YALA NATIONAL PARK
SRI LANKA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 298 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 298 |
| # Endemics: | 21 |
| # Near Endemics: | 24 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate 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. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | /Lesser Whistling-Duck/ | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | /Knob-billed Duck/ | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 3 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 4 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 5 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 6 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 7 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 8 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca | |
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| 9 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| 10 | Sri Lanka Spurfowl | Galloperdix bicalcarata | |
| 11 | Sri Lanka Junglefowl | Gallus lafayettii | |
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| 12 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| 13 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 15 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 16 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 17 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| 18 | Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
| 19 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
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| 20 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 21 | /Lesser Cuckoo/ | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| 22 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 23 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| 24 | Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | |
| 25 | Red-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | |
| 26 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 27 | Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| 28 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 29 | Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| 30 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| 31 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| 32 | Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
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| 33 | Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| 34 | Jerdon's Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis | |
| 35 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
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| 36 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| 37 | Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
| 38 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 39 | Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
| 40 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 41 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 42 | Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
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| 43 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 44 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| 45 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 46 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 47 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 48 | Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| 49 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| 50 | /Baillon's Crake/ | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| 51 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
| 52 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| 53 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 54 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 55 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 56 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 57 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 58 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 59 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| 60 | Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| 61 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 62 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| 63 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| 64 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 65 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 66 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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| 67 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 68 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | |
| 69 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | |
| 70 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 71 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 72 | /Red-necked Phalarope/ | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 73 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus | |
| 74 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 75 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 76 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 77 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 78 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus | |
| 79 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| 80 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 81 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 82 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 83 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 84 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | |
| 85 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 86 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 87 | /Long-toed Stint/ | Calidris subminuta | |
| 88 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 89 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 90 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 91 | Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| 92 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
| 93 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 94 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 95 | /Pallas's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| 96 | |Bridled Tern| | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 97 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 98 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 99 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 100 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 101 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 102 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| 103 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo | |
| 104 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| 105 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 106 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| 107 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 108 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 109 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
| 110 | /Lesser Adjutant/ | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
| 111 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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| 112 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 113 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 114 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 115 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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| 116 | Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
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| 117 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 118 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 119 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 120 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 121 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 122 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| 123 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 124 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 125 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 126 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 127 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 128 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 129 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| 130 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 131 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| 132 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| 133 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 134 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 135 | European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| 136 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 137 | Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti | |
| 138 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| 139 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 140 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 141 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 142 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 143 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 144 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 145 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 146 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 147 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 148 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 149 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 150 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
| 151 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
| 152 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
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| 153 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 154 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| 155 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 156 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| 157 | Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | |
| 158 | Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica | |
| 159 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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| 160 | Malabar Trogon | Harpactes fasciatus | |
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| 161 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 162 | Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros gingalensis | |
| 163 | Malabar Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus | |
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| 164 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 165 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| 166 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 167 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 168 | Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| 169 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 170 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 171 | /Blue-tailed Bee-eater/ | Merops philippinus | |
| 172 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
| 173 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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| 174 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
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| 175 | Crimson-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon rubricapillus | |
| 176 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 177 | Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
| 178 | Yellow-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon flavifrons | |
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| 179 | Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| 180 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| 181 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
| 182 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 183 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| 184 | Red-backed Flameback | Dinopium psarodes | |
| 185 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 186 | Crimson-backed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | |
| 187 | White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | |
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| 188 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 189 | Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| 190 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 191 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| 192 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| 193 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
| 194 | Layard's Parakeet | Psittacula calthrapae | |
| 195 | Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus | |
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| 196 | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
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| 197 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| 198 | Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
| 199 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| 200 | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
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| 201 | /Indian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus kundoo | |
| 202 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
| 203 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
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| 204 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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| 205 | Sri Lanka Woodshrike | Tephrodornis affinis | |
| 206 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| 207 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| 208 | White-tailed Iora | Aegithina nigrolutea | |
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| 209 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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| 210 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 211 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 212 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| 213 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
| 214 | Sri Lanka Drongo | Dicrurus lophorinus | |
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| 215 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 216 | Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| 217 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 218 | Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| 219 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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| 220 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 221 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 222 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 223 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| 224 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| 225 | Jerdon's Bushlark | Mirafra affinis | |
| 226 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
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| 227 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 228 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 229 | Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
| 230 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| 231 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 232 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 233 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| 234 | /Clamorous Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| 235 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 236 | Hill Swallow | Hirundo domicola | |
| 237 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 238 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 239 | Sri Lanka Swallow | Cecropis hyperythra | |
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| 240 | Yellow-browed Bulbul | Acritillas indica | |
| 241 | Square-tailed Bulbul | Hypsipetes ganeesa | |
| 242 | Black-capped Bulbul | Rubigula melanictera | |
| 243 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| 244 | Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus | |
| 245 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| 246 | /Green Warbler/ | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
| 247 | /Large-billed Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
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| 248 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca | |
| 249 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 250 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| 251 | Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
| 252 | Dark-fronted Babbler | Dumetia atriceps | |
| 253 | Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus melanurus | |
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| 254 | Brown-capped Babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillus | |
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| 255 | Orange-billed Babbler | Argya rufescens | |
| 256 | Yellow-billed Babbler | Argya affinis | |
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| 257 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| 258 | Sri Lanka Myna | Gracula ptilogenys | |
| 259 | Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica | |
| 260 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus | |
| 261 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| 262 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 263 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| 264 | Spot-winged Thrush | Geokichla spiloptera | |
| 265 | /Orange-headed Thrush/ | Geokichla citrina | |
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| 266 | /Asian Brown Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 267 | /Brown-breasted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa muttui | |
| 268 | /Indian Robin/ | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| 269 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 270 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 271 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| 272 | /Indian Blue Robin/ | Larvivora brunnea | |
| 273 | Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
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| 274 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 275 | White-throated Flowerpecker | Dicaeum vincens | |
| 276 | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | |
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| 277 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| 278 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| 279 | Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | |
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| 280 | Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| 281 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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| 282 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
| 283 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| 284 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| 285 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 286 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 287 | Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
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| 288 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 289 | /Forest Wagtail/ | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| 290 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 291 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 292 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 293 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 294 | /Richard's Pipit/ | Anthus richardi | |
| 295 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 296 | /Blyth's Pipit/ | Anthus godlewskii | |
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| 297 | Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| 298 | Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
*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 LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 76 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 12 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 20 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.