# List of birds of Islamabad

This is a list of birds found in the Pakistani city of Islamabad. The Margalla Hills and Rawal Lake are notable bird watching locations.
* Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
* Little cormorant, Microcarbo niger
* Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
* Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
* Indian pond heron (paddybird), Ardeola grayii
* Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
* Little egret, Egretta garzetta
* Intermediate egret, Egretta intermedia
* Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
* Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
* Common teal, Anas crecca
* Black kite, Milvus migrans
* Shikra, Accipiter badius
* Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
* Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
* Grey francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
* Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
* Brown waterhen, Amaurornis akool
* White-breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
* Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
* Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
* Red-wattled lapwing, Hoplopterus indicus
* Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
* Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus
* Feral pigeon, Columba livia
* Wood pigeon, Columba palumbus
* Collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
* Palm dove, Spilopelia senegalensis
* Spotted dove, Spilopelia chinensis
* Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
* Common koel, Eudynamys scolopacea
* Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
* House swift, Apus affinis
* White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
* Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
* Hoopoe, Upupa epops
* Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, Dinopium benghalense
* Brown-fronted woodpecker, Dendrocopos auriceps
* Crested lark, Galerida cristata
* Small skylark, Alauda gulgula
* Brown-throated sand martin, Riparia paludicola
* Pale sand martin, Riparia diluta
* Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
* Red-rumped swallow, Hirundo daurica
* Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus
* Grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
* White wagtail, Motacilla alba
* Large pied wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis
* Himalayan bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys
* Red-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus cafer
* Dark-grey bushchat, Saxicola ferrea
* Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
* Blue whistling thrush, Myophonus caeruleus
* Fan-tailed warbler, Cisticola juncidis
* Tawny prinia, Prinia inornata
* Yellow-bellied prinia, Prinia flaviventris
* Hume's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus humei
* White-throated fantail, Rhipidura albicollis
* Black-chinned babbler, Stachyris pyrrhops
* Common babbler, Turdoides caudatus
* Jungle babbler, Turdoides striatus
* Great tit, Parus major
* Bar-tailed treecreeper, Certhia himalayana
* Oriental white-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus
* Rufous-backed shrike, Lanius schach
* Black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus
* House crow, Corvus splendens
* Brahminy starling, Sturnus pagodarum
* Common myna, Acridotheres tristis
* Bank myna, Acridotheres ginginianus
* House sparrow, Passer domesticus
* Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria
* Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis
* Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
* Indian robin, Saxicoloides fulicatus
* Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
* Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
* Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
* Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
* Verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassinus
* Paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi
* Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
* Blue whistling thrush, Myophonus caeruleus
* Orange headed thrush, Geokichla citrina
* Chestnut thrush, Turdus rubrocanus
* Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
* Black headed jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
* Brown crake, Zapornia akool