Birds Status of Mizoram

Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) NP

Biounit        09B
TotArea      50 km2


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Status Categories

R    =    widespread resident                        p            =     sparse migrant
r     =    very local resident                            V           =     vagrant
W   =    widespread winter visitor                 ?            =    status uncertain
w    =    sparse winter visitor                         rl            =    introduced resident
P    =     widespread migrant                         (ex)        =    extinct
p    =    sparse migrant                                 nT           =    near threatened
E    =    endangered
 
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC NAME IUCN-Threatened Category STATUS ENGLISH NAME
Accipitridae Spilornis cheela   R Crested Serpent Eagle
  Accipiter badius   R Shikra
  Ictinaetus malayensis   R Black Eagle
Aegithalidae Aegithalos concinnus   r Black-throated Tit (Red-headed Tit)
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgus indicus   R Grey Nightjar (Indian Jungle) 
  Caprimulgus asiaticus   R Indian Nightjar
Certhiidae Certhia discolor   r Brown-throated Treecreeper (Sikkim Treecreeper)
Cisticolidae Prinia criniger   r Striated prinia (Brown Hill Warbler)
Columbidae Streptopelia orientalis   RW Oriental Turtle Dove (Rufous Turtle)
  Chalcophaps indica   R Emerald Dove
  Treron sphenura   r Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
  Ducula badia   r Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Imperial )
Corvidae Pericrocotus cinnamomeus   R Small Minivet
  Pericrocotus ethologus   R Long-tailed Minivet
  Pericrocotus flammeus   R Scarlet Minivet
  Rhipidura hypoxantha   r Yellow-bellied Fantail (Flycatcher)
  Rhipidura albicollis   R White-throated Fantail (Flycatcher)
  Dicrurus leucophaeus   R Ashy Drongo
  Dicrurus aeneus   R Bronzed Drongo
  Dicrurus remifer   r Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
  Dicrurus paradiseus   R Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Cuculidae Hierococcyx sparverioides   r Large Hawk Cuckoo
  Cuculus micropterus   R Indian Cuckoo
  Cuculus canorus   r Cuckoo,Common Cuckoo
  Cacomantis sonneratii   r Baybanded Cuckoo, Banded Bay Cuckoo
  Cacomantis merulinus   r Plaintive Cuckoo(Rufousbellied Plaintive Cuckoo)
  Phaenicophaeus tristis   r Green-billed Malkoha
Falconidae Falco tinnunculus   RW Common Kestrel
  Falco peregrinus   rw Peregrine Falcon
Fingillidae Cardueulis spinoides   r Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Himalayan Greenfinch)
  Carpodacus erythrinus   rW Common Rosefinch
  Haematospiza sipahi   r Scarlet Finch
Hirundinidae Hirundo rustica   RW Barn Swallow
  Delichon nipalensis   r Nepal House Martin
Irenidae Chloropsis hardwickii   r Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis)
Laniidae Lanius cristatus   w Brown Shrike
  Lanius tepronotus   rW Grey-backed Shrike (Tibetan)
Megalaimidae Megalaima virens   r Great Barbet
  Megalaima franklinii   r Golden-throated Barbet
  Megalaima asiatica   R Blue-throated Barbet
Muscicapidae Monticola rufiventris   r Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
  Myophonus caeruleus   R Blue Whistling Thrush
  Zoothera dauma   R Scaly Thrush (Smallbilled Mountain Thrush)
  Brachypteryx leucophrys   r Lesser Shortwing
  Brachypteryx montana   r White-browed Shortwing
  Muscicapa sibirica   r Dark-sided Flycatcher (Sooty)
  Ficedula westermanni   r Little Pied Flycatcher
  Ficedula tricolor   r Slaty-blue Flactacher
  Eumyias thalassina   R Verditer Flycatcher
  Niltava grandis   r Large Niltava
  Niltava sundara   r Rufous-bellied Niltava
  Tarsiger indicus   r White-browed Bush Robin
  Enicurus maculatus   r Spotted Forktail
  Cochoa purpurea nT r Purple Cochoa
  Saxicola ferrea   R Grey Bushchat (Dark-grey Bushchat)
Nectariniidae Dicaeum ignipectus   r Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
  Aethopyga nipalensis   r Green-tailed Sunbird (Nepal Yellow-backed Sunbird)
  Aethopyga ignicauda   r Fire-tailed Sunbird
  Arachnothera longirostris   r Little Spiderhunter
  Arachnothera magna   r Streaked Spiderhunter
Paridae Parus spilonotus   r Yellow-cheeked Tit (Black-spotted Yellow Tit)
Passeridae Anthus hodgsoni   RW Olive-backed Pipit (Indian Tree Pipit)
Phasianidae Arborophila torqueola   r Hill Partridge
  Arborophila rufogularis   r Rufous-throated Partridge
  Bambusicola fytchii   r Mountain Bamboo Partridge
  Tragopan blythii   r Blyth's Tragopan
  Lophura leucomelana   r Kaleej Pheasant
  Syrmaticus humiae   r Hume's Pheasant
Picidae Jynx torquilla   rW Eurasian Wryneck
  Picumnus innominatus   r Speckled Piculet
  Dendrocopos hyperythrus   r Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
  Blythipicus pyrrhotis   r Bay Woodpecker (Red-eared )
Pycnonotidae Spizixos canifrons   r Crested Finchbill (Finch-billed Bulbul)
  Pycnonotus striatus   r Striated Bulbul
  Pycnonotus melanicterus   R Black-crested Bulbul (Black-headed Yellow Bulbul)
  Pycnonotus cafer   R Red-vented Bulbul
  Hypsipetes mcclellandi   r Mountain Bulbul (Rufous-bellied Bulbul)
  Hypsipetes leucocephalus   R Black Bulbul
Sittidae Sitta himalayensis   r White-tailed Nuthatch
Strigidae Otus sunia   R Oriental Scops Owl
Sylviidae Tesia castaneocoronata   r Chestnut-headed Tesia (Chestnut-headed Ground Warbler)
  Orthotomus cucullatus   r Mountain Tailorbird (Golden Headed Tailorbird)
  Phylloscopus trochiloides   rW Greenish Warbler (Dull Green Warbler)
  Phylloscopus coronatus   V Eastern Crowned Warbler
  Seicercus burkii   r Golden-spectacled Warbler (Black-browed Flycatcher Warbler)
  Seicercus xanthoschistos   r Grey-hooded Warbler (Grey-headed Flycatcher Warbler)
  Seicercus castaniceps   r Chestnut-crowned Warbler
  Abroscopus schisticeps   r Black-faced Warbler
  Garrulax virgatus nT r Striped Laughingthrush (Manipur Streaked Laughing Thrush)
  Garrulax austeni   r Brown-capped Laughingthrush
  Garrulax erythrocephalus   r Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Red-headed Laughingthrush)
  Pomatorhinus ruficollis   r Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler)
  Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps   r Red-billed Scimitar Babbler (Long-billed Scimitar Babbler)
  Stachyris chrysaea   r Golden Babbler (Gold-headed Babbler)
  Leiothrix argentaturis   r Silver-eared Mesia
  Cutia nipalensis   r Cutia (Nepal Cutia)
  Pteruthius flaviscapis   r White-browed Shrike Babbler (Red-winged Shrike Babbler)
  Pteruthius melanotis   r Black-eared Shrike Babbler (Chestnut-throated Shrike Babbler)
  Actinodura egertoni   r Rusty-fronted Barwing (Spectacled Barwing)
  Minla cyanouroptera   r Blue-winged Minla (Blue-winged Siva)
  Minla strigula   r Chestnut-tailed Minla (Bar-throated Siva)
  Minla ignotincta   r Red-tailed Minla
  Alcippe castaneceps   r Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Chestnut-headed Tit Babbler)
  Alcippe dubia   r Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Rufous-headed Tit Babbler)
  Heterophasia gracilis nT r Grey Sibia
  Heterophasia picaoides   r Long-tailed Sibia
  Yuhina flavicollis   r Whiskered Yuhina (Yellow-naped Yuhina)
  Yuhina gularis   r Stripe-throated Yuhina
Source: Ghose, Dipankar, 1999, Birds recorded at Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park, Mizoram Between February - May, 1997. Twilight Vol. 1(5):16-18.
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