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BHUTAN 2011 April
BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL
1 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea S
2 Gadwall Anas strepera S
3 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope S
4 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos S
5 Common Merganser Mergus merganser S PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES
6 Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola H
7 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus S
8 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra S
9 Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus S
10 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos S GREBES Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus S CORMORANTS AND SHAGS
11 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo S HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS
12 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea S
13 White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis S
14 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis N
15 Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii N Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax N HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES
16 Black Kite Milvus migrans S
17 Pallas's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus S
18 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis S
19 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela S
20 Northern (Hen) Harrier Circus cyaneus S
21 Besra Accipiter virgatus S
22 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus S
23 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis S
24 Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo S
25 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis S
26 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis S
27 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis S FALCONS AND CARACARAS
28 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus S Page 1 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard
29 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo S
30 Oriental Hobby Falco severus S RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
31 Black-tailed Crake Amaurornis bicolor S CRANES
32 Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
33 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii S IBISBILL
34 Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii S AVOCETS AND STILTS Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta S SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
35 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos S
36 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus S
37 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria S GULLS
38 Great Black-headed (Pallas's) Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus S PIGEONS AND DOVES
39 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S
40 Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota S
41 Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis S
42 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis S
43 Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall S
44 Pin-tailed Pigeon Treron apicauda S
45 Wedge-tailed Pigeon Treron sphenurus S PARROTS Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri N CUCKOOS
46 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides S
47 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus S
48 Himalayan (Oriental) Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus H OWLS
49 Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus H 4 50 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis H
51 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei S
52 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides S SWIFTS
53 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris S
54 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus S
55 House Swift Apus nipalensis N KINGFISHERS
56 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis S
57 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris S BEE-EATERS
58 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni S
Page 2 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard HOOPOES
59 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops S HORNBILLS
60 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis S
61 Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis S ASIAN BARBETS
62 Great Barbet Megalaima virens S
63 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii S
64 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica S HONEYGUIDES
65 Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus S WOODPECKERS
66 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus S
67 Gray-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus S
68 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus S
69 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius S
70 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis S
71 Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha S
72 Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia S
73 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis S SHRIKES
74 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach S
75 Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus S CUCKOO-SHRIKES
76 Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos S
77 Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus S
78 Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris S
79 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus S
80 Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris S
81 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus S LEAFBIRDS
82 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii S CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES
83 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius S
84 Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris S
85 Green Magpie Cissa chinensis S
86 Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae S
87 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica S
88 Eurasian (Spotted) Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes S
89 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax S
90 House Crow Corvus splendens S
91 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos S LARKS
92 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula S SWALLOWS
93 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica S
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94 Asian Martin Delichon dasypus S
95 Nepal Martin Delichon nipalense S CHICKADEES AND TITS
97 Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris S
98 Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous S
99 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus S
100 Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus S Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys N
101 Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus S
102 Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea S PENDULINE TITS
103 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps S LONG-TAILED TITS
104 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus S
105 Black-browed (Rufous-fronted) Tit Aegithalos iouschistos S NUTHATCHES
106 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea S
107 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis S WALLCREEPER
108 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria S CREEPERS
109 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris S
110 Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis S DIPPERS
111 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii S BULBULS
112 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer S
113 White-cheeked (Himalayan) Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys S
114 White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus S
115 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii S
116 Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala S
117 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus S CISTICOLAS AND ALLIES
118 Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera S OLD WORLD WARBLERS
119 Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata H
120 Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea H
121 Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes S
122 Gray-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons S
123 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius S
124 Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis S
125 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher S
126 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis S 1 127 Pale-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus S
128 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus S
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129 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei S
130 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides S
131 Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides S
132 Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator S
133 Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii S
134 Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri S
135 Gray-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos S
136 Gray-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys S
137 Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps S
138 Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps S OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
139 Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea S
140 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata S
141 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni S
142 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris S
143 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus S
144 Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae S
145 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara N
146 Pale Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor S
147 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides S
148 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis S
149 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus S
150 Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus S
151 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis S
152 Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni S
153 White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps S
154 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis S
155 White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus S
156 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri S
157 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus S
158 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus S
159 Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferreus S THRUSHES AND ALLIES
160 Blue-capped Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus S
161 Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris S
162 Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius S
163 Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus S
164 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina S
165 Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor S
166 White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus S
167 Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul S
168 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula S
169 Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys H FANTAILS
170 Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha S
171 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis S
Page 5 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard BABBLERS
172 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis S
173 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus S
174 Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus S
175 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis S
176 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis S
177 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus S
178 Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis S
179 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus S
180 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys S
181 White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps S
182 Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis S
183 Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps S
184 Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea S
185 Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris S
186 Cutia Cutia nipalensis S
187 White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis S
188 Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus S
189 Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni S
190 Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis S
191 Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula S
192 Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta S
193 Yellow-throated Fulvetta Alcippe cinerea S
194 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps S
195 White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus S
196 Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis S
197 Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata S
198 Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps S
199 White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri S
200 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis S
201 Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis S
202 Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis S
203 Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta S
204 White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca S
205 Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura S WHITE-EYES
206 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus S PARROTBILLS
207 Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis S SUNBIRDS AND SPIDERHUNTERS
208 Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae S
209 Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis S
210 Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata S
211 Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda S FLOWERPECKERS
212 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectum S
Page 6 of 7 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard OLD WORLD ORIOLES
213 Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii S HELMETSHRIKES AND ALLIES
214 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis S DRONGOS
215 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus S
216 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus S
217 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus S
218 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer S
219 Hair-crested (Spangled) Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus S STARLINGS
220 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis S ACCENTORS
221 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris S
222 Himalayan (Altai) Accentor Prunella himalayana S
223 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata S WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
224 Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea S
225 White Wagtail Motacilla alba S
226 Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus S
227 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni S BUNTINGS,SPARROWS,SEEDEATERS,ALLIES
228 Crested Bunting Melophus lathami S SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES
229 Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola S
230 Crimson-browed Finch Pinicola subhimachala S
231 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus S
232 Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus S
233 White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura S
234 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra S
235 Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides S
236 Tibetan Serin (Siskin) Serinus thibetanus S
237 Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala S
238 Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis S
239 White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes S
240 Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi S OLD WORLD SPARROWS
241 House Sparrow Passer domesticus S
242 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans S
243 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus S WAXBILLS AND ALLIES
244 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata S
245 Nutmeg Mannikin (Scaly-br. Munia) Lonchura punctulata S
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