List of birds of South Asia: part 3
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This item lists those birds of South Asia in the passerine families from pittas to cisticolas.
For an introduction to the birds of the region and a key to the status abbreviations, see List of birds of the South Asia.
For the rest of the species lists, see:
- part 1 Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines.
- part 2 Remainder of non-passerines
- part 4 Passerines from Old World warblers to buntings.
Passeriformes
- Family: Pittidae
- Eared pitta V Pitta phayrei
- Blue-naped pitta r Pitta nipalensis
- Blue pitta r Pitta cyanea
- Hooded pitta r Pitta sordida
- Indian pitta R Pitta brachyura
- Mangrove pitta N r Pitta megarhyncha
- Family: Eurylaimidae
- Silver-breasted broadbill r Serilophus lunatus
- Long-tailed broadbill r Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Family: Irenidae
- Asian fairy bluebird r Irena puella
- Blue-winged leafbird R Chloropsis cochinchinensis
- Golden-fronted leafbird R Chloropsis aurifrons
- Orange-bellied leafbird r Chloropsis hardwickii
- Family: Laniidae
- Red-backed shrike p Lanius collurio
- Isabelline shrike W Lanius isabellinus
- Brown shrike W Lanius cristatus
- Burmese shrike p Lanius collurioides
- Bay-backed shrike R Lanius vittatus
- Long-tailed shrike R Lanius schach
- Grey-backed shrike rW Lanius tephronotus
- Lesser grey shrike V Lanius minor
- Great grey shrike V Lanius excubitor
- Southern grey shrike R Lanius meridionalis
- Family: Corvidae
- Mangrove whistler r Pachycephala grisola
- Eurasian jay R Garrulus glandarius
- Black-headed jay R Garrulus lanceolatus
- Sri Lanka blue magpie V r Urocissa ornata
- Yellow-billed blue magpie R Urocissa flavirostris
- Red-billed blue magpie R Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- Green magpie r Cissa chinensis
- Rufous treepie R Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Grey treepie R Dendrocitta formosae
- White-bellied treepie r Dendrocitta leucogastra
- Collared treepie r Dendrocitta frontalis
- Andaman treepie N R Dendrocitta bayleyi
- Black-billed magpie r Pica pica
- Spotted nutcracker r Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-billed chough R Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Alpine chough R Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian jackdaw rw Corvus monedula
- House crow R Corvus splendens
- Rook W Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion crow rw Corvus corone
- Large-billed crow R Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-necked raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common raven r Corvus corax
- Family: Artamidae
- Ashy woodswallow R Artamus fuscus
- White-breasted woodswallow r Artamus leucorynchus
- Family: Oriolidae
- Eurasian golden oriole R Oriolus oriolus
- Black-naped oriole rw Oriolus chinensis
- Slender-billed oriole r Oriolus tenuirostris
- Black-hooded oriole R Oriolus xanthornus
- Maroon oriole r Oriolus traillii
- Large cuckooshrike r Coracina macei
- Bar-bellied cuckooshrike r Coracina striata
- Black-winged cuckooshrike r Coracina melaschistos
- Black-headed cuckooshrike r Coracina melanoptera
- Pied triller r Lalage nigra
- Rosy minivet rw Pericrocotus roseus
- Swinhoe's minivet V Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Ashy minivet W Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Small minivet R Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied minivet r Pericrocotus erythropygius
- Grey-chinned minivet r Pericrocotus solaris
- Long-tailed minivet R Pericrocotus ethologus
- Short-billed minivet r Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Scarlet minivet R Pericrocotus flammeus
- Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike R Hemipus picatus
- Family: Dicruridae
- Yellow-bellied fantail R Rhipidura hypoxantha
- White-throated fantail R Rhipidura albicollis
- White-browed fantail flycatcher R Rhipidura aureola
- Black drongo R Dicrurus macrocercus
- Ashy drongo R Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-bellied drongo r Dicrurus caerulescens
- Crow-billed drongo r Dicrurus annectans
- Bronzed drongo r Dicrurus aeneus
- Lesser racket-tailed drongo r Dicrurus remifer
- Hair-crested drongo R Dicrurus hottentottus
- Andaman drongo N R Dicrurus andamanensis
- Greater racket-tailed drongo r Dicrurus paradiseus
- Family: Monarchidae
- Black-naped monarch r Hypothymis azurea
- Asian paradise-flycatcher R Terpsiphone paradisi
- Family: Aegithinidae
- Common iora R Aegithina tiphia
- Marshall's iora r Aegithina nigrolutea
- Family: Prionopidae
- Large woodshrike r Tephrodornis gularis
- Common woodshrike R Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Family: Bombycillidae
- Bohemian waxwing V Bombycilla garrulus
- Family: Cinclidae
- White-throated dipper R Cinclus cinclus
- Brown dipper R Cinclus pallasii
- Family: Turdidae
- Rufous-tailed rock thrush sp Monticola saxatilis
- Blue-capped rock thrush R Monticola cinclorhynchus
- Chestnut-bellied rock thrush r Monticola rufiventris
- Blue rock thrush rW Monticola solitarius
- Sri Lanka whistling thrush E R Myophonus blighi
- Malabar whistling thrush R Myophonus horsfieldii
- Blue whistling thrush R Myophonus caeruleus
- Pied thrush sp Zoothera wardii
- Orange-headed thrush R Zoothera citrina
- Siberian thrush W Zoothera sibirica
- Spot-winged thrush N r Zoothera spiloptera
- Plain-backed thrush r Zoothera mollissima
- Long-tailed thrush r Zoothera dixoni
- Scaly thrush r Zoothera dauma
- Long-billed thrush r Zoothera monticola
- Dark-sided thrush r Zoothera marginata
- Tickell's thrush R Turdus unicolor
- Black-breasted thrush W Turdus dissimilis
- White-collared blackbird r Turdus albocinctus
- Grey-winged blackbird r Turdus boulboul
- Eurasian blackbird r Turdus merula
- Chestnut thrush r Turdus rubrocanus
- Kessler's thrush V Turdus kessleri
- Grey-sided thrush W Turdus feae
- Eyebrowed thrush W Turdus obscurus
- Dark-throated thrush W Turdus ruficollis
- Dusky thrush W Turdus naumanni
- Fieldfare V Turdus pilaris
- Song thrush V Turdus philomelos
- Mistle thrush r Turdus viscivorus
- Ashy-headed laughingthrush V r Garrulax cinereifrons
- White-throated laughingthrush R Garrulax albogularis
- White-crested laughingthrush R Garrulax leucolophus
- Lesser necklaced laughingthrush r Garrulax monileger
- Greater necklaced laughingthrush r Garrulax pectoralis
- Striated laughingthrush r Garrulax striatus
- Rufous-necked laughingthrush r Garrulax ruficollis
- Chestnut-backed laughingthrush N r Garrulax nuchalis
- Yellow-throated laughingthrush r Garrulax galbanus
- Wynaad laughingthrush r Garrulax delesserti
- Rufous-vented laughingthrush r Garrulax gularis
- Moustached laughingthrush r Garrulax cineraceus
- Rufous-chinned laughingthrush r Garrulax rufogularis
- Spotted laughingthrush r Garrulax ocellatus
- Grey-sided laughingthrush r Garrulax caerulatus
- Spot-breasted laughingthrush r Garrulax merulinus
- White-browed laughingthrush r Garrulax sannio
- Nilgiri laughingthrush E r Garrulax cachinnans
- Grey-breasted laughingthrush N r Garrulax jerdoni
- Streaked laughingthrush R Garrulax lineatus
- Striped laughingthrush r Garrulax virgatus
- Brown-capped laughingthrush r Garrulax austeni
- Blue-winged laughingthrush r Garrulax squamatus
- Scaly laughingthrush r Garrulax subunicolor
- Elliot's laughingthrush r Garrulax elliotii
- Variegated laughingthrush r Garrulax variegatus
- Brown-cheeked laughingthrush r Garrulax henrici
- Black-faced laughingthrush r Garrulax affinis
- Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush r Garrulax erythrocephalus
- Red-faced liocichla r Liocichla phoenicea
- Bugun liocichla Liocichla bugunorum
- Gould's shortwing r Brachypteryx stellata
- Rusty-bellied shortwing V r Brachypteryx hyperythra
- White-bellied shortwing V r Brachypteryx major
- Lesser shortwing r Brachypteryx leucophrys
- White-browed shortwing r Brachypteryx montana
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Brown-chested jungle flycatcher wr? Rhinomyias brunneata
- Spotted flycatcher p Muscicapa striata
- Dark-sided flycatcher r Muscicapa sibirica
- Asian brown flycatcher rw Muscicapa dauurica
- Rusty-tailed flycatcher r Muscicapa ruficauda
- Brown-breasted flycatcher r Muscicapa muttui
- Ferruginous flycatcher r Muscicapa ferruginea
- Yellow-rumped flycatcher V Ficedula zanthopygia
- Slaty-backed flycatcher r Ficedula hodgsonii
- Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher r Ficedula strophiata
- Red-throated flycatcher W Ficedula albicilla
- Kashmir flycatcher V r Ficedula subrubra
- White-gorgeted flycatcher r Ficedula monileger
- Snowy-browed flycatcher r Ficedula hyperythra
- Little pied flycatcher r Ficedula westermanni
- Ultramarine flycatcher r Ficedula superciliaris
- Slaty-blue flycatcher r Ficedula tricolor
- Sapphire flycatcher r Ficedula sapphira
- Black-and-orange flycatcher N r Ficedula nigrorufa
- Verditer flycatcher R Eumyias thalassina
- Dull-blue flycatcher N r Eumyias sordida
- Nilgiri flycatcher N r Eumyias albicaudata
- Large niltava r Niltava grandis
- Small niltava r Niltava macgrigoriae
- Rufous-bellied niltava r Niltava sundara
- Vivid niltava r Niltava vivida
- White-tailed flycatcher r Cyornis concretus
- White-bellied blue flycatcher r Cyornis pallipes
- Pale-chinned blue-flycatcher r Cyornis poliogenys
- Pale blue flycatcher r Cyornis unicolor
- Blue-throated flycatcher r Cyornis rubeculoides
- Tickell's blue flycatcher R Cyornis tickelliae
- Pygmy blue flycatcher r Muscicapella hodgsoni
- Grey-headed canary flycatcher R Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Nightingale V Luscinia megarhynchos
- Siberian rubythroat W Luscinia calliope
- White-tailed rubythroat rW Luscinia pectoralis
- Bluethroat sW Luscinia svecica
- Firethroat N V Luscinia pectardens
- Indian blue robin r Luscinia brunnea
- Siberian blue robin V Luscinia cyane
- Red-flanked bluetail r Tarsiger cyanurus
- Golden bush robin r Tarsiger chrysaeus
- White-browed bush robin r Tarsiger indicus
- Rufous-breasted bush robin r Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Rufous-tailed scrub robin p Cercotrichas galactotes
- Oriental magpie robin R Copsychus saularis
- White-rumped shama R Copsychus malabaricus
- Indian robin R Saxicoloides fulicata
- Rufous-backed redstart W Phoenicurus erythronota
- Blue-capped redstart r Phoenicurus coeruleocephalus
- Black redstart rW Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common redstart P Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Hodgson's redstart W Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-throated redstart r Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Daurian redstart rw Phoenicurus auroreus
- White-winged redstart r Phoenicurus erythrogaster
- Blue-fronted redstart r Phoenicurus frontalis
- White-capped water redstart r Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Plumbeous water redstart r Rhyacornis fuliginosus
- White-bellied redstart r Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
- White-tailed robin r Myiomela leucura
- Blue-fronted robin r Cinclidium frontale
- Grandala r Grandala coelicolor
- Little forktail r Enicurus scouleri
- Black-backed forktail r Enicurus immaculatus
- Slaty-backed forktail r Enicurus schistaceus
- White-crowned forktail r Enicurus leschenaulti
- Spotted forktail r Enicurus maculatus
- Purple cochoa r Cochoa purpurea
- Green cochoa r Cochoa viridis
- Stoliczka's bushchat V r Saxicola macrorhyncha
- Hodgson's bushchat V w Saxicola insignis
- Siberian stonechat R Saxicola maura
- White-tailed stonechat r Saxicola leucura
- Pied bushchat R Saxicola caprata
- Jerdon's bushchat r Saxicola jerdoni
- Grey bushchat R Saxicola ferrea
- Hooded wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Hume's wheatear r Oenanthe alboniger
- Northern wheatear P Oenanthe oenanthe
- Finsch's wheatear rw Oenanthe finschii
- Variable wheatear rw Oenanthe picata
- Pied wheatear rw Oenanthe pleschanka
- Rufous-tailed wheatear rw Oenanthe xanthoprymna
- Desert wheatear rw Oenanthe deserti
- Isabelline wheatear rw Oenanthe isabellina
- Brown rock-chat R Cercomela fusca
- Family: Sturnidae
- Asian glossy starling r Aplonis panayensis
- Spot-winged starling r Saroglossa spiloptera
- White-faced starling V r Sturnus senex
- Chestnut-tailed starling R Sturnus malabaricus
- White-headed starling r Sturnus erythropygius
- Brahminy starling R Sturnus pagodarum
- Purple-backed starling V Sturnus sturninus
- White-shouldered starling V Sturnus sinensis
- Rose-coloured starling WP Sturnus roseus
- Common starling wp Sturnus vulgaris
- Asian pied starling R Sturnus contra
- Common myna R Acridotheres tristis
- Bank myna R Acridotheres ginginianus
- Jungle myna R Acridotheres fuscus
- White-vented myna r Acridotheres cinereus
- Collared myna r Acridotheres albocinctus
- Golden-crested myna r Ampeliceps coronatus
- Sri Lanka myna r N Gracula ptilogenys
- Hill myna r Gracula religiosa
- Family: Sittidae
- Chestnut-vented nuthatch r Sitta nagaensis
- Kashmir nuthatch r Sitta cashmirensis
- Chestnut-bellied nuthatch R Sitta castanea
- White-tailed nuthatch r Sitta himalayensis
- White-cheeked nuthatch r Sitta leucopsis
- Eastern rock nuthatch Sitta tephronota
- Velvet-fronted nuthatch R Sitta frontalis
- Beautiful nuthatch V r Sitta formosa
- Family: Tichodromidae
- Wallcreeper rw Tichodroma muraria
- Family: Certhiidae
- Eurasian treecreeper R Certhia familiaris
- Bar-tailed treecreeper R Certhia himalayana
- Rusty-flanked treecreeper r Certhia nipalensis
- Brown-throated treecreeper r Certhia discolor
- Spotted creeper r Salpornis spilonotus
- Family: Troglodytidae
- Winter wren r Troglodytes troglodytes
- Family: Paridae
- White-crowned penduline tit r Remiz coronatus
- Fire-capped tit r Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Rufous-naped tit r Parus rufonuchalis
- Rufous-vented tit r Parus rubidiventris
- Spot-winged tit r Parus melanolophus
- Coal tit r Parus ater
- Grey-crested tit r Parus dichrous
- Brown crested tit
- Great tit R Parus major
- Green-backed tit R Parus monticolus
- White-naped tit r Parus nuchalis
- Black-lored tit r Parus xanthogenys
- Yellow-cheeked tit r Parus spilonotus
- Azure tit Parus cyanus
- Yellow-breasted tit Parus flavipectus
- Yellow-browed tit r Sylviparus modestus
- Sultan tit r Melanochlora sultanea
- Hume's ground tit r Pseudopodoces humilis
- Family: Aegithalidae
- White-cheeked tit r Aegithalos leucogenys
- Black-throated tit R Aegithalos concinnus
- White-throated tit r Aegithalos niveogularis
- Rufous-fronted tit r Aegithalos iouschistos
- Family: Hirundinidae
- Pale martin pr? Riparia diluta
- Sand martin r Riparia riparia
- Plain martin R Riparia paludicola
- Crag martin r Hirundo rupestris
- Rock martin V Hirundo fuligula
- Dusky crag martin R Hirundo concolor
- Barn swallow RW Hirundo rustica
- Pacific swallow r Hirundo tahitica
- Wire-tailed swallow R Hirundo smithii
- Red-rumped swallow RW Hirundo daurica
- Striated swallow r Hirundo striolata
- Streak-throated swallow R Hirundo fluvicola
- Common house martin rw Delichon urbica
- Asian house martin r Delichon dasypus
- Nepal house martin r Delichon nipalensis
- Family: Regulidae
- Goldcrest r Regulus regulus
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Crested finchbill r Spizixos canifrons
- Striated bulbul r Pycnonotus striatus
- Grey-headed bulbul r Pycnonotus priocephalus
- Black-headed bulbul r Pycnonotus atriceps
- Black-crested bulbul R Pycnonotus melanicterus
- Red-whiskered bulbul R Pycnonotus jocosus
- White-eared bulbul R Pycnonotus leucotis
- Himalayan bulbul R Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Red-vented bulbul R Pycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-throated bulbul V r Pycnonotus xantholaemus
- Yellow-eared bulbul V r Pynconotus penicillatus
- Flavescent bulbul r Pycnonotus flavescens
- White-browed bulbul r Pycnonotus luteolus
- White-throated bulbul r Alophoixus flaveolus
- Olive bulbul r Iole virescens
- Yellow-browed bulbul r Iole indica
- Ashy bulbul r Hemixos flavala
- Mountain bulbul r Hypsipetes mcclellandii
- Black bulbul R Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Nicobar bulbul V r Hypsipetes nicobariensis
- Family: Hypocoliidae
- Grey hypocolius W Hypocolius ampelinus
- Family: Cisticolidae
- Zitting cisticola R Cisticola juncidis
- Bright-headed cisticola r Cisticola exilis
- Streaked scrub warbler r Scotocerca inquieta
- Rufous-vented prinia N r Prinia burnesii
- Striated prinia R Prinia criniger
- Hill prinia r Prinia atrogularis
- Grey-crowned prinia V r Prinia cinereocapilla
- Rufous-fronted prinia R Prinia buchanani
- Rufescent prinia r Prinia rufescens
- Grey-breasted prinia R Prinia hodgsonii
- Graceful prinia R Prinia gracilis
- Jungle prinia R Prinia sylvatica
- Yellow-bellied prinia R Prinia flaviventris
- Ashy prinia R Prinia socialis
- Plain prinia R Prinia inornata
- Family: Zosteropidae
- Sri Lanka white-eye R Zosterops ceylonensis
- Oriental white-eye R Zosterops palpebrosus
