List of birds of Islamabad

This is a list of

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

References

• Islamabad Bird Report