Snow Partridge
Lerwa lerwa
Tibetan Snowcock
Tetraogallus tibetanus
Tibetan Partridge
Perdix hodgsoniae
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Japanese Quail
Coturnix japonica
Yellow-legged
Buttonquail Turnix tanki
Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
Hill Partridge
Arborophila torqueola
Rufous-throated
Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
Chestnut-breasted
Partridge Arborophila mandellii
Blood Pheasant
thaginis cruentus
Satyr Tragopan
Tragopan satyra
Blyth’s Tragopan
Tragopan blythii
Himalayan Monal
Lophophorus impejanus
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
Kalij Pheasant
Lophura leucomelanos
Grey Peacock
Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Fulvous
Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck Aix
galericulata
Gadwall Anas
strepera
Falcated Duck
Anas falcata
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
Mallard Anas
platyrhynchos
Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Garganey Anas
querquedula
Baikal Teal Anas
formosa
Common Teal Anas
crecca
Red-crested Pochard
Rhodonessa rufina
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Pochard
Aythya nyroca
Baer’s Pochard
Aythya baeri
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Yellow-rumped
Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
Speckled Piculet
Picumnus innominatus
White-browed Piculet
Sasia ochracea
Rufous Woodpecker
Celeus brachyurus
Pale-headed
Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia
Bay Woodpecker
Blythipicus pyrrhotis
Great Slaty
Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
Grey-capped Pygmy
Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
Fulvous-breasted
Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
Rufous-bellied
Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
Crimson-breasted
Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius
Darjeeling
Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
Lesser Yellownape
Picus chlorolophus
Greater Yellownape
Picus flavinucha
Streak-throated
Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
Grey-headed
Woodpecker Picus canus
Himalayan Flameback
Dinopium shorii
Greater Flameback
Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Great Barbet
Megalaima virens
Lineated Barbet
Megalaima lineata
Golden-throated
Barbet Megalaima franklinii
Blue-throated Barbet
Megalaima asiatica
Blue-eared Barbet
Megalaima australis
Coppersmith Barbet
Megalaima haemacephala
Oriental Pied
Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
Great Hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Rufous-necked
Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
Wreathed Hornbill
Aceros undulatus
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Red-headed Trogon
Harpactes erythrocephalus
Ward’s Trogon
Harpactes wardi
Indian Roller
Coracias benghalensis
Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Blyth’s Kingfisher
Alcedo hercules
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Blue-eared
Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Oriental Dwarf
Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
Stork-billed
Kingfisher Halcyon capensis
Ruddy Kingfisher
Halcyon coromanda
White-throated
Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Black-capped
Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
Crested Kingfisher
Megaceryle lugubris
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Blue-bearded
Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
Chestnut-headed
Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
Pied Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Chestnut-winged
Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Hierococcyx sparverioides
Common Hawk Cuckoo
Hierococcyx varius
Hodgson’s Hawk
Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Eurasian Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus saturatus
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx maculatus
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Drongo Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopacea
Green-billed Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Vernal Hanging
Parrot Loriculus vernalis
Alexandrine Parakeet
Psittacula eupatria
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Slaty-headed
Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula
finschii
Red-breasted
Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
Himalayan Swiftlet
Collocalia brevirostris
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
Asian Palm Swift
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Dark-rumped Swift
Apus acuticauda
House Swift Apus
affinis
Crested Treeswift
Hemiprocne coronata
Mountain Scops Owl
Otus spilocephalus
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Collared Scops Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Spot-bellied Eagle
Owl Bubo nipalensis
Tawny Fish Owl
Ketupa flavipes
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Tawny Owl Strix
aluco
Collared Owlet
Glaucidium brodiei
Asian Barred Owlet
Glaucidium cuculoides
Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
Spotted Owlet
Athene brama
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
Brown Hawk Owl
Ninox scutulata
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio
flammeus
Hodgson’s Frogmouth
Batrachostomus hodgsoni
Grey Nightjar
Caprimulgus indicus
Large-tailed
Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Savanna Nightjar
Caprimulgus affinis
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Hill Pigeon
Columba rupestris
Snow Pigeon
Columba leuconota
Speckled Wood Pigeon
Columba hodgsonii
Ashy Wood Pigeon
Columba pulchricollis
Oriental Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
Red Collared Dove
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Eurasian Collared
Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Barred Cuckoo Dove
Macropygia unchall
Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
Orange-breasted
Green Pigeon Treron bicincta
Pompadour Green
Pigeon Treron pompadora
Thick-billed Green
Pigeon Treron curvirostra
Pin-tailed Green
Pigeon Treron apicauda
Wedge-tailed Green
Pigeon Treron sphenura
Green Imperial
Pigeon Ducula aenea
Mountain Imperial
Pigeon Ducula badia
Demoiselle Crane
Grus virgo
Common Crane Grus
grus
Black-necked Crane
Grus nigricollis
Slaty-breasted Rail
Gallirallus striatus
White-breasted
Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Black-tailed Crake
Porzana bicolor
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Porzana fusca
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Coot Fulica
atra
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Solitary Snipe
Gallinago solitaria
Wood Snipe
Gallinago nemoricola
Pintail Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Whimbrel Numenius
phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck’s Stint
Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Ruff Philomachus
pugnax
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Ibisbill
Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Long-billed Plover
Charadrius placidus
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
Pallas’s Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
Brown-headed Gull
Larus brunnicephalus
Slender-billed Gull
Larus genei
River Tern Sterna
aurantia
Common Tern Sterna
hirundo
Osprey Pandion
haliaetus
Oriental
Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
Black-shouldered
Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus
migrans
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Pallas’s Fish Eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
Lesser Fish Eagle
Ichthyophaga humilis
Lammergeier
Gypaetus barbatus
White-rumped Vulture
Gyps bengalensis
Himalayan Griffon
Gyps himalayensis
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
Red-headed Vulture
Sarcogyps calvus
Short-toed Snake
Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Crested Serpent
Eagle Spilornis cheela
Eurasian Marsh
Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Pied Harrier Circus
melanoleucos
Crested Goshawk
Accipiter trivirgatus
Shikra Accipiter
badius
Besra Accipiter
virgatus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
Upland Buzzard
Buteo hemilasius
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis
Greater Spotted
Eagle Aquila clanga
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Bonelli’s Eagle
Hieraaetus fasciatus
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Hieraaetus kienerii
Mountain Hawk Eagle
Spizaetus nipalensis
Collared Falconet
Microhierax caerulescens
Pied Falconet
Microhierax melanoleucus
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Amur Falcon Falco
amurensis
Merlin Falco
columbarius
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
Oriental Hobby
Falco severus
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Little Cormorant
Phalacrocorax niger
Indian Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron Ardea
cinerea
White-bellied Heron
Ardea insignis
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Intermediate Egret
Mesophoyx intermedia
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayii
Chinese Pond Heron
Ardeola bacchus
Little Heron
Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night
Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Cinnamon Bittern
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia episcopus
Blue-naped Pitta
Pitta nipalensis
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Hooded Pitta
Pitta sordida
Silver-breasted
Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
Long-tailed
Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
Asian Fairy Bluebird
Irena puella
Golden-fronted
Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
Orange-bellied
Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
Brown Shrike
Lanius cristatus
Bay-backed Shrike
Lanius vittatus
Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach
Grey-backed Shrike
Lanius tephronotus
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Black-headed Jay
Garrulus lanceolatus
Yellow-billed Blue
Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
Common Green Magpie
Cissa chinensis
Rufous Treepie
Dendrocitta vagabunda
Grey Treepie
Dendrocitta formosae
Collared Treepie
Dendrocitta frontalis
Black-billed Magpie
Pica pica
Spotted Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Yellow-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
House Crow Corvus
splendens
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Ashy Woodswallow
Artamus fuscus
Eurasian Golden
Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Slender-billed
Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
Black-hooded Oriole
Oriolus xanthornus
Maroon Oriole
Oriolus traillii
Large Cuckooshrike
Coracina macei
Black-winged
Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos
Rosy Minivet
Pericrocotus roseus
Grey-chinned Minivet
Pericrocotus solaris
Long-tailed Minivet
Pericrocotus ethologus
Short-billed Minivet
Pericrocotus brevirostris
Scarlet Minivet
Pericrocotus flammeus
Bar-winged
Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
Yellow-bellied
Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha
White-throated
Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Crow-billed Drongo
Dicrurus annectans
Bronzed Drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Lesser Racket-tailed
Drongo Dicrurus remifer
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottus
Greater
Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Asian
Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
Common Iora
Aegithina tiphia
Large Woodshrike
Tephrodornis gularis
White-throated
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Brown Dipper
Cinclus pallasii
Blue-capped Rock
Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus
Chestnut-bellied
Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Blue Whistling
Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii
Orange-headed Thrush
Zoothera citrina
Plain-backed Thrush
Zoothera mollissima
Long-tailed Thrush
Zoothera dixoni
Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera
marginata
Scaly Thrush
Zoothera dauma
Long-billed Thrush
Zoothera monticola
Tickell’s Thrush
Turdus unicolor
White-collared
Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
Grey-winged
BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus
merula
Chestnut Thrush
Turdus rubrocanus
Kessler’s Thrush
Turdus kessleri
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus obscurus
Dark-throated Thrush
Turdus ruficollis
Dusky Thrush
Turdus naumanni
Gould’s Shortwing
Brachypteryx stellata
White-bellied
Shortwing Brachypteryx major
Lesser Shortwing
Brachypteryx leucophrys
White-browed
Shortwing Brachypteryx montana
Dark-sided
Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown
Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
Brown-breasted
Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
Ferruginous
Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
Slaty-backed
Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii
Rufous-gorgeted
Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
Red-throated
Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Kashmir Flycatcher
Ficedula subrubra
White-gorgeted
Flycatcher Ficedula monileger
Snowy-browed
Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
Little Pied
Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
Ultramarine
Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
Slaty-blue
Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
Sapphire Flycatcher
Ficedula sapphira
Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassina
Large Niltava
Niltava grandis
Small Niltava
Niltava macgrigoriae
Rufous-bellied
Niltava Niltava sundara
Pale-chinned
Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
Pale Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis unicolor
Blue-throated
Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
Pygmy Blue
Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni
Grey-headed Canary
Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
Siberian Rubythroat
Luscinia calliope
White-tailed
Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Indian Blue Robin
Luscinia brunnea
Orange-flanked Bush
Robin Tarsiger cyanurus
Golden Bush Robin
Tarsiger chrysaeus
White-browed Bush
Robin Tarsiger indicus
Rufous-breasted Bush
Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
Oriental Magpie
Robin Copsychus saularis
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicata
Blue-capped Redstart
Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Hodgson’s Redstart
Phoenicurus hodgsoni
White-throated
Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
White-winged
Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster
Blue-fronted
Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
White-capped Water
Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Plumbeous Water
Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
White-bellied
Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucura
Blue-fronted Robin
Cinclidium frontale
Grandala Grandala
coelicolor
Little Forktail
Enicurus scouleri
Black-backed
Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
Slaty-backed
Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
White-crowned
Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
Spotted Forktail
Enicurus maculatus
Purple Cochoa
Cochoa purpurea
Green Cochoa
Cochoa viridis
Hodgson’s Bushchat
Saxicola insignis
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maura
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Grey Bushchat
Saxicola ferrea
Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Spot-winged Starling
Saroglossa spiloptera
Chestnut-tailed
Starling Sturnus malabaricus
Brahminy Starling
Sturnus pagodarum
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Asian Pied Starling
Sturnus contra
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Bank Myna
Acridotheres ginginianus
Jungle Myna
Acridotheres fuscus
White-Vented Myna
Acridotheres cinereus
Common Hill Myna
Gracula religiosa
Chestnut-bellied
Nuthatch Sitta castanea
White-tailed
Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
Velvet-fronted
Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
Beautiful Nuthatch
Sitta formosa
Wallcreeper
Tichodroma muraria
Eurasian Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris
Rusty-flanked
Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
Brown-throated
Treecreeper Certhia discolor
Winter Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Fire-capped Tit
Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Rufous-vented Tit
Parus rubidiventris
Coal Tit Parus
ater
Grey-crested Tit
Parus dichrous
Great Tit Parus
major
Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus
Yellow-cheeked Tit
Parus spilonotus
Yellow-browed Tit
Sylviparus modestus
Sultan Tit
Melanochlora sultanea
Black-throated Tit
Aegithalos concinnus
Rufous-fronted Tit
Aegithalos iouschistos
Pale Martin
Riparia diluta
Sand Martin
Riparia riparia
Plain Martin
Riparia paludicola
Eurasian Crag Martin
Hirundo rupestris
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo
smithii
Red-rumped Swallow
Hirundo daurica
Asian House Martin
Delichon dasypus
Nepal House Martin
Delichon nipalensis
Goldcrest Regulus
regulus
Striated Bulbul
Pycnonotus striatus
Black-crested Bulbul
Pycnonotus melanicterus
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
Himalayan Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucogenys
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
White-throated
Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
Ashy Bulbul
Hemixos flavala
Mountain Bulbul
Hypsipetes mcclellandii
Black Bulbul
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Striated Prinia
Prinia criniger
Hill Prinia
Prinia atrogularis
Grey-crowned Prinia
Prinia cinereocapilla
Rufescent Prinia
Prinia rufescens
Grey-breasted Prinia
Prinia hodgsonii
Jungle Prinia
Prinia sylvatica
Plain Prinia
Prinia inornata
Oriental White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus
Chestnut-headed
Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata
Slaty-bellied Tesia
Tesia olivea
Grey-bellied Tesia
Tesia cyaniventer
Pale-footed Bush
Warbler Cettia pallidipes
Brownish-flanked
Bush Warbler Cettia fortipes
Chestnut-crowned
Bush Warbler Cettia major
Aberrant Bush
Warbler Cettia flavolivacea
Yellowish-bellied
Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides
Grey-sided Bush
Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
Spotted Bush Warbler
Bradypterus thoracicus
Brown Bush Warbler
Bradypterus luteoventris
Russet Bush Warbler
Bradypterus seebohmi
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Thick-billed Warbler
Acrocephalus aedon
Booted Warbler
Hippolais caligata
Mountain Tailorbird
Orthotomus cuculatus
Common Tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Smoky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuligiventer
Tickell’s Leaf
Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
Buff-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Ashy-throated
Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
Lemon-rumped Warbler
Phylloscopus chloronotus
Yellow-browed
Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume’s Warbler
Phylloscopus humei
Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Large-billed Leaf
Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
Blyth’s Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus reguloides
Yellow-vented
Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
Golden-spectacled
Warbler Seicercus burkii
Whistler's Warbler Seicercus
whistleri
Grey-hooded Warbler
Seicercus xanthoschistos
White-spectacled
Warbler Seicercus affinis
Grey-cheeked Warbler
Seicercus poliogenys
Chestnut-crowned
Warbler Seicercus castaniceps
Broad-billed Warbler
Tickellia hodgsoni
Rufous-faced Warbler
Abroscopus albogularis
Black-faced Warbler
Abroscopus schisticeps
Yellow-bellied
Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
Striated Grassbird
Megalurus palustris
White-throated
Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis
White-crested
Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
Lesser Necklaced
Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
Greater Necklaced
Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis
Striated
Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus
Rufous-necked
Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis
Rufous-vented
Laughingthrush Garrulax gularis
Rufous-chinned
Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis
Spotted
Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus
Grey-sided
Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus
Streaked
Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus
Blue-winged
Laughingthrush Garrulax squamatus
Scaly Laughingthrush
Garrulax subunicolor
Black-faced
Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis
Chestnut-crowned
Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus
Red-faced Liocichla
Liocichla phoenicea
Abbott’s Babbler
Malacocincla abbotti
Spot-throated
Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
Marsh Babbler
Pellorneum palustre
Puff-throated
Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
Spot-breasted
Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
Rusty-cheeked
Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
White-browed
Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
Indian Scimitar
Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
Streak-breasted
Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Red-billed Scimitar
Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraciceps
Coral-billed
Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
Slender-billed
Scimitar Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris
Long-billed Wren
Babbler Rimator malacoptilus
Eyebrowed Wren
Babbler Napothera epilepidota
Scaly-breasted Wren
Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer
Pygmy Wren Babbler
Pnoepyga pusilla
Rufous-throated Wren
Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
Bar-winged Wren
Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides
Spotted Wren Babbler
Spelaeornis formosus
Wedge-billed Wren
Babbler Sphenocichla humei
Rufous-fronted
Babbler Stachyris rufifrons
Rufous-capped
Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
Golden Babbler
Stachyris chrysaea
Grey-throated
Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
Striped Tit Babbler
Macronous gularis
Chestnut-capped
Babbler Timalia pileata
Jungle Babbler
Turdoides striatus
Silver-eared Mesia
Leiothrix argentauris
Red-billed Leiothrix
Leiothrix lutea
Cutia Cutia
nipalensis
Black-headed Shrike
Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
White-browed Shrike
Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
Green Shrike Babbler
Pteruthius xanthochlorus
Black-eared Shrike
Babbler Pteruthius melanotis
White-hooded Babbler
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
Rusty-fronted
Barwing Actinodura egertoni
Hoary-throated
Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
Blue-winged Minla
Minla cyanouroptera
Chestnut-tailed
Minla Minla strigula
Red-tailed Minla
Minla ignotincta
Golden-breasted
Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis
Yellow-throated
Fulvetta Alcippe cinerea
Rufous-winged
Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps
White-browed
Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus
Brown-throated
Fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi
Rufous-throated
Fulvetta Alcippe rufogularis
Rusty-capped
Fulvetta Alcippe dubia
Nepal Fulvetta
Alcippe nipalensis
Rufous-backed Sibia
Heterophasia annectans
Rufous Sibia
Heterophasia capistrata
Long-tailed Sibia
Heterophasia picaoides
Striated Yuhina
Yuhina castaniceps
White-naped Yuhina
Yuhina bakeri
Whiskered Yuhina
Yuhina flavicollis
Stripe-throated
Yuhina Yuhina gularis
Rufous-vented Yuhina
Yuhina occipitalis
Black-chinned Yuhina
Yuhina nigrimenta
White-bellied Yuhina
Yuhina zantholeuca
Fire-tailed Myzornis
Myzornis pyrrhoura
Great Parrotbill
Conostoma oemodium
Brown Parrotbill
Paradoxornis unicolor
Grey-headed
Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
Fulvous Parrotbill
Paradoxornis fulvifrons
Black-throated
Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis
Lesser Rufous-headed
Parrotbill Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris
Greater Rufous-headed
Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca blythi
Bengal Bushlark
Mirafra assamica
Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
Hume’s Short-toed
Lark Calandrella acutirostris
Sand Lark
Calandrella raytal
Oriental Skylark
Alauda gulgula
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Yellow-vented
Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Yellow-bellied
Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanoxanthum
Plain Flowerpecker
Dicaeum concolor
Fire-breasted
Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
Scarlet-backed
Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
Anthreptes singalensis
Purple Sunbird
Nectarinia asiatica
Mrs Gould’s Sunbird
Aethopyga gouldiae
Green-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga nipalensis
Black-throated
Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
Crimson Sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja
Fire-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga ignicauda
Little Spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
Streaked
Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Russet Sparrow
Passer rutilans
Eurasian Tree
Sparrow Passer montanus
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola citreola
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Richard’s Pipit
Anthus richardi
Paddyfield Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Blyth’s Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Rosy Pipit Anthus
roseatus
Buff-bellied Pipit
Anthus rubescens
Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
Altai Accentor
Prunella himalayana
Robin Accentor
Prunella rubeculoides
Rufous-breasted
Accentor Prunella strophiata
Maroon-backed
Accentor Prunella immaculata
Black-breasted
Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus
White-rumped Munia
Lonchura striata
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Fire-fronted Serin
Serinus pusillus
Yellow-breasted
Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
Tibetan Siskin
Carduelis thibetana
Plain Mountain Finch
Leucosticte nemoricola
Spectacled Finch
Callacanthis burtoni
Blanford’s Rosefinch
Carpodacus rubescens
Dark-breasted
Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Beautiful Rosefinch
Carpodacus pulcherrimus
Pink-browed
Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochrous
Dark-rumped
Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
Three-banded
Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
White-browed
Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
Streaked Rosefinch
Carpodacus rubicilloides
Red-fronted
Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
Crimson-browed Finch
Propyrrhula subhimachala
Scarlet Finch
Haematospiza sipahi
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brown Bullfinch
Pyrrhula nipalensis
Red-headed Bullfinch
Pyrrhula erythrocephala
Grey-headed
Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
Collared Grosbeak
Mycerobas affinis
Spot-winged Grosbeak
Mycerobas melanozanthos
White-winged
Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
Gold-naped Finch
Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
Crested Bunting
Melophus lathami
Grey-necked Bunting
Emberiza buchanani
Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
List of species that should occur in Bhutan but are, as yet,
unrecorded:
Temminck’s Tragopan ? Tragopan temminckii
Indian Grey Hornbill ? Ocyceros birostris
Blue-tailed Bee-eater ? Merops philippinus
Lesser Adjutant ? Leptoptilos javanicus
Jerdon’s Baza ? Aviceda jerdoni
Black-naped Oriole ? Oriolus chinensis
Small Minivet ? Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Zitting Cisticola ? Cisticola juncidis
Yellow-eyed Babbler ? Chrysomma sinense
Beautiful Sibia ? Heterophasia pulchella
Pale-billed Flowerpecker ? Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Chestnut-eared Bunting ? Emberiza fucata
Note: List ignores a few 'out
of range' species like Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris for lack of any physical
evidence despite published accounts.
References and sources:
1. Birds of Bhutan by Salim Ali, B. Biswas & S. Dillon Ripley; ZSI 1996
2. Birds of Bhutan by Carol Inskipp, T. Inskipp and R. Grimmett 2007; Timeless
Books
3. Birds of the Eastern Himalayas by Salim Ali; OUP
4. Various Trip Reports on the net by N P Dreyer, K David Bishop, E Barnes, R
Webster, D Farrow, T & M Southerland, P Lobo and others.
