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

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

color codes

1Andaman TealAnas albogularisFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
2White-winged DuckAsarcornis scutulataDGA,DSNP,KNP
NNP
EN
3/Baer's Pochard/Aythya baeriDGA,KNPCR
4Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensis BC
5White-cheeked PartridgeArborophila atrogularisDGA,KNP,MH
NNP
BC
6Snow PartridgeLerwa lerwaDRABC
7Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalus BC
8Blyth's TragopanTragopan blythiiEWS,KS,MHBC
9Sclater's MonalLophophorus sclateriMHBC
10Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolophaNA,PGBC
11Tibetan PartridgePerdix hodgsoniae BC
12Cheer PheasantCatreus wallichiiNA,PGBC
13Tibetan Eared-PheasantCrossoptilon harmani BC
14Red SpurfowlGalloperdix spadiceaManyE
15Painted SpurfowlGalloperdix lunulataManyE
16Gray JunglefowlGallus sonneratiiManyE
17Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianusManyBC
18Swamp FrancolinOrtygornis gularisManyBC
19Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictusManyNE
20Tibetan SnowcockTetraogallus tibetanus BC
21Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiaticaManyNE
22Rock Bush-QuailPerdicula argoondahManyE
23Painted Bush-QuailPerdicula erythrorhynchaManyE
24Manipur Bush-QuailPerdicula manipurensis BC
25/Yellow-eyed Pigeon/Columba eversmanniAH,HBS,JVCC
TCS
BC
26Nilgiri Wood-PigeonColumba elphinstoniiManyE
27Andaman Wood-PigeonColumba palumboidesFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
28Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennisFFR,MTH,SWE
29Gray-fronted Green-PigeonTreron affinisManyE
30Andaman Green-PigeonTreron chloropterusFFR,MTH,SWE
31Nicobar Imperial-PigeonDucula nicobarica BC
32Malabar Imperial-PigeonDucula cupreaManyE
33Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanus BC
34Painted SandgrousePterocles indicusManyNE
35Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigricepsAHNE
36Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisDSNP,KNP,MHCR
37Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicusAHE
38Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensisFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
39Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultiiManyBC
40Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostrisManyNE
41Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniligerCWS,MA,PNP
TBS
NE
42Jungle NightjarCaprimulgus indicusManyBC
43/Sykes's Nightjar/Caprimulgus mahrattensisAH,GRK,RNPBC
44Andaman NightjarCaprimulgus andamanicusFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
45Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennisManyNE
46White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvaticaManyNE
47Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolorManyNE
48Andaman CrakeRallina canningiFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
49Black-necked CraneGrus nigricollis BC
50Jerdon's CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatus BC
51Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusManyNE
52Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusManyEN
53White-bellied HeronArdea insignisKNPCR
54Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosaManyBC
55Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvusManyCR
56White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisManyCR
57Indian VultureGyps indicusManyCR
58Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostrisManyCR
59Nicobar Serpent-EagleSpilornis klossi BC
60Andaman Serpent-EagleSpilornis elginiFFR,MTH,SWE
61Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaartiCWS,MA,PNP
TBS
NE
62Indian Spotted EagleClanga hastataManyBC
63White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesaManyBC
64Nicobar SparrowhawkAccipiter butleri BC
65Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphusManyEN
66Himalayan BuzzardButeo reflectusManyBC
67Andaman OwlTyto deroepstorffi BC
68Sri Lanka Bay-OwlPhodilus assimilisTBSNE
69Andaman Scops-OwlOtus balliFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
70Indian Scops-OwlOtus bakkamoenaManyBC
71Nicobar Scops-OwlOtus alius BC
72/Pallid Scops-Owl/Otus bruceiAH,GRK,JLR
RNP
BC
73Rock Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensisAH,KNPBC
74Dusky Eagle-OwlKetupa coromandaManyBC
75Forest OwletAthene blewittiABU,KNPE
76Mottled Wood-OwlStrix ocellataManyE
77Andaman BoobookNinox affinisFFR,MTH,SWE
78Hume's BoobookNinox obscuraFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
79Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusManyNE
80Malabar Gray HornbillOcyceros griseusManyE
81Indian Gray HornbillOcyceros birostrisManyBC
82Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusManyNE
83Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondami BC
84(Blue-cheeked Bee-eater)Merops persicusManyBC
85Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricusManyE
86Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicusManyBC
87White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisManyE
88Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanusManyBC
89Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auricepsJCNP,NA,PGBC
90Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensisNA,PGBC
91Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilis BC
92Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalenseManyBC
93Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatusNA,PGBC
94Malabar FlamebackChrysocolaptes socialisManyE
95White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivusManyNE
96Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgeiFFR,MTH,SWE
97Laggar FalconFalco juggerManyBC
98Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephalaManyBC
99Malabar ParakeetPsittacula columboidesMNP,OTY,PNP
TBS
E
100Derbyan ParakeetPsittacula derbiana BC
101Nicobar ParakeetPsittacula caniceps BC
102Indian PittaPitta brachyuraManyNE
103White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygiusManyE
104Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeusManyNE
105Andaman CuckooshrikeCoracina dobsoniFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
106Black-headed CuckooshrikeLalage melanopteraManyBC
107Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolaManyE
108White-tailed IoraAegithina nigroluteaManyNE
109Spot-breasted FantailRhipidura albogularisManyE
110White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescensManyNE
111Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensisFFR,MTH,SW,WDNE
112Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatusManyBC
113Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatusNA,PGBC
114White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastraManyE
115Andaman TreepieDendrocitta bayleiiFFR,MTH,SWE
116Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctata BC
117Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalisNA,PGBC
118White-naped TitMachlolophus nuchalisGRK,JLRE
119Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysJCNP,NA,PGBC
120Indian Yellow TitMachlolophus aplonotusManyE
121Ground TitPseudopodoces humilis BC
122Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraManyNE
123Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseusManyBC
124Jerdon's BushlarkMirafra affinisManyNE
125Indian BushlarkMirafra erythropteraManyNE
126/Hume's Lark/Calandrella acutirostrisManyBC
127Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maxima BC
128Malabar LarkGalerida malabaricaManyE
129Tawny LarkGalerida devaAHE
130Rufous-crowned PriniaPrinia khasianaKSBC
131Gray-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaJCNP,NA,PGNE
132Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchananiManyBC
133Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticaManyNE
134/Blunt-winged Warbler/Acrocephalus concinensDSNP,KNP,TABC
135(Long-billed Bush Warbler)Locustella majorKNPBC
136West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensis BC
137Spotted Bush WarblerLocustella thoracicaDSNP,KNP,NNPBC
138Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusMAE
139Bristled GrassbirdSchoenicola striataManyBC
140Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataJCNP,NA,PGBC
141Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaManyNE
142Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicolaManyBC
143Cachar BulbulIole cacharensisDGANE
144Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indicaManyNE
145Nicobar BulbulIxos nicobariensis BC
146Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesaManyNE
147Gray-headed BulbulMicrotarsus priocephalusManyE
148Andaman BulbulMicrotarsus fuscoflavescensFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
149Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularisCWS,MA,PNP
TBS
E
150White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolusManyNE
151Yellow-throated BulbulPycnonotus xantholaemusCWS,MA,PNPE
152White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotisManyBC
153/Brooks's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus subviridisManyBC
154Tytler's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tytleriManyBC
155/Tickell's Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus affinisManyBC
156/Smoky Warbler/Phylloscopus fuligiventerManyBC
157(Gray-crowned Warbler)Phylloscopus tephrocephalusDRA,KS,MHBC
158Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalisManyBC
159Claudia's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus claudiae BC
160Manchurian Bush WarblerHorornis canturians BC
161White-browed Tit-WarblerLeptopoecile sophiae BC
162White-cheeked TitAegithalos leucogenys BC
163White-throated TitAegithalos niveogularis BC
164Jerdon's BabblerChrysomma altirostreDSNP,HBS,KNP
TA
BC
165Black-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis flavirostrisDSNP,KNP,MHNE
166Rufous-headed ParrotbillPsittiparus bakeri BC
167Tawny-bellied BabblerDumetia hyperythraManyBC
168Dark-fronted BabblerDumetia atricepsManyNE
169Black-chinned BabblerCyanoderma pyrrhopsJCNP,NA,PGBC
170Mishmi Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis badeigularisMHE
171Naga Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis chocolatinusKSE
172Chin Hills Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis oatesi BC
173Tawny-breasted Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis longicaudatus BC
174Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatus BC
175Indian Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldiiManyNE
176Cachar Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris robertiKS,MHBC
177Snowy-throated BabblerStachyris oglei BC
178Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensisKNPBC
179Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustreDSNP,KNP,TABC
180Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiHBS,KNPNE
181Swamp Grass BabblerLaticilla cinerascensDSNP,KNP,TAE
182Brown-capped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron austeniKSNE
183Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatumJCNP,NA,PGBC
184Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatumDRA,EWSNE
185Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatumKSNE
186Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatumNA,PGBC
187Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotii BC
188Assam LaughingthrushTrochalopteron chrysopterumKSBC
189Banasura LaughingthrushMontecincla jerdoni BC
190Nilgiri LaughingthrushMontecincla cachinnansMBR,OTYE
191Palani LaughingthrushMontecincla fairbankiCWS,MAE
192Ashambu LaughingthrushMontecincla meriodionalis BC
193Beautiful SibiaHeterophasia pulchellaDRA,EWS,KS,MHBC
194Gray SibiaHeterophasia gracilisKSBC
195Streak-throated BarwingActinodura waldeniDRA,EWS,KS,MHBC
196Bugun LiocichlaLiocichla bugunorumEWSE
197Large Gray BabblerArgya malcolmiManyNE
198Slender-billed BabblerArgya longirostrisKNPNE
199Rufous BabblerArgya subrufaManyE
200Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisManyNE
201Common BabblerArgya caudataManyBC
202Striated BabblerArgya earleiManyBC
203Moustached LaughingthrushIanthocincla cineraceaKSBC
204Wayanad LaughingthrushPterorhinus delessertiMA,PNP,TBSE
205Yellow-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus galbana BC
206Chestnut-backed LaughingthrushPterorhinus nuchalisDGANE
207Mount Victoria BabaxPterorhinus woodi BC
208Giant BabaxPterorhinus waddelli BC
209White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsis BC
210Indian NuthatchSitta castaneaManyBC
211Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensis BC
212/Bar-tailed Treecreeper/Certhia himalayanaHBS,JCNP,NA
PG
BC
213Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonotaAH,JVCC,RNP
TCS
E
214Southern Hill MynaGracula indicaManyNE
215Malabar StarlingSturnia blythiiManyE
216White-headed StarlingSturnia erythropygiaFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
217Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctus BC
218/Spot-winged Starling/Saroglossa spilopterusManyBC
219(Pied Thrush)Geokichla wardiiMA,NA,PGNE
220Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensisManyE
221Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus BC
222Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimusManyNE
223/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feaeKSBC
224/Tibetan Blackbird/Turdus maximusDRABC
225Chestnut ThrushTurdus rubrocanusManyBC
226Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventrisFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
227Nilgiri SholakiliSholicola majorMBR,MNP,OTYE
228White-bellied SholakiliSholicola albiventrisMAE
229Chinese Vivid NiltavaNiltava oatesiDGA,MHBC
230Nilgiri FlycatcherEumyias albicaudatusManyE
231White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipesManyE
232Large Blue FlycatcherCyornis magnirostrisEWS,MHBC
233Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliaeManyBC
234Nicobar Jungle FlycatcherCyornis nicobaricus BC
235Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythraDGA,KNP,MH,TABC
236Gould's ShortwingBrachypteryx stellataDRA,EWS,KS,MHBC
237Malabar Whistling-ThrushMyophonus horsfieldiiManyE
238/Himalayan Rubythroat/Calliope pectoralisJCNP,KNP,NA
PG
BC
239/Chinese Rubythroat/Calliope tschebaiewiDSNP,NNPBC
240Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacusManyBC
241Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaMA,MBR,OTY
PNP
E
242/Rusty-tailed Flycatcher/Ficedula ruficaudaManyBC
243/Kashmir Flycatcher/Ficedula subrubraOTYBC
244/Blue-capped Redstart/Phoenicurus coeruleocephalaJCNP,NA,PGBC
245/Hodgson's Redstart/Phoenicurus hodgsoniManyBC
246White-browed BushchatSaxicola macrorhynchusManyE
247White-tailed StonechatSaxicola leucurusManyBC
248Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fuscaManyNE
249/Variable Wheatear/Oenanthe picataManyBC
250Persian WheatearOenanthe chrysophygia BC
251/Hypocolius/Hypocolius ampelinusGRKBC
252Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorManyE
253Andaman FlowerpeckerDicaeum virescensFFR,MTH,SW,WDE
254Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonicaManyBC
255Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minimaManyE
256Loten's SunbirdCinnyris loteniusManyNE
257Vigors's SunbirdAethopyga vigorsii BC
258Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensisDGA,KNP,NNPEN
259Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoniManyNE
260Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchusKNPNE
261Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensisManyBC
262Indian SilverbillEuodice malabaricaManyBC
263Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaartiManyNE
264Green AvadavatAmandava formosusAHE
265Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoides BC
266Sind SparrowPasser pyrrhonotusManyBC
267Yellow-throated SparrowGymnornis xanthocollisManyBC
268Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla henrici BC
269Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsi BC
270Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollis BC
271Blanford's SnowfinchPyrgilauda blanfordi BC
272Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensisMA,OTYE
273Upland PipitAnthus sylvanusNA,PGBC
274Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioidesNA,PGBC
275Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroaJCNP,NA,PGBC
276Vinaceous RosefinchCarpodacus vinaceusPGBC
277Three-banded RosefinchCarpodacus trifasciatus BC
278/Spot-winged Rosefinch/Carpodacus rodopeplusPGBC
279Sillem's RosefinchCarpodacus sillemii BC
280Blyth's RosefinchCarpodacus grandis BC
281Streaked RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilloides BC
282Red-fronted RosefinchCarpodacus puniceus BC
283Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiaca BC
284Spectacled FinchCallacanthis burtoniPGBC
285Black-headed GreenfinchChloris ambigua BC
286Tibetan SerinSpinus thibetanusDRA,EWSBC
287/White-capped Bunting/Emberiza stewartiManyBC

 

 *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.

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REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic85
NENear Endemic62
CRCritically Endangered7
ENEndangered4
BCBest Seen in This Country129
ATAlways a Target0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.

§ 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