Research Article

Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Avifauna in District Jhang, Pakistan

Table 2

Distribution of avian fauna of district Jhang.

OrderFamilyScientific nameCommon nameStatus

1PasseriformesNectariniidaeCinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790)Purple sunbirdSB
2MuscicapidaeSaxicola caprata(Linnaeus, 1766)Pied bushchatR
3Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1829Desert wheatearWV
4Saxicoloides fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766)Indian robinR
5LaniidaeLanius schach (Linnaeus, 1758)Long-tailed shrikeR
6Lanius excubitor (Linnaeus, 1758)Great grey shrikeR
7CorvidaeCorvus splendens (Linnaeus, 1758)Indian house crowR
8Corvus corax (Linnaeus, 1758)Common ravenR
9Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)Rufous treepieR
10DicruridaeDicrurus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817)Black drongoR
11SturnidaeAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)Common mynaR
12Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham, 1790)Bank mynaR
13HirundinidaeHirundo rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)Common swallowWV
14Hirundo smithii(Leach, 1818)Wire-tailed swallowSB
15PycnonotidaePycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766)Red-vented bulbulR
16MotacillidaeMotacilla alba (Linnaeus, 1758)White wagtailR
17Motacilla flava (Linnaeus, 1758)Yellow wagtailWV
18OriolidaeOriolus kundoo (Sykes, 1832)Indian golden orioleSB
19AlaudidaeGalerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)Crested larkR
20Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin, 1831)Rufous-tailed larkR
21LeiothrichidaeArgya earlei (Blyth, 1844)Striated babblerR
22Argya striatus (Dumont, 1823)Jungle babblerR
23Argya caudata(Dumont, 1823)Common babblerR
24PloceidaePloceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766)Baya weaverSB
25AccipitriformesAccipitridaeCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)Hen harrierWV
26Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)Pariah kiteR
27Aquila nipalensis (Hodgson, 1833)Steppe eagleWV
28Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789)Black-winged kiteR
29Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)Eurasian sparrowhawkWV
30PelecaniformesArdeidaeBubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)Cattle egretR
31Egretta garzetta(Linnaeus, 1766)Little egretR
32Ardea intermedia (Wagler, 1827)Intermediate egretR
33Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832)Indian pond heronR
34Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin, 1789)Yellow bitternR
35CoraciiformCoraciidaeCoracias benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)Indian rollerR
36AlcedinidaeHalcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758)White-throated kingfisherR
37Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)Common kingfisherR
38Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)Pied kingfisherR
39MeropidaeMerops orientalis (Latham, 1801)Green bee-eaterSB
40PodicipediformesPodicipedidaeTachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)Little grebeWV
41StrigiformStrigidaeAthene noctua (Scopoli, 1769)Little owlR
42ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)Eurasian collared doveR
43Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804)Red collared doveSB
44Columba livia (Gmelin, 1789)Rock pigeonR
45AnseriformesAnatidaeAythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)Common pochardWV
46Anas crecca (Linnaeus, 1758)Common tealWV
47Anas platyrhynchos (Linnaeus, 1758)MallardWV
48Anas strepera (Linnaeus, 1758)GadwallWV
49Anas penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)WigeonWV
50GruiformesRallidaeFulica atra (Linnaeus, 1758)Common cootWV
51Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)Common moorhenR
52Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769)White-breasted waterhenR
53OtidiformesOtididaeChlamydotis undulata(Jacquin, 1784)Houbara bustardWV
54FalconiformesFalconidaeFalco peregrinus(Tunstall, 1771)Peregrine falconWV
55GalliformesPhasianidaeCoturnix coturnix(Linnaeus, 1758)Common quailWV
56PiciformesPicidaeDinopium benghalense (Linnaeus, 1758)Black-rumped woodpeckerR
57CuculiformesCuculidaeCentropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)Greater coucalR
58Clamator jacobinus (Linnaeus, 1758)Jacobin cuckooSB
59Eudynamys scolopacea (Linnaeus, 1758)Asian koelSB
60PhoenicopteriformesPhoenicopteridaePhoenicopterus roseus (Pallas, 1811)Greater flamingoWV
61CharadriiformesRecurvirostridaeHimantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)Black-winged stiltR
62CharadridaeVanellus indicus(Boddaert, 1783)Red-wattled lapwingR
63Charadrius dubius (Scopoli, 1786)Little ringed ploverWV
64ScolopacidaeXenus cinereus (Guldenstadt, 1775)Terek sandpiperPM
65Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)Common sandpiperR
66BucerotiformesUpupidaeUpupa epops (Linnaeus, 1758)Eurasian hoopoeR
67BucerotidaeTockus nasutus (Linnaeus, 1766)Grey hornbillSB

Key: R: resident; SB: summer breeder; WV: winter visitor; PM: passage migrant.