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This list includes those birds of South Asia in the non-passerine families other than the Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines.

For an introduction to the birds of the region, see List of birds of the South Asia.

For the rest of the species lists, see:

• part 1 – Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines
• part 3 – passerines from pittas to cisticolas
• part 4 – passerines from Old World warblers to buntings

• Family: Pteroclidae
  • Tibetan sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes tibetanus – r^[1]
  • Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus – V
  • Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata – W
  • Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus – r
  • Spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus – W
  • Black-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles orientalis – r w
  • Crowned sandgrouse, Pterocles coronatus
  • Painted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus – r
  • Lichtenstein's sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteinii – r

• Family: Scolopacidae
  • Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola – r W
  • Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria – r
  • Wood snipe, Gallinago nemoricola – V r
  • Pintail snipe, Gallinago stenura – W
  • Swinhoe's snipe, Gallinago megala – W
  • Great snipe, Gallinago media – V
  • Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago – r W
  • Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus – W
  • Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa – W
  • Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica – W
  • Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus – W
  • Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata – W
  • Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis
  • Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus – W
  • Common redshank, Tringa totanus – s W
  • Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis – W
  • Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia – W
  • Nordmann's greenshank, Tringa guttifer – E V
  • Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus – W
  • Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola – W
  • Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus – W
  • Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos – s W
  • Grey-tailed tattler, Heteroscelus brevipes
  • Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres – W
  • Long billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
  • Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus – N W
  • Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris – W
  • Red knot, Calidris canutus – W
  • Sanderling, Calidris alba – W
  • Spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus – V w
  • Little stint, Calidris minuta – W
  • Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis – W
  • Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii – W
  • Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta – W
  • Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata – V
  • Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos – V
  • Dunlin, Calidris alpina – W
  • Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea – W
  • Buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis – V
  • Broad-billed sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus – W
  • Ruff, Philomachus pugnax – W
  • Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus – W
  • Grey phalarope, Phalaropus fulicaria – V
• Family: Rostratulidae
  • Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis – r
• Family: Jacanidae
  • Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus – R
  • Bronze-winged jacana, Metopidius indicus – R
• Family: Burhinidae
  • Stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus – R
  • Great thick-knee, Esacus recurvirostris – r
  • Beach thick-knee, Esacus neglectus – N r
• Family Haematopodidae
  • Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus – W
• Family Recurvirostridae
  • Ibisbill, Ibidorhyncha struthersii – r
  • Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus – R W
  • Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta – r W
• Family Charadriidae
  • Eurasian golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria – V
  • Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva – W
  • Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola – W
  • Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula – W
  • Long-billed plover, Charadrius placidus – W
  • Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius – R W
  • Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus – R W
  • Lesser sand plover, Charadrius mongolus – s W
  • Greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultii – W
  • Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus – V
  • Oriental plover, Charadrius veredus – V
  • Black-fronted dotterel, Elseyornis melanops – V
  • Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus – W
  • Yellow-wattled lapwing, Vanellus malarbaricus – r
  • River lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii – R
  • Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus – W
  • Red-wattled lapwing, Vanellus indicus – R
  • Sociable lapwing, w Vanellus gregarius – V
  • White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus – W
• Family Dromadidae
  • Crab-plover, Dromas ardeola – W
• Family: Glareolidae
  • Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus – Cr
  • Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor – r w
  • Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus – r
  • Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola – r w
  • Oriental pratincole, Glareola maldivarum – R
  • Small pratincole, Glareola lactea – R
• Family Stercorariidae
  • Brown skua, Catharacta antarctica – s p
  • South polar skua, Catharacta maccormicki – V
  • Pomarine skua, Stercorarius pomarinus – W
  • Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus – W
• Family Rynchopidae
  • Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis – V r
• Family: Laridae
  • White-eyed gull, Larus leucophthalmus – V
  • Sooty gull, Larus hemprichii – V
  • Common gull, Larus canus – V
  • Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans – W
  • Armenian gull, Larus armenicus
  • Heuglin's gull, Larus heuglini – W
  • Great black-headed gull, Larus ichthyaetus – W
  • Brown-headed gull, Larus brunnicephalus – s W
  • Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus – W
  • Slender-billed gull, Larus genei – W
  • Little gull, Larus minutus – V
• Family Sternidae
  • Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica – r W
  • Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia – W
  • River tern, Sterna aurantia – R
  • Lesser crested tern, Sterna bengalensis – r
  • Great crested tern, Sterna bergii – r
  • Sandwich tern, Sterna sandvicensis – W
  • Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii – r
  • Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana – r
  • Common tern, Sterna hirundo – s W
  • Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea – V
  • White-cheeked tern, Sterna repressa – p
  • Black-bellied tern, Sterna acuticauda – N r
  • Little tern, Sternula albifrons – r
  • Saunders's tern, Sternula saundersi – r
  • Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus – s
  • Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata – s
  • Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus – R W
  • White-winged black tern, Chlidonias leucopterus – W
  • Black tern, Chlidonias niger – V
  • Brown noddy, Anous stolidus – V
  • Black noddy, Anous minutus – V
  • Lesser noddy, Anous tenuirostris
  • White tern, Gygis alba – r

• Family Pandionidae
  • Osprey, Pandion haliaetus – r W
• Family: Accipitridae
  • Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni – r
  • Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes – r
  • Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhyncus – R W
  • Black-shouldered kite, Elanus caeruleus – R
  • Red kite, Milvus milvus – V
  • Black kite, Milvus migrans – R W
  • Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus – R
  • White-bellied sea eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster – R
  • Pallas's fish eagle, Haliaeetus leucoryphus – V r
  • White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla – N W
  • Lesser fish eagle, Ichthyophaga humilis – r N
  • Grey-headed fish eagle, Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus – N r
  • Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus – r
  • Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus – R
  • White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis – C r
  • Long-billed vulture, Gyps indicus – C r
  • Slender-billed vulture, Gyps tenuirostris – r ?
  • Himalayan griffon vulture, Gyps himalayensis – r
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus – r
  • Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus – N r w
  • Red-headed vulture, Sarcogyps calvus – N r
  • Short-toed eagle, Circaetus gallicus – r
  • Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela – R
  • Nicobar serpent eagle, Spilornis minimus – N r
  • Andaman serpent eagle, Spilornis elgini – N r
  • Marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus – W
  • Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus – W
  • Pallid harrier, Circus macrourus – N W
  • Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos – r w
  • Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus – W
  • Crested goshawk, Accipiter trivirgatus – r
  • Shikra, Accipiter badius – R
  • Nicobar sparrowhawk, Accipiter butleri – N r
  • Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis – W
  • Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis – W
  • Besra, Accipiter virgatus – r
  • Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus – r w
  • Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis – r w
  • White-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa – R
  • Grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus – V
  • Common buzzard, Buteo buteo – r w
  • Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus – r W
  • Upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius – W
  • Rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus – V
  • Black eagle, Ictinaetus malayensis – r
  • Lesser spotted eagle, Aquila pomarina – r
  • Greater spotted eagle, W Aquila clanga – V
  • Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax – R
  • Steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis – W
  • Eastern imperial eagle, w Aquila heliaca – V
  • Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos – r
  • Bonelli's eagle, Hieraaetus fasciatus – r
  • Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus – W
  • Rufous-bellied eagle, Hieraaetus kienerii – r
  • Changeable hawk eagle, Spizaetus cirrhatus – R
  • Mountain hawk eagle, Spizaetus nipalensis – r
• Family: Falconidae
  • Collared falconet, Microhierax caerulescens – r
  • Pied falconet, Microhierax melanoleucus – r
  • Lesser kestrel, p Falco naumanni – V
  • Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus – R W
  • Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera – r
  • Amur falcon, Falco amurensis – p
  • Sooty falcon, Falco concolor
  • Merlin, Falco columbarius – W
  • Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo – rp
  • Oriental hobby, Falco severus – r
  • Laggar falcon, Falco jugger – r
  • Saker falcon, Falco cherrug – W
  • Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus – r w

• Family: Podicipedidae
  • Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis – R
  • Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena – W
  • Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus – r w
  • Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus – W
  • Black-necked grebe, Podiceps nigricollis – r w

• Family: Phaethontidae
  • Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus – W
  • Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda – r
  • White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus – r
• Family: Sulidae
  • Masked booby, Sula dactylatra – r
  • Red-footed booby, Sula sula – r
  • Brown booby, Sula leucogaster – r
• Family: Anhingidae
  • Oriental darter, Anhinga melanogaster – R N
• Family: Phalacrocoracidae
  • Pygmy cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmeus
  • Little cormorant, Phalacrocorax niger – R
  • Indian cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis – R
  • Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo – R W
• Family: Pelecanidae
  • Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus – r W
  • Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus – D W
  • Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis – V R
• Family: Fregatidae
  • Great frigatebird, Fregata minor – P
  • Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel – r
  • Christmas Island frigatebird, Fregata andrewsi – V

• Family: Ardeidae
  • Little egret, Egretta garzetta – R
  • Western reef egret, Egretta gularis – R
  • Pacific reef egret, Egretta sacra – r
  • Grey heron, Ardea cinerea – R W
  • Goliath heron, Ardea goliath – r?
  • White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis – E r
  • Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana – V
  • Purple heron, Ardea purpurea – R
  • Eastern great egret, Ardea modesta – R W
  • Intermediate egret, Mesophoyx intermedia – R
  • Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis – R
  • Indian pond heron, Ardeola grayii – R
  • Chinese pond heron, Ardeola bacchus – r
  • Striated heron, Butorides striatus – r
  • Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax – R
  • Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus – r
  • Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus – r
  • Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis – r
  • Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus – r
  • Black bittern, Dupetor flavicollis – r
  • Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris – W
• Family: Phoenicopteridae
  • Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber – r W
  • Lesser flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor – N r
• Family: Threskiornithidae
  • Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus – R W
  • Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus – N R
  • Black ibis, Pseudibis papillosa – R
  • Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia – R W
• Family: Ciconiidae
  • Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala – N R
  • Asian openbill, Anastomus oscitans – R
  • Black stork, Ciconia nigra – W
  • Woolly-necked stork, Ciconia episcopus – R
  • White stork, Ciconia ciconia – W
  • Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana – V
  • Black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus – N r
  • Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus – V r
  • Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius – E r

• Family: Gaviidae
  • Red-throated diver, Gavia stellata – V
  • Black-throated diver, Gavia arctica – V

• Family: Procellariidae
  • Cape petrel, Daption capense – V
  • Barau's petrel, Pterodroma baraui – V
  • Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii – V
  • Jouanin's petrel, Bulweria fallax – V
  • Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas – V
  • Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus – s
  • Flesh-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes – s
  • Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus – V
  • Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris – V
  • Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri – r
  • Persian shearwater, Puffinus persicus – N P
• Family Hydrobatidae
  • Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus – P
  • White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina – V
  • Black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica – V
  • White-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta grallaria – V
  • Swinhoe's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis – p

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