List of birds of South Asia: part 4 explained

This list includes those birds of South Asia in the passerine families from Old World warblers to buntings.

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 3 – passerines from pittas to cisticolas

Passeriformes

• Family: Sylviidae
  • Chestnut-headed tesia, Tesia castaneocoronata – r
  • Slaty-bellied tesia, Tesia olivea – r
  • Grey-bellied tesia, Tesia cyaniventer – r
  • Asian stubtail, Urospena squameiceps
  • Pale-footed bush warbler, Cettia pallidipes – r
  • Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone – V
  • Brownish-flanked bush warbler, Cettia fortipes – r
  • Chestnut-crowned bush warbler, Cettia major – r
  • Aberrant bush warbler, Cettia flavolivacea – r
  • Yellowish-bellied bush warbler, Cettia acanthizoides – r
  • Grey-sided bush warbler, Cettia brunnifrons – r
  • Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti – W
  • Spotted bush warbler, Bradypterus thoracicus – r
  • Long-billed bush warbler, Bradypterus major – N r
  • Chinese bush warbler, Bradypterus tacsanowskius – V
  • Brown bush warbler, Bradypterus luteoventris – r
  • Russet bush warbler, Bradypterus seebohmi – V
  • Sri Lanka bush warbler, Bradypterus palliseri – N r
  • Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata – W
  • Grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia – W
  • Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Locustella certhiola – W
  • Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon – r w
  • Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus – V
  • Black-browed reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps – W
  • Paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola – W
  • Blunt-winged warbler, Acrocephalus concinens – r
  • Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum – W
  • Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus – W
  • Oriental reed warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis – W
  • Large-billed reed-warbler, Acrocephalus orinus – R ?
  • Clamorous reed warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus – R
  • Thick-billed warbler, Acrocephalus aedon – W
  • Booted warbler, Hippolais caligata – r w
  • Sykes's warbler, Hippolais rama
  • Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida – r
  • Mountain tailorbird, Orthotomus cuculatus – r
  • Common tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius – R
  • Dark-necked tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis – r
  • White-browed tit warbler, Leptopoecile sophiae – r
  • Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita – s W
  • Mountain chiffchaff, Phylloscopus sindianus – R w
  • Plain leaf warbler, Phylloscopus neglectus – W
  • Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus – W
  • Smoky warbler, Phylloscopus fuligiventer – s w
  • Tickell's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus affinis – s W
  • Buff-throated warbler, Phylloscopus subaffinis – V
  • Sulphur-bellied warbler, Phylloscopus griseolus – s w
  • Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi – V
  • Buff-barred warbler, Phylloscopus pulcher – r
  • Ashy-throated warbler, Phylloscopus maculipennis – r
  • Pallas's warbler, Phylloscopus chloronotus – r W
  • Chinese leaf warbler, Phylloscopus sichuanensis
  • Brooks's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus subviridis – W
  • Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus – r W
  • Hume's warbler, Phylloscopus humei – W
  • Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis – V
  • Greenish warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides – r W
  • Pale-legged leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes – V
  • Large-billed leaf warbler, Phylloscopus magnirostris – r w
  • Tytler's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tytleri – r
  • Western crowned warbler, Phylloscopus occipitalis – r
  • Eastern crowned warbler, Phylloscopus coronatus – W
  • Blyth's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus reguloides – r
  • Yellow-vented warbler, Phylloscopus cantator – r
  • Green-crowned warbler, Seicercus burkii – R
  • Grey-hooded warbler, Seicercus xanthoschistos – R
  • White-spectacled warbler, Seicercus affinis – r
  • Grey-cheeked warbler, Seicercus poliogenys – r
  • Chestnut-crowned warbler, Seicercus castaniceps – r
  • Broad-billed warbler, Tickellia hodgsoni – r
  • Rufous-faced warbler, Abroscopus albogularis – r
  • Black-faced warbler, Abroscopus schisticeps – r
  • Yellow-bellied warbler, Abroscopus superciliaris – r
  • Striated grassbird, Megalurus palustris – R
  • Bristled grassbird, Chaetornis striatus – V r
  • Rufous-rumped grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis – N r
  • Broad-tailed grassbird, Schoenicola platyura – V r
  • Garden warbler, Sylvia borin – V
  • Greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis – p
  • Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca blythi – W
  • Hume's lesser whitethroat, Sylvia althaea – W
  • Small whitethroat, Sylvia minula – W
  • Menetries warbler, Sylvia mystacea – s
  • Eastern desert warbler, Sylvia nana – W
  • Barred warbler, Sylvia nisoria – V
  • Eastern Orphean warbler, Sylvia crassirostris – r W^[1]
• Family: Timaliidae
  • Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti – r
  • Buff-breasted babbler, Pellorneum tickelli – r
  • Spot-throated babbler, Pellorneum albiventre – r
  • Marsh babbler, Pellorneum palustre – V r
  • Puff-throated babbler, Pellorneum ruficeps – R
  • Brown-capped babbler, Pellorneum fuscocapillum – r
  • Large scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus hypoleucos – r
  • Spot-breasted scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis – r
  • Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrogenys – r
  • White-browed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus schisticeps – r
  • Indian scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii – r
  • Streak-breasted scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ruficollis – r
  • Red-billed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ochraciceps – r
  • Coral-billed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus – r
  • Slender-billed scimitar babbler, Xiphirhynchus superciliaris – r
  • Long-billed wren-babbler, Rimator malacoptilus – r
  • Streaked wren-babbler, Napothera brevicaudata – r
  • Eyebrowed wren-babbler, Napothera epilepidota – r
  • Scaly-breasted wren-babbler, Pnoepyga albiventer – r
  • Nepal wren-babbler, Pnoepyga immaculata – r
  • Pygmy wren-babbler, Pnoepyga pusilla – r
  • Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus – N r
  • Rusty-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis badeigularis – V r
  • Bar-winged wren-babbler, Spelaeornis troglodytoides – r
  • Spotted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis formosus – r
  • Long-tailed wren-babbler, Spelaeornis chocolatinus – r
  • Tawny-breasted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis longicaudatus – V r
  • Wedge-billed wren-babbler, Sphenocichla humei – r
  • Rufous-fronted babbler, Stachyris rufifrons – r
  • Rufous-capped babbler, Stachyris ruficeps – r
  • Black-chinned babbler, Stachyris pyrrhops – R
  • Golden babbler, Stachyris chrysaea – r
  • Grey-throated babbler, Stachyris nigriceps – r
  • Snowy-throated babbler, Stachyris oglei – V r
  • Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia hyperythra – R
  • Dark-fronted babbler, Rhopocichla atriceps – r
  • Striped tit babbler, Macronous gularis – R
  • Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia pileata – R
  • Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense – R
  • Jerdon's babbler, Chrysomma altirostre – V r
  • Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis – r
  • Common babbler, Turdoides caudatus – R
  • Striated babbler, Turdoides earlei – R
  • Slender-billed babbler, Turdoides longirostris – V r
  • Large grey babbler, Turdoides malcolmi – R
  • Rufous babbler, Turdoides subrufus – r
  • Jungle babbler, Turdoides striatus – R
  • Orange-billed babbler, Turdoides rufescens – N r
  • Yellow-billed babbler, Turdoides affinis – R
  • Chinese babax, Babax lanceolatus – V
  • Giant babax, Babax waddelli – r
  • Silver-eared mesia, Leiothrix argentauris – r
  • Red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea – r
  • Cutia, Cutia nipalensis – r
  • Black-headed shrike babbler, Pteruthius rufiventer – r
  • White-browed shrike babbler, Pteruthius flaviscapis – r
  • Green shrike babbler, Pteruthius xanthochlorus – r
  • Black-eared shrike babbler, Pteruthius melanotis – r
  • Chestnut-fronted shrike babbler, Pteruthius aenobarbus – r
  • White-hooded babbler, Gampsorhynchus rufulus – r
  • Rusty-fronted barwing, Actinodura egertoni – r
  • Hoary-throated barwing, Actinodura nipalensis – r
  • Streak-throated barwing, Actinodura waldeni – r
  • Blue-winged minla, Minla cyanouroptera – r
  • Chestnut-tailed minla, Minla strigula – r
  • Red-tailed minla, Minla ignotincta – r
  • Golden-breasted fulvetta, Alcippe chrysotis – r
  • Yellow-throated fulvetta, Alcippe cinerea – r
  • Rufous-winged fulvetta, Alcippe castaneceps – r
  • White-browed fulvetta, Alcippe vinipectus – r
  • Streak-throated fulvetta, Alcippe cinereiceps – r
  • Ludlow's fulvetta, Alcippe ludlowi – r
  • Rufous-throated fulvetta, Alcippe rufogularis – r
  • Rusty-capped fulvetta, Alcippe dubia – r
  • Brown-cheeked fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala – R
  • Nepal fulvetta, Alcippe nipalensis – r
  • Rufous-backed sibia, Heterophasia annectans – r
  • Rufous sibia, Heterophasia capistrata – R
  • Grey sibia, Heterophasia gracilis – r
  • Beautiful sibia, Heterophasia pulchella – r
  • Long-tailed sibia, Heterophasia picaoides – r
  • Striated yuhina, Yuhina castaniceps – r
  • White-naped yuhina, Yuhina bakeri – r
  • Whiskered yuhina, Yuhina flavicollis – R
  • Stripe-throated yuhina, Yuhina gularis – R
  • Rufous-vented yuhina, Yuhina occipitalis – r
  • Black-chinned yuhina, Yuhina nigrimenta – R
  • White-bellied yuhina, Yuhina zantholeuca – r
  • Fire-tailed myzornis, Myzornis pyrrhoura – r
  • Bearded parrotbill, Panurus biarmicus
  • Great parrotbill, Conostoma oemodium – r
  • Brown parrotbill, Paradoxornis unicolor – r
  • Grey-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis gularis – r
  • Black-breasted parrotbill, Paradoxornis flavirostris – V r
  • Spot-breasted parrotbill, Paradoxornis guttaticollis – r
  • Fulvous parrotbill, Paradoxornis fulvifrons – r
  • Black-throated parrotbill, Paradoxornis nipalensis – r
  • Lesser rufous-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris – r
  • Greater rufous-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis ruficeps – r
• Family: Alaudidae
  • Singing bushlark, Mirafra cantillans – r
  • Indian bushlark, Mirafra erythroptera – R
  • Bengal bushlark, Mirafra assamica – R
  • Rufous-winged bushlark, Mirafra affinis – R
  • Black-crowned sparrow lark, Eremopterix nigriceps – r
  • Ashy-crowned sparrow lark, Eremopterix grisea – R
  • Bar-tailed lark, Ammomanes cincturus – r
  • Rufous-tailed lark, Ammomanes phoenicurus – R
  • Desert lark, Ammomanes deserti – r
  • Greater hoopoe lark, Alaemon alaudipes – r
  • Bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata – W
  • Tibetan lark, Melanocorypha maxima – r
  • Short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla – W
  • Hume's lark, Calandrella acutirostris – r w
  • Lesser short-toed lark, Calandrella rufescens – W
  • Asian short-toed lark, Calandrella cheleensis – V
  • Sand lark, Calandrella raytal – R
  • Crested lark, Galerida cristata – R
  • Malabar crested lark, Galerida malabarica – r
  • Sykes's lark, Galerida deva – r
  • Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis – W
  • Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula – R
  • Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris – r
• Family: Nectariniidae
  • Thick-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile – R
  • Yellow-vented flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum – r
  • Yellow-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum melanoxanthum – r
  • Legge's flowerpecker, Dicaeum vincens – N r
  • Orange-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma – r
  • Pale-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrorynchos – R
  • Plain flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor – r
  • Fire-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus – r
  • Scarlet-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum – r
  • Ruby-cheeked sunbird, Anthreptes singalensis – r
  • Purple-rumped sunbird, Nectarinia zeylonica – R
  • Crimson-backed sunbird, Nectarinia minima – r
  • Purple-throated sunbird, Nectarinia sperata – r
  • Olive-backed sunbird, Nectarinia jugularis – r
  • Purple sunbird, Nectarinia asiatica – R
  • Loten's sunbird, Nectarinia lotenia – R
  • Gould's sunbird, Aethopyga gouldiae – r
  • Green-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga nipalensis – r
  • Black-throated sunbird, Aethopyga saturata – r
  • Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja – R
  • Fire-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga ignicauda – r
  • Little spiderhunter, Arachnothera longirostra – r
  • Streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna – r
• Family: Passeridae
  • House sparrow, Passer domesticus – R
  • Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis – W
  • Sind sparrow, Passer pyrrhonotus – r
  • Russet sparrow, Passer rutilans – R
  • Dead Sea sparrow, Passer moabiticus – V
  • Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus – R
  • Chestnut-shouldered petronia, Petronia xanthocollis – R
  • Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia – W
  • Tibetan snowfinch, Montifringilla adamsi – r
  • White-rumped snowfinch, Pyrgilauda taczanowskii – r
  • Rufous-necked snowfinch, Pyrgilauda ruficollis – W
  • Plain-backed snowfinch, Pyrgilauda blanfordi – W
• Family: Motacillidae
  • Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus – r W
  • White wagtail, Motacilla alba – r W
  • White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis – R
  • Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola citreola – r W
  • Yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava – W
  • Grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea – r W
  • Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi – W
  • Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus – R
  • Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris – W
  • Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii – W
  • Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis – R w
  • Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis – r W
  • Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni – R W
  • Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis – V
  • Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus – p
  • Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus – r
  • Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta – W
  • Buff-bellied pipit, Anthus rubescens – W
  • Upland pipit, Anthus sylvanus – r
  • Nilgiri pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis – N r
• Family: Prunellidae
  • Alpine accentor, Prunella collaris – r
  • Altai accentor, Prunella himalayana – W
  • Robin accentor, Prunella rubeculoides – R
  • Rufous-breasted accentor, Prunella strophiata – r
  • Radde's accentor, Prunella ocularis – V
  • Brown accentor, Prunella fulvescens – r
  • Black-throated accentor, Prunella atrogularis – W
  • Maroon-backed accentor, Prunella immaculata – r
  • Family: Ploceidae
  • Black-breasted weaver, Ploceus benghalensis – R
  • Streaked weaver, Ploceus manyar – R
  • Baya weaver, Ploceus philippinus – R
  • Finn's weaver, Ploceus megarhynchus – V r
• Family: Estrildidae
  • Red avadavat, Amandava amandava – R
  • Green avadavat, Amandava formosa – V r
  • Indian silverbill, Lonchura malabarica – R
  • White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata – R
  • Black-throated munia, Lonchura kelaarti – r
  • Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata – R
  • Black-headed munia, Lonchura malacca – R
  • Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora – I r
• Family: Fringillidae
  • Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs – V
  • Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla – V
  • Fire-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus – R
  • Yellow-breasted greenfinch, Carduelis spinoides – R
  • Black-headed greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua – r
  • Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus – V
  • Tibetan serin, Carduelis thibetana – r
  • European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis – r
  • Twite, Carduelis flavirostris – r
  • Eurasian linnet, Carduelis cannabina – W
  • Plain mountain finch, Leucosticte nemoricola – r
  • Black-headed mountain finch, Leucosticte brandti – r
  • Red-browed finch, Callacanthis burtoni –
  • Crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguinea – r
  • Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus – W
  • Mongolian finch, Bucanetes mongolicus – W
  • Desert finch, Rhodospiza absoleta – V
  • Blanford's rosefinch, Carpodacus rubescens – r
  • Dark-breasted rosefinch, Carpodacus nipalensis – r
  • Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus – r w
  • Beautiful rosefinch, Carpodacus pulcherrimus – r
  • Pink-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus rodochrous – r
  • Vinaceous rosefinch, Carpodacus vinaceus – r
  • Dark-rumped rosefinch, Carpodacus edwardsii – r
  • Three-banded rosefinch, Carpodacus trifasciatus – V
  • Spot-winged rosefinch, Carpodacus rodopeplus – r
  • White-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus thura – r
  • Red-mantled rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodochlamys – r
  • Streaked rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilloides – r
  • Great rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilla – r
  • Red-fronted rosefinch, Carpodacus puniceus – r
  • Crimson-browed finch, Propyrrhula subhimachala – r
  • Scarlet finch, Haematospiza sipahi – r
  • Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra – r
  • Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis – r
  • Orange bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca – r
  • Red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala – r
  • Grey-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca – r
  • Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes – W
  • Japanese grosbeak, Eophona personata – V
  • Black-and-yellow grosbeak, Mycerobas icterioides – r
  • Collared grosbeak, Mycerobas affinis – r
  • Spot-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas melanozanthos – r
  • White-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas carnipes – r
  • Gold-naped finch, Pyrrhoplectes epauletta – r
• Family: Emberizidae
  • Crested bunting, Melophus lathami – R
  • Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella – W
  • Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos – W
  • Rock bunting, Emberiza cia – R
  • Godlewski's bunting, Emberiza godlewskii – r
  • Grey-necked bunting, Emberiza buchanani – W
  • Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana – V
  • Chestnut-breasted bunting, Emberiza stewarti – r w
  • Striolated bunting, Emberiza striolata – r
  • Chestnut-eared bunting, Emberiza fucata – r w
  • Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla – W
  • Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica –
  • Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola – W
  • Chestnut bunting, Emberiza rutila – W
  • Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala – W
  • Red-headed bunting, Emberiza bruniceps – W
  • Black-faced bunting, Emberiza spodocephala – W
  • Pallas's reed bunting, Emberiza pallasi – V
  • Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus – r w
  • Corn bunting, Miliaria calandra – V

Notes and References

1. LeCroy . Mary . 2 July 2008 . Type Specimens of Birds in The American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 313 . 1 . 10.1206/313.1 .