North-east India:
Arunachal Pradesh & Assam
+ Meghalaya Extension
Systematic Bird List
5th April - 21st/23rd April 2008
Black-breasted Parrotbill, Dibru-Saikhowa © James Eaton/Birdtour Asia
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Systematic Bird List
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger | |
| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
| Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
| Bar-headed Goose | Answer indicus | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| Eurasian Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo burmanicus | |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans govinda | |
| Black-eared Kite | Milvus [migrans] lineatus | |
| Pallas's Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
| White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | |
| Slender-billed Vulture | Gyps tenuirostris | |
| Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | |
| Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus indicus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius poliopsis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus affinis | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus melaschistos | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentiles | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | |
| Changeable Hawk Eagle | Spizaetus limnaeetus | |
| Mountain Hawk Eagle | Spizaetus nipalensis | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
| Swamp Francolin | Francolinus gularis | |
| Snow Partridge | Lerwa lerwa | |
| Common Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | heard only |
| Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge | Arborophila mandellii | heard only |
| Rufous-throated Hill Partridge | Arborophila rufogularis | heard only |
| Blood Pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus | |
| Blyth's Tragopan | Tragopan blythii molesworthi | heard only |
| Temminck's Tragopan | Tragopan temminckii | |
| Himalayan Monal | Lophophorus impejanus | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| Kaleej Pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos lathami | |
| Grey Peacock Pheasant | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | heard only |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Black-tailed Crake | Amaurornis bicolor | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| GRUIFORMES: Otididae | ||
| Bengal Florican | Houbaropsis bengalensis | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | ||
| Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | ||
| Great Thick-knee | Burhinus recurvirostris | |
| Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | ||
| Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | ||
| River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius jerdoni | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae | ||
| River Tern | Sterna aurantia | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis agricola | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Barred Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus phoenicopterus | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
| Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
| Speckled Wood Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | ||
| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| Blossom-headed Parakeet | Psittacula roseata | |
| Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | |
| Vernal Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus sparverioides | |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus nisicolor | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | heard only |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | heard only |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | |
| Asian Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris lugubris | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
| Mountain Scops-Owl | Otus spilocephalus spilocephalus | heard only |
| Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica newarensis | heard only |
| Chinese Tawny Owl | Strix [aluco] nivicola | heard only |
| Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei garoense | |
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| Spotted Owlet | Athene brama ultra | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata burmanica | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus | heard only |
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus nudipes | |
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| *Dark-rumped Swift | Apus acuticauda | |
| House Swift | Apus [affinis] nipalensis | |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | ||
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | |
| Ward's Trogon | Harpactes wardi | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis capensis | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra | |
| Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris guttulata | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | ||
| Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Little Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | ||
| Black-billed Roller | Coracias [benghalensis] affinis | |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis cyanicollis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae | ||
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae | ||
| Oriental Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
| Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | |
| Rufous-necked Hornbill | Aceros nipalensis | |
| Wreathed Hornbill | Aceros undulatus | |
| PICIFORMES: Capitonidae | ||
| Great Barbet | Megalaima virens | |
| Lineated Barbet | Megalaima lineata | |
| Golden-throated Barbet | Megalaima franklinii | |
| Blue-throated Barbet | Megalaima asiatica | |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
| White-browed Piculet | Sasia ochracea | |
| Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos macei macei | |
| Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus hyperythrus | |
| Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis | |
| Crimson-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos cathpharius | |
| Rufous Woodpecker | Microptemus brachyurus phaioceps | |
| Greater Yellownape | Picus flavinucha lavinucha | |
| Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| Grey-faced Woodpecker | Picus canus hessei | |
| Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae | ||
| Long-tailed Broadbill | Psarisomus dalhousiae | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | ||
| Blue-naped Pitta | Pitta nipalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | ||
| Bengal Bushlark | Mirafra assamica | |
| Sand Lark | Calandrella raytal raytal | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
| Grey-throated Sand Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica gutturalis | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica japonica | |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
| Amur (White) Wagtail | Motacilla alba leucopsis | |
| Himalayan (White) Wagtail | Motacilla alba alboides | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola citreola | |
| Tibetan Wagtail | Motacilla [citreola] calcarata | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava beema | |
| Motacilla flava thunbergi | ||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni hodgsoni | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
| Large Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina macei nipalensis | |
| Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina melaschistos | |
| Short-billed Minivet | Pericrocotus brevirostris | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus semiruber | |
| Grey-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
| Striated Bulbul | Pycnonotus striatus | |
| Black-crested Bulbul | Pycnonotus flaviventris | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| White-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus flaveolus | |
| Ashy Bulbul | Hemixos flavala flavala | |
| Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii mcclellandii | |
| Himalayan Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
| *Crested Finchbill | Spizixos conifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus himalayensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Chloropseidae | ||
| Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons aurifrons | |
| Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithinidae | ||
| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae | ||
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii dorjei | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae | ||
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes nipalensis | heard only |
| PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae | ||
| Maroon-backed Accentor | Prunella immaculata | |
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
| Blue-capped Rock Thrush | Monticola cinclorhynchus | |
| Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush | Monticola rufiventris | |
| Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| Plain-backed Thrush | Zoothera mollissima mollissima | |
| Long-tailed Thrush | Zoothera dixoni | |
| White-collared Blackbird | Turdus albocinctus | |
| Grey-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophrys nipalensis | |
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis tytleri | |
| Striated Prinia | Prinia criniger assamica | |
| Black-throated Prinia | Prinia atrogularis atrogularis | |
| *'Khasi Hills' Prinia | Prinia atrogularis khasiana | |
| Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | heard only |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris flaviventris | |
| Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis stewarti | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
| Chestnut-headed Tesia | Tesia castaneocoronata | |
| Slaty-bellied Tesia | Tesia olivea | |
| Grey-bellied Tesia | Tesia cyaniventer | |
| Hume's Bush Warbler | Cettia [acanthizoides] brunnescens | |
| Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler | Cettia fortipes fortipes | |
| *Cettia fortipes manis | heard only | |
| Grey-sided Bush Warbler | Cettia brunnifrons muroides | |
| Spotted Bush Warbler | Bradypterus thoracicus | |
| Russet Bush Warbler | Bradypterus mandelli | |
| Indian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus [stentoreus] brunnescens | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Orthotomus cuculatus | |
| Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus fuscatus | |
| Tickell's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
| Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | |
| Simla (Lemon-rumped) Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus chloronotus | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides trochiloides | |
| Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| Southern Blyth's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
| Yellow-vented Warbler | Phylloscopus cantator | |
| Grey-hooded Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthoschistos | |
| Whistler's Warbler | Seicercus whistleri whistleri | |
| Grey-cheeked Warbler | Seicercus poliogenys | |
| Chestnut-crowned Warbler | Seicercus castaniceps | |
| Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | |
| Black-faced Warbler | Abroscopus schisticeps flavimentalis | |
| Broad-billed Warbler | Tickellia hodgsoni | |
| Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata | |
| Red-throated Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | heard only |
| White-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula monileger monileger | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Ultramarine Flycatcher | Ficedula superciliaris aestigma | |
| Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor tricolor | |
| Sapphire Blue Flycatcher | Ficedula sapphira | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina | |
| Large Niltava | Niltava grandis | heard only |
| Small Niltava | Niltava macgrigoriae | |
| Rufous-bellied Niltava | Niltava sundara | |
| Pale-chinned Flycatcher | Cyornis poliogenys | |
| Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | |
| Pygmy Blue Flycatcher | Muscicapella hodgsoni | |
| Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
| Himalayan Red-flanked Bush Robin | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| Golden Bush Robin | Tarsiger chrysaeus chrysaeus | |
| Rufous-breasted Bush Robin | Tarsiger hyperythrus | |
| Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis erimelas | |
| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus indicus | |
| Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| White-capped Water Redstart | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus | |
| Plumbeous Water Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosus | |
| White-tailed Robin | Cinclidium leucurum | |
| Blue-fronted Robin | Cinclidium frontale | |
| Grandala | Grandala coelicolor | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maura maurus | |
| White-tailed Stonechat | Saxicola leucurus | |
| Grey Bushchat | Saxicola ferrea haringtoni | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae | ||
| Yellow-bellied Fantail | Rhipidura hypoxantha | |
| White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | ||
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | heard only |
| Asian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | ||
| Bhutan Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron imbricatum | |
| Scaly Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron subunicolor | |
| Blue-winged Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron squamatus | |
| Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron erythrocephalus nigrimentum | |
| *Assam Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron c. chrysopterum | |
| Black-faced Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron affinis bethalae | |
| Spotted Laughingthrush | Lanthocincla ocellatus ocellatus | |
| Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush | Dryonastes nuchalis | |
| Rufous-necked Laughingthrush | Dryonastes ruficollis | |
| Striated Laughingthrush | Grammatoptila striata | |
| White-throated Laughingthrush | Garrulax albogularis albogularis | |
| White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus leucolophus | |
| Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush | Garrulax monileger monileger | |
| Grey-sided Laughingthrush | Garrulax caerulatus caerulatus | |
| Crimson-faced Liocichla | Liocichla phoenicea | |
| Bugun Liocichla | Liocichla bugunorum | |
| Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti abbotti | heard only |
| Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | heard only |
| Marsh Babbler | Pellorneum palustre | |
| *Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus mcclellandi | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | |
| Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis godwini | |
| Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler | Xiphirhynchus superciliaris | |
| Long-billed Wren Babbler | Rimator malacoptilus | |
| Eye-browed Wren Babbler | Napothera epilepidota guttaticollis | heard only |
| Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler | Pnoepyga albiventer | |
| Pygmy Wren Babbler | Pnoepyga pusilla | |
| Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler | Sphenocichla humei | |
| Rufous-throated Wren Babbler | Spelaeornis caudatus | |
| Bar-winged Wren Babbler | Spelaeornis troglodytoides sherriffi | |
| Spotted Wren Babbler | Spelaeornis formosus | |
| *Tawny-breasted Wren Babbler | Spelaeornis longicaudatus | |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Stachyris ruficeps ruficeps | |
| Golden Babbler | Stachyris chrysaea | |
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps | |
| Pin-striped Tit Babbler | Macronous gularis | |
| Chestnut-capped Babbler | Timalia pileata | |
| Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense sinense | |
| Jerdon's Babbler | Chrysomma altirostre griseigulare | |
| Slender-billed Babbler | Turdoides longirostris | |
| Striated Babbler | Turdoides earlei | |
| Silver-eared Mesia | Leiothrix argentauris argentauris | |
| *Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea calipyga | |
| Himalayan Cutia | Cutia nipalensis | |
| Black-headed Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius rufiventer | |
| White-browed Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | |
| Black-eared Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius melanotis | |
| Rusty-fronted Barwing | Actinodura egertoni | |
| Hoary-throated Barwing | Actinodura nipalensis | |
| Blue-winged Siva | Siva cyanouroptera cyanouroptera | |
| Chestnut-tailed Minla | Minla strigula yunnanensis | |
| Red-tailed Minla | Minla ignotincta | |
| Golden-breasted Fulvetta | Alcippe chrysotis chrysotis | |
| Yellow-throated Fulvetta | Alcippe cinerea | |
| Rufous-winged Fulvetta | Alcippe castaneceps | |
| *Rusty-capped Fulvetta | Alcippe dubia | |
| Ludlow's Fulvetta | Alcippe ludlowi | |
| Nepal Fulvetta | Alcippe nipalensis nipalensis | |
| Rufous-backed Sibia | Heterophasia annectens | |
| Long-tailed Sibia | Heterophasia picaoides | |
| Beautiful Sibia | Heterophasia pulchella nigroaurita | |
| *Grey Sibia | Heterophasia gracilis | |
| Striated Yuhina | Yuhina castaniceps rufigenis | |
| White-naped Yuhina | Yuhina bakeri | |
| Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | |
| Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis gularis | |
| Rufous-vented Yuhina | Yuhina occipitalis | |
| Black-chinned Yuhina | Yuhina nigrimenta | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paradoxornithidae | ||
| Brown Parrotbill | Cholornis unicolor | |
| Grey-headed Parrotbill | Psittiparus gularis | |
| Black-breasted Parrotbill | Paradoxornis flavirostris | |
| Fulvous Parrotbill | Sinornis fulvifrons | |
| Black-throated Parrotbill | Sinornis nipalensis | |
| Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill | Psittiparus ruficeps | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae | ||
| Red-crowned (Black-throated) Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
| Rufous-fronted Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Grey-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous dichrous | |
| Rufous-vented Tit | Parus rubidiventris | |
| Grey Tit | Parus [major] cinereus nipalensis | |
| Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
| Yellow-cheeked Tit | Parus spilonotus | |
| Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | |
| Sultan Tit | Melanochlora sultanea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | ||
| White-tailed Nuthatch | Sitta himalayensis | |
| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| Beautiful Nuthatch | Sitta formosa | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | ||
| Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni mandellii | |
| Rusty-flanked Treecreeper | Certhia nipalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
| Mrs Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae isolata | |
| Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis nipalensis | |
| Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata assamensis | |
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja labecula | |
| Fire-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda | |
| Streaked Spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum melanoxanthum | |
| Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
| Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | ||
| Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae | ||
| Asian Fairy Bluebird | Irena puella | heard only |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach tricolor | |
| Grey-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus albrictus | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi | |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus grandis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae | ||
| Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
| Yellow-billed Blue Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris flavirostris | |
| Common Green Magpie | Cissa chinensis | heard only |
| Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda | |
| Grey Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae himalayensis | |
| Collared Treepie | Dendrocitta frontalis | |
| Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes macella | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens splendens | |
| Eastern Jungle Crow | Corvus [macrorhynchos] levaillantii | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus [macrorhynchos] japonensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa peninsularis | |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | |
| White-vented Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
| Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| Asian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra | |
| Chestnut-tailed (Grey-headed) Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | ||
| Eastern' Baya Weaver | Ploceus [philippinus] burmanicus | |
| Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata acuticauda | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata subundulata | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
| Crested Bunting | Melophus lathami | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | |
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
| Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| Brandt's Mountain Finch | Leucosticte brandti | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus | |
| Dark-rumped Rosefinch | Carpodacus edwardsii | |
| Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus thura | |
| Yellow-breasted Greenfinch | Carduelis spinoides | |
| Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis | |
| Red-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythrocephala | |
| Grey-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythaca | |
| Collared Grosbeak | Mycerobas affinis | |
| Spot-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas melanozanthos | |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| Gold-naped Finch | Pyrrhoplectes epauletta | |
| Scarlet Finch | Haematospiza sipahi | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Russet Sparrow | Passer rutilans | |
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| 453 species recorded including 22 heard only | ||
| Mammals | ||
| Black Giant Squirrel | Ratufa bicolor | |
| Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel | Dremomys lokriah | |
| Perny's Squirrel | Dremomys pernyi | |
| Himalayan Striped Squirrel | Tamiops macclellandi | |
| Asian Palm Civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | |
| Binturong (Bear-cat) | Arctictis binturong | |
| Yellow-throated Marten | Martes flavigula | |
| Himalayan Mole | Euroscaptor micrura | deceased |
| Pere David's Vole | Eothenomys melanogaster | |
| Capped Langur | Trachypithecus pileatus | |
| Assamese Macaque | Macaca assamensis | |
| Rhesus Macaque | Macaca mulatta | |
| Ganges River Dolphin | Platanista gangetica | |
| Eurasian Wild Pig | Sus Scrofa | |
| Indian Muntjac | Muntiacus muntjak | |
| Swamp Deer | Cervus duvaucelii | |
| Hog Deer | Axis porcinus | |
| Wild Water Buffalo | Bubalus arnee | |
| Indian Rhinoceros | Rhinoceros unicornis | |
| Asian Elephant | Elephas maximus | |
* indicates species only recorded on the Meghalaya extension
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