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This is a list of
birds found in the Pakistani city of
Islamabad. The
Margalla Hills and
Rawal Lake 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
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