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INDIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Accessible Species

ASIA INDIA

# Species:1367
# Excl Vagrants:1235
# Endemics:86
# Near Endemics:65

OTHER COUNTRIESIN 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 Threatened63
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
59Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRRNT
60IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersiiRR 
61/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
62River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii NT
63/Sociable Lapwing/Vanellus gregariusRRCR
64/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
65/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
66/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
67/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatusRRNT
68/Wood Snipe/Gallinago nemoricola V
69/Swinhoe's Snipe/Gallinago megalaRR 
70/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisRREN
71/Red Knot/Calidris canutusRRNT
72/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
73/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
74Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNE 
75(Collared Pratincole)Glareola pratincolaRR 
76/Slender-billed Gull/Chroicocephalus geneiRR 
77Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollisLCEN
78Saunders's TernSternula saundersiRR 
79/White-winged Tern/Chlidonias leucopterusRR 
80Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRR 
81River TernSterna aurantia V
82Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaRR 
83Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda EN
84Lesser FlamingoPhoenicoparrus minor V
85/Eared Grebe/Podiceps nigricollisRR 
86Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelHydrobates monorhis NT
87Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui EN
88#Jouanin's Petrel#Bulweria fallax NT
89Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas NT
90Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes NT
91Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
92Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
93/Lesser Adjutant/Leptoptilos javanicus V
94Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusRREN
95Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala NT
96Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
97Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus NT
98Little BitternBotaurus minutusRR 
99Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophusRR 
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 
206Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammicepsRR 
207Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalisRR 
208Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventrisRR 
209White-naped TitMachlolophus nuchalisEV
210Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysRR 
211Indian Yellow TitMachlolophus aplonotusE 
212Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusRR 
213Sultan TitMelanochlora sultaneaRR 
214Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNE 
215Jerdon's BushlarkPlocealauda affinisNE 
216Indian BushlarkPlocealauda erythropteraNE 
217/Eurasian Skylark/Alauda arvensisRR 
218Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaE 
219/Bimaculated Lark/Melanocorypha bimaculataRR 
220Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisRR 
221Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularisRR 
222Gray-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaNEV
223Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRR 
224Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticaNE 
225/Moustached Warbler/Acrocephalus melanopogonRR 
226/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensRR 
227/Oriental Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus orientalisRR 
228/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/Helopsaltes certhiolaRR 
229/Lanceolated Warbler/Locustella lanceolataRR 
230Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventrisRR 
231/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
232(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorRRNT
233Russet Bush WarblerLocustella mandelliRR 
234Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusEV
235Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataLCV
236Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataRR 
237Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaRR 
238/Bank Swallow/Riparia ripariaRR 
239Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaNE 
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.