Home Up Search

GHNP
Kasuli
Dharamshala
Kangra
Majhat Harsang
Pong Dam
Manali

Checklist of the birds of Himachal Pradesh
Courtesy
Richard Grimett & Tim Inskipp
(Based on “Birds of North India”)

c= common, n = not common, r = resident, s = summer visitor, w = winter visitor, p = passage migrant, l = locally , v = vagrant

 

GALLIFORMES

 

Phasianidae

 

Lerwa lerwa

  Snow Partridge

nr

Tetraogallus tibetanus

  Tibetan Snowcock

nr

Tetraogallus himalayensis

  Himalayan Snowcock

nr

Alectoris chukar

  Chukar

nr

Francolinus francolinus

  Black Francolin

nr

Francolinus pondicerianus

  Grey Francolin

nr

Perdix hodgsoniae

  Tibetan Partridge

nr

Coturnix coturnix

  Common Quail

np

Coturnix coromandelica

  Rain Quail

ns

Perdicula asiatica

  Jungle Bush Quail

nr

Arborophila torqueola

  Hill Partridge

nr

Tragopan melanocephalus

  Western Tragopan

nr

Pucrasia macrolopha

  Koklass Pheasant

cr

Lophophorus impejanus

  Himalayan Monal

nr

Gallus gallus

  Red Junglefowl

lcr

Lophura leucomelanos

  Kalij Pheasant

cr

Catreus wallichii

  Cheer Pheasant

nr

Pavo cristatus

  Indian Peafowl

lcr

ANSERIFORMES

 

Dendrocygnidae

 

Dendrocygna javanica

  Lesser Whistling-duck

np

Anatidae

 

Anserinae

 

Anser albifrons

  Greater White-fronted Goose

v

Anser anser

  Greylag Goose

wwww

Anser indicus

  Bar-headed Goose

ww

Tadorna ferruginea

  Ruddy Shelduck

ww

Tadorna tadorna

  Common Shelduck

w

Sarkidiornis melanotos

  Comb Duck

r

Nettapus coromandelianus

  Cotton Pygmy-goose

r

Anatini

 

Anas strepera

  Gadwall

ww

Anas penelope

  Eurasian Wigeon

w

Anas platyrhynchos

  Mallard

ww

Anas poecilorhyncha

  Spot-billed Duck

r

Anas clypeata

  Northern Shoveler

w

Anas acuta

  Northern Pintail

ww

Anas querquedula

  Garganey

p

Anas crecca

  Common Teal

ww

Marmaronetta angustirostris

  Marbled Duck

v

Rhodonessa rufina

  Red-crested Pochard

ww

Aythya ferina

  Common Pochard

ww

Aythya nyroca

  Ferruginous Pochard

w

Aythya fuligula

  Tufted Duck

ww

Aythya marila

  Greater Scaup

v

Mergus merganser

  Common Merganser

r

TURNICIFORMES

 

Turnicidae

 

Turnix sylvatica

  Small Buttonquail

nr

Turnix tanki

  Yellow-legged Buttonquail

nr

Turnix suscitator

  Barred Buttonquail

nr

PICIFORMES

 

Indicatoridae

 

Indicator xanthonotus

  Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

nr

Picidae

 

Jynx torquilla

  Eurasian Wryneck

ww

Picumnus innominatus

  Speckled Piculet

nr

Dendrocopos canicapillus

  Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

nr

Dendrocopos auriceps

  Brown-fronted Woodpecker

cr

Dendrocopos macei

  Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker

nr

Dendrocopos mahrattensis

  Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

nr

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

  Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

nr

Dendrocopos himalayensis

  Himalayan Woodpecker

lcr

Picus chlorolophus

  Lesser Yellownape

nr

Picus flavinucha

  Greater Yellownape

r

Picus xanthopygaeus

  Streak-throated Woodpecker

nr

Picus squamatus

  Scaly-bellied Woodpecker

lcr

Picus canus

  Grey-headed Woodpecker

nr

Dinopium shorii

  Himalayan Flameback

r

Dinopium benghalense

  Black-rumped Flameback

nr

Chrysocolaptes lucidus

  Greater Flameback

r

Mulleripicus pulverulentus

  Great Slaty Woodpecker

nr

Megalaimidae

 

Megalaima virens

  Great Barbet

lcr

Megalaima zeylanica

  Brown-headed Barbet

r

Megalaima lineata

  Lineated Barbet

r

Megalaima asiatica

  Blue-throated Barbet

lcr

Megalaima haemacephala

  Coppersmith Barbet

r

BUCEROTIFORMES

 

Bucerotidae

 

Ocyceros birostris

  Indian Grey Hornbill

nr

UPUPIFORMES

 

Upupidae

 

Upupa epops

  Common Hoopoe

lcr

CORACIIFORMES

 

Coraciidae

 

Coracias garrulus

  European Roller

np

Coracias benghalensis

  Indian Roller

lcr

Alcedinidae

 

Alcedo atthis

  Common Kingfisher

lcr

Halcyonidae

 

Halcyon smyrnensis

  White-throated Kingfisher

lcr

Cerylidae

 

Megaceryle lugubris

  Crested Kingfisher

nr

Ceryle rudis

  Pied Kingfisher

lcr

Meropidae

 

Nyctyornis athertoni

  Blue-bearded Bee-eater

nr

Merops orientalis

  Green Bee-eater

lcs

Merops persicus

  Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

p

Merops philippinus

  Blue-tailed Bee-eater

lcs

Merops leschenaulti

  Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

nr

CUCULIFORMES

 

Cuculidae

 

Clamator jacobinus

  Pied Cuckoo

ns

Hierococcyx sparverioides

  Large Hawk Cuckoo

ns

Hierococcyx varius

  Common Hawk Cuckoo

ns

Cuculus micropterus

  Indian Cuckoo

ns

Cuculus canorus

  Eurasian Cuckoo

cs

Cuculus saturatus

  Oriental Cuckoo

ns

Cuculus poliocephalus

  Lesser Cuckoo

ns

Cacomantis sonneratii

  Banded Bay Cuckoo

ns

Cacomantis passerinus

  Grey-bellied Cuckoo

lcs

Surniculus lugubris

  Drongo Cuckoo

ns

Eudynamys scolopacea

  Asian Koel

ns

Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

  Sirkeer Malkoha

nr

Centropodidae

 

Centropus sinensis

  Greater Coucal

nr

PSITTACIFORMES

 

Psittacidae

 

Psittacula eupatria

  Alexandrine Parakeet

lcr

Psittacula krameri

  Rose-ringed Parakeet

nr

Psittacula himalayana

  Slaty-headed Parakeet

lcr

Psittacula cyanocephala

  Plum-headed Parakeet

lcr

APODIFORMES

 

Apodidae

 

Collocalia brevirostris

  Himalayan Swiftlet

lcr

Zoonavena sylvatica

  White-rumped Needletail

r

Hirundapus caudacutus

  White-throated Needletail

ns

Tachymarptis melba

  Alpine Swift

r

Apus apus

  Common Swift

ns

Apus pacificus

  Fork-tailed Swift

lcs

Apus affinis (including nipalensis)

  House Swift

lcr

STRIGIFORMES

 

Tytonidae

 

Tyto alba

  Barn Owl

nr

Strigidae

 

Otus spilocephalus

  Mountain Scops Owl

nr

Otus sunia

  Oriental Scops Owl

lcr

Otus bakkamoena

  Collared Scops Owl

lcr

Bubo bubo

  Eurasian Eagle Owl

nr

Bubo coromandus

  Dusky Eagle Owl

nr

Ketupa zeylonensis

  Brown Fish Owl

lcr

Ketupa flavipes

  Tawny Fish Owl

nr

Strix ocellata

  Mottled Wood Owl

nr

Strix leptogrammica

  Brown Wood Owl

nr

Strix aluco

  Tawny Owl

lcr

Glaucidium brodiei

  Collared Owlet

nr

Glaucidium cuculoides

  Asian Barred Owlet

lcr

Glaucidium radiatum

  Jungle Owlet

nr

Athene brama

  Spotted Owlet

nr

Aegolius funereus

  Boreal Owl

nr

Asio otus

  Long-eared Owl

v

Asio flammeus

  Short-eared Owl

nw

Caprimulgidae

 

Caprimulgus indicus

  Grey Nightjar

ns

Caprimulgus macrurus

  Large-tailed Nightjar

lcs

Caprimulgus asiaticus

  Indian Nightjar

nr

Caprimulgus affinis

  Savanna Nightjar

nr?

COLUMBIFORMES

 

Columbidae

 

Columba livia

  Rock Pigeon

lcr

Columba rupestris

  Hill Pigeon

lcr

Columba leuconota

  Snow Pigeon

lcr

Columba palumbus

  Common Wood Pigeon

nw

Columba hodgsonii

  Speckled Wood Pigeon

nr

Columba pulchricollis

  Ashy Wood Pigeon

v

Streptopelia orientalis

  Oriental Turtle Dove

lcs

Streptopelia senegalensis

  Laughing Dove

cr

Streptopelia chinensis

  Spotted Dove

nr

Streptopelia tranquebarica

  Red Collared Dove

ns

Streptopelia decaocto

  Eurasian Collared Dove

lcr

Macropygia unchall

  Barred Cuckoo Dove

v

Chalcophaps indica

  Emerald Dove

nr

Treron phoenicoptera

  Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

nr

Treron sphenura

  Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

lcr

GRUIFORMES

 

Gruidae

 

Grus antigone

  Sarus Crane

nr

Grus grus

  Common Crane

np

Rallidae

 

Rallus aquaticus

  Water Rail

nw

Amaurornis akool

  Brown Crake

nw

Amaurornis phoenicurus

  White-breasted Waterhen

nr

Porzana pusilla

  Baillon's Crake

np

Porzana fusca

  Ruddy-breasted Crake

nr

Porphyrio porphyrio

  Purple Swamphen

nr

Gallinula chloropus

  Common Moorhen

nw

Fulica atra

  Common Coot

nw

CICONIIFORMES

 

Pteroclidae

 

Syrrhaptes tibetanus

  Tibetan Sandgrouse

nr

Pterocles exustus

  Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

nr

Scolopacidae

 

Scolopacinae

 

Scolopax rusticola

  Eurasian Woodcock

nr

Gallinago solitaria

  Solitary Snipe

r

Gallinago nemoricola

  Wood Snipe

nr?

Gallinago stenura

  Pintail Snipe

np

Gallinago gallinago

  Common Snipe

lcw

Lymnocryptes minimus

  Jack Snipe

nw

Tringinae

 

Limosa limosa

  Black-tailed Godwit

w

Numenius arquata

  Eurasian Curlew

w

Tringa erythropus

  Spotted Redshank

w

Tringa totanus

  Common Redshank

w

Tringa stagnatilis

  Marsh Sandpiper

w

Tringa nebularia

  Common Greenshank

ww

Tringa ochropus

  Green Sandpiper

ww

Tringa glareola

  Wood Sandpiper

w

Xenus cinereus

  Terek Sandpiper

p

Actitis hypoleucos

  Common Sandpiper

r

Arenaria interpres

  Ruddy Turnstone

p

Calidris minuta

  Little Stint

w

Calidris temminckii

  Temminck's Stint

w

Calidris alpina

  Dunlin

np

Calidris ferruginea

  Curlew Sandpiper

w

Philomachus pugnax

  Ruff

w

Rostratulidae

 

Rostratula benghalensis

  Greater Painted-snipe

nr

Jacanidae

 

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

  Pheasant-tailed Jacana

ns

Burhinidae

 

Burhinus oedicnemus

  Eurasian Thick-knee

nr

Esacus recurvirostris

  Great Thick-knee

nr

Charadriidae

 

Recurvirostrinae

 

Haematopodini

 

Haematopus ostralegus

  Eurasian Oystercatcher

p

Recurvirostrini

 

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

  Ibisbill

nr

Himantopus himantopus

  Black-winged Stilt

nr

Recurvirostra avosetta

  Pied Avocet

w

Charadriinae

 

Pluvialis apricaria

  Eurasian Golden Plover

p

Pluvialis fulva

  Pacific Golden Plover

p

Pluvialis squatarola

  Grey Plover

p

Charadrius hiaticula

  Common Ringed Plover

p

Charadrius dubius

  Little Ringed Plover

r

Charadrius alexandrinus

  Kentish Plover

r

Charadrius mongolus

  Lesser Sand Plover

r

Charadrius leschenaultii

  Greater Sand Plover

v

Vanellus vanellus

  Northern Lapwing

nw

Vanellus malarbaricus

  Yellow-wattled Lapwing

r

Vanellus duvaucelii

  River Lapwing

r

Vanellus indicus

  Red-wattled Lapwing

lcr

Vanellus gregarius

  Sociable Lapwing

v

Vanellus leucurus

  White-tailed Lapwing

w

Glareolidae

 

Glareolinae

 

Glareola maldivarum

  Oriental Pratincole

r

Glareola lactea

  Small Pratincole

nr

Laridae

 

Larini

 

Larus heuglini

  Heuglin's Gull

w

Larus cachinnans

  Caspian Gull

w

Larus ichthyaetus

  Pallas's Gull

ww

Larus brunnicephalus

  Brown-headed Gull

w

Larus ridibundus

  Black-headed Gull

ww

Sternini

 

Gelochelidon nilotica

  Gull-billed Tern

w

Sterna aurantia

  River Tern

nr

Sterna hirundo

  Common Tern

np

Sterna acuticauda

  Black-bellied Tern

nr

Chlidonias hybridus

  Whiskered Tern

np

Accipitridae

 

Pandioninae

 

Pandion haliaetus

  Osprey

np

Accipitrinae

 

Pernis ptilorhyncus

  Oriental Honey-buzzard

ns

Elanus caeruleus

  Black-shouldered Kite

cr

Milvus migrans

  Black Kite

lcr

Haliastur indus

  Brahminy Kite

ns

Haliaeetus leucoryphus

  Pallas's Fish Eagle

nr

Haliaeetus albicilla

  White-tailed Eagle

v

Ichthyophaga humilis

  Lesser Fish Eagle

nr

Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

  Grey-headed Fish Eagle

nr

Gypaetus barbatus

  Lammergeier

cr

Neophron percnopterus

  Egyptian Vulture

lcr

Gyps bengalensis

  White-rumped Vulture

nr

Gyps tenuirostris

  Slender-billed Vulture

nr

Gyps himalayensis

  Himalayan Griffon

nr

Gyps fulvus

  Eurasian Griffon

nr

Aegypius monachus

  Cinereous Vulture

nw

Sarcogyps calvus

  Red-headed Vulture

nr

Circaetus gallicus

  Short-toed Snake Eagle

nr

Spilornis cheela

  Crested Serpent Eagle

nr

Ictinaetus malayensis

  Black Eagle

nr

Circus aeruginosus

  Eurasian Marsh Harrier

np

Circus cyaneus

  Hen Harrier

np

Circus macrourus

  Pallid Harrier

nw

Circus pygargus

  Montagu's Harrier

np

Accipiter trivirgatus

  Crested Goshawk

nr

Accipiter badius

  Shikra

lcr

Accipiter virgatus

  Besra

nr

Accipiter nisus

  Eurasian Sparrowhawk

nr

Accipiter gentilis

  Northern Goshawk

nw

Butastur teesa

  White-eyed Buzzard

nr

Buteo buteo

  Common Buzzard

nr

Buteo rufinus

  Long-legged Buzzard

cw

Buteo hemilasius

  Upland Buzzard

nw

Aquila clanga

  Greater Spotted Eagle

np

Aquila chrysaetos

  Golden Eagle

nr

Aquila rapax

  Tawny Eagle

nr

Aquila nipalensis

  Steppe Eagle

nw

Aquila heliaca

  Imperial Eagle

nw

Hieraaetus fasciatus

  Bonelli's Eagle

nr

Hieraaetus pennatus

  Booted Eagle

ns

Spizaetus cirrhatus

  Changeable Hawk Eagle

r

Spizaetus nipalensis

  Mountain Hawk Eagle

nr

Falconidae

 

Falco naumanni

  Lesser Kestrel

v

Falco tinnunculus

  Common Kestrel

lcr

Falco chicquera

  Red-necked Falcon

nr

Falco amurensis

  Amur Falcon

v

Falco subbuteo

  Eurasian Hobby

ns

Falco severus

  Oriental Hobby

nr?

Falco jugger

  Laggar Falcon

nr

Falco peregrinus

  Peregrine Falcon

nr

Podicipedidae

 

Tachybaptus ruficollis

  Little Grebe

nr

Podiceps grisegena

  Red-necked Grebe

v

Podiceps cristatus

  Great Crested Grebe

np

Podiceps auritus

  Horned Grebe

v

Podiceps nigricollis

  Black-necked Grebe

np

Anhingidae

 

Anhinga melanogaster

  Darter

nw

Phalacrocoracidae

 

Phalacrocorax niger

  Little Cormorant

nr

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

  Indian Cormorant

nw

Phalacrocorax carbo

  Great Cormorant

nw

Ardeidae

 

Egretta garzetta

  Little Egret

nr

Ardea cinerea

  Grey Heron

nr

Ardea purpurea

  Purple Heron

np

Casmerodius albus

  Great Egret

nr

Mesophoyx intermedia

  Intermediate Egret

nr

Bubulcus ibis

  Cattle Egret

lcr

Ardeola grayii

  Indian Pond Heron

nr

Butorides striatus

  Little Heron

nr

Nycticorax nycticorax

  Black-crowned Night Heron

nr

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

  Cinnamon Bittern

s

Threskiornithidae

 

Pseudibis papillosa

  Black Ibis

v

Ciconiidae

 

Mycteria leucocephala

  Painted Stork

r

Ciconia episcopus

  Woolly-necked Stork

nr

Ciconia nigra

  Black Stork

nw

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  Black-necked Stork

r

PASSERIFORMES

 

Pittidae

 

Pitta sordida

  Hooded Pitta

ns

Pitta brachyura

  Indian Pitta

ns

Irenidae

 

Irena puella

  Asian Fairy Bluebird

v

Chloropsis aurifrons

  Golden-fronted Leafbird

nr

Chloropsis hardwickii

  Orange-bellied Leafbird

nr

Laniidae

 

Lanius isabellinus

  Rufous-tailed Shrike

np

Lanius cristatus

  Brown Shrike

v

Lanius vittatus

  Bay-backed Shrike

lcs

Lanius schach

  Long-tailed Shrike

lcr

Lanius tephronotus

  Grey-backed Shrike

nr

Lanius meridionalis

  Southern Grey Shrike

nr

Corvidae

 

Corvinae

 

Corvini

 

Garrulus glandarius

  Eurasian Jay

nr

Garrulus lanceolatus

  Black-headed Jay

lcr

Urocissa flavirostris

  Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

cr

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

  Red-billed Blue Magpie

lcr

Dendrocitta vagabunda

  Rufous Treepie

nr

Dendrocitta formosae

  Grey Treepie

nr

Pica pica

  Black-billed Magpie