List of birds of Islamabad

This is a list of birds found in Islamabad, Pakistan. Seventy-two species of birds have been found in this area. The best places to watch are Margalla Hills and Rawal Lake.

White-throated kingfisher

Wood pigeon

Rose-ringed parakeet

Himalayan bulbul

• 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

References

• Islamabad Bird Report