List of birds of Islamabad

This is a list of birds found in the Pakistani city of Islamabad. The Margalla Hills and Rawal Lake are notable bird watching locations.




 * Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
 * Little cormorant, Microcarbo niger
 * Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Brown crake, Zapornia akool