Birds of Jharkhand
423 birds on the India list have an open record placed in Jharkhand, 11 of them threatened (3 Critically Endangered, 4 Endangered and 4 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 Jharkhand (11)
- Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture CR
- Gyps indicus Indian Vulture CR
- Sarcogyps calvus Red-headed Vulture CR
- Anser cygnoides Swan Goose EN
- Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle EN
- Haliaeetus leucoryphus Pallas's Fish-Eagle EN
- Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture EN
- Aythya ferina Common Pochard VU
- Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle VU
- Schoenicola striatus Bristled Grassbird VU
- Sterna aurantia River Tern VU
All birds of Jharkhand on the list (423)
- Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Acridotheres fuscus Jungle Myna
- Acridotheres ginginianus Bank Myna
- Acridotheres tristis Common Myna
- Acrocephalus agricola Paddyfield Warbler
- Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Acrocephalus stentoreus Clamorous Reed Warbler
- Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
- Aegithina nigrolutea White-tailed Iora
- Aegithina tiphia Common Iora
- Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture NT
- Aethopyga siparaja Crimson Sunbird
- Alauda gulgula Oriental Skylark
- Alaudala raytal Sand Lark
- Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
- Alcedo meninting Blue-eared Kingfisher
- Alcippe poioicephala Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
- Amandava amandava Red Avadavat
- Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
- Ammomanes phoenicura Rufous-tailed Lark NT
- Anas acuta Northern Pintail
- Anas crecca Green-winged Teal
- Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
- Anas poecilorhyncha Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Anastomus oscitans Asian Openbill
- Anhinga melanogaster Oriental Darter
- Anser anser Greylag Goose
- Anser cygnoides Swan Goose EN
- Anser indicus Bar-headed Goose
- Anthracoceros albirostris Oriental Pied Hornbill
- Anthracoceros coronatus Malabar Pied Hornbill NT
- Anthus campestris Tawny Pipit
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
- Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
- Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit
- Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
- Anthus roseatus Rosy Pipit
- Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit
- Anthus similis Long-billed Pipit
- Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit
- Apus affinis Little Swift
- Apus leuconyx Blyth's Swift
- Aquila fasciata Bonelli's Eagle
- Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle EN
- Ardea alba Great Egret
- Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
- Ardea coromanda Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Ardea intermedia Medium Egret
- Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
- Ardeola grayii Indian Pond-Heron
- Argya striata Jungle Babbler
- Artamus fuscus Ashy Woodswallow
- Arundinax aedon Thick-billed Warbler
- Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl
- Athene brama Spotted Owlet
- Aviceda jerdoni Jerdon's Baza
- Aythya ferina Common Pochard VU
- Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
- Aythya marila Greater Scaup
- Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck NT
- Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Botaurus flavicollis Black Bittern
- Botaurus sinensis
- Bubo bengalensis Rock Eagle-Owl
- Burhinus indicus Indian Stone-curlew
- Butastur teesa White-eyed Buzzard
- Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
- Buteo refectus Himalayan Buzzard
- Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
- Butorides atricapilla
- Cacomantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo
- Cacomantis passerinus Grey-bellied Cuckoo
- Cacomantis sonneratii Banded Bay Cuckoo
- Calandrella acutirostris Hume's Lark
- Calandrella dukhunensis Mongolian Short-toed Lark
- Calidris alpina Dunlin NT
- Calidris minuta Little Stint
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
- Calliope calliope Siberian Rubythroat
- Calliope pectoralis Himalayan Rubythroat
- Caprimulgus affinis Savanna Nightjar
- Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus indicus Jungle Nightjar
- Caprimulgus macrurus Large-tailed Nightjar
- Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
- Cecropis daurica Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Centropus bengalensis Lesser Coucal
- Centropus sinensis Greater Coucal
- Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher
- Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove
- Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
- Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
- Chlidonias hybrida Whiskered Tern
- Chloropsis aurifrons Golden-fronted Leafbird
- Chloropsis jerdoni Jerdon's Leafbird
- Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Brown-headed Gull
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
- Chrysocolaptes festivus White-naped Woodpecker
- Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Greater Flameback
- Chrysomma sinense Yellow-eyed Babbler
- Chrysophlegma flavinucha Greater Yellownape
- Ciconia ciconia White Stork
- Ciconia episcopus Asian Woolly-necked Stork NT
- Cinnyris asiaticus Purple Sunbird
- Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier
- Circus cyaneus Hen Harrier
- Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier NT
- Circus melanoleucos Pied Harrier
- Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
- Clamator jacobinus Pied Cuckoo
- Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle VU
- Clanga hastata Indian Spotted Eagle NT
- Columba livia Rock Pigeon
- Copsychus fulicatus Indian Robin
- Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped Shama
- Copsychus saularis Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Coracias affinis Indochinese Roller
- Coracias benghalensis Indian Roller NT
- Coracina macei Indian Cuckooshrike
- Coracina melanoptera Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike
- Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
- Corvus splendens House Crow
- Coturnix coromandelica Rain Quail
- Coturnix coturnix Common Quail
- Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
- Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo
- Culicicapa ceylonensis Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
- Curruca curruca Lesser Whitethroat
- Cyornis rubeculoides Blue-throated Flycatcher
- Cyornis tickelliae Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
- Cypsiurus balasiensis Asian Palm Swift
- Delichon urbicum Western House Martin
- Dendrocitta vagabunda Rufous Treepie
- Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-Duck
- Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
- Dicaeum agile Thick-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Pale-billed Flowerpecker
- Dicrurus aeneus Bronzed Drongo
- Dicrurus caerulescens White-bellied Drongo
- Dicrurus hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo
- Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
- Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
- Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- Dicrurus remifer Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
- Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback
- Dumetia hyperythra Tawny-bellied Babbler
- Egretta garzetta Little Egret
- Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite
- Emberiza buchanani Grey-necked Bunting
- Emberiza lathami Crested Bunting
- Emberiza leucocephalos Pine Bunting
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
- Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
- Emberiza stewarti White-capped Bunting
- Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Black-necked Stork
- Eremopterix griseus Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
- Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Koel
- Eumyias thalassinus Verditer Flycatcher
- Euodice malabarica Indian Silverbill
- Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird
- Falco amurensis Amur Falcon
- Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon NT
- Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
- Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby
- Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel
- Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher
- Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Ficedula ruficauda Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
- Ficedula superciliaris Ultramarine Flycatcher
- Ficedula westermanni Little Pied Flycatcher
- Francolinus francolinus Black Francolin
- Fulica atra Eurasian Coot
- Galerida cristata Crested Lark
- Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
- Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
- Gallinago stenura Pin-tailed Snipe
- Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Moorhen
- Galloperdix lunulata Painted Spurfowl
- Galloperdix spadicea Red Spurfowl
- Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl
- Geokichla citrina Orange-headed Thrush
- Glareola lactea Small Pratincole
- Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole
- Glaucidium radiatum Jungle Owlet
- Gracula religiosa Common Hill Myna
- Gracupica contra Indian Pied Starling
- Gymnoris xanthocollis Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Gyps bengalensis White-rumped Vulture CR
- Gyps himalayensis Himalayan Griffon NT
- Gyps indicus Indian Vulture CR
- Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
- Haliaeetus leucoryphus Pallas's Fish-Eagle EN
- Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
- Hemicircus canente Heart-spotted Woodpecker
- Hemiprocne coronata Crested Treeswift
- Hemipus picatus Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle
- Hierococcyx varius Common Hawk-Cuckoo
- Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
- Hirundo smithii Wire-tailed Swallow
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Hypothymis azurea Black-naped Monarch
- Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Pallas's Gull
- Icthyophaga ichthyaetus Grey-headed Fish Eagle NT
- Ictinaetus malaiensis Black Eagle
- Iduna caligata Booted Warbler
- Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck
- Ketupa nipalensis
- Ketupa zeylonensis Brown Fish-Owl
- Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
- Lanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike
- Lanius isabellinus Isabelline Shrike
- Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike
- Lanius tephronotus Grey-backed Shrike
- Lanius vittatus Bay-backed Shrike
- Larvivora brunnea Indian Blue Robin
- Leiopicus mahrattensis Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
- Leiothrix lutea Red-billed Leiothrix
- Leptocoma zeylonica Purple-rumped Sunbird
- Leptoptilos javanicus Lesser Adjutant NT
- Lewinia striata Slaty-breasted Rail
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit NT
- Lonchura atricapilla Chestnut Munia
- Lonchura malacca Tricolored Munia
- Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia
- Lonchura striata White-rumped Munia
- Lophospiza trivirgata
- Loriculus vernalis Vernal Hanging-Parrot
- Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
- Machlolophus aplonotus Indian Yellow Tit
- Macronus gularis Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
- Mareca falcata Falcated Duck
- Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon
- Mareca strepera Gadwall
- Megalurus palustris Striated Grassbird
- Mergellus albellus Smew
- Mergus merganser Common Merganser
- Merops leschenaulti Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Merops orientalis Asian Green Bee-eater
- Merops philippinus Blue-tailed Bee-eater
- Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana
- Microcarbo niger Little Cormorant
- Micropternus brachyurus Rufous Woodpecker
- Milvus migrans Black Kite
- Monticola cinclorhynchus
- Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
- Motacilla alba White Wagtail
- Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
- Motacilla citreola Citrine Wagtail
- Motacilla flava Western Yellow Wagtail
- Motacilla maderaspatensis White-browed Wagtail
- Motacilla tschutschensis Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Muscicapa latirostris Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Muscicapa muttui Brown-breasted Flycatcher
- Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Mycteria leucocephala Painted Stork
- Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture EN
- Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard
- Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-Goose
- Niltava sundara Rufous-bellied Niltava
- Ninox scutulata Brown Boobook
- Nisaetus alboniger Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
- Nisaetus cirrhatus Changeable Hawk-Eagle
- Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew NT
- Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl
- Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nyctyornis athertoni Blue-bearded Bee-eater
- Ocyceros birostris Indian Grey Hornbill
- Oenanthe fusca Brown Rock Chat
- Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole
- Oriolus kundoo Indian Golden Oriole
- Oriolus xanthornus Black-hooded Oriole
- Orthotomus sutorius Common Tailorbird
- Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Otus bakkamoena Indian Scops-Owl
- Otus sunia Oriental Scops-Owl
- Pandion haliaetus Osprey
- Parus cinereus Asian Tit
- Passer domesticus House Sparrow
- Pastor roseus Rosy Starling
- Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
- Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher
- Pellorneum ruficeps Puff-throated Babbler
- Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush-Quail
- Perdicula erythrorhyncha Painted Bush-Quail
- Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Small Minivet
- Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
- Pericrocotus roseus Rosy Minivet
- Pericrocotus speciosus Scarlet Minivet
- Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Petrochelidon fluvicola Streak-throated Swallow
- Phaenicophaeus tristis Green-billed Malkoha
- Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Indian Cormorant
- Phalaropus fulicarius Red Phalarope
- Phoenicurus frontalis Blue-fronted Redstart
- Phoenicurus fuliginosus Plumbeous Water Redstart
- Phoenicurus leucocephalus White-capped Redstart
- Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
- Phylloscopus affinis Tickell's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus burkii Green-crowned Warbler
- Phylloscopus collybita Common Chiffchaff
- Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
- Phylloscopus griseolus Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Phylloscopus humei Hume's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed Warbler
- Phylloscopus nitidus Green Warbler
- Phylloscopus occipitalis Western Crowned Warbler
- Phylloscopus reguloides Blyth's Leaf Warbler
- Phylloscopus sindianus Mountain Chiffchaff
- Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
- Picus chlorolophus Lesser Yellownape
- Pitta brachyura Indian Pitta
- Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis
- Plocealauda affinis Jerdon's Bushlark
- Plocealauda assamica
- Plocealauda erythroptera
- Ploceus benghalensis Black-breasted Weaver
- Ploceus philippinus Baya Weaver
- Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover
- Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe
- Podiceps nigricollis Eared Grebe
- Porphyrio poliocephalus Gray-headed Swamphen
- Prinia buchanani Rufous-fronted Prinia
- Prinia gracilis Graceful Prinia
- Prinia hodgsonii Gray-breasted Prinia
- Prinia inornata Plain Prinia
- Prinia socialis Ashy Prinia
- Prinia sylvatica Jungle Prinia
- Pseudibis papillosa Red-naped Ibis
- Psilopogon asiaticus Blue-throated Barbet
- Psilopogon haemacephalus Coppersmith Barbet
- Psilopogon lineatus Lineated Barbet
- Psilopogon zeylanicus Brown-headed Barbet
- Psittacula alexandri Red-breasted Parakeet NT
- Psittacula cyanocephala Plum-headed Parakeet
- Psittacula eupatria Alexandrine Parakeet
- Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Ptyonoprogne concolor Dusky Crag-Martin
- Pycnonotus cafer Red-vented Bulbul
- Pycnonotus flavescens Flavescent Bulbul
- Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Pycnonotus luteolus White-browed Bulbul
- Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake
- Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
- Rhipidura albicollis White-throated Fantail
- Rhipidura aureola White-browed Fantail
- Riparia chinensis Grey-throated Martin
- Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-Snipe
- Rubigula flaviventris Black-crested Bulbul
- Salpornis spilonota Indian Spotted Creeper
- Sarcogyps calvus Red-headed Vulture CR
- Sarkidiornis melanotos Knob-billed Duck
- Saxicola caprata Pied Bushchat
- Saxicola leucurus White-tailed Stonechat
- Saxicola maurus Siberian Stonechat
- Schoenicola striatus Bristled Grassbird VU
- Sibirionetta formosa Baikal Teal
- Sitta castanea Indian Nuthatch
- Sitta frontalis Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
- Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler
- Spatula querquedula Garganey
- Spilopelia chinensis Spotted Dove
- Spilopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove
- Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent-Eagle
- Sterna aurantia River Tern VU
- Sterna hirundo Common Tern
- Sternula albifrons Little Tern
- Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared-Dove
- Strix leptogrammica Brown Wood-Owl
- Strix ocellata Mottled Wood-Owl
- Sturnia malabarica Chestnut-tailed Starling
- Sturnia pagodarum Brahminy Starling
- Surniculus dicruroides Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
- Synoicus chinensis Blue-breasted Quail
- Taccocua leschenaultii Sirkeer Malkoha
- Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
- Tachyspiza badia
- Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
- Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck
- Taenioptynx brodiei
- Tarsiger rufilatus Himalayan Bluetail
- Tephrodornis pondicerianus Common Woodshrike
- Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis
- Treron bicinctus Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
- Treron curvirostra Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
- Treron phoenicopterus Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
- Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
- Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
- Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
- Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
- Tringa totanus Common Redshank
- Trochalopteron erythrocephalum Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
- Turdoides caudata Common Babbler
- Turdoides earlei Striated Babbler
- Turdoides malcolmi Large Gray Babbler
- Turdoides striata Jungle Babbler
- Turdus simillimus Indian Blackbird
- Turdus unicolor Tickell's Thrush
- Turnix suscitator Barred Buttonquail
- Turnix tanki Yellow-legged Buttonquail
- Tyto javanica Eastern Barn Owl
- Upupa epops Common Hoopoe
- Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing
- Vanellus duvaucelii River Lapwing NT
- Vanellus indicus Red-wattled Lapwing
- Vanellus malabaricus Yellow-wattled Lapwing
- Yungipicus nanus Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- Zapornia fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Zapornia pusilla Baillon's Crake
- Zoonavena sylvatica White-rumped Spinetail
- Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush
- Zosterops palpebrosus Oriental White-eye
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