Birds in Nepal

Nepal has a total of 900 speciesof birds, of which 2 are endemic, 1 has been introduced by humans, 74 are rare or accidental and 32 species are globally threatened. The birds found in Nepal are mainly classified into two types:


Non-passerines: Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, Bitterns/ Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ducks/ Geese and Swans, Osprey/ Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Pheasants and Partridges, Buttonquails, Cranes, Rails/ Crakes/ Gallinules/ and Coots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted snipe, Oystercatchers, Ibisbill, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and allies, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots/ Macaws and allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn owls, Typical owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Treeswifts, Trogons and Quetzals, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hoopoes, Hornbills, Barbets, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Broadbills, Pittas, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Kinglets, Leafbirds, Ioras, Waxwings, Dippers, Wrens, Accentors, Thrushes and allies, Cisticolas and allies, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, Fantails, Monarch flycatchers, Babblers, Parrotbills, Long-tailed tits, Chickadees and Titmice, Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, Treecreepers, Penduline tits, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters, Flowerpeckers, White-eyes, Old World Orioles, Fairy-bluebirds, Shrikes, Helmetshrikes, Drongos, Woodswallows, Crows/ Jays/ Ravens and Magpies, Starlings, Weavers and allies, Waxbills and allies, Buntings/ Sparrows/ Seedeaters and allies/ Siskins/ Crossbills and allies, Sparrows.