List of birds of South Asia: part 4
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This item lists those birds of South Asia in the passerine
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

 families from Old World warbler
Old World warbler
The "Old World Warblers" is the name used to describe a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas into...

s to buntings
Bunting (bird)
Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae.They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as sparrows...

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For an introduction to the birds of the region and a key to the status abbreviations, see List of birds of the South Asia.

For the rest of the species lists, see:
  • part 1 Megapodes, Galliformes
    Galliformes
    Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

    , Gruiformes
    Gruiformes
    The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

     and near passerine
    Near passerine
    Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...

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  • part 2 Remainder of non-passerines
  • part 3 Passerines from pitta
    Pitta (bird)
    Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. Pittas are all similar in general structure and habits, and have often been placed in a single genus, although as of 2009 they are now split into three...

    s to cisticola
    Cisticola
    Cisticolas are a genus of very small insectivorous birds formerly classified in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, but now usually considered to be in the separate family Cisticolidae, along with other southern warbler genera. They are believed to be quite closely related to the swallows and...

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Passeriformes

  • Family: Sylviidae
    Sylviidae
    Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...

    • Chestnut-headed Tesia
      Chestnut-headed Tesia
      The Chestnut-headed Tesia is a songbird species formerly in the "Old World warbler" but nowadays placed in the bush warbler family ....

       r Tesia castaneocoronata
    • Slaty-bellied Tesia
      Slaty-bellied Tesia
      The Slaty-Bellied Tesia is a species of warbler in the Cettiidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...

       r Tesia olivea
    • Grey-bellied Tesia
      Grey-bellied Tesia
      The Grey-bellied Tesia is a species of warbler in the Cettiidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       r Tesia cyaniventer
    • Asian Stubtail
      Asian Stubtail
      The Asian Stubtail is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       Urospena squameiceps
    • Pale-footed Bush Warbler
      Pale-footed Bush Warbler
      The Pale-footed Bush Warbler is a species of warbler in the family Cettiidae, found in South Asia....

       r Cettia pallidipes
    • Japanese Bush Warbler
      Japanese Bush Warbler
      The , Cettia diphone, is a passerine bird more often heard than seen. Its distinctive breeding call can be heard throughout much of Japan from the start of spring....

       V Cettia diphone
    • Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
      Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
      The Brown-flanked Bush Warbler , also known as the Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, is a species of bush-warbler belonging to the Cettiidae family. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in South Asia....

       r Cettia fortipes
    • Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
      Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
      The Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler is a species of warbler found in South Asia....

       r Cettia major
    • Aberrant Bush Warbler
      Aberrant Bush Warbler
      The Aberrant Bush Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in South Asia....

       r Cettia flavolivacea
    • Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler
      Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler
      The Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler , also known as the Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler, is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in South Asia....

       r Cettia acanthizoides
    • Grey-sided Bush Warbler
      Grey-sided Bush Warbler
      The Grey-sided Bush Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in South Asia....

       r Cettia brunnifrons
    • Cetti's Warbler
      Cetti's Warbler
      Cetti's Warbler , Cettia cetti, is an Old World warbler which breeds in Europe, northwest Africa and east southern temperate Asia as far as Afghanistan and NW Pakistan. It is the only bush warbler to occur outside Asia...

       W Cettia cetti
    • Spotted Bush Warbler r Bradypterus thoracicus
    • Long-billed Bush Warbler N r Bradypterus major
    • Chinese Bush Warbler V Bradypterus tacsanowskius
    • Brown Bush Warbler r Bradypterus luteoventris
    • Russet Bush Warbler V Bradypterus seebohmi
    • Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
      Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
      The Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, Ceylon Bush Warbler or Palliser's Warbler is an Old World warbler which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it is the only bush warbler...

       N r Bradypterus palliseri
    • Lanceolated Warbler
      Lanceolated Warbler
      The Lanceolated Warbler is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds from northeast European Russia across northern Asia to northern Hokkaidō, Japan...

       W Locustella lanceolata
    • Grasshopper Warbler
      Grasshopper Warbler
      The Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering from northwest Africa to India....

       W Locustella naevia
    • Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
      Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
      The Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella certhiola, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds in east Asia. It is migratory, wintering from India east to Indonesia....

       W Locustella certhiola
    • Moustached Warbler
      Moustached Warbler
      The Moustached Warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in southern Europe and southern temperate Asia with a few in north-west Africa. It is partially migratory...

       rw Acrocephalus melanopogon
    • Sedge Warbler
      Sedge Warbler
      The Sedge Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa...

       V Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
    • Black-browed Reed Warbler W Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
    • Paddyfield Warbler
      Paddyfield Warbler
      The Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian Reed-warbler was included in A. agricola as a subspecies.It breeds in temperate central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Pakistan and...

       W Acrocephalus agricola
    • Blunt-winged Warbler
      Blunt-winged Warbler
      The Blunt-winged Warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Acrocephalus concinens
    • Blyth's Reed Warbler
      Blyth's Reed Warbler
      The Blyth's Reed Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate Asia and easternmost Europe. It is migratory, wintering in India and Sri Lanka. It is one of the most common winter warblers in those countries...

       W Acrocephalus dumetorum
    • Great Reed Warbler
      Great Reed Warbler
      The Great Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus, is an Eurasiaan songbird in the genus Acrocephalus. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but nowadays is recognized to be part of the marsh- and tree-warbler family .-Description:This is a large thrush-sized warbler,...

       W Acrocephalus arundinaceus
    • Oriental Reed Warbler W Acrocephalus orientalis
    • Large-billed Reed-warbler
      Large-billed Reed-warbler
      The Large-billed Reed-warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. The species has been dubbed as "the world's least known bird". It was known from a single specimen collected in India in 1867 and rediscovered in the wild in Thailand in 2006...

       R? Acrocephalus orinus
    • Clamorous Reed Warbler R Acrocephalus stentoreus
    • Thick-billed Warbler
      Thick-billed Warbler
      The Thick-billed Warbler is an Old World warbler that breeds in temperate east Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical south east Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....

       W Acrocephalus aedon
    • Booted Warbler
      Booted Warbler
      The Booted Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler group. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Sykes' Warbler, but the two are now usually both afforded species status...

       rw Hippolais caligata
    • Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama
    • Upcher's Warbler
      Upcher's Warbler
      The Upcher's Warbler, , is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in an area from Turkey south and east to Pakistan...

       r Hippolais languida
    • Mountain Tailorbird
      Mountain Tailorbird
      The Mountain Tailorbird is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage with the other tailorbirds, but it actually seems to be one of the "pseudo-tailorbirds" which should be considered a genus Phyllergates in the family Cettiidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan,...

       r Orthotomus cuculatus
    • Common Tailorbird
      Common Tailorbird
      The Common Tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are...

       R Orthotomus sutorius
    • Dark-necked Tailorbird
      Dark-necked Tailorbird
      The Dark-necked Tailorbird is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae....

       r Orthotomus atrogularis
    • White-browed Tit Warbler r Leptopoecile sophiae
    • Chiffchaff
      Chiffchaff
      The Common Chiffchaff, or simply the Chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf-warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia....

       sW Phylloscopus collybita
    • Mountain Chiffchaff Rw Phylloscopus sindianus
    • Plain Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus neglectus
    • Dusky Warbler
      Dusky Warbler
      The Dusky Warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, is a leaf warbler which breeds in east Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia. It has a foothold in North America in Alaska, and has also occurred in California...

       W Phylloscopus fuscatus
    • Smoky Warbler
      Smoky Warbler
      The Smoky Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...

       sw Phylloscopus fuligiventer
    • Tickell's Leaf Warbler
      Tickell's Leaf Warbler
      Tickell's Leaf-warbler is a leaf warbler found in Asia. The species has a yellowish underside and supercilium. It is a common bird watchers' target in this region.-External links:*...

       sW Phylloscopus affinis
    • Buff-throated Warbler
      Buff-throated Warbler
      The Buff-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       V Phylloscopus subaffinis
    • Sulphur-bellied Warbler
      Sulphur-bellied Warbler
      The Sulphur-bellied Warbler is a species of leaf-warbler found in the Palearctic region. They were earlier also known by the name of Olivaceous Leaf-warbler....

       sw Phylloscopus griseolus
    • Radde's Warbler
      Radde's Warbler
      Radde's Warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi, is a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia....

       V Phylloscopus schwarzi
    • Buff-barred Warbler
      Buff-barred Warbler
      The Buff-barred Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Phylloscopus pulcher
    • Ashy-throated Warbler
      Ashy-throated Warbler
      The Ashy-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Phylloscopus maculipennis
    • Pallas's Warbler
      Pallas's Warbler
      The Pallas's Warbler or Pallas's Leaf Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia , northern Mongolia, and northeastern China...

       rW Phylloscopus chloronotus
    • Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus sichuanensis
    • Brooks's Leaf Warbler W Phylloscopus subviridis
    • Yellow-browed Warbler
      Yellow-browed Warbler
      The Yellow-browed Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in temperate Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters mainly in tropical southeast Asia, but also in small numbers in western Europe...

       rW Phylloscopus inornatus
    • Hume's Warbler W Phylloscopus humei
    • Arctic Warbler
      Arctic Warbler
      The Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia. It has established a foothold in North America, breeding in Alaska. This warbler is strongly migratory; the entire...

       V Phylloscopus borealis
    • Greenish Warbler
      Greenish Warbler
      The Greenish Warbler and Green Warbler are widespread leaf-warblers throughout their breeding range in northeastern Europe and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western...

       rW Phylloscopus trochiloides
    • Pale-legged Leaf Warbler V Phylloscopus tenellipes
    • Large-billed Leaf Warbler
      Large-billed Leaf Warbler
      The Large-billed Leaf-warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       rw Phylloscopus magnirostris
    • Tytler's Leaf Warbler r Phylloscopus tytleri
    • Western Crowned Warbler
      Western Crowned Warbler
      The Western Crowned Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in Central Asia. It winters in the forests of the Western Ghats.The nest is built in a hole, and the typical clutch is four eggs....

       r Phylloscopus occipitalis
    • Eastern Crowned Warbler
      Eastern Crowned Warbler
      The Eastern Crowned Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       W Phylloscopus coronatus
    • Blyth's Leaf Warbler r Phylloscopus reguloides
    • Yellow-vented Warbler
      Yellow-vented Warbler
      The Yellow-vented Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Phylloscopus cantator
    • Golden-spectacled Warbler R Seicercus burkii
    • Grey-hooded Warbler
      Grey-hooded Warbler
      The Grey-hooded Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       R Seicercus xanthoschistos
    • White-spectacled Warbler
      White-spectacled Warbler
      The White-spectacled Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam...

       r Seicercus affinis
    • Grey-cheeked Warbler
      Grey-cheeked Warbler
      The Grey-cheeked Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Seicercus poliogenys
    • Chestnut-crowned Warbler
      Chestnut-crowned Warbler
      The Chestnut-crowned Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Seicercus castaniceps
    • Broad-billed Warbler
      Broad-billed Warbler
      The Broad-billed Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, and belongs to the monotypic genus Tickellia....

       r Tickellia hodgsoni
    • Rufous-faced Warbler
      Rufous-faced Warbler
      The Rufous-faced Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Abroscopus albogularis
    • Black-faced Warbler
      Black-faced Warbler
      The Black-faced Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Abroscopus schisticeps
    • Yellow-bellied Warbler
      Yellow-bellied Warbler
      The Yellow-bellied Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

       r Abroscopus superciliaris
    • Striated Grassbird
      Striated Grassbird
      The Striated Grassbird is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the Sylviidae....

       R Megalurus palustris
    • Bristled Grassbird
      Bristled Grassbird
      The Bristled Grassbird is a passerine bird making up the monotypic genus Chaetornis. Chaetornis striata is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, where it is patchily and locally distributed in India, Pakistan, and Nepal...

       V r Chaetornis striatus
    • Rufous-rumped Grassbird
      Rufous-rumped Grassbird
      The Rufous-Rumped Grassbird is a species of babbler in a monotypic genus in the Timaliidae family. It was formerly placed in the Old World Warbler family Sylviidae.-Distribution and habitat:...

       N r Graminicola bengalensis
    • Broad-tailed Grassbird
      Broad-tailed Grassbird
      The Broad-tailed Grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India with the possibility of occurrence in Sri Lanka. A small, mostly brown bird, it has a broad rounded and graduated tail...

       V r Schoenicola platyura
    • Garden Warbler
      Garden Warbler
      The Garden Warbler, Sylvia borin, is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe into western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in central and southern Africa...

       V Sylvia borin
    • Greater Whitethroat p Sylvia communis
    • Lesser Whitethroat
      Lesser Whitethroat
      The Lesser Whitethroat is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.Unlike many typical warblers,...

       W Sylvia curruca blythi
    • Hume's Lesser Whitethroat W Sylvia althaea
    • Small Whitethroat
      Small Whitethroat
      The Desert Whitethroat is a typical warbler. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the Lesser Whitethroat; today these are seen as members of a superspecies...

       W Sylvia minula
    • Menetries Warbler s Sylvia mystacea
    • Eastern Desert Warbler W Sylvia nana
    • Barred Warbler
      Barred Warbler
      The Barred Warbler is a typical warbler which breeds across temperate regions of central and eastern Europe and western and central Asia. This passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical eastern Africa....

       V Sylvia nisoria
    • Eastern Orphean Warbler
      Eastern Orphean Warbler
      The Eastern Orphean Warbler, Sylvia hortensis crassirostris, is a typical warbler of the genus Sylvia. This species occurs in summer around the Mediterranean, through the Balkans via Turkey, the Caucasus and surrounding regions to Central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa...

       rW Sylvia crassirostris
  • Family: Timaliidae
    • Abbott's Babbler
      Abbott's Babbler
      Abbott's Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is widely distributed along the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into the forests of Southeast Asia...

       r Malacocincla abbotti
    • Buff-breasted Babbler
      Buff-breasted Babbler
      The Buff-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...

       r Pellorneum tickelli
    • Spot-throated Babbler
      Spot-throated Babbler
      The Spot-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Pellorneum albiventre
    • Marsh Babbler
      Marsh Babbler
      The Marsh Babbler, Pellorneum palustre, is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia...

       V r Pellorneum palustre
    • Puff-throated Babbler
      Puff-throated Babbler
      The Puff-throated Babbler or Spotted Babbler is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth...

       R Pellorneum ruficeps
    • Brown-capped Babbler
      Brown-capped Babbler
      The Brown-capped Babbler is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.The Brown-capped Babbler is an endemic resident breeding bird in Sri...

       r Pellorneum fuscocapillum
    • Large Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
    • Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
    • Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
    • White-browed Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus schisticeps
    • Indian Scimitar Babbler
      Indian Scimitar Babbler
      The Indian Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, is an Old World babbler. It is found in peninsular India and is found in a range of forest habitats. They are most often detected by their distinctive call which is an antiphonal duet produced by pairs within small groups. They are often hard...

       r Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
    • Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus ruficollis
    • Red-billed Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus ochraciceps
    • Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler r Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
    • Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler r Xiphirhynchus superciliaris
    • Long-billed Wren-babbler
      Long-billed Wren-babbler
      The Long-billed Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Rimator.It is found in Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam....

       r Rimator malacoptilus
    • Streaked Wren-babbler
      Streaked Wren-babbler
      The Streaked Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Napothera brevicaudata
    • Eyebrowed Wren-babbler
      Eyebrowed Wren-babbler
      The Eyebrowed Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Napothera epilepidota
    • Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
      Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
      The Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is found in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. The Taiwan Wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of this species.Its natural habitat is subtropical moist...

       r Pnoepyga albiventer
    • Nepal Wren-babbler
      Nepal Wren-babbler
      The Nepal Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in India and Nepal.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

       r Pnoepyga immaculata
    • Pygmy Wren-babbler
      Pygmy Wren-babbler
      The Pygmy Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Pnoepyga pusilla
    • Rufous-throated Wren-babbler
      Rufous-throated Wren-babbler
      The Rufous-throated Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bhutan, India, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is the Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....

       N r Spelaeornis caudatus
    • Rusty-throated Wren-babbler
      Rusty-throated Wren-babbler
      The Rusty-throated Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.It is threatened by habitat loss...

       V r Spelaeornis badeigularis
    • Bar-winged Wren-babbler
      Bar-winged Wren-babbler
      The Bar-winged Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

       r Spelaeornis troglodytoides
    • Spotted Wren-babbler
      Spotted Wren-babbler
      The Spotted Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

       r Spelaeornis formosus
    • Long-tailed Wren-babbler
      Long-tailed Wren-babbler
      The Long-tailed Wren-babbler or Naga Wren-babbler is a bird species in the family Timaliidae.Several former subspecies of this bird have now been recognized as good species. They are: Pale-throated Wren-babbler , Chin Hills Wren-babbler and Grey-bellied Wren-babbler The Long-tailed Wren-babbler...

       r Spelaeornis chocolatinus
    • Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler
      Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler
      The Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

       V r Spelaeornis longicaudatus
    • Wedge-billed Wren-babbler
      Wedge-billed Wren-babbler
      The Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler or Blackish-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family . It is named for the Indian state of Sikkim....

       r Sphenocichla humei
    • Rufous-fronted Babbler
      Rufous-fronted Babbler
      The Rufous-fronted Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand in moist lowland forests, grass or bamboo up to 2,100 m altitude....

       r Stachyris rufifrons
    • Rufous-capped Babbler
      Rufous-capped Babbler
      The Rufous-capped Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam...

       r Stachyris ruficeps
    • Black-chinned Babbler
      Black-chinned Babbler
      The Black-chinned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent....

       R Stachyris pyrrhops
    • Golden Babbler
      Golden Babbler
      The Golden Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       r Stachyris chrysaea
    • Grey-throated Babbler
      Grey-throated Babbler
      The Grey-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...

       r Stachyris nigriceps
    • Snowy-throated Babbler
      Snowy-throated Babbler
      The Snowy-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in India and Myanmar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....

       V r Stachyris oglei
    • Tawny-bellied Babbler
      Tawny-bellied Babbler
      The Tawny-bellied Babbler, Dumetia hyperythra is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.-Description:The Tawny-bellied Babbler...

       R Dumetia hyperythra
    • Dark-fronted Babbler
      Dark-fronted Babbler
      The Dark-fronted Babbler is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are tiny chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris...

       r Rhopocichla atriceps
    • Striped Tit Babbler R Macronous gularis
    • Chestnut-capped Babbler
      Chestnut-capped Babbler
      The Chestnut-capped Babbler is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.-Distribution:...

       R Timalia pileata
    • Yellow-eyed Babbler
      Yellow-eyed Babbler
      The Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense is a passerine bird species found in open grass and scrub in south Asia. Its common name refers to its traditional placement with the Old World babbler family Timaliidae...

       R Chrysomma sinense
    • Jerdon's Babbler
      Jerdon's Babbler
      Jerdon's Babbler is an endangered passerine bird from South Asia. Formerly placed in the Timaliidae family – hence the common name "babbler" –, the genus Chrysomma and its relatives are actually closer to the typical warblers and parrotbills in the Sylviidae.-Description:Measuring...

       V r Chrysomma altirostre
    • Spiny Babbler
      Spiny Babbler
      The Spiny Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found only in Nepal.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

       r Turdoides nipalensis
    • Common Babbler
      Common Babbler
      The Common Babbler, Turdoides caudata, is an Old World babbler. They are found in dry open scrub countries in South Asia and also in Iran.-References:...

       R Turdoides caudatus
    • Striated Babbler
      Striated Babbler
      The Striated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

       R Turdoides earlei
    • Slender-billed Babbler
      Slender-billed Babbler
      The Slender-billed Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in India, Nepal, and possibly Myanmar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland....

       V r Turdoides longirostris
    • Large Grey Babbler
      Large Grey Babbler
      The Large Grey Babbler, Turdoides malcolmi, is an Old World babbler found in India. They are locally common in the scrub, open forest and gardenland. They are usually seen in small groups and are easily distinguished from other babblers in the region by their nasal call and the whitish outer...

       R Turdoides malcolmi
    • Rufous Babbler
      Rufous Babbler
      The Rufous Babbler is an Old World babbler endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. It is dark brown and long tailed, and is usually seen foraging in noisy groups along open hillsides grass or forest.-Description:...

       r Turdoides subrufus
    • Jungle Babbler
      Jungle Babbler
      The Jungle Babbler is an Old World babbler found in the Indian Subcontinent. They are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of Seven Sisters or Saath bhai in Hindi with cognates in other regional languages which means "seven...

       R Turdoides striatus
    • Orange-billed Babbler
      Orange-billed Babbler
      The Orange-billed Babbler, Turdoides rufescens, also known as Ceylon Rufous Babbler or Sri Lankan Rufous Babbler is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...

       N r Turdoides rufescens
    • Yellow-billed Babbler
      Yellow-billed Babbler
      The Yellow-billed Babbler or White-headed Babbler is an Old World babbler endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The Yellow-billed Babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land...

       R Turdoides affinis
    • Chinese Babax
      Chinese Babax
      The Chinese Babax is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, India, and Myanmar....

       V Babax lanceolatus
    • Giant Babax
      Giant Babax
      The Giant Babax is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China and India and threatened by habitat loss. The binomial name commemorates the British explorer Laurence Waddell.-References:...

       r Babax waddelli
    • Silver-eared Mesia
      Silver-eared Mesia
      The Silver-eared Mesia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...

       r Leiothrix argentauris
    • Red-billed Leiothrix
      Red-billed Leiothrix
      The Red-billed Leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea, is a member of the Old World babbler family. It is a common cagebird and amongst aviculturists it goes by various names: Pekin Robin, Pekin Nightingale, Chinese Nightingale, Japanese Nightingale, and Japanese Robin, the last two being misnomers as it is...

       r Leiothrix lutea
    • Cutia
      Cutia
      The cutias are the bird genus Cutia in the family Timaliidae. These birds are found in montane forests of continental South and Southeast Asia. The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan Cutia...

       r Cutia nipalensis
    • Black-headed Shrike Babbler r Pteruthius rufiventer
    • White-browed Shrike Babbler r Pteruthius flaviscapis
    • Green Shrike Babbler r Pteruthius xanthochlorus
    • Black-eared Shrike Babbler r Pteruthius melanotis
    • Chestnut-fronted Shrike Babbler r Pteruthius aenobarbus
    • White-hooded Babbler
      White-hooded Babbler
      The White-hooded Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Gampsorhynchus....

       r Gampsorhynchus rufulus
    • Rusty-fronted Barwing
      Rusty-fronted Barwing
      The Rusty-fronted Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

       r Actinodura egertoni
    • Hoary-throated Barwing
      Hoary-throated Barwing
      The Hoary-throated Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

       r Actinodura nipalensis
    • Streak-throated Barwing
      Streak-throated Barwing
      The Streak-throated Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

       r Actinodura waldeni
    • Blue-winged Minla
      Blue-winged Minla
      The Blue-winged Siva , also known as the Blue-winged Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva....

       r Minla cyanouroptera
    • Chestnut-tailed Minla
      Chestnut-tailed Minla
      The Chestnut-tailed Minla or Bar-throated Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Chrysominla....

       r Minla strigula
    • Red-tailed Minla
      Red-tailed Minla
      The Red-tailed Minla is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. Most modern authors consider its genus Minla monotypic...

       r Minla ignotincta
    • Golden-breasted Fulvetta
      Golden-breasted Fulvetta
      The Golden-breasted "Fulvetta" is a species of songbird found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam...

       r Alcippe chrysotis
    • Yellow-throated Fulvetta
      Yellow-throated Fulvetta
      The Yellow-throated Fulvetta is a bird species of the Old World babbler family . Its common name is misleading, because it is not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta and are actually Sylviidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos,...

       r Alcippe cinerea
    • Rufous-winged Fulvetta
      Rufous-winged Fulvetta
      The Rufous-winged Fulvetta is a bird species of the Old World babbler family . Its common name is misleading, because it is not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta and are actually Sylviidae.The Black-crowned Fulvetta The Rufous-winged Fulvetta...

       r Alcippe castaneceps
    • White-browed Fulvetta
      White-browed Fulvetta
      The White-browed Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe....

       r Alcippe vinipectus
    • Streak-throated Fulvetta
      Streak-throated Fulvetta
      The Streak-throated Fulvetta or Manipur Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is named for the state of Manipur in northeastern India. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe. In addition, it was long included in F...

       r Alcippe cinereiceps
    • Ludlow's Fulvetta
      Ludlow's Fulvetta
      The Brown-throated Fulvetta or Ludlow's Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...

       r Alcippe ludlowi
    • Rufous-throated Fulvetta
      Rufous-throated Fulvetta
      The Rufous-throated Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Alcippe rufogularis
    • Rusty-capped Fulvetta
      Rusty-capped Fulvetta
      The Rusty-capped Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

       r Alcippe dubia
    • Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
      Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
      The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala , is an Old World babbler. It was earlier also known as the Quaker Babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...

       R Alcippe poioicephala
    • Nepal Fulvetta
      Nepal Fulvetta
      The Nepal Fulvetta , Alcippe nipalensis, is a bird species in the Old World babbler family ....

       r Alcippe nipalensis
    • Rufous-backed Sibia
      Rufous-backed Sibia
      The Rufous-backed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Heterophasia annectans
    • Rufous Sibia
      Rufous Sibia
      The Rufous Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across India, Bhutan and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       R Heterophasia capistrata
    • Grey Sibia
      Grey Sibia
      The Grey Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

       r Heterophasia gracilis
    • Beautiful Sibia
      Beautiful Sibia
      The Beautiful Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

       r Heterophasia pulchella
    • Long-tailed Sibia
      Long-tailed Sibia
      The Long-tailed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Heterophasia picaoides
    • Striated Yuhina
      Striated Yuhina
      The Striated Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Staphida, like the typical yuhinas would need to be placed there.Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bangladesh,...

       r Yuhina castaniceps
    • White-naped Yuhina
      White-naped Yuhina
      The White-naped Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....

       r Yuhina bakeri
    • Whiskered Yuhina
      Whiskered Yuhina
      The Whiskered Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....

       R Yuhina flavicollis
    • Stripe-throated Yuhina
      Stripe-throated Yuhina
      The Stripe-throated Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....

       R Yuhina gularis
    • Rufous-vented Yuhina
      Rufous-vented Yuhina
      The Rufous-vented Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....

       r Yuhina occipitalis
    • Black-chinned Yuhina
      Black-chinned Yuhina
      The Black-chinned Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....

       R Yuhina nigrimenta
    • White-bellied Yuhina r Yuhina zantholeuca
    • Fire-tailed Myzornis
      Fire-tailed Myzornis
      The Fire-tailed Myzornis is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family . Its genus Myzornis is monotypic, and has recently been placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal...

       r Myzornis pyrrhoura
    • Bearded Parrotbill Panurus biarmicus
    • Great Parrotbill
      Great Parrotbill
      The Great Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae. Its genus Conostoma is monotypic.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:* BirdLife...

       r Conostoma oemodium
    • Brown Parrotbill
      Brown Parrotbill
      The Brown Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....

       r Paradoxornis unicolor
    • Grey-headed Parrotbill
      Grey-headed Parrotbill
      The Grey-headed Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....

       r Paradoxornis gularis
    • Black-breasted Parrotbill
      Black-breasted Parrotbill
      The Black-breasted Parrotbill is a 19 cm long, large, thick-billed parrotbill with black patches on the head-sides and throat...

       V r Paradoxornis flavirostris
    • Spot-breasted Parrotbill
      Spot-breasted Parrotbill
      The Spot-breasted Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...

       r Paradoxornis guttaticollis
    • Fulvous Parrotbill
      Fulvous Parrotbill
      The Fulvous Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...

       r Paradoxornis fulvifrons
    • Black-throated Parrotbill
      Black-throated Parrotbill
      The Black-throated Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....

       r Paradoxornis nipalensis
    • Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill r Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris
    • Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill r Paradoxornis ruficeps
  • Family: Alaudidae
    • Singing Bushlark
      Singing Bushlark
      The Singing Bush Lark is a species of lark found in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.- Range and population :The range of M. cantillans is quite extensive, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km2; and its global population is thought to be large, though it has...

       r Mirafra cantillans
    • Indian Bushlark
      Indian Bushlark
      The Indian Bush Lark, Indian Bushlark or Red-winged Bushlark is a species of bushlark found in South Asia mainly in India.-Description:...

       R Mirafra erythroptera
    • Bengal Bushlark R Mirafra assamica
    • Rufous-winged Bushlark
      Rufous-winged Bushlark
      The Rufous-winged Bush Lark is a small passerine bird.- Description :It is short-tailed and has a strong stout bill. In size it is not as long as the Skylark, measuring about 15 centimeters...

       R Mirafra affinis
    • Black-crowned Sparrow Lark r Eremopterix nigriceps
    • Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark R Eremopterix grisea
    • Bar-tailed Lark
      Bar-tailed Lark
      The Bar-tailed Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,and...

       r Ammomanes cincturus
    • Rufous-tailed Lark
      Rufous-tailed Lark
      The Rufous-tailed Lark also sometimes called the Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan. Like other species in the genus it has a large finch-like bill with a slightly curved edge to the upper mandible...

       R Ammomanes phoenicurus
    • Desert Lark
      Desert Lark
      The Desert Lark, Ammomanes deserti, breeds in deserts and semi-deserts from the Sahara east through the Arabian peninsula and the Middle East to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan....

       r Ammomanes deserti
    • Greater Hoopoe Lark r Alaemon alaudipes
    • Bimaculated Lark
      Bimaculated Lark
      The Bimaculated Lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata, breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia. It is the eastern counterpart of its relative, the Calandra Lark....

       W Melanocorypha bimaculata
    • Tibetan Lark
      Tibetan Lark
      The Tibetan Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, and India.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007.-External links:*...

       r Melanocorypha maxima
    • Short-toed Lark W Calandrella brachydactyla
    • Hume's Lark
      Hume's Lark
      The Hume's Short-toed Lark or Hume's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24...

       rw Calandrella acutirostris
    • Lesser Short-toed Lark
      Lesser Short-toed Lark
      The Lesser Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in Spain, north Africa, also including Turkey eastwards across the semi-deserts of central Asia to Mongolia and China....

       W Calandrella rufescens
    • Asian Short-toed Lark
      Asian Short-toed Lark
      The Asian Short-toed Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in China, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan....

       V Calandrella cheleensis
    • Sand Lark
      Sand Lark
      The Sand Lark, also known as India Short-toed Lark or Indian Sand Lark , is a small passerine bird in thelark family, largely resident in the rivervalleys of South Asia from Pakistan through sub-Himalayan...

       R Calandrella raytal
    • Crested Lark
      Crested Lark
      The Crested Lark, Galerida cristata, breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger...

       R Galerida cristata
    • Malabar Crested Lark r Galerida malabarica
    • Sykes's Lark
      Sykes's Lark
      Sykes's Lark is a species of lark found in the dry open country of peninsular India. Its distribution is manly restricted to Central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere in India. It is identified by its prominent crest and its overall rufous colouration...

       r Galerida deva
    • Eurasian Skylark W Alauda arvensis
    • Oriental Skylark
      Oriental Skylark
      The Oriental Skylark , also known as the Oriental Lark or Small Skylark, is a species of skylark found in South Asia and Southeast Asia...

       R Alauda gulgula
    • Horned Lark r Eremophila alpestris
  • Family: Nectariniidae
    • Thick-billed Flowerpecker
      Thick-billed Flowerpecker
      The Thick-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests...

       R Dicaeum agile
    • Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
      Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
      The Yellow-vented Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       r Dicaeum chrysorrheum
    • Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
      Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
      The Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...

       r Dicaeum melanoxanthum
    • Legge's Flowerpecker N r Dicaeum vincens
    • Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
      Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
      The Orange-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

       r Dicaeum trigonostigma
    • Pale-billed Flowerpecker
      Pale-billed Flowerpecker
      Tickell's Flowerpecker or Pale-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird that feeds on nectar and berries, found in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The bird is common especially in urban gardens with berry bearing trees...

       R Dicaeum erythrorynchos
    • Plain Flowerpecker
      Plain Flowerpecker
      The Nilgiri Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family. Formerly a subspecies of what used to be termed as the Plain Flowerpecker although that name is now reserved for Dicaeum minullum. Like others of the group, it feeds predominantly on nectar and fruits...

       r Dicaeum concolor
    • Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
      Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
      The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family found in South and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants...

       r Dicaeum ignipectus
    • Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
      Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
      The Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. Sexually dimorphic, the male has navy blue upperparts with a bright red streak down its back from its crown to its tail coverts, while the female and juvenile are predominantly olive green...

       r Dicaeum cruentatum
    • Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
      Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
      The Ruby-cheeked Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       r Anthreptes singalensis
    • Purple-rumped Sunbird
      Purple-rumped Sunbird
      The Purple-rumped Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to feed. They build a hanging pouch...

       R Nectarinia zeylonica
    • Crimson-backed Sunbird
      Crimson-backed Sunbird
      The Crimson-backed Sunbird or Small Sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young...

       r Nectarinia minima
    • Purple-throated Sunbird
      Purple-throated Sunbird
      The Purple-throated Sunbird , also known as Van Hasselt's Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family...

       r Nectarinia sperata
    • Olive-backed Sunbird
      Olive-backed Sunbird
      The Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, also known as the Yellow-bellied Sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia....

       r Nectarinia jugularis
    • Purple Sunbird
      Purple Sunbird
      The Purple Sunbird is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers...

       R Nectarinia asiatica
    • Loten's Sunbird
      Loten's Sunbird
      The Loten's Sunbird, Long-billed Sunbird or Maroon-breasted Sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius , is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Its long bill distinguishes it from the similar Purple Sunbird that is found in the same areas and also tends to hover at flowers...

       R Nectarinia lotenia
    • Gould's Sunbird
      Gould's Sunbird
      Mrs Gould's Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...

       r Aethopyga gouldiae
    • Green-tailed Sunbird
      Green-tailed Sunbird
      The Green-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

       r Aethopyga nipalensis
    • Black-throated Sunbird
      Black-throated Sunbird
      The Black-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       r Aethopyga saturata
    • Crimson Sunbird
      Crimson Sunbird
      The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings...

       R Aethopyga siparaja
    • Fire-tailed Sunbird
      Fire-tailed Sunbird
      The Fire-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       r Aethopyga ignicauda
    • Little Spiderhunter
      Little Spiderhunter
      The Little Spiderhunter is a species of long-billed nectar feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia. Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar in plumage...

       r Arachnothera longirostra
    • Streaked Spiderhunter
      Streaked Spiderhunter
      The Streaked Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...

       r Arachnothera magna
  • Family: Passeridae
    • House Sparrow
      House Sparrow
      The House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...

       R Passer domesticus
    • Spanish Sparrow
      Spanish Sparrow
      The Spanish Sparrow or Willow Sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia...

       W Passer hispaniolensis
    • Sind Sparrow
      Sind Sparrow
      The Sind Sparrow , also known as the Sind Jungle Sparrow, Jungle Sparrow, or Rufous-backed Sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae...

       r Passer pyrrhonotus
    • Russet Sparrow R Passer rutilans
    • Dead Sea Sparrow
      Dead Sea Sparrow
      The Dead Sea Sparrow , as its name suggests, is a breeding bird around the River Jordan, Dead Sea, and into Iraq, Iran and western Afghanistan. Breeding recorded in Cyprus but is probably extinct there now...

       V Passer moabiticus
    • Eurasian Tree Sparrow R Passer montanus
    • Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
      Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
      The Yellow-throated Sparrow or Chestnut-shouldered Petronia is a species of sparrow found in Asia.- Description :...

       R Petronia xanthocollis
    • Rock Sparrow
      Rock Sparrow
      The Rock Sparrow, Petronia petronia, is a small passerine bird. This sparrow breeds on barren rocky hills from the Iberian peninsula and western north Africa across southern Europe and through central Asia. It is largely resident in the west of its range, but Asian birds migrate to more southerly...

       W Petronia petronia
    • Tibetan Snowfinch r Montifringilla adamsi
    • White-rumped Snowfinch
      White-rumped Snowfinch
      The White-rumped Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.-External links:...

       r Pyrgilauda taczanowskii
    • Rufous-necked Snowfinch
      Rufous-necked Snowfinch
      The Rufous-necked Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family.It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.-External links:* — Oriental Bird Club....

       W Pyrgilauda ruficollis
    • Plain-backed Snowfinch
      Plain-backed Snowfinch
      The Plain-backed Snowfinch or Blanford's Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family.It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland....

       W Pyrgilauda blanfordi
  • Family: Motacillidae
    Motacillidae
    The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...

    • Forest Wagtail
      Forest Wagtail
      The Forest Wagtail is a medium-sized passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae. It has a distinctive plumage that sets it apart from other wagtails and has the habit of wagging its tail sideways unlike the usual up and down movements of the other wagtail species. It is the only wagtail...

       rW Dendronanthus indicus
    • White Wagtail
      White Wagtail
      "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...

       rW Motacilla alba
    • White-browed Wagtail
      White-browed Wagtail
      The White-browed Wagtail or Large Pied Wagtail is a medium-sized bird and is the largest member of the wagtail family. They are conspicuously patterned with black above and white below, a prominent white brow, shoulder stripe and outer tail feathers...

       R Motacilla maderaspatensis
    • Citrine Wagtail
      Citrine Wagtail
      The Citrine Wagtail or Yellow-headed Wagtail is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. Its systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy are subject of considerable debate in the early 21st century. This is because this bird forms a cryptic...

       rW Motacilla citreola citreola
    • Yellow Wagtail W Motacilla flava
    • Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      The Grey Wagtail is a small member of the wagtail family, Motacillidae. The species looks similar to the Yellow Wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and vent. Breeding males have a black throat...

       rW Motacilla cinerea
    • Richard's Pipit
      Richard's Pipit
      The Richard's Pipit is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe...

       W Anthus richardi
    • Paddyfield Pipit
      Paddyfield Pipit
      Paddyfield Pipit is a small passerine bird in the pipits and wagtail family. It is a resident breeder in open scrub, grassland and cultivation in southern Asia east to the Philippines. Although among the few breeding pipits in the Asian region, identification becomes difficult in winter when...

       R Anthus rufulus
    • Tawny Pipit
      Tawny Pipit
      The Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent....

       W Anthus campestris
    • Blyth's Pipit
      Blyth's Pipit
      The Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewskii, is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....

       W Anthus godlewskii
    • Long-billed Pipit
      Long-billed Pipit
      The Long-billed Pipit or Brown Rock Pipit is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution. A number of subspecies have been created for the populations in Africa, through the Arabian peninsula and South Asia. The systematics of this complex is yet to be clarified...

       Rw Anthus similis
    • Tree Pipit
      Tree Pipit
      Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia....

       rW Anthus trivialis
    • Olive-backed Pipit
      Olive-backed Pipit
      The Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni, is a small passerine bird of the pipit genus, which breeds across South, north Central and East Asia, as well as in the northeast of European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia...

       RW Anthus hodgsoni
    • Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      The Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated...

       V Anthus pratensis
    • Red-throated Pipit
      Red-throated Pipit
      The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...

       p Anthus cervinus
    • Rosy Pipit
      Rosy Pipit
      The Rosy Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...

       r Anthus roseatus
    • Water Pipit
      Water Pipit
      The Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta, is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of southern Europe and southern temperate Asia across to China. It is a short-distance migrant moving to wet open lowlands such as marshes and flooded fields in winter...

       W Anthus spinoletta
    • Buff-bellied Pipit
      Buff-bellied Pipit
      The Buff-bellied Pipit , or American Pipit as it is known in North America, is a small songbird found on both sides of the northern Pacific. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica...

       W Anthus rubescens
    • Upland Pipit
      Upland Pipit
      The Upland Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....

       r Anthus sylvanus
    • Nilgiri Pipit
      Nilgiri Pipit
      The Nilgiri Pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis is a long near threatened bird species endemic to the Western Ghats in South India.It is closely associated with short montane grasslands interspersed with marshy grounds and small streams mostly in hill slopes above of Tamil Nadu and Kerala...

        Nr Anthus nilghiriensis
  • Family: Prunellidae
    • Alpine Accentor
      Alpine Accentor
      The Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000 m. It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.It is...

       r Prunella collaris
    • Altai Accentor W Prunella himalayana
    • Robin Accentor
      Robin Accentor
      The Robin Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007.-External links:*...

       R Prunella rubeculoides
    • Rufous-breasted Accentor
      Rufous-breasted Accentor
      The Rufous-breasted Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...

       r Prunella strophiata
    • Radde's Accentor
      Radde's Accentor
      The Radde's Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and Turkey....

       V Prunella ocularis
    • Brown Accentor
      Brown Accentor
      The Brown Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan....

       r Prunella fulvescens
    • Black-throated Accentor
      Black-throated Accentor
      The Black-throated Accentor , Prunella atrogularis, is a small passerine bird found across temperate and subarctic Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India and other parts of southern Asia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe....

       W Prunella atrogularis
    • Maroon-backed Accentor
      Maroon-backed Accentor
      The Maroon-backed Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...

       r Prunella immaculata
    • Family: Ploceidae
    • Black-breasted Weaver R Ploceus benghalensis
    • Streaked Weaver
      Streaked Weaver
      The Streaked Weaver is a species of weaver bird found in South Asia. These are not as common as the Baya Weaver but are similar looking but have streaked underparts.They nest in small colonies often in reed beds near water bodies....

       R Ploceus manyar
    • Baya Weaver
      Baya Weaver
      The Baya Weaver is a weaverbird found across South and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves...

       R Ploceus philippinus
    • Finn's Weaver
      Finn's Weaver
      Finn's Weaver or Finn's Baya is a species of weaver bird found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Two races are known; the nominate from the Kumaon area and salimalii from the eastern Terai....

       V r Ploceus megarhynchus
  • Family: Estrildidae
    • Red Avadavat R Amandava amandava
    • Green Avadavat
      Green Avadavat
      The Green Avadavat or Green Munia is a species of Estrildid finch with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra stripes" on the flanks...

       V r Amandava formosa
    • Indian Silverbill
      Indian Silverbill
      The Indian Silverbill or White-throated Munia is a small passerine bird found in South Asia that was formerly considered to include the closely related African Silverbill . This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in the dry regions of the Middle East and South Asia...

       R Lonchura malabarica
    • White-rumped Munia
      White-rumped Munia
      The White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin , sometimes called Striated Finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches"...

       R Lonchura striata
    • Black-throated Munia
      Black-throated Munia
      The Black-throated Munia or Jerdon's Mannikin is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in the hills of southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka.-Subspecies:...

       r Lonchura kelaarti
    • Scaly-breasted Munia
      Scaly-breasted Munia
      The Scaly-breasted Munia or Spotted Munia known in the pet trade as Nutmeg Mannikin or Spice Finch is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia extending from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines...

       R Lonchura punctulata
    • Black-headed Munia
      Black-headed Munia
      The Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla also known as Chestnut Munia, is a small passerine bird...

       R Lonchura malacca
    • Java Sparrow
      Java Sparrow
      The Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...

       Ir Lonchura oryzivora
  • Family: Fringillidae
    • Chaffinch
      Chaffinch
      The Chaffinch , also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Description :...

       V Fringilla coelebs
    • Brambling
      Brambling
      The Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Etymology :The common English name is probably derived from the German "brâma", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. It has also been called the Cock o' the North and the Mountain Finch.- Description...

       V Fringilla montifringilla
    • Fire-fronted Serin R Serinus pusillus
    • Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
      Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
      The Yellow-breasted Greenfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       R Carduelis spinoides
    • Black-headed Greenfinch
      Black-headed Greenfinch
      The Black-headed Greenfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....

       r Carduelis ambigua
    • Eurasian Siskin
      Eurasian Siskin
      The Eurasian Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European Siskin, Common Siskin or just Siskin. Other names include Black-headed Goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Asia...

       V Carduelis spinus
    • Tibetan Serin
      Tibetan Serin
      The Tibetan Serin , sometimes considered a siskin of the genus Carduelis, is a true finch species .It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests....

       r Carduelis thibetana
    • European Goldfinch
      European Goldfinch
      The European Goldfinch or Goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family.-Habitat and range:The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions...

       r Carduelis carduelis
    • Twite
      Twite
      The Twite is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.The Twite is a small finch, similar in size and shape to a Linnet. Birds of the subspecies flavirostris are long, and those of the subspecies altaica are long. It lacks the red head patch and breast shown by the Linnet and the...

       r Carduelis flavirostris
    • Eurasian Linnet W Carduelis cannabina
    • Plain Mountain Finch
      Plain Mountain Finch
      The Plain Mountain-finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       r Leucosticte nemoricola
    • Black-headed Mountain Finch
      Black-headed Mountain Finch
      The Brandt's Mountain Finch or Black-Headed Mountain-Finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family....

       r Leucosticte brandti
    • Red-browed Finch
      Red-browed Finch
      The Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis is an estrildid finch that inhabits the east coast of Australia. This species is also been introduced to French Polynesia for breeding. It is commonly found in temperate forest and dry savanna habitats...

       Callacanthis burtoni
    • Crimson-winged Finch
      Crimson-winged Finch
      The Crimson-winged Finch , is a pale-colored thickset finch with a heavy, dull yellowish bill. The nominate subspecies is found from Turkey to NE Pakistan. Another subspecies, alienus, is found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and may represent a separate species. It has an average length of...

       r Rhodopechys sanguinea
    • Trumpeter Finch
      Trumpeter Finch
      The Trumpeter Finch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.This bird breeds in the Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia. There is a small European population in southern Spain...

       W Bucanetes githagineus
    • Mongolian Finch
      Mongolian Finch
      The Mongolian Finch, Rhodopechys mongolicus is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.-Morphology:...

       W Bucanetes mongolicus
    • Desert Finch
      Desert Finch
      The Desert Finch , sometimes called Lichtenstein's Desert Finch, is a large brown true finch found in southern Eurasia. Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Rhodospiza and Rhodopechys.It has an average wingspan of...

       V Rhodospiza absoleta
    • Blanford's Rosefinch r Carpodacus rubescens
    • Dark-breasted Rosefinch
      Dark-breasted Rosefinch
      The Dark-breasted Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one the most peculiar "rosefinches" and might belong in a monotypic genus Procarduelis, closer to Fringilla than to the true rosefinches.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...

       r Carpodacus nipalensis
    • Common Rosefinch
      Common Rosefinch
      The Common Rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Europe, where it has spread westward from Asia in recent decades: it has even been recorded breeding in England once...

       rw Carpodacus erythrinus
    • Beautiful Rosefinch
      Beautiful Rosefinch
      The Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Propasser. It is found in Bhutan, India, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan...

       r Carpodacus pulcherrimus
    • Pink-browed Rosefinch
      Pink-browed Rosefinch
      The Pink-browed Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...

       r Carpodacus rodochrous
    • Vinaceous Rosefinch
      Vinaceous Rosefinch
      The Vinaceous Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests....

       r Carpodacus vinaceus
    • Dark-rumped Rosefinch
      Dark-rumped Rosefinch
      The Dark-rumped Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....

       r Carpodacus edwardsii
    • Three-banded Rosefinch
      Three-banded Rosefinch
      The Three-banded Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, and India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-External links:*...

       V Carpodacus trifasciatus
    • Spot-winged Rosefinch
      Spot-winged Rosefinch
      The Spot-winged Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...

       r Carpodacus rodopeplus
    • White-browed Rosefinch
      White-browed Rosefinch
      The Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Propasser....

       r Carpodacus thura
    • Red-mantled Rosefinch
      Red-mantled Rosefinch
      The Red-Mantled Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan....

       r Carpodacus rhodochlamys
    • Streaked Rosefinch
      Streaked Rosefinch
      The Streaked Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Rubicilla or Uragus....

       r Carpodacus rubicilloides
    • Great Rosefinch
      Great Rosefinch
      The Caucasian Great Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland...

       r Carpodacus rubicilla
    • Red-fronted Rosefinch
      Red-fronted Rosefinch
      The Red-Fronted Rosefinch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Pyrrhospiza....

       r Carpodacus puniceus
    • Crimson-browed Finch
      Crimson-browed Finch
      The Crimson-browed Finch is a true finch species . It is sometimes placed in a monotypic genus Propyrrhula, and might be allied to the rosefinches ....

       r Propyrrhula subhimachala
    • Scarlet Finch
      Scarlet Finch
      The Scarlet Finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in the Himalayas from central Nepal eastwards to Vietnam and is found spottily in the adjacent hills of Northeast India and Southeast Asia as far south as Thailand...

       r Haematospiza sipahi
    • Red Crossbill r Loxia curvirostra
    • Brown Bullfinch
      Brown Bullfinch
      The Brown Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Brown Bullfinch is a relatively small...

       r Pyrrhula nipalensis
    • Orange Bullfinch
      Orange Bullfinch
      The Orange Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in India and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ....

       r Pyrrhula aurantiaca
    • Red-headed Bullfinch
      Red-headed Bullfinch
      The Red-headed Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...

       r Pyrrhula erythrocephala
    • Grey-headed Bullfinch
      Grey-headed Bullfinch
      The Grey-headed Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests....

       r Pyrrhula erythaca
    • Hawfinch
      Hawfinch
      The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the Evening Grosbeak from North America and the Hooded Grosbeak from Central America especially Mexico.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...

       W Coccothraustes coccothraustes
    • Japanese Grosbeak
      Japanese Grosbeak
      The Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch native to East Asia....

       V Eophona personata
    • Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
      Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
      The Black-and-Yellow Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...

       r Mycerobas icterioides
    • Collared Grosbeak
      Collared Grosbeak
      The Collared Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:...

       r Mycerobas affinis
    • Spot-winged Grosbeak
      Spot-winged Grosbeak
      The Spot-winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...

       r Mycerobas melanozanthos
    • White-winged Grosbeak
      White-winged Grosbeak
      The White-winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

       r Mycerobas carnipes
    • Gold-naped Finch
      Gold-naped Finch
      The Golden-naped Finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is in the is monotypic genus Pyrrhoplectes.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests....

       r Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
  • Family: Emberizidae
    Emberizidae
    The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

    • Crested Bunting
      Crested Bunting
      The Crested Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family, from South and Southeast Asia. It is monotypic in its genus, Melophus. - Range :...

       R Melophus lathami
    • Yellowhammer
      Yellowhammer
      The Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is common in all sorts of open areas with some scrub or trees and form small flocks in winter....

       W Emberiza citrinella
    • Pine Bunting
      Pine Bunting
      The Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae.-Breeding and habitat:...

       W Emberiza leucocephalos
    • Rock Bunting
      Rock Bunting
      The Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.- Range :...

       R Emberiza cia
    • Godlewski's Bunting
      Godlewski's Bunting
      The Godlewski's Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.- Range :It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia.-References:...

       r Emberiza godlewskii
    • Grey-necked Bunting
      Grey-necked Bunting
      The Grey-necked Bunting or Grey-hooded Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It breeds along a wide distribution range from the Caspian Sea to the Altai in Central Asia and winters in parts of Southern Asia. Like other buntings it is found in small flocks.-Description:This...

       W Emberiza buchanani
    • Ortolan Bunting
      Ortolan Bunting
      The Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae...

       V Emberiza hortulana
    • Chestnut-breasted Bunting
      Chestnut-breasted Bunting
      The White-capped Bunting or Chestnut-breasted Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...

       rw Emberiza stewarti
    • Striolated Bunting
      Striolated Bunting
      The Striolated Bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.- Distribution and habitat :...

       r Emberiza striolata
    • Chestnut-eared Bunting
      Chestnut-eared Bunting
      The Chestnut-eared Bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.-Description:...

       rw Emberiza fucata
    • Little Bunting
      Little Bunting
      The Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, is a passerine bird. It belongs to the bunting and American sparrow family , a group separated by most modern authors from the true finches .-Description:...

       W Emberiza pusilla
    • Rustic Bunting
      Rustic Bunting
      The Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....

        Emberiza rustica
    • Yellow-breasted Bunting
      Yellow-breasted Bunting
      The Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family .This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed...

       W Emberiza aureola
    • Chestnut Bunting
      Chestnut Bunting
      The Chestnut Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....

       W Emberiza rutila
    • Black-headed Bunting
      Black-headed Bunting
      The Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....

       W Emberiza melanocephala
    • Red-headed Bunting
      Red-headed Bunting
      The Red-headed Bunting, Emberiza bruniceps, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.It breeds in central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India...

       W Emberiza bruniceps
    • Black-faced Bunting
      Black-faced Bunting
      The Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala , is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....

       W Emberiza spodocephala
    • Pallas's Reed Bunting
      Pallas's Reed Bunting
      The Pallas's Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....

       V Emberiza pallasi
    • Reed Bunting
      Reed Bunting
      The Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....

       rw Emberiza schoeniclus
    • Corn Bunting
      Corn Bunting
      The Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae...

      V Miliaria calandra
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