List of birds of South Asia: part 3

Last updated February 07, 2025

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

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

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

For the rest of the species lists, see:

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

Passeriformes

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

References

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

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

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