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Dhanbad
This checklist includes all bird species found in Dhanbad , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Dhanbad [map]
Other names: Dhānbād, धनबाद
Date last reviewed: 2015-06-13
Last modified: 2025-10-12
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | Critically endangered |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Rain Quail | Coturnix coromandelica | |
| Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | Near-threatened |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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| Lesser Florican | Sypheotides indicus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| Jerdon's Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis | |
| Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| White-rumped Spinetail | Zoonavena sylvatica | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
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| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Brown Crake | Zapornia akool | |
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| Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | Near-threatened |
| Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
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| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Yellow-legged Buttonquail | Turnix tanki | |
| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
| Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| River Tern | Sterna aurantia | Vulnerable |
| Black-bellied Tern | Sterna acuticauda | Endangered |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | Near-threatened |
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | Near-threatened |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | Near-threatened |
| Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | Critically endangered |
| White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | Critically endangered |
| Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus | Critically endangered |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Indian Spotted Eagle | Clanga hastata | Vulnerable |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| Crested Goshawk | Lophospiza trivirgata | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Endangered |
| Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | Near-threatened |
| White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| Rock Eagle-Owl | Bubo bengalensis | |
| Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| Dusky Eagle-Owl | Ketupa coromanda | |
| Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | |
| Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
| Mottled Wood-Owl | Strix ocellata | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Indian Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris | |
| Oriental Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
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| Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | Introduced species |
| Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
| Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| Lineated Barbet | Psilopogon lineatus | |
| Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
| Blue-throated Barbet | Psilopogon asiaticus | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
| Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos macei | |
| Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | |
| White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | |
| Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Laggar Falcon | Falco jugger | Near-threatened |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Near-threatened |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
| Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | Near-threatened |
| Vernal Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | |
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| Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
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| White-bellied Minivet | Pericrocotus erythropygius | |
| Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| Rosy Minivet | Pericrocotus roseus | |
| Indian Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | |
| Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
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| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
| Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
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| Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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| Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
| Spot-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura albogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
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| Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| Asian Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| Jerdon's Bushlark | Plocealauda affinis | |
| Indian Bushlark | Plocealauda erythroptera | |
| Bengal Bushlark | Plocealauda assamica | |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Hume's Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | |
| Sand Lark | Alaudala raytal | |
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| Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
| Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | |
| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | |
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| White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
| Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | |
| Tickell's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Green-crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus burkii | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| Blyth's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
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| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
| Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
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| Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | |
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| Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe poioicephala | |
| Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
| Common Babbler | Argya caudata | |
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| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| Indian Nuthatch | Sitta castanea | |
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| Indian Spotted Creeper | Salpornis spilonota | |
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| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Indian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra | |
| Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | |
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| Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| Tickell's Thrush | Turdus unicolor | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
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| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Brown-breasted Flycatcher | Muscicapa muttui | |
| Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| Blue-throated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
| Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | |
| Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| Indian Blue Robin | Larvivora brunnea | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Blue-capped Rock-Thrush | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Brown Rock Chat | Oenanthe fusca | |
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| Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa agilis | |
| Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | |
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| Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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| Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
| Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | |
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| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
| White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
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| Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami | |
| Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | |
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