This checklist includes all bird species found in Anantnag , 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 2024. 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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Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
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Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus | |
Koklass Pheasant | Pucrasia macrolopha | |
Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
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Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | |
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Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near-threatened |
Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Besra | Tachyspiza virgata | |
Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | |
Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo refectus | |
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Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
Collared Owlet | Taenioptynx brodiei | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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Great Barbet | Psilopogon virens | |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Brown-fronted Woodpecker | Dendrocoptes auriceps | |
Himalayan Woodpecker | Dendrocopos himalayensis | |
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker | Picus squamatus | |
Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
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Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
Slaty-headed Parakeet | Psittacula himalayana | |
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Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
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Green Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius xanthochlorus | |
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Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
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Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
Gray-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | |
Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
Kashmir Nutcracker | Nucifraga multipunctata | |
Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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Fire-capped Tit | Cephalopyrus flammiceps | |
Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Rufous-naped Tit | Periparus rufonuchalis | |
Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | |
Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
Asian Tit | Parus cinereus | |
Himalayan Black-lored Tit | Machlolophus xanthogenys | |
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Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
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 | |
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Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
Himalayan Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucogenys | |
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Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
Lemon-rumped Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
Tytler's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tytleri | Endemic (country/region) |
Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | |
Tickell's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | |
Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Whistler's Warbler | Phylloscopus whistleri | |
Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
Western Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus occipitalis | |
Gray-hooded Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthoschistos | |
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Gray-sided Bush Warbler | Cettia brunnifrons | |
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | |
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Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
White-throated Tit | Aegithalos niveogularis | |
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Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
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Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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Streaked Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron lineatum | |
Variegated Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron variegatum | |
Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
Jungle Babbler | Argya striata | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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White-cheeked Nuthatch | Sitta leucopsis | |
Kashmir Nuthatch | Sitta cashmirensis | |
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Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
Bar-tailed Treecreeper | Certhia himalayana | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
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Alpine Thrush | Zoothera mollissima | |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Gray-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
Tickell's Thrush | Turdus unicolor | |
Tibetan Blackbird | Turdus maximus | |
Chestnut Thrush | Turdus rubrocanus | |
Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
Blue-throated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | |
Indian Blue Robin | Larvivora brunnea | |
White-bellied Redstart | Luscinia phaenicuroides | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
Himalayan Rubythroat | Calliope pectoralis | |
Himalayan Bluetail | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
Golden Bush-Robin | Tarsiger chrysaeus | |
Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | |
Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris | |
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher | Ficedula ruficauda | |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
Kashmir Flycatcher | Ficedula subrubra | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | |
Rufous-backed Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | |
White-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | |
Blue-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus coeruleocephala | |
White-winged Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufiventris | |
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush | Monticola cinclorhyncha | |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
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Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Altai Accentor | Prunella himalayana | |
Robin Accentor | Prunella rubeculoides | |
Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
Black-throated Accentor | Prunella atrogularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
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Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak | Mycerobas icterioides | |
Collared Grosbeak | Mycerobas affinis | |
White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
Blyth's Rosefinch | Carpodacus grandis | |
Pink-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus rodochroa | |
Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus thura | |
Orange Bullfinch | Pyrrhula aurantiaca | |
Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala | |
Spectacled Finch | Callacanthis burtoni | |
Dark-breasted Rosefinch | Procarduelis nipalensis | |
Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Chloris spinoides | |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
Gray-crowned Goldfinch | Carduelis caniceps | |
Fire-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
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Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
White-capped Bunting | Emberiza stewarti | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani |
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