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5 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
5 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
2 Spot-billed Pelican Vu Pelecanus philippensis
5 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
5 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
5 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
5 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
5 Great Egret Egretta alba
5 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
5 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
5 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
5 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
5 Indian Pond-heron Ardeola grayii
5 Striated Heron Butorides striata
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
5 Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus Cinnamomeus
5 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
3 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
4 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
4 Lesser Adjutant Vu Leptoptilos javanicus
5 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
5 Indian Black Ibis End Pseudibis papillosa
5 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
5 Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
3 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
4 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
4 Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus
5 Gadwall Anas strepera
3 Falcated Duck Anas falcata
5 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
5 Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
5 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
4 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
5 Garganey Anas querquedula
5 Common Teal Anas crecca
5 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
5 Common Pochard Aythya ferina
4 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
3 Baer's Pochard Vu Aythya baeri
3 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
1 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
1 Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
3 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
5 Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
4 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
5 Black Kite Milvus migrans
3 'Black-eared' Kite Milvus [migrans] lineatus
4 Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
2 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
4 White-rumped Vulture Cr Gyps bengalensis
4 Slender-billed Vulture Cr Gyps tenuirostris
4 Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
3 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
3 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
4 Red-headed Vulture Aegypius calvus
4 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
5 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
5 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
4 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
5 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
1 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
5 Shikra Accipiter badius
4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
5 White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
4 Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus
4 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
4 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
2 Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata
4 Greater Spotted Eagle Vu Aquila clanga
5 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
2 Eastern Imperial Eagle Vu Aquila heliaca
2 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
1 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii
5 Changeable Hawk-eagle Spizaetus limnaeetus
3 Mountain Hawk-eagle Spizaetus nipalensis
5 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
3 Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
5 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
1 Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera
4 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
5 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
4 Swamp Francolin Vu End Francolinus gularis
5 Common Hill-partridge Arborophila torqueola
4 Rufous-throated Hill-partridge Arborophila rufogularis
5 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
4 Kaleej Pheasant Lophuraleucomelanos
5 Indian Peafowl End Pavo cristatus
1 Common Crane Grus grus
4 Eastern Water Rail Rallus indicus
5 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
4 Brown Crake Porzana akool
3 'eastern' Baillon's Crake Porzana Pusilla
5 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
3 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio [porphyrio] poliocephalus
5 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
5 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
4 Bengal Florican En Houbaropsis bengalensis
4 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
5 Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
3 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
4 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
5 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
3 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
1 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
5 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
3 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
5 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
4 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
5 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
5 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
5 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
2 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
4 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
4 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
5 Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
5 Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus Indicus
4 Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
4 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
2 'Steppe' Gull Larus [heuglini] barabensis
4 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
1 Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
1 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
5 River Tern Sterna aurantia
2 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
4 Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
5 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
5 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis
5 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
4 Red Collared-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
1 Barred Cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall
5 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
4 Orange-breasted Green-pigeon Treron bicinctus
4 Grey-fronted Green-pigeon End Treron affinis
4 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
1 Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon Treron sphenurus
5 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
5 Plum-headed Parakeet End Psittacula cyanocephala
1 Rosy-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
4 Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
5 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
4 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
3 Sirkeer Malkoha End Taccocua leschenaultii
4 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
3 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
4 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
3 'Square-tailed' Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
4 Large Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
3 Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
4 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
5 Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia
4 Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
4 Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
5 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
3 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
5 Jungle Owlet End Glaucidium radiatum
5 Spotted Owlet Athene brama
4 Brown Hawk-owl Ninox scutulata
2 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
4 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
5 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
5 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
4 Indian White-rumped Spinetail End Zoonavena syvatica
2 Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
3 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
5 Little Swift Apus affinis
5 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
2 Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
5 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
3 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
5 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
5 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
3 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
5 Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
4 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
5 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
5 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
4 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
3 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
4 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
4 Indian Grey Hornbill End Ocyceros birostris
4 Oriental Pied Hornbill End Anthracoceros albirostris
3 Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis
5 Great Barbet Megalaima virens
5 Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
3 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii
4 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
5 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
4 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
4 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
1 White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
4 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
4 Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
1 Crimson-breasted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius
1 Darjeeling Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
3 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Hypopicus hyperythrus
3 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
4 Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
5 Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha
4 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
5 Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus
4 Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
5 Black-rumped Flameback End Dinopium benghalense
4 Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus
3 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
4 Bengal Bushlark Mirafra assamica
4 Ashy-crowned Finch-lark Eremopterix griseus
2 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
5 Sand Lark Calandrella raytal
4 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
5 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
5 Grey-throated Sand-martin Riparia chinensis
5 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
5 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
3 Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola
4 Nepal House-martin Delichon nipalense
5 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
5 White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
5 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
2 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
5 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
5 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
5 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
3 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
5 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
5 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
4 Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
5 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
4 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos
1 Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
3 Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
5 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
5 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
5 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
5 Pied Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
5 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
4 Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
3 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
4 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
5 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
5 Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxantha
5 Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus
3 Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris
5 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
5 Himalayan Bulbul End Pycnonotus leucogenys
5 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
2 Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
5 Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandi
5 Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
4 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
5 Gold-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
4 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
5 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
5 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
5 Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
1 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
1 Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
1 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
4 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina
3 Small-billed Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
1 Dark-sided Ground-thrush Zoothera marginata
4 Tickell's Thrush End Turdus unicolor
4 Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
4 Black-throated Thrush Turdus [ruficollis] atrogularis
5 Blue Whistling-thrush Myophonus caeruleus
5 Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
5 Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
3 Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
4 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
4 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
2 Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
4 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
4 Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
3 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
4 Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
3 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
5 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
3 Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush Monticola rufiventris
3 Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius
4 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
5 Himalayan Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis
5 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
5 Himalayan Red-flanked Bush-Robin Tarsiger rufilatus
3 Golden Bush-robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
5 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
5 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
5 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
3 Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
1 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
5 White-capped River-chat Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
5 Plumbeous Water-redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa
3 Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
2 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
5 Common Stonechat Saxicola Torquatus
4 White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
5 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
5 Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus
5 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis
5 Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
1 Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis
5 Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
4 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Dryonastes ruficollis
5 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
5 Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
5 Red-headed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
4 Cutia Cutia nipalensis
3 Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
5 Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
5 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
1 White-browed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
4 Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
3 Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler Pnoepyga albiventer
4 Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla
4 Black-chinned Babbler End Stachyris pyrrhops
5 Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
5 Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
4 Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
5 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
4 Spiny Babbler N-end Turdoides nipalensis
5 Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei
4 Slender-billed Babbler Vu End Turdoides longirostris
5 Jungle Babbler End Turdoides striata
5 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
4 Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
3 Bar-throated Minla Minla strigula
2 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps
3 White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus
5 Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
5 Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
5 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
5 Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
2 Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis
5 White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
4 Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
5 White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
5 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
5 Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera
5 Grey-crowned Prinia End Prinia cinereocapilla
5 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
3 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
3 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
3 Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
5 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
5 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
5 Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata
5 Yellow-browed Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
4 Pale-footed Bush-warbler Cettia pallidipes
4 Large Bush-warbler Cettia major
5 Grey-sided Bush-warbler Cettia brunnifrons
5 'Himalayan' Aberrant Bush-warbler Cettia flavolivacea
3 Spotted Bush-warbler Bradypterus thoracicus
4 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
5 Blyth's Reed-warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
4 Indian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus [stentoreus] brunnescens
4 Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
5 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus [collybita] tristis
5 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
5 Smoky Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
5 Tickell's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus Affinis
5 Orange-barred Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
5 Grey-faced Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
5 Lemon-rumped Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
5 Yellow-browed Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
5 Hume's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus Humei
5 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
5 Blyth's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
5 Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
5 Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri
5 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps
5 Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
1 Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
5 Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
1 Bristled Grassbird End Chaetornis striata
4 Rufous-rumped Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis
5 Red-headed Tit Aegithalos concinnus
5 Great Tit Parus major
5 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
5 Black-lored Yellow Tit End Parus xanthogenys
1 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
5 Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
5 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
5 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
5 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
1 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
3 Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
4 Brown-throated Treecreeper Certhia discolor
2 Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanoxanthum
5 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
5 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
4 Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
5 Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
4 Black-breasted Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
2 Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
4 Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
2 Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
5 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
4 Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
2 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
2 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
5 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
4 Himalayan Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
3 Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis
4 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
2 Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
1 Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
5 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
5 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
5 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
5 Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
4 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
4 Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spiloptera
4 Grey-headed Starling Sturnia malabarica
1 Brahminy Starling Temenuchus pagodarum
4 Asian Pied Starling Gracupica contra
5 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
3 Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
5 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
4 Common Hill-myna Gracula religiosa
1 Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
2 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
4 Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
5 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
5 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
5 White-bellied Drongo End Dicrurus caerulescens
5 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
5 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
5 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
5 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
5 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
4 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
1 Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
4 Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
3 Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
5 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
5 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
5 House Crow Corvus splendens
5 Large-billed Crow Corvus [macrorhynchus] japonensis