This list includes those birds of South Asia in the passerine families from Old World warblers to buntings.

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 3 – passerines from pittas to cisticolas

Passeriformes

• Family: Sylviidae
  • Chestnut-headed tesia, Tesia castaneocoronata – r
  • Slaty-bellied tesia, Tesia olivea – r
  • Grey-bellied tesia, Tesia cyaniventer – r
  • Asian stubtail, Urospena squameiceps
  • Pale-footed bush warbler, Cettia pallidipes – r
  • Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone – V
  • Brownish-flanked bush warbler, Cettia fortipes – r
  • Chestnut-crowned bush warbler, Cettia major – r
  • Aberrant bush warbler, Cettia flavolivacea – r
  • Yellowish-bellied bush warbler, Cettia acanthizoides – r
  • Grey-sided bush warbler, Cettia brunnifrons – r
  • Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti – W
  • Spotted bush warbler, Bradypterus thoracicus – r
  • Long-billed bush warbler, Bradypterus major – N r
  • Chinese bush warbler, Bradypterus tacsanowskius – V
  • Brown bush warbler, Bradypterus luteoventris – r
  • Russet bush warbler, Bradypterus seebohmi – V
  • Sri Lanka bush warbler, Bradypterus palliseri – N r
  • Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata – W
  • Grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia – W
  • Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Locustella certhiola – W
  • Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon – r w
  • Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus – V
  • Black-browed reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps – W
  • Paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola – W
  • Blunt-winged warbler, Acrocephalus concinens – r
  • Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum – W
  • Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus – W
  • Oriental reed warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis – W
  • Large-billed reed-warbler, Acrocephalus orinus – R ?
  • Clamorous reed warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus – R
  • Thick-billed warbler, Acrocephalus aedon – W
  • Booted warbler, Hippolais caligata – r w
  • Sykes's warbler, Hippolais rama
  • Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida – r
  • Mountain tailorbird, Orthotomus cuculatus – r
  • Common tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius – R
  • Dark-necked tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis – r
  • White-browed tit warbler, Leptopoecile sophiae – r
  • Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita – s W
  • Mountain chiffchaff, Phylloscopus sindianus – R w
  • Plain leaf warbler, Phylloscopus neglectus – W
  • Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus – W
  • Smoky warbler, Phylloscopus fuligiventer – s w
  • Tickell's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus affinis – s W
  • Buff-throated warbler, Phylloscopus subaffinis – V
  • Sulphur-bellied warbler, Phylloscopus griseolus – s w
  • Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi – V
  • Buff-barred warbler, Phylloscopus pulcher – r
  • Ashy-throated warbler, Phylloscopus maculipennis – r
  • Pallas's warbler, Phylloscopus chloronotus – r W
  • Chinese leaf warbler, Phylloscopus sichuanensis
  • Brooks's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus subviridis – W
  • Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus – r W
  • Hume's warbler, Phylloscopus humei – W
  • Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis – V
  • Greenish warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides – r W
  • Pale-legged leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes – V
  • Large-billed leaf warbler, Phylloscopus magnirostris – r w
  • Tytler's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tytleri – r
  • Western crowned warbler, Phylloscopus occipitalis – r
  • Eastern crowned warbler, Phylloscopus coronatus – W
  • Blyth's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus reguloides – r
  • Yellow-vented warbler, Phylloscopus cantator – r
  • Green-crowned warbler, Seicercus burkii – R
  • Grey-hooded warbler, Seicercus xanthoschistos – R
  • White-spectacled warbler, Seicercus affinis – r
  • Grey-cheeked warbler, Seicercus poliogenys – r
  • Chestnut-crowned warbler, Seicercus castaniceps – r
  • Broad-billed warbler, Tickellia hodgsoni – r
  • Rufous-faced warbler, Abroscopus albogularis – r
  • Black-faced warbler, Abroscopus schisticeps – r
  • Yellow-bellied warbler, Abroscopus superciliaris – r
  • Striated grassbird, Megalurus palustris – R
  • Bristled grassbird, Chaetornis striatus – V r
  • Rufous-rumped grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis – N r
  • Broad-tailed grassbird, Schoenicola platyura – V r
  • Garden warbler, Sylvia borin – V
  • Greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis – p
  • Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca blythi – W
  • Hume's lesser whitethroat, Sylvia althaea – W
  • Small whitethroat, Sylvia minula – W
  • Menetries warbler, Sylvia mystacea – s
  • Eastern desert warbler, Sylvia nana – W
  • Barred warbler, Sylvia nisoria – V
  • Eastern Orphean warbler, Sylvia crassirostris – r W^[1]
• Family: Timaliidae
  • Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti – r
  • Buff-breasted babbler, Pellorneum tickelli – r
  • Spot-throated babbler, Pellorneum albiventre – r
  • Marsh babbler, Pellorneum palustre – V r
  • Puff-throated babbler, Pellorneum ruficeps – R
  • Brown-capped babbler, Pellorneum fuscocapillum – r
  • Large scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus hypoleucos – r
  • Spot-breasted scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis – r
  • Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrogenys – r
  • White-browed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus schisticeps – r
  • Indian scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii – r
  • Streak-breasted scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ruficollis – r
  • Red-billed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ochraciceps – r
  • Coral-billed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus – r
  • Slender-billed scimitar babbler, Xiphirhynchus superciliaris – r
  • Long-billed wren-babbler, Rimator malacoptilus – r
  • Streaked wren-babbler, Napothera brevicaudata – r
  • Eyebrowed wren-babbler, Napothera epilepidota – r
  • Scaly-breasted wren-babbler, Pnoepyga albiventer – r
  • Nepal wren-babbler, Pnoepyga immaculata – r
  • Pygmy wren-babbler, Pnoepyga pusilla – r
  • Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus – N r
  • Rusty-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis badeigularis – V r
  • Bar-winged wren-babbler, Spelaeornis troglodytoides – r
  • Spotted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis formosus – r
  • Long-tailed wren-babbler, Spelaeornis chocolatinus – r
  • Tawny-breasted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis longicaudatus – V r
  • Wedge-billed wren-babbler, Sphenocichla humei – r
  • Rufous-fronted babbler, Stachyris rufifrons – r
  • Rufous-capped babbler, Stachyris ruficeps – r
  • Black-chinned babbler, Stachyris pyrrhops – R
  • Golden babbler, Stachyris chrysaea – r
  • Grey-throated babbler, Stachyris nigriceps – r
  • Snowy-throated babbler, Stachyris oglei – V r
  • Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia hyperythra – R
  • Dark-fronted babbler, Rhopocichla atriceps – r
  • Striped tit babbler, Macronous gularis – R
  • Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia pileata – R
  • Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense – R
  • Jerdon's babbler, Chrysomma altirostre – V r
  • Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis – r
  • Common babbler, Turdoides caudatus – R
  • Striated babbler, Turdoides earlei – R
  • Slender-billed babbler, Turdoides longirostris – V r
  • Large grey babbler, Turdoides malcolmi – R
  • Rufous babbler, Turdoides subrufus – r
  • Jungle babbler, Turdoides striatus – R
  • Orange-billed babbler, Turdoides rufescens – N r
  • Yellow-billed babbler, Turdoides affinis – R
  • Chinese babax, Babax lanceolatus – V
  • Giant babax, Babax waddelli – r
  • Silver-eared mesia, Leiothrix argentauris – r
  • Red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea – r
  • Cutia, Cutia nipalensis – r
  • Black-headed shrike babbler, Pteruthius rufiventer – r
  • White-browed shrike babbler, Pteruthius flaviscapis – r
  • Green shrike babbler, Pteruthius xanthochlorus – r
  • Black-eared shrike babbler, Pteruthius melanotis – r
  • Chestnut-fronted shrike babbler, Pteruthius aenobarbus – r
  • White-hooded babbler, Gampsorhynchus rufulus – r
  • Rusty-fronted barwing, Actinodura egertoni – r
  • Hoary-throated barwing, Actinodura nipalensis – r
  • Streak-throated barwing, Actinodura waldeni – r
  • Blue-winged minla, Minla cyanouroptera – r
  • Chestnut-tailed minla, Minla strigula – r
  • Red-tailed minla, Minla ignotincta – r
  • Golden-breasted fulvetta, Alcippe chrysotis – r
  • Yellow-throated fulvetta, Alcippe cinerea – r
  • Rufous-winged fulvetta, Alcippe castaneceps – r
  • White-browed fulvetta, Alcippe vinipectus – r
  • Streak-throated fulvetta, Alcippe cinereiceps – r
  • Ludlow's fulvetta, Alcippe ludlowi – r
  • Rufous-throated fulvetta, Alcippe rufogularis – r
  • Rusty-capped fulvetta, Alcippe dubia – r
  • Brown-cheeked fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala – R
  • Nepal fulvetta, Alcippe nipalensis – r
  • Rufous-backed sibia, Heterophasia annectans – r
  • Rufous sibia, Heterophasia capistrata – R
  • Grey sibia, Heterophasia gracilis – r
  • Beautiful sibia, Heterophasia pulchella – r
  • Long-tailed sibia, Heterophasia picaoides – r
  • Striated yuhina, Yuhina castaniceps – r
  • White-naped yuhina, Yuhina bakeri – r
  • Whiskered yuhina, Yuhina flavicollis – R
  • Stripe-throated yuhina, Yuhina gularis – R
  • Rufous-vented yuhina, Yuhina occipitalis – r
  • Black-chinned yuhina, Yuhina nigrimenta – R
  • White-bellied yuhina, Yuhina zantholeuca – r
  • Fire-tailed myzornis, Myzornis pyrrhoura – r
  • Bearded parrotbill, Panurus biarmicus
  • Great parrotbill, Conostoma oemodium – r
  • Brown parrotbill, Paradoxornis unicolor – r
  • Grey-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis gularis – r
  • Black-breasted parrotbill, Paradoxornis flavirostris – V r
  • Spot-breasted parrotbill, Paradoxornis guttaticollis – r
  • Fulvous parrotbill, Paradoxornis fulvifrons – r
  • Black-throated parrotbill, Paradoxornis nipalensis – r
  • Lesser rufous-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris – r
  • Greater rufous-headed parrotbill, Paradoxornis ruficeps – r
• Family: Alaudidae
  • Singing bushlark, Mirafra cantillans – r
  • Indian bushlark, Mirafra erythroptera – R
  • Bengal bushlark, Mirafra assamica – R
  • Rufous-winged bushlark, Mirafra affinis – R
  • Black-crowned sparrow lark, Eremopterix nigriceps – r
  • Ashy-crowned sparrow lark, Eremopterix grisea – R
  • Bar-tailed lark, Ammomanes cincturus – r
  • Rufous-tailed lark, Ammomanes phoenicurus – R
  • Desert lark, Ammomanes deserti – r
  • Greater hoopoe lark, Alaemon alaudipes – r
  • Bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata – W
  • Tibetan lark, Melanocorypha maxima – r
  • Short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla – W
  • Hume's lark, Calandrella acutirostris – r w
  • Lesser short-toed lark, Calandrella rufescens – W
  • Asian short-toed lark, Calandrella cheleensis – V
  • Sand lark, Calandrella raytal – R
  • Crested lark, Galerida cristata – R
  • Malabar crested lark, Galerida malabarica – r
  • Sykes's lark, Galerida deva – r
  • Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis – W
  • Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula – R
  • Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris – r
• Family: Nectariniidae
  • Thick-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile – R
  • Yellow-vented flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum – r
  • Yellow-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum melanoxanthum – r
  • Legge's flowerpecker, Dicaeum vincens – N r
  • Orange-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma – r
  • Pale-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrorynchos – R
  • Plain flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor – r
  • Fire-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus – r
  • Scarlet-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum – r
  • Ruby-cheeked sunbird, Anthreptes singalensis – r
  • Purple-rumped sunbird, Nectarinia zeylonica – R
  • Crimson-backed sunbird, Nectarinia minima – r
  • Purple-throated sunbird, Nectarinia sperata – r
  • Olive-backed sunbird, Nectarinia jugularis – r
  • Purple sunbird, Nectarinia asiatica – R
  • Loten's sunbird, Nectarinia lotenia – R
  • Gould's sunbird, Aethopyga gouldiae – r
  • Green-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga nipalensis – r
  • Black-throated sunbird, Aethopyga saturata – r
  • Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja – R
  • Fire-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga ignicauda – r
  • Little spiderhunter, Arachnothera longirostra – r
  • Streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna – r
• Family: Passeridae
  • House sparrow, Passer domesticus – R
  • Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis – W
  • Sind sparrow, Passer pyrrhonotus – r
  • Russet sparrow, Passer rutilans – R
  • Dead Sea sparrow, Passer moabiticus – V
  • Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus – R
  • Chestnut-shouldered petronia, Petronia xanthocollis – R
  • Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia – W
  • Tibetan snowfinch, Montifringilla adamsi – r
  • White-rumped snowfinch, Pyrgilauda taczanowskii – r
  • Rufous-necked snowfinch, Pyrgilauda ruficollis – W
  • Plain-backed snowfinch, Pyrgilauda blanfordi – W
• Family: Motacillidae
  • Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus – r W
  • White wagtail, Motacilla alba – r W
  • White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis – R
  • Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola citreola – r W
  • Yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava – W
  • Grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea – r W
  • Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi – W
  • Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus – R
  • Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris – W
  • Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii – W
  • Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis – R w
  • Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis – r W
  • Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni – R W
  • Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis – V
  • Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus – p
  • Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus – r
  • Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta – W
  • Buff-bellied pipit, Anthus rubescens – W
  • Upland pipit, Anthus sylvanus – r
  • Nilgiri pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis – N r
• Family: Prunellidae
  • Alpine accentor, Prunella collaris – r
  • Altai accentor, Prunella himalayana – W
  • Robin accentor, Prunella rubeculoides – R
  • Rufous-breasted accentor, Prunella strophiata – r
  • Radde's accentor, Prunella ocularis – V
  • Brown accentor, Prunella fulvescens – r
  • Black-throated accentor, Prunella atrogularis – W
  • Maroon-backed accentor, Prunella immaculata – r
  • Family: Ploceidae
  • Black-breasted weaver, Ploceus benghalensis – R
  • Streaked weaver, Ploceus manyar – R
  • Baya weaver, Ploceus philippinus – R
  • Finn's weaver, Ploceus megarhynchus – V r
• Family: Estrildidae
  • Red avadavat, Amandava amandava – R
  • Green avadavat, Amandava formosa – V r
  • Indian silverbill, Lonchura malabarica – R
  • White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata – R
  • Black-throated munia, Lonchura kelaarti – r
  • Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata – R
  • Black-headed munia, Lonchura malacca – R
  • Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora – I r
• Family: Fringillidae
  • Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs – V
  • Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla – V
  • Fire-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus – R
  • Yellow-breasted greenfinch, Carduelis spinoides – R
  • Black-headed greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua – r
  • Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus – V
  • Tibetan serin, Carduelis thibetana – r
  • European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis – r
  • Twite, Carduelis flavirostris – r
  • Eurasian linnet, Carduelis cannabina – W
  • Plain mountain finch, Leucosticte nemoricola – r
  • Black-headed mountain finch, Leucosticte brandti – r
  • Red-browed finch, Callacanthis burtoni –
  • Crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguinea – r
  • Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus – W
  • Mongolian finch, Bucanetes mongolicus – W
  • Desert finch, Rhodospiza absoleta – V
  • Blanford's rosefinch, Carpodacus rubescens – r
  • Dark-breasted rosefinch, Carpodacus nipalensis – r
  • Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus – r w
  • Beautiful rosefinch, Carpodacus pulcherrimus – r
  • Pink-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus rodochrous – r
  • Vinaceous rosefinch, Carpodacus vinaceus – r
  • Dark-rumped rosefinch, Carpodacus edwardsii – r
  • Three-banded rosefinch, Carpodacus trifasciatus – V
  • Spot-winged rosefinch, Carpodacus rodopeplus – r
  • White-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus thura – r
  • Red-mantled rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodochlamys – r
  • Streaked rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilloides – r
  • Great rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilla – r
  • Red-fronted rosefinch, Carpodacus puniceus – r
  • Crimson-browed finch, Propyrrhula subhimachala – r
  • Scarlet finch, Haematospiza sipahi – r
  • Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra – r
  • Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis – r
  • Orange bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca – r
  • Red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala – r
  • Grey-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca – r
  • Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes – W
  • Japanese grosbeak, Eophona personata – V
  • Black-and-yellow grosbeak, Mycerobas icterioides – r
  • Collared grosbeak, Mycerobas affinis – r
  • Spot-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas melanozanthos – r
  • White-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas carnipes – r
  • Gold-naped finch, Pyrrhoplectes epauletta – r
• Family: Emberizidae
  • Crested bunting, Melophus lathami – R
  • Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella – W
  • Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos – W
  • Rock bunting, Emberiza cia – R
  • Godlewski's bunting, Emberiza godlewskii – r
  • Grey-necked bunting, Emberiza buchanani – W
  • Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana – V
  • Chestnut-breasted bunting, Emberiza stewarti – r w
  • Striolated bunting, Emberiza striolata – r
  • Chestnut-eared bunting, Emberiza fucata – r w
  • Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla – W
  • Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica –
  • Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola – W
  • Chestnut bunting, Emberiza rutila – W
  • Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala – W
  • Red-headed bunting, Emberiza bruniceps – W
  • Black-faced bunting, Emberiza spodocephala – W
  • Pallas's reed bunting, Emberiza pallasi – V
  • Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus – r w
  • Corn bunting, Miliaria calandra – V

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