List of birds of South Asia: part 3 explained

This list includes those birds of South Asia in the passerine families from pittas to cisticolas.

Status abbreviations

R = widespread resident	r = very local resident	W = widespread winter visitor
w = sparse winter visitor	P = widespread migrant	p = sparse migrant
V = vagrant or irregular visitor	I = introduced resident	Ex = extinct
C = critically endangered	E = endangered	V = vulnerable
D = conservation dependent	N = near threatened

For an introduction to the birds of the region, see List of birds of the South Asia.

For the rest of the species lists, see:

• part 1 – Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines
• part 2 – remainder of non-passerines
• part 4 – passerines from Old World warblers to buntings

Passeriformes

• Family: Pittidae^[1]
  • Eared pitta, Pitta phayrei – V
  • Blue-naped pitta, Pitta nipalensis – r
  • Blue pitta, Pitta cyanea – r
  • Hooded pitta, Pitta sordida – r
  • Indian pitta, Pitta brachyura – R
  • Mangrove pitta, Pitta megarhyncha – N r
• Family: Eurylaimidae
  • Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus – r
  • Long-tailed broadbill, Psarisomus dalhousiae – r
• Family: Irenidae
  • Asian fairy bluebird, Irena puella – r
  • Blue-winged leafbird, Chloropsis cochinchinensis – R
  • Golden-fronted leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons – R
  • Orange-bellied leafbird, Chloropsis hardwickii – r
• Family: Laniidae
  • Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio – p
  • Isabelline shrike, Lanius isabellinus – W
  • Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus – W
  • Burmese shrike, Lanius collurioides – p
  • Bay-backed shrike, Lanius vittatus – R
  • Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach – R
  • Grey-backed shrike, Lanius tephronotus – r W
  • Lesser grey shrike, Lanius minor – V
  • Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor – V
  • Southern grey shrike, Lanius meridionalis – R
• Family: Corvidae
  • Mangrove whistler, Pachycephala grisola – r
  • Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius – R
  • Black-headed jay, Garrulus lanceolatus – R
  • Sri Lanka blue magpie, Urocissa ornata – V r
  • Yellow-billed blue magpie, Urocissa flavirostris – R
  • Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha – R
  • Green magpie, Cissa chinensis – r
  • Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda – R
  • Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae – R
  • White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra – r
  • Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis – r
  • Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyi – N R
  • Black-billed magpie, Pica pica – r
  • Spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes – r
  • Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax – R
  • Alpine chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus – R
  • Eurasian jackdaw, Corvus monedula – r w
  • House crow, Corvus splendens – R
  • Rook, Corvus frugilegus – W
  • Carrion crow, Corvus corone – r w
  • Large-billed crow, Corvus macrorhynchos – R
  • Brown-necked raven, Corvus ruficollis
  • Common raven, Corvus corax – r
• Family: Artamidae
  • Ashy woodswallow, Artamus fuscus – R
  • White-breasted woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus – r
• Family: Oriolidae
  • Eurasian golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus – R
  • Black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis – r w
  • Slender-billed oriole, Oriolus tenuirostris – r
  • Black-hooded oriole, Oriolus xanthornus – R
  • Maroon oriole, Oriolus traillii – r
  • Large cuckooshrike, Coracina macei – r
  • Bar-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina striata – r
  • Black-winged cuckooshrike, Coracina melaschistos – r
  • Black-headed cuckooshrike, Coracina melanoptera – r
  • Pied triller, Lalage nigra – r
  • Rosy minivet, Pericrocotus roseus – r w
  • Swinhoe's minivet, Pericrocotus cantonensis – V
  • Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus divaricatus – W
  • Small minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus – R
  • White-bellied minivet, Pericrocotus erythropygius – r
  • Grey-chinned minivet, Pericrocotus solaris – r
  • Long-tailed minivet, Pericrocotus ethologus – R
  • Short-billed minivet, Pericrocotus brevirostris – r
  • Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus – R
  • Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus picatus – R
• Family: Dicruridae
  • Yellow-bellied fantail, Rhipidura hypoxantha – R
  • White-throated fantail, Rhipidura albicollis – R
  • White-browed fantail flycatcher, Rhipidura aureola – R
  • Black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus – R
  • Ashy drongo, Dicrurus leucophaeus – R
  • White-bellied drongo, Dicrurus caerulescens – r
  • Crow-billed drongo, Dicrurus annectans – r
  • Bronzed drongo, Dicrurus aeneus – r
  • Lesser racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus remifer – r
  • Hair-crested drongo, Dicrurus hottentottus – R
  • Andaman drongo, Dicrurus andamanensis – N R
  • Greater racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus – r
• Family: Monarchidae
  • Black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea – r
  • Asian paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi – R
• Family: Aegithinidae
  • Common iora, Aegithina tiphia – R
  • Marshall's iora, Aegithina nigrolutea – r
• Family: Prionopidae
  • Large woodshrike, Tephrodornis gularis – r
  • Common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus – R
• Family: Bombycillidae
  • Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus – V
• Family: Cinclidae
  • White-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus – R
  • Brown dipper, Cinclus pallasii – R
• Family: Turdidae
  • Rufous-tailed rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis – s p
  • Blue-capped rock thrush, Monticola cinclorhynchus – R
  • Chestnut-bellied rock thrush, Monticola rufiventris – r
  • Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius – r W
  • Sri Lanka whistling thrush, Myophonus blighi – E R
  • Malabar whistling thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii – R
  • Blue whistling thrush, Myophonus caeruleus – R
  • Pied thrush, Zoothera wardii – s p
  • Orange-headed thrush, Zoothera citrina – R
  • Siberian thrush, Zoothera sibirica – W
  • Spot-winged thrush, Zoothera spiloptera – N r
  • Plain-backed thrush, Zoothera mollissima – r
  • Long-tailed thrush, Zoothera dixoni – r
  • Scaly thrush, Zoothera dauma – r
  • Long-billed thrush, Zoothera monticola – r
  • Dark-sided thrush, Zoothera marginata – r
  • Tickell's thrush, Turdus unicolor – R
  • Black-breasted thrush, Turdus dissimilis – W
  • White-collared blackbird, Turdus albocinctus – r
  • Grey-winged blackbird, Turdus boulboul – r
  • Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula – r
  • Chestnut thrush, Turdus rubrocanus – r
  • Kessler's thrush, Turdus kessleri – V
  • Grey-sided thrush, Turdus feae – W
  • Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus – W
  • Dark-throated thrush, Turdus ruficollis – W
  • Dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni – W
  • Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris – V
  • Song thrush, Turdus philomelos – V
  • Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus – r
  • Ashy-headed laughingthrush, Garrulax cinereifrons – V r
  • White-throated laughingthrush, Garrulax albogularis – R
  • White-crested laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus – R
  • Lesser necklaced laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger – r
  • Greater necklaced laughingthrush, Garrulax pectoralis – r
  • Striated laughingthrush, Garrulax striatus – r
  • Rufous-necked laughingthrush, Garrulax ruficollis – r
  • Chestnut-backed laughingthrush, Garrulax nuchalis – N r
  • Yellow-throated laughingthrush, Garrulax galbanus – r
  • Wynaad laughingthrush, Garrulax delesserti – r
  • Rufous-vented laughingthrush, Garrulax gularis – r
  • Moustached laughingthrush, Garrulax cineraceus – r
  • Rufous-chinned laughingthrush, Garrulax rufogularis – r
  • Spotted laughingthrush, Garrulax ocellatus – r
  • Grey-sided laughingthrush, Garrulax caerulatus – r
  • Spot-breasted laughingthrush, Garrulax merulinus – r
  • White-browed laughingthrush, Garrulax sannio – r
  • Nilgiri laughingthrush, Garrulax cachinnans – E r
  • Grey-breasted laughingthrush, Garrulax jerdoni – N r
  • Streaked laughingthrush, Garrulax lineatus – R
  • Striped laughingthrush, Garrulax virgatus – r
  • Brown-capped laughingthrush, Garrulax austeni – r
  • Blue-winged laughingthrush, Garrulax squamatus – r
  • Scaly laughingthrush, Garrulax subunicolor – r
  • Elliot's laughingthrush, Garrulax elliotii – r
  • Variegated laughingthrush, Garrulax variegatus – r
  • Brown-cheeked laughingthrush, Garrulax henrici – r
  • Black-faced laughingthrush, Garrulax affinis – r
  • Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, Garrulax erythrocephalus – r
  • Red-faced liocichla, Liocichla phoenicea – r
  • Bugun liocichla, Liocichla bugunorum
  • Gould's shortwing, Brachypteryx stellata – r
  • Rusty-bellied shortwing, Brachypteryx hyperythra – V r
  • White-bellied shortwing, Brachypteryx major – V r
  • Lesser shortwing, Brachypteryx leucophrys – r
  • White-browed shortwing, Brachypteryx montana – r
• Family: Muscicapidae
  • Brown-chested jungle flycatcher, Rhinomyias brunneata – w r ?
  • Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata – p
  • Dark-sided flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica – r
  • Asian brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica – r w
  • Rusty-tailed flycatcher, Muscicapa ruficauda – r
  • Brown-breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa muttui – r
  • Ferruginous flycatcher, Muscicapa ferruginea – r
  • Yellow-rumped flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia – V
  • Slaty-backed flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsonii – r
  • Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher, Ficedula strophiata – r
  • Red-throated flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla – W
  • Kashmir flycatcher, Ficedula subrubra – V r
  • White-gorgeted flycatcher, Ficedula monileger – r
  • Snowy-browed flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra – r
  • Little pied flycatcher, Ficedula westermanni – r
  • Ultramarine flycatcher, Ficedula superciliaris – r
  • Slaty-blue flycatcher, Ficedula tricolor – r
  • Sapphire flycatcher, Ficedula sapphira – r
  • Black-and-orange flycatcher, Ficedula nigrorufa – N r
  • Verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina – R
  • Dull-blue flycatcher, Eumyias sordida – N r
  • Nilgiri flycatcher, Eumyias albicaudata – N r
  • Large niltava, Niltava grandis – r
  • Small niltava, Niltava macgrigoriae – r
  • Rufous-bellied niltava, Niltava sundara – r
  • Vivid niltava, Niltava vivida – r
  • White-tailed flycatcher, Cyornis concretus – r
  • White-bellied blue flycatcher, Cyornis pallipes – r
  • Pale-chinned blue-flycatcher, Cyornis poliogenys – r
  • Pale blue flycatcher, Cyornis unicolor – r
  • Blue-throated flycatcher, Cyornis rubeculoides – r
  • Tickell's blue flycatcher, Cyornis tickelliae – R
  • Pygmy blue flycatcher, Muscicapella hodgsoni – r
  • Grey-headed canary flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis – R
  • Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos – V
  • Siberian rubythroat, Luscinia calliope – W
  • White-tailed rubythroat, Luscinia pectoralis – r W
  • Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica – s W
  • Firethroat, Luscinia pectardens – N V
  • Indian blue robin, Luscinia brunnea – r
  • Siberian blue robin, Luscinia cyane – V
  • Red-flanked bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus – r
  • Golden bush robin, Tarsiger chrysaeus – r
  • White-browed bush robin, Tarsiger indicus – r
  • Rufous-breasted bush robin, Tarsiger hyperythrus – r
  • Rufous-tailed scrub robin, Cercotrichas galactotes – p
  • Oriental magpie robin, Copsychus saularis – R
  • White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus – R
  • Indian robin, Saxicoloides fulicata – R
  • Rufous-backed redstart, Phoenicurus erythronota – W
  • Blue-capped redstart, Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus – r
  • Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros – r W
  • Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus – P
  • Hodgson's redstart, Phoenicurus hodgsoni – W
  • White-throated redstart, Phoenicurus schisticeps – r
  • Daurian redstart, Phoenicurus auroreus – r w
  • White-winged redstart, Phoenicurus erythrogaster – r
  • Blue-fronted redstart, Phoenicurus frontalis – r
  • White-capped water redstart, Chaimarrornis leucocephalus – r
  • Plumbeous water redstart, Rhyacornis fuliginosus – r
  • White-bellied redstart, Hodgsonius phaenicuroides – r
  • White-tailed robin, Myiomela leucura – r
  • Blue-fronted robin, Cinclidium frontale – r
  • Grandala, Grandala coelicolor – r
  • Little forktail, Enicurus scouleri – r
  • Black-backed forktail, Enicurus immaculatus – r
  • Slaty-backed forktail, Enicurus schistaceus – r
  • White-crowned forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti – r
  • Spotted forktail, Enicurus maculatus – r
  • Purple cochoa, Cochoa purpurea – r
  • Green cochoa, Cochoa viridis – r
  • Stoliczka's bushchat, Saxicola macrorhyncha – V r
  • Hodgson's bushchat, Saxicola insignis – V w
  • Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maura – R
  • White-tailed stonechat, Saxicola leucura – r
  • Pied bushchat, Saxicola caprata – R
  • Jerdon's bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni – r
  • Grey bushchat, Saxicola ferrea – R
  • Hooded wheatear, Oenanthe monacha
  • Hume's wheatear, Oenanthe alboniger – r
  • Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe – P
  • Finsch's wheatear, Oenanthe finschii – r w
  • Variable wheatear, Oenanthe picata – r w
  • Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka – r w
  • Rufous-tailed wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna – r w
  • Desert wheatear, Oenanthe deserti – r w
  • Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina – r w
  • Brown rock-chat, Cercomela fusca – R
• Family: Sturnidae
  • Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis – r
  • Spot-winged starling, Saroglossa spiloptera – r
  • White-faced starling, Sturnus senex – V r
  • Chestnut-tailed starling, Sturnus malabaricus – R
  • White-headed starling, Sturnus erythropygius – r
  • Brahminy starling, Sturnus pagodarum – R
  • Purple-backed starling, Sturnus sturninus – V
  • White-shouldered starling, Sturnus sinensis – V
  • Rose-coloured starling, Sturnus roseus – W P
  • Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris – w p
  • Asian pied starling, Sturnus contra – R
  • Common myna, Acridotheres tristis – R
  • Bank myna, Acridotheres ginginianus – R
  • Jungle myna, Acridotheres fuscus – R
  • White-vented myna, Acridotheres cinereus – r
  • Collared myna, Acridotheres albocinctus – r
  • Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps coronatus – r
  • Sri Lanka myna, Gracula ptilogenys – r N
  • Hill myna, Gracula religiosa – r
• Family: Sittidae
  • Chestnut-vented nuthatch, Sitta nagaensis – r
  • Kashmir nuthatch, Sitta cashmirensis – r
  • Chestnut-bellied nuthatch, Sitta castanea – R
  • White-tailed nuthatch, Sitta himalayensis – r
  • White-cheeked nuthatch, Sitta leucopsis – r
  • Eastern rock nuthatch, Sitta tephronota
  • Velvet-fronted nuthatch, Sitta frontalis – R
  • Beautiful nuthatch, Sitta formosa – V r
• Family: Tichodromidae
  • Wallcreeper, Tichodroma muraria – r w
• Family: Certhiidae
  • Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris – R
  • Bar-tailed treecreeper, Certhia himalayana – R
  • Rusty-flanked treecreeper, Certhia nipalensis – r
  • Brown-throated treecreeper, Certhia discolor – r
  • Spotted creeper, Salpornis spilonotus – r
• Family: Troglodytidae
  • Winter wren, Troglodytes troglodytes – r
• Family: Paridae
  • White-crowned penduline tit, Remiz coronatus – r
  • Fire-capped tit, Cephalopyrus flammiceps – r
  • Rufous-naped tit, Parus rufonuchalis – r
  • Rufous-vented tit, Parus rubidiventris – r
  • Spot-winged tit, Parus melanolophus – r
  • Coal tit, Parus ater – r
  • Grey-crested tit, Parus dichrous – r
  • Brown crested tit
  • Great tit, Parus major – R
  • Green-backed tit, Parus monticolus – R
  • White-naped tit, Parus nuchalis – r
  • Black-lored tit, Parus xanthogenys – r
  • Yellow-cheeked tit, Parus spilonotus – r
  • Azure tit, Parus cyanus
  • Yellow-breasted tit, Parus flavipectus
  • Yellow-browed tit, Sylviparus modestus – r
  • Sultan tit, Melanochlora sultanea – r
  • Hume's ground tit, Pseudopodoces humilis – r
• Family: Aegithalidae
  • White-cheeked tit, Aegithalos leucogenys – r
  • Black-throated tit, Aegithalos concinnus – R
  • White-throated tit, Aegithalos niveogularis – r
  • Rufous-fronted tit, Aegithalos iouschistos – r
• Family: Hirundinidae
  • Pale martin, Riparia diluta – p r ?
  • Sand martin, Riparia riparia – r
  • Plain martin, Riparia paludicola – R
  • Crag martin, Hirundo rupestris – r
  • Rock martin, Hirundo fuligula – V
  • Dusky crag martin, Hirundo concolor – R
  • Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica – R W
  • Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica – r
  • Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii – R
  • Red-rumped swallow, Hirundo daurica – R W
  • Striated swallow, Hirundo striolata – r
  • Streak-throated swallow, Hirundo fluvicola – R
  • Common house martin, Delichon urbica – r w
  • Asian house martin, Delichon dasypus – r
  • Nepal house martin, Delichon nipalensis – r
• Family: Regulidae
  • Goldcrest, Regulus regulus – r
• Family: Pycnonotidae
  • Crested finchbill, Spizixos canifrons – r
  • Striated bulbul, Pycnonotus striatus – r
  • Grey-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus priocephalus – r
  • Black-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus atriceps – r
  • Black-crested bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus – R
  • Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus – R
  • White-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus leucotis – R
  • Himalayan bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys – R
  • Red-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus cafer – R
  • Yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus – V r
  • Yellow-eared bulbul, Pynconotus penicillatus – V r
  • Flavescent bulbul, Pycnonotus flavescens – r
  • White-browed bulbul, Pycnonotus luteolus – r
  • White-throated bulbul, Alophoixus flaveolus – r
  • Olive bulbul, Iole virescens – r
  • Yellow-browed bulbul, Iole indica – r
  • Ashy bulbul, Hemixos flavala – r
  • Mountain bulbul, Hypsipetes mcclellandii – r
  • Black bulbul, Hypsipetes leucocephalus – R
  • Nicobar bulbul, Hypsipetes nicobariensis – V r
• Family: Hypocoliidae
  • Grey hypocolius, Hypocolius ampelinus – W
• Family: Cisticolidae
  • Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis – R
  • Bright-headed cisticola, Cisticola exilis – r
  • Streaked scrub warbler, Scotocerca inquieta – r
  • Rufous-vented prinia, Prinia burnesii – N r
  • Striated prinia, Prinia criniger – R
  • Hill prinia, Prinia atrogularis – r
  • Grey-crowned prinia, Prinia cinereocapilla – V r
  • Rufous-fronted prinia, Prinia buchanani – R
  • Rufescent prinia, Prinia rufescens – r
  • Grey-breasted prinia, Prinia hodgsonii – R
  • Graceful prinia, Prinia gracilis – R
  • Jungle prinia, Prinia sylvatica – R
  • Yellow-bellied prinia, Prinia flaviventris – R
  • Ashy prinia, Prinia socialis – R
  • Plain prinia, Prinia inornata – R
• Family: Zosteropidae
  • Sri Lanka white-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis – R
  • Oriental white-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus – R

Notes and References

1. Selvatti . Alexandre Pedro . Galvão . Ana . Pereira . Anieli Guirro . Pedreira Gonzaga . Luiz . Russo . Claudia Augusta de Moraes . An African Origin of the Eurylaimides (Passeriformes) and the Successful Diversification of the Ground-Foraging Pittas (Pittidae) . Molecular Biology and Evolution . 2016. 10.1093/molbev/msw250.