Research Article

Diversity and Distribution of Avian Fauna of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Table 1

Table showing the details of species recorded during the study.

OrderFamilyScientific nameLocal nameStatus

AnseriformesAnatidaeAythya baeri ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas formosa ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeTadorna ferruginea ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas falcate ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas strepera ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas crecca ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas platyrhynchos ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas poecilorhyncha ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas acuta ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAnas clypeata ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAythya ferina ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeAythya nyroca ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeClangula hyemalis ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeBucephala clangula ShingareM (SM) (r)
AnseriformesAnatidaeMergus merganser ShingareM (SM) (C)
ApodiformesApodidaeTachymarptis melba LagaraiM (r)
ApodiformesApodidaeCypsiurus balasiensis LagaraiM (r)
ApodiformesApodidaeApus apus LagaraiM (r)
ApodiformesApodidaeApus pacificus LagaraiM (r)
ApodiformesApodidaeApus nipalensis LagaraiM (r)
ApodiformesApodidaeApus pallidus LagaraiM (r)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeLimosa lapponica Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris ferruginea Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeLymnocryptes minimus ChaghatM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris acuminata Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeLimicola falcinellus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeActitis hypoleucos Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris alpina Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris alba Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris temminckii Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesDromadidaeDromas ardeola Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesRecurvirostridaeHimantopus himantopus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesGlareolidaeCursorius cursor Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesGlareolidaeCursorius coromandelicus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesCharadriidaeVanellus vanellus BabozaiM (WM) (r)
CharadriiformesCharadriidaeCharadrius hiaticula Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesCharadriidaeVanellus leucurus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesCharadriidaeCharadrius mongolus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesStercorariidaeStercorarius pomarinus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesLaridaeLarus canus ā€”M (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesLaridaeLarus heuglini Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesLaridaeLarus ridibundus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesRostratulidaeRostratula benghalensis Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CharadriiformesHaematopodidaeHaematopus ostralegus Tum TelM (SM) (C)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeArdea modesta BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeIxobrychus flavicollis BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeNycticorax nycticorax BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeArdea cinerea BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeArdea goliath BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeArdea purpurea BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeEgretta intermedia BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeEgretta gularis BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeEgretta garzetta BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeArdeola grayii BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeBubulcus ibis BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeButorides striata BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeIxobrychus minutus BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesArdeidaeIxobrychus cinnamomeus BaghR (r)
CiconiiformesCiconiidaeCiconia nigra ZanraiR (C)
CiconiiformesCiconiidaeEphippiorhynchus asiaticus ZanraiR (C)
CiconiiformesCiconiidaeCiconia ciconia ZanraiR (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeChalcophaps indica Toti ranga kautaraM (SM) (r)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia decaocto Kautara M (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba livia Shna KautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba rupestris Shna KautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba leuconota KautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba eversmanni Banj karoro kautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba palumbus Shna KautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba hodgsonii Tapasai kautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia turtur Kanra kautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia chinensis Kautara M (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia senegalensis Spalama kautaraM (SM) (C)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeTreron pompadora Toti ranga kautaraM (SM) (r)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeTreron phoenicoptera Toti ranga kautaraM (SM) (r)
ColumbiformesColumbidaeStreptopelia orientalis Karkorai kautaraM (SM) (C)
CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeHalcyon pileata ShentaghR (C)
CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeAlcedo atthis ShentaghR (C)
CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeMegaceryle lugubris Mula chargakhR (C)
CoraciiformesCoraciidaeCoracias garrulus ShentaghR (C)
CoraciiformesUpupidaeUpupa epops Mula chargakhM (r)
GalliformesPhasianidaeAlectoris chukar ZarkaR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeFrancolinus francolinus TaroR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeFrancolinus pondicerianus TanzaraiR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeCoturnix coturnix BatairR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeCoturnix coromandelica BatairR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaePerdicula asiatica BatairR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeLophophorus impejanus LateR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeCatreus wallichii ShamR (C)
GalliformesPhasianidaeLophura leucomelanos TaroR (C)
GruiformesTurnicidaeTurnix suscitator NwarazR (C)
GruiformesTurnicidaeTurnix sylvatica NwarazR (C)
GruiformesGruidaeGrus antigone DengM (C)
GruiformesGruidaeGrus nigricollis DengM (C)
GruiformesGruidaeAnthropoides virgo DengM (C)
GruiformesRallidaeGallicrex cinerea Khwar chargaiR (C)
GruiformesRallidaeGallinula chloropus Khwar chargaiR (C)
PasseriformesSturnidaeSturnus vulgaris Sakhakha M (WM) (C)
PasseriformesSturnidaeAcridotheres ginginianus KharooR (C)
PasseriformesSturnidaeAcridotheres tristis KharooR (C)
PasseriformesZosteropidaeZosterops palpebrosus Zyar chataiR (C)
PasseriformesDicaeidaeDicaeum erythrorhynchos ChataiR (C)
PasseriformesPasseridaePasser domesticus ChanchanraR (C)
PasseriformesCorvidaeCorvus splendens KarghaR (C)
PasseriformesCorvidaeCorvus corone KaghaR (C)
PasseriformesLeiothrichidaeTurdoides caudata SoorraR (C)
PasseriformesHirundinidaeHirundo rustica TotakarkaiM (WM) (C)
PasseriformesDicruridaeDicrurus macrocercus ToranakhaM (SM) (C)
PasseriformesMonarchidaeTerpsiphone paradise PartoghakhaiM (WM) (C)
PasseriformesCerthiidaeCerthia himalayana Tak takaiR (r)
PasseriformesPloceidaePloceus philippinus Tan tanaiR (C)
PasseriformesLaniidaeLanius vittatus TeghakR (r)
PasseriformesFringillidaeCarpodacus pulcherrimus Sur sareM (SM) (C)
PasseriformesPycnonotidaePycnonotus atriceps BalbalaR (C)
PasseriformesPycnonotidaePycnonotus leucogenys BalbalaR (C)
PasseriformesPycnonotidaePycnonotus leucotis BalbalaR (C)
PasseriformesPycnonotidaePycnonotus cafer BalbalaR (C)
PasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza melanocephala Tan tanaiR (C)
PasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza fucata Chanchanra R (C)
PasseriformesEmberizidaeMelophus lathami Tan tanaiR (C)
PasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla alba Sper lakaiR (C)
PasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla madaraspatensis Sper lakaiR (C)
PasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla citreola Sper lakaiR (C)
PasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla lugens Sper lakaiR (C)
PasseriformesCampephagidaePericrocotus erythropygius Tan tanaiR (C)
Passeriformes RegulidaeRegulus regulus Tan tanaiR (C)
PasseriformesAegithinidaeAegithina tiphia Tan tanaiR (C)
PasseriformesCinclidaeCinclus pallasii DabagaiR (C)
PelecaniformesPhaethontidaePhaethon aethereus BathaM (SM) (C)
PelecaniformesPelecanidaePelecanus onocrotalus BathaM (SM) (C)
PelecaniformesPelecanidaePelecanus philippensis BathaM (SM) (C)
PelecaniformesPelecanidaePelecanus crispus BathaM (SM) (C)
PelecaniformesAnhingidaeAnhinga melanogaster BathaM (SM) (C)
PhoenicopteriformesPhoenicopteridaePhoenicopterus roseus DengM (SM) (r)
PhoenicopteriformesPhoenicopteridaePhoenicopterus minor DengM (SM) (r)
PiciformesPicidaeDendrocopos moluccensis Tak takaiR (r)
PsittaciformesPsittacidaePsittacula krameri Toti M (C)
PsittaciformesPsittacidaePsittacula himalayana TotiM (C)
PsittaciformesPsittacidaePsittacula cyanocephala TotiM (C)