Palaearctic Birds
| Examples |
Range and distribution |
Golden eagle,
Magpie |
Wide distribution over the Palaearctic |
Sooty flycatcher |
Eastern Palaearctic at southwestern 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
Marshalls 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 |
Tytlers 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) |
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Species
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Status
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Dalmatian pelican |
Vulnerable |
Lesser white-fronted goose |
Vulnerable |
Marbled teal |
Vulnerable |
White-headed duck |
Vulnerable |
Lesser Kestrel |
Vulnerable |
Pallas 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 |
Jerdons 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 |
Stoliczkas bushchat |
Insufficiently known |
| Lesser White-Fronted Goose |
Vulnerable |
| Black bellied tern |
Vulnerable |
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