 
54White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagusRR 
55(Dark-rumped Swift)Apus acuticaudaRRV
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 
99Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchusLC 
100White-bellied HeronArdea insignisRRCR
101/Goliath Heron/Ardea goliathRR 
102Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensis NT
103/Dalmatian Pelican/Pelecanus crispus NT
104Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus NT
105Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus EN
106Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
107Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus CR
108/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
109White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis CR
110Indian VultureGyps indicus CR
111Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris CR
112/Himalayan Griffon/Gyps himalayensis NT
113Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaartiNE 
114Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
115Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
116Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata V
117/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
118Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
119/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
120/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
121/Japanese Sparrowhawk/Tachyspiza gularisRR 
122/Chinese Sparrowhawk/Tachyspiza soloensisRR 
123/Eastern Marsh Harrier/Circus spilonotusRR 
124/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
125Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus EN
126Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis NT
127Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
128Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilisNE 
129/Pallid Scops-Owl/Otus bruceiRR 
130Tawny Fish-OwlKetupa flavipesRR 
131Forest OwletAthene blewittiEEN
132Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellataE 
133/Long-eared Owl/Asio otusRR 
134Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusNE 
135Ward's TrogonHarpactes wardiRRNT
136Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
137Malabar Gray HornbillOcyceros griseusEV
138Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNENT
139Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensisRRV
140Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatusRRV
141Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo herculesRRNT
142Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromandaRR 
143Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
144Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisLC 
145|European Roller|Coracias garrulusRR 
146Indochinese RollerCoracias affinisRR 
147Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricusE 
148White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisE 
149Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon frankliniiRR 
150Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotusRRNT
151White-browed PiculetSasia ochraceaRR 
152Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auricepsRR 
153Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensisRR 
154Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensisRR 
155Crimson-naped WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusRR 
156Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotisRR 
157Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
158Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatusRR 
159Malabar FlamebackChrysocolaptes socialisE 
160White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivusNE 
161Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
162Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucosRR 
163Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensRR 
164Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
165Laggar FalconFalco jugger NT
166Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
167Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayanaRR 
168Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschiiRRNT
169Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataRRNT
170Malabar ParakeetPsittacula columboidesE 
171Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
172Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicaudaRRV
173Gray-lored BroadbillSerilophus rubrophygiusRR 
174Blue-naped PittaHydrornis nipalensisRR 
175Blue PittaHydrornis cyaneusRR 
176Indian PittaPitta brachyuraNE 
177White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygiusE 
178Gray-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solarisRR 
179Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisRR 
180Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeusNE 
181/Ashy Minivet/Pericrocotus divaricatusRR 
182Indian CuckooshrikeCoracina maceiNE 
183Black-headed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius rufiventerRR 
184Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotisRR 
185White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeucaRR 
186/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
187White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchusRR 
188Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolaE 
189White-tailed IoraAegithina nigroluteaNE 
190Spot-breasted FantailRhipidura albogularisE 
191White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescensNE 
192Crow-billed DrongoDicrurus annectensRR 
193Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferRR 
194|Red-backed Shrike|Lanius collurioRR 
195|Red-tailed Shrike|Lanius phoenicuroidesRR 
196|Burmese Shrike|Lanius collurioidesRR 
197Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusRR 
198Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatusRR 
199Yellow-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa flavirostrisRR 
200Red-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaRR 
201Common Green-MagpieCissa chinensisRR 
202White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastraE 
203Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemisilaRR 
204Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusRR 
205Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammicepsRR 
206Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalisRR 
207Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventrisRR 
208White-naped TitMachlolophus nuchalisEV
209Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysRR 
210Indian Yellow TitMachlolophus aplonotusE 
211Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusRR 
212Sultan TitMelanochlora sultaneaRR 
213Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNE 
214Jerdon's BushlarkPlocealauda affinisNE 
215Indian BushlarkPlocealauda erythropteraNE 
216/Eurasian Skylark/Alauda arvensisRR 
217Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaE 
218/Bimaculated Lark/Melanocorypha bimaculataRR 
219Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisRR 
220Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularisRR 
221Gray-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaNEV
222Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRR 
223Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticaNE 
224/Moustached Warbler/Acrocephalus melanopogonRR 
225/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensRR 
226/Oriental Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus orientalisRR 
227/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/Helopsaltes certhiolaRR 
228/Lanceolated Warbler/Locustella lanceolataRR 
229Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventrisRR 
230/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
231(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorRRNT
232Russet Bush WarblerLocustella mandelliRR 
233Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusEV
234Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataLCV
235Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataRR 
236Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaRR 
237/Bank Swallow/Riparia ripariaRR 
238Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaNE 
239Pacific SwallowHirundo javanicaRR 
240Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseRR 
241Striated SwallowCecropis striolataRR 
242White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
243Striated BulbulAlcurus striatusRR 
244Olive BulbulIole viridescensRR 
245Ashy BulbulHemixos flavalaRR 
246Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indicaNE 
247Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesaNE 
248Gray-headed BulbulMicrotarsus priocephalusENT
249Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularisE 
250White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolusNE 
251Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescensRR 
252Yellow-throated BulbulPycnonotus xantholaemusEV
253/Yellow-browed Warbler/Phylloscopus inornatusRR 
254/Brooks's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus subviridisRR 
255/Smoky Warbler/Phylloscopus fuligiventerRR 
256White-spectacled WarblerPhylloscopus intermediusRR 
257Gray-cheeked WarblerPhylloscopus poliogenysRR 
258(Gray-crowned Warbler)Phylloscopus tephrocephalusRR 
259Chestnut-crowned WarblerPhylloscopus castanicepsRR 
260Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantatorRR 
261Gray-bellied TesiaTesia cyaniventerRR 
262Slaty-bellied TesiaTesia oliveaRR 
263/Cetti's Warbler/Cettia cettiRR 
264Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliarisRR 
265Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cucullatusRR 
266Broad-billed WarblerTickellia hodgsoniRR 
267Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescensRR 
268Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnusRR 
269Black-browed TitAegithalos iouschistosRR 
270|Greater Whitethroat|Curruca communisRR 
271Fire-tailed MyzornisMyzornis pyrrhouraRR 
272Golden-breasted FulvettaLioparus chrysotisRR 
273Jerdon's BabblerChrysomma altirostreRRV
274Brown-throated FulvettaFulvetta ludlowiRR 
275Black-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis flavirostrisNEV
276Brown ParrotbillParadoxornis unicolorRR 
277Gray-headed ParrotbillParadoxornis gularisRR 
278White-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis ruficepsRR 
279Fulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifronsRR 
280Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensisRR 
281Pale-billed ParrotbillSuthora atrosuperciliarisRR 
282Striated YuhinaStaphida castanicepsRR 
283White-naped YuhinaYuhina bakeriRR 
284Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisRR 
285Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularisRR 
286Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalisRR 
287Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimentaRR 
288Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataRR 
289Dark-fronted BabblerDumetia atricepsNE 
290Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularisRR 
291Golden BabblerCyanoderma chrysaeumRR 
292Rufous-fronted BabblerCyanoderma rufifronsRR 
293Black-chinned BabblerCyanoderma pyrrhopsRR 
294Rufous-capped BabblerCyanoderma ruficepsRR 
295Rufous-throated Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis caudatusRRNT
296Bar-winged Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis troglodytoidesRR 
297Black-crowned Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ferruginosusRR 
298Red-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ochraceicepsRR 
299Slender-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus superciliarisRR 
300Streak-breasted Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollisRR 
301Indian Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldiiNE 
302White-browed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsRR 
303Large Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys hypoleucosRR 
304Gray-throated BabblerStachyris nigricepsRR 
305Sikkim Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris humeiRRNT
306Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensis NT
307White-hooded BabblerGampsorhynchus rufulusRR 
308Yellow-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus cinereusRR 
309Rufous-winged FulvettaSchoeniparus castanecepsRR 
310Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficepsRR 
311Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustreRRV
312Spot-throated BabblerPellorneum albiventreRR 
313Buff-breasted BabblerPellorneum tickelliRR 
314Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiNENT
315Swamp Grass BabblerLaticilla cinerascensEEN
316Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbottiRR 
317Eyebrowed Wren-BabblerNapothera epilepidotaRR 
318Long-billed Wren-BabblerNapothera malacoptilaRR 
319Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephalaRR 
320Nepal FulvettaAlcippe nipalensisRR 
321Himalayan CutiaCutia nipalensisRR 
322Scaly LaughingthrushTrochalopteron subunicolorRR 
323Blue-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron squamatumRR 
324Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatumRR 
325Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatumNE 
326Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatumRR 
327Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affineRR 
328Nilgiri LaughingthrushMontecincla cachinnansEEN
329Palani LaughingthrushMontecincla fairbankiENT
330Beautiful SibiaHeterophasia pulchellaRR 
331Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensisRR 
332Streak-throated BarwingActinodura waldeniRR 
333Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouropteraRR 
334Rusty-fronted BarwingActinodura egertoniRR 
335Silver-eared MesiaLeiothrix argentaurisRR 
336Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotinctaRR 
337Rufous-backed SibiaLeioptila annectensRR 
338Bugun LiocichlaLiocichla bugunorumECR
339Red-faced LiocichlaLiocichla phoeniceaRR 
340Large Gray BabblerArgya malcolmiNE 
341Slender-billed BabblerArgya longirostrisNEV
342Rufous BabblerArgya subrufaE 
343Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisNE 
344Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monilegerRR 
345White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusRR 
346Spotted LaughingthrushIanthocincla ocellataRR 
347Wayanad LaughingthrushPterorhinus delessertiE 
348Rufous-vented LaughingthrushPterorhinus gularisRR 
349Rufous-necked LaughingthrushPterorhinus ruficollisRR 
350Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushPterorhinus pectoralisRR 
351White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularisRR 
352Gray-sided LaughingthrushPterorhinus caerulataRR 
353/Wallcreeper/Tichodroma murariaRR 
354Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosaRRV
355Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisRR 
356Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensisRR 
357Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonotaE 
358/Bar-tailed Treecreeper/Certhia himalayanaRR 
359Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensisRR 
360Sikkim TreecreeperCerthia discolorRR 
361Spotted ElachuraElachura formosaRR 
362Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensisRR 
363Golden-crested MynaAmpeliceps coronatusRR 
364Southern Hill MynaGracula indicaNE 
365Malabar StarlingSturnia blythiiE 
366Great MynaAcridotheres grandisRR 
367(Pied Thrush)Geokichla wardiiNE 
368Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimaliiRR 
369Dark-sided ThrushZoothera marginataRR 
370Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensisE 
371Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusRR 
372Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimusNE 
373Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilisRR 
374/Eyebrowed Thrush/Turdus obscurusRR 
375/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feaeRRV
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.