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birds Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
found in the Pakistani city of
Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
. The
Margalla Hills The Margalla Hills () are a hill range within the Margalla Hills National Park on the northern edge of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, just south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They are part of the Himalayan foothills. Th ...
and Rawal Lake are notable bird watching locations. *Little grebe, ''
Tachybaptus ruficollis The little grebe (''Tachybaptus ruficollis''), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''takhus'' "fast" and ''bapto'' "to sink under". The specific ''ruficollis'' is from Lati ...
'' *Little cormorant, '' Microcarbo niger'' *Great cormorant, '' Phalacrocorax carbo'' *Black-crowned night heron, '' Nycticorax nycticorax'' *Indian pond heron (paddybird), '' Ardeola grayii'' *Cattle egret, ''
Bubulcus ibis The western cattle egret (''Bubulcus ibis'') is a species of heron ( family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the catt ...
'' *Little egret, '' Egretta garzetta'' *Intermediate egret, '' Egretta intermedia'' *Grey heron, ''
Ardea cinerea The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northe ...
'' *Purple heron, '' Ardea purpurea'' *Common teal, ''
Anas crecca The Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca''), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being th ...
'' *Black kite, ''
Milvus migrans The black kite (''Milvus migrans'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have ...
'' *Shikra, '' Accipiter badius'' *Long-legged buzzard, '' Buteo rufinus'' *Eurasian kestrel, '' Falco tinnunculus'' *Grey francolin, '' Francolinus pondicerianus'' *Common quail, '' Coturnix coturnix'' *Brown waterhen, '' Amaurornis akool'' *White-breasted waterhen, '' Amaurornis phoenicurus'' *Moorhen, ''
Gallinula chloropus The common moorhen (''Gallinula chloropus''), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the Old World. The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated mars ...
'' *Eurasian coot, ''
Fulica atra The Eurasian coot (''Fulica atra''), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North Africa. It has a slaty-bla ...
'' *Red-wattled lapwing, '' Hoplopterus indicus'' *Common sandpiper, ''
Actitis hypoleucos The common sandpiper (''Actitis hypoleucos'') is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (''A. macularia''), make up the genus ''Actitis''. They are parapatric and replace each other geographic ...
'' *Black-headed gull, ''
Larus ridibundus The black-headed gull (''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'') is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but some bird ...
'' *Feral pigeon, ''
Columba livia The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon ( also ; ''Columba livia'') is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon". The domestic pigeon (''Columba livia dom ...
'' *Wood pigeon, '' Columba palumbus'' *Collared dove, ''
Streptopelia decaocto The Eurasian collared dove (''Streptopelia decaocto'') is a dove species native to Europe and Asia; it was introduced to Japan, North America and islands in the Caribbean. Because of its vast global range and increasing population trend, it h ...
'' *Palm dove, ''
Spilopelia senegalensis The laughing dove (''Spilopelia senegalensis'') is a small pigeon that is a resident breeder in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Western Australia where it has established itself in the wild after being released from Perth Zoo in 1898. ...
'' *Spotted dove, ''
Spilopelia chinensis The spotted dove (''Spilopelia chinensis'') is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced to many par ...
'' *Rose-ringed parakeet, '' Psittacula krameri'' *Common koel, '' Eudynamys scolopacea'' *Greater coucal, ''
Centropus sinensis The greater coucal or crow pheasant (''Centropus sinensis''), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspe ...
'' *House swift, '' Apus affinis'' *White-throated kingfisher, ''
Halcyon smyrnensis The white-throated kingfisher (''Halcyon smyrnensis'') also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Indonesia. This kingfisher is a ...
'' *Pied kingfisher, '' Ceryle rudis'' *Hoopoe, '' Upupa epops'' *Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, ''
Dinopium benghalense The black-rumped flameback (''Dinopium benghalense''), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in ...
'' *Brown-fronted woodpecker, '' Dendrocopos auriceps'' *Crested lark, '' Galerida cristata'' *Small skylark, '' Alauda gulgula'' *Brown-throated sand martin, '' Riparia paludicola'' *Pale sand martin, ''
Riparia diluta The pale martin or pale sand martin (''Riparia diluta'') is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from Central Asia to southeastern Ch ...
'' *Barn swallow, '' Hirundo rustica'' *Red-rumped swallow, '' Hirundo daurica'' *Paddyfield pipit, '' Anthus rufulus'' *Grey wagtail, '' Motacilla cinerea'' *White wagtail, '' Motacilla alba'' *Large pied wagtail, ''
Motacilla maderaspatensis The white-browed wagtail or large pied wagtail (''Motacilla maderaspatensis'') is a medium-sized bird and is the largest member of the wagtail family. They are conspicuously patterned with black above and white below, a prominent white brow, sh ...
'' *Himalayan bulbul, ''
Pycnonotus leucogenys The Himalayan bulbul (''Pycnonotus leucogenys''), or white-cheeked bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family found in Central and South Asia. Taxonomy and systematics The Himalayan bulbul is considered to belong to a superspecies ...
'' *Red-vented bulbul, '' Pycnonotus cafer'' *Dark-grey bushchat, '' Saxicola ferrea'' *Blue rock thrush, '' Monticola solitarius'' *Blue whistling thrush, '' Myophonus caeruleus'' *Fan-tailed warbler, '' Cisticola juncidis'' *Tawny prinia, '' Prinia inornata'' *Yellow-bellied prinia, '' Prinia flaviventris'' *Hume's leaf warbler, '' Phylloscopus humei'' *White-throated fantail, '' Rhipidura albicollis'' *Black-chinned babbler, '' Stachyris pyrrhops'' *Common babbler, '' Turdoides caudatus'' *Jungle babbler, '' Turdoides striatus'' *Great tit, ''
Parus major The great tit (''Parus major'') is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Af ...
'' *Bar-tailed treecreeper, '' Certhia himalayana'' *Oriental white-eye, '' Zosterops palpebrosus'' *Rufous-backed shrike, '' Lanius schach'' *Black drongo, '' Dicrurus macrocercus'' *House crow, '' Corvus splendens'' *Brahminy starling, '' Sturnus pagodarum'' *Common myna, '' Acridotheres tristis'' *Bank myna, '' Acridotheres ginginianus'' *House sparrow, '' Passer domesticus'' *Alexandrine parakeet, '' Psittacula eupatria'' *Green bee-eater, '' Merops orientalis'' *Rufous treepie, '' Dendrocitta vagabunda'' *Indian robin, ''
Saxicoloides fulicatus The Indian robin (''Copsychus fulicatus'')Rasmussen & Anderton emend the species epithet from ''fulicata'' to ''fulicatus'' since ''Saxicola'' is masculine and the ''-oides'' ending is always masculine according to ICZN Code 30.1.4.4ICZN Code. See ...
'' *Common greenshank, '' Tringa nebularia'' *Marsh sandpiper, '' Tringa stagnatilis'' *Grey treepie, '' Dendrocitta formosae'' *Eurasian sparrowhawk, ''
Accipiter nisus The Eurasian sparrowhawk (''Accipiter nisus''), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred ...
'' *Verditer flycatcher, '' Eumyias thalassinus'' *Paradise flycatcher, '' Terpsiphone paradisi'' *Blue rock thrush, '' Monticola solitarius'' *Blue whistling thrush, '' Myophonus caeruleus'' *Orange headed thrush, '' Geokichla citrina'' *Chestnut thrush, '' Turdus rubrocanus'' *Crested kingfisher, '' Megaceryle lugubris'' *Black headed jay, '' Garrulus lanceolatus'' *Brown crake, '' Zapornia akool''


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