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INDIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Remote Species

ASIA INDIA

# Species:1366
# Excl Vagrants:1234
# Endemics:86
# Near Endemics:64

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##
EEndemic37
LCLocal3
NENear Endemic18
RRRestricted Range77

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened25
VVulnerable12
ENEndangered5
CRCritically Endangered2

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 remote locales not 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

1Andaman TealAnas albogularisEV
2Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensisEV
3Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalusNEV
4Satyr TragopanTragopan satyra NT
5Sclater's MonalLophophorus sclateri V
6Mrs. Hume's PheasantSyrmaticus humiaeRRNT
7Tibetan Eared-PheasantCrossoptilon harmaniNENT
8Green PeafowlPavo muticusRREN
9Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusRR 
10/Japanese Quail/Coturnix japonica NT
11Manipur Bush-QuailPerdicula manipurensisEEN
12/Red-necked Grebe/Podiceps grisegenaRR 
13Andaman Wood-PigeonColumba palumboidesENT
14Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennisE 
15Andaman Green-PigeonTreron chloropterusENT
16Nicobar Imperial-PigeonDucula nicobaricaENT
17Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
18Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanusRR 
19Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensisE 
20(Eurasian Nightjar)Caprimulgus europaeusRR 
21Andaman NightjarCaprimulgus andamanicusE 
22Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculentaRR 
23Pacific SwiftApus pacificusRR 
24Andaman CrakeRallina canningiE 
25Masked FinfootHeliopais personatusLCCR
26(Black-necked Crane)Grus nigricollisLCNT
27Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRRNT
28/Eurasian Oystercatcher/Haematopus ostralegus NT
29Crab-PloverDromas ardeolaRR 
30Jerdon's CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatusECR
31Nicobar Serpent-EagleSpilornis klossiENT
32Andaman Serpent-EagleSpilornis elginiEV
33Nicobar SparrowhawkAccipiter butleriEV
34Andaman OwlTyto deroepstorffiE 
35/Oriental Bay-Owl/Phodilus badiusRR 
36Andaman Scops-OwlOtus balliE 
37Nicobar Scops-OwlOtus aliusENT
38Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupuRR 
39Tawny OwlStrix alucoRR 
40Andaman BoobookNinox affinisE 
41Hume's BoobookNinox obscuraE 
42Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeniRRNT
43Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondamiEV
44Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraRRNT
45(European Bee-eater)Merops apiasterRR 
46Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analisRR 
47Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratusRR 
48Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorRR 
49Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilisRR 
50Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgeiEV
51/Saker Falcon/Falco cherrugRREN
52Derbyan ParakeetPsittacula derbianaNENT
53Nicobar ParakeetPsittacula canicepsENT
54Blue PittaHydrornis cyaneusRR 
55Mangrove PittaPitta megarhynchaRRNT
56Andaman CuckooshrikeCoracina dobsoniENT
57Pied TrillerLalage nigraRR 
58Clicking Shrike-BabblerPteruthius intermediusRR 
59Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensisNE 
60Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator NT
61Andaman TreepieDendrocitta bayleiiEV
62Eurasian MagpiePica picaRR 
63Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctataRR 
64/Eurasian Jackdaw/Corvus monedulaRR 
65/Rook/Corvus frugilegusRR 
66/Hooded Crow/Corvus cornixRR 
67Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maximaNE 
68/Turkestan Short-toed Lark/Alaudala heineiRR 
69Tawny LarkGalerida devaE 
70Hill PriniaPrinia superciliarisRR 
71/Black-browed Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus bistrigicepsRR 
72West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensisE 
73Pacific SwallowHirundo tahiticaRR 
74Cachar BulbulIole cacharensisNE 
75Nicobar BulbulIxos nicobariensisENT
76Black-headed BulbulMicrotarsus melanocephalosRR 
77Andaman BulbulMicrotarsus fuscoflavescensE 
78Crested FinchbillSpizixos canifronsRR 
79Rufous-faced WarblerAbroscopus albogularisRR 
80White-cheeked TitAegithalos leucogenysRR 
81White-throated TitAegithalos niveogularisRR 
82White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectusRR 
83Manipur FulvettaFulvetta manipurensisRR 
84Spot-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollisRR 
85Great ParrotbillConostoma aemodiumRR 
86Rufous-fronted BabblerCyanoderma rufifronsRR 
87Mishmi Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis badeigularisEV
88Naga Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis chocolatinusEV
89Chin Hills Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis oatesiNE 
90Tawny-breasted Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis longicaudatusENT
91Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatusRR 
92Spot-breasted Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys mcclellandiRR 
93Cachar Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris robertiRRNT
94Snowy-throated BabblerStachyris ogleiNEV
95Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusRR 
96Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudataRR 
97Brown-capped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron austeniNE 
98Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatumNE 
99Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiNE 
100Assam LaughingthrushTrochalopteron chrysopterumRR 
101Banasura LaughingthrushMontecincla jerdoniEEN
102Ashambu LaughingthrushMontecincla meriodionalisE 
103Long-tailed SibiaHeterophasia picaoidesRR 
104Gray SibiaHeterophasia gracilisRR 
105Spot-breasted LaughingthrushGarrulax merulinusRR 
106Moustached LaughingthrushIanthocincla cineraceaRR 
107Yellow-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus galbanaNE 
108Chestnut-backed LaughingthrushPterorhinus nuchalisNENT
109White-browed LaughingthrushPterorhinus sannioRR 
110Mount Victoria BabaxPterorhinus woodiNE 
111Giant BabaxPterorhinus waddelliNENT
112White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsisRR 
113Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensisRR 
114Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensisRR 
115White-headed StarlingSturnia erythropygiaE 
116Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctusRR 
117/Siberian Thrush/Geokichla sibiricaRR 
118Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventrisE 
119White-tailed FlycatcherLeucoptilon concretusRR 
120Nicobar Jungle FlycatcherCyornis nicobaricusENT
121White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticepsRR 
122/White-winged Redstart/Phoenicurus erythrogastrusRR 
123Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeriRR 
124(Pied Wheatear)Oenanthe pleschankaRR 
125Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigmaLC 
126Andaman FlowerpeckerDicaeum virescensE 
127Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaRR 
128Ornate SunbirdCinnyris ornatusRR 
129Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
130Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoidesRR 
131Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescensRR 
132Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla henriciNE 
133Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsiRR 
134Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollisNE 
135Three-banded RosefinchCarpodacus trifasciatusNE 
136Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamysRR 
137Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiacaRR 
138Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicusRR 
139Blanford's RosefinchAgraphospiza rubescensRR 
140TwiteLinaria flavirostrisRR 
141/Chestnut Bunting/Emberiza rutilaRR 

 

 *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.