Samtse Bird List

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch 

(Sitta cinnamovemris)

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) 

White-tailed Nuthatch 

(Sitta Himalayensis)

Beautiful Nuthatch 

(Sitta formosa) 

Wallcreeper 

(Tichodroma muraria) 

Rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis) 

Brown-throated treecreeper (Certhia discolor) 

Hodgson’s Treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni) 

Common Hill Myna 

(Gracula religiosa) 

Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) 

Great Myna 

(Acridotheres grandis) 

Pied Myna 

(Gracupica contra) 

Jungle Myna 

(Acridotheres fuscus) 

Spot-winged Starling 

(Saroglossa spilopterus)

Brahminy Starling 

(Sturnia pagodarum)

Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica) 

Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) 

Scaly Thrush 

(Zoothera dauma)

Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul) 

Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina) 

Tickell’s Thrush 

(Turdus unicolo) 

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) 

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush 

(Monticola rufiventris) 

Blue Rock Thrush 

(Monticola solitarius) 

Himalayan Forest Thrush (Zoothera salimalli) 

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (M) (Monticola cinclorhynchus) 

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (F) (Monticola cinclorhynchus) 

Green cochoa 

(Cochoa viridis) 

Siberian Rubythroat (F) (Calliope calliope) 

Siberian Rubythroat (M) (Calliope calliope) 

Rufous-breasted Bush Robin (M)

(Tarsiger hyperythrus)

Himalayan Bluetail (F)

(Tarsiger rufilatus) 

Himalayan Bluetail (M)

(Tarsiger rufilatus) 

Golden Bush Robin 

(Tarsiger chrysaeus) 

Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) 

White-Rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)

Blue-fronted Robin (M) (Cinclidium frontale) 

Blue-fronted Robin (F) (Cinclidium frontale) 

White-tailed Robin (Myiomela leucura) 

Black Redstart (M)

(Phoenicurus ochruros) 

Black Redstart (F)

(Phoenicurus ochruros) 

Hodgson’s Redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)

Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) 

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosa) 

White-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) 

Little Forktail 

(Enicurus scouleri) 

Black-backed Forktail (Enicurus immaculatus) 

Slaty-backed Forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)

Spotted Forktail 

(Enicurus maculatus) 

Pied Bushchat 

(Saxicola caprata) 

Grey Bushchat (M) 

(Saxicola ferreus) 

Grey Bushchat (F) 

(Saxicola ferreus) 

Siberian Stonechat 

(Saxicola maurus) 

Indian Robin

(Saxicoloides fulicatus)