Talk:List of birds of Pakistan

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The Snowy Owl is on our List of birds of Pakistan, but that doesn't seem to distinguish vagrants from regular species. Could a Snowy Owl have wandered that far south at one time? &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 03:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Steve Pryor of the Oriental Bird Club associated Philippine Records Committee e-mailed me to say the answer is yes. In addition to references to the Snowy Owl's tendency to wander south in winter, he mentioned:
 * ""Occurs: Vagrant NW Pakistan;  one specimen (my note:  one skin taken) and several others seen at same time [Baker(¹)].
 * "Op.cit: Birds of South Asia.  The Ripley Guide, Rasmussen & Anderton, Vol. 2, P. 242."

(¹) Baker, E.C.S.  1922-1930. Fauna of British India. Birds. Second edition. Vols. 1-8. Taylor & Francis. London.Steve Pryor (talk) 19:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The List of birds of Pakistan is one of the many country lists that needs someone to add information on which birds are only accidental, among other things. I did fix somebody's well-intentioned mention of provincial birds, at least.
 * By the way, this isn't the first time I've been glad I put my unmunged e-mail address on my user page, for people who would rather contact me by e-mail than on my talk page. &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 17:36, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This list like the list of birds of India was generated from Avibase and they both had numerous errors. I have run through the India list and have added inline citations where needed. The Pakistan list needs someone with access to sources to check carefully, I just took out Dicaeum erythrorhynchos and Sitta frontalis which need citations for occurrence. Shyamal (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I checked just Sitta frontalis for now. The Ripley Guide;  the Family monograph by Harrap & Quinn;  and the HBW-12 do not have it as occuring in Pakistan.  This may have leaked into the Avibase lists from the grey-literature of ornithology, i.e., bird trip lists from birders not well versed in field identification, or it may have been one of the false records from: .  A suggestion.  Anyone taking up the Pakistan list should contact one of the country organs in India that do keep the bird records since a lot of the initial bioassays within Pakistan were done during the British occupation, therefore, they have probably been bequeathed to these organs within India. By the way, this exists: .  I doubt that I will buy it as I already have so many other Field Guides covering the region.Steve Pryor (talk) 10:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Dicaeum erythrorhynchos. I can place it as far as western Uttar Pradesh, however, I could find no confirmed records for Pakistan.  Consulted:  The Ripley Guide;  Cheke & Mann Family monograph;  HBW-13.Steve Pryor (talk) 12:08, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

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Make a list birds that live in Pakistan 182.187.57.237 (talk) 11:17, 28 March 2022 (UTC)