Rajasthan bird checklist

520 bird species in 85 families have been recorded in Rajasthan, according to eBird; about 391 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

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Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

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Rajasthan bird checklist

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Cassowaries and Emu

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Lesser Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Whooper Swan
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Baer's Pochard
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Indian Peafowl
Red Spurfowl
Painted Spurfowl
Gray Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Black Francolin
Painted Francolin
Common Quail
Rain Quail
Jungle Bush-Quail
Rock Bush-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Yellow-eyed Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Pallas's Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Indian Bustard
Asian Houbara
Lesser Florican

Cuckoos

Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Jungle Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Water Rail
Slaty-breasted Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Brown Crake
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake

Cranes

Siberian Crane
Sarus Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane

Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
River Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint

Buttonquail

Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail
Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Indian Courser
Cream-colored Courser
Small Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Caspian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Indian Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
River Tern
Common Tern
Black-bellied Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe

Storks

Asian Openbill
Black Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Black-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Greater Adjutant
Painted Stork

Anhingas

Oriental Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Eurasian Bittern
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Little Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Red-headed Vulture
Cinereous Vulture
Himalayan Griffon
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Black Eagle
Indian Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Besra
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Pallas's Fish-Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Himalayan Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Indian Scops-Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Rock Eagle-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Dusky Eagle-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Forest Owlet
Mottled Wood-Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

Indian Gray Hornbill
Oriental Pied-Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Indian Roller

Asian Barbets

Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Sind Woodpecker
White-naped Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
Streak-throated Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Budgerigar

Pittas

Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

White-bellied Minivet
Small Minivet
Long-tailed Minivet
Indian Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

Ashy Woodswallow

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

Common Woodshrike

Ioras

Common Iora
White-tailed Iora

Fantails

Spot-breasted Fantail
White-browed Fantail

Drongos

Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Rufous Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Pied Crow
Common Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Fire-capped Tit
Asian Tit
White-naped Tit
Indian Yellow Tit

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Rufous-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Indian Bushlark
Singing Bushlark
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Tawny Lark
Crested Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Hume's Lark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Sand Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

Common Tailorbird
Rufous-fronted Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia
Delicate Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Baikal Bush Warbler
Bristled Grassbird
Striated Grassbird

Swallows

Gray-throated Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow

Bulbuls

White-browed Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Brooks's Leaf Warbler
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Smoky Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Whistler's Warbler
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Cetti's Warbler

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Greater Whitethroat

Parrotbills

Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

Tawny-bellied Babbler
Indian Scimitar-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

Puff-throated Babbler
Rufous-vented Grass Babbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Large Gray Babbler
Jungle Babbler
Common Babbler
Striated Babbler

Nuthatches

Indian Nuthatch

Spotted Creepers

Indian Spotted Creeper

Starlings

European Starling
Rosy Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Bank Myna

Thrushes and Allies

Scaly Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Gray-winged Blackbird
Indian Blackbird
Tickell's Thrush
Black-throated Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Verditer Flycatcher
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Siberian Rubythroat
Himalayan Rubythroat
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Kashmir Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
White-capped Redstart
Blue-capped Redstart
Black Redstart
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
White-browed Bushchat
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Gray Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Brown Rock Chat
Variable Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Persian Wheatear

Hypocolius

Hypocolius

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
Green Avadavat
Red Avadavat

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Sind Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Siberian Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch
Desert Finch

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Rock Bunting
White-capped Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Striolated Bunting
Little Bunting

Most common birds in Rajasthan

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Rajasthan’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Rock PigeonColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus

Largest bird families in Rajasthan

Among its regular birds.

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites27
Sandpipers and Allies22
Old World Flycatchers21
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl19
Larks16
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers15
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns13
Plovers and Lapwings13

Reported in the last 30 days

348 species reported to eBird in Rajasthan in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Coppersmith Barbet, Laughing Dove, Rufous Treepie, Asian Green Bee-eater, Spotted Dove, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red Spurfowl, Red-vented Bulbul, Indian Yellow Tit, Indian Peafowl, Indian Robin, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Spot-breasted Fantail, Large-billed Crow, House Sparrow, Common Tailorbird, Purple Sunbird, Common Chiffchaff, Jungle Babbler, Ashy Prinia, Lesser Whitethroat, Dusky Crag-Martin, Indian Pond-Heron, Brown Rock Chat, Hume's Warbler, Gray Wagtail, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Rock Pigeon, Red-wattled Lapwing, Greater Coucal, Scaly-breasted Munia, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Shikra, White-throated Kingfisher, Brown-headed Barbet, Imperial Eagle, Eurasian Kestrel, Black-winged Kite, Gray Francolin, …