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

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or 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
4Andaman TealAnas albogularisEV
5/Marbled Duck/Marmaronetta angustirostrisRRV
6White-winged DuckAsarcornis scutulata EN
7/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
8/Ferruginous Duck/Aythya nyroca NT
9/Baer's Pochard/Aythya baeriRRCR
10|White-headed Duck|Oxyura leucocephala EN
11Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensisEV
12Chestnut-breasted PartridgeArborophila mandellii NT
13White-cheeked PartridgeArborophila atrogularisRRNT
14Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalusNEV
15Satyr TragopanTragopan satyra NT
16Blyth's TragopanTragopan blythiiRRV
17Temminck's TragopanTragopan temminckiiRR 
18Sclater's MonalLophophorus sclateri V
19Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolophaRR 
20Mrs. Hume's PheasantSyrmaticus humiaeRRNT
21Cheer PheasantCatreus wallichiiRRV
22Tibetan Eared-PheasantCrossoptilon harmaniNENT
23Green PeafowlPavo muticusRREN
24Red SpurfowlGalloperdix spadiceaE 
25Painted SpurfowlGalloperdix lunulataE 
26Gray JunglefowlGallus sonneratiiE 
27Swamp FrancolinOrtygornis gularis V
28Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictusNE 
29Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusRR 
30/Japanese Quail/Coturnix japonica NT
31Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiaticaNE 
32Rock Bush-QuailPerdicula argoondahE 
33Painted Bush-QuailPerdicula erythrorhynchaE 
34Manipur Bush-QuailPerdicula manipurensisEEN
35Lesser FlamingoPhoenicoparrus minor V
36/Red-necked Grebe/Podiceps grisegenaRR 
37/Eared Grebe/Podiceps nigricollisRR 
38Hill PigeonColumba rupestrisRR 
39Snow PigeonColumba leuconotaRR 
40/Yellow-eyed Pigeon/Columba eversmanni V
41Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbusRR 
42Ashy Wood-PigeonColumba pulchricollis  
43Nilgiri Wood-PigeonColumba elphinstoniiEV
44Pale-capped PigeonColumba punicea V
45Andaman Wood-PigeonColumba palumboidesENT
46Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchallRR 
47Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennisE 
48Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica NT
49Gray-fronted Green-PigeonTreron affinisE 
50Andaman Green-PigeonTreron chloropterusENT
51Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayreiRRNT
52Thick-billed Green-PigeonTreron curvirostraRR 
53Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea NT
54Nicobar Imperial-PigeonDucula nicobaricaENT
55Malabar Imperial-PigeonDucula cupreaE 
56Mountain Imperial-PigeonDucula badiaRR 
57Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
58Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanusRR 
59Painted SandgrousePterocles indicusNE 
60Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigricepsNECR
61/Macqueen's Bustard/Chlamydotis macqueenii V
62Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisRRCR
63Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicusECR
64|Little Bustard|Tetrax tetrax NT
65Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensisE 
66Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostrisNE 
67(Violet Cuckoo)Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchusRR 
68(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo)Surniculus lugubrisRR 
69Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniligerNE 
70Hodgson's FrogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoniRR 
71(Eurasian Nightjar)Caprimulgus europaeusRR 
72Andaman NightjarCaprimulgus andamanicusE 
73Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennisNE 
74White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvaticaNE 
75Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensisRR 
76Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculentaRR 
77Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolorNE 
78White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagusRR 
79Pacific SwiftApus pacificusRR 
80(Dark-rumped Swift)Apus acuticaudaRRV
81/Water Rail/Rallus aquaticusRR 
82Andaman CrakeRallina canningiE 
83Masked FinfootHeliopais personatusLCCR
84Sarus CraneAntigone antigone V
85(Black-necked Crane)Grus nigricollisLCNT
86Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris NT
87Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRRNT
88IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersiiRR 
89/Eurasian Oystercatcher/Haematopus ostralegus NT
90/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
91River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii NT
92/Sociable Lapwing/Vanellus gregariusRRCR
93/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
94/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
95/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
96/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatusRRNT
97/Wood Snipe/Gallinago nemoricola V
98/Swinhoe's Snipe/Gallinago megalaRR 
99/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisRREN
100/Red Knot/Calidris canutusRRNT
101/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
102/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
103Crab-PloverDromas ardeolaRR 
104Jerdon's CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatusECR
105Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNE 
106(Collared Pratincole)Glareola pratincolaRR 
107/Slender-billed Gull/Chroicocephalus geneiRR 
108Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollisLCEN
109Saunders's TernSternula saundersiRR 
110/White-winged Tern/Chlidonias leucopterusRR 
111Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRR 
112River TernSterna aurantia V
113Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaRR 
114Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda EN
115Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelHydrobates monorhis NT
116Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui EN
117#Jouanin's Petrel#Bulweria fallax NT
118Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas NT
119Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes NT
120Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
121Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
122/Lesser Adjutant/Leptoptilos javanicus V
123Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusRREN
124Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala NT
125Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
126Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensis NT
127/Dalmatian Pelican/Pelecanus crispus NT
128Little BitternIxobrychus minutusRR 
129Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophusRR 
130Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacraRR 
131Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchusLC 
132White-bellied HeronArdea insignisRRCR
133/Goliath Heron/Ardea goliathRR 
134Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus NT
135Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus NT
136Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus EN
137Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
138Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus CR
139/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
140White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis CR
141Indian VultureGyps indicus CR
142Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris CR
143/Himalayan Griffon/Gyps himalayensis NT
144Nicobar Serpent-EagleSpilornis klossiENT
145Andaman Serpent-EagleSpilornis elginiEV
146Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaartiNE 
147Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
148Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
149Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastata V
150/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
151Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
152/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
153/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
154/Eastern Marsh Harrier/Circus spilonotusRR 
155/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
156Nicobar SparrowhawkAccipiter butleriEV
157/Chinese Sparrowhawk/Accipiter soloensisRR 
158/Japanese Sparrowhawk/Accipiter gularisRR 
159Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus EN
160Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilis NT
161Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
162Andaman OwlTyto deroepstorffiE 
163/Oriental Bay-Owl/Phodilus badiusRR 
164Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilisNE 
165Andaman Scops-OwlOtus balliE 
166Nicobar Scops-OwlOtus aliusENT
167/Pallid Scops-Owl/Otus bruceiRR 
168Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupuRR 
169Tawny Fish-OwlKetupa flavipesRR 
170Forest OwletAthene blewittiEEN
171Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellataE 
172Tawny OwlStrix alucoRR 
173/Long-eared Owl/Asio otusRR 
174Andaman BoobookNinox affinisE 
175Hume's BoobookNinox obscuraE 
176Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusNE 
177Ward's TrogonHarpactes wardiRRNT
178Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
179Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeniRRNT
180Malabar Gray HornbillOcyceros griseusEV
181Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNENT
182Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensisRRV
183Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatusRRV
184Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondamiEV
185Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo herculesRRNT
186Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraRRNT
187Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromandaRR 
188Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
189Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisLC 
190(European Bee-eater)Merops apiasterRR 
191|European Roller|Coracias garrulusRR 
192Indochinese RollerCoracias affinisRR 
193Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricusE 
194White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisE 
195Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon frankliniiRR 
196Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotusRRNT
197White-browed PiculetSasia ochraceaRR 
198Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auricepsRR 
199Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analisRR 
200Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratusRR 
201Darjeeling WoodpeckerDendrocopos darjellensisRR 
202Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorRR 
203Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensisRR 
204Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilisRR 
205Crimson-naped WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusRR 
206Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotisRR 
207Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
208Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatusRR 
209Malabar FlamebackChrysocolaptes socialisE 
210White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivusNE 
211Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
212Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgeiEV
213Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucosRR 
214Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensRR 
215Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
216Laggar FalconFalco jugger NT
217/Saker Falcon/Falco cherrugRREN
218Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
219Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayanaRR 
220Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschiiRRNT
221Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataRRNT
222Malabar ParakeetPsittacula columboidesE 
223Derbyan ParakeetPsittacula derbianaNENT
224Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
225Nicobar ParakeetPsittacula canicepsENT
226Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicaudaRRV
227Gray-lored BroadbillSerilophus rubrophygiusRR 
228Blue-naped PittaHydrornis nipalensisRR 
229Blue PittaHydrornis cyaneusRR 
230Indian PittaPitta brachyuraNE 
231Mangrove PittaPitta megarhynchaRRNT
232White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygiusE 
233Gray-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solarisRR 
234Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisRR 
235Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeusNE 
236/Ashy Minivet/Pericrocotus divaricatusRR 
237Andaman CuckooshrikeCoracina dobsoniENT
238Pied TrillerLalage nigraRR 
239Black-headed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius rufiventerRR 
240Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotisRR 
241Clicking Shrike-BabblerPteruthius intermediusRR 
242White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeucaRR 
243/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
244White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchusRR 
245Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolaE 
246White-tailed IoraAegithina nigroluteaNE 
247Spot-breasted FantailRhipidura albogularisE 
248White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescensNE 
249Crow-billed DrongoDicrurus annectensRR 
250Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferRR 
251Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensisNE 
252|Red-backed Shrike|Lanius collurioRR 
253|Red-tailed Shrike|Lanius phoenicuroidesRR 
254|Burmese Shrike|Lanius collurioidesRR 
255Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator NT
256Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusRR 
257Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatusRR 
258Yellow-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa flavirostrisRR 
259Red-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaRR 
260Common Green-MagpieCissa chinensisRR 
261White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastraE 
262Andaman TreepieDendrocitta bayleiiEV
263Eurasian MagpiePica picaRR 
264Eurasian NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesRR 
265Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctataRR 
266Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusRR 
267/Eurasian Jackdaw/Corvus monedulaRR 
268/Rook/Corvus frugilegusRR 
269Carrion CrowCorvus coroneRR 
270/Hooded Crow/Corvus cornixRR 
271Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammicepsRR 
272Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalisRR 
273Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventrisRR 
274White-naped TitMachlolophus nuchalisEV
275Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysRR 
276Indian Yellow TitMachlolophus aplonotusE 
277Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusRR 
278Sultan TitMelanochlora sultaneaRR 
279Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNE 
280Jerdon's BushlarkMirafra affinisNE 
281Indian BushlarkMirafra erythropteraNE 
282/Bimaculated Lark/Melanocorypha bimaculataRR 
283Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maximaNE 
284/Turkestan Short-toed Lark/Alaudala heineiRR 
285/Eurasian Skylark/Alauda arvensisRR 
286Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaE 
287Tawny LarkGalerida devaE 
288Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisRR 
289Black-throated PriniaPrinia atrogularisRR 
290Hill PriniaPrinia superciliarisRR 
291Gray-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaNEV
292Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRR 
293Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticaNE 
294/Black-browed Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus bistrigicepsRR 
295/Moustached Warbler/Acrocephalus melanopogonRR 
296/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensRR 
297/Oriental Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus orientalisRR 
298/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/Helopsaltes certhiolaRR 
299/Lanceolated Warbler/Locustella lanceolataRR 
300Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventrisRR 
301/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
302(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorRRNT
303West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensisE 
304Russet Bush WarblerLocustella mandelliRR 
305Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusEV
306Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataLCV
307Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataRR 
308Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaRR 
309/Bank Swallow/Riparia ripariaRR 
310Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaNE 
311Pacific SwallowHirundo tahiticaRR 
312Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseRR 
313Striated SwallowCecropis striolataRR 
314White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
315Striated BulbulAlcurus striatusRR 
316Olive BulbulIole viridescensRR 
317Cachar BulbulIole cacharensisNE 
318Ashy BulbulHemixos flavalaRR 
319Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indicaNE 
320Nicobar BulbulIxos nicobariensisENT
321Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesaNE 
322Gray-headed BulbulMicrotarsus priocephalusENT
323Black-headed BulbulMicrotarsus melanocephalosRR 
324Andaman BulbulMicrotarsus fuscoflavescensE 
325Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularisE 
326Crested FinchbillSpizixos canifronsRR 
327White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolusNE 
328Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescensRR 
329Yellow-throated BulbulPycnonotus xantholaemusEV
330/Yellow-browed Warbler/Phylloscopus inornatusRR 
331/Brooks's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus subviridisRR 
332/Smoky Warbler/Phylloscopus fuligiventerRR 
333White-spectacled WarblerPhylloscopus intermediusRR 
334Gray-cheeked WarblerPhylloscopus poliogenysRR 
335(Gray-crowned Warbler)Phylloscopus tephrocephalusRR 
336Chestnut-crowned WarblerPhylloscopus castanicepsRR 
337Yellow-vented WarblerPhylloscopus cantatorRR 
338Gray-bellied TesiaTesia cyaniventerRR 
339Slaty-bellied TesiaTesia oliveaRR 
340/Cetti's Warbler/Cettia cettiRR 
341Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliarisRR 
342Rufous-faced WarblerAbroscopus albogularisRR 
343Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cucullatusRR 
344Broad-billed WarblerTickellia hodgsoniRR 
345Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescensRR 
346White-cheeked TitAegithalos leucogenysRR 
347Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnusRR 
348White-throated TitAegithalos niveogularisRR 
349Black-browed TitAegithalos iouschistosRR 
350|Greater Whitethroat|Curruca communisRR 
351Fire-tailed MyzornisMyzornis pyrrhouraRR 
352Golden-breasted FulvettaLioparus chrysotisRR 
353Jerdon's BabblerChrysomma altirostreRRV
354Brown-throated FulvettaFulvetta ludlowiRR 
355White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectusRR 
356Manipur FulvettaFulvetta manipurensisRR 
357Black-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis flavirostrisNEV
358Spot-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollisRR 
359Great ParrotbillConostoma aemodiumRR 
360Brown ParrotbillCholornis unicolorRR 
361Gray-headed ParrotbillPsittiparus gularisRR 
362White-breasted ParrotbillPsittiparus ruficepsRR 
363Fulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifronsRR 
364Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensisRR 
365Pale-billed ParrotbillSuthora atrosuperciliarisRR 
366Striated YuhinaStaphida castanicepsRR 
367White-naped YuhinaYuhina bakeriRR 
368Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisRR 
369Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularisRR 
370Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalisRR 
371Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimentaRR 
372Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataRR 
373Dark-fronted BabblerDumetia atricepsNE 
374Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularisRR 
375Golden BabblerCyanoderma chrysaeumRR 
376Rufous-fronted BabblerCyanoderma rufifronsRR 
377Black-chinned BabblerCyanoderma pyrrhopsRR 
378Rufous-capped BabblerCyanoderma ruficepsRR 
379Rufous-throated Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis caudatusRRNT
380Mishmi Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis badeigularisEV
381Bar-winged Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis troglodytoidesRR 
382Naga Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis chocolatinusEV
383Chin Hills Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis oatesiNE 
384Tawny-breasted Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis longicaudatusENT
385Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatusRR 
386Black-crowned Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ferruginosusRR 
387Red-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ochraceicepsRR 
388Slender-billed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus superciliarisRR 
389Streak-breasted Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollisRR 
390Indian Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldiiNE 
391White-browed Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsRR 
392Large Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys hypoleucosRR 
393Spot-breasted Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys mcclellandiRR 
394Gray-throated BabblerStachyris nigricepsRR 
395Sikkim Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris humeiRRNT
396Cachar Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris robertiRRNT
397Snowy-throated BabblerStachyris ogleiNEV
398Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensis NT
399White-hooded BabblerGampsorhynchus rufulusRR 
400Yellow-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus cinereusRR 
401Rufous-winged FulvettaSchoeniparus castanecepsRR 
402Rufous-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularisRR 
403Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusRR 
404Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficepsRR 
405Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustreRRV
406Spot-throated BabblerPellorneum albiventreRR 
407Buff-breasted BabblerPellorneum tickelliRR 
408Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiNENT
409Swamp Grass BabblerLaticilla cinerascensEEN
410Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbottiRR 
411Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudataRR 
412Eyebrowed Wren-BabblerNapothera epilepidotaRR 
413Long-billed Wren-BabblerNapothera malacoptilaRR 
414Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephalaRR 
415Nepal FulvettaAlcippe nipalensisRR 
416Himalayan CutiaCutia nipalensisRR 
417Scaly LaughingthrushTrochalopteron subunicolorRR 
418Brown-capped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron austeniNE 
419Blue-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron squamatumRR 
420Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatumRR 
421Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatumNE 
422Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatumNE 
423Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatumRR 
424Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affineRR 
425Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiNE 
426Assam LaughingthrushTrochalopteron chrysopterumRR 
427Banasura LaughingthrushMontecincla jerdoniEEN
428Nilgiri LaughingthrushMontecincla cachinnansEEN
429Palani LaughingthrushMontecincla fairbankiENT
430Ashambu LaughingthrushMontecincla meriodionalisE 
431Long-tailed SibiaHeterophasia picaoidesRR 
432Beautiful SibiaHeterophasia pulchellaRR 
433Gray SibiaHeterophasia gracilisRR 
434Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensisRR 
435Streak-throated BarwingActinodura waldeniRR 
436Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouropteraRR 
437Rusty-fronted BarwingActinodura egertoniRR 
438Silver-eared MesiaLeiothrix argentaurisRR 
439Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotinctaRR 
440Rufous-backed SibiaLeioptila annectensRR 
441Bugun LiocichlaLiocichla bugunorumECR
442Red-faced LiocichlaLiocichla phoeniceaRR 
443Large Gray BabblerArgya malcolmiNE 
444Slender-billed BabblerArgya longirostrisNEV
445Rufous BabblerArgya subrufaE 
446Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisNE 
447Spot-breasted LaughingthrushGarrulax merulinusRR 
448Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monilegerRR 
449White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusRR 
450Moustached LaughingthrushIanthocincla cineraceaRR 
451Spotted LaughingthrushIanthocincla ocellataRR 
452Wayanad LaughingthrushPterorhinus delessertiE 
453Rufous-vented LaughingthrushPterorhinus gularisRR 
454Yellow-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus galbanaNE 
455Rufous-necked LaughingthrushPterorhinus ruficollisRR 
456Chestnut-backed LaughingthrushPterorhinus nuchalisNENT
457White-browed LaughingthrushPterorhinus sannioRR 
458Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushPterorhinus pectoralisRR 
459Mount Victoria BabaxPterorhinus woodiNE 
460Giant BabaxPterorhinus waddelliNENT
461White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularisRR 
462Gray-sided LaughingthrushPterorhinus caerulataRR 
463/Wallcreeper/Tichodroma murariaRR 
464White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsisRR 
465Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosaRRV
466Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisRR 
467Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensisRR 
468Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensisRR 
469/Bar-tailed Treecreeper/Certhia himalayanaRR 
470Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensisRR 
471Sikkim TreecreeperCerthia discolorRR 
472Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensisRR 
473Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonotaE 
474Spotted ElachuraElachura formosaRR 
475Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensisRR 
476Golden-crested MynaAmpeliceps coronatusRR 
477Southern Hill MynaGracula indicaNE 
478Malabar StarlingSturnia blythiiE 
479White-headed StarlingSturnia erythropygiaE 
480Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctusRR 
481Great MynaAcridotheres grandisRR 
482/Siberian Thrush/Geokichla sibiricaRR 
483(Pied Thrush)Geokichla wardiiNE 
484Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimaliiRR 
485Dark-sided ThrushZoothera marginataRR 
486Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensisE 
487Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusRR 
488Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimusNE 
489Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilisRR 
490/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feaeRRV
491/Eyebrowed Thrush/Turdus obscurusRR 
492/Red-throated Thrush/Turdus ruficollisRR 
493/Dusky Thrush/Turdus eunomusRR 
494Purple CochoaCochoa purpureaRR 
495(Green Cochoa)Cochoa viridisRR 
496(Ferruginous Flycatcher)Muscicapa ferrugineaRR 
497|Spotted Flycatcher|Muscicapa striataRR 
498Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventrisE 
499White-tailed FlycatcherLeucoptilon concretusRR 
500Nilgiri SholakiliSholicola majorEEN
501White-bellied SholakiliSholicola albiventrisEV
502Large NiltavaNiltava grandisRR 
503Chinese Vivid NiltavaNiltava oatesiRR 
504Nilgiri FlycatcherEumyias albicaudatusE 
505White-gorgeted FlycatcherAnthipes monilegerRR 
506White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipesE 
507Pale-chinned Blue FlycatcherCyornis poliogenysRR 
508(Pale Blue Flycatcher)Cyornis unicolorRR 
509Blue-throated FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoidesRR 
510Large Blue FlycatcherCyornis magnirostrisRRNT
511Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whiteiRR 
512Nicobar Jungle FlycatcherCyornis nicobaricusENT
513Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythraLCNT
514Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophrisRR 
515Himalayan ShortwingBrachypteryx cruralisRR 
516Gould's ShortwingBrachypteryx stellataRR 
517Malabar Whistling-ThrushMyophonus horsfieldiiE 
518White-crowned ForktailEnicurus leschenaultiRR 
519Black-backed ForktailEnicurus immaculatusRR 
520Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceusRR 
521/Chinese Rubythroat/Calliope tschebaiewiRR 
522White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucurumRR 
523Blue-fronted RobinCinclidium frontaleRR 
524Rufous-breasted Bush-RobinTarsiger hyperythrusRR 
525White-browed Bush-RobinTarsiger indicusRR 
526Golden Bush-RobinTarsiger chrysaeusRR 
527Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacusRR 
528Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaE 
529Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythraRR 
530Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoniRR 
531Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphiraRR 
532/Kashmir Flycatcher/Ficedula subrubra V
533/Blue-capped Redstart/Phoenicurus coeruleocephalaRR 
534/Hodgson's Redstart/Phoenicurus hodgsoniRR 
535White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticepsRR 
536/White-winged Redstart/Phoenicurus erythrogastrusRR 
537/Daurian Redstart/Phoenicurus auroreusRR 
538|Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush|Monticola saxatilisRR 
539White-browed BushchatSaxicola macrorhynchusEV
540/White-throated Bushchat/Saxicola insignisRRV
541Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeriRR 
542Jerdon's BushchatSaxicola jerdoniRR 
543(Pied Wheatear)Oenanthe pleschankaRR 
544Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fuscaNE 
545/Hypocolius/Hypocolius ampelinusRR 
546Yellow-vented FlowerpeckerDicaeum chrysorrheumRR 
547Yellow-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum melanozanthumRR 
548Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigmaLC 
549Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorE 
550Andaman FlowerpeckerDicaeum virescensE 
551Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumRR 
552Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensisRR 
553Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minimaE 
554Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaRR 
555Ornate SunbirdCinnyris ornatusRR 
556Loten's SunbirdCinnyris loteniusNE 
557Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicaudaRR 
558Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturataRR 
559Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisRR 
560Vigors's SunbirdAethopyga vigorsiiE 
561Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostraRR 
562Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magnaRR 
563Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensisRREN
564Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoniNE 
565Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchusNEEN
566Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
567Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaartiNE 
568Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaNE 
569Green AvadavatAmandava formosusEV
570Alpine AccentorPrunella collarisRR 
571/Altai Accentor/Prunella himalayanaRR 
572Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoidesRR 
573Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiataRR 
574Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescensRR 
575/Black-throated Accentor/Prunella atrogularisRR 
576Maroon-backed AccentorPrunella immaculataRR 
577/Spanish Sparrow/Passer hispaniolensisRR 
578Sind SparrowPasser pyrrhonotusRR 
579Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeusRR 
580Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusRR 
581Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla henriciNE 
582Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsiRR 
583Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollisNE 
584/Forest Wagtail/Dendronanthus indicusRR 
585Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensisEV
586Upland PipitAnthus sylvanusRR 
587/Red-throated Pipit/Anthus cervinusRR 
588/American Pipit/Anthus rubescensRR 
589/Common Chaffinch/Fringilla coelebsRR 
590/Brambling/Fringilla montifringillaRR 
591Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioidesRR 
592Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinisRR 
593Scarlet FinchCarpodacus sipahiRR 
594Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimusRR 
595Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroaRR 
596Vinaceous RosefinchCarpodacus vinaceusRR 
597Dark-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus edwardsiiRR 
598Three-banded RosefinchCarpodacus trifasciatusNE 
599/Spot-winged Rosefinch/Carpodacus rodopeplusRR 
600Himalayan White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thuraRR 
601Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamysRR 
602Crimson-browed FinchCarpodacus subhimachalaRR 
603Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiacaRR 
604Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephalaRR 
605Gray-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythacaRR 
606/Trumpeter Finch/Bucanetes githagineusRR 
607Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicusRR 
608Blanford's RosefinchAgraphospiza rubescensRR 
609/Gold-naped Finch/Pyrrhoplectes epaulettaRR 
610Spectacled FinchCallacanthis burtoniRR 
611Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensisRR 
612TwiteLinaria flavirostrisRR 
613/Eurasian Linnet/Linaria cannabinaRR 
614European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisRR 
615Fire-fronted SerinSerinus pusillusRR 
616Tibetan SerinSpinus thibetanusRR 
617/Pine Bunting/Emberiza leucocephalosRR 
618Rock BuntingEmberiza ciaRR 
619/Little Bunting/Emberiza pusillaRR 
620/Yellow-breasted Bunting/Emberiza aureola CR
621/Chestnut Bunting/Emberiza rutilaRR 
622/Black-faced Bunting/Emberiza spodocephalaRR 
623/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.

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##
EEndemic86
LCLocal8
NENear Endemic64
RRRestricted Range395

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened41
VVulnerable36
ENEndangered13
CRCritically Endangered9

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.