Birds of Andaman and Nicobar
415 birds on the India list have an open record placed in Andaman and Nicobar, 16 of them threatened (3 Endangered and 13 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for birds yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened birds of Andaman and Nicobar (16)
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Lonchura oryzivora Java Sparrow EN
- Spilornis klossi Nicobar Serpent-Eagle EN
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Dendrocitta bayleii Andaman Treepie VU
- Dryocopus hodgei Andaman Woodpecker VU
- Egretta eulophotes Chinese Egret VU
- Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe VU
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Megapodius nicobariensis Nicobar Megapode VU
- Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover VU
- Psittacula longicauda Long-tailed Parakeet VU
- Rhyticeros narcondami Narcondam Hornbill VU
- Spilornis elgini Andaman Serpent-Eagle VU
- Tachyspiza butleri VU
All birds of Andaman and Nicobar on the list (415)
- Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
- Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus orientalis Oriental Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler
- Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
- Aerodramus brevirostris Himalayan Swiftlet
- Aerodramus fuciphagus White-nest Swiftlet
- Aerodramus germani Germain's Swiftlet
- Aethopyga siparaja Crimson Sunbird
- Agropsar philippensis Chestnut-cheeked Starling
- Agropsar sturninus Daurian Starling
- Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck
- Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark
- Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
- Alcedo meninting Blue-eared Kingfisher
- Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
- Anarhynchus atrifrons
- Anas acuta Northern Pintail
- Anas albogularis Andaman Teal NT
- Anas gibberifrons Sunda Teal
- Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
- Anastomus oscitans Asian Openbill
- Anhinga melanogaster Oriental Darter
- Anous stolidus Brown Noddy
- Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
- Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
- Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
- Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit
- Aplonis panayensis Asian Glossy Starling
- Apus affinis Little Swift
- Apus apus Common Swift
- Apus leuconyx Blyth's Swift
- Apus nipalensis House Swift
- Apus pacificus Pacific Swift
- Ardea alba Great Egret
- Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
- Ardea coromanda Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Ardea ibis Western Cattle-Egret
- Ardea intermedia Medium Egret
- Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
- Ardenna pacifica Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Ardeola bacchus Chinese Pond-Heron
- Ardeola grayii Indian Pond-Heron
- Ardeola speciosa Javan Pond-Heron
- Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone NT
- Artamus fuscus Ashy Woodswallow
- Artamus leucoryn
- Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow
- Arundinax aedon Thick-billed Warbler
- Aviceda jerdoni Jerdon's Baza
- Aviceda leuphotes Black Baza
- Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
- Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck NT
- Batrachostomus javensis Javan Frogmouth
- Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Botaurus flavicollis Black Bittern
- Botaurus sinensis
- Brachypodius fuscoflavescens Andaman Bulbul
- Brachypodius melanocephalos Black-headed Bulbul
- Butastur indicus Gray-faced Buzzard
- Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
- Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
- Butorides atricapilla
- Butorides striata Striated Heron
- Cacomantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo
- Cacomantis passerinus Grey-bellied Cuckoo
- Cacomantis sonneratii Banded Bay Cuckoo
- Calandrella dukhunensis Mongolian Short-toed Lark
- Calidris alba Sanderling
- Calidris alpina Dunlin NT
- Calidris canutus Red Knot NT
- Calidris falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper VU
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU
- Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
- Calidris minuta Little Stint
- Calidris pugnax Ruff
- Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint NT
- Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN
- Calliope calliope Siberian Rubythroat
- Caloenas nicobarica Nicobar Pigeon NT
- Caprimulgus andamanicus Andaman Nightjar
- Caprimulgus jotaka Gray Nightjar
- Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
- Cecropis daurica Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Centropus andamanensis Andaman Coucal
- Centropus bengalensis Lesser Coucal
- Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal
- Ceyx erithaca Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher NT
- Chalcites basalis
- Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove
- Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
- Charadrius atrifrons
- Charadrius dealbatus
- Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
- Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover
- Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand-Plover
- Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover
- Chlidonias hybrida Whiskered Tern
- Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern
- Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Brown-headed Gull
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
- Chrysococcyx maculatus Asian Emerald Cuckoo
- Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Violet Cuckoo
- Ciconia ciconia White Stork
- Cinnyris asiaticus Purple Sunbird
- Cinnyris jugularis Garden Sunbird
- Cinnyris jugularis ornatus
- Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier
- Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier NT
- Circus melanoleucos Pied Harrier
- Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier
- Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
- Clamator coromandus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Clamator jacobinus Pied Cuckoo
- Collocalia affinis Plume-toed Swiftlet
- Collocalia esculenta Glossy Swiftlet
- Collocalia linchi Cave Swiftlet
- Columba livia Rock Pigeon
- Columba palumboides Andaman Wood-Pigeon NT
- Copsychus albiventris Andaman Shama
- Copsychus saularis Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Coracias affinis Indochinese Roller
- Coracias garrulus European Roller
- Coracina dobsoni Andaman Cuckooshrike NT
- Coracina javensis Oriental Cuckooshrike
- Coracina macei Indian Cuckooshrike
- Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- Corvus crassirostris Thick-billed Raven
- Corvus levaillantii Eastern Jungle Crow
- Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
- Corvus splendens House Crow
- Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail NT
- Crex crex Corn Crake
- Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
- Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo
- Cuculus optatus Oriental Cuckoo
- Cuculus poliocephalus Lesser Cuckoo
- Cuculus saturatus Himalayan Cuckoo
- Cyanoptila cumatilis Zappey's Flycatcher NT
- Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher
- Cyornis nicobaricus Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher NT
- Cyornis rubeculoides Blue-throated Flycatcher
- Cypsiurus balasiensis Asian Palm Swift
- Delichon dasypus Asian House Martin
- Dendrocitta bayleii Andaman Treepie VU
- Dendrocopos analis Freckle-breasted Woodpecker
- Dendrocopos macei Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
- Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-Duck
- Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
- Dicaeum trigonostigma Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum virescens Andaman Flowerpecker
- Dicrurus andamanensis Andaman Drongo
- Dicrurus annectans Crow-billed Drongo
- Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
- Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
- Dicrurus megarhynchus Ribbon-tailed Drongo NT
- Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- Dromas ardeola Crab-Plover
- Dryocopus hodgei Andaman Woodpecker VU
- Ducula aenea Green Imperial Pigeon NT
- Ducula bicolor Pied Imperial Pigeon
- Ducula nicobarica Nicobar Imperial Pigeon NT
- Ducula spilorrhoa Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
- Eclectus roratus Moluccan Eclectus
- Egretta eulophotes Chinese Egret VU
- Egretta garzetta Little Egret
- Egretta gularis Western Reef Heron
- Egretta sacra Pacific Reef Heron
- Emberiza chrysophrys Yellow-browed Bunting
- Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting
- Emberiza hortulana Ortolan Bunting
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
- Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
- Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting
- Esacus magnirostris Beach Stone-curlew NT
- Eudynamys orientalis Pacific Koel
- Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Koel
- Eumyias thalassinus Verditer Flycatcher
- Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird
- Falco amurensis Amur Falcon
- Falco biarmicus Lanner Falcon
- Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
- Falco severus Oriental Hobby
- Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel
- Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher
- Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher
- Ficedula zanthopygia Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
- Fregata ariel Lesser Frigatebird
- Fulica atra Eurasian Coot
- Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
- Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
- Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
- Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe VU
- Gallinago stenura Pin-tailed Snipe
- Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Moorhen
- Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl
- Gallus varius Green Junglefowl
- Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed Tern
- Geokichla citrina Orange-headed Thrush
- Geokichla sibirica Siberian Thrush
- Geopelia striata Zebra Dove
- Glareola lactea Small Pratincole
- Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole
- Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole
- Gorsachius melanolophus Malayan Night Heron
- Gracula religiosa Common Hill Myna
- Gracupica contra Indian Pied Starling
- Halcyon coromanda Ruddy Kingfisher
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher VU
- Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
- Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
- Hartlaubius auratus Madagascar Starling
- Helopsaltes certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Hemitesia pallidipes Pale-footed Bush Warbler
- Hemixos flavala Ashy Bulbul
- Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
- Hierococcyx nisicolor Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
- Hierococcyx sparverioides Large Hawk-Cuckoo
- Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
- Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail
- Hirundapus giganteus Brown-backed Needletail
- Hirundo javanica Pacific Swallow
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
- Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Hypogramma hypogrammicum Purple-naped Sunbird
- Hypothymis azurea Black-naped Monarch
- Hypsipetes leucocephalus Black Bulbul
- Hypsipetes nicobariensis Nicobar Bulbul NT
- Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Iduna aedon Thick-billed Warbler
- Iduna caligata Booted Warbler
- Irena puella Asian Fairy-bluebird
- Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck
- Lacedo pulchella Banded Kingfisher
- Lalage nigra Pied Triller
- Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
- Lanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike
- Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike
- Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull
- Larvivora cyane Siberian Blue Robin
- Leptocoma sperata Purple-throated Sunbird
- Lewinia striata Slaty-breasted Rail
- Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher NT
- Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit NT
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit NT
- Locustella certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler
- Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warbler
- Lonchura oryzivora Java Sparrow EN
- Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia
- Lonchura striata White-rumped Munia
- Loriculus galgulus Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
- Loriculus vernalis Vernal Hanging-Parrot
- Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
- Macropygia ruficeps Little Cuckoo-Dove
- Macropygia rufipennis Andaman Cuckoo-Dove
- Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon
- Megapodius freycinet Dusky Megapode
- Megapodius nicobariensis Nicobar Megapode VU
- Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
- Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar
- Merops leschenaulti Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Merops persicus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Merops philippinus Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Microcarbo niger Little Cormorant
- Milvus migrans Black Kite
- Monticola saxatilis Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
- Motacilla alba White Wagtail
- Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
- Motacilla citreola Citrine Wagtail
- Motacilla flaoa
- Motacilla flava Western Yellow Wagtail
- Motacilla tschutschensis Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Muscicapa ferruginea Ferruginous Flycatcher
- Muscicapa griseisticta Gray-streaked Flycatcher
- Muscicapa latirostris Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Muscicapa muttui Brown-breasted Flycatcher
- Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher
- Neomixis tenella Common Jery
- Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Ninox affinis Andaman Boobook
- Ninox obscura Hume's Boobook
- Ninox scutulata Brown Boobook
- Nisaetus cirrhatus Changeable Hawk-Eagle
- Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew NT
- Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Whimbrel
- Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
- Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled Tern
- Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern
- Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole
- Oriolus kundoo Indian Golden Oriole
- Oriolus xanthornus Black-hooded Oriole
- Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Otus alius Nicobar Scops-Owl NT
- Otus balli Andaman Scops-Owl
- Otus scops Eurasian Scops-Owl
- Otus sunia Oriental Scops-Owl
- Pachycephala cinerea Mangrove Whistler
- Pandion haliaetus Osprey
- Parvipsitta pusilla Little Lorikeet
- Passer domesticus House Sparrow
- Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Pastor roseus Rosy Starling
- Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
- Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher
- Pericrocotus cantonensis Brown-rumped Minivet
- Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet
- Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
- Pericrocotus flammeus Orange Minivet
- Pericrocotus speciosus Scarlet Minivet
- Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird
- Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird
- Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant
- Phylloscopus affinis Tickell's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler
- Phylloscopus borealoides Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
- Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed Warbler
- Phylloscopus magnirostris Large-billed Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus neglectus Plain Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus nitidus Green Warbler
- Phylloscopus tenellipes Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
- Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler
- Pitta abbotti Nicobar Hooded Pitta
- Pitta forsteni
- Pitta moluccensis Blue-winged Pitta
- Pitta sordida Western Hooded Pitta
- Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis
- Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover
- Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover VU
- Poliolimnas cinereus White-browed Crake
- Porphyrio poliocephalus Gray-headed Swamphen
- Psittacula alexandri Red-breasted Parakeet NT
- Psittacula caniceps Nicobar Parakeet NT
- Psittacula eupatria Alexandrine Parakeet
- Psittacula longicauda Long-tailed Parakeet VU
- Pycnonotus flavescens Flavescent Bulbul
- Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Rallina canningi Andaman Crake
- Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake
- Rallina fasciata Red-legged Crake
- Rhinomyias brunneatus Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
- Rhinomyias nicobaricus
- Rhyticeros narcondami Narcondam Hornbill VU
- Riparia riparia Bank Swallow
- Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-Snipe
- Sarkidiornis melanotos Knob-billed Duck
- Saxicola maurus Siberian Stonechat
- Saxicola stejnegeri Stejneger's Stonechat
- Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler
- Spatula querquedula Garganey
- Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent-Eagle
- Spilornis elgini Andaman Serpent-Eagle VU
- Spilornis klossi Nicobar Serpent-Eagle EN
- Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger
- Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
- Sterna hirundo Common Tern
- Sterna sumatrana Black-naped Tern
- Sternula albifrons Little Tern
- Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared-Dove
- Sturnia erythropygia White-headed Starling
- Sturnia malabarica Chestnut-tailed Starling
- Sturnia sinensis White-shouldered Starling
- Sturnus vulgaris European Starling
- Sula dactylatra Masked Booby
- Sula sula Red-footed Booby
- Surniculus lugubris Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
- Synoicus chinensis Blue-breasted Quail
- Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
- Tachyspiza badia
- Tachyspiza butleri VU
- Tachyspiza gularis
- Tachyspiza soloensis
- Tachyspiza virgata
- Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
- Terpsiphone affinis Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
- Terpsiphone incei Amur Paradise-Flycatcher
- Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Thalasseus bengalensis Lesser Crested Tern
- Thalasseus bergii Great Crested Tern
- Todiramphus chloris Collared Kingfisher
- Treron chloropterus Andaman Green-Pigeon NT
- Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
- Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
- Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
- Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
- Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
- Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
- Tringa totanus Common Redshank
- Turdus mandarinus Chinese Blackbird
- Turdus obscurus Eyebrowed Thrush
- Turnix tanki Yellow-legged Buttonquail
- Tyto deroepstorffi Andaman Masked Owl
- Upupa epops Common Hoopoe
- Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing
- Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing NT
- Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper
- Zapornia fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Zapornia paykullii Band-bellied Crake NT
- Zapornia pusilla Baillon's Crake
- Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush
- Zosterops palpebrosus Oriental White-eye
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