Birds

Palaearctic Birds

Examples Range and distribution

Golden eagle,

Magpie

Wide distribution over the Palaearctic

Sooty flycatcher

Eastern Palaearctic at south–western limits of their range

Tit-warbler

Central Asian Species at their southern limits

Bar-tailed desert lark,

brown-necked raven

Middle-eastern species at their western limits

Grey-necked bunting,

Red-headed bunting

West and Central Asian distribution

Source Biodiversity Guide to Pakistan

Indo-malayan Birds

Examples Range and distribution

Crested serpent eagle

Black bulbul

Tailor bird

Widely distributed

Jungle babbler

Marshall’s iora

Bristled grass-warbler

Endemic to the Subcontinent

Black-capped sibia

White throated laughing thrush

Sino-Himalayan forms at their western limits

Source Biodiversity Guide to Pakistan

Endemic Birds

Although there are no fully endemic species of birds, there are some with limited distribution and their main population located in Pakistan.

Examples Distribution

Sindh pied woodpecker

Near endemic with main distribution in Pakistan

Sindh sparrow

Main distribution in Pakistan, common in lower Indus valley

Tytler’s leaf warbler

Orange bullfinch

Endemic to the western Himalayas

Source Biodiversity Guide to Pakistan

Threatened Birds

Internationally threatened birds species in Pakistan (IUCN 1990 b and IUCN Red List 1996)

Species

Status

Dalmatian pelican

Vulnerable

Lesser white-fronted goose

Vulnerable

Marbled teal

Vulnerable

White-headed duck

Vulnerable

Lesser Kestrel

Vulnerable

Palla’s fish (sea) eagle

Vulnerable

Black vulture

Nearly Threatened

Western tragopan

Vulnerable

Cheer pheasant

Endangered

Great Indian bustard

Endangered

Houbara bustard

Insufficiently known

Sociable plover

Vulnerable

Siberian crane

Endangered

Lesser florican

Endangered

Indian Skimmer

Vulnerable

Pale-backed pigeon

Vulnerable

Sociable lapwing

Vulnerable

Wood snipe

Vulnerable

Jerdon’s babbler

Vulnerable

Large-billed bush warbler

Vulnerable

Ferruginous duck

Vulnerable

Long-tailed prinia

Insufficiently known

Rufus-vented prinia

Vulnerable

Bristled grass-warbler

Vulnerable

Kashmir flycatcher

Vulnerable

Green munia

Insufficiently known

Greater spotted eagle

Vulnerable

Imperial eagle

Vulnerable

White-browed bushchat

Vulnerable

Stoliczka’s bushchat

Insufficiently known

Lesser White-Fronted Goose Vulnerable
Black bellied tern Vulnerable
 
 

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