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Order: Passeriformes (part 5)

143 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

• Sylvioid Oscines, 27 families, 1380 species (7 extinct)

Family #176

Fairy Flycatchers (Stenostiridae)​

• Species: 9
• Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 70% members ticked
• OH: 6 seen and photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2012

Family species list (Clements)

Fairy Flycatcher	Stenostira scita
Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail	Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus	..
African Blue Flycatcher	Elminia longicauda	..
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher	Elminia albicauda	..
Dusky Crested Flycatcher	Elminia nigromitrata
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher	Elminia albiventris
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher	Elminia albonotata	..
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis	..
Citrine Canary-Flycatcher	Culicicapa helianthea	..

1 White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Uganda; 2 Yellow-bellied Fantail, India; 3 African Blue Flycatcher, Ghana; 4 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher, India; 5 White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher,Tanzania

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Family #177

Hyliotas (Hyliotidae)

• Species: 4
• Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 50% members ticked
• OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Uganda, 2015

Family species list (Clements)

Yellow-bellied Hyliota	Hyliota flavigaster	..
Southern Hyliota	Hyliota australis
Usambara Hyliota	Hyliota usambara	.
Violet-backed Hyliota	Hyliota violacea

Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Uganda 2015

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Family #178

Penduline Tits (Remizidae)

• Species: 11
• Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
• Clements 2024: Penduline-Tits
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 89% members ticked
• OH: 3 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978

Family species list (Clements)

Verdin	Auriparus flaviceps	..
Eurasian Penduline-Tit	Remiz pendulinus	..
Black-headed Penduline-Tit	Remiz macronyx
White-crowned Penduline-Tit	Remiz coronatus
Chinese Penduline-Tit	Remiz consobrinus
Sennar Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus punctifrons
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus musculus	..
Yellow Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus parvulus
Forest Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus flavifrons
African Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus caroli
Southern Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus minutus

1 Eurasian Penduline-Tit, Israel; 2 Verdin, USA; 3 Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit, Tanzania

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Family #179

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice (Paridae)

• Species: 62
• Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 97% members ticked
• OH: 33 seen, 27 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Fire-capped Tit	Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Yellow-browed Tit	Sylviparus modestus	..
Sultan Tit	Melanochlora sultanea	..
Coal Tit	Periparus ater	..
Rufous-naped Tit	Periparus rufonuchalis
Rufous-vented Tit	Periparus rubidiventris	.
Yellow-bellied Tit	Periparus venustulus
Elegant Tit	Periparus elegans
Palawan Tit	Periparus amabilis
Crested Tit	Lophophanes cristatus	..
Gray-crested Tit	Lophophanes dichrous	..
Chestnut-bellied Tit	Sittiparus castaneoventris
Iriomote Tit	Sittiparus olivaceus
Varied Tit	Sittiparus varius
Owston’s Tit	Sittiparus owstoni
White-fronted Tit	Sittiparus semilarvatus
White-browed Tit	Poecile superciliosus
Sombre Tit	Poecile lugubris	..
Pere David’s Tit	Poecile davidi
Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris	.
Caspian Tit	Poecile hyrcanus
Black-bibbed Tit	Poecile hypermelaenus
Willow Tit	Poecile montanus	..
Sichuan Tit	Poecile weigoldicus
Carolina Chickadee	Poecile carolinensis	.
Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	..
Mountain Chickadee	Poecile gambeli	..
Mexican Chickadee	Poecile sclateri	..
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	Poecile rufescens	.
Boreal Chickadee	Poecile hudsonicus
Gray-headed Chickadee	Poecile cinctus	..
Eurasian Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	..
African Blue Tit	Cyanistes teneriffae
Azure Tit	Cyanistes cyanus
Bridled Titmouse	Baeolophus wollweberi	..
Oak Titmouse	Baeolophus inornatus	.
Juniper Titmouse	Baeolophus ridgwayi	..
Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	..
Black-crested Titmouse	Baeolophus atricristatus	..
Ground Tit	Pseudopodoces humilis	..
Green-backed Tit	Parus monticolus	..
Great Tit	Parus major	..
Asian Tit	Parus cinereus	..
White-naped Tit	Machlolophus nuchalis
Taiwan Yellow Tit	Machlolophus holsti
Himalayan Black-lored Tit	Machlolophus xanthogenys
Indian Yellow Tit	Machlolophus aplonotus
Yellow-cheeked Tit	Machlolophus spilonotus	..
White-shouldered Black-Tit	Melaniparus guineensis	..
White-winged Black-Tit	Melaniparus leucomelas
Rufous-bellied Tit	Melaniparus rufiventris
White-bellied Tit	Melaniparus albiventris	.
Southern Black-Tit	Melaniparus niger	..
Carp’s Tit	Melaniparus carpi
Dusky Tit	Melaniparus funereus	..
Miombo Tit	Melaniparus griseiventris
Stripe-breasted Tit	Melaniparus fasciiventer	..
Somali Tit	Melaniparus thruppi	.
Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	..
White-backed Black-Tit	Melaniparus leuconotus	..
Ashy Tit	Melaniparus cinerascens
Gray Tit	Melaniparus afer

Red-throated Tit, Tanzania 2021

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1 Sombre Tit, Israel, 2 Willow Tit, Finland; 3 Black-capped Chickadee, USA; 4 Mountain Chickadee, USA; 5 Juniper Titmouse, USA; 6 Mexican Chickadee, Mexico; 7 Gray-headed Chickadee, Finland; 8 Coal Tit, Spain; 9 White-shouldered Black Tit, Ghana; 10 Eurasian Blue Tit, Portugal; 11 Bridled Titmouse, USA; 12 Yellow-cheeked Tit, India; 13 Southern Black Tit, South Africa; 14 Yellow-browed Tit, India; 15 Cinereous Tit, Thailand; 16 Dusky Tit, Uganda; 17 Great Tit, Israel; 18 Black-crested Titmouse, USA; 19 Sultan Tit, Thailand; 20 Stripe-breasted Tit, Uganda; 21 Crested Tit, Latvia; 22 White-backed Black Tit, Ethiopia; 23 Grey Crested Tit, India; 24 Japanese Tit, South Korea; 25 Green-backed Tit, India; 26 Tufted Titmouse, USA

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Family #180

Reedling (Panuridae)

• Species: 1
• Distribution: Palearctic endemic
• Clements: Bearded Reedling
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 65% members ticked
• OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Israel, 1983

Family species list (Clements)

Bearded Reedling

Panurus biarmicus

..

Bearded Reedling, Spain 2014

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Family #181

Larks (Alaudidae)​

• Species: 98
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 98% members ticked
• OH: 34 seen, 27 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Spike-heeled Lark	Chersomanes albofasciata	..
Beesley’s Lark	Chersomanes beesleyi	.
Greater Hoopoe-Lark	Alaemon alaudipes	..
Lesser Hoopoe-Lark	Alaemon hamertoni
Gray’s Lark	Ammomanopsis grayi
Short-clawed Lark	Certhilauda chuana
Karoo Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda subcoronata
Eastern Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda semitorquata
Cape Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda curvirostris
Rufous-rumped Lark	Pinarocorys erythropygia	..
Dusky Lark	Pinarocorys nigricans
Thick-billed Lark	Ramphocoris clotbey	..
Bar-tailed Lark	Ammomanes cinctura	..
Rufous-tailed Lark	Ammomanes phoenicura
Desert Lark	Ammomanes deserti	..
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix australis
Madagascar Lark	Eremopterix hova	..
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucotis	.
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix nigriceps	..
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix griseus
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix signatus	.
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix verticalis	..
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	..
Rusty Lark	Calendulauda rufa
Sabota Lark	Calendulauda sabota
Gillett’s Lark	Calendulauda gilletti
Pink-breasted Lark	Calendulauda poecilosterna	..
Fawn-colored Lark	Calendulauda africanoides	..
Karoo Lark	Calendulauda albescens
Red Lark	Calendulauda burra
Dune Lark	Calendulauda erythrochlamys
Liben Lark	Heteromirafra archeri
Rudd’s Lark	Heteromirafra ruddi
Burmese Bushlark	Plocealauda microptera
Indochinese Bushlark	Plocealauda erythrocephala
Jerdon’s Bushlark	Plocealauda affinis
Indian Bushlark	Plocealauda erythroptera
Bengal Bushlark	Plocealauda assamica
Monotonous Lark	Mirafra passerina
Kordofan Lark	Mirafra cordofanica
Williams’s Lark	Mirafra williamsi
Friedmann’s Lark	Mirafra pulpa
White-tailed Lark	Mirafra albicauda
Melodious Lark	Mirafra cheniana
Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	..
Collared Lark	Amirafra collaris
Flappet Lark	Amirafra rufocinnamomea	.
Angola Lark	Amirafra angolensis
Highland Lark	Corypha kurrae
Cape Clapper Lark	Corypha apiata
Eastern Clapper Lark	Corypha fasciolata
Plains Lark	Corypha kabalii
Plateau Lark	Corypha nigrescens
Rufous-naped Lark	Corypha africana	..
Sentinel Lark	Corypha athi	.
Somali Lark	Corypha somalica
Red-winged Lark	Corypha hypermetra	.
Russet Lark	Corypha sharpii
Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis
Wood Lark	Lullula arborea	..
Stark’s Lark	Spizocorys starki
Masked Lark	Spizocorys personata
Pink-billed Lark	Spizocorys conirostris
Botha’s Lark	Spizocorys fringillaris
Short-tailed Lark	Spizocorys fremantlii	..
Obbia Lark	Spizocorys obbiensis
Sclater’s Lark	Spizocorys sclateri
White-winged Lark	Alauda leucoptera
Raso Skylark	Alauda razae
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	..
Oriental Skylark	Alauda gulgula	.
Sun Lark	Galerida modesta	..
Large-billed Lark	Galerida magnirostris
Tawny Lark	Galerida deva
Thekla’s Lark	Galerida theklae	..
Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	..
Malabar Lark	Galerida malabarica
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris	..
Temminck’s Lark	Eremophila bilopha	..
Rufous-capped Lark	Calandrella eremica
Blanford’s Lark	Calandrella blanfordi
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	..
Red-capped Lark	Calandrella cinerea	..
Hume’s Lark	Calandrella acutirostris	.
Mongolian Short-toed Lark	Calandrella dukhunensis
Bimaculated Lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata	.
Tibetan Lark	Melanocorypha maxima	.
Mongolian Lark	Melanocorypha mongolica	.
Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra	..
Black Lark	Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Dupont’s Lark	Chersophilus duponti
Dunn’s Lark	Eremalauda dunni
Arabian Lark	Eremalauda eremodites	.
Somali Short-toed Lark	Alaudala somalica	..
Asian Short-toed Lark	Alaudala cheleensis	.
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark	Alaudala rufescens	..
Turkestan Short-toed Lark	Alaudala heinei
Sand Lark	Alaudala raytal

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1 Spike-heeled Lark, South Africa; 2 Greater Hoopoe-Lark, Israel; 3 Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark, Israel; 4 Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark, South Africa; 5 Madagascan Lark, Madagascar; 6 Bar-tailed Lark, Israel; 7 Desert Lark, Israel; 8 Thick-billed Lark, Israel; 9 Greater Short-toed Lark, Israel; 10 Calandra Lark, Israel; 11 Dunn’s Lark, Israel; 12 Sun Lark, Ghana; 13 Crested Lark, Israel; 14 Temminck’s Lark, Israel; 15 Thekla Lark, Spain; 16 Sky Lark, Denmark; 17 Wood Lark, Israel; 18 Rufous-rumped Lark, Ghana; 19 Horned Lark, USA; 20 Lesser Short-toed Lark, Israel

21 Foxy Lark, Tanzania; 22 Beesley’s Lark, Tanzania; 23 Somali Short-toed Lark (Athi), Tanzania; 24 Red-capped Lark ,Tanzania; 25 Rufous-naped Lark, Tanzania;26 Short-tailed Lark, Tanzania; 27 Pink-breasted Lark , Tanzania;  28 Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Tanzania

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Family #182

Nicators (Nicatoridae)

• Species: 3
• Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 58% members ticked
• OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Uganda, 2015

Family species list (Clements)

Western Nicator	Nicator chloris	.
Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	..
Yellow-throated Nicator	Nicator vireo

Eastern Nicator, South Africa 2014

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Family #183

Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies (Macrosphenidae)

• Species: 18
• Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
• Clements 2024: African Warblers
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 75% members ticked
• OH: 11 seen, 8 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983

Family species list (Clements)

Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens	..
Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti	..
White-browed Crombec	Sylvietta leucophrys	..
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	..
Short-billed Crombec	Sylvietta philippae
Red-capped Crombec	Sylvietta ruficapilla
Red-faced Crombec	Sylvietta whytii	..
Somali Crombec	Sylvietta isabellina	.
Long-billed Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens	..
Rockrunner	Achaetops pycnopygius
Moustached Grass-Warbler	Melocichla mentalis	..
Cape Grassbird	Sphenoeacus afer	..
Victorin’s Warbler	Cryptillas victorini
Kemp’s Longbill	Macrosphenus kempi
Yellow Longbill	Macrosphenus flavicans
Gray Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor	.
Pulitzer’s Longbill	Macrosphenus pulitzeri
Kretschmer’s Longbill	Macrosphenus kretschmeri	.

1 Cape Crombec, South Africa; 2 Moustached Grass-Warbler, Uganda;3 White-browed Crombec, Uganda; 4 Lemon-bellied Crombec, Ghana; 5 Red-faced Crombec, Tanzania; 6 Green Hylia, Ghana; 7 Cape Grassbird , South Africa; 8 Green Crombec, Ghana; 9 Northern Crombec, Tanzania

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Family #184

Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

• Species: 164
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya,  Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 91% members ticked
• OH: 72 seen, 51 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Common Jery	Neomixis tenella	..
Green Jery	Neomixis viridis	..
Stripe-throated Jery	Neomixis striatigula	..
Leyte Plumed-Warbler	Micromacronus leytensis
Mindanao Plumed-Warbler	Micromacronus sordidus
Yellow-vented Eremomela	Eremomela flavicrissalis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	..
Senegal Eremomela	Eremomela pusilla	..
Green-backed Eremomela	Eremomela canescens	..
Green-capped Eremomela	Eremomela scotops
Karoo Eremomela	Eremomela gregalis
Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	.
Turner’s Eremomela	Eremomela turneri
Black-necked Eremomela	Eremomela atricollis
Burnt-neck Eremomela	Eremomela usticollis
Red-winged Gray Warbler	Drymocichla incana
Sierra Leone Prinia	Schistolais leontica
White-chinned Prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	..
Roberts’s Warbler	Oreophilais robertsi
Namaqua Warbler	Phragmacia substriata
Green Longtail	Urolais epichlorus
Black-collared Apalis	Oreolais pulcher
Rwenzori Apalis	Oreolais ruwenzorii	..
African Tailorbird	Artisornis metopias	..
Long-billed Tailorbird	Artisornis moreaui	..
White-tailed Warbler	Poliolais lopezi
Miombo Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes undosus
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes stierlingi
Gray Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes simplex	..
Barred Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes fasciolatus
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	.
Hartert’s Camaroptera	Camaroptera harterti
Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	..
Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	..
Cricket Longtail	Spiloptila clamans
Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	..
Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	..
Taita Apalis	Apalis fuscigularis
Yellow-throated Apalis	Apalis flavigularis
Namuli Apalis	Apalis lynesi
Black-capped Apalis	Apalis nigriceps
Black-throated Apalis	Apalis jacksoni
White-winged Apalis	Apalis chariessa
Masked Apalis	Apalis binotata	..
Black-faced Apalis	Apalis personata
Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida	..
Rudd’s Apalis	Apalis ruddi
Sharpe’s Apalis	Apalis sharpii	.
Buff-throated Apalis	Apalis rufogularis
Kungwe Apalis	Apalis argentea
Bamenda Apalis	Apalis bamendae
Gosling’s Apalis	Apalis goslingi
Kabobo Apalis	Apalis kaboboensis
Chestnut-throated Apalis	Apalis porphyrolaema	..
Chapin’s Apalis	Apalis chapini
Black-headed Apalis	Apalis melanocephala	..
Chirinda Apalis	Apalis chirindensis
Gray Apalis	Apalis cinerea	.
Brown-headed Apalis	Apalis alticola
Karamoja Apalis	Apalis karamojae
Maasai Apalis	Apalis stronachi
Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	..
Rufous-fronted Tailorbird	Orthotomus frontalis
Dark-necked Tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	..
Cambodian Tailorbird	Orthotomus chaktomuk
Ashy Tailorbird	Orthotomus ruficeps	..
Olive-backed Tailorbird	Orthotomus sepium
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird	Orthotomus sericeus	.
Visayan Tailorbird	Orthotomus castaneiceps
Gray-backed Tailorbird	Orthotomus derbianus
Green-backed Tailorbird	Orthotomus chloronotus
Yellow-breasted Tailorbird	Orthotomus samarensis
White-browed Tailorbird	Orthotomus nigriceps
White-eared Tailorbird	Orthotomus cinereiceps
Himalayan Prinia	Prinia crinigera
Striped Prinia	Prinia striata
Burmese Prinia	Prinia cooki
Annam Prinia	Prinia rocki
Brown Prinia	Prinia polychroa
Black-throated Prinia	Prinia atrogularis
Rufous-crowned Prinia	Prinia khasiana
Hill Prinia	Prinia superciliaris	.
Gray-crowned Prinia	Prinia cinereocapilla
Rufous-fronted Prinia	Prinia buchanani
Rufescent Prinia	Prinia rufescens	..
Gray-breasted Prinia	Prinia hodgsonii	..
Bar-winged Prinia	Prinia familiaris
Graceful Prinia	Prinia gracilis	..
Delicate Prinia	Prinia lepida
Jungle Prinia	Prinia sylvatica
Yellow-bellied Prinia	Prinia flaviventris	..
Ashy Prinia	Prinia socialis	.
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	..
Plain Prinia	Prinia inornata	..
Pale Prinia	Prinia somalica
River Prinia	Prinia fluviatilis
Black-chested Prinia	Prinia flavicans	.
Karoo Prinia	Prinia maculosa	..
Drakensberg Prinia	Prinia hypoxantha
Sao Tome Prinia	Prinia molleri
Banded Prinia	Prinia bairdii	.
Red-winged Prinia	Prinia erythroptera	.
Red-fronted Prinia	Prinia rufifrons	..
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	..
Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler	Scepomycter winifredae
Socotra Warbler	Incana incana
Rufous-eared Warbler	Malcorus pectoralis
Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	..
Oriole Warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	..
Gray-capped Warbler	Eminia lepida	..
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	..
Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	..
Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	..
Chattering Cisticola	Cisticola anonymus
Trilling Cisticola	Cisticola woosnami	.
Bubbling Cisticola	Cisticola bulliens
Chubb’s Cisticola	Cisticola chubbi	..
Hunter’s Cisticola	Cisticola hunteri	.
Black-lored Cisticola	Cisticola nigriloris
Kilombero Cisticola	Cisticola bakerorum
Rock-loving Cisticola	Cisticola aberrans
Huambo Cisticola	Cisticola bailunduensis
Boran Cisticola	Cisticola bodessa
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	..
Ashy Cisticola	Cisticola cinereolus	..
Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps
Dorst’s Cisticola	Cisticola guinea
Tinkling Cisticola	Cisticola rufilatus	.
Gray-backed Cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla	..
Lynes’s Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	..
Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais
Tana River Cisticola	Cisticola restrictus
Churring Cisticola	Cisticola njombe
Coastal Cisticola	Cisticola haematocephalus	.
White-tailed Cisticola	Cisticola anderseni
Luapula Cisticola	Cisticola luapula
Chirping Cisticola	Cisticola pipiens
Ethiopian Cisticola	Cisticola lugubris	.
Winding Cisticola	Cisticola marginatus	..
Rufous-winged Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes
Carruthers’s Cisticola	Cisticola carruthersi	..
Levaillant’s Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens
Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus	.
Croaking Cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	.
Piping Cisticola	Cisticola fulvicapilla	..
Aberdare Cisticola	Cisticola aberdare
Tabora Cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda	.
Slender-tailed Cisticola	Cisticola melanurus
Siffling Cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	..
Rufous Cisticola	Cisticola rufus
Foxy Cisticola	Cisticola troglodytes
Tiny Cisticola	Cisticola nana	.
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	..
Socotra Cisticola	Cisticola haesitatus
Madagascar Cisticola	Cisticola cherina	..
Desert Cisticola	Cisticola aridulus	..
Cloud Cisticola	Cisticola textrix
Black-backed Cisticola	Cisticola eximius
Dambo Cisticola	Cisticola dambo
Pectoral-patch Cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens	.
Pale-crowned Cisticola	Cisticola cinnamomeus
Wing-snapping Cisticola	Cisticola ayresii
Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	..

Zitting Cisticola, Israel 2014

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1 Bar-throated Apalis, South Africa; 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird, Thailand; 3 Common Jery, Madagascar; 4 Yellow-bellied Prinia, India; 5 Stripe-throated Jery, Madagascar; 6 Plain Prinia, Thailand; 7 Karoo Prinia, South Africa; 8 Senegal Eremomela, Ghana; 9 Rufescent Prinia, Thailand; 10 Red-faced Cisticola, South Africa; 11 Ethiopian Cisticola, Ethiopia; 12 Green Jery, Madagascar; 13 Common Tailorbird, India; 14 Gray-breasted Prinia, India; 15 Madagascar Cisticola, Madagascar; 16 Graceful Prinia, Israel; 17 Piping Cisticola, South Africa; 18 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler, South Africa; 19 Levaillant’s Cisticola, South Africa; 20 Zitting Cisticola, Israel; 21 Red-headed Cisticola, South Africa; 22 Mountain Masked Apalis, Uganda; 23 Tawny-Flanked Prinia, South Africa; 24 Singing Cisticola, Uganda; 25 Rattling Cisticola, South Africa; 26 Ruwenzori Apalis, Uganda; 27 Whistling Cisticola, Uganda; 28 Grey-capped Warbler, Uganda; 29 Oriole Warbler, Ghana; 30 Siffling Cisticola, Ghana; 31 Olive-green Camaroptera, Uganda; 32 Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Ghana; 33 Chubb’s Cisticola, Uganda; 34 Green-backed Eremomela, Uganda; 35 Black-faced Rufous-warbler, Uganda; 36 Carruthers’s Cisticola, Uganda; 37 Buff-bellied Warbler, Uganda; 38 Chestnut-throated Apalis, Uganda; 39 Yellow-breasted Apalis, Ghana; 40 White-chinned Prinia, Uganda

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41 African Tailorbird, Tanzania; 42 Black-headed Apalis, Tanzania; 43 Red-fronted Prinia, Tanzania ;44 Gray Wren-Warbler, Tanzania ;45 Long-billed Tailorbird, Tanzania; 46 Ashy Cisticola, Tanzania; 47 Wailing Cisticola; (Lyne’s). Tanzania; 48 Winding Cisticola, Tanzania; 49 Desert Cisticola, Tanzania

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Family #185

Reed Warblers and Allies (Acrocephalidae)

• Species: 60 (4 extinct)
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya,  Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 92% members ticked
• OH: 26 seen, 19 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978

Family species list (Clements)

Grauer’s Warbler	Graueria vittata
Aldabra Brush-Warbler	Nesillas aldabrana
Malagasy Brush-Warbler	Nesillas typica	..
Subdesert Brush-Warbler	Nesillas lantzii	..
Grande Comore Brush-Warbler	Nesillas brevicaudata
Moheli Brush-Warbler	Nesillas mariae
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris
Thick-billed Warbler	Arundinax aedon	.
Booted Warbler	Iduna caligata	.
Sykes’s Warbler	Iduna rama
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna pallida	..
Western Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna opaca	.
African Yellow-Warbler	Iduna natalensis	..
Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis	..
Upcher’s Warbler	Hippolais languida	.
Olive-tree Warbler	Hippolais olivetorum	..
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	..
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	..
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	..
Black-browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	.
Streaked Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus sorghophilus
Moustached Warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon	..
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	..
Paddyfield Warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	..
Blunt-winged Warbler	Acrocephalus concinens
Manchurian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus tangorum
Blyth’s Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum
Large-billed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orinus
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	..
Common Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	..
Basra Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis	.
Lesser Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris	..
Greater Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus rufescens
Cape Verde Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus brevipennis
Madagascar Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus newtoni	..
Rodrigues Warbler	Acrocephalus rodericanus
Seychelles Warbler	Acrocephalus sechellensis
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	.
Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	..
Clamorous Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus stentoreus	..
Nightingale Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus luscinius	exinct
Saipan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus hiwae
Australian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus australis	..
Caroline Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus syrinx
Aguiguan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus nijoi	exinct
Kiritimati Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus aequinoctialis
Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus mendanae
Pagan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus yamashinae	exinct
Nauru Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus rehsei
Millerbird	Acrocephalus familiaris
Pitcairn Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus vaughani
Henderson Island Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus taiti
Cook Islands Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus kerearako
Rimatara Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus rimitarae
Society Islands Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus musae
Tahiti Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus caffer
Moorea Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus longirostris
Northern Marquesan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus percernis
Tuamotu Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus atyphus
Mangareva Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus astrolabii	exinct

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 Olive-tree Warbler, Israel; 2 Melodious Warbler, Spain; 3 Icterine Warbler, Israel; 4 Aquatic Warbler, Poland; 5 Mountain Yellow Warbler, Uganda; 6 Moustached Warbler, Israel; 7 Sedge Warbler, Israel; 8 Paddyfield Warbler, Israel; 9 Marsh Warbler, Israel; 10 Eurasian Reed-Warbler, Israel; 11 Lesser Swamp Warbler, Uganda; 12 Malagasy Brush Warbler, Madagascar; 13 African Reed-Warbler, South Africa; 14 Oriental Reed-Warbler, Thailand; 15 Subdesert Brush Warbler, Madagascar; 16 Madagascan Swamp Warbler, Madagascar; 17 Clamorous Reed-Warbler, Israel; 18 Australian Reed-Warbler, Australia; 19 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Israel

African Yellow-Warbler, Tanzania 2021

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Family #186

Donacobius (Donacobiidae)

• Species: 1
• Distribution: Neotropical endemic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 68% members ticked
• OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Brazil, 2011

Family species list (Clements)

Black-capped Donacobius

Donacobius atricapilla

..

Black-capped Donacobius, Ecuador 2019

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Family #187

Malagasy Warblers and Tetrakas (Bernieridae)

• Species: 11
• Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (Madagascar)
• Clements 2024: Malagasy Warblers
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 38% members ticked
• OH: 8 seen, 6  photographed, first seen in Madagascar, 2016
• Finding Hints

Family species list (Clements)

White-throated Oxylabes	Oxylabes madagascariensis	.
Long-billed Bernieria	Bernieria madagascariensis	..
Cryptic Warbler	Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
Wedge-tailed Jery	Hartertula flavoviridis	.
Thamnornis	Thamnornis chloropetoides	..
Madagascar Yellowbrow	Crossleyia xanthophrys
Dusky Tetraka	Crossleyia tenebrosa
Spectacled Tetraka	Xanthomixis zosterops	..
Appert’s Tetraka	Xanthomixis apperti	..
Gray-crowned Tetraka	Xanthomixis cinereiceps	..
Rand’s Warbler	Randia pseudozosterops	..

1 Long-billed Bernieria, Madagascar; 2 Thamnornis, Madagascar; 3 Rand’s Warbler, Madagascar; 4 Appert’s Tetraka, Madagascar; 5 Spectacled Tetraka, Madagascar; 6 Grey-crowned Tetraka, Madagascar

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Family #188

Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies (Locustellidae)

• Species: 67 (1 extinct)
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya,  Palearctic
• Clements 2024: Grassbirds and Allies
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 86% members ticked
• OH: 16 seen, 9 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1979

Family species list (Clements)

Cordillera Ground-Warbler	Robsonius rabori
Sierra Madre Ground-Warbler	Robsonius thompsoni
Bicol Ground-Warbler	Robsonius sorsogonensis
Gray’s Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes fasciolatus
Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes amnicola
Marsh Grassbird	Helopsaltes pryeri
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	.
Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes ochotensis
Pleske’s Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes pleskei
Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata
Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi
River Warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	..
Savi’s Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	..
Brown Bush Warbler	Locustella luteoventris
Common Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	.
Long-billed Bush Warbler	Locustella major
Chinese Bush Warbler	Locustella tacsanowskia
Friendly Bush Warbler	Locustella accentor
Long-tailed Bush Warbler	Locustella caudata
Sulawesi Bush Warbler	Locustella castanea
Seram Bush Warbler	Locustella musculus
Taliabu Bush Warbler	Locustella portenta
Buru Bush Warbler	Locustella disturbans
Baikal Bush Warbler	Locustella davidi
West Himalayan Bush Warbler	Locustella kashmirensis
Spotted Bush Warbler	Locustella thoracica
Taiwan Bush Warbler	Locustella alishanensis
Russet Bush Warbler	Locustella mandelli	.
Dalat Bush Warbler	Locustella idonea
Sichuan Bush Warbler	Locustella chengi
Javan Bush Warbler	Locustella montis
Benguet Bush Warbler	Locustella seebohmi
Fly River Grassbird	Poodytes albolimbatus
Spinifexbird	Poodytes carteri
Little Grassbird	Poodytes gramineus	.
New Zealand Fernbird	Poodytes punctatus	..
Chatham Islands Fernbird	Poodytes rufescens	(extinct)
Malia	Malia grata	..
Brown Songlark	Cincloramphus cruralis	..
Bismarck Thicketbird	Cincloramphus grosvenori
Rusty Thicketbird	Cincloramphus rubiginosus
Buff-banded Bushbird	Cincloramphus bivittatus
Rufous Songlark	Cincloramphus mathewsi	..
Tawny Grassbird	Cincloramphus timoriensis	.
Papuan Grassbird	Cincloramphus macrurus	..
Santo Thicketbird	Cincloramphus whitneyi
Guadalcanal Thicketbird	Cincloramphus turipavae
New Caledonian Grassbird	Cincloramphus mariae	..
Long-legged Thicketbird	Cincloramphus rufus
Bougainville Thicketbird	Cincloramphus llaneae
Sri Lanka Bush Warbler	Elaphrornis palliseri
Broad-tailed Grassbird	Schoenicola platyurus
Bristled Grassbird	Schoenicola striatus
Fan-tailed Grassbird	Catriscus brevirostris
Striated Grassbird	Megalurus palustris	..
Knysna Warbler	Bradypterus sylvaticus
Bangwa Warbler	Bradypterus bangwaensis
Barratt’s Warbler	Bradypterus barratti
Evergreen-forest Warbler	Bradypterus lopezi	.
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	.
Gray Emutail	Bradypterus seebohmi
Brown Emutail	Bradypterus brunneus
Dja River Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus grandis
Little Rush Warbler	Bradypterus baboecala
White-winged Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus carpalis
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler	Bradypterus graueri
Highland Rush Warbler	Bradypterus centralis

1 New Caledonian Thicketbird, New Caledonia; 2 Striated Grassbird, India; 3 Savi’s Warbler, Israel; 4 Brown Songlark, Australia; 5 Fernbird, New Zealand

6 Papuan Grassbird, Papua New Guinea; 7 River Warbler, Israel; 8 Rufous Songlark, Australia

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Family #189

Cupwings (Pnoepygidae)​

• Species: 4
• Distribution: Indomalayan  endemic 
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 54% members ticked
• OH: 2 seen, 1  photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2012

Family species list (Clements)

Scaly-breasted Cupwing	Pnoepyga albiventer	.
Taiwan Cupwing	Pnoepyga formosana
Immaculate Cupwing	Pnoepyga immaculata
Pygmy Cupwing	Pnoepyga pusilla	..

 

Pygmy Cupwing, India 2018

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Family #190

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

• Species: 96
• Distribution: Global
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 100% members ticked
• OH: 49 seen, 36  photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Scaly-breasted Cupwing	Pnoepyga albiventer	.
Taiwan Cupwing	Pnoepyga formosana
Immaculate Cupwing	Pnoepyga immaculata
Pygmy Cupwing	Pnoepyga pusilla	..
African River Martin	Pseudochelidon eurystomina
White-eyed River Martin	Pseudochelidon sirintarae
Square-tailed Sawwing	Psalidoprocne nitens	.
Mountain Sawwing	Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
White-headed Sawwing	Psalidoprocne albiceps
Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera	..
Fanti Sawwing	Psalidoprocne obscura	.
Gray-rumped Swallow	Pseudhirundo griseopyga
White-backed Swallow	Cheramoeca leucosterna	..
Mascarene Martin	Phedina borbonica	..
Banded Martin	Neophedina cincta	.
Brazza’s Martin	Phedinopsis brazzae
Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola	..
Madagascar Martin	Riparia cowani	.
Gray-throated Martin	Riparia chinensis	.
Congo Martin	Riparia congica
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	..
Pale Martin	Riparia diluta	..
Tree Swallow	Tachycineta bicolor	..
Tumbes Swallow	Tachycineta stolzmanni	.
White-winged Swallow	Tachycineta albiventer	..
White-rumped Swallow	Tachycineta leucorrhoa	.
Chilean Swallow	Tachycineta leucopyga	.
Mangrove Swallow	Tachycineta albilinea	..
Golden Swallow	Tachycineta euchrysea	..
Violet-green Swallow	Tachycineta thalassina	..
Bahama Swallow	Tachycineta cyaneoviridis
Purple Martin	Progne subis	..
Cuban Martin	Progne cryptoleuca
Caribbean Martin	Progne dominicensis	..
Sinaloa Martin	Progne sinaloae
Gray-breasted Martin	Progne chalybea	..
Southern Martin	Progne elegans	..
Peruvian Martin	Progne murphyi
Galapagos Martin	Progne modesta
Brown-chested Martin	Progne tapera	..
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis	..
Southern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx ruficollis	..
Black-capped Swallow	Atticora pileata
White-thighed Swallow	Atticora tibialis
White-banded Swallow	Atticora fasciata	..
Blue-and-white Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca	..
Black-collared Swallow	Pygochelidon melanoleuca
Tawny-headed Swallow	Alopochelidon fucata
Pale-footed Swallow	Orochelidon flavipes
Brown-bellied Swallow	Orochelidon murina
Andean Swallow	Orochelidon andecola
Eurasian Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	..
Pale Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	..
Red-throated Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne rufigula	.
Southern Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	.
Dusky Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne concolor
Montane Blue Swallow	Hirundo atrocaerulea
Black-and-rufous Swallow	Hirundo nigrorufa
Pearl-breasted Swallow	Hirundo dimidiata	.
Hill Swallow	Hirundo domicola
Pacific Swallow	Hirundo javanica	..
Tahiti Swallow	Hirundo tahitica
Pied-winged Swallow	Hirundo leucosoma
White-tailed Swallow	Hirundo megaensis
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena	..
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	..
Red-chested Swallow	Hirundo lucida
Ethiopian Swallow	Hirundo aethiopica	..
Angola Swallow	Hirundo angolensis	..
White-throated Blue Swallow	Hirundo nigrita	..
White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis	..
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	..
Forest Swallow	Atronanus fuliginosus
Western House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	..
Siberian House-Martin	Delichon lagopodum
Asian House-Martin	Delichon dasypus	..
Nepal House-Martin	Delichon nipalense	.
Greater Striped Swallow	Cecropis cucullata	.
European Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis rufula	..
African Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis melanocrissus
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	.
Sri Lanka Swallow	Cecropis hyperythra
Rufous-bellied Swallow	Cecropis badia
Lesser Striped Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	..
Rufous-chested Swallow	Cecropis semirufa
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	..
Red-throated Swallow	Petrochelidon rufigula
Preuss’s Swallow	Petrochelidon preussi	..
Red Sea Swallow	Petrochelidon perdita
South African Swallow	Petrochelidon spilodera
Streak-throated Swallow	Petrochelidon fluvicola
Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel	.
Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	..
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	.
Cave Swallow	Petrochelidon fulva	.
Chestnut-collared Swallow	Petrochelidon rufocollaris

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Mexico; 2 Lesser Striped-swallow, Uganda; 3 Gray-breasted Martin, Brazil; 4 Black Saw-Wing, Uganda; 5 Golden Swallow, Dominican Republic; 6 Caribbean Martin, Dominican Republic; 7 Mascarene Martin, Madagascar; 8 Ethiopian Swallow, Ghana; 9 Rock Martin, Uganda; 10 Violet-green Swallow, USA; 11 Bank Swallow, Poland; 12 Barn Swallow, Israel; 13 Eurasian Crag-Martin, Israel; 14 Wire-tailed Swallow, South Africa; 15 Red-rumped Swallow, Spain; 16 White-throated Swallow, South Africa; 17 Tree Martin, Australia; 18 White-throated Blue Swallow, Ghana; 19 White-banded Swallow, Ecuador; 20 Brown-chested Martin, Brazil; 21 Blue-and-white Swallow, Brazil; 22 Asian House-Martin, Israel; 23 Plain Martin, South Africa; 24 Mosque Swallow, South Africa; 25 Tree Swallow, USA; 26 Angola Swallow, Uganda; 27 White-winged Swallow, Ecuador; 28 White-rumped Swallow, Argentina; 29 Preuss’s Cliff Swallow, Ghana; 30 Common House-Martin, Portugal; 31 Purple Martin, USA; 32 Welcome Swallow, Australia; 33 Southern Martin, Argentina; 34 White-backed Swallow, Australia; 35 Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Panama; 36 Mangrove Swallow, Panama

Pacific Swallow, Borneo 2023

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Family #191

Hylias (Hyliidae)

• Species: 2
• Distribution: Afrotropic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 50% members ticked
• OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Ghana, 2016

Family species list (Clements)

Green Hylia	Hylia prasina	..
Tit-hylia	Pholidornis rushiae	.

Green Hylia, Ghana 2016

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Family #192

Tit-warblers, Bushtits, and Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalidae)

• Species: 11
• Distribution: Nearctic, Palearctic
• Clements 2024: Long-tailed Tits
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf253 status: 89% members ticked
• OH: 4 seen and photographed, first seen in Poland, 2008

1 Bushtit, Mexico; 2 Long-tailed Tit, Poland; 3 Black-throated Bushtit, India; 4 Rufous-fronted Bushtit, India

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Family #193

Yellow Flycatchers (Erythrocercidae)

• Species: 3
• Distribution: Afrotropic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: tba
• OH: 2 seen not photographed yet, first seen in Uganda, 2015

Family species list (Clements)

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	.
Yellow Flycatcher	Erythrocercus holochlorus	.
Livingstone’s Flycatcher	Erythrocercus livingstonei

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Family #194

Bush Warblers and Allies (Scotocercidae)

• Species: 32
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf253 status: 87% members ticked
• OH: 15 seen, 7 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978

Family species list (Clements)

Scrub Warbler	Scotocerca inquieta	..
Neumann’s Warbler	Hemitesia neumanni	.
Pale-footed Bush Warbler	Hemitesia pallidipes
Timor Stubtail	Urosphena subulata
Bornean Stubtail	Urosphena whiteheadi	..
Asian Stubtail	Urosphena squameiceps	..
Gray-bellied Tesia	Tesia cyaniventer	.
Slaty-bellied Tesia	Tesia olivea	.
Javan Tesia	Tesia superciliaris
Russet-capped Tesia	Tesia everetti
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler	Cettia major	.
Gray-sided Bush Warbler	Cettia brunnifrons	.
Chestnut-headed Tesia	Cettia castaneocoronata	.
Cetti’s Warbler	Cettia cetti	..
Yellow-bellied Warbler	Abroscopus superciliaris	..
Rufous-faced Warbler	Abroscopus albogularis
Black-faced Warbler	Abroscopus schisticeps	..
Mountain Tailorbird	Phyllergates cucullatus	.
Rufous-headed Tailorbird	Phyllergates heterolaemus
Broad-billed Warbler	Tickellia hodgsoni	.
Philippine Bush Warbler	Horornis seebohmi
Japanese Bush Warbler	Horornis diphone
Manchurian Bush Warbler	Horornis canturians
Palau Bush Warbler	Horornis annae
Tanimbar Bush Warbler	Horornis carolinae
Shade Warbler	Horornis parens
Odedi	Horornis haddeni
Fiji Bush Warbler	Horornis ruficapilla
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler	Horornis fortipes
Hume’s Bush Warbler	Horornis brunnescens
Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler	Horornis acanthizoides
Aberrant Bush Warbler	Horornis flavolivaceus	..

1 Black-faced Warbler, India; 2 Asian Stubtail, Thailand; 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Israel; 4 Yellow-bellied Warbler, India

Scrub Warbler, Israel

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Family #195

Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae)

• Species: 80
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
• IOC family #195, HBW family #189, H&M family #213 (Old World Leaf Warblers)
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf253 status: 91% members ticked
• OH: 31 seen, 21 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus	..
Slender-billed Greenbul	Stelgidillas gracilirostris	..
Golden Greenbul	Calyptocichla serinus	..
Black-collared Bulbul	Neolestes torquatus
Red-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	.
Green-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda eximius
Yellow-lored Bristlebill	Bleda notatus
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill	Bleda ugandae
Gray-headed Bristlebill	Bleda canicapillus	.
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	..
Pale-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavigula	.
Spotted Greenbul	Ixonotus guttatus
Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura	..
Joyful Greenbul	Chlorocichla laetissima
Prigogine’s Greenbul	Chlorocichla prigoginei
Yellow-necked Greenbul	Chlorocichla falkensteini
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris	..
Simple Greenbul	Chlorocichla simplex	.
Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	.
Sjöstedt’s Greenbul	Baeopogon clamans
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla montana
Shelley’s Greenbul	Arizelocichla masukuensis	.
Western Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla tephrolaema
Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla kikuyuensis	..
Black-headed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps	.
Uluguru Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla neumanni
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla fusciceps
Olive-headed Greenbul	Arizelocichla striifacies
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul	Arizelocichla milanjensis
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla chlorigula
Western Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger barbatus	..
Eastern Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger chloronotus
Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus	..
White-bearded Greenbul	Criniger ndussumensis
Yellow-bearded Greenbul	Criniger olivaceus
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	.
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Eurillas latirostris	.
Plain Greenbul	Eurillas curvirostris	.
Gray Greenbul	Eurillas gracilis	.
Ansorge’s Greenbul	Eurillas ansorgei
Tiny Greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	.
Usambara Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigula
White-throated Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigularis	..
Angola Greenbul	Phyllastrephus viridiceps
Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	.
Xavier’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus xavieri	.
Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus	.
Terrestrial Brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris	..
Cameroon Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus poensis
Northern Brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans	..
Gray-olive Greenbul	Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Fischer’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri	.
Cabanis’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens	.
Sassi’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus lorenzi
Gray-headed Greenbul	Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
Toro Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	..
Baumann’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus baumanni
Pale-olive Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fulviventris
Hairy-backed Bulbul	Tricholestes criniger	..
Hook-billed Bulbul	Setornis criniger	.
Yellow-bellied Bulbul	Alophoixus phaeocephalus	.
Gray-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus frater
Gray-cheeked Bulbul	Alophoixus tephrogenys	..
Penan Bulbul	Alophoixus ruficrissus	.
Brown-cheeked Bulbul	Alophoixus bres
White-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus flaveolus
Ochraceous Bulbul	Alophoixus ochraceus
Puff-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus pallidus	..
Striated Bulbul	Alcurus striatus	..
Finsch’s Bulbul	Iole finschii
Sulphur-bellied Bulbul	Iole palawanensis
Olive Bulbul	Iole viridescens
Buff-vented Bulbul	Iole crypta
Charlotte’s Bulbul	Iole charlottae	..
Cachar Bulbul	Iole cacharensis
Gray-eyed Bulbul	Iole propinqua	.
Ashy Bulbul	Hemixos flavala	..
Cinereous Bulbul	Hemixos cinereus	..
Chestnut Bulbul	Hemixos castanonotus
Yellow-browed Bulbul	Acritillas indica
Cream-striped Bulbul	Ixos leucogrammicus
Sumatran Bulbul	Ixos sumatranus
Javan Bulbul	Ixos virescens
Streaked Bulbul	Ixos malaccensis	..
Mountain Bulbul	Ixos mcclellandii	..
Nicobar Bulbul	Hypsipetes nicobariensis
Philippine Bulbul	Hypsipetes philippinus
Mindoro Bulbul	Hypsipetes mindorensis
Streak-breasted Bulbul	Hypsipetes siquijorensis
Seram Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes affinis
Sangihe Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes platenae
Togian Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes aureus
Banggai Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes harterti
Sula Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes longirostris
Halmahera Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes chloris
Obi Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes lucasi
Buru Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes mysticalis
Visayan Bulbul	Hypsipetes guimarasensis
Yellowish Bulbul	Hypsipetes everetti
Camiguin Bulbul	Hypsipetes catarmanensis
Zamboanga Bulbul	Hypsipetes rufigularis
Brown-eared Bulbul	Hypsipetes amaurotis	..
Reunion Bulbul	Hypsipetes borbonicus
Malagasy Bulbul	Hypsipetes madagascariensis	..
Mauritius Bulbul	Hypsipetes olivaceus
White-headed Bulbul	Hypsipetes thompsoni	..
Black Bulbul	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	..
Square-tailed Bulbul	Hypsipetes ganeesa
Grande Comore Bulbul	Hypsipetes parvirostris
Moheli Bulbul	Hypsipetes moheliensis
Seychelles Bulbul	Hypsipetes crassirostris
Puff-backed Bulbul	Microtarsus eutilotus	.
Black-and-white Bulbul	Microtarsus melanoleucos
Yellow-wattled Bulbul	Microtarsus urostictus
Gray-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus priocephalus
Black-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus melanocephalos	.
Andaman Bulbul	Microtarsus fuscoflavescens
Blue-wattled Bulbul	Microtarsus nieuwenhuisii
Spectacled Bulbul	Rubigula erythropthalmos	.
Gray-bellied Bulbul	Rubigula cyaniventris	.
Scaly-breasted Bulbul	Rubigula squamata	..
Black-crested Bulbul	Rubigula flaviventris	..
Flame-throated Bulbul	Rubigula gularis
Black-capped Bulbul	Rubigula melanictera
Ruby-throated Bulbul	Rubigula dispar
Bornean Bulbul	Rubigula montis	..
Bare-faced Bulbul	Nok hualon
Crested Finchbill	Spizixos canifrons	.
Collared Finchbill	Spizixos semitorques
Spot-necked Bulbul	Pycnonotus tympanistrigus
Cream-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus simplex	.
Olive-winged Bulbul	Pycnonotus plumosus	.
Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus brunneus	..
Straw-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus zeylanicus
Cream-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus pseudosimplex	.
Ashy-fronted Bulbul	Pycnonotus cinereifrons
White-browed Bulbul	Pycnonotus luteolus
Ayeyarwady Bulbul	Pycnonotus blanfordi
Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus conradi	..
Pale-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus davisoni
Stripe-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus finlaysoni	..
Flavescent Bulbul	Pycnonotus flavescens	..
Aceh Bulbul	Pycnonotus snouckaerti
Orange-spotted Bulbul	Pycnonotus bimaculatus
Pale-faced Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucops	.
Yellow-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus xantholaemus
Yellow-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus penicillatus
Brown-breasted Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthorrhous	..
Light-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus sinensis	..
Styan’s Bulbul	Pycnonotus taivanus
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	..
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	..
Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus goiavier	.
Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	..
Sooty-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus aurigaster	..
White-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis
Himalayan Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucogenys	..
White-spectacled Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthopygos	..
Black-fronted Bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans
Cape Bulbul	Pycnonotus capensis	..

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 Hume’s Warbler, Israel; 2 Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Spain; 3 Willow Warbler, Israel; 4 Wood Warbler, Israel; 5 Ashy-throated Warbler, India; 6 Blyth’s Leaf Warbler, India; 7 Green-crowned Warbler, India; 8 Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler, South Africa; 9 Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Uganda; 10 Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Israel; 11 Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler, Israel; 12 Grey-cheeked Warbler, India; 13 Greenish Warbler, India; 14 Gray-hooded Warbler, India; 15 Sulphur-breasted Warbler, India; 16 Yellow-browed Warbler, Israel; 17 Green Warbler, Israel; 18 Common Chiffchaff, Israel; 19 Dusky Warbler, Israel; 20 Chestnut-crowned Warbler, India

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Family #196

Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

• Species: 161
• Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 95% members ticked
• OH: 71 seen, 41 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus	..
Slender-billed Greenbul	Stelgidillas gracilirostris	..
Golden Greenbul	Calyptocichla serinus	..
Black-collared Bulbul	Neolestes torquatus
Red-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	.
Green-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda eximius
Yellow-lored Bristlebill	Bleda notatus
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill	Bleda ugandae
Gray-headed Bristlebill	Bleda canicapillus	.
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	..
Pale-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavigula	.
Spotted Greenbul	Ixonotus guttatus
Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura	..
Joyful Greenbul	Chlorocichla laetissima
Prigogine’s Greenbul	Chlorocichla prigoginei
Yellow-necked Greenbul	Chlorocichla falkensteini
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris	..
Simple Greenbul	Chlorocichla simplex	.
Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	.
Sjöstedt’s Greenbul	Baeopogon clamans
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla montana
Shelley’s Greenbul	Arizelocichla masukuensis	.
Western Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla tephrolaema
Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla kikuyuensis	..
Black-headed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps	.
Uluguru Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla neumanni
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla fusciceps
Olive-headed Greenbul	Arizelocichla striifacies
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul	Arizelocichla milanjensis
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul	Arizelocichla chlorigula
Western Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger barbatus	..
Eastern Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger chloronotus
Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus	..
White-bearded Greenbul	Criniger ndussumensis
Yellow-bearded Greenbul	Criniger olivaceus
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	.
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Eurillas latirostris	.
Plain Greenbul	Eurillas curvirostris	.
Gray Greenbul	Eurillas gracilis	.
Ansorge’s Greenbul	Eurillas ansorgei
Tiny Greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	.
Usambara Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigula
White-throated Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigularis	..
Angola Greenbul	Phyllastrephus viridiceps
Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	.
Xavier’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus xavieri	.
Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus	.
Terrestrial Brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris	..
Cameroon Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus poensis
Northern Brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans	..
Gray-olive Greenbul	Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Fischer’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri	.
Cabanis’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens	.
Sassi’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus lorenzi
Gray-headed Greenbul	Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
Toro Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	..
Baumann’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus baumanni
Pale-olive Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fulviventris
Hairy-backed Bulbul	Tricholestes criniger	..
Hook-billed Bulbul	Setornis criniger	.
Yellow-bellied Bulbul	Alophoixus phaeocephalus	.
Gray-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus frater
Gray-cheeked Bulbul	Alophoixus tephrogenys	..
Penan Bulbul	Alophoixus ruficrissus	.
Brown-cheeked Bulbul	Alophoixus bres
White-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus flaveolus
Ochraceous Bulbul	Alophoixus ochraceus
Puff-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus pallidus	..
Striated Bulbul	Alcurus striatus	..
Finsch’s Bulbul	Iole finschii
Sulphur-bellied Bulbul	Iole palawanensis
Olive Bulbul	Iole viridescens
Buff-vented Bulbul	Iole crypta
Charlotte’s Bulbul	Iole charlottae	..
Cachar Bulbul	Iole cacharensis
Gray-eyed Bulbul	Iole propinqua	.
Ashy Bulbul	Hemixos flavala	..
Cinereous Bulbul	Hemixos cinereus	..
Chestnut Bulbul	Hemixos castanonotus
Yellow-browed Bulbul	Acritillas indica
Cream-striped Bulbul	Ixos leucogrammicus
Sumatran Bulbul	Ixos sumatranus
Javan Bulbul	Ixos virescens
Streaked Bulbul	Ixos malaccensis	..
Mountain Bulbul	Ixos mcclellandii	..
Nicobar Bulbul	Hypsipetes nicobariensis
Philippine Bulbul	Hypsipetes philippinus
Mindoro Bulbul	Hypsipetes mindorensis
Streak-breasted Bulbul	Hypsipetes siquijorensis
Seram Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes affinis
Sangihe Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes platenae
Togian Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes aureus
Banggai Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes harterti
Sula Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes longirostris
Halmahera Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes chloris
Obi Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes lucasi
Buru Golden-Bulbul	Hypsipetes mysticalis
Visayan Bulbul	Hypsipetes guimarasensis
Yellowish Bulbul	Hypsipetes everetti
Camiguin Bulbul	Hypsipetes catarmanensis
Zamboanga Bulbul	Hypsipetes rufigularis
Brown-eared Bulbul	Hypsipetes amaurotis	..
Reunion Bulbul	Hypsipetes borbonicus
Malagasy Bulbul	Hypsipetes madagascariensis	..
Mauritius Bulbul	Hypsipetes olivaceus
White-headed Bulbul	Hypsipetes thompsoni	..
Black Bulbul	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	..
Square-tailed Bulbul	Hypsipetes ganeesa
Grande Comore Bulbul	Hypsipetes parvirostris
Moheli Bulbul	Hypsipetes moheliensis
Seychelles Bulbul	Hypsipetes crassirostris
Puff-backed Bulbul	Microtarsus eutilotus	.
Black-and-white Bulbul	Microtarsus melanoleucos
Yellow-wattled Bulbul	Microtarsus urostictus
Gray-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus priocephalus
Black-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus melanocephalos	.
Andaman Bulbul	Microtarsus fuscoflavescens
Blue-wattled Bulbul	Microtarsus nieuwenhuisii
Spectacled Bulbul	Rubigula erythropthalmos	.
Gray-bellied Bulbul	Rubigula cyaniventris	.
Scaly-breasted Bulbul	Rubigula squamata	..
Black-crested Bulbul	Rubigula flaviventris	..
Flame-throated Bulbul	Rubigula gularis
Black-capped Bulbul	Rubigula melanictera
Ruby-throated Bulbul	Rubigula dispar
Bornean Bulbul	Rubigula montis	..
Bare-faced Bulbul	Nok hualon
Crested Finchbill	Spizixos canifrons	.
Collared Finchbill	Spizixos semitorques
Spot-necked Bulbul	Pycnonotus tympanistrigus
Cream-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus simplex	.
Olive-winged Bulbul	Pycnonotus plumosus	.
Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus brunneus	..
Straw-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus zeylanicus
Cream-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus pseudosimplex	.
Ashy-fronted Bulbul	Pycnonotus cinereifrons
White-browed Bulbul	Pycnonotus luteolus
Ayeyarwady Bulbul	Pycnonotus blanfordi
Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus conradi	..
Pale-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus davisoni
Stripe-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus finlaysoni	..
Flavescent Bulbul	Pycnonotus flavescens	..
Aceh Bulbul	Pycnonotus snouckaerti
Orange-spotted Bulbul	Pycnonotus bimaculatus
Pale-faced Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucops	.
Yellow-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus xantholaemus
Yellow-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus penicillatus
Brown-breasted Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthorrhous	..
Light-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus sinensis	..
Styan’s Bulbul	Pycnonotus taivanus
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	..
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	..
Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus goiavier	.
Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	..
Sooty-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus aurigaster	..
White-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucotis
Himalayan Bulbul	Pycnonotus leucogenys	..
White-spectacled Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthopygos	..
Black-fronted Bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans
Cape Bulbul	Pycnonotus capensis	..

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 Black-crested Bulbul, Thailand; 2 Cape Bulbul, South Africa; 3 Puff-throated Bulbul, Thailand; 4 Sooty-headed Bulbul, Thailand; 5 Red-whiskered Bulbul, Thailand; 6 White-spectacled Bulbul, Israel; 7 Yellow-throated Greenbul, Uganda; 8 Swamp Greenbul, Ghana; 9 Black-crested Bulbul, Thailand; 10 Stripe-throated Bulbul, Thailand; 11 Sombre Greenbul, South Africa; 12 Brown-eared Bulbul, South Korea; 13 Olive-breasted Mountain Greenbul, Uganda; 14 Terrestrial Brownbul, South Africa; 15 Slender-billed Greenbul, Uganda; 16 Dark-capped Bulbul, South Africa (ssp); 17 Golden Greenbul, Ghana; 18 Black Bulbul, India; 19 Red-tailed Greenbul, Uganda; 20 Yellow-bellied Greenbul, South Africa; 21 Common Bulbul, Ghana; 22 Western Bearded Greenbul, Ghana; 23 Malagasy Bulbul, Madagascar; 24 Mountain Bulbul, India; 25 White-headed Bulbul, Thailand; 26 Striated Bulbul, Thailand; 27 Flavescent Bulbul, Thailand; 28 Toro Olive Greenbul, Uganda; 29 Ashy Bulbul, India; 30 Streak-eared Bulbul, Thailand; 31 Brown-breasted Bulbul, Thailand; 32 Red-vented Bulbul, India; 33 Himalayan Bulbul, India

Family #197

Sylviid Warblers and Allies (Sylviidae)

• Species: 32
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 93% members ticked
• OH: 25 seen, 22 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976

Family species list (Clements)

Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	..
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	..
Dohrn’s Thrush-Babbler	Sylvia dohrni
Abyssinian Catbird	Sylvia galinieri
Bush Blackcap	Sylvia nigricapillus
African Hill Babbler	Sylvia abyssinica	..
Rwenzori Hill Babbler	Sylvia atriceps
Barred Warbler	Curruca nisoria	..
Layard’s Warbler	Curruca layardi	..
Banded Parisoma	Curruca boehmi	..
Chestnut-vented Warbler	Curruca subcoerulea	.
Lesser Whitethroat	Curruca curruca	..
Brown Parisoma	Curruca lugens	..
Yemen Warbler	Curruca buryi
Arabian Warbler	Curruca leucomelaena	..
Western Orphean Warbler	Curruca hortensis	..
Eastern Orphean Warbler	Curruca crassirostris	..
African Desert Warbler	Curruca deserti	..
Asian Desert Warbler	Curruca nana	..
Tristram’s Warbler	Curruca deserticola
Menetries’s Warbler	Curruca mystacea	.
Rüppell’s Warbler	Curruca ruppeli	..
Cyprus Warbler	Curruca melanothorax	..
Sardinian Warbler	Curruca melanocephala	..
Moltoni’s Warbler	Curruca subalpina
Western Subalpine Warbler	Curruca iberiae	.
Eastern Subalpine Warbler	Curruca cantillans	..
Greater Whitethroat	Curruca communis	..
Spectacled Warbler	Curruca conspicillata	..
Marmora’s Warbler	Curruca sarda	..
Dartford Warbler	Curruca undata	..
Balearic Warbler	Curruca balearica	..

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 Eurasian Blackcap, Israel; 2 Garden Warbler, Israel; 3 Asian Desert Warbler, Israel; 4 Barred Warbler, Israel; 5 Layard’s Warbler, South Africa; 6 Lesser Whitethroat, Israel; 7 Arabian Warbler, Israel; 8 Western Orphean Warbler, Spain; 9 Eastern Orphean Warbler, Israel; 10 Marmora’s Warbler, France; 11 Greater Whitethroat, Israel; 12 Spectacled Warbler, Israel; 13 Rueppell’s Warbler, Israel; 14 Balearic Warbler, Spain; 15 Dartford Warbler, France; 16 Cyprus Warbler, Cyprus; 17 Rwenzori Hill Babbler, Uganda; 18 Brown Parisoma, Ethiopia; 19 Subalpine Warbler, Israel; 20 Sardinian Warbler, Israel

Banded Parisoma, Tanzania 2021

African Desert Warbler, Israel 2024

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Family #198

Parrotbills and Allies (Paradoxornithidae)

• Species: 38
• Distribution: Indomalaya
• Clements 2024: Parrotbills
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 64% members ticked members ticked
• OH: 8 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2011

Family species list (Clements)

Fire-tailed Myzornis	Myzornis pyrrhoura
Rufous-tailed Babbler	Moupinia poecilotis
Golden-breasted Fulvetta	Lioparus chrysotis	.
Yellow-eyed Babbler	Chrysomma sinense	..
Jerdon’s Babbler	Chrysomma altirostre
Tarim Babbler	Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris	..
Beijing Babbler	Rhopophilus pekinensis
Spectacled Fulvetta	Fulvetta ruficapilla
Indochinese Fulvetta	Fulvetta danisi
Chinese Fulvetta	Fulvetta striaticollis
Brown-throated Fulvetta	Fulvetta ludlowi	..
White-browed Fulvetta	Fulvetta vinipectus
Manipur Fulvetta	Fulvetta manipurensis
Gray-hooded Fulvetta	Fulvetta cinereiceps
Taiwan Fulvetta	Fulvetta formosana
Wrentit	Chamaea fasciata
Reed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis heudei
Black-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis flavirostris
Spot-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis guttaticollis	.
Great Parrotbill	Paradoxornis aemodius
Brown Parrotbill	Paradoxornis unicolor
Three-toed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis paradoxus
Gray-headed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis gularis	..
Black-headed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis margaritae
White-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis ruficeps	.
Rufous-headed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis bakeri
Short-tailed Parrotbill	Suthora davidiana
Fulvous Parrotbill	Suthora fulvifrons
Black-throated Parrotbill	Suthora nipalensis
Golden Parrotbill	Suthora verreauxi
Pale-billed Parrotbill	Suthora atrosuperciliaris	..
Spectacled Parrotbill	Suthora conspicillata
Gray-hooded Parrotbill	Suthora zappeyi
Eye-ringed Parrotbill	Suthora ricketti
Brown-winged Parrotbill	Suthora brunnea
Vinous-throated Parrotbill	Suthora webbiana	.
Ashy-throated Parrotbill	Suthora alphonsiana
Rusty-throated Parrotbill	Suthora przewalskii

1 Pale-billed Parrotbill, India; 2 Brown-throated fulvetta, India; 3 Yellow-eyed Babbler, India; 4 Gray-headed Parrotbill, Thailand.

Family #199

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies (Zosteropidae)

• Species: 150 (2 extinct)
• Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 89% members ticked
• OH: 28 seen, 17 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983

Family species list (Clements)

White-collared Yuhina	Parayuhina diademata
Chestnut-crested Yuhina	Staphida everetti	.
Striated Yuhina	Staphida castaniceps	.
Indochinese Yuhina	Staphida torqueola
Black-chinned Yuhina	Yuhina nigrimenta
Taiwan Yuhina	Yuhina brunneiceps
Whiskered Yuhina	Yuhina flavicollis	.
Burmese Yuhina	Yuhina humilis
White-naped Yuhina	Yuhina bakeri	.
Stripe-throated Yuhina	Yuhina gularis	..
Rufous-vented Yuhina	Yuhina occipitalis	..
Flame-templed Babbler	Dasycrotapha speciosa
Visayan Pygmy-Babbler	Dasycrotapha pygmaea
Mindanao Pygmy-Babbler	Dasycrotapha plateni
Rusty-crowned Babbler	Sterrhoptilus capitalis
Golden-crowned Babbler	Sterrhoptilus dennistouni
Calabarzon Babbler	Sterrhoptilus affinis
Visayan Babbler	Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus
Palawan Striped-Babbler	Zosterornis hypogrammicus
Luzon Striped-Babbler	Zosterornis striatus
Chestnut-faced Babbler	Zosterornis whiteheadi
Panay Striped-Babbler	Zosterornis latistriatus
Negros Striped-Babbler	Zosterornis nigrorum
Golden White-eye	Cleptornis marchei
Teardrop White-eye	Rukia ruki
Long-billed White-eye	Rukia longirostra
Giant White-eye	Megazosterops palauensis
Javan Heleia	Heleia javanica
Gray-hooded Heleia	Heleia pinaiae
Pygmy Heleia	Heleia squamifrons	.
Mindanao Heleia	Heleia goodfellowi
Sulawesi Heleia	Heleia squamiceps	.
Eyebrowed Heleia	Heleia superciliaris
Dark-crowned Heleia	Heleia dohertyi
Timor Heleia	Heleia muelleri
Flores Heleia	Heleia crassirostris
Yellow-spectacled Heleia	Heleia wallacei
Bonin White-eye	Apalopteron familiare
Rufescent White-eye	Tephrozosterops stalkeri
Sri Lanka White-eye	Zosterops ceylonensis
Yellowish White-eye	Zosterops nigrorum
Black-capped White-eye	Zosterops atricapilla	..
Pale White-eye	Zosterops flavilateralis	..
Mbulu White-eye	Zosterops mbuluensis
Chestnut-flanked White-eye	Zosterops erythropleurus	.
Swinhoe’s White-eye	Zosterops simplex
Mountain Black-eye	Zosterops emiliae	..
Warbling White-eye	Zosterops japonicus
Indian White-eye	Zosterops palpebrosus	..
Lowland White-eye	Zosterops meyeni
Marianne White-eye	Zosterops semiflavus	exinct
Comoro White-eye	Zosterops mouroniensis
Reunion White-eye	Zosterops olivaceus
Mauritius White-eye	Zosterops chloronothos
Reunion Gray White-eye	Zosterops borbonicus
Mauritius Gray White-eye	Zosterops mauritianus
Abyssinian White-eye	Zosterops abyssinicus	..
Socotra White-eye	Zosterops socotranus
Cameroon Speirops	Zosterops melanocephalus
Forest White-eye	Zosterops stenocricotus
Green White-eye	Zosterops stuhlmanni	.
Kilimanjaro White-eye	Zosterops eurycricotus
Bioko Speirops	Zosterops brunneus
Ethiopian White-eye	Zosterops poliogastrus
Kafa White-eye	Zosterops kaffensis
Kikuyu White-eye	Zosterops kikuyuensis
Principe White-eye	Zosterops ficedulinus
Annobon White-eye	Zosterops griseovirescens
Sao Tome White-eye	Zosterops feae
Black-capped Speirops	Zosterops lugubris
Principe Speirops	Zosterops leucophaeus
Taita White-eye	Zosterops silvanus
Northern Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis	.
Angola White-eye	Zosterops kasaicus
Orange River White-eye	Zosterops pallidus
South Pare White-eye	Zosterops winifredae	..
Cape White-eye	Zosterops virens	..
Southern Yellow White-eye	Zosterops anderssoni
Pemba White-eye	Zosterops vaughani
Seychelles White-eye	Zosterops modestus
Anjouan White-eye	Zosterops anjuanensis
Moheli White-eye	Zosterops comorensis
Malagasy White-eye	Zosterops maderaspatanus	..
Kirk’s White-eye	Zosterops kirki
Mayotte White-eye	Zosterops mayottensis
Aldabra White-eye	Zosterops aldabrensis
Lemon-bellied White-eye	Zosterops chloris	..
Meratus White-eye	Zosterops meratusensis
Wakatobi White-eye	Zosterops flavissimus
Black-crowned White-eye	Zosterops atrifrons	..
Sangihe White-eye	Zosterops nehrkorni
Togian White-eye	Zosterops somadikartai
Sulawesi White-eye	Zosterops consobrinorum
Black-ringed White-eye	Zosterops anomalus
Black-fronted White-eye	Zosterops minor	.
Tagula White-eye	Zosterops meeki
Morotai White-eye	Zosterops dehaani
Cream-throated White-eye	Zosterops atriceps
Buru White-eye	Zosterops buruensis
Seram White-eye	Zosterops stalkeri
Javan White-eye	Zosterops flavus
Ashy-bellied White-eye	Zosterops citrinella
Australian Yellow White-eye	Zosterops luteus	..
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	..
Wangi-wangi White-eye	Zosterops paruhbesar
Hume’s White-eye	Zosterops auriventer
Sangkar White-eye	Zosterops melanurus
Everett’s White-eye	Zosterops everetti
Banded White-eye	Zosterops vellalavella
Santa Cruz White-eye	Zosterops sanctaecrucis
Capped White-eye	Zosterops fuscicapilla
Yellow-fronted White-eye	Zosterops flavifrons
Bare-eyed White-eye	Zosterops superciliosus
Sanford’s White-eye	Zosterops lacertosus
Vanikoro White-eye	Zosterops gibbsi
Fiji White-eye	Zosterops explorator
Black-headed White-eye	Zosterops hypoxanthus
Biak White-eye	Zosterops mysorensis
Bougainville White-eye	Zosterops hamlini
Guadalcanal White-eye	Zosterops oblitus
Makira White-eye	Zosterops rendovae
Yap White-eye	Zosterops oleagineus
Dusky White-eye	Zosterops finschii
Pohnpei White-eye	Zosterops ponapensis
Kosrae White-eye	Zosterops cinereus
Rota White-eye	Zosterops rotensis
Yellow-throated White-eye	Zosterops metcalfii
Malaita White-eye	Zosterops stresemanni
New Guinea White-eye	Zosterops novaeguineae
Ambon White-eye	Zosterops kuehni
Kai Besar White-eye	Zosterops grayi
Splendid White-eye	Zosterops luteirostris
Kai Kecil White-eye	Zosterops uropygialis
Ranongga White-eye	Zosterops splendidus
Solomons White-eye	Zosterops kulambangrae
Dark-eyed White-eye	Zosterops tetiparius
Christmas Island White-eye	Zosterops natalis
Bridled White-eye	Zosterops conspicillatus
Caroline Islands White-eye	Zosterops semperi
Plain White-eye	Zosterops hypolais
Louisiade White-eye	Zosterops griseotinctus
Kolombangara White-eye	Zosterops murphyi
Large Lifou White-eye	Zosterops inornatus	.
White-chested White-eye	Zosterops albogularis
Samoan White-eye	Zosterops samoensis
Robust White-eye	Zosterops strenuus	exinct
Slender-billed White-eye	Zosterops tenuirostris
Small Lifou White-eye	Zosterops minutus	..
Green-backed White-eye	Zosterops xanthochroa	..
Rennell White-eye	Zosterops rennellianus

1 Cape White-Eye, South Africa; 2 Indian White-eye, India; 3 Green-backed White-eyed, New Caledonia; 4 Small Lifou White-eye, New Caledonia; 5 South Pare White-eye, Tanzania

6 Pale White-eye, Tanzania; 7 Australian Yellow White-eye, Australia; 8 Rufous-vented Yuhina, India; 9 Stripe-throated Yuhina, India; 10 Madagascar White-eye, Madagascar; 11 Abyssinian White-eye, Ethiopia; 12 Silver-eye, Australia

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Family #200

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies (Timaliidae)

• Species: 58
• Distribution: Indomalayan endemic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 71% members ticked
• OH: 20 seen, 6 photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2012

Family species list (Clements)

Chestnut-capped Babbler	Timalia pileata
Tawny-bellied Babbler	Dumetia hyperythra
Dark-fronted Babbler	Dumetia atriceps
Gray-faced Tit-Babbler	Mixornis kelleyi
Gray-cheeked Tit-Babbler	Mixornis flavicollis
Kangean Tit-Babbler	Mixornis prillwitzi
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler	Mixornis gularis	.
Bold-striped Tit-Babbler	Mixornis bornensis	.
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler	Macronus ptilosus	..
Brown Tit-Babbler	Macronus striaticeps
Golden Babbler	Cyanoderma chrysaeum	..
Chestnut-winged Babbler	Cyanoderma erythropterum
Gray-hooded Babbler	Cyanoderma bicolor	.
Crescent-chested Babbler	Cyanoderma melanothorax
Rufous-fronted Babbler	Cyanoderma rufifrons	.
Black-chinned Babbler	Cyanoderma pyrrhops	..
Rufous-capped Babbler	Cyanoderma ruficeps
Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis caudatus	.
Mishmi Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis badeigularis
Bar-winged Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis troglodytoides
Pale-throated Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis kinneari
Naga Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis chocolatinus
Chin Hills Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis oatesi
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis longicaudatus
Gray-bellied Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis reptatus
Black Laughingthrush	Melanocichla lugubris
Bare-headed Laughingthrush	Melanocichla calva
Black-crowned Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
Brown-crowned Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus phayrei
Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus superciliaris	..
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus ruficollis	.
Taiwan Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus musicus
White-browed Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus schisticeps	.
Indian Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus melanurus
Sunda Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus bornensis	..
Javan Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus montanus
Large Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys hypoleucos
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys erythrogenys
Red-eyed Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys imberbis	.
Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys mcclellandi
Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys gravivox
Gray-sided Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys swinhoei
Black-necklaced Scimitar-Babbler	Erythrogenys erythrocnemis
Black-throated Babbler	Stachyris nigricollis	.
White-breasted Babbler	Stachyris grammiceps
Chestnut-rumped Babbler	Stachyris maculata
Gray-throated Babbler	Stachyris nigriceps	.
Gray-headed Babbler	Stachyris poliocephala	..
Nonggang Babbler	Stachyris nonggangensis
Sooty Babbler	Stachyris herberti
Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler	Stachyris humei	.
Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler	Stachyris roberti
White-necked Babbler	Stachyris leucotis	.
White-bibbed Babbler	Stachyris thoracica
Snowy-throated Babbler	Stachyris oglei
Spot-necked Babbler	Stachyris strialata

1 Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler, India; 2 Black-chinned Babbler, India; 3 Golden Babbler, Thailand

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Family #201

Ground Babblers and Allies (Pellorneidae)

• Species: 65 (1 extinct)
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscine
• wf251 status: 72% members ticked
• OH: 14 seen, 7 photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2012

Family species list (Clements)

Indian Grassbird	Graminicola bengalensis
Chinese Grassbird	Graminicola striatus
Large Wren-Babbler	Turdinus macrodactylus
Marbled Wren-Babbler	Turdinus marmoratus
Black-throated Wren-Babbler	Turdinus atrigularis
Sooty-capped Babbler	Malacopteron affine	..
Gray-breasted Babbler	Malacopteron albogulare
Scaly-crowned Babbler	Malacopteron cinereum
Rufous-crowned Babbler	Malacopteron magnum
Moustached Babbler	Malacopteron magnirostre
Palawan Babbler	Malacopteron palawanense
White-hooded Babbler	Gampsorhynchus rufulus
Collared Babbler	Gampsorhynchus torquatus
Yellow-throated Fulvetta	Schoeniparus cinereus	..
Rufous-winged Fulvetta	Schoeniparus castaneceps	..
Black-crowned Fulvetta	Schoeniparus klossi
Gold-fronted Fulvetta	Schoeniparus variegaticeps
Rufous-throated Fulvetta	Schoeniparus rufogularis
Rusty-capped Fulvetta	Schoeniparus dubius
Dusky Fulvetta	Schoeniparus brunneus
Puff-throated Babbler	Pellorneum ruficeps
Brown-capped Babbler	Pellorneum fuscocapillus
Marsh Babbler	Pellorneum palustre
Malayan Black-capped Babbler	Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
Bornean Black-capped Babbler	Pellorneum capistratoides	..
Javan Black-capped Babbler	Pellorneum capistratum
Short-tailed Babbler	Pellorneum malaccense	..
Ashy-headed Babbler	Pellorneum cinereiceps
Spot-throated Babbler	Pellorneum albiventre
Buff-breasted Babbler	Pellorneum tickelli	.
Sumatran Babbler	Pellorneum buettikoferi
Temminck’s Babbler	Pellorneum pyrrogenys	.
White-chested Babbler	Pellorneum rostratum	.
Ferruginous Babbler	Pellorneum bicolor
Sulawesi Babbler	Pellorneum celebense	.
Rufous-vented Grass Babbler	Laticilla burnesii
Swamp Grass Babbler	Laticilla cinerascens
Brown Illadopsis	Illadopsis fulvescens
Pale-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis rufipennis
Tanzanian Illadopsis	Illadopsis distans
Mountain Illadopsis	Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	.
Blackcap Illadopsis	Illadopsis cleaveri
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis albipectus	.
Thrush Babbler	Illadopsis turdina
Puvel’s Illadopsis	Illadopsis puveli
Rufous-winged Illadopsis	Illadopsis rufescens
Striped Wren-Babbler	Kenopia striata	..
Abbott’s Babbler	Malacocincla abbotti	.
Horsfield’s Babbler	Malacocincla sepiaria
Black-browed Babbler	Malacocincla perspicillata
Mountain Wren-Babbler	Gypsophila crassa
Streaked Wren-Babbler	Gypsophila brevicaudata
Annam Limestone Babbler	Gypsophila annamensis
Rufous Limestone Babbler	Gypsophila calcicola	..
Variable Limestone Babbler	Gypsophila crispifrons
Rusty-breasted Wren-Babbler	Gypsophila rufipectus
Striated Wren-Babbler	Ptilocichla mindanensis
Bornean Wren-Babbler	Ptilocichla leucogrammica
Falcated Wren-Babbler	Ptilocichla falcata
Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler	Napothera epilepidota
Long-billed Wren-Babbler	Napothera malacoptila
Sumatran Wren-Babbler	Napothera albostriata
White-throated Wren-Babbler	Napothera pasquieri
Naung Mung Scimitar-Babbler	Napothera naungmungensis
Short-tailed Scimitar-Babbler	Napothera danjoui

1 Limestone Wren-Babbler, Thailand; 2 Yellow-throated Fulvetta, India; 3 Rufous-winged Fulvetta, India

Black-capped Babbler, Borneo 2023

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Family #202

Laughingthrushes and Allies (Leiothrichidae)

• Species: 143
• Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Palearctic
• Passeriformes Family Group: Sylvioid Oscines
• wf251 status: 90% members ticked
• OH: 45 seen, 32 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978

Family species list (Clements)

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta	Alcippe poioicephala	..
Black-browed Fulvetta	Alcippe grotei
Brown Fulvetta	Alcippe brunneicauda	..
Javan Fulvetta	Alcippe pyrrhoptera
Nepal Fulvetta	Alcippe nipalensis	.
David’s Fulvetta	Alcippe davidi
Huet’s Fulvetta	Alcippe hueti
Morrison’s Fulvetta	Alcippe morrisonia
Yunnan Fulvetta	Alcippe fratercula
Mountain Fulvetta	Alcippe peracensis
Striated Laughingthrush	Grammatoptila striata	..
Himalayan Cutia	Cutia nipalensis	..
Vietnamese Cutia	Cutia legalleni
Gray-crowned Crocias	Laniellus langbianis
Spotted Crocias	Laniellus albonotatus
Scaly Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron subunicolor	..
Brown-capped Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron austeni
Blue-winged Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron squamatum
Streaked Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron lineatum	.
Bhutan Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron imbricatum	..
Striped Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron virgatum
Variegated Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron variegatum
Black-faced Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron affine
White-whiskered Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron morrisonianum
Prince Henry’s Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron henrici
Elliot’s Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron elliotii	..
Red-tailed Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron milnei
Collared Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron yersini
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron erythrocephalum	..
Assam Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron chrysopterum
Red-winged Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron formosum
Silver-eared Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron melanostigma	..
Golden-winged Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron ngoclinhense
Malayan Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron peninsulae
Banasura Laughingthrush	Montecincla jerdoni
Nilgiri Laughingthrush	Montecincla cachinnans
Palani Laughingthrush	Montecincla fairbanki
Ashambu Laughingthrush	Montecincla meridionalis
Long-tailed Sibia	Heterophasia picaoides	..
White-eared Sibia	Heterophasia auricularis
Rufous Sibia	Heterophasia capistrata
Beautiful Sibia	Heterophasia pulchella	..
Gray Sibia	Heterophasia gracilis
Black-backed Sibia	Heterophasia melanoleuca	..
Black-headed Sibia	Heterophasia desgodinsi
Hoary-throated Barwing	Actinodura nipalensis
Taiwan Barwing	Actinodura morrisoniana
Streak-throated Barwing	Actinodura waldeni	..
Streaked Barwing	Actinodura souliei
Blue-winged Minla	Actinodura cyanouroptera	.
Chestnut-tailed Minla	Actinodura strigula	..
Rusty-fronted Barwing	Actinodura egertoni	..
Spectacled Barwing	Actinodura ramsayi	.
Black-crowned Barwing	Actinodura sodangorum
Red-billed Leiothrix	Leiothrix lutea
Silver-eared Mesia	Leiothrix argentauris	..
Red-tailed Minla	Minla ignotincta	..
Rufous-backed Sibia	Leioptila annectens	..
Bugun Liocichla	Liocichla bugunorum
Emei Shan Liocichla	Liocichla omeiensis
Taiwan Liocichla	Liocichla steerii
Red-faced Liocichla	Liocichla phoenicea	..
Scarlet-faced Liocichla	Liocichla ripponi
Large Gray Babbler	Argya malcolmi
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush	Argya cinereifrons
Slender-billed Babbler	Argya longirostris
Rufous Babbler	Argya subrufa
Orange-billed Babbler	Argya rufescens
Jungle Babbler	Argya striata	..
Yellow-billed Babbler	Argya affinis
Rufous Chatterer	Argya rubiginosa	.
Scaly Chatterer	Argya aylmeri
Iraq Babbler	Argya altirostris
Afghan Babbler	Argya huttoni
Common Babbler	Argya caudata	..
Fulvous Chatterer	Argya fulva
Arabian Babbler	Argya squamiceps	..
Striated Babbler	Argya earlei	..
White-throated Babbler	Argya gularis
Spiny Babbler	Turdoides nipalensis
Capuchin Babbler	Turdoides atripennis
White-throated Mountain-Babbler	Turdoides gilberti
Chapin’s Mountain-Babbler	Turdoides chapini
Red-collared Mountain-Babbler	Turdoides rufocinctus
Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus	..
White-rumped Babbler	Turdoides leucopygia
Hinde’s Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hindei
Scaly Babbler	Turdoides squamulata
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	..
Bare-cheeked Babbler	Turdoides gymnogenys
Cretzschmar’s Babbler	Turdoides leucocephala
Blackcap Babbler	Turdoides reinwardtii	.
Dusky Babbler	Turdoides tenebrosa
Southern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides bicolor	.
Hartlaub’s Babbler	Turdoides hartlaubii
Black-lored Babbler	Turdoides sharpei	..
Black-faced Babbler	Turdoides melanops
Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca	.
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush	Garrulax merulinus
Orange-breasted Laughingthrush	Garrulax annamensis
Chinese Hwamei	Garrulax canorus
Taiwan Hwamei	Garrulax taewanus
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush	Garrulax monileger	.
Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush	Garrulax rufifrons
Sunda Laughingthrush	Garrulax palliatus	.
White-crested Laughingthrush	Garrulax leucolophus	..
Sumatran Laughingthrush	Garrulax bicolor
Black-hooded Laughingthrush	Garrulax milleti
White-necked Laughingthrush	Garrulax strepitans
Cambodian Laughingthrush	Garrulax ferrarius
Gray Laughingthrush	Garrulax maesi
Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush	Garrulax castanotis
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla sukatschewi
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla rufogularis
Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla konkakinhensis
Moustached Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla cineracea
Spotted Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla ocellata	.
Giant Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla maxima
Biet’s Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla bieti
Barred Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla lunulata
Wayanad Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus delesserti
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus gularis
White-cheeked Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus vassali
Yellow-throated Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus galbanus
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus courtoisi
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus mitratus
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus treacheri	..
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus ruficollis	..
Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus nuchalis
Black-throated Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus chinensis	.
White-browed Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus sannio	.
Masked Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus perspicillatus
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus pectoralis	..
Pere David’s Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus davidi	.
Mount Victoria Babax	Pterorhinus woodi
Chinese Babax	Pterorhinus lanceolatus
Giant Babax	Pterorhinus waddelli
Tibetan Babax	Pterorhinus koslowi
White-throated Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus albogularis
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus ruficeps
Gray-sided Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus caerulatus	..
Buffy Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus berthemyi
Rusty Laughingthrush	Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus

click for bird names in the collage above:

1 White-crested Laughingthrush, Thailand; 2 Brown Babbler, Uganda; 3 Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Thailand; 4 Streak-throated Barwing , India; 5 Arabian Babbler, Israel; 6 Arrow-marked Babbler, Uganda; 7 Black-lored Babbler, Uganda; 8 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Thailand; 9 Striated Laughingthrush, India; 10 Silver-eared Laughingthrush, Thailand; 11 Black-backed Sibia, Thailand; 12 Red-faced Liocichla, Thailand; 13 Bar-throated Minla, India; 14 Scaly Laughingthrush, India; 15 Grey-sided Laughingthrush, India; 16 Rufous-backed Sibia, Thailand; 17 Long-tailed Sibia, India; 18 Beautiful Sibia, India; 19 Rufous-necked Laughingthrush, India; 20 Red-tailed Minla, India; 21 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush , India; 22 Bhutan Laughingthrush, India; 23 Striated Babbler, India; 24 Common Babbler, India; 25 Jungle Babbler, India

26 Rusty-fronted Barwing , India; 27 Himalayan Cutia, India; 28 Silver-eared Laughingthrush, Thailand; 29 Yunnan Fulvetta, Thailand; 30 Sunda Laughingthrush, Borneo (MY); 31 Brown Fulvetta, Borneo (MY); 32 Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush, Borneo (MY)

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