Bird checklist of Khangchendzonga National Park and its Areas Status: R=Resident, S=summer visitors, W= Winter visitors, AS=Accidental or casual sighting Sl. Common Name Scientific Name Status No 1 Snow Partridge Lerwa Lerwa R1 2 Himalayan Snow Cock Tetraogallus himalayansis AS1 3 Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus AS1 4 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus affinis R2 5 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra R1 6 Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus R1 7 Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelana R2 8 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus W1 9 Rudy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea W1 10 Common Teal Anas crecca W1 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos W1 12 Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri W1 13 Common Merganser Mergus merganser W1 14 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis AS1 15 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathparius R1 16 Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis R3 17 Greater Yellownaped Picus flavinucha R1 Woodpecker 18 Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii AS1 19 Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus AS1 20 Great Barbet Megalaima virens R1 21 Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii R1 22 Blue-throated Barbet Magalaima asiatica R1 23 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops AS1 24 Red Headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus AS1 25 Large Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides S3 26 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus AS2 27 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus S2 28 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus S2 29 House Swifts Apus affinis S3 30 Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris R2 31 Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius AS1 32 Hodgson’s Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni AS1 33 Oriental Turtle Dove Stroptopelia orientalis S2 34 Spotted Dove Stroptopelia chinensis S3 35 Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota R2 36 Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii R2 37 Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis R1 38 Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura R1 39 Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia R1 40 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola R2 41 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria AS1 42 Black Kite Milvus migrans S1 43 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus AS1 44 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis AS1 45 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela R1 46 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter niscus AS1 47 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis R1 48 Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus AS1 49 Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis R1 50 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus R2 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis W1 52 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo W1 53 Blue-napped Pitta Pitta nipalensis AS1 54 Brown Shrikes Lanius cristatus W2 55 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach AS 56 Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus R2 57 Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa flavirostris R3 58 Green Magpie Cissa chinensis R3 59 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae R3 60 Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis R2 61 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica AS1 62 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes AS1 63 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax AS1 64 Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus AS1 65 House Crow Corvus splendens R3 66 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos R3 67 Common Ravens Corvus corax R1 68 Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus AS1 69 Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii R1 70 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos AS1 71 Grey-chinned Minivet Pricrocotus solaris R2 72 Short-billed Minivet Pricrocotus brevirostris R2 73 Scarlet Minivet Pricrocotus Flammeus R1 74 Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhiphidura hypoxantha R1 75 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis R3 76 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus R3 77 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus R2 78 Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans S2 79 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus AS1 80 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii R2 81 White-Throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus R1 82 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius AS1 83 Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris R2 84 Blue Whistling Thrush Myiophonus caeruleus R3 85 Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima R2 86 Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola R1 87 Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata R2 88 Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma R 89 Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis W1 90 White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus R2 91 Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul R2 92 Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis W1 93 Indian Grey Thrush Turdus unicolor R1 94 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibrica S2 95 Ferruginous Flycatcher Musicapa ferruginea AS1 96 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni R1 97 Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata R1 98 Verditor Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina S3 99 Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor R2 100 Large Niltava Niltava grandis R2 101 Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara R3 102 Grey-headed Canary Culicicapa ceylonensis R2 Flycatcher 103 Grandala Grandala coelicolor AS1 104 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri R2 105 Large Niltava Niltava grandis R2 106 Rufous bellied Niltava Niltava sundara R3 107 Grey headed canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis R2 108 Grandala Grandala coelicolor AS1 109 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri R2 110 Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus R1 111 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus R3 112 Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis R1 113 White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis lecocephalus R3 114 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus S2 115 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontails R1 116 Black Restart Phoenicurus ochruros S1 117 Plumbus Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus R2 118 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata R1 119 Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea R3 120 Common Myna Acridotherestristis R3 121 Hill Myna Gracula religiosa R2 122 White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis R3 123 Eurasian Tree-creeper Certhia familiaris R2 124 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes R1 125 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus R2 126 Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos R1 127 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps R1 128 Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus AS1 129 Grey-crested Tit Parus dichrous R2 130 Cole Tit Parus ater R2 131 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus R3 132 Rufous-vented Tit Parus rudiventris R2 133 Sultan Tit Melanochora sultanea AS1 134 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica S1 135 Goldcrest Regulas regulas R3 136 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus R3 137 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus AS1 138 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer R3 139 Straited Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus R2 140 Chestnut-headed F.C Warbler Tesia castaneocoronata R1 141 Pale-footed Blush Warbler Cettia pallidipes R1 142 Brownish-flanked Bush Cettia fortipes R2 Warbler 143 Grey-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons R2 144 Spotted Bush-Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus S2 145 Brown Bush-Warbler Bradypterus luteoventris S1 146 Smokey Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer S2 147 Tickell’s Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis S1 148 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher R2 149 Lemmon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus R2 150 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides R3 151 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis R1 152 Inornate Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus W2 157 Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii R1 158 White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis R3 159 Grey-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschitos R3 160 Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaries R2 161 White-throated Garrulax albogularis R3 Laughingthrush 167 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus R3 168 Greater Necklaced L. Thrush Garrulax pectoralis R2 169 Lesser Necklaced L. Thrush Garrulax monileger R2 170 Striated laughingthrush Garrulax striatus R3 172 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus R1 173 Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis R2 174 Chestnut-crowned L. Thrush Garrulax erythrocephalus R2 175 Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea R2 176 Grey-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus R2 177 Variagated Laughingthrush Garrulax variagatus R2 178 Blue-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax sqamatus R2 179 Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris R1 180 Redbilled Leothrix Leiothrix lutea R3 181 Cutia Cutia nepalensis AS1 182 Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthoclorus R1 183 White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis R1 184 Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni R1 185 Hoary Barwing Actinodura nipalensis R1 186 Blue-winged Minla Minla cyaneuroptera R2 187 Redtailed Minla Minla ignotincta R2 188 Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula R2 190 White Browed Tit Babbler Alcippe vinipectus R2 191 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps R3 192 Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis R1 193 Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata R3 194 Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectens AS1 195 White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bekeri R3 196 Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis R2 197 Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis R2 198 Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis R2 199 Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta R1 200 White Belied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca AS1 201 Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura AS1 202 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula S1 203 Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanokanthum AS1 204 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus AS1 205 Mrs Gould’s Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae R3 206 Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis R2 207 Black-throated Sunbird Aethypyga saturate R1 208 Firetailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda R3 209 Little Spider Hunter Arachnothera longirostra AS1 210 Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magma AS1 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus R3 212 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans R2 213 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus R2 214 White Wagtail Montacilla alba R2 215 Grey Wagtail Montacilla cinerea S2 216 Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii AS 217 Olive-backed pipit Anthus hodgsonii R2 218 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata R1 219 Marroned-backed Accentor Prunella immaculate AS1 220 White-rumped