List of birds of South Asia: part 3
# 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
