List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	White-winged Duck	Asarcornis scutulata		BC
2	White-bellied Heron	Ardea insignis	Many	CR
3	White-rumped Vulture	Gyps bengalensis		BC
4	Pallas's Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	Many	EN
5	Gray-backed Shrike	Lanius tephronotus	Many	BC
6	Black-rumped Magpie	Pica bottanensis	Many	BC
7	Gray-crowned Prinia	Prinia cinereocapilla	SJ,TA	NE
8	Jungle Prinia	Prinia sylvatica	TS	NE
9	Lemon-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus	Many	BC
10	(Whistler's Warbler)	Phylloscopus whistleri	Many	BC
11	(Large-billed Leaf Warbler)	Phylloscopus magnirostris	Many	BC
12	Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler	Horornis acanthizoides	TG,ULRS	BC
13	/White-browed Tit-Warbler/	Leptopoecile sophiae	BT	BC
14	Crested Tit-Warbler	Leptopoecile elegans		BC
15	Black-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis flavirostris		BC
16	Bhutan Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron imbricatum	Many	NE
17	/Spot-winged Starling/	Saroglossa spilopterus	LLRN,SJ,TA,TG	BC
18	(Tickell's Thrush)	Turdus unicolor	Many	BC
19	/Tibetan Blackbird/	Turdus maximus	BT,CL,JD,PV	BC
20	White-backed Thrush	Turdus kessleri		BC
21	Himalayan Bluetail	Tarsiger rufilatus	Many	BC
22	Blue-fronted Redstart	Phoenicurus frontalis	Many	BC
23	/Blue-capped Redstart/	Phoenicurus coeruleocephala	Many	BC
24	/Hodgson's Redstart/	Phoenicurus hodgsoni	Many	BC
25	Gold-naped Finch	Pyrrhoplectes epauletta	Many	BC
26	White-capped Bunting	Emberiza stewarti		BC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

OTHER COUNTRIESIN ASIA

• Borneo^§
• Cambodia
• China^§§
• India
• Indonesia^§§§
• Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia^§§§§
• Mongolia
• Philippines
• Saudi Arabia
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bumthang (BT)
• Chele La Pass (CL)
• Dochu La (DL)
• Gelephu Area (GA)
• Jigme Dorji National Park (JD)
• Lower Lingmethang Road & Namling (LLRN)
• Mangde Chhu River Forest (MC)
• Mo Chhu River (MCR)
• Morong (MO)
• Pele La Pass (PL)
• Phobjikha Valley (PV)
• Phrumseng La/Thrumsing La (PNP)
• Royal Manas National Park & Panbang (RMNP)
• Samdrup Jongkha (SJ)
• Tharpaling Monastery (TM)
• Tiger's Nest Monastery Trail (TNT)
• Tingtibi Area (TA)
• Trashi Yangtse/Bumdeling Sanctuary (TY)
• Trashigang (TRG)
• Trongsa Area (TG)
• Tsirang (TS)
• Upper Lingmethang Road & Sengor (ULRS)
• Yongko La (YK)
• Yotong La (YL)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	0
NE	Near Endemic	5
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	2
BC	Best Seen in This Country	17
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.

§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo