Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance

Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1

Country or region: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2
Number of species: 567 3
Number of endemics: 0 4
Number of breeding endemics: 0 5
Number of globally threatened species: 26
Number of extinct species: 0
Number of introduced species: 1

Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-

eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=pknw&list=howardmoore&format=2 [10/01/2021].

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Lesser Whistling Duck Snow Partridge Yellow-legged Green Pigeon

White-headed Duck See-see Partridge Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon [x]
Mute Swan [x] Black Francolin Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Bar-headed Goose Grey Francolin Spotted Sandgrouse
Greylag Goose Himalayan Monal Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Greater White-fronted Goose Western Tragopan Painted Sandgrouse
Goosander Cheer Pheasant Grey Nightjar
Common Shelduck Kalij Pheasant European Nightjar
Ruddy Shelduck Koklass Pheasant Sykes's Nightjar
Marbled Teal Greater Flamingo Large-tailed Nightjar
Red-crested Pochard Little Grebe Savanna Nightjar
Common Pochard Red-necked Grebe White-throated Needletail
Ferruginous Duck Great Crested Grebe Alpine Swift
Tufted Duck Slavonian Grebe [x] Little Swift
Greater Scaup [x] Black-necked Grebe Common Swift
Garganey Rock Dove Greater Coucal
Northern Shoveler Hill Pigeon Jacobin Cuckoo
Gadwall Snow Pigeon Common Koel
Eurasian Wigeon Stock Dove [x] Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Indian Spot-billed Duck Pale-backed Pigeon Large Hawk Cuckoo
Mallard Wood Pigeon Common Hawk Cuckoo
Northern Pintail Freckled Pigeon Common Cuckoo
Common Teal European Turtle Dove [x] Himalayan Cuckoo
Asian Pygmy Goose Oriental Turtle Dove Lesser Cuckoo
Common Quail Eurasian Collared Dove Western Water Rail
Rain Quail Red Collared Dove Spotted Crake
Himalayan Snowcock Spotted-necked Dove Ruddy-breasted Crake
Chukar Partridge Laughing Dove Brown Crake
Little Crake Grey Plover Pallas's Gull
Baillon's Crake Pacific Golden Plover Lesser Black-backed Gull
White-breasted Waterhen Common Ringed Plover Caspian Gull
Watercock Little Ringed Plover Little Tern [ex]
Purple Swamphen Kentish Plover Gull-billed Tern
Common Moorhen Lesser Sand Plover Caspian Tern
Common Coot Greater Sand Plover [x] Whiskered Tern
Sarus Crane Northern Lapwing White-winged Tern [x]
Demoiselle Crane Red-wattled Lapwing River Tern
Common Crane Sociable Lapwing Common Tern
Hooded Crane [x] White-tailed Lapwing Black-bellied Tern
Little Bustard Greater Painted-snipe Osprey
Macqueen's Bustard Pheasant-tailed Jacana Black-winged Kite
Painted Stork Whimbrel Oriental Honey Buzzard
Black Stork Eurasian Curlew Bearded Vulture
Woolly-necked Stork Bar-tailed Godwit [x] Egyptian Vulture
European White Stork Black-tailed Godwit Crested Serpent Eagle
Great White Pelican [x] Ruff Short-toed Eagle
Dalmatian Pelican Curlew Sandpiper [x] Red-headed Vulture [x]
Eurasian Bittern Temminck's Stint Himalayan Vulture
Little Bittern Dunlin White-rumped Vulture
Yellow Bittern Little Stint Griffon Vulture
Cinnamon Bittern Eurasian Woodcock Cinereous Vulture
Black Bittern Solitary Snipe Mountain Hawk Eagle
Black-crowned Night Heron Pintail Snipe Greater Spotted Eagle
Striated Heron Common Snipe Tawny Eagle
Indian Pond Heron Jack Snipe Steppe Eagle
Cattle Egret Terek Sandpiper Eastern Imperial Eagle
Grey Heron Common Sandpiper Golden Eagle
Purple Heron Green Sandpiper Bonelli's Eagle
Great Egret Spotted Redshank Booted Eagle
Intermediate Egret Common Greenshank Western Marsh Harrier
Little Egret Common Redshank Hen Harrier
Eurasian Spoonbill Wood Sandpiper Pallid Harrier
Glossy Ibis Marsh Sandpiper Pied Harrier
Little Cormorant Common Buttonquail Montagu's Harrier
Great Cormorant Yellow-legged Buttonquail Shikra
Indian Cormorant Cream-coloured Courser Besra
Oriental Darter Indian Courser Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Thick-knee Collared Pratincole Northern Goshawk [x]
Great Thick-knee Little Pratincole Pallas's Fish Eagle
Ibisbill Indian Skimmer White-tailed Sea Eagle
Pied Avocet Brown-headed Gull Brahminy Kite
Black-winged Stilt Black-headed Gull Black Kite
White-eyed Buzzard
Eurasian Buzzard
Japanese Buzzard
Himalayan Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Upland Buzzard
Common Barn Owl
Collared Owlet
Asian Barred Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Little Owl
Mountain Scops Owl
Eurasian Scops Owl
Pallid Scops Owl
Oriental Scops Owl
Collared Scops Owl
Northern Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Snowy Owl [x]
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Rock Eagle Owl
Dusky Eagle Owl
Brown Fish Owl
Common Hoopoe
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
Northern Wryneck
Speckled Piculet
Black-rumped Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Brown-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Himalayan Woodpecker
Sind Woodpecker
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
Great Barbet
Blue-throated Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater Eurasian Jay
Indian Roller Black-headed Jay
European Roller Eurasian Magpie
Common Kingfisher Eurasian Nutcracker
Crested Kingfisher Eurasian Jackdaw
Pied Kingfisher Rook
White-throated Kingfisher Common Raven
Lesser Kestrel Carrion Crow
Common Kestrel House Crow
Red-necked Falcon Large-billed Crow
Merlin Indian Paradise-flycatcher
Eurasian Hobby Purple Sunbird
Laggar Falcon Altai Accentor
Saker Falcon Alpine Accentor
Peregrine Falcon Robin Accentor
Slaty-headed Parakeet Rufous-breasted Accentor
Plum-headed Parakeet Brown Accentor [x]
Alexandrine Parakeet Black-throated Accentor
Rose-ringed Parakeet Black-breasted Weaver
Small Minivet Streaked Weaver
Long-tailed Minivet Baya Weaver
Scarlet Minivet Red Avadavat
Rosy Minivet Indian Silverbill
Himalayan Shrike-babbler Scaly-breasted Munia
Green Shrike-babbler House Sparrow
Eurasian Golden Oriole Spanish Sparrow
Indian Golden Oriole Sind Sparrow
Common Woodshrike Russet Sparrow
Black Drongo Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Ashy Drongo Eurasian Rock Sparrow
White-browed Fantail Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow
White-throated Fantail White-winged Snowfinch
Red-backed Shrike [x] Tree Pipit
Turkestan Shrike Red-throated Pipit [x]
Isabelline Shrike Rosy Pipit
Bay-backed Shrike Meadow Pipit [x]
Long-tailed Shrike Water Pipit
Great Grey Shrike Upland Pipit
Rufous Treepie Richard's Pipit
Grey Treepie Paddyfield Pipit
Red-billed Chough Tawny Pipit
Alpine Chough Long-billed Pipit
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Yellow Wagtail
Red-billed Blue Magpie [x] Grey Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail Rufous-tailed Lark [x] Plain Martin
White-browed Wagtail Desert Lark Sand Martin
White Wagtail Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Pale Martin
Common Chaffinch Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark Black Bulbul
Brambling Singing Bush Lark Red-whiskered Bulbul [x]
Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Indian Bush Lark Himalayan Bulbul
Spot-winged Grosbeak Lesser Short-toed Lark White-eared Bulbul
White-winged Grosbeak Sand Lark Red-vented Bulbul
Hawfinch Bimaculated Lark Brooks's Leaf Warbler
Common Rosefinch Hume's Short-toed Lark Hume's Leaf Warbler
Great Rosefinch Greater Short-toed Lark Lemon-rumped Warbler
Red-fronted Rosefinch Horned Lark Common Chiffchaff
Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Eurasian Sky Lark Mountain Chiffchaff
Blyth's Rosefinch Oriental Sky Lark Kashmir Chiffchaff
Pink-browed Rosefinch Crested Lark Plain Leaf Warbler
Orange Bullfinch Bearded Reedling [x] Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Trumpeter Finch Zitting Cisticola Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Mongolian Finch Striated Prinia Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Spectacled Finch Rufous-fronted Prinia Whistler's Leaf Warbler
Plain Mountain Finch Grey-breasted Prinia Greenish Leaf Warbler
Brandt's Mountain Finch Graceful Prinia Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Desert Finch Yellow-bellied Prinia Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Ashy Prinia Western Crowned Leaf Warbler
Twite Plain Prinia Grey-hooded Leaf Warbler
European Goldfinch [x] Common Tailorbird Streaked Scrub Warbler
Red-fronted Serin Long-billed Bush Warbler Grey-sided Bush Warbler
Striated Bunting Grasshopper Warbler Cetti's Warbler
Crested Bunting Booted Warbler Brown-flanked Bush Warbler
Red-headed Bunting Sykes's Warbler Hume's Bush Warbler
Chestnut-eared Bunting Upcher's Warbler [x] White-browed Tit Warbler
Rock Bunting Moustached Warbler Black-throated Tit
Grey-necked Bunting Blyth's Reed Warbler White-cheeked Tit
White-capped Bunting Common Reed Warbler [x] White-throated Tit
Pine Bunting Paddyfield Warbler Asian Desert Warbler
Eurasian Reed Bunting Blunt-winged Warbler Eastern Orphean Warbler
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Clamorous Reed Warbler Lesser Whitethroat
Fire-capped Tit Northern House Martin Ménétries's Warbler
Coal Tit Asian House Martin Common Whitethroat
Rufous-naped Tit Streak-throated Swallow Yellow-eyed Babbler
Azure Tit Red-rumped Swallow Jerdon's Babbler
Green-backed Tit Wire-tailed Swallow Oriental White-eye
Cinereous Tit Barn Swallow Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
Black-lored Tit Eurasian Crag Martin Black-chinned Babbler
Eastern Penduline Tit Pale Crag Martin Long-tailed Grass Babbler
Striated Babbler Oriental Magpie Robin Blue Rock Thrush
Scrub Babbler Spotted Flycatcher Stoliczka's Bush Chat [x]
Jungle Babbler Dark-sided Flycatcher Eastern Stonechat
Rufous-chinned Laughing-thrush Asian Brown Flycatcher White-tailed Stonechat
White-throated Laughing-thrush Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Pied Bush Chat
Streaked Laughing-thrush Rufous-bellied Niltava Grey Bush Chat
Variegated Laughing-thrush Asian Verditer Flycatcher Northern Wheatear
Rufous Sibia Indian Blue Robin Isabelline Wheatear
Red-billed Leiothrix Common Nightingale [x] Desert Wheatear
Goldcrest Bluethroat Pied Wheatear
Bar-tailed Treecreeper Little Forktail Brown Rock Chat
Hodgson's Treecreeper Spotted Forktail Variable Wheatear
Kashmir Nuthatch Blue Whistling Thrush Hume's Wheatear
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch White-tailed Rubythroat Finsch's Wheatear [x]
White-cheeked Nuthatch Golden Bush Robin Red-tailed Wheatear
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Himalayan Bluetail Grandala
Wallcreeper Red-breasted Flycatcher Plain-backed Thrush
Eurasian Wren Ultramarine Flycatcher Scaly Thrush
Common Starling Slaty-blue Flycatcher Orange-headed Thrush
Rosy Starling Blue-fronted Redstart Mistle Thrush
Brahminy Starling Blue-capped Redstart Redwing [x]
Chestnut-tailed Starling [x] Eversmann's Redstart Eurasian Blackbird
Common Myna Plumbeous Water Redstart Grey-winged Blackbird
Bank Myna White-capped Water Redstart Tickell's Thrush
Jungle Myna Black Redstart Tibetan Blackbird
White-throated Dipper Güldenstädt's Redstart Chestnut Thrush
Brown Dipper Blue-capped Rock Thrush Dusky Thrush
Rufous Scrub Robin Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Black-throated Thrush
Indian Robin Common Rock Thrush Red-throated Thrush