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OBC English Name / Scientific Name |
IOC Name |
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Megapodes |
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Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis |
Nicobar Megapode |
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Pheasants, Fowl & Allies |
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Buff-throated Partridge ? Tetraophasis szechenyii |
Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge |
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Chukar Alectoris chukar |
Chukar Partridge |
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Buttonquail |
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Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica |
Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus |
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Ducks, Geese & Swans |
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Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
Fulvous Whistling Duck |
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Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica |
Lesser Whistling Duck |
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Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
Taiga Bean Goose |
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Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus |
Cotton Pygmy Goose |
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Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha |
Indian Spot-billed Duck |
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Split: |
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha |
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Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons |
Andaman Teal Anas albogularis |
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Common Teal Anas crecca |
Eurasian Teal |
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Woodpeckers |
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Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei |
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei |
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Split: |
Spot-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis |
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Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii |
Himalayan Goldenback |
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Common Flameback Dinopium javanense |
Common Goldenback |
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Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense |
Lesser Goldenback |
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Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus |
Greater Goldenback |
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Barbets |
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Crimson-fronted Barbet Megalaima rubricapilla |
Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica (split from Bornean
Barbet Megalaima eximia ?) |
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Hornbills |
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Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli |
Austen's Brown Hornbill |
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Rollers |
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Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis |
Oriental Dollarbird |
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Cuckoos |
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Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus |
Jacobin Cuckoo |
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Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides |
Large Hawk-Cuckoo |
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Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
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Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax |
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo |
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Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus |
Common Cuckoo |
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Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus |
Himalayan Cuckoo |
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Split: |
Oriental Cuckoo (split from Himalayan Cuckoo) –
extralimital |
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Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris |
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo |
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Split: |
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides |
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Brown Coucal Centropus andamanensis |
Andaman Coucal |
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Parrots |
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Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides |
Blue-winged Parakeet |
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Derbyan Parakeet ? Psittacula derbiana |
Lord Derby's Parakeet |
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Swifts |
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White-rumped Needletail Zoonavena sylvatica |
White-rumped Spinetail |
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House Swift Apus affinis |
Little Swift |
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Split?: No references |
House Swift Apus nipalensis |
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Barn Owls |
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Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Western Barn Owl |
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Split: |
Andaman Masked Owl Tyto deroepstorffi |
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Grass Owl Tyto capensis |
African Grass Owl - extralimital |
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Split: |
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris (split from African
Grass Owl) |
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Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius |
Oriental Bay Owl |
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Split: |
Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis |
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Owls |
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Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena |
Indian Scops Owl |
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Split: |
Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia |
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Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl |
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Rock Eagle Owl Bubo bengalensis |
Indian Eagle-Owl |
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Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis |
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl |
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Dusky Eagle Owl Bubo coromandus |
Dusky Eagle-Owl |
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Tawny Owl Strix aluco |
Tawny Owl Strix aluco |
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Split: |
Himalayan Owl Strix nivicola |
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Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata |
Brown Hawk-Owl |
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Split: |
Hume's Hawk-Owl Ninox obscura |
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Andaman Hawk Owl Ninox affinis |
Andaman Hawk-Owl |
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Nightjars |
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Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus |
Indian Jungle Nightjar |
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Split: |
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka |
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Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus |
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus |
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Split: |
Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus (split from Mees's
Nightjar which was split from L-T Nightjar) |
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Pigeons, Doves |
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Rock Pigeon Columba livia |
Common Pigeon |
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Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica |
Common Emerald Dove |
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Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora |
Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis |
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Split: |
Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei |
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Split: |
Andaman Green Pigeon Treron chloropterus |
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Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea |
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea |
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Split: |
Nicobar Imperial Pigeon Ducula nicobarica |
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Bustards |
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Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps |
Great Indian Bustard |
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Rails, Crakes & Coots |
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Brown Crake Amaurornis akool |
Brown Bush-hen |
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Water Rail Rallus aquaticus |
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus |
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Split: |
Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus |
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Common Coot Fulica atra |
Eurasian Coot |
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Sandpipers, Snipes |
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Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura |
Pin-tailed Snipe |
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Stone-curlews, Thick-knees |
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Eurasian Thick-knee ? Burhinus oedicnemus |
Eurasian Stone-curlew |
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Split: |
Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus |
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Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris |
Great Stone-curlew |
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Beach Thick-knee Esacus neglectus |
Beach Stone-curlew |
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Skuas |
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Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus |
Pomarine Skua |
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Gulls, Terns & Skimmers |
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Yellow-legged Gull ? Larus cachinnans |
Caspian Gull |
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Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini |
Siberian Gull Larus fuscus heuglini |
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Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii |
Swift Tern |
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Kites, Hawks & Eagles |
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Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
Western Osprey |
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Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus |
Crested Honey Buzzard |
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Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus |
Black-winged Kite |
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Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus |
Bearded Vulture |
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Nicobar Serpent Eagle Spilornis minimus |
Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle |
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Split: |
Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle Spilornis klossi (split from
Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle) |
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Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
Northern Harrier |
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo |
Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus |
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Split: |
Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus (split from Eastern
Buzzard) |
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Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina |
Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata |
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Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca |
Asian Imperial Eagle |
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Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus |
Crested Hawk-Eagle |
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Split: |
Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus limnaeetus |
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Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis |
Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis |
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Split: |
Legge's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus kelaarti |
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Herons, Bitterns |
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Great Egret Casmerodius albus |
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta |
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Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia |
Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia |
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Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus |
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Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
Eurasian Bittern |
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Ibises, Spoonbills |
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Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa |
Red-naped Ibis |
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Petrels, Shearwaters |
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Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus |
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ORDER: PASSERIFORMES |
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Leafbirds |
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Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
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Split |
Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni (split from Bornean
Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis) |
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Shrikes |
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Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus |
Isabelline Shrike |
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Split: |
Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides |
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Crows, Jays |
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Black-billed Magpie Pica pica |
Eurasian Magpie |
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Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes |
Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes |
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Split: |
Larger-spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata |
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Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus |
Alpine Chough |
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Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula |
Western Jackdaw |
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Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos |
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos |
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Split: |
Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii |
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Split: |
Indian Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus |
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Common Raven Corvus corax |
Northern Raven |
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Orioles |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
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Split: |
Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo |
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Cuckooshrikes |
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Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata |
Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni |
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Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus |
Orange Minivet |
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Split: |
Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus (split from Sunda
Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus) |
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Fantails |
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White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis |
White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis |
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Split: |
White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis |
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Drongos |
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Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus |
Hair-crested Drongo |
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Family Uncertain |
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Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis |
Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis |
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Split: |
Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola |
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Waxwings and Allies |
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Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus |
Hypocolius |
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Thrushes |
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Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma |
Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma |
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Split: |
Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis |
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Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula |
Common Blackbird Turdus merula – extralimital |
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Split: |
Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus (split from Common
Blackbird) |
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Split |
Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus (split from Tibetan
Blackbird) |
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Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis |
Red-throated Thrush |
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Split: |
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis |
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Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni |
Naumann's Thrush |
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Old World Flycatchers |
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Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneatus |
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneatus |
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Split ?: |
Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus |
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Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva |
Red-breasted Flycatcher |
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Split: |
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla |
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Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides |
Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher |
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Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas |
Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas |
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Split: |
Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris |
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Chats |
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Orange-flanked Bush Robin Tarsiger cyanurus |
Red-flanked Bluetail |
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Split: |
Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus |
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White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus |
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus |
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Split: |
Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris |
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Rufous-backed Redstart Phoenicurus erythronota |
Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus |
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White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster |
Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus |
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White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus |
White-capped Redstart |
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White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major |
Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major |
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Split & new: |
White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris |
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Stoliczka’s Bushchat Saxicola macrorhyncha |
White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhynchus |
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Hodgson’s Bushchat Saxicola insignis |
White-throated Bush Chat |
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Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata |
Pied Bush Chat |
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Jerdon’s Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni |
Jerdon's Bush Chat |
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Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea |
Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus |
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Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata |
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus – extralimital |
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Split: |
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus (split from European
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola) |
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Rufous-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna |
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia (Oenanthe xanthoprymna
now extralimital Kurdistan Wheatear ) |
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Starlings |
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Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus |
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus |
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Split: |
Malabar Starling Sturnus blythii |
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Purple-backed Starling Sturnus sturninus |
Daurian Starling |
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Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra |
Pied Myna |
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White-Vented Myna Acridotheres cinereus |
Great Myna Acridotheres grandis |
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Hill Myna Gracula religiosa |
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa |
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Split: |
Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica |
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Nuthatches |
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Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea |
Indian Nuthatch |
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Split: |
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris (split from
Indian Nuthatch) |
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Tits |
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Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys |
Himalayan Black-lored Tit |
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Split: |
Indian Black-lored Tit Parus aplonotus |
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Hume’s Groundpecker Pseudopodoces humilis |
Groundpecker Parus humilis |
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Bushtits |
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White-cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys |
White-cheeked Bushtit |
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Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus |
Black-throated Bushtit |
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White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis |
White-throated Bushtit |
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Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos |
Rufous-fronted Bushtit |
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Swallows, Martins |
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Plain Martin Riparia paludicola |
Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis (Intermediate
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola) |
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Northern House Martin Delichon urbica |
Common House Martin |
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Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica |
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica -extralimital |
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Split: |
Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola |
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Bulbuls |
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Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps |
Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps |
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Split: |
Andaman Bulbul Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens |
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Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus |
Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris |
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Split: |
Flame-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus gularis |
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Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
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Split: |
Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa |
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Cisticolas and Allies |
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Bright-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis |
Golden-headed Cisticola |
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Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii |
Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii |
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Split: |
Swamp Prinia Prinia cinerascens |
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Hill Prinia Prinia atrogularis |
Black-throated Prinia |
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Split: |
Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris |
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Old World Warblers |
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Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes |
Pale-footed Bush Warbler Cettia pallidipes |
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Split: |
Manchurian Bush Warbler Cettia canturians |
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Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Cettia fortipes |
Brown-flanked Bush Warbler |
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Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides |
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler |
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Cetti’s Bush Warbler Cettia cetti |
Cetti's Warbler |
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Rusty-rumped Warbler Locustella certhiola |
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler |
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Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus |
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus –
extralimital |
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Split: |
Indian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus brunnescens (split from
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus) |
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Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei |
Hume's Leaf Warbler |
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Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides |
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Split: |
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus |
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Split: |
Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus |
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Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos |
Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos |
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Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii |
Green-crowned Warbler |
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Split: |
Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus |
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Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis |
Common Whitethroat |
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Hume’s Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia althaea |
Hume's Whitethroat |
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Small Whitethroat Sylvia minula |
Desert Whitethroat |
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Eastern Desert Warbler Sylvia nana |
Asian Desert Warbler |
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Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis |
Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris |
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Babblers, Parrotbills |
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Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni |
Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni ? - does this
exist? |
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Split ?: |
Kerala Laughingthrush Garrulax fairbanki |
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Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus |
Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus |
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Split: |
Bhutan Laughingthrush Garrulax imbricatus |
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Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus |
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus |
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Split: |
Assam Laughingthrush Garrulax chrysopterus |
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Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis |
Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler – extralimital |
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Split: |
Spot-b |