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PHEASANTS & PARTRIDGES

FAMILY Phasianidae

All Season

Hill Partridge

Arborophila torqueola

All Season

Rufous-throated Partridge

Arborophila rufogularis

All Season

Black Francolin

Francolinus francolinus

All Season

Chukar Partridge

Alectoris chukar

All Season

Koklass Pheasant

Pucrasia macrolopha

All Season

Cheer Pheasant

Catreus wallichii

All Season

Kalij pheasant

Lophura leucomelanos

SWIFTS

FAMILY Apodidae

All Season

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

Winter Season

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

All Season

Little Swift

Apus affinis

NIGHTJARS

FAMILY Caprimulgidae

Monsoon & Summer

Large-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus macrurus

Monsoon & Summer

Grey nightjar

Caprimulgus jotaka

DOVES

FAMILY Columbidae

Monsoon & Summer

Oriental turtle dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Monsoon & Summer

Spotted dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Pigeon

Winter Season

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

Winter Season

Common wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

HAWKS, EAGLES, VULTURES

FAMILY Accipitridae

Winter Season

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

All Season

Crested Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Winter Season

Red-headed Vulture

Sarcogyps calvus

Winter Season

Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

Winter Season

Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus

Winter Season

Slender-billed Vulture

Gyps tenuirostris

All Season

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

All Season

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus nipalensis

All Season

Rufous-bellied Eagle

Lophotriorchis kienerii

All Season

Black Eagle

Ictinaetus malaiensis

Winter Season

Steppe Eagle

Aquila nipalensis

Winter Season

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

All Season

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila fasciata

Winter Season

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

All Season

Besra

Accipiter virgatus

All Season

Shikra

Accipiter badius

Winter Season

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Winter Season

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

Winter Season

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

All Season

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Winter Season

Upland Buzzard

Buteo hemilasius

All Season

Himalayan Buzzard

Buteo burmanicus

OWLS

FAMILY Strigidae

All Season

Brown Wood Owl

Strix leptogrammica

All Season

Mountain Scops Owl

Otus spilocephalus

All Season

Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cuculoides

All Season

Collared Owlet

Glaucidium brodiei

BEE-EATERS

FAMILY Meropidae

Summer & Monsoon

Chestnut-headed bee-eater

Nyctyornis athertoni

Summer & Monsoon

Blue-bearded bee-eater

Nyctyornis athertoni

ASIAN BARBETS

FAMILY Megalaimidae

All Season

Great Barbet

Psilopogon virens

All Season

Blue-throated Barbet

Psilopogon asiaticus

WOODPECKERS

FAMILY Picidae

Winter Season

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

All Season

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

All Season

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

All Season

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolophus

All Season

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

All Season

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

Picus squamatus

All Season

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

All Season

Brown-fronted Woodpecker

Dendrocoptes auriceps

All Season

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

All Season

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos macei

All Season

Himalayan Woodpecker

Dendrocopos himalayensis

FALCONS

FAMILY Falconidae

Winter Season

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Winter Season

Eurasian Hobby

Falco subbuteo

Winter Season

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

OLD WORLD PARROTS

FAMILY Psittaculidae

All Season

Slaty-headed Parakeet

Psittacula himalayana

All Season

Plum-headed Parakeet

Psittacula cyanocephala

Winter Season

Red-breasted parakeet

Psittacula alexandri

CUCKOOSHRIKES

FAMILY Campephagidae

Summer & Monsoon

Large cuckooshrike

Coracina macei

Summer & Monsoon

Black-winged cuckooshrike

Coracina melaschistos

Summer & Monsoon

Black-headed cuckooshrike

Coracina melanoptera

MINIVET

All Season

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

All Season

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

VIREOS

FAMILY Vireonidae

All Season

Himalayan Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius ripleyi

All Season

Green shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

ORIOLES

FAMILY Oriolidae

All Season

Maroon Oriole

Oriolus traillii

VANGAS

FAMILY Vangidae

All Season

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus

DRONGOS

FAMILY Dicruridae

All Season

Bronzed Drongo

Dicrurus aeneus

All Season

Ashy Drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Summer & Monsoon

Lesser racket-tailed drongo

Dicrurus remifer

FANTAILS

FAMILY Rhipiduridae

All Season

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

MONARCHS

FAMILY Monarchidae

Summer & Monsoon

Indian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

SHRIKES

FAMILY Laniidae

Summer & Monsoon

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

All Season

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES

FAMILY Corvidae

All Season

Grey Treepie

Dendrocitta formosae

All Season

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

All Season

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

All Season

Black-headed Jay

Garrulus lanceolatus

All Season

House Crow

Corvus splendens

All Season

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

FAIRY FLYCATCHERS

FAMILY Stenostiridae

All Season

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

TITS

FAMILY Paridae

All Season

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

All Season

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

All Season

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

All Season

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

All Season

Himalayan Black-lored Tit

Machlolophus xanthogenys

CUPWINGS

FAMILY Pnoepygidae

Winter Season

Scaly-breasted Cupwing

Pnoepyga albiventer

REED WARBLERS

FAMILY Acrocephalidae

Winter Season

Blyth's reed warbler

Acrocephalus dumetorum

CISTICOLID WARBLERS

FAMILY Cisticolidae

All Season

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

All Season

Himalayan Prinia

Prinia crinigera

All Season

Grey-crowned Prinia

Prinia cinereocapilla

All Season

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

SWALLOWS, MARTINS

FAMILY Hirundinidae

All Season

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

All Season

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

All Season

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

All Season

Nepal House Martin

Delichon nipalense

All Season

Red-rumped swallow

Cecropis daurica

BULBULS

FAMILY Pycnonotidae

All Season

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

All Season

Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

All Season

Himalayan Bulbul

Pycnonotus leucogenys

All Season

Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

All Season

Ashy bulbul

Hemixos flavala

BUSHTITS

FAMILY Aegithalidae

All Season

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

BUSH WARBLERS

FAMILY Cettiidae

Winter Season

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

Winter Season

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

Winter Season

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

All Season

Black-faced Warbler

Abroscopus schisticeps

LEAF WARBLERS

FAMILY Phylloscopidae

Winter Season

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Winter Season

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Winter Season

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

Winter Season

Lemon-rumped Warbler

Phylloscopus chloronotus

Winter Season

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus affinis

Winter Season

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

All Season

Whistler's Warbler

Phylloscopus whistleri

All Season

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Winter Season

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Winter Season

Western Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus occipitalis

All Season

Grey-hooded Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

Summer

Jungle Babbler

Argya striata

WHITE-EYES

FAMILY Zosteropidae

All Season

Indian White-Eyes

Zosterops palpebrosus

YUHINA

All Season

Whiskered Yuhina

Yuhina flavicollis

BABBLERS

FAMILY Timaliidae

All Season

Black-chinned Babbler

Stachyridopsis pyrrhops

Winter Season

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

All Season

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus erythrogenys

LAUGHINGTHRUSHES

FAMILY Leiothrichidae

All Season

Striated Laughingthrush

Grammatoptila striata

All Season

Streaked Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron lineatum

All Season

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

All Season

Rufous Sibia

Heterophasia capistrata

All Season

Blue-winged Minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera

All Season

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla rufogularis

All Season

White-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus albogularis

GOLDCRESTS

FAMILY Regulidae

All Season

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

WALLCREEPER

FAMILY Tichodromadidae

Winter Season

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

NUTHATCHES

FAMILY Sittidae

All Season

White-tailed Nuthatch

Sitta himalayensis

All Season

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta cinnamoventris

TREECREEPERS

FAMILY Certhiidae

All Season

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana

STARLINGS

FAMILY Sturnidae

Summer & Monsoon

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Summer & Monsoon

Jungle Myna

Acridotheres fuscus

THRUSHES

FAMILY Turdidae

Winter Season

Alpine Thrush

Zoothera mollissima

Winter Season

Long-tailed Thrush

Zoothera dixoni

All Season

Long-billed Thrush

Zoothera monticola

All Season

Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus

All Season

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Winter Season

Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

Winter Season

White-collared Blackbird

Turdus albocinctus

Winter Season

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Summer & Monsoon

Pied thrush

Geokichla wardii

Summer & Monsoon

Tickell's thrush

Turdus unicolor

Winter Season

Eyebrowed thrush

Turdus obscurus

ROCK THRUSHES

All Season

Chestnut-bellied rock thrush

Monticola rufiventris

All Season

Blue-capped rock thrush

Monticola cinclorhynchus

FLYCATCHERS

FAMILY Muscicapidae

All Season

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

Winter Season

Siberian Rubythroat

Calliope calliope

Winter Season

Himalayan Rubythroat

Calliope pectoralis

Winter Season

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Winter Season

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

All Season

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

All Season

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

All Season

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Winter Season

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

Winter Season

Blue-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

All Season

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

All Season

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

Winter Season

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

All Season

Grey Bush Chat

Saxicola ferreus

Summer & Monsoon

Ultramarine flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

Summer & Monsoon

Rusty-tailed flycatcher

Muscicapa ruficauda

Summer & Monsoon

Dark-sided flycatcher

Muscicapa sibiric

Summer & Monsoon

Asian brown flycatcher

Muscicapa latirostris

Winter Season

Slaty-blue flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

Summer & Monsoon

Verditer flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

Summer & Monsoon

Grey-headed canary-flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Summer & Monsoon

Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

FLOWERPECKERS

FAMILY Dicaeidae

All Season

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

SUNBIRDS

FAMILY Nectariniidae

All Season

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

All Season

Black-throated Sunbird

Aethopyga saturata

All Season

Green-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga nipalensis

All Season

Crimson Sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja

LEAFBIRDS

FAMILY Chloropseidae

Summer & Monsoon

Orange-bellied Leafbird

Chloropsis hardwickii

ACCENTORS

FAMILY Prunellidae

Winter Season

Altai Accentor

Prunella himalayana

Winter Season

Black-throated Accentor

Prunella atrogularis

Winter Season

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

SPARROWS

FAMILY Passeridae

All Season

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

All Season

Russet Sparrow

Passer cinnamomeus

WAGTAILS, PIPITS

FAMILY Motacillidae

Winter Season

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

All Season

Upland Pipit

Anthus sylvanus

All Season

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

FINCHES

FAMILY Fringillidae

Winter Season

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

Winter Season

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas melanozanthos

Winter Season

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

All Season

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Winter Season

Pink-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodochroa

Winter Season

Spot-winged Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodopeplus

All Season

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

Chloris spinoides

Winter Season

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Winter Season

Dark-breasted rosefinch

Carpodacus nipalensis

Winter Season

Red-fronted serin

Serinus pusillus

BUNTINGS

FAMILY Emberizidae

All Season

Rock Bunting

Emberiza cia

All Season

White-capped Bunting

Emberiza stewarti