Birds of India

Every birds in the Wildlife of India guide: 1228 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails

• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
• Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
• Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
• Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica
• Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
• Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
• Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata
• Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
• Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah
• Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
• Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
• Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
• Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
• Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
• Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
• Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii
• White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis
• Mountain Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
• Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
• Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii
• Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
• Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
• Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
• Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
• King Quail Synoicus chinensis
• Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
• Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri
• Mrs. Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae
• Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis
• Manipur Bush Quail Perdicula manipurensis
• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
• Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
• Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa

Ducks, Geese & Grebes

• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
• Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Andaman Teal Anas albogularis
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
• Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse

• Rock Dove Columba livia
• Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
• Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
• Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea
• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
• Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Columba elphinstonii
• Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
• Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
• Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
• Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
• Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
• Andaman Green Pigeon Treron chloropterus
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Andaman Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia rufipennis
• Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
• Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei
• Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
• Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
• Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
• Andaman Wood Pigeon Columba palumboides
• Nicobar Imperial Pigeon Ducula nicobarica
• Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
• Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
• Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
• Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
• Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
• Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

Cuckoos & Coucals

• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
• Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
• Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
• Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
• Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis
• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
• Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
• Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
• Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
• Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus

Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts

• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Little Swift Apus affinis
• Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
• Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
• Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
• Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
• Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
• Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
• Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
• Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
• Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus
• Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
• Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda
• Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

Cranes, Rails & Bustards

• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
• Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
• Brown Crake Zapornia akool
• Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
• Andaman Crake Rallina canningi
• Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
• Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
• Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii
• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
• Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
• Little Crake Zapornia parva
• Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps
• Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus

Gulls, Terns & Skuas

• River Tern Sterna aurantia
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
• Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
• Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
• White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

Shorebirds

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
• Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
• River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
• Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
• Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
• Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
• Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
• Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
• Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
• Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola
• Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica

Seabirds & Cormorants

• Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
• Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
• Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
• Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
• Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans

• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
• Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
• Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
• Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
• Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia
• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
• Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
• Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
• White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
• Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa

Birds of Prey

• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
• Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
• White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
• Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• White-Bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
• Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
• Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
• Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
• Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
• Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
• Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
• Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
• Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
• Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
• Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
• Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
• Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
• Andaman Serpent Eagle Spilornis elgini
• Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
• Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
• Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos
• Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
• Shikra Tachyspiza badia
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Oriental Hobby Falco severus
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle Spilornis klossi
• Besra Tachyspiza virgata
• Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
• European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug

Owls

• Spotted Owlet Athene brama
• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
• Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
• Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
• Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
• Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
• Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
• Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
• Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
• Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
• Dusky Eagle-Owl Ketupa coromanda
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
• Hume's Boobook Ninox obscura
• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
• Andaman Boobook Ninox affinis
• Andaman Scops Owl Otus balli
• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
• Forest Owlet Athene blewitti
• Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
• Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis
• Little Owl Athene noctua
• Andaman Masked Owl Tyto deroepstorffi
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
• Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis
• Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
• Tawny Owl Strix aluco
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
• Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
• Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
• Nicobar Scops Owl Otus alius
• Western Barn Owl Tyto alba

Hornbills, Hoopoes & Trogons

• Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
• Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
• Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
• Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
• Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
• Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
• Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
• Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni
• Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers

• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
• Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
• European Roller Coracias garrulus
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
• Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
• Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera
• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules
• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
• Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus

Barbets & Woodpeckers

• White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis
• Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
• Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
• Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
• Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
• Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus
• Malabar Flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis
• Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
• Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
• Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
• Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente
• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
• Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
• Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis
• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
• Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
• Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus
• Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon cyanotis
• Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis
• Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei
• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
• Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
• Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
• Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia
• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus
• Buff-spotted Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus
• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis

Parrots

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
• Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
• Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides
• Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
• Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
• Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
• Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps
• Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
• Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
• Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
• White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
• Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
• Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
• Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
• Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
• White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra
• Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
• Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
• Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
• Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola
• Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
• Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis
• Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
• Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
• Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
• White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius
• Northern Raven Corvus corax
• Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
• Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleii
• Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis
• Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
• Grey-lored Broadbill Serilophus rubropygius
• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
• Carrion Crow Corvus corone
• Andaman Cuckooshrike Coracina dobsoni
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
• Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
• Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha
• Kashmir Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata
• Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
• Rook Corvus frugilegus
• Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
• Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
• Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
• Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
• Pied Triller Lalage nigra

Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers

• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
• Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
• Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus
• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
• White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
• Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
• Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
• Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
• Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
• Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
• Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
• White-naped Tit Machlolophus nuchalis
• Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
• Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
• White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis
• Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa
• Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
• Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
• White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
• Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
• Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis
• Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
• Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
• Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
• White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis
• Great Tit Parus major
• Hume's Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis
• White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus

Larks, Pipits & Wagtails

• White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Crested Lark Galerida cristata
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
• Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica
• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
• Sykes's Lark Galerida deva
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
• Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
• Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
• Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
• Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
• Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis
• Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
• Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
• Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
• Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera
• Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
• New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
• Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
• Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis

Swallows & Martins

• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
• Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
• Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
• Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
• Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
• Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia
• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
• Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
• Pale Martin Riparia diluta
• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
• Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola

Bulbuls

• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
• Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
• Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
• White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
• Flame-throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis
• Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
• Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
• White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
• Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
• Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
• Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
• Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus
• Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
• Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
• Cachar Bulbul Iole cacharensis
• Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis
• Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Warblers & Cisticolas

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
• Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
• Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
• Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
• Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
• Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
• Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
• Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
• Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
• Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani
• Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
• Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
• Delicate Prinia Prinia lepida
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
• Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
• Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
• Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
• Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
• Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
• Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
• Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
• Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
• Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis
• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
• Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
• Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
• White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
• Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
• Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
• Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
• Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni
• Rufous-crowned Prinia Prinia khasiana
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
• Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
• Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
• Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
• Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis
• Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus
• Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
• Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
• West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis
• Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
• Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
• Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
• Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
• Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
• Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
• Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
• Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
• Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata
• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
• Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
• Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi
• Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
• Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
• Common Babbler Argya caudata
• Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
• Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
• Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
• Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
• Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
• Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys
• Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
• White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
• Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
• Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
• Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
• Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella
• Striated Babbler Argya earlei
• Bar-throated Minla Actinodura strigula
• Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
• Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
• Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
• Variegated Laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum
• Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
• Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
• Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
• Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
• Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
• Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
• Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
• Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus
• White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
• Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis
• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
• White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis
• Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
• White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
• Grey-sided Laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus
• Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
• Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
• Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum
• Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
• Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
• Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
• Nilgiri Laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans
• Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
• Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
• Brown-throated Fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi
• Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
• Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
• Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
• Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum
• Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni
• White-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
• Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
• Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens
• White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus
• Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti
• Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis
• Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris
• Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
• Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila
• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
• Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys mcclellandi
• Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
• Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides
• Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum
• Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum
• Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis
• Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis
• Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris roberti
• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata
• Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos
• Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis
• Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota
• Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
• Pale-billed Parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris
• Red-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
• Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre
• Slender-billed Babbler Argya longirostris
• Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum
• Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata
• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris humei
• Swamp Grass Babbler Laticilla cinerascens
• Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli
• Snowy-throated Babbler Stachyris oglei
• Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
• Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri
• Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
• Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus nuchalis
• Naga Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus
• Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus
• Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus phayrei
• Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus
• Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons
• Chin Hills Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis oatesi
• Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii
• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
• Rufous-vented Laughingthrush Pterorhinus gularis
• Ashambu Laughingthrush Montecincla meridionalis
• Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus
• Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma
• Mount Victoria Babax Pterorhinus woodi
• Brown-capped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni
• Banasura Laughingthrush Montecincla jerdoni
• Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
• Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
• Moustached Laughingthrush Ianthocincla cineracea

Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers

• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
• Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
• Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
• Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
• Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
• Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
• Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
• Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
• Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
• Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
• White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
• Large Niltava Niltava grandis
• Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
• Eurasian Wren Nannus troglodytes
• Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris
• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
• White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• White-bellied Blue Robin Sholicola albiventris
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
• Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
• Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
• Goldcrest Regulus regulus
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
• Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
• White-browed Bush Chat Saxicola macrorhynchus
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
• White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
• Nilgiri Blue Robin Sholicola major
• Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
• Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
• Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
• Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
• Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
• Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis
• Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
• Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra
• Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
• White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
• Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
• Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
• Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris
• Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
• Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
• Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis
• Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Common Blackbird Turdus merula
• Firethroat Calliope pectardens
• Javan Shortwing Brachypteryx montana
• Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis nicobaricus
• Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Chinese Vivid Niltava Niltava oatesi
• Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni

Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers & Leafbirds

• Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
• Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
• Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
• Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor
• Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima
• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
• Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
• Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
• Vigors's Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii
• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
• Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
• Andaman Flowerpecker Dicaeum virescens
• Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
• Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
• Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
• Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
• Javan Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis

Starlings & Mynas

• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
• Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
• Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
• Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
• Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
• Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
• Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• White-headed Starling Sturnia erythropygia
• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
• Golden-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus
• White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
• Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis

Finches, Sparrows & Buntings

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
• Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
• Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
• Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
• Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
• Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
• Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
• Red-headed Bunting Melophus bruniceps
• Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
• Black-headed Bunting Melophus melanocephalus
• Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa
• Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
• Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
• Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
• Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
• Little Bunting Schoeniclus pusillus
• Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
• Grey-crowned Goldfinch Carduelis caniceps
• Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
• Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
• Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
• Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
• Twite Linaria flavirostris
• Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
• Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
• Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
• Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
• Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
• Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
• Striolated Bunting Fringillaria striolata
• Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides
• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
• Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
• Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
• Black-faced Bunting Schoeniclus spodocephalus
• Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
• White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
• Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
• Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus
• Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
• Orange Bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca
• Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
• Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
• Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni
• Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
• Blyth's Rosefinch Carpodacus grandis
• Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
• Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
• White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
• Chestnut Bunting Schoeniclus rutilus
• Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
• Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
• Common Reed Bunting Schoeniclus schoeniclus
• Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
• Green Avadavat Amandava formosa
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
• Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus

Other Songbirds

• White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
• White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
• Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
• Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
• Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
• Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
• Pied Shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis

Frequently asked questions

How many birds are in the Wildlife of India guide?

The guide lists 1228 birds of India, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of birds are covered?

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails (42), Ducks, Geese & Grebes (46), Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse (39), Cuckoos & Coucals (19), Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts (30), Cranes, Rails & Bustards (23), Gulls, Terns & Skuas (31), Shorebirds (74), Seabirds & Cormorants (12), Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans (35), Birds of Prey (66), Owls (36), and 16 more groups.