Tamil Nadu

Sr. No. Common Name Scientific name
1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (5)
2 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes (8)
3 Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis (16)
4 Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus (14)
5 White-tailed Tropicbird (Yellow-billed Tropicbird)  Phaethon lepturus (19)
6 Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis (21)
7 Indian Shag (Indian Cormorant)  Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (27)
8 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (26)
9 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger (28)
10 Darter (Oriental Darter) Anhinga melanogaster (29)
11 Lesser Frigatebird (Least Frigatebird)  Fregata ariel (32)
12 Western Reef-heron (Western Reef-egret)  Egretta gularis (50)
13 Little Egret Egretta garzetta (49)
14 Great Egret Casmerodius albus (45)
15 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia (47-8)
16 Eastern Cattle Egret (Cattle Egret)  Bubulcus ibis (44)
17 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (35-6)
18 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (37-7a)
19 Indian Pond-heron Ardeola grayii (42-2a)
20 Malayan Night-heron Gorsachius melanolophus (53-4)
21 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax (52)
22 Striated Heron (Green-backed Heron)  Butorides striatus (38-41)
23 Black Bittern Dupetor  flavicollis (58) 
24 Chestnut Bittern (Cinnamon Bittern)  Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (56)
25 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis (57)
26 Eurasian Bittern (Great Bittern)  Botaurus stellaris (59)
27 Wooly-necked Stork (White-necked Stork)  Ciconia episcopus (62)
28 Asian Openbill (Asian Open-billed Stork)  Anastomus oscitans (61)
29 White Stork Ciconia ciconia (63)
30 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala (60)
31 Black Stork Ciconia nigra (65)
32 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (66)
33 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (71)
34 Black-headed Ibis (Asian White Ibis)  Threskiornis melanocephalus (69)
35 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia (72)
36 Indian Black Ibis (Black Ibis)  Pseudibis papillosa (70)
37 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (68)
38 Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (67)
39 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (74)
40 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (73)
41 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (82)
42 Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica (88)
43 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (90)
44 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (115)
45 Common Teal Anas crecca (94)
46 Garganey Anas querquedula (104)
47 Gadwall Anas strepera (101)
48 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope (103)
49 Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata (105)
50 Northern Pintail Anas acuta (93)
51 Indian Spot-billed Duck (Spot-billed Duck) Anas poecilorhyncha (97-9)
52 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (100)
53 Tufted Duck (Tufted Pochard) Aythya fuligula (111)
54 Ferruginous Duck (Ferruginous Pochard) Aythya nyroca (109)
55 Common Pochard Aythya  ferina (108)
56 Red-crested Pochard Rhodonessa rufina (107)
57 Cotton Teal (Cotton Pygmy-goose) Nettapus coromandelianus
58 Black-winged Kite (Black-shouldered Kite) Elanus caeruleus (124)
59 Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda  jerdoni (125-6)
60 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes (127-8a)
61 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus (135)
62 Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans/govinda (132-4)
63 Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus (149-51)
64 Shikra Accipiter badius (137-40)
65 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (147-8)
66 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus (144-6)
67 Steppe Buzzard (Eurasian Buzzard) Buteo buteo (155-6)
68 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (153)
69 Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus (129-30)
70 White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa (157)
71 Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela (196-200)
72 Short-toed Eagle (Short-toed Snake-Eagle) Circaetus gallicus (195)
73 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii (165)
74 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (164)
75 Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus (163)
76 Mountain Hawk-eagle Spizaetus nipalensis (158)
77 Changeable Hawk-eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus (160-2)
78 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis (172)
79 Indian Spotted Eagle (Lesser Spotted Eagle) Aquila pomarina
80 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (170)
81 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (169)
82 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax (168)
83 Osprey Pandion haliaetus (203)
84 Grey-headed Fish-eagle (Greater Grey-headed Fish-Eagle) Ichthyophaga icthyaetus (175-6)
85 White-bellied Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster (173) 
86 White-rumped Vulture (Indian White-backed Vulture) Gyps bengalensis (185)
87 Indian Vulture (Long-billed Vulture) Gyps indicus (182,184)
88 Griffon Vulture (Eurasian Griffon-Vulture) Gyps fulvus (180,183)
89 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (186-7)
90 Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus (178)
91 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus (191)
92 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (190)
93 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos (192)
94 Western Marsh Harrier (Eurasian Marsh Harrier) Circus aeruginosus (193-4)
95 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni (221)
96 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (222-4)
97 Eurasian Hobby (Northern Hobby) Falco subbuteo (212-3)
98 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis (220)
99 Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera  (219)
100 Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus (210)
101 Laggar Falcon Falco jugger (208)
102 Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus (244-6)
103 Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus (240-2)
104 Common Quail (Grey Quail) Coturnix coturnix (250)
105 Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica (252)
106 Painted Bush-quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha (262-3)
107 Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis (253-4)
108 Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica (255-8)
109 Rock Bush-quail Perdicula argoondah (259-61)
110 Barred Buttonquail (Common Bustard-Quail) Turnix suscitator (316-9)
111 Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Yellow-legged Bustard-Quail) Turnix tanki (314-5)
112 Small Buttonquail (Little Bustard-Quail) Turnix sylvatica (313)
113 Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea (275-7)
114 Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata (278)
115 Grey Junglefowl Lophophorus sonneratii (301)
116 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (311)          
117 Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo (326)
118 Lesser Florican Sypheotides indica (357)
119 Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps (354)
120 Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus (329-30)
121 European Water Rail (Water Rail) Rallus aquaticus (327-8)
122 Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides (332)
123 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca (339-40)
124 Brown Crake Amaurornis akool (342)
125 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus (343-5)
126 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (346)
127 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (348-9)
128 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (347-7a)
129 Eurasian Coot (Common Coot) Fulica atra (350)
130 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis (429)
131 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola (434)
132 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (432)
133 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (430-1)
134 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus (360-1)
135 Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus (359)
136 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus (358)
137 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (443)
138 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea (444)
139 Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus (440)
140 Great Thick-knee Esacus  recurvirostris (437)
141 Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus (435-6)
142 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus (366-8)
143 Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus (370)
144 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola (371)
145 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva (373)
146 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii (374)
147 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus (384-4a)
148 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (378)
149 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius (379-80)
150 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (381-2)
151 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata (387-8)
152 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (385-6)
153 Western Black-tailed Godwit (Black-tailed Godwit) Limosa limosa (389-90)
154 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (391-1a)
155 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus (403)
156 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (400)
157 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia (396)
158 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (398)
159 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus (397)
160 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (401)
161 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (395)
162 Common Redshank Tringa totanus (393-4)
163 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus (392)
164 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (402)
165 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus (424-5)
166 Ruff (M) and Reeve (F) Philomachus pugnax (426)
167 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris (413)
168 Red Knot Calidris canutus (412)
169 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (422)
170 Dunlin Calidris alpina (420-1)
171 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta (418)
172 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii (417)
173 Rufous-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (415) 
174 Little Stint Calidris minuta (416)
175 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmeus (423)
176 Sanderling Calidris alba (414)
177 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (428)
178 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus (410)
179 Swinhoe’s Snipe Gallinago megala (407)
180 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago (409)
181 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura (406)
182 Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola (405)
183 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola (411)
184 Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini taimyrensis
185 Caspian Gull (Yellow-legged Gull) Larus cachinnans (451)
186 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus (453)
187 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei (456)
188 Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus (454)
189 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus (455)
190 Little Tern Sterna albifrons (475-6)
191 Saunders’s Tern Sterna saundersi (477)
192 Common Tern Sterna hirundo (464-5)
193 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (446)
194 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa (467)
195 Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda (470)
196 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon  nilotica (460-1)
197 River Tern Sterna aurantia (463)
198 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis (480)
199 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna benghalensis (479)
200 Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii (478)
201 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia (462)
202 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus (471-3)
203 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata (474)
204 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus (458)
205 White-winged Tern (White-winged Black Tern) Chlidonias leucopterus (459)
206 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus (481)
207 Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis (484)
208 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus (487)
209 Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus (492)
210 Rock Pigeon Columba livia (516-7)
211 Green Imperial-pigeon Ducula aenea (506-8a)
212 Mountain Imperial-pigeon Ducula badia (510-2)
213 Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii (521)
214 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis (530-33)
215 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (541)
216 Red Collared-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (535-6)
217 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis (537-40)
218 Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto (534)
219 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica (542-4a)
220 Ceylon Green Pigeon (Pompadour Green-pigeon) Treron pompadora  (496-500)
221 Orange-breasted Green-pigeon Treron bicincta (501-2)
222 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon (Yellow-legged Green-pigeon) Treron phoenicoptera (503-5)
223 Vernal Hanging-parrot Loriculus vernalis (566-7)
224 Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides (564)
225 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala (557-8)
226 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (549-50)
227 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria (545-8)
228 Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus (584)
229 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii (582-3)
230 Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Drongo-Cuckoo) Surniculus lugubris (588-9)
231 Jacobin Cuckoo (Pied Cuckoo) Clamator  jacobinus (570-1)   
232 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (569)
233 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea (590-2)
234 Indian Cuckoo                                            Cuculus micropterus (576)
235 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus (577-9)
236 Small Cuckoo (Lesser Cuckoo) Cuculus poliocephalus (581)
237 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (572)
238 Common Hawk-cuckoo (Indian Hawk-Cuckoo) Hierococcyx varius (573-4)
239 Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (595)
240 Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii (596-8)
241 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis (605)
242 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis (600-2)
243 Brown Hawk-owl Ninox scutulata (642-45)
244 Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius (609-10)
245 Common Barn-owl Tyto alba (606-7)
246 Eastern Grass-owl (Grass Owl) Tyto capensis
247 Brown Fish-owl Ketupa zeylonensis (631-2)
248 Forest Eagle-owl (Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl) Bubo nipalensis (628-9)
249 Dusky Eagle-owl Bubo coromandus (630)
250 Eurasian Eagle-owl  Bubo bubo (625-7)
251 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (664)
252 Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocellata (655-7)
253 Brown Wood-owl Strix leptogrammica (658-60)
254 Indian Scops-owl (Collared Scops-owl) Otus bakkamoena (619-24)
255 Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia (616-618a) 
256 Spotted Owlet Athene brama (650-2)
257 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum (636-7)
258 Ceylon Frogmouth (Indian Frogmouth) Batrachostomus moniliger (666)
259 Indian Jungle Nightjar (Grey Nightjar) Caprimulgus indicus (670-2a)
260 Indian Little Nightjar (Indian Nightjar) Caprimulgus asiaticus (680-1)
261 Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis (676-7)
262 Great Eared-nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis (668-9)
263 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata (709)
264 Asian Palm-swift Cypsiurus balasiensis (707-8)
265 Indian Swiftlet Collocalia unicolor (685)
266 Indian White-rumped Spinetail (White-rumped Needletailed Swift) Zoonavena sylvatica (692)
267 Little Swift (House Swift) Apus affinis (702-6)
268 Pacific Swift (Fork-tailed Swift) Apus pacificus (699-700)
269 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba (693-5)
270 Brown-throated Needletail (Brown-backed Needletailed Swift) Hirundapus giganteus (691)
271 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis benghalensis(755-7)
272 Dollarbird (Eastern Broadbilled Roller) Eurystomus orientalis (758-62)
273 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops epops(763-6)
274 Malabar Trogon (Indian Trogon) Harpactes fasciatus (710-2)
275 Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis (730-2)
276 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (739)
277 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis (735-8)
278 Lesser Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis (719-20)
279 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting (725-6a)
280 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (722-4)
281 Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher (Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher) Ceyx erithacus (727-8)
282 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti (744-5)
283 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (746)
284 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus (748)
285 Little Green Bee-eater (Green Bee-eater) Merops orientalis (749-52)
286 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni  (753)
287 Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus (768)
288 Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris (767)
289 Great Pied Hornbill (Great Hornbill) Buceros bicornis (776)
290 Malabar Pied Hornbill (Indian Pied Hornbill) Anthracoceros coronatus (775)
291 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala (792)
292 Ceylon Small Barbet (Crimson-fronted Barbet) Megalaima rubricapilla (790-1)
293 White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis (785)
294 Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica (780-2)
295 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (796)
296 Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente (856)
297 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus (798-9)
298 Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Brown-capped Pygmy-Woodpecker) Dendrocopos nanus (851-4)
299 Yellow-fronted Pied WoodpeckerYellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis (847)
300 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus (808)
301 Lesser Yellownape (Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker) Picus chlorolophus chlorolophus (814-7)
302 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus (802-4)
303 Common Flameback (Common Flamebacked Woodpecker) Dinopium javanense (825-6)
304 Himalayan Flameback (Himalayan Flamebacked Woodpecker) Dinopium shorii (824)
305 Black-rumped Flameback (Black-rumped Flamebacked Woodpecker) Dinopium benghalense (818-23)
306 White-naped Flameback (Black-shouldered Woodpecker) Chrysocolaptes festivus (858-9)
307 Greater Flameback (Great Flamebacked Woodpecker) Chrysocolaptes lucidus (860-3)
308 White-bellied Woodpecker (White-bellied Black Woodpecker) Dryocopus javensis (830)
309 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura (867)
310 Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans (872)
311 Indian Bushlark (Redwinged Bush-Lark) Mirafra erythroptera (875-7)
312 Jerdon's Bushlark Mirafra affinis (874)
313 Oriental Skylark (Eastern Skylark) Alauda gulgula (904-9)
314 Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica (901)
315 Sykes’s Lark Galerida deva (902)
316 Ashy-crowned Finch-lark (Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark) Eremopterix grisea (878)
317 Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus (882-3)
318 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis (885-6)
319 Common Sand-martin (Sand Martin) Riparia riparia (911)
320 Dusky Crag-martin Hirundo concolor (914)
321 Eurasian Crag-martin Hirundo rupestris (913)
322 Northern House-martin Delichon urbica (930)
323 Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola (922)
324 House Swallow (Pacific Swallow) Hirundo tahitica (919-20)
325 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (916-8)
326 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica (923-8)
327 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii (921)
328 Western Yellow Wagtail (Yellow Wagtail) Motacilla.flava leucocephala (1875-80)
329 Grey Wagtail Motacilla. cinerea (1884)
330 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla.citreola citreola (1881-3)
331 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indica (1874)
332 White Wagtail Motacilla. alba dukhunensis (1885-90)
333 White-browed Wagtail (Large Pied Wagtail) Motacilla. maderaspatensis (1891)
334 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni hodgsoni (1852-3)
335 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis trivialis (1854-5)
336 Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (1857)
337 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus (1858-60)
338 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris (1861-2)
339 Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii  (1863)
340 Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis (1870)
341 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis (1866-9)
342 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus (982)
343 Common Woodshrike (Lesser Woodshrike) Tephrodornis pondicerianus (1069-71)
344 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis (1067-8)
345 Pied Flycatcher-shrike (Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike) Hemipus picatus (1064-6)
346 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos (1077)
347 Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera (1078-9)
348 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei (1072-5)
349 Orange Minivet (Scarlet Minivet) Pericrocotus flammeus (1080-3)
350 White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius (1096)
351 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus (1090-5)
352 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus (1089a)
353 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (1126-32)
354 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (1118-22)
355 Himalayan Black Bulbul (Black Bulbul) Hypsipetes leucocephalus (1148-51)
356 Black-capped Bulbul (Variable Bulbul) Pycnonotus melanicterus (1115-7)
357 Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus (1135)
358 Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus (1114)
359 White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus (1138-9)
360 Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica (1143-5)
361 Common Iora           Aegithina tiphia (1097-1101)
362 Gold-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons (1103-5)
363 Blue-winged Leafbird (Jerdon’s Leafbird) Chloropsis cochinchinensis (1107-8)
364 Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella (1109-10)
365 Black-headed Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach tricolor (946-48)
366 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (933-5)
367 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus (949-50a)
368 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus (939-40)
369 Black-naped Blue Monarch (Black-naped Monarch) Hypothymis azurea (1465-9)
370 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone  paradisi (1460-4)
371 White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola (1451-3)
372 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis (1454-9)
373 Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius (1725-6)
374 Blue-headed Rock-thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus (1723)
375 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina (1733-6)
376 Malabar Whistling-thrush Myiophonus horsfieldii (1728)
377 Common Blackbird (Eurasian Blackbird) Turdus merula (1751-7)
378 Small-billed Scaly Thrush (Scaly Thrush) Zoothera dauma (1741-4)
379 Pied Ground-thrush (Pied Thrush) Zoothera  wardii (1731)
380 White-bellied Blue Robin (White-bellied Shortwing) Brachypteryx major
381 Nilgiri Blue Robin (White-bellied Shortwing) Brachypteryx major
382 Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea (1650-1)
383 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus (1665-8)
384 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis (1661-4)
385 Indian Black Robin (Indian Robin) Saxicoloides fulicata (1717-21)
386 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris (1671-2)
387 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti deserti (1709-10)
388 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata  (1700-3)
389 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata (1695-8)
390 Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui (1408)
391 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica  (1407)
392 Rusty-tailed Flycatcher       Muscicapa ruficauda  (1409)
393 Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra (1413)
394 Red-breasted Flycatcher (Red-throated Flycatcher) Ficedula parva (1411-2)
395 Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa (1427)
396 Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae (1442-3)
397 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides (1440)
398 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina (1445)
399 Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudata (1446)
400 White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes (1435)
401 Black-chinned Laughingthrush (Nilgiri Laughingthrush) Garrulax cachinnans (1307-8)
402 Kerala Laughingthrush (Grey-breasted Laughingthrush) Garrulax jerdoni
403 Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti (1287)
404 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense (1230-2)
405 Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra (1219-23)
406 Dark-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps (1224-7)
407 Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus (1253-4)
408 Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi (1258)
409 Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus (1261-5)
410 Yellow-billed Babbler (Pale-capped Babbler) Turdoides affinis (1267-8)
411 Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufus (1259-60)
412 Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii (1172-7)
413 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala (1389-91)
414 Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps (1152-9)
415 Bright-capped Cisticola (Golden-capped Cisticola) Cisticola exilis (1496-7)
416 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis (1498-1500a)
417 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia (1545)
418 Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striatus (1547)
419 Indian Broad-tailed Grass-warbler (Broad-tailed Grassbird) Schoenicola platyura (1546)
420 Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis (1515-8)
421 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii (1502-5)
422 Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica (1519-23)
423 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata (1510-4)
424 Indian Reed-warbler (Clamorous Reed-Warbler) Acrocephalus stentoreus brunnescens (1550-2)
425 Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon (1549)
426 Blyth’s Reed-warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (1556)
427 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola (1557-8)
428 Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata (1562-3)
429 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius (1535-9)
430 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Grey-headed Flycatcher) Culicicapa ceylonensis (1448-9)
431 Siberian Chiffchaff (Common Chiffchaff) Phylloscopus collybita tristis (1574-5)
432 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus (1581)
433 Tickell’s Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus affinis (1579)
434 Tytler’s Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri (1578)
435 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides viridanus (1602-5)
436 Large-billed Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris (1601)
437 Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis (1606)
438 Hume's Leaf-warbler (Hume’s Warbler) Phylloscopus humei (1590-1)
439 Eastern Orphean Warbler (Orphean Warbler) Sylvia hortensis
440 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca halimodendri (1567-8)
441 Great Tit Parus major (1790-7)
442 Black-lored Yellow Tit Parus xanthogenys (1809-11)
443 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis (1838)
444 Indian Nuthatch (Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch) Sitta castanea (1827-31)
445 Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Tickell’s Flowerpecker) Dicaeum erythrorynchos (1899-1900) 
446 Nilgiri Flowerpecker (Plain Flowerpecker) Dicaeum concolor (1901-3)
447 Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile (1892-4)
448 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus (1933-6)
449 Purple-rumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica (1907-8)
450 Small Sunbird Nectarinia minima (1909)
451 Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica (1916-8)
452 Loten’s Sunbird Nectarinia lotenia (1911-2)
453 Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja (1927-9a)
454 Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra (1931)
455 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps (2044)
456 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus (2010-3)
457 Red Avadavat (Red Munia) Amandava  amandava (1964)
458 Tricoloured Munia (Black-headed Munia) Lonchura malacca (1976-8)
459 Indian Silverbill (Plain Munia) Lonchura malabarica
460 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata (1967-70) 
461 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata  (1974-5)
462 Black-throated Munia (Hill Munia) Lonchura kelaarti (1971-3)
463 House Sparrow Passer domesticus (1938-9a)
464 Yellow-throated Sparrow (Chestnut-shouldered Petronia) Petronia xanthocollis (1948-9)
465 Indian Baya Weaver (Baya Weaver) Ploceus philippinus philippinus (1957-9)
466 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar (1962-3)
467 European Golden Oriole (Eurasian Golden Oriole) Oriolus oriolus (952-3)
468 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus (958-9)
469 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis diffusus (954,956-7)
470 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus (962-4)
471 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus (965-6b)
472 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus (971)
473 White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens (967-9)
474 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (976-81)
475 Hair-crested Drongo (Spangled Drongo) Dicrurus hottentottus (973)
476 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris (997-1001)
477 Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum (994)
478 Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus (996)
479 Grey-headed Starling (Chestnut-tailed Starling) Sturnus malabaricus (987-9)
480 Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra (1002-4)
481 Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus (1008)
482 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (1006-7)
483 Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus (1009-11)
484 Common Hill-myna Gracula religiosa  (1015,1017-8)
485 House Crow Corvus splendens (1048-51)
486 Indian Jungle Crow (Jungle Crow) Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus (1054-7)
487 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda (1030a-4)
488 White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra (1036)

The numbers in brackets indicate the synospsis number (HB number) as quoted in "The Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan" (Second Edition) by Salim Ali & S.D. Ripley

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