| Sibley & Monroe Names | Old Names | Scientific names |
|---|---|---|
| Red Junglefowl | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| Lesser Whistling-duck | Lesser Whistling Teal | Dendrocygna javanica |
| Common Shelduck | Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| Cotton Pygmy-goose | Cotton Teal | Nettapus coromandelianus |
| Gadwall | Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Northern Shoveler | Shoveller | Anas clypeata |
| Northern Pintail | Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Common Pochard | Common Pochard | Aythya ferina |
| Tufted Duck | Tufted Pochard | Aythya fuligula |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Wryneck | Jynx torquilla |
| Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Pigmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos nanus |
| Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker | Fulvousbreasted Pied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos macei |
| Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Yellowfronted Pied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos mahrattensis |
| Lesser Yellownape | Small Yellownaped Woodpecker | Picus chlorolophus |
| Streak-throated Woodpecker | Little Scalybellied Green Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus |
| Common Flameback | Indian Goldenbacked Threetoed Woodpecker | Dinopium javanense |
| Black-rumped Flameback | Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker | Dinopium benghalense |
| Greater Flameback | Larger Goldenbacked Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes lucidus |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Crimsonbreasted Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala |
| Common Hoopoe | Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Common Kingfisher | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Brown-winged Kingfisher | Brownwinged Kingfisher | Halcyon amauroptera |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Storkbilled Kingfisher | Halcyon capensis |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Whitebreasted Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Blackcapped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata |
| Collared Kingfisher | Whitecollared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| Pied Kingfisher | Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Green Bee-eater | Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Bluetailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
| Pied Cuckoo | Pied Crested Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Redwinged Crested Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus |
| Common Hawk Cuckoo | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius |
| Indian Cuckoo | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Small Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus |
| Grey-bellied Cuckoo | Indian Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus |
| Asian Koel | Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Large Greenbilled Malkoha | Phaenicophaes tristis |
| Greater Coucal | Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Roseringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| Asian Palm Swift | Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis |
| Oriental Scops Owl | North Indian Scops Owl | Otus sunia |
| Brown Fish Owl | Brown Fish Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis |
| Spotted Owlet | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Longtailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
| Indian Nightjar | Common Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus |
| Laughing Dove | Little Brown Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Spotted Dove | Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis |
| Red Collared Dove | Red Turtle Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Indian Ringed Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Orange-breasted Green Pigeon | Orangebreasted Green Pigeon | Treron bicincta |
| Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | Yellowlegged Green Pigeon | Treron phoenicoptera |
| Slaty-legged Crake | Banded Crake | Rallina eurizonoides |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Whitebreasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| Pintail Snipe | Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Blacktailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Whimbrel | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Spotted Redshank | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Redshank | Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Common Greenshank | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Green Sandpiper | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Terek Sandpiper | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Common Sandpiper | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Little Stint | Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Temminck's Stint | Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Dunlin | Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Bronze-winged Jacana | Bronzewinged Jacana | Metopidius indicus |
| Eurasian Thick-knee | Stone Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Great Thick-knee | Great Stone Plover | Esacus recurvirostris |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| European Golden Plover | Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Eastern Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| Grey Plover | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Common Ringed Plover | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Little ringed Plover | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Kentish Plover | Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| Greater Sand Plover | Large Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| Caspian Plover | Caspian Sand Plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | Greyheaded Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Redwattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus |
| Pallas's Gull | Great Blackheaded Gull | Larus ichthyaetus |
| Brown-headed Gull | Brownheaded Gull | Larus brunnicephalus |
| Black-headed Gull | Blackheaded Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gullbilled Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Great Crested Tern | Large Crested Tern | Sterna bergii |
| Common Tern | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Whiskered Tern | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| Osprey | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Oriental Honey-Buzzard | Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhyncus |
| Black Kite | Pariah Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Brahminy Kite | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| White-bellied Fish Eagle | Whitebellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| White-rumped Vulture | Indian Whitebacked Vulture | Gyps bengalensis |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| Hen Harrier | Hen-Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Pied Harrier | Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos |
| Shikra | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga |
| Red-necked Falcon | Redheaded Merlin | Falco chicquera |
| Darter | Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Little Cormorant | Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger |
| Indian Cormorant | Indian Shag | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
| Little Egret | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Grey Heron | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Goliath Heron | Giant Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Purple Heron | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Great Egret | Large Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Intermediate Egret | Smaller Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Cattle Egret | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Indian Pond Heron | Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii |
| Little Heron | Little Green Heron | Butrides striatus |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow Bittern | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Chestnut Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
| Black Bittern | Black Bittern | Dupetor flavicollis |
| Black-headed Ibis | White Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus |
| Asian Openbill | Openbill Stork | Anastomus oscitans |
| Lesser Adjutant | Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus |
| Indian Pitta | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura |
| Mangrove Pitta | Bluewinged Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha |
| Golden-fronted Leafbird | Goldenfronted Chloropsis | Chloropsis aurifrons |
| Brown Shrike | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Blackheaded Shrike | Lanius schach tricolor |
| Mangrove Whistler | Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala grisola |
| Rufous Treepie | Indian Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda |
| House Crow | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| Large-billed Crow | Jungle Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
| Ashy Woodswallow | Ashy Swallow-Shrike | Artamus fuscus |
| Black-naped Oriole | Blacknaped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
| Black-hooded Oriole | Blackheaded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus |
| Large Cuckooshrike | Large Cuckoo-Shrike | Coracina macei |
| Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Smaller Grey Cuckoo-Shrike | Coracina melaschistos |
| Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Blackheaded Cuckoo-Shrike | Coracina melanoptera |
| Small Minivet | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
| White-throated Fantail | Whitethroated Fantail Flycatcher | Rhipidura albicollis |
| Black Drongo | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus |
| Ashy Drongo | Grey Drongo | Dicrurus leucocephaeus |
| Bronzed Drongo | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus |
| Spangled Drongo | Haircrested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus |
| Asian Paradise-flycatcher | Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi |
| Common Iora | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
| Common Woodshrike | Common Wood Shrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
| Orange-headed Thursh | Orangeheaded Ground Thursh | Zoothera citrina |
| Tickell's Thrush | Tickell's Thrush | Turdus unicolor |
| Red-throated Flycatcher | Redbreasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina |
| Blue-throated Flycatcher | Bluethroated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides |
| Oriental Magpie Robin | Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis |
| White-rumped Shama | Shama | Copsychus malabaricus |
| Indian Robin | Indian Robin | Saxicoloides fulicata |
| Chestnut-tailed Starling | Greyheaded Myna | Sturnus malabaricus |
| Asian Pied Starling | Pied Myna | Sturnus contra |
| Common Myna | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| Jungle Myna | Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus |
| Rock Martin | Pale Crag Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| Barn Swallow | Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Striated Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Redwhiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Redvented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Yellowbellied Wren Warbler | Prinia flaviventris |
| Ashy Prinia | Ashy Wren-Warbler (stewarti) | Prinia socialis |
| Plain Prinia | Plain Wren-Warbler | Prinia inornata |
| Oriental White-eye | White-Eye | Zosterops palpebrosus |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Indian Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
| Common Tailorbird | Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
| Common Chiffchaff | Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Dusky Warbler | Dusky Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus |
| Lemon-rumped Warbler | Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus chloronotus |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Yellowbrowed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| Greenish Warbler | Dull Green Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides |
| Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Largebilled Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris |
| Puff-throated Babbler | Spotted Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps |
| Indian Scimitar Babbler | Slatyheaded Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus horsfieldii |
| Striped Tit-Babbler | Yellowbreasted Babbler | Macronous gularis |
| Chestnut-capped Babbler | Redcapped Babbler | Timalia pileata |
| Yellow-eyed Babbler | Yelloweyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense |
| Striated Babbler | Striated Babbler | Turdoides earlei |
| Jungle Babbler | Jungle Babbler | Turdoides striatus |
| Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | Quaker Babbler | Alcippe poioicephala |
| Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Tickell's Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos |
| Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Scarletbacked Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum |
| Purple-rumped Sunbird | Purplerumped Sunbird | Nectarinia zeylonica |
| Purple Sunbird | Purple Sunbird | Nectarinia asiatica |
| Loten's Sunbird | Loten's Sunbird | Nectarinia lotenia |
| House Sparrow | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Forest Wagtail | Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus |
| White Wagtail | Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| Yellow Wagtail | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| Grey Wagtail | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| Tree Pipit | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Baya Weaver | Baya | Ploceus philippinus |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Spotted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
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