Updated Checklist of Birds of Kashmir

This checklist is based on birds personally observed and positively identified in Kashmir (Updated July 2023)

1. Accentor, Black-throated
2. Accentor, Rufus-breasted
3. Barbet, Great
4. Bee-eater, European
5. Besra
6. Bittern, Little
7. Blackbird, Grey-winged
8. Bluetail, Himayayan aka Orange-flanked Bush-robin
9. Bluethroat
10. Brambling
11. Bulbul, Black
12. Bulbul, Himalayan
13. Bullfinch, Orange
14. Bunting, Chestnut-eared
15. Bunting, Rock
16. Bunting, White-capped
17. Bushchat, Grey
18. Buzzard, Common
19. Buzzard, Himalayan
20. Buzzard, Oriental Honey
21. Buzzard, Long-legged
22. Buzzard, Steppe (Red fox morph)
23. Buzzard, Upland
24. Chaffinch
25. Chough, Red-billed
26. Chough, Yellow-billed
27. Chukar
28. Coot, Eurasian
29. Cormorant, Great
30. Crow, House
31. Crow, Large-billed
32. Cuckoo, Eurasian
33. Cuckoo, Himalayan
34. Cuckoo, Jacobin
35. Dipper, Brown
36. Dove, Eurasian Collared
37. Dove, Laughing
38. Dove, Oriental Turtle
39. Drongo, Ashy
40. Duck, Tufted
41. Eagle, Booted
42. Eagle, Golden
43. Eagle, Short-toed Snake
44. Eagle, Steppe
45. Eagle, Tawny
46. Egret, Cattle
47. Egret, Great
48. Egret, Little
49. Finch, Plain Mountain
50. Finch, Spectacled
51. Flycatcher, Dark-sided
52. Flycatcher, Kashmir
53. Flycatcher, Red-throated
54. Flycatcher, Rusty-tailed
55. Flycatcher, Slaty-blue
56. Flycatcher, Ultramarine
57. Flycatcher, Verditer
58. Forktail, Little
59. Forktail, Spotted
60. Gadwall
61. Garganey
62. Goldcrest
63. Goldfinch, European
64. Goose, Bar-headed
65. Goose, Greylag
66. Goshawk, Northern
67. Grebe, Great Crested
68. Grebe, Little
69. Greenfinch, Yellow-breasted
70. Griffon, Himalayan
71. Grosbeak, Black-and-yellow
72. Gull, Black-headed
73. Gull, Brown-headed
74. Gull, Caspian/Yellow-legged
75. Gull, Pallas's/Steppe
76. Harrier, Eurasian Marsh
77. Harrier, Hen
78. Hawk-Eagle, Mountain
79. Heron, Black-crowned Night
80. Heron, Grey
81. Heron, Indian Pond
82. Hobby, Eurasian
83. Hoopoe, Common
84. Ibisbill
85. Jacana, Pheasant-tailed
86. Jackdaw, Eurasian
87. Kestrel, Common
88. Kingfisher, Common
89. Kingfisher, Crested
90. Kingfisher, Pied
91. Kingfisher, White-throated
92. Kite, Black
93. Koel, Asian
94. Lammergeier
95. Lapwing, Red-wattled
96. Laughingthrush, Streaked
97. Laughingthrush, Variegated
98. Magpie, Eurasian
99. Magpie, Yellow-billed Blue
100. Mallard
101. Martin, Asian House
102. Merganser, Common/Goosander
103. Minivet, Long-tailed
104. Monal, Himalayan
105. Moorhen, Common
106. Myna, Common
107. Nutcracker, Kashmir
108. Nuthatch, Kashmir
109. Nuthatch, White-cheeked
110. Oriole, Eurasian Golden
111. Osprey
112. Owl, Barn
113. Owl, Long-eared
114. Owlet, Collared
115. Paradise-flycatcher, Asian
116. Parakeet, Alexandrine
117. Parakeet, Rose-ringed
118. Parakeet, Slaty-headed
119. Piculet, Speckled
120. Pigeon, Rock
121. Pintail, Northern
122. Pipit, Olive-backed
123. Pipit, Paddyfield
124. Pipit, Rosy
125. Pipit, Tree
126. Pipit, Water
127. Plover, Little-ringed
128. Pochard, Common
129. Pochard, Ferruginous
130. Pochard, Red-crested
131. Redstart, Black
132. Redstart, Blue-capped
133. Redstart, Blue-fronted
134. Redstart, Common
135. Redstart, Plumbeous Water
136. Redstart, White-capped Water
137. Roller, European
138. Rosefinch, Common
139. Rubythroat, White-tailed
140. Sandpiper, Common
141. Sandpiper, Green
142. Sandpiper, Wood
143. Serin, Fire-Fronted
144. Shelduck, Ruddy
145. Shikra
146. Shoveler, Northern
147. Shrike, Long-Tailed
148. Skylark, Eurasian
149. Skylark, Oriental
150. Sparrow, House
151. Sparrow, Russet
152. Sparrow, Spanish
153. Sparrowhawk, Eurasian
154. Starling, Brahminy
155. Starling, Common
156. Starling, Rosy
157. Stilt, Black-winged
158. Stint, Little
159. Stint, Temminck's
160. Stonechat, Siberian
161. Stork, Black
162. Swallow, Barn
163. Swamphen, Purple
164. Teal, Common
165. Tern, Whiskered
166. Thrush, Black-throated
167. Thrush, Blue Rock
168. Thrush, Blue Whistling
169. Thrush, Blue-capped Rock
170. Thrush, Chestnut
171. Thrush, Chestnut-bellied Rock
172. Thrush, Tickell's
173. Tit, Black-throated
174. Tit, Cinereous
175. Tit, Green-backed
176. Tit, Rufous-naped
177. Tit, Rufous-vented
178. Tit, Spot-winged
179. Tit, White-throated
180. Treecreeper, Bar-tailed
181. Twite
182. Wagtail, Citrine
183. Wagtail, Grey
184. Wagtail, White (masked)
185. Wallcreeper
186. Warbler, Brook's Leaf
187. Warbler, Brownish-flanked Bush
188. Warbler, Clamorous Reed
189. Warbler, Dusky
190. Warbler, Greenish
191. Warbler, Grey-hooded
192. Warbler, Grey-sided Bush
193. Warbler, Hume's
194. Warbler, Large-billed Leaf
195. Warbler, Lemon-rumped
196. Warbler, Sulphur-bellied
197. Warbler, Tytler's Leaf
198. Warbler, Western Crowned
199. Wheatear, Hume's/Variable
200. Wheatear, Isabelline
201. Wheatear, Pied
202. Wheatear, Red-tailed
203. White-eye, Oriental
204. Whitethroat, Hume's
205. Wigeon, Eurasian
206. Woodpecker, Brown-fronted
207. Woodpecker, Himalayan
208. Woodpecker, Scaly-bellied
209. Wren, Winter
210. Wryneck, Eurasian
211. Yellowhammer

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