Bird Checklist for Darjeeling Hills

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer Himalayan Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius ripleyi Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus Coal Tit Periparus ater Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

(Darjeeling Hills)

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli

PASSERIFORMES: Pnoepygidae

Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Dusky Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus Nepal House-Martin Delichon nipalense

PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii

PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis

(Darjeeling Hills)

Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius Gray-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides Gray-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae

Gray-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major Gray-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

(Darjeeling Hills)

Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos

PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus Great Parrotbill Conostoma aemodium Brown Parrotbill Cholornis unicolor Pale-billed Parrotbill Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis

PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps Buff-chested Babbler Cyanoderma ambiguum Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis Indian Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys

(Darjeeling Hills)

Gray-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps

PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila

PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata White-throated Laughingthrush Ianthocincla albogularis Gray-sided Laughingthrush Ianthocincla caerulata Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta Rufous-backed Sibia Minla annectens Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera Chestnut-tailed Minla Actinodura strigula

(Darjeeling Hills)

PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

PASSERIFORMES: Tichodromidae

Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor

PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

PASSERIFORMES: Elachuridae

Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea

(Darjeeling Hills)

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis Plumbeous Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferreus

PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum

PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae

(Darjeeling Hills)

Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna

PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House Sparrow Passer domesticus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Rufous-necked Snowfinch Montifringilla ruficollis Blanford's Snowfinch Montifringilla blanfordi

PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

(Darjeeling Hills)

White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca Gold-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

(Darjeeling Hills)