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This is a list of the bird species of India and includes extant and recently extinct species recorded within the political limits of the Republic of India as defined by the Indian government. There have been 1377 species recorded as of 2023,[1] of which 81 are endemic to the country.[1] 212 species are globally threatened.[2] The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the national bird of India.[3] This list does not cover species in Indian jurisdiction areas such as Dakshin Gangotri and oceanic species are delineated by an arbitrary cutoff distance. The list does not include fossil bird species or escapees from captivity.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 13.1. This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fit within any of these categories.

  • (V) Vagrant - Also known as a rarity, it refers to a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in India-typically less than ten confirmed records.
  • (E) Endemic - a species endemic to India
  • (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in India although populations exist elsewhere


Ducks, geese and swans

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Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 45 species which have been recorded in India.

Bar-headed goose
Mute swan
Common shelduck
Indian spot-billed duck
Common name Binomial Comments
Fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816)
Lesser whistling duck Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821)
Red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) (V);[4] vulnerable
Bar-headed goose Anser indicus (Latham, 1790)
Greylag goose Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taiga bean goose Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) (V)
Tundra bean goose Anser serrirostris Gould, 1852 (V);[5] by some authorities considered a variety of Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787)
Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)
Lesser white-fronted goose Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V);[6][7] vulnerable
Mute swan Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (V)
Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) (V); race bewickii sometimes treated as a species[8]
Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Knob-billed duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769)
Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)
White-winged duck Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842) Endangered
Mandarin duck Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Wood duck Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)Least concern
Cotton pygmy goose Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Baikal teal Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi, 1775) (V)
Garganey Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gadwall Mareca strepera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Falcated duck Mareca falcata (Georgi, 1775) Near threatened
Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian spot-billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR, 1781
Eastern spot-billed duck Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 (V)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
Northern pintail Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
Eurasian teal Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Andaman teal Anas albogularis (Hume, 1873) (E); vulnerable
Marbled duck Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétriés, 1832) Vulnerable
Pink-headed duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham, 1790) critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Red-crested pochard Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773)
Common pochard Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) Vulnerable
Baer's pochard Aythya baeri (Radde, 1863) Critically endangered
Ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) Near threatened
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Greater scaup Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761)
Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (V); vulnerable
Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smew Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common merganser Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
White-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769) Endangered

Megapodes

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Order: Galliformes   Family: Megapodiidae

The Megapodiidae are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet. All but the malleefowl occupy jungle habitats and most have brown or black colouring. There is one species within India.

Common name Binomial Status
Nicobar scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis Blyth, 1846 (E); vulnerable

Pheasants and allies

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Indian peafowl
A covey of jungle bush-quail

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

Tibetan snowcock flock
Grey francolin

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowl, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.

Common name Binomial Comments
Snow partridge Lerwa lerwa (Hodgson, 1833)
Himalayan snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis Gray, GR, 1843
Tibetan snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854
Chukar partridge Alectoris chukar (Gray, JE, 1830)
Black francolin Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Painted francolin Francolinus pictus (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Chinese francolin Francolinus pintadeanus (Scopoli, 1786)
Grey francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Swamp francolin Ortygornis gularis (Temminck, 1815) Vulnerable
Tibetan partridge Perdix hodgsoniae (Hodgson, 1856)
Common quail Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Japanese quail Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848 Near threatened
Rain quail Coturnix coromandelica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
King quail Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Jungle bush quail Perdicula asiatica (Latham, 1790)
Rock bush quail Perdicula argoondah (Sykes, 1832) (E)
Painted bush quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha (Sykes, 1832) (E)
Manipur bush quail Perdicula manipurensis Hume, 1881 (E); endangered
Himalayan quail Ophrysia superciliosa (Gray, JE, 1846) (E); critically endangered[9]
Hill partridge Arborophila torqueola (Valenciennes, 1825)
Rufous-throated partridge Arborophila rufogularis (Blyth, 1849)
White-cheeked partridge Arborophila atrogularis (Blyth, 1849) Near threatened
Chestnut-breasted partridge Arborophila mandellii Hume, 1874 Vulnerable
Mountain bamboo partridge Bambusicola fytchii Anderson, 1871
Red spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E)
Painted spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata (Valenciennes, 1825) (E)
Blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821)
Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus (Gray, JE, 1829) Vulnerable
Satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Blyth's tragopan Tragopan blythii (Jerdon, 1870) Vulnerable
Temminck's tragopan Tragopan temminckii (Gray, JE, 1831)
Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha (Lesson, RP, 1829)
Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus (Latham, 1790)
Sclater's monal Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870 Vulnerable
Red junglefowl Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grey junglefowl Gallus sonneratii Temminck, 1813 (E)
Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790)
Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke, 1827) Vulnerable
Mrs. Hume's pheasant Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881) Near threatened
Tibetan eared pheasant Crossoptilon harmani Elwes, 1881
Grey peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Green peafowl Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766 Endangered; (Ex)[10]

Frogmouths

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Sri Lanka frogmouth

Order: Podargiformes   Family: Podargidae

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Sri Lanka frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth, 1849 ssp. roonwali in India
Hodgson's frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni (Gray, GR, 1859)

Nightjars

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Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.

Large-tailed nightjar
Common name Binomial Comments
Great eared nightjar Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831)
Jungle nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790
Grey nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Sykes's nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832
Jerdon's nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845
Large-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821
Andaman nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 1873 (E)
Indian nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790
Savanna nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821

Treeswifts

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Crested treeswift

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Hemiprocnidae

The treeswifts, or crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Crested treeswift Hemiprocne coronata (Tickell, 1833)

Swifts

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Glossy swiftlet

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. There are 16 species which have been recorded in India.

Young common swift
Common name Binomial Comments
Plume-toed swiftlet Collocalia affinis Beavan, 1867
Indian swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor (Jerdon, 1840)
Himalayan swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris (Horsfield, 1840)
Edible-nest swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg, 1812)
White-rumped spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica (Tickell, 1846)
White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801)
Silver-backed needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878)
Brown-backed needletail Hirundapus giganteus (Temminck, 1825)
Asian palm swift Cypsiurus balasiensis (Gray, JE, 1829)
Alpine swift Tachymarptis melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common swift Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pallid swift Apus pallidus (Shelley, 1870) (V)
Pacific swift Apus pacificus ssp. kurodae
Blyth's swift Apus leuconyx (Blyth, 1845)
Dark-rumped swift Apus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864) Vulnerable
Little swift Apus affinis (Gray, JE, 1830)
House swift Apus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)

Bustards

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Great Indian bustard courting pair

Order: Otidiformes   Family: Otididae

Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.

Common name Binomial Comments
Great Indian bustard Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) Critically endangered
MacQueen's bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii (Gray, JE, 1832) Vulnerable; earlier as subspecies of houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784)
Bengal florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (Müller, PLS, 1776) Critically endangered
Lesser florican Sypheotides indicus (Miller, JF, 1782) Endangered
Little bustard Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) (V); near threatened

Cuckoos

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Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Many are brood parasites. There are 24 species which have been recorded in India.

Jacobin cuckoo in Pune, Maharashtra
Common hawk-cuckoo
Common name Binomial Comments
Greater coucal Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)
Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Andaman coucal Centropus andamanensis Beavan, 1867
Sirkeer malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 1830
Blue-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840)
Green-billed malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, RP, 1830)
Chestnut-winged cuckoo Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783)
Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asian emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Violet cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821)
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield, 1821) (V)
Banded bay cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790)
Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)
Grey-bellied cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl, 1797)
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839)
Large hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832)
Common hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797)
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843)
Lesser cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790
Indian cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1838
Himalayan cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758

Sandgrouse

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Painted sandgrouse

Order: Pterocliformes   Family: Pteroclidae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes. There are seven species which have been recorded in India. India has the largest number of sandgrouse of any country.

Common name Binomial Comments
Tibetan sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850
Pallas's sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas, 1773) (V)
Pin-tailed sandgrouse Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) (V)
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825
Spotted sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Black-bellied sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Painted sandgrouse Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Pigeons and doves

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Andaman green pigeon

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

Laughing dove
Rock pigeon
Common name Binomial Comments
Rock dove Columba livia Gmelin, JF, 1789
Hill pigeon Columba rupestris Pallas, 1811
Snow pigeon Columba leuconota Vigors, 1831
Yellow-eyed pigeon Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 vulnerable
Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758
Speckled wood pigeon Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832
Ashy wood pigeon Columba pulchricollis Blyth, 1846
Nilgiri wood pigeon Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) (E); vulnerable
Pale-capped pigeon Columba punicea Blyth, 1842 Vulnerable
Andaman wood pigeon Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) (E); near threatened
European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) (V);[11] vulnerable
Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790)
Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)
Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804)
Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786)
Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Barred cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall (Wagler, 1827)
Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Blyth, 1846 (E); near threatened
Namaqua dove Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (V)
Common emerald dove Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Orange-breasted green pigeon Treron bicinctus (Jerdon, 1840)
Grey-fronted green pigeon Treron affinis (Jerdon, 1840) (E)
Ashy-headed green pigeon Treron phayrei (Blyth, 1862) Near threatened
Andaman green pigeon Treron chloropterus Blyth, 1845 (E); near threatened
Thick-billed green pigeon Treron curvirostra (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Yellow-footed green pigeon Treron phoenicopterus (Latham, 1790)
Pin-tailed green pigeon Treron apicauda Blyth, 1846
Wedge-tailed green pigeon Treron sphenurus (Vigors, 1832)
Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766)
Nicobar imperial pigeon Ducula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) (E)
Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia (Raffles, 1822)
Malabar imperial pigeon Ducula cuprea (Jerdon, 1840) (E)
Pied imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786)

Finfoots

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Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Masked finfoot Heliopais personatus (Gray, GR, 1849) Endangered

Rails, crakes, and coots

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Andaman crake
White-breasted waterhen

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

Eurasian coot
Common name Binomial Comments
Water rail Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Brown-cheeked rail Rallus indicus Blyth, 1849
Corn crake Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[11]
Slaty-breasted rail Lewinia striata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Spotted crake Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eurasian coot Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758
Grey-headed swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801)
Ruddy-breasted crake Zapornia fusca (Linnaeus, 1766)
Black-tailed crake Zapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872)
Brown crake Zapornia akool (Sykes, 1832)
Baillon's crake Zapornia pusilla (Pallas, 1776)
Little crake Zapornia parva (Scopoli, 1769) (V)
Slaty-legged crake Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845)
Andaman crake Rallina canningi (Blyth, 1863) (E)
Red-legged crake Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822) (V)
White-browed crake Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot, 1819) (V)[12]
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769)

Cranes

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Order: Gruiformes   Family: Gruidae

Sarus crane

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are five species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Siberian crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Pallas, 1773) Critically endangered, possibly extirpated;[13] last known wintering in India in 2002[14]
Sarus crane Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) Vulnerable
Demoiselle crane Grus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common crane Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis Przevalski, 1876 Vulnerable

The hooded crane, Grus monacha, was included in many older lists but is considered hypothetical (Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005) or even extirpated[15] by more recent workers.

Grebes

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Little grebe

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are five species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)
Red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) (V)
Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Horned grebe Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V); vulnerable
Black-necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, CL, 1831

Flamingos

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Greater flamingo

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811
Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É, 1798) Near threatened

Buttonquail

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Turnicidae

The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are three species which have been recorded in India.

Barred buttonquail
Common name Binomial Comments
Common buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)
Yellow-legged buttonquail Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843
Barred buttonquail Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Stone-curlews and thick-knees

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

Indian stone-curlew

Stone-curlews are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.

Common name Binomial Comments
Indian stone-curlew Burhinus indicus (Salvadori, 1866) Occurrence of Eurasian stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus, in India is not established[16]
Great stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829) Near threatened
Beach stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris (Vieillot, 1818) Near threatened

Oystercatchers

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Eurasian oystercatcher

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 Near threatened

Ibisbill

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Ibisbill

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Ibidorhynchidae

The ibisbill is related to the waders, but is sufficiently distinctive to be a family unto itself. The adult is grey with a white belly, red legs, a long down curved bill, and a black face and breast band.

Common name Binomial Comments
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832

Stilts and avocets

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Black-winged stilt

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758

Plovers

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Grey plover
Red-wattled lapwing

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. There are 20 species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
River lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, RP, 1826) Near threatened
Yellow-wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783)
Grey-headed lapwing Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
Red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783)
Sociable lapwing Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) critically endangered
White-tailed lapwing Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[17]
Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
American golden plover Pluvialis dominica (Müller, PLS, 1776) (V)
Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
Long-billed plover Charadrius placidus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1863
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
White-faced plover Charadrius dealbatus (Swinhoe, 1870) (V)[18]
Lesser sand plover Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776
Greater sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 1826
Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 (V)
Oriental plover Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848 (V)

Painted-snipes

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Greater painted-snipe

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rostratulidae

Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Greater painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jacanas

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Pheasant-tailed jacana

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli, 1786)
Bronze-winged jacana Metopidius indicus (Latham, 1790)

Sandpipers and snipes

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Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 41 species which have been recorded in India.

Ruff
Green sandpiper
Common greenshank
Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Great knot Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) Endangered
Red knot Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V); Near threatened
Ruff Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Broad-billed sandpiper Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) (V)
Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) (V)[citation needed]
Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) Near threatened
Temminck's stint Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
Long-toed stint Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)
Spoon-billed sandpiper Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758) (V); critically endangered
Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) Near threatened
Sanderling Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Dunlin Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Little stint Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Buff-breasted sandpiper Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) (V); near threatened
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) (V)
Asian dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) Near threatened
Long-billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) (V)[19]
Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758
Jack snipe Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)
Solitary snipe Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831
Wood snipe Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 Vulnerable
Pin-tailed snipe Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831) Non-breeding range
Swinhoe's snipe Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861
Great snipe Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) (V); near threatened
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)
Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758
Grey-tailed tattler Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) (V)
Common redshank Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803)
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758
Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764)
Common greenshank Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
Nordmann's greenshank Tringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) (V)

Crab-plover

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Crab-plover

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Dromadidae

The crab-plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs.

Common name Binomial Comments
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805

Coursers and pratincoles

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Small pratincole

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards. There are six species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Cream-coloured courser Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787)
Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth, 1848) Endemic; critically endangered
Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)
Oriental pratincole Glareola maldivarum Forster, JR, 1795
Small pratincole Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

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Common gull
Black-headed gull

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.

Arctic tern
Indian river tern
Common name Binomial Comments
Brown noddy Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lesser noddy Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) (V)[20]
Black noddy Anous minutus Boie, F, 1844 (V)[20]
White tern Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786) (V)[20][21]
Indian skimmer Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838 Vulnerable
Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (V);[20] vulnerable
Sabine's gull Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819) (V)[20][22]
Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei (Brème, 1839)
Brown-headed gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840)
Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas, 1776) (V)[20][11]
Franklin's gull Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) (V)[20][23]
Pallas's gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773)
White-eyed gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) (V);[24] near threatened
Sooty gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855) (V)[20]
Common gull Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 (V)[20]
Vega gull Larus vegae Palmén, 1887 (V)
Caspian gull Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
Greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, RP, 1831)
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)
Little tern Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
Saunders's tern Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)
Bridled tern Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
River tern Sterna aurantia Gray, JE, 1831 Near threatened
Roseate tern Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
Common tern Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
White-cheeked tern Sterna repressa Hartert, EJO, 1916
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 (V)[20]
Black-bellied tern Sterna acuticauda Gray, JE, 1831 Endangered
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
Black tern Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[20]

Skuas

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Parasitic jaeger

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are five species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
South polar skua Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, H, 1893 (V)[25]
Brown skua Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, RP, 1831) (V)[25]
Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 (V)[26]

Tropicbirds

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Red-tailed tropicbird

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.

Common name Binomial Comments
Red-billed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
Red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 (V)

Loons

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Order: Gaviiformes   Family: Gaviidae

Loons, known as "divers" in Europe, are a group of aquatic birds found in northern North America and northern Eurasia. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Red-throated loon Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) (V)
Black-throated loon Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)

Austral storm petrels

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Wilson's storm petrel

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

The storm petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

Common name Binomial Comments
Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)
White-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) (V)
White-bellied storm petrel Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot, 1818)
Black-bellied storm petrel Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) (V)

Albatrosses

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Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.

Common name Binomial Comments
Light-mantled albatross Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, JR, 1785) (V)

Northern storm petrels

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Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

The northern storm petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

Common name Binomial Comments
Swinhoe's storm petrel Hydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867) Near threatened

Petrels, shearwaters, and diving petrels

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Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. There are 9 species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Barau's petrel Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) Endangered
Streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1836) Near threatened
Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) (V) [27]
Wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Sooty shearwater Ardenna grisea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (V)
Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836) (V)
Flesh-footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes (Gould, 1844) Near threatened
Persian shearwater Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872
Tropical shearwater Puffinus bailloni Bonaparte, 1857
Jouanin's petrel Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 Near threatened

Storks

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Black-necked stork
Painted stork

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.

Common name Binomial Comments
Painted stork Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769) Near threatened
Asian openbill Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert, 1783)
African openbill Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823 (V)
Black stork Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asian woolly-necked stork Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)
White stork Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Latham, 1790) Near threatened
Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) Vulnerable
Greater adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) Endangered

Frigatebirds

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Great frigatebird

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have coloured inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.[25]

Common name Binomial Comments
Christmas frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914 (V)
Great frigatebird Fregata minor (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (V)
Lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel (Gray, GR, 1845) (V)

Gannets and boobies

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Brown booby

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

Common name Binomial Comments
Masked booby Sula dactylatra Lesson, RP, 1831 (V)
Red-footed booby Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) (V)
Brown booby Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) (V)

Anhingas and darters

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Oriental darter

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

Darters are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving.

Common name Binomial Comments
Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, 1769

Cormorants and shags

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Indian cormorant

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.

Common name Binomial Comments
Little cormorant Microcarbo niger (Vieillot, 1817)
Indian cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, 1826
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ibises and spoonbills

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Black-headed ibis
Eurasian spoonbill

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.

Common name Binomial Comments
Black-headed ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus (Latham, 1790) Near threatened
Red-naped ibis Pseudibis papillosa (Temminck, 1824)
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758

Herons and bitterns

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Little bittern

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian bittern Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Yellow bittern Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Cinnamon bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Black bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis (Latham, 1790)
White-eared night heron Gorsachius magnificus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) (V)
Malayan night heron Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822)
Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Striated heron Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian pond heron Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832)
Chinese pond heron Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte, 1855)
Javan pond heron Ardeola speciosa (Horsfield, 1821) (V)
Eastern cattle egret Bubulcus coromandus (Boddaert, 1783)
Grey heron Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
White-bellied heron Ardea insignis Hume, 1878 Critically endangered
Goliath heron Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829 (V)
Purple heron Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
Great egret Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
Intermediate egret Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1829
Little egret Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Western reef heron Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Pacific reef heron Egretta sacra (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Chinese egret Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) (V)

Pelicans

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Great white pelican

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are three species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758
Spot-billed pelican Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin, JF, 1789
Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832

Osprey

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Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains usually only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with most taxonomic authorities consider a worldwide distribution.

Common name Binomial Comments
Osprey Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kites, hawks, and eagles

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Crested honey buzzard
Himalayan vulture
Crested hawk eagle
Black kite
Shikra

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

Common name Binomial Comments
Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789)
Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) Endangered
European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Crested honey buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)
Jerdon's baza Aviceda jerdoni (Blyth, 1842)
Black baza Aviceda leuphotes (Dumont, 1820)
White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Critically endangered
Indian vulture Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) Critically endangered
Slender-billed vulture Gyps tenuirostris Gray, GR, 1844 Critically endangered
Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 Near threatened
Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783)
Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) Critically endangered
Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) Near threatened
Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790)
Great Nicobar serpent eagle Spilornis klossi Richmond, 1902 (E)
Andaman serpent eagle Spilornis elgini (Blyth, 1863) (E)
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Changeable hawk-eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) (Spizaetus restricted to the neotropics by Gjershaug et al., 2008)[28]
Mountain hawk-eagle Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836
Legge's hawk-eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878)[29]
Rufous-bellied eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii (de Sparre, 1835)
Black eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis (Temminck, 1822)
Indian spotted eagle Clanga hastata (Lesson, RP, 1831) (earlier treated as C. pomarina hastata)
Greater spotted eagle Clanga clanga (Pallas, 1811)
Booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)[30]
Tawny eagle Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828)
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis Hodgson, 1833 Endangered
Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809
Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bonelli's eagle Aquila fasciata Vieillot, 1822
Crested goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824)
Shikra Accipiter badius (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Nicobar sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri (Gurney, JH Jr, 1898) (E)
Chinese sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield, 1821) (V)
Japanese sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (V)
Besra Accipiter virgatus (Temminck, 1822)
Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eurasian goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eastern marsh harrier Circus spilonotus Kaup, 1847 (V)
Hen harrier Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pallid harrier Circus macrourus (Gmelin, SG, 1770) Near threatened
Pied harrier Circus melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769)
Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red kite Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[31]
Black kite Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
Brahminy kite Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783)
White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Pallas's fish eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) Endangered
White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lesser fish eagle Haliaeetus humilis
Grey-headed fish eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
White-eyed buzzard Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831)
Rufous-winged buzzard Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827) (V)
Grey-faced buzzard Butastur indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) (V)
Rough-legged buzzard Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) (V)
Upland buzzard Buteo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Himalayan buzzard Buteo refectus Portenko, 1935
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829)
Common buzzard Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) (race vulpinus)

Barn owls

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Barn owl

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eastern barn owl Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Andaman masked owl Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) (E)
Eastern grass owl Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)
Oriental bay owl Phodilus badius (Horsfield, 1821)
Sri Lanka bay owl Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877 Western Ghats subspecies ripleyi in India with nominate form in Sri Lanka

Owls

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Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

Forest owlet
Tawny owl
Common name Binomial Comments
Andaman scops owl Otus balli (Hume, 1873) (E); near threatened
Mountain scops owl Otus spilocephalus (Blyth, 1846)
Indian scops owl Otus bakkamoena Pennant, 1769
Collared scops owl Otus lettia (Hodgson, 1836)
Pallid scops owl Otus brucei (Hume, 1872) (V)
Eurasian scops owl Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oriental scops owl Otus sunia (Hodgson, 1836)
Nicobar scops owl Otus alius Rasmussen, 1998 (E)
Eurasian eagle-owl Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian eagle-owl Bubo bengalensis (Franklin, 1831)
Spot-bellied eagle-owl Bubo nipalensis
Dusky eagle-owl Bubo coromandus
Brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Tawny fish owl Ketupa flavipes (Hodgson, 1836)
Buffy fish owl Ketupa ketupu (Horsfield, 1821)
Mottled wood owl Strix ocellata (Lesson, RP, 1839)
Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica Temminck, 1832
Tawny owl Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758
Himalayan owl Strix nivicolum (Blyth, 1845)
Collared owlet Taenioptynx brodiei (Burton, E, 1836)
Asian barred owlet Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors, 1830)
Jungle owlet Glaucidium radiatum (Tickell, 1833)
Little owl Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769)
Spotted owlet Athene brama (Temminck, 1821)
Forest owlet Athene blewitti (Hume, 1873) (E); endangered
Boreal owl Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Brown boobook Ninox scutulata (Raffles, 1822)
Hume's boobook Ninox obscura Hume, 1872 (E)
Andaman boobook Ninox affinis Beavan, 1867 (E), near threatened
Long-eared owl Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Short-eared owl Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Trogons

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Malabar trogon

Order: Trogoniformes   Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are three species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Malabar trogon Harpactes fasciatus (Pennant, 1769)
Red-headed trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould, 1834)
Ward's trogon Harpactes wardi (Kinnear, 1927) Near threatened

Hoopoes

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Hoopoe

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Upupidae

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758

Hornbills

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Oriental pied hornbill
Malabar grey hornbill

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Bucerotidae

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured.

Common name Binomial Comments
Great hornbill Buceros bicornis Linnaeus, 1758 Near threatened
Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw, 1808)
Malabar pied hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) Near threatened
Malabar grey hornbill Ocyceros griseus (Latham, 1790) (E)
Indian grey hornbill Ocyceros birostris (Scopoli, 1786)
Austen's brown hornbill Anorrhinus austeni Jerdon, 1872 Near threatened
Rufous-necked hornbill Aceros nipalensis (Hodgson, 1829) Vulnerable
Narcondam hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami Hume, 1873 (E); endangered
Wreathed hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus (Shaw, 1812)
Indian grey hornbill

Rollers

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Indian roller

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae

Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected at the base, but the outer toe is not. There are three or four species (depending on taxonomy followed) which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Indian roller Coracias benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indochinese roller Coracias affinis Horsfield, 1840 Said to intergrade with above but distinctive in plumage in core range[32]
European roller Coracias garrulus Linnaeus, 1758
Oriental dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Kingfishers

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Common kingfisher
Stork-billed kingfisher

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails. There are 13 species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Brown-winged kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pearson, JT, 1841) Near threatened
Ruddy kingfisher Halcyon coromanda (Latham, 1790)
White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-capped kingfisher Halcyon pileata (Boddaert, 1783)
Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert, 1783)
Blue-eared kingfisher Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821
Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blyth's kingfisher Alcedo hercules Laubmann, 1917 Near threatened
Oriental dwarf kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crested kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834)
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bee-eaters

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Asian green bee-eater

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae

Chestnut-headed bee-eater

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 7 species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Blue-bearded bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Asian green bee-eater Merops orientalis Latham, 1801
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
Blue-tailed bee-eater Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1767
Blue-throated bee-eater Merops viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
Chestnut-headed bee-eater Merops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817
European bee-eater Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
Green bee eater

Asian barbets

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Blue-throated barbet

Order: Piciformes   Family: Megalaimidae

The Asian barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured.

Common name Binomial Comments
Great barbet Psilopogon virens (Boddaert, 1783)
Brown-headed barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Lineated barbet Psilopogon lineatus (Vieillot, 1816)
White-cheeked barbet Psilopogon viridis (Boddaert, 1783) (E)
Golden-throated barbet Psilopogon franklinii (Blyth, 1842)
Blue-throated barbet Psilopogon asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
Blue-eared barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii (Lesson, RP, 1830)
Malabar barbet Psilopogon malabaricus (Blyth, 1847) (E)
Coppersmith barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus (Müller, PLS, 1776)

Honeyguides

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Order: Piciformes   Family: Indicatoridae

Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax. They are named for the greater honeyguide which leads traditional honey-hunters to bees' nests and, after the hunters have harvested the honey, feeds on the remaining contents of the hive. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Yellow-rumped honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus Blyth, 1842 Near threatened

Woodpeckers

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Eurasian wryneck

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

Common flameback
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758
Speckled piculet Picumnus innominatus Burton, E, 1836
White-browed piculet Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837
Heart-spotted woodpecker Hemicircus canente (Lesson, RP, 1832)
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832)
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus (Blyth, 1845)
Brown-fronted woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors, 1831)
Yellow-crowned woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis (Latham, 1801)
Crimson-naped woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843)
Necklaced woodpecker Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J, 1867)
Rufous-bellied woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831)
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot, 1818)
Freckle-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos analis (Bonaparte, 1850)
Stripe-breasted woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus (Blyth, 1849)
Darjeeling woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth, 1845)
Himalayan woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby, 1831)
Sind woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis (Blyth, 1849)
Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)
White-bellied woodpecker Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821)
Andaman woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) (E); near threatened
Greater yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834)
Lesser yellownape Picus chlorolophus Vieillot, 1818
Streak-throated woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Scaly-bellied woodpecker Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831
Grey-headed woodpecker Picus canus Gmelin, JF, 1788
Himalayan flameback Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831)
Common flameback Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797)
Black-rumped flameback Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758)
Greater flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833)
Malabar flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis Koelz, 1939
White-naped woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783)
Pale-headed woodpecker Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield, 1840)
Bay woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837)
Rufous woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818)
Great slaty woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) Vulnerable

Common woodpecker

Caracaras and falcons

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Pied falconet
Peregrine falcon

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. There are thirteen species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Collared falconet Microhierax caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pied falconet Microhierax melanoleucos (Blyth, 1843)
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni Fleischer, JG, 1818
Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Red-necked falcon Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800 Near threatened
Red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 (V)
Amur falcon Falco amurensis Radde, 1863
Merlin Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758
Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758
Oriental hobby Falco severus Horsfield, 1821
Laggar falcon Falco jugger Gray, JE, 1834 Near threatened
Saker falcon Falco cherrug Gray, JE, 1834 Endangered
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771

Old World parrots

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Rose-ringed parakeet

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.

Common name Binomial Comments
Grey-headed parakeet Psittacula finschii (Hume, 1874) Near threatened
Slaty-headed parakeet Psittacula himalayana (Lesson, RP, 1831)
Blossom-headed parakeet Psittacula roseata Biswas, 1951 Near threatened
Plum-headed parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1766)
Red-breasted parakeet Psittacula alexandri (Linnaeus, 1758) Near threatened
Lord Derby's parakeet Psittacula derbiana (Fraser, 1852) [33] near threatened
Long-tailed parakeet Psittacula longicauda (Boddaert, 1783) Near threatened
Blue-winged parakeet Psittacula columboides (Vigors, 1830) (E)
Alexandrine parakeet Psittacula eupatria (Linnaeus, 1766) Near threatened
Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769)
Nicobar parakeet Psittacula caniceps (Blyth, 1846) (E); near threatened
Vernal hanging parrot Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787)

Typical broadbills

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Eurylaimidae

The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Long-tailed broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson, 1835)
Grey-lored broadbill Serilophus rubropygius (Hodgson, 1839)

Pittas

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Hooded pitta

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pittidae

Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards and are stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrates.

Common name Binomial Comments
Blue-naped pitta Hydrornis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)
Blue pitta Hydrornis cyanea
Indian pitta Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus, 1766)
Blue-winged pitta Pitta moluccensis (Müller, PLS, 1776) [34]
Mangrove pitta Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863 [35][36] Near threatened
Hooded pitta Pitta sordida (Müller, PLS, 1776)

Vangas, helmetshrikes, woodshrikes, and shrike-flycatchers

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Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vangidae

The woodshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes.

Common name Binomial Comments
Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus (Sykes, 1832)
Large woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus (Temminck, 1824)
Malabar woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola Jerdon, 1839 (E)
Common woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Woodswallows, butcherbirds, and peltops

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White-breasted woodswallow

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Artamidae

The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Ashy woodswallow Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817
White-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Ioras

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White-tailed iora female

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Aegithinidae

The ioras are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Common iora Aegithina tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Marshall's iora Aegithina nigrolutea (Marshall, GFL, 1876)
Male common iora

Cuckooshrikes

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Scarlet minivet

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Campephagidae

The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. There are 15 species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-bellied minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius (Jerdon, 1840)
Small minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Grey-chinned minivet Pericrocotus solaris Blyth, 1846
Short-billed minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vigors, 1831)
Long-tailed minivet Pericrocotus ethologus Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914
Orange minivet Pericrocotus flammeus (Forster, JR, 1781)
Scarlet minivet Pericrocotus speciosus (Latham, 1790)
Ashy minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus (Raffles, 1822)
Swinhoe's minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis Swinhoe, 1861 (V)
Rosy minivet Pericrocotus roseus (Vieillot, 1818)
Large cuckooshrike Coracina macei (Lesson, RP, 1831)
Bar-bellied cuckooshrike Coracina striata (Boddaert, 1783) (V)
Andaman cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni (Ball, 1872) (E); near threatened
Pied triller Lalage nigra (Pennant, 1781)
Black-winged cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos (Hodgson, 1836)
Black-headed cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera (Rüppell, 1839)

Whistlers and allies

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Mangrove whistler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pachycephalidae

The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and some of the pitohuis. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Mangrove whistler Pachycephala cinerea (Blyth, 1847)

Shrikes

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Brown shrike

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey.

Long-tailed shrike
Common name Binomial Comments
Brown shrike Lanius cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758
Isabelline shrike Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Red-tailed shrike Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875)
Burmese shrike Lanius collurioides Lesson, RP, 1831
Bay-backed shrike Lanius vittatus Valenciennes, 1826
Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758
Grey-backed shrike Lanius tephronotus (Vigors, 1831)
Lesser grey shrike Lanius minor Gmelin, JF, 1788 (V)[11]
Great grey shrike Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758
Woodchat shrike Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 [37]
Masked shrike Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 (V)

Vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers

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Himalayan shrike-babbler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

Most of the members of this family are found in the New World. However, the shrike-babblers and erpornis, which only slightly resemble the "true" vireos and greenlets, are found in South East Asia.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-bellied erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca Blyth, 1844
Black-headed shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth, 1842
Himalayan shrike-babbler Pteruthius ripleyi
Blyth's shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855
Green shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847
Black-eared shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis Hodgson, 1847
Clicking shrike-babbler Pteruthius intermedius (Hume, 1877)

Figbirds, orioles, and turnagra

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Indian golden oriole

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oriolidae

The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles. There are six species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Maroon oriole Oriolus traillii (Vigors, 1832)
Black-hooded oriole Oriolus xanthornus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian golden oriole Oriolus kundoo Sykes, 1832 [38]
Eurasian golden oriole Oriolus oriolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis Linnaeus, 1766
Slender-billed oriole Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth, 1846

Drongos

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Black drongo

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dicruridae

The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. There are ten species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus Vieillot, 1817
Lesser racket-tailed drongo Dicrurus remifer (Temminck, 1823)
Crow-billed drongo Dicrurus annectens (Hodgson, 1836)
Greater racket-tailed drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Andaman drongo Dicrurus andamanensis Beavan, 1867 Near threatened
Hair-crested drongo Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot, 1817
White-bellied drongo Dicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817

Fantails and silktails

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White-throated fantail

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhipiduridae

The fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders. There are three species which occur in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis (Vieillot, 1818)
White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis (Lesson, RP, 1831)
White-browed fantail Rhipidura aureola Lesson, RP, 1831

Monarchs

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Black-naped monarch

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching. There are four species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert, 1783)
Indian paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blyth's paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (Blyth, 1846)
Amur paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone incei (Gould, 1852) (V)

Crows and jays

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Common green magpie
House crow

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

Rufous treepie bird from India
Rufous treepie
Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-headed jay Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1830
Yellow-billed blue magpie Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth, 1846)
Red-billed blue magpie Urocissa erythroryncha (Boddaert, 1783)
Common green magpie Cissa chinensis (Boddaert, 1783)
Rufous treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)
Grey treepie Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863
White-bellied treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833 (E)
Collared treepie Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield, 1840
Andaman treepie Dendrocitta bayleii Tytler, 1863 (E); near threatened
Eurasian magpie Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-rumped magpie Pica bottanensis Delessert, 1840 (V)
Eurasian nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kashmir nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata Gould, 1849
Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alpine chough Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Western jackdaw Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
House crow Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817
Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758
Carrion crow Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758
Hooded crow Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758
Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827
Eastern jungle crow Corvus levaillantii Lesson, RP, 1831
Indian jungle crow Corvus culminatus Sykes, 1832
Pied crow Corvus albus Müller, PLS, 1776 (V)
Northern raven Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758

Waxwings

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Bohemian waxwing

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypocolius

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Hypocolius

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hypocoliidae

The grey hypocolius is a small Middle Eastern bird with the shape and soft plumage of a waxwing. They are mainly a uniform grey colour except the males have a black triangular mask around their eyes.

Common name Binomial Comments
Grey hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus Bonaparte, 1850

Fairy flycatchers

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Grey-headed canary-flycatcher

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Stenostiridae

Most of the species of this small family are found in Africa, though a few inhabit tropical Asia. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers".

Common name Binomial Comments
Yellow-bellied fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus (Blyth, 1843)
Grey-headed canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis (Swainson, 1820)

Tits and chickadees

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Cinereous tit
Coal tit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

Common name Binomial Comments
Fire-capped tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps (Burton, E, 1836)
Yellow-browed tit Sylviparus modestus Burton, E, 1836
Sultan tit Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgson, 1837)
Rufous-naped tit Periparus rufonuchalis (Blyth, 1849)
Rufous-vented tit Periparus rubidiventris (Blyth, 1847)
Coal tit Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grey-crested tit Lophophanes dichrous (Blyth, 1845)
Azure tit Cyanistes cyanus (Pallas, 1770)
Ground tit Pseudopodoces humilis (Hume, 1871)
Cinereous tit Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 [39]
Green-backed tit Parus monticolus Vigors, 1831
White-naped tit Machlolophus nuchalis (Jerdon, 1845) (E); vulnerable
Himalayan black-lored tit Machlolophus xanthogenys (Vigors, 1831)
Indian black-lored tit Machlolophus aplonotus (Blyth, 1847) (E)[40]
Yellow-cheeked tit Machlolophus spilonotus (Bonaparte, 1850)

Penduline tits

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Remizidae

The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores. There is one species which has been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-crowned penduline tit Remiz coronatus (Severtsov, 1873)

Larks

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Malabar lark

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alaudidae

Rufous-tailed lark

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

Bengal bushlark
Common name Binomial Comments
Greater hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines, 1789)
Desert lark Ammomanes deserti (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Rufous-tailed lark Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin, 1831)
Black-crowned sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould, 1839)
Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark Eremopterix griseus (Scopoli, 1786)
Singing bush lark Mirafra cantillans
Bengal bush lark Mirafra assamica Horsfield, 1840
Indian bush lark Mirafra erythroptera Blyth, 1845
Jerdon's bush lark Mirafra affinis Blyth, 1845
Oriental skylark Alauda gulgula Franklin, 1831
Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Sykes's lark Galerida deva (Sykes, 1832) (E)
Crested lark Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malabar lark Galerida malabarica (Scopoli, 1786) (E)
Horned lark Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hume's short-toed lark Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1873
Mongolian short-toed lark Calandrella dukhunensis (Sykes, 1832)
Greater short-toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814)
Bimaculated lark Melanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés, 1832)
Tibetan lark Melanocorypha maxima Blyth, 1867
Turkestan short-toed lark Alaudala heinei (Homeyer, 1873)
Sand lark Alaudala raytal (Blyth, 1845)

Bulbuls

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Yellow-throated bulbul
White-eared bulbul

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pycnonotidae

Red-vented bulbul

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-throated bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus (Gould, 1836)
Striated bulbul Alcurus striatus (Blyth, 1842)
Cachar bulbul Iole cacharensis (Deignan, 1948) (E)
Grey-eyed bulbul Iole propinqua (Oustalet, 1903) (V)
Ashy bulbul Hemixos flavala Blyth, 1845
Yellow-browed bulbul Acritillas indica (Jerdon, 1839)
Mountain bulbul Ixos mcclellandii (Horsfield, 1840)
Nicobar bulbul Ixos nicobariensis (Moore, F, 1854) near threatened
Black bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Square-tailed bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa Sykes, 1832
Grey-headed bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus (Jerdon, 1839) (E); near threatened
Black-headed bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Andaman bulbul Brachypodius fuscoflavescens Hume, 1873 (E); near threatened
Black-crested bulbul Rubigula flaviventris (Tickell, 1833)
Flame-throated bulbul Rubigula gularis (Gould, 1836) (E)
Crested finchbill Spizixos canifrons Blyth, 1845
White-browed bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus (Lesson, RP, 1841)
Flavescent bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens Blyth, 1845
Yellow-throated bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon, 1845) (E); vulnerable
Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766)
White-eared bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis (Gould, 1836)
Himalayan bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray, JE, 1835)
Red whiskered bulbul

Swallows and martins

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Streak-throated swallow

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

Barn swallow
Common name Binomial Comments
Grey-throated martin Riparia chinensis (Gray, JE, 1830)
Sand martin Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pale martin Riparia diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893)
Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica Gmelin, JF, 1789
Hill swallow Hirundo domicola Jerdon, 1841
Wire-tailed swallow Hirundo smithii Leach, 1818
Eurasian crag martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris (Scopoli, 1769)
Dusky crag martin Ptyonoprogne concolor (Sykes, 1832)
Common house martin Delichon urbicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asian house martin Delichon dasypus (Bonaparte, 1850)
Nepal house martin Delichon nipalense Moore, F, 1854
Red-rumped swallow Cecropis daurica (Laxmann, 1769)
Striated swallow Cecropis striolata (Schlegel, 1844)
Streak-throated swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola (Blyth, 1855)

Cupwings

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Scaly-breasted cupwing

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pnoepygidae

The members of this small family are found in mountainous parts of South and South East Asia.

Common name Binomial Comments
Scaly-breasted cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson, 1837)
Nepal cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata Martens, J & Eck, 1991
Pygmy cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgson, 1845

Cettia bush warblers and allies

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Chestnut-headed tesia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cettiidae

Cettiidae is a family of small insectivorous songbirds. It contains the typical bush warblers (Cettia) and their relatives. Its members occur mainly in Asia and Africa, ranging into Oceania and Europe.

Common name Binomial Comments
Yellow-bellied warbler Abroscopus superciliaris (Blyth, 1859)
Rufous-faced warbler Abroscopus albogularis (Moore, F, 1854)
Black-faced warbler Abroscopus schisticeps (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Mountain tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus (Temminck, 1836)
Broad-billed warbler Tickellia hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)
Manchurian bush warbler Horornis canturians (Swinhoe, 1860)
Brown-flanked bush warbler Horornis fortipes Hodgson, 1845
Hume's bush warbler Horornis brunnescens (Hume, 1872)
Aberrant bush warbler Horornis flavolivaceus (Blyth, 1845)
Grey-bellied tesia Tesia cyaniventer Hodgson, 1837
Slaty-bellied tesia Tesia olivea (McClelland, 1840)
Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti (Temminck, 1820)
Chestnut-crowned bush warbler Cettia major (Moore, F, 1854)
Grey-sided bush warbler Cettia brunnifrons (Hodgson, 1845)
Chestnut-headed tesia Cettia castaneocoronata (Burton, E, 1836)
Asian stubtail Urosphena squameiceps (Swinhoe, 1863) (V)[41]
Pale-footed bush warbler Hemitesia pallidipes (Blanford, 1872)

Bushtits

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Black-throated tit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet which includes insects.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-cheeked bushtit Aegithalos leucogenys (Moore, F, 1854)
Black-throated bushtit Aegithalos concinnus (Gould, 1855)
White-throated bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis (Gould, 1855)
Rufous-fronted bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos (Blyth, 1845)
Black-browed bushtit Aegithalos bonvaloti (Oustalet, 1892) [42]
White-browed tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae Severtsov, 1873
Crested tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans Przevalski, 1887 (V)[43]

Leaf warblers and allies

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Tickell's leaf warbler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Phylloscopidae

Greenish warbler
Pale-rumped warbler

Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with grayish-green to grayish-brown colors.

Common name Binomial Comments
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein, 1793) (V)
Buff-barred warbler Phylloscopus pulcher Blyth, 1845
Ashy-throated warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis (Blyth, 1867)
Hume's leaf warbler Phylloscopus humei (Brooks, WE, 1878)
Yellow-browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth, 1842)
Brooks's leaf warbler Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks, WE, 1872)
Chinese leaf warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche, 1922 (V)
Lemon-rumped warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Sichuan leaf warbler Phylloscopus forresti Rothschild, 1921 (V)
Pallas's leaf warbler Phylloscopus proregulus (Pallas, 1811) (V)
Tytler's leaf warbler Phylloscopus tytleri Brooks, WE, 1871 Near threatened
Sulphur-bellied warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Blyth, 1847
Tickell's leaf warbler Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell, 1833)
Smoky warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer (Hodgson, 1845)
Dusky warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth, 1842)
Plain leaf warbler Phylloscopus neglectus Hume, 1870
Buff-throated warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 (V)
Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Mountain chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus Brooks, WE, 1880
Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817)
White-spectacled warbler Phylloscopus intermedius (La Touche, 1898)
Grey-cheeked warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys (Blyth, 1847)
Green-crowned warbler Phylloscopus burkii (Burton, E, 1836)
Grey-crowned warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus (Anderson, 1871)
Whistler's warbler Phylloscopus whistleri (Ticehurst, 1925)
Bianchi's warbler Phylloscopus valentini (Hartert, EJO, 1907) (V)
Green warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Blyth, 1843
Two-barred warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Swinhoe, 1861 (V)
Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides (Sundevall, 1837)
Large-billed leaf warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris Blyth, 1843
Pale-legged leaf warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Swinhoe, 1860 (V)
Sakhalin leaf warbler Phylloscopus borealoides Portenko, 1950 (V)
Arctic warbler Phylloscopus borealis (Blasius, JH, 1858) (V)
Chestnut-crowned warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps (Hodgson, 1845)
Yellow-vented warbler Phylloscopus cantator (Tickell, 1833)
Western crowned warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis (Blyth, 1845)
Blyth's leaf warbler Phylloscopus reguloides (Blyth, 1842)
Claudia's leaf warbler Phylloscopus claudiae (La Touche, 1922)
Grey-hooded warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)

Reed warblers, Grauer's warbler, and allies

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Thick-billed warbler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Acrocephalidae

Blyth's reed warbler

The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

Common name Binomial Comments
Great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) [11]
Oriental reed warbler Acrocephalus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
Clamorous reed warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
Black-browed reed warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Swinhoe, 1860 [11]
Moustached warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon (Temminck, 1823)
Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758) [11]
Blunt-winged warbler Acrocephalus concinens (Swinhoe, 1870)
Large-billed reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus Oberholser, 1905
Paddyfield warbler Acrocephalus agricola (Jerdon, 1845)
Blyth's reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, 1849
Thick-billed warbler Arundinax aedon (Pallas, 1776)
Booted warbler Iduna caligata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Sykes's warbler Iduna rama (Sykes, 1832)

Grassbirds and allies

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Broad-tailed grassbird

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

Striated grassbird

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

Common name Binomial Comments
Pallas's grasshopper warbler Helopsaltes certhiola (Pallas, 1811)
Lanceolated warbler Locustella lanceolata (Temminck, 1840)
Long-billed bush warbler Locustella major (Brooks, WE, 1871) Near threatened
Brown bush warbler Locustella luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845)
Common grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia (Boddaert, 1783)
Chinese bush warbler Locustella tacsanowskia Swinhoe, 1871 (V)
Baikal bush warbler Locustella davidi (La Touche, 1923) (V) [44]
West Himalayan bush warbler Locustella kashmirensis (Sushkin, 1925)
Spotted bush warbler Locustella thoracica (Blyth, 1845)
Russet bush warbler Locustella mandelli (Brooks, WE, 1875)
Striated grassbird Megalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821
Broad-tailed grassbird Schoenicola platyurus (Jerdon, 1841) (E); vulnerable
Bristled grassbird Schoenicola striatus (Jerdon, 1841) Vulnerable

Cisticolas and allies

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Zitting cisticola

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.

Ashy prinia
Common name Binomial Comments
Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810)
Golden-headed cisticola Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Himalayan prinia Prinia crinigera Hodgson, 1836 Circumscription changed in 2020[45]
Rufous-crowned prinia Prinia khasiana (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
Hill prinia Prinia superciliaris (Anderson, 1871)
Grey-crowned prinia Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, F, 1854
Rufous-fronted prinia Prinia buchanani Blyth, 1844
Rufescent prinia Prinia rufescens Blyth, 1847
Grey-breasted prinia Prinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844
Delicate prinia Prinia lepida Blyth, 1844
Jungle prinia Prinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840
Yellow-bellied prinia Prinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840)
Ashy prinia Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832
Plain prinia Prinia inornata Sykes, 1832
Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769)
Dark-necked tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck, 1836

Sylviid babblers

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Lesser whitethroat

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae

The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Many species are difficult to identify by appearance, but many have distinctive songs.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
Garden warbler Sylvia borin (Boddaert, 1783) [11]
Barred warbler Curruca nisoria (Bechstein, 1792) [11]
Desert whitethroat Curruca minula
Lesser whitethroat Curruca curruca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hume's whitethroat Curruca althaea
Eastern Orphean warbler Curruca crassirostris (Cretzschmar, 1830)
Asian desert warbler Curruca nana Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Common whitethroat Curruca communis (Latham, 1787)

Parrotbills and allies

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Yellow-eyed babbler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paradoxornithidae

The parrotbills are a group of peculiar birds which are diverse along the Himalayas east into Southeast Asia, though feral populations exist elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitat. They feed mainly on seeds, e.g. of grasses, to which their bill, as the name implies, is well-adapted.

Common name Binomial Comments
Fire-tailed myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura Blyth, 1843
Golden-breasted fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth, 1845)
Yellow-eyed babbler Chrysomma sinense (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Jerdon's babbler Chrysomma altirostre Jerdon, 1862 Vulnerable
White-browed fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus (Hodgson, 1837)
Brown-throated fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi Kinnear, 1935
Manipur fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
Black-breasted parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris Gould, 1836 Vulnerable
Spot-breasted parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis David, A, 1871
Great parrotbill Conostoma aemodium
Brown parrotbill Cholornis unicolor
Grey-headed parrotbill Psittiparus gularis
White-breasted parrotbill Psittiparus ruficeps
Rufous-headed parrotbill Psittiparus bakeri
Fulvous parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons (Hodgson, 1845)
Black-throated parrotbill Suthora nipalensis Hodgson, 1837
Pale-billed parrotbill Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris

White-eyes

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Indian white-eye

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae

The white-eyes are small and mostly undistinguished, their plumage above being generally some dull colour like greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.

Common name Binomial Comments
Striated yuhina Staphida castaniceps (Moore, F, 1854)
Black-chinned yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta Blyth, 1845
Whiskered yuhina Yuhina flavicollis Hodgson, 1836
White-naped yuhina Yuhina bakeri Rothschild, 1926
Stripe-throated yuhina Yuhina gularis Hodgson, 1836
Rufous-vented yuhina Yuhina occipitalis Hodgson, 1836
Chestnut-flanked white-eye Zosterops erythropleurus Swinhoe, 1863 (V)
Indian white-eye Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck, 1824)

Babblers and scimitar babblers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Timaliidae

Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler

The babblers, or timaliids, are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.

Golden babbler
Indian scimitar babbler
Common name Binomial Comments
Chestnut-capped babbler Timalia pileata Horsfield, 1821
Tawny-bellied babbler Dumetia hyperythra (Franklin, 1831)
Dark-fronted babbler Dumetia atriceps (Jerdon, 1839)
Pin-striped tit-babbler Mixornis gularis (Horsfield, 1822)
Golden babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum (Blyth, 1844)
Black-chinned babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops (Blyth, 1844)
Rufous-capped babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps (Blyth, 1847)
Buff-chested babbler Cyanoderma ambiguum (Harington, 1915)
Rufous-throated wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus (Blyth, 1845)
Mishmi wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis Ripley, 1948 (E)
Bar-winged wren-babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides (Verreaux, J, 1871)
Naga wren-babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus (Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875) (E)
Chin Hills wren-babbler Spelaeornis oatesi (Rippon, 1904)
Tawny-breasted wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus (Moore, F, 1854) (E)
Grey-bellied wren-babbler Spelaeornis reptatus (Bingham, 1903)
Coral-billed scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus Blyth, 1845
Red-billed scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden, 1873
Slender-billed scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris (Blyth, 1842)
Streak-breasted scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis Hodgson, 1836
White-browed scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps Hodgson, 1836
Indian scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Sykes, 1832
Large scimitar babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos (Blyth, 1844)
Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys (Vigors, 1831)
Spot-breasted scimitar babbler Erythrogenys mcclellandi (Godwin-Austen, 1870)
Grey-throated babbler Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844
Sikkim wedge-billed babbler Stachyris humei (Mandelli, 1873)
Cachar wedge-billed babbler Stachyris roberti (Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875)
Snowy-throated babbler Stachyris oglei (Godwin-Austen, 1877)

Ground babblers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pellorneidae

These small to medium-sized songbirds have soft fluffy plumage but are otherwise rather diverse. Members of the genus Illadopsis are found in forests, but some other genera are birds of scrublands.

Common name Binomial Comments
Indian grassbird Graminicola bengalensis Jerdon, 1863
White-hooded babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus Blyth, 1844
Yellow-throated fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus (Blyth, 1847)
Rufous-winged fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps (Hodgson, 1837)
Rufous-throated fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis (Mandelli, 1873)
Rusty-capped fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius (Hume, 1874)
Puff-throated babbler Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson, 1832
Marsh babbler Pellorneum palustre Gould, 1872
Spot-throated babbler Pellorneum albiventre (Godwin-Austen, 1877)
Buff-breasted babbler Pellorneum tickelli Blyth, 1859
Rufous-vented grass babbler Laticilla burnesii (Blyth, 1844)
Swamp grass babbler Laticilla cinerascens (Walden, 1874)
Abbott's babbler Malacocincla abbotti Blyth, 1845
Streaked wren-babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata (Blyth, 1855)
Eyebrowed wren-babbler Napothera epilepidota (Temminck, 1828)
Long-billed wren-babbler Napothera malacoptila (Blyth, 1847)

Alcippe fulvettas

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Brown-cheeked fulvetta or Quaker babbler

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alcippeidae

The genus once included many other fulvettas and was previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.

Common name Binomial Comments
Brown-cheeked fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841)
Nepal fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)

Laughingthrushes and allies

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Nilgiri laughingthrush

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Leiothrichidae

Bar-throated minla
Rufous sibia
Red-billed leiothrix
Jungle babbler
Streaked laughingthrush

The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. The family is found in Africa, India, and southeast Asia.

Common name Binomial Comments
Striated laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata (Vigors, 1831)
Himalayan cutia Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837
Scaly laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor Blyth, 1843
Brown-capped laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni Godwin-Austen, 1870
Blue-winged laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum (Gould, 1835)
Streaked laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum (Vigors, 1831)
Bhutan laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum (Blyth, 1843)
Striped laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum Godwin-Austen, 1874
Variegated laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum (Vigors, 1831)
Black-faced laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine (Blyth, 1843)
Elliot's laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii Verreaux, J, 1871 [46]
Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832)
Assam laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum (Gould, 1835)
Banasura laughingthrush Montecincla jerdoni (Blyth, 1851) (E)
Nilgiri laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans (Jerdon, 1839) (E)
Palani laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki (Blanford, 1869) (E)
Ashambu laughingthrush Montecincla meridionalis (Blanford, 1880) (E)
Long-tailed sibia Heterophasia picaoides (Hodgson, 1839)
Rufous sibia Heterophasia capistrata (Vigors, 1831)
Beautiful sibia Heterophasia pulchella (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
Grey sibia Heterophasia gracilis (Horsfield, 1840)
Hoary-throated barwing Actinodura nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
Streak-throated barwing Actinodura waldeni Godwin-Austen, 1874
Blue-winged minla Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837)
Bar-throated minla Actinodura strigula (Hodgson, 1837)
Rusty-fronted barwing Actinodura egertoni Gould, 1836
Red-billed leiothrix Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli, 1786)
Silver-eared mesia Leiothrix argentauris (Hodgson, 1837)
Red-tailed minla Minla ignotincta Hodgson, 1837
Rufous-backed sibia Leioptila annectens Blyth, 1847
Bugun liocichla Liocichla bugunorum Athreya, 2006 (E)[47]
Red-faced liocichla Liocichla phoenicea (Gould, 1837)
Large grey babbler Argya malcolmi (Sykes, 1832)
Slender-billed babbler Argya longirostris (Moore, F, 1854)
Rufous babbler Argya subrufa (Jerdon, 1839) (E)
Jungle babbler Argya striata (Dumont, 1823)
Yellow-billed babbler Argya affinis (Jerdon, 1845)
Common babbler Argya caudata (Dumont, 1823)
Striated babbler Argya earlei (Blyth, 1844)
Spot-breasted laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851
Lesser necklaced laughingthrush Garrulax monileger (Hodgson, 1836)
White-crested laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus (Hardwicke, 1816)
Rufous-chinned laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis Gould, 1835
Moustached laughingthrush Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
Spotted laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata (Vigors, 1831)
Wynaad laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti (Jerdon, 1839) (E)
Rufous-vented laughingthrush Pterorhinus gularis (McClelland, 1840)
Yellow-throated laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
Rufous-necked laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis (Jardine & Selby, 1838)
Chestnut-backed laughingthrush Pterorhinus nuchalis (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
White-browed laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio (Swinhoe, 1867)
Greater necklaced laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis (Gould, 1836)
Mount Victoria babax Pterorhinus woodi (Finn, 1902)
White-throated laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis (Gould, 1836)
Grey-sided laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836)

Fairy-bluebirds

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Irenidae

The fairy-bluebirds are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Asian fairy-bluebird Irena puella (Latham, 1790)

Goldcrests and kinglets

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Regulidae

The kinglets, also called crests, are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Goldcrest Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Elachura

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Elachuridae

This species, the only one in its family, inhabits forest undergrowth throughout South East Asia.

Common name Binomial Comments
Spotted elachura Elachura formosa (Walden, 1874)

Wrens

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There is one species which occurs in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nuthatches

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-cheeked nuthatch Sitta leucopsis Gould, 1850
Beautiful nuthatch Sitta formosa Blyth, 1843
Velvet-fronted nuthatch Sitta frontalis Swainson, 1820
Yunnan nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 (V)[48]
White-tailed nuthatch Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, 1835
Chestnut-vented nuthatch Sitta nagaensis Godwin-Austen, 1874
Kashmir nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis Brooks, WE, 1871
Indian nuthatch Sitta castanea Lesson, RP, 1830
Chestnut-bellied nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris Blyth, 1842

Wallcreeper

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tichodromidae

The wallcreeper is a small bird related to the nuthatch family, which has stunning crimson, grey and black plumage.

Common name Binomial Comments
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria (Linnaeus, 1766)

Treecreepers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

Common name Binomial Comments
Hodgson's treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni Brooks, WE, 1871
Bar-tailed treecreeper Certhia himalayana Vigors, 1832
Rusty-flanked treecreeper Certhia nipalensis Blyth, 1845
Sikkim treecreeper Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845
Hume's treecreeper Certhia manipurensis Hume, 1881 [49][50]
Indian spotted creeper Salpornis spilonota (Franklin, 1831)

Starlings and rhabdornis

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

Common starling
Common name Binomial Comments
Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis (Scopoli, 1786)
Spot-winged starling Saroglossa spilopterus (Vigors, 1831)
Golden-crested myna Ampeliceps coronatus Blyth, 1842
Common hill myna Gracula religiosa Linnaeus, 1758
Southern hill myna Gracula indica (Cuvier, 1829)
Great myna Acridotheres grandis Moore, F, 1858
Jungle myna Acridotheres fuscus (Wagler, 1827)
Collared myna Acridotheres albocinctus Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875
Bank myna Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham, 1790)
Common myna Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Red-billed starling Spodiopsar sericeus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (V)
White-cheeked starling Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) (V)
Indian pied myna Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Daurian starling Agropsar sturninus (Pallas, 1776)
Chestnut-cheeked starling Agropsar philippensis (Pennant, 1781) (V)[51]
White-shouldered starling Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) (V)
Chestnut-tailed starling Sturnia malabarica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) [52]
White-headed starling Sturnia erythropygia Blyth, 1846 (E) [52]
Malabar starling Sturnia blythii (Jerdon, 1845) (E) [52]
Brahminy starling Sturnia pagodarum (Gmelin, JF, 1789) [52]
Rosy starling Pastor roseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common starling Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

Thrushes

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White-collared blackbird
Chestnut thrush
Black-throated thrush

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

Common name Binomial Comments
Pied thrush Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1843)
Orange-headed thrush Geokichla citrina (Latham, 1790)
Siberian thrush Geokichla sibirica (Pallas, 1776)
Alpine thrush Zoothera mollissima (Blyth, 1842)
Himalayan thrush Zoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 2016 [53]
Long-tailed thrush Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881)
Scaly thrush Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790)
Nilgiri thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth, 1847) (E)
Long-billed thrush Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832
Dark-sided thrush Zoothera marginata Blyth, 1847
Grandala Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843
Tickell's thrush Turdus unicolor Tickell, 1833
Black-breasted thrush Turdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847
Japanese thrush Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831 (V)
White-collared blackbird Turdus albocinctus Royle, 1840
Grey-winged blackbird Turdus boulboul (Latham, 1790)
Tibetan blackbird Turdus maximus (Seebohm, 1881)
Indian blackbird Turdus simillimus Jerdon, 1839
Chestnut thrush Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847
White-backed thrush Turdus kessleri (Przevalski, 1876) (V)
Grey-sided thrush Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887)
Eyebrowed thrush Turdus obscurus Gmelin, JF, 1789
Black-throated thrush Turdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819
Red-throated thrush Turdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776
Naumann's thrush Turdus naumanni Temminck, 1820 (V)
Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus Temminck, 1831
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
Song thrush Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 1831 (V)[11]
Chinese thrush Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920 (V)[54]
Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758
Purple cochoa Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, 1836
Green cochoa Cochoa viridis Hodgson, 1836

Chats and Old World flycatchers

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Indian robin
Oriental magpie robin, male on the left and female
Pale blue flycatcher
Verditer flycatcher
Himalayan rubythroat
Golden bush robin
Malabar whistling thrush
Red-flanked bluetail
Plumbeous water redstart
Blue rock thrush
Pied bush chat
Red-tailed wheatear

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.

Common name Binomial Comments
Rufous-tailed scrub robin Cercotrichas galactotes (Temminck, 1820)
Indian robin Copsychus fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786)
Andaman shama Copsychus albiventris (Blyth, 1858) (E)
White-crowned shama Copsychus stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855
Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)
Dark-sided flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, JF, 1789
Asian brown flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Pallas, 1811
Brown-breasted flycatcher Muscicapa muttui (Layard, EL, 1854)
Ferruginous flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845)
White-gorgeted flycatcher Anthipes monileger (Hodgson, 1845)
Pale blue flycatcher Cyornis unicolor Blyth, 1843
White-bellied blue flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes (Jerdon, 1840) (E)
Pale-chinned blue flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys Brooks, WE, 1880
Hill blue flycatcher Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908 Split from C. banyumas[55]
Large blue flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris Blyth, 1849
Tickell's blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843
Blue-throated blue flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors, 1831)
White-tailed flycatcher Cyornis concretus
Nicobar jungle flycatcher Cyornis nicobaricus (Richmond, 1902) (E)
Rufous-bellied niltava Niltava sundara Hodgson, 1837
Vivid niltava Niltava vivida (Swinhoe, 1864)
Large niltava Niltava grandis (Blyth, 1842)
Small niltava Niltava macgrigoriae (Burton, E, 1836)
Blue-and-white flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829) (V)[56]
Zappey's flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis Thayer & Bangs, 1909 (V)
Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus (Swainson, 1838)
Nilgiri flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus (Jerdon, 1840) (E)
Gould's shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus (Gould, 1868)
Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Blyth, 1861
Lesser shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828)
Himalayan shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis (Blyth, 1843)
Indian blue robin Larvivora brunnea Hodgson, 1837
Siberian blue robin Larvivora cyane (Pallas, 1776) (V)
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus, 1758)
White-bellied redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Himalayan rubythroat Calliope pectoralis Gould, 1837
Chinese rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi Przevalski, 1876
Siberian rubythroat Calliope calliope (Pallas, 1776)
Firethroat Calliope pectardens David, A, 1877 (V)
White-tailed robin Myiomela leucura (Hodgson, 1845)
Nilgiri blue robin Sholicola major (Jerdon, 1841) (E)
White-bellied blue robin Sholicola albiventris (Blanford, 1868) (E)
White-browed bush robin Tarsiger indicus (Vieillot, 1817)
Rufous-breasted bush robin Tarsiger hyperythrus (Blyth, 1847)
Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)
Himalayan bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)
Golden bush robin Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845
Little forktail Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832
Black-backed forktail Enicurus immaculatus (Hodgson, 1836)
Slaty-backed forktail Enicurus schistaceus (Hodgson, 1836)
White-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaulti (Vieillot, 1818)
Spotted forktail Enicurus maculatus Vigors, 1831
Malabar whistling thrush Myophonus horsfieldii Vigors, 1831 (E)
Blue whistling thrush Myophonus caeruleus (Scopoli, 1786)
Blue-fronted robin Cinclidium frontale Blyth, 1842
Yellow-rumped flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay, 1845) (V)
Slaty-backed flycatcher Ficedula erithacus (Blyth, 1861)
Mugimaki flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck, 1836) (V) [57]
Pygmy flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher Ficedula strophiata (Hodgson, 1837)
Sapphire flycatcher Ficedula sapphira (Blyth, 1843)
Ultramarine flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris (Jerdon, 1840)
Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni (Sharpe, 1888)
Slaty-blue flycatcher Ficedula tricolor (Hodgson, 1845)
Snowy-browed flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)
Rusty-tailed flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda (Swainson, 1838)
Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811)
Red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)
Kashmir flycatcher Ficedula subrubra (Hartert, EJO & Steinbacher, 1934)
Black-and-orange flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa (Jerdon, 1839) (E)
Eversmann's redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus (Eversmann, 1841)
Blue-capped redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala (Vigors, 1831)
Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros (Gmelin, SG, 1774)
Common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[11]
Hodgson's redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)
White-throated redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)
Güldenstädt's redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Blue-fronted redstart Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1831
Plumbeous water redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus Vigors, 1831
White-capped redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus Vigors, 1831 [58]
Common rock thrush Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chestnut-bellied rock thrush Monticola rufiventris (Jardine & Selby, 1833)
Blue-capped rock thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha (Vigors, 1831)
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)
White-browed bush chat Saxicola macrorhynchus (Stoliczka, 1872)
White-throated bush chat Saxicola insignis Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847
Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus (Pallas, 1773)
Amur stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri (Parrot, 1908)
White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus (Blyth, 1847)
Pied bush chat Saxicola caprata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Jerdon's bush chat Saxicola jerdoni (Blyth, 1867)
Grey bush chat Saxicola ferreus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847
Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)[59]
Isabelline wheatear Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)
Desert wheatear Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)
Pied wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka (Lepechin, 1770)
Brown rock chat Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)
Variable wheatear Oenanthe picata (Blyth, 1847)
Hume's wheatear Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
Finsch's wheatear Oenanthe finschii (Heuglin, 1869) (V)
Red-tailed wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia (de Filippi, 1863)
Common tailorbird

Dippers

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are two species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii Temminck, 1820

Leafbirds

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Orange-bellied leafbird

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Chloropseidae

The leafbirds are small, bulbul-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows.

Common name Binomial Comments
Blue-winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Jerdon's leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni (Blyth, 1844)
Golden-fronted leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons (Temminck, 1829)
Orange-bellied leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830

Flowerpeckers

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Thick-billed flowerpecker

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dicaeidae

Pale-billed flowerpecker

The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues.

Common name Binomial Comments
Thick-billed flowerpecker Dicaeum agile (Tickell, 1833)
Yellow-vented flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum Temminck, 1829
Yellow-bellied flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum (Blyth, 1843)
Pale-billed flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos (Latham, 1790)
Nilgiri flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor Jerdon, 1840
Plain flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum Swinhoe, 1870
Andaman flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens Hume, 1873 (E)
Fire-breasted flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus (Blyth, 1843)
Scarlet-backed flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sunbirds

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Nectariniidae

Green-tailed sunbird
Purple-rumped sunbird

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.

Common name Binomial Comments
Ruby-cheeked sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Purple-rumped sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Crimson-backed sunbird Leptocoma minima (Sykes, 1832) (E)
Van Hasselt's sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Purple sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
Olive-backed sunbird Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Loten's sunbird Cinnyris lotenius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Mrs. Gould's sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae (Vigors, 1831)
Green-tailed sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata (Hodgson, 1836)
Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles, 1822)
Vigors's sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii (Sykes, 1832) (E)
Fire-tailed sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda (Hodgson, 1836)
Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra (Latham, 1790)
Streaked spiderhunter Arachnothera magna (Hodgson, 1836)

Old World sparrows and snowfinches

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

House sparrow
Common name Binomial Comments
House sparrow Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820)
Sind sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus Blyth, 1845
Russet sparrow Passer cinnamomeus (Gould, 1836)
Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pale rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla (Bonaparte, 1850) (V)[60][61]
Rock sparrow Petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766) [62]
Yellow-throated sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, E, 1838)
Black-winged snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi Adams, 1859
White-rumped snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii (Przevalski, 1876) (V)
Rufous-necked snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis (Blanford, 1871)
Blanford's snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi (Hume, 1876)

Weavers and widowbirds

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Baya weaver

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are four species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Black-breasted weaver Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Streaked weaver Ploceus manyar (Horsfield, 1821)
Baya weaver Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Finn's weaver Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, 1869

Waxbills, munias, and allies

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Chestnut munia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

Black-throated munia

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns.

Common name Binomial Comments
Indian silverbill Euodice malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-throated munia Lonchura kelaarti (Jerdon, 1863)
White-rumped munia Lonchura striata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Tricoloured munia Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766)
Chestnut munia Lonchura atricapilla (Vieillot, 1807)
Green avadavat Amandava formosa (Latham, 1790) (E)
Red avadavat Amandava amandava (Linnaeus, 1758)

Accentors

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Alpine accentor

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Prunellidae

The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows. There are seven species which have been recorded in India.

Common name Binomial Comments
Alpine accentor Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769)
Altai accentor Prunella himalayana (Blyth, 1842)
Robin accentor Prunella rubeculoides (Moore, F, 1854)
Rufous-breasted accentor Prunella strophiata (Blyth, 1843)
Brown accentor Prunella fulvescens (Severtsov, 1873)
Black-throated accentor Prunella atrogularis (Brandt, JF, 1843)
Maroon-backed accentor Prunella immaculata (Hodgson, 1845)

Wagtails and pipits

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Citrine wagtail

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Long-billed pipit

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 21 species which have been recorded in India.

Oriental pipit
Common name Binomial Comments
Forest wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758
Eastern yellow wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 (V)
Citrine wagtail Motacilla citreola Pallas, 1776
Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771
White wagtail Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758
White-browed wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis Gmelin, JF, 1789
Richard's pipit Anthus richardi Vieillot, 1818
Paddyfield pipit Anthus rufulus Vieillot, 1818
Blyth's pipit Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1876)
Tawny pipit Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Long-billed pipit Anthus similis (Jerdon, 1840)
Tree pipit Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Olive-backed pipit Anthus hodgsoni Blackwelder, 1907
Rosy pipit Anthus roseatus Blyth, 1847
Red-throated pipit Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811)
Buff-bellied pipit Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771)
Water pipit Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nilgiri pipit Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe, 1885 (E)
Upland pipit Anthus sylvanus (Hodgson, 1845)
Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)

Finches and euphonias

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Pink-browed rosefinch

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 44 species which have been recorded in India.

Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Common name Binomial Comments
Eurasian chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758
Black-and-yellow grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides (Vigors, 1830)
Collared grosbeak Mycerobas affinis (Blyth, 1855)
Spot-winged grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos (Hodgson, 1836)
White-winged grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes (Hodgson, 1836)
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brown bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis Hodgson, 1836
Orange bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca Gould, 1858
Red-headed bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala Vigors, 1832
Grey-headed bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca Blyth, 1862
Asian crimson-winged finch Rhodopechys sanguineus (Gould, 1838) (V)
Trumpeter finch Bucanetes githagineus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Mongolian finch Bucanetes mongolicus (Swinhoe, 1870)
Blanford's rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens (Blanford, 1872)
Spectacled finch Callacanthis burtoni (Gould, 1838)
Golden-naped finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta (Hodgson, 1836)
Dark-breasted rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
Plain mountain finch Leucosticte nemoricola (Hodgson, 1836)
Brandt's mountain finch Leucosticte brandti Bonaparte, 1850
Common rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)
Scarlet finch Carpodacus sipahi (Hodgson, 1836)
Streaked rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides Przevalski, 1876
Great rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Blyth's rosefinch Carpodacus grandis Blyth, 1849
Himalayan beautiful rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Moore, F, 1856)
Pink-rumped rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni (Sharpe, 1905) (V)
Pink-browed rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa (Vigors, 1831)
Dark-rumped rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii Verreaux, J, 1871
Spot-winged rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus (Vigors, 1831)
Vinaceous rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus Verreaux, J, 1871
Pale rosefinch Carpodacus stoliczkae (Hume, 1874) (V)
Sillem's rosefinch Carpodacus sillemi (Roselaar, 1992)
Himalayan white-browed rosefinch Carpodacus thura Bonaparte & Schlegel, 1850
Chinese white-browed rosefinch Carpodacus dubius Przevalski, 1876 (V)[63]
Red-fronted rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus (Blyth, 1845)
Crimson-browed finch Carpodacus subhimachalus (Hodgson, 1836)
Three-banded rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus Verreaux, J, 1871 [64]
Yellow-breasted greenfinch Chloris spinoides (Vigors, 1831)
Black-headed greenfinch Chloris ambigua (Oustalet, 1896) [33][46][65]
Desert finch Rhodospiza obsoleta (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) (V)
Twite Linaria flavirostris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common linnet Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) [11]
Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, 1758
European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red-fronted serin Serinus pusillus (Pallas, 1811)
Tibetan serin Spinus thibetanus (Hume, 1872)
Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (V)

Buntings

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Yellowhammer

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.

Reed bunting
Common name Binomial Comments
Crested bunting Emberiza lathami Gray, JE, 1831
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 (V)[11][66]
Pine bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Gmelin, SG, 1771
Rock bunting Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766
Godlewski's bunting Emberiza godlewskii Taczanowski, 1874 [65]
White-capped bunting Emberiza stewarti (Blyth, 1854)
Grey-necked bunting Emberiza buchanani Blyth, 1845
Ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus, 1758 (V)
Striolated bunting Emberiza striolata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Tristram's bunting Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe, 1870 (V)[67]
Chestnut-eared bunting Emberiza fucata Pallas, 1776
Little bunting Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776
Yellow-browed bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas, 1776 (V)
Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica Pallas, 1776 (V)
Yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola Pallas, 1773
Chestnut bunting Emberiza rutila Pallas, 1776
Black-headed bunting Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, 1769
Red-headed bunting Emberiza bruniceps Brandt, JF, 1841
Black-faced bunting Emberiza spodocephala Pallas, 1776
Common reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758)

See also

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