Check-list of Birds in Ladakh
This updated check-list - extracted from the forthcoming book (mid 2003) on 'Birds and Mammals of Ladakh' - is the result of extensive literature research and my own observation and data collection during various trips into the remote areas of the Ladakh region. By no means the list claims to be complete. Any comments, feed-backs and amendments are welcomed, they will all help to improve and up-date the list. Otto Pfister / 01-2003
< otto_pfister@hotmail.com >
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GALLIFORMES |
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Phasianidae |
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Snow Partridge |
Lerwa lerwa |
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Himalayan Snowcock |
Tetraogallus himalayensis |
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Tibetan Snowcock |
Tetraogallus tibetanus |
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Chukar |
Alectoris chukar |
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Tibetan Partridge |
Perdix hodgsoniae |
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Common Quail |
Coturnix coturnix |
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Rain Quail |
Coturnix coromandelica |
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ANSERIFORMES |
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Anatidae |
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Greylag Goose |
Anser anser |
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Bar-headed Goose |
Anser indicus |
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Ruddy Shelduck |
Tadorna ferruginea |
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Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas penelope |
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Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
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Northern Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
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Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
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Common Teal |
Anas crecca |
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Red-crested Pochard |
Rhodonessa rufina |
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Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
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Ferruginous Pochard |
Aythya nyroca |
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Tufted Duck |
Aythya fuligula |
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Common Merganser |
Mergus merganser |
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PICIFORMES |
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Picidae |
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Eurasian Wryneck |
Jynx torquilla |
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Scaly-bellied Woodpecker |
Picus squamatus |
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UPUPIFORMES |
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Upupidae |
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Common Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
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CORACIIFORMES |
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Coraciidae |
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European Roller |
Coracias garrulus |
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Indian Roller |
Coracias benghalensis |
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Alcedinidae |
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Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
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Meropidae |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
Merops persicus |
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European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |
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CUCULIFORMES |
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Cuculidae |
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Pied Cuckoo |
Clamator jacobinus |
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Eurasian Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus |
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Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
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APODIFORMES |
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Apodidae |
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Alpine Swift |
Tachymarptis melba |
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Common Swift |
Apus apus |
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Fork-tailed Swift |
Apus pacificus |
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House Swift |
Apus affinis |
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STRIGIFORMES |
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Strigidae |
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Pallid Scops Owl |
Otus brucei |
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Eurasian Eagle Owl |
Bubo bubo |
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Little Owl |
Athene noctua |
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Long-eared Owl |
Asio otus |
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Caprimulgidae |
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Eurasian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus europaeus |
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COLUMBIFORMES |
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Columbidae |
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Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
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Hill Pigeon |
Columba rupestris |
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Snow Pigeon |
Columba leuconota |
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Yellow-eyed Pigeon |
Columba eversmanni |
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European Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
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Oriental Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia orientalis |
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Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
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Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
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Red Collared Dove |
Streptopelia tranquebarica |
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Eurasian Collared Dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
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GRUIFORMES |
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Gruidae |
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Siberian Crane |
Grus leucogeranus |
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Demoiselle Crane |
Antrapoides virgo |
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Black-necked Crane |
Grus nigricollis |
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Rallidae |
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Water Rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
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Corn Crake |
Crex crex |
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Baillon's Crake |
Porzana pusilla |
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Spotted Crake |
Porzana porzana |
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Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
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Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
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CICONIIFORMES |
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Pteroclidae |
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Tibetan Sandgrouse |
Syrrhaptes tibetanus |
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Scolopacidae |
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Solitary Snipe |
Gallinago solitaria |
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Pintail Snipe |
Gallinago stenura |
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Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
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Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
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Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
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Spotted Redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
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Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
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Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
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Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
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Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
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Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
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Terek Sandpiper |
Xenus cinereus |
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Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
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Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
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Temminck's Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
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Dunlin |
Calidris alpina |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
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Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus lobatus |
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Jacanidae |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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Charadriidae |
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Ibisbill |
Ibidorhyncha struthersii |
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Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
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Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
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Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
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Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
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Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
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Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
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Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
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Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
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Greater Sand Plover |
Charadrius leschenaultii |
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Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
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Glareolidae |
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Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
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Laridae |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
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Heuglin's Gull |
Larus heuglini |
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Pallas's Gull |
Larus ichthyaetus |
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Brown-headed Gull |
Larus brunnicephalus |
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Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
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Little Gull |
Larus minutus |
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Gull-billed Tern |
Gelochelidon nilotica |
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River Tern |
Sterna aurantia |
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Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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Arctic Tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
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Little Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
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Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybridus |
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White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias leucopterus |
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Accipitridae |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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Oriental Honey-Buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
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Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
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Red Kite |
Milvus milvus |
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Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
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Pallas's Fish Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucoryphus |
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Lammergeier |
Gypaetus barbatus |
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Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
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Himalayan Griffon |
Gyps himalayensis |
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Cinereous Vulture |
Aegypius monachus |
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Short-toed Snake Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
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Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
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Hen Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
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Pallid Harrier |
Circus macrourus |
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Montagu's Harrier |
Circus pygargus |
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter nisus |
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Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
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Upland Buzzard |
Buteo hemilasius |
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Long-legged Buzzard |
Buteo rufinus |
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Greater Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
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Steppe Eagle |
Aquila nipalensis |
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Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
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Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
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Falconidae |
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Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
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Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
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Eurasian Hobby |
Falco subbuteo |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Saker Falcon |
Falco cherrug |
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Podicipedidae |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybatus ruficollis |
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Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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Black-necked Grebe |
Podiceps nigricollis |
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Phalacrocoracidae |
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Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Little Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax niger |
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Ardeidae |
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Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
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Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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Indian Pond Heron |
Ardeola grayii |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
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Great Bittern |
Botaurus stellaris |
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Threskiornithidae |
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Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
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Ciconiidae |
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Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra |
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PASSERIFORMES |
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Laniidae |
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Red-backed Shrike |
Lanius collurio |
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Rufous-tailed Shrike |
Lanius isabellinus |
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Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
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Grey-backed Shrike |
Lanius tephronotus |
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Lesser Grey Shrike |
Lanius minor |
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Southern Grey Shrike |
Lanius meridionalis |
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Corvidae |
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Eurasian Jay |
Garrulus glandarius |
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Black-headed Jay |
Garrulus lanceolatus |
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Yellow-billed Blue Magpie |
Urocissa flavirostris |
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Black-billed Magpie |
Pica pica |
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Hume's Groundpecker |
Pseudopodoces humilis |
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Red-billed Chough |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
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Yellow-billed Chough |
Pyrrhocorax graculus |
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Eurasian Jackdaw |
Corvus monedula |
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House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
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Carrion Crow |
Corvus corone |
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Large-billed Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos |
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Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
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Black Drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
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Cinclidae |
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White-throated Dipper |
Cinclus cinclus |
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Brown Dipper |
Cinclus pallasii |
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Muscicapidae |
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Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush |
Monticola saxatilis |
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Blue Rock Trush |
Monticola solitarius |
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Blue Whistling Thrush |
Myophonus caeruleus |
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Tickell's Thrush |
Turdus unicolor |
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Eurasian Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
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Dark-throated Thrush |
Turdus ruficollis |
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Dusky Thrush |
Turdus naumanni |
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Song Thrush |
Turdus philomelos |
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Spotted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa striata |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher |
Muscicapa sibirica |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa dauurica |
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Rusty-tailed Flycatcher |
Muscicapa ruficauda |
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Red-throated Flycatcher |
Ficedula parva |
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White-tailed Rubythroat |
Luscinia pectoralis |
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Bluethroat |
Luscinia svecica |
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Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
Tarsiger cyanurus |
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Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin |
Cercotrichas galactotes |
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Rufous-backed Redstart |
Phoenicurus erythronota |
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Blue-capped Redstart |
Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus |
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Black Redstart |
Phoenicurus ochruros |
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Common Redstart |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
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Hodgson's Redstart |
Phoenicurus hodgsoni |
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White-winged Redstart |
Phoenicurus erythrogaster |
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Blue-fronted Redstart |
Phoenicurus frontalis |
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White-capped Water Redstart |
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus |
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Grandala |
Grandala coelicolor |
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Little Forktail |
Enicurus scouleri |
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Common Stonechat |
Saxicola torquata |
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Hume's Wheatear |
Oenanthe alboniger |
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Variable Wheatear |
Oenanthe picata |
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Pied Wheatear |
Oenanthe pleschanka |
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Desert Wheatear |
Oenanthe deserti |
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Isabelline Wheatear |
Oenanthe isabellina |
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Sturnidae |
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Brahminy Starling |
Sturnus pagodarum |
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Rosy Starling |
Sturnus roseus |
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Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
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Sittidae |
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Wallcreeper |
Tichodroma muraria |
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Certhiidae |
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Bar-tailed Treecreeper |
Certhia himalayana |
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Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
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Paridae |
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White-crowned Penduline Tit |
Remiz coronatus |
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Fire-capped Tit |
Cephalopyrus flammiceps |
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Rufous-naped Tit |
Parus rufonuchalis |
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Great Tit |
Parus major |
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Yellow-browed Tit |
Sylviparus modestus |
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Hirundinidae |
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Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
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Plain Martin |
Riparia paludicola |
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Eurasian Crag Martin |
Hirundo rupestris |
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Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
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Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
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Northern House Martin |
Delichon urbica |
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Asian House Martin |
Delichon dasypus |
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Regulidae |
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Goldcrest |
Regulus regulus |
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Sylviidae |
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Long-billed Bush Warbler |
Bradypterus major |
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Sedge Warbler |
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
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Black-browed Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps |
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Paddyfield Warbler |
Acrocephalus agricola |
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Blyth's Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus dumetorum |
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Great Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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White-browed Tit-Warbler |
Leptopoecile sophiae |
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Common Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
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Mountain Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus sindianus |
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Plain Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus neglectus |
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Dusky Warbler |
Phylloscopus fuscatus |
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Tickell's Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus affinis |
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Sulphur-bellied Warbler |
Phylloscopus griseolus |
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Buff-barred Warbler |
Phylloscopus pulcher |
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Hume's Warbler |
Phylloscopus humei |
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Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochiloides |
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Large-billed Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus magnirostris |
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Tytler's Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus tytleri |
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Western Crowned Warbler |
Phylloscopus occipitalis |
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Streaked Laughingthrush |
Garrulax lineatus |
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Variegated Laughingthrush |
Garrulax variegatus |
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Garden Warbler |
Sylvia borin |
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Greater Whitethroat |
Sylvia communis |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
Sylvia curruca |
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Barred Warbler |
Sylvia nisoria |
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Alaudidae |
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Bimaculated Lark |
Melanocorypha bimaculata |
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Tibetan Lark |
Melanocorypha maxima |
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Greater Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella brachydactyla |
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Hume's Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella acutirostris |
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Asian Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella cheleensis |
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Crested Lark |
Galerida cristata |
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Oriental Skylark |
Alauda gulgula |
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Horned Lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
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Passeridae |
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House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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Spanish Sparrow |
Passer hispaniolensis |
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Tibetan Snowfinch |
Montifringilla adamsi |
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White-rumped Snowfinch |
Pyrgilauda taczanowskii |
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Plain-backed Snowfinch |
Pyrgilauda blanfordi |
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Forest Wagtail |
Dendronanthus indicus |
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White Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
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Citrine Wagtail |
Motacilla citreola |
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Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
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Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
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Tree Pipit |
Anthus trivialis |
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Olive-backed Pipit |
Anthus hodgsoni |
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Red-throated Pipit |
Anthus cervinus |
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Rosy Pipit |
Anthus roseatus |
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Water Pipit |
Anthus spinoletta |
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Siberian Accentor |
Prunella montanella |
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Alpine Accentor |
Prunella collaris |
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Altai Accentor |
Prunella himalayana |
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Robin Accentor |
Prunella rubeculoides |
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Rufous-breasted Accentor |
Prunella strophiata |
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Brown Accentor |
Prunella fulvescens |
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Black-throated Accentor |
Prunella atrogularis |
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Fringillidae |
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Brambling |
Fringilla montifringilla |
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Fire-fronted Serin |
Serinus pusillus |
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European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
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Twite |
Carduelis flavirostris |
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Eurasian Linnet |
Carduelis cannabina |
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Plain Mountain Finch |
Leucosticte nemoricola |
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Brandt's Mountain Finch |
Leucosticte brandti |
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Crimson-winged Finch |
Rhodopechys sanguinea |
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Mongolian Finch |
Bucanetes mongolicus |
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Common Rosefinch |
Carpodacus erythrinus |
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Red-mantled Rosefinch |
Carpodacus rhodochlamys |
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White-browed Rosefinch |
Carpodacus thura |
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Streaked Rosefinch |
Carpodacus rubicilloides |
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Great Rosefinch |
Carpodacus rubicilla |
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Red-fronted Rosefinch |
Carpodacus puniceus |
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Yellowhammer |
Emberiza citrinella |
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Pine Bunting |
Emberiza leucocephalos |
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Rock Bunting |
Emberiza cia |
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Grey-necked Bunting |
Emberiza buchanani |
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Ortolan Bunting |
Emberiza hortulana |
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Little Bunting |
Emberiza pusilla |
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Chestnut Bunting |
Emberiza rutila |
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Red-headed Bunting |
Emberiza bruniceps |
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Reed Bunting |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
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* = no records / observation after 1960 in Ladakh
? = recent apprearance / species ID needs confirmation