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INDIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Remote Species

ASIA INDIA

# Species:1367
# Excl Vagrants:1235
# Endemics:86
# Near Endemics:65

OTHER COUNTRIESIN ASIA

BIRDING LOCALES

§ 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

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic37
LCLocal3
NENear Endemic18
RRRestricted Range76

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened24
VVulnerable13
ENEndangered5
CRCritically Endangered2

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

color codes

1Andaman TealAnas albogularisEV
2Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensisEV
3Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalusNEV
4Satyr TragopanTragopan satyra NT
5Sclater's MonalLophophorus sclateri V
6Mrs. Hume's PheasantSyrmaticus humiaeRRNT
7Tibetan Eared-PheasantCrossoptilon harmaniNENT
8Green PeafowlPavo muticusRREN
9Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusRR 
10/Japanese Quail/Coturnix japonica NT
11Manipur Bush-QuailPerdicula manipurensisEEN
12Andaman Wood-PigeonColumba palumboidesENT
13Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennisE 
14Andaman Green-PigeonTreron chloropterusENT
15Nicobar Imperial-PigeonDucula nicobaricaENT
16Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
17Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanusRR 
18Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensisE 
19(Eurasian Nightjar)Caprimulgus europaeusRR 
20Andaman NightjarCaprimulgus andamanicusE 
21Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculentaRR 
22Pacific SwiftApus pacificusRR 
23Andaman CrakeRallina canningiE 
24Masked FinfootHeliopais personatusLCCR
25(Black-necked Crane)Grus nigricollisLCNT
26/Eurasian Oystercatcher/Haematopus ostralegus NT
27Crab-PloverDromas ardeolaRR 
28Jerdon's CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatusECR
29/Red-necked Grebe/Podiceps grisegenaRR 
30Nicobar Serpent-EagleSpilornis klossiENT
31Andaman Serpent-EagleSpilornis elginiEV
32Nicobar SparrowhawkTachyspiza butleriEV
33Andaman Masked-OwlTyto deroepstorffiE 
34/Oriental Bay-Owl/Phodilus badiusRR 
35Andaman Scops-OwlOtus balliE 
36Nicobar Scops-OwlOtus aliusENT
37Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupuRR 
38Tawny OwlStrix alucoRR 
39Andaman BoobookNinox affinisE 
40Hume's BoobookNinox obscuraE 
41Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeniRRNT
42Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondamiEV
43(European Bee-eater)Merops apiasterRR 
44Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraRRNT
45Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analisRR 
46Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos atratusRR 
47Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorRR 
48Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilisRR 
49Andaman WoodpeckerDryocopus hodgeiEV
50/Saker Falcon/Falco cherrugRREN
51Derbyan ParakeetPsittacula derbianaNENT
52Nicobar ParakeetPsittacula canicepsENT
53Mangrove PittaPitta megarhynchaRRNT
54Andaman CuckooshrikeCoracina dobsoniENT
55Pied TrillerLalage nigraRR 
56Clicking Shrike-BabblerPteruthius intermediusRR 
57Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensisNE 
58Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator NT
59Andaman TreepieDendrocitta bayleiiEV
60Eurasian MagpiePica picaRR 
61Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctataRR 
62/Eurasian Jackdaw/Coloeus monedulaRR 
63/Rook/Corvus frugilegusRR 
64Carrion CrowCorvus coroneRR 
65/Hooded Crow/Corvus cornixRR 
66Tawny LarkGalerida devaE 
67Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maximaNE 
68/Turkestan Short-toed Lark/Alaudala heineiRR 
69Hill PriniaPrinia superciliarisRR 
70/Black-browed Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus bistrigicepsRR 
71West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensisE 
72Pacific SwallowHirundo javanicaRR 
73Cachar BulbulIole cacharensisNE 
74Nicobar BulbulHypsipetes nicobariensisENT
75Black-headed BulbulMicrotarsus melanocephalosRR 
76Andaman BulbulMicrotarsus fuscoflavescensE 
77Crested FinchbillSpizixos canifronsRR 
78White-cheeked TitAegithalos leucogenysRR 
79White-throated TitAegithalos niveogularisRR 
80White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectusRR 
81Manipur FulvettaFulvetta manipurensisRR 
82Spot-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollisRR 
83Great ParrotbillParadoxornis aemodiumRR 
84Mishmi Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis badeigularisEV
85Naga Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis chocolatinusEV
86Chin Hills Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis oatesiNE 
87Tawny-breasted Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis longicaudatusENT
88Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatusRR 
89Spot-breasted Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys mcclellandiRR 
90Cachar Wedge-billed BabblerStachyris robertiRRNT
91Snowy-throated BabblerStachyris ogleiNEV
92Rufous-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularisRR 
93Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusRR 
94Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudataRR 
95Brown-capped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron austeniNE 
96Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatumNE 
97Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiNE 
98Assam LaughingthrushTrochalopteron chrysopterumRR 
99Banasura LaughingthrushMontecincla jerdoniEEN
100Ashambu LaughingthrushMontecincla meriodionalisE 
101Long-tailed SibiaHeterophasia picaoidesRR 
102Gray SibiaHeterophasia gracilisRR 
103Spot-breasted LaughingthrushGarrulax merulinusRR 
104Moustached LaughingthrushIanthocincla cineraceaRR 
105Yellow-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus galbanaNE 
106Chestnut-backed LaughingthrushPterorhinus nuchalisNENT
107White-browed LaughingthrushPterorhinus sannioRR 
108Mount Victoria BabaxPterorhinus woodiNE 
109Giant BabaxPterorhinus waddelliNENT
110White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsisRR 
111Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensisRR 
112Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensisRR 
113White-headed StarlingSturnia erythropygiaE 
114Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctusRR 
115/Siberian Thrush/Geokichla sibiricaRR 
116/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feaeRRV
117Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventrisE 
118White-tailed FlycatcherLeucoptilon concretusRR 
119Nicobar Jungle FlycatcherCyornis nicobaricusENT
120White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticepsRR 
121/White-winged Redstart/Phoenicurus erythrogastrusRR 
122Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeriRR 
123(Pied Wheatear)Oenanthe pleschankaRR 
124Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigmaLC 
125Andaman FlowerpeckerDicaeum virescensE 
126Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaRR 
127Ornate SunbirdCinnyris ornatusRR 
128Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
129Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoidesRR 
130Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescensRR 
131Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla henriciNE 
132Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsiRR 
133Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollisNE 
134Three-banded RosefinchCarpodacus trifasciatusNE 
135Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamysRR 
136Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiacaRR 
137Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicusRR 
138Blanford's RosefinchAgraphospiza rubescensRR 
139TwiteLinaria flavirostrisRR 
140/Chestnut Bunting/Emberiza rutilaRR 

 

 *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.