Birds of Nepal

Every birds in the Wildlife of Nepal guide: 886 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails

• Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis
• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
• Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii
• Chukar Alectoris chukar
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
• Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
• Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
• Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica
• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
• Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
• Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
• Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
• Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
• Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus

Ducks, Geese & Grebes

• African Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Chinese Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Common Teal Anas crecca
• Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Goosander Mergus merganser
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea

Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse

• Ashy Woodpigeon Columba pulchricollis
• Ashy-headed Green-pigeon Treron phayrei
• Barred Cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall
• Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
• Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Grey-capped Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
• Mountain Imperial-pigeon Ducula badia
• Orange-breasted Green-pigeon Treron bicinctus
• Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Pin-tailed Green-pigeon Treron apicauda
• Red Turtle-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Rock Dove Columba livia
• Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
• Speckled Woodpigeon Columba hodgsonii
• Thick-billed Green-pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
• Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon Treron sphenurus
• Western Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

Cuckoos & Coucals

• Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
• Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
• Western Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
• Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
• Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
• Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts

• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
• Asian Palm-swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
• Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
• Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus

Cranes, Rails & Bustards

• Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis
• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone
• Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
• Brown Crake Zapornia akool
• Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
• Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
• Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
• Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus

Gulls, Terns & Skuas

• Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Mew Gull Larus canus
• Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• River Tern Sterna aurantia
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus

Shorebirds

• Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
• Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
• Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
• Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
• Lesser Sandplover Anarhynchus mongolus
• Greater Sandplover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
• Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
• Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
• Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
• Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
• Small Pratincole Glareola lactea

Seabirds & Cormorants

• Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
• Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans

• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
• Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
• Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia
• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
• Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
• Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
• Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
• Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Birds of Prey

• Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
• Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis
• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
• Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
• Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
• Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
• Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
• Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
• Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
• Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
• Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
• Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
• Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
• Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
• Shikra Tachyspiza badia
• Besra Tachyspiza virgata
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Northern Goshawk Astur gentilis
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
• Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
• Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
• Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Oriental Hobby Falco severus
• Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Owls

• Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
• Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
• Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
• Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
• Spotted Owlet Athene brama
• Little Owl Athene noctua
• Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
• Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
• Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
• Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
• Mottled Wood Owl Strix ocellata
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
• Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis
• Spot-bellied Eagle-owl Ketupa nipalensis
• Dusky Eagle-owl Ketupa coromanda
• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes

Hornbills, Hoopoes & Trogons

• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
• Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
• Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers

• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
• Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
• Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
• Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

Barbets & Woodpeckers

• Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
• Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon cyanotis
• Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
• Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
• Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
• Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
• Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii
• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia
• Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
• Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
• Black-naped Woodpecker Picus guerini
• Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus
• Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
• Grey-capped Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
• Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
• Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
• Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
• Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei
• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
• Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis

Parrots

• Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
• Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana
• Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

• Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis
• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
• Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
• Grey-lored Broadbill Serilophus rubropygius
• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
• Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
• Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
• Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
• Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
• Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
• Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
• Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
• Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
• Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
• Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
• Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
• Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
• Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
• Plain-crowned Jay Garrulus bispecularis
• Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
• Northern Raven Corvus corax
• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers

• Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
• Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
• Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
• Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
• Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
• Great Tit Parus major
• Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys
• Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
• White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
• Red-headed Tit Aegithalos iredalei
• White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis
• Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
• Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
• Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
• Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
• Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis
• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea
• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris
• White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
• White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis
• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

Larks, Pipits & Wagtails

• Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura
• Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
• Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
• Bengal Bushlark Plocealauda assamica
• Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
• Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
• Eastern Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
• Crested Lark Galerida cristata
• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
• Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
• Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

Swallows & Martins

• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
• Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
• Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
• Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia
• Pale Martin Riparia diluta

Bulbuls

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

Warblers & Cisticolas

• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
• Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis
• Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla
• Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
• Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
• Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
• Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
• Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
• Chinese Grasshopper-warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
• Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
• West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis
• Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
• Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
• Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus
• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
• Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
• Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
• Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
• Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis
• Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri
• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
• Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
• Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii
• Whistler's Warbler Phylloscopus whistleri
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
• Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator
• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
• Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
• Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
• Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
• Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
• Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
• Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
• Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
• Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
• Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni
• Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
• Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens
• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes

• Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis
• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata
• Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
• Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
• Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
• Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
• Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
• White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
• Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
• Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
• Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons
• Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris
• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
• Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
• Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
• Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
• White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
• Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris humei
• Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
• Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris
• White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys
• Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
• Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
• Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops
• Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
• White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
• Swamp Grass Babbler Laticilla cinerascens
• Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
• Long-billed Wren-babbler Napothera malacoptila
• Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis
• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis
• Striated Babbler Argya earlei
• Common Babbler Argya caudata
• Slender-billed Babbler Argya longirostris
• Jungle Babbler Argya striata
• Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi
• Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
• Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis
• White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
• Grey-sided Laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus
• Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficollis
• Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor
• Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum
• Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
• Variegated Laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum
• Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
• Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
• Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
• Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
• Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens
• Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
• Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
• Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
• Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
• Bar-throated Minla Actinodura strigula
• Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
• Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa

Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers

• Eurasian Wren Nannus troglodytes
• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
• Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
• Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola
• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
• Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
• Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor
• Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
• White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus
• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
• Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
• Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae
• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
• Large Niltava Niltava grandis
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
• Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
• Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus
• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
• Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
• Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis
• Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
• White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
• Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus
• Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
• White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
• Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
• Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
• Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
• Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
• White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
• Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Blue-capped Rock-thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha
• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
• Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis
• Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca
• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers & Leafbirds

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
• Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
• Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
• Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
• Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
• Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
• Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
• Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
• Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

Starlings & Mynas

• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
• Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
• Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
• White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
• Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
• Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis

Finches, Sparrows & Buntings

• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
• Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
• Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
• Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
• Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
• Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus
• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
• Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
• Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
• Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
• Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
• White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
• Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
• Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
• Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides
• Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
• Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
• 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
• Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
• Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
• Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
• Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
• Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
• Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
• Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
• Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
• Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
• Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
• Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni
• Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
• Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
• Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
• Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
• Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides
• Twite Linaria flavirostris
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Grey-crowned Goldfinch Carduelis caniceps
• Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
• Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
• Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
• Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
• Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
• Black-headed Bunting Melophus melanocephalus
• Red-headed Bunting Melophus bruniceps
• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Schoeniclus aureolus
• Little Bunting Schoeniclus pusillus
• Black-faced Bunting Schoeniclus spodocephalus
• Chestnut Bunting Schoeniclus rutilus
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
• Rustic Bunting Schoeniclus rusticus
• Reed Bunting Schoeniclus schoeniclus

Other Songbirds

• Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
• White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
• Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
• Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
• White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Frequently asked questions

How many birds are in the Wildlife of Nepal guide?

The guide lists 886 birds of Nepal, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of birds are covered?

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails (22), Ducks, Geese & Grebes (39), Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse (21), Cuckoos & Coucals (19), Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts (15), Cranes, Rails & Bustards (20), Gulls, Terns & Skuas (16), Shorebirds (55), Seabirds & Cormorants (5), Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans (30), Birds of Prey (60), Owls (23), and 16 more groups.