# List of birds of South Asia: part 3

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