This is a list of
birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
found in the Pakistani city of
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
. The
Margalla Hills
The Margalla Hills () are a hill range within the Margalla Hills National Park on the northern edge of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, just south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They are part of the Himalayas, Himalayan foothi ...
and
Rawal Lake are notable bird watching locations.
*Little grebe, ''
Tachybaptus ruficollis''
*Little cormorant, ''
Microcarbo niger''
*Great cormorant, ''
Phalacrocorax carbo
The great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo''), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and ...
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*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
The house sparrow (''Passer domesticus'') is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of and a mass of . Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, ...
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*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
The Indian paradise flycatcher (''Terpsiphone paradisi'') is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia, where it is widely distributed. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List sin ...
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*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
The black-headed jay or lanceolated jay (''Garrulus lanceolatus'') is roughly the same size as its close relative the Eurasian jay, but a little more slender overall except for the bill which is slightly shorter and thicker. The top of the head i ...
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*Brown crake, ''
Zapornia akool''
References
Islamabad Bird Report
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