Birds of South Asia – Species Maps

A simple species map is quite useful to convey the distribution of a bird quickly. They have been used extensively in printed books and field guides. This page has such maps for 450 resident species and 70 migratory species, entirely generated out of eBird data.

Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Gray-crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus tephrocephalus)
Bush Warblers and allies (Scotocercidae)
- Yellow-bellied Warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris)
Long-tailed Tits (Aegithalidae)
- White-browed Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
Parrotbills and allies (Paradoxornithidae)
- Streak-throated Fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)
- Black-breasted Parrotbill (Paradoxornis flavirostris)
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis)
- Great Parrotbill (Conostoma aemodium)
- Brown Parrotbill (Cholornis unicolor)
- Gray-headed Parrotbill (Psittiparus gularis)
- White-breasted Parrotbill (Psittiparus ruficeps)
- Fulvous Parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons)
- Pale-billed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris)
White-eyes, Yuhinas and allies (Zosteropidae)
- Striated Yuhina (Staphida castaniceps)
- Black-chinned Yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta)
- Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
- Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis)
Scimitar Babblers and allies (Timaliidae)
- Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata)
- Tawny-bellied Babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)
- Dark-fronted Babbler (Dumetia atriceps)
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (Mixornis gularis)
- Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
- Black-chinned Babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)
- Buff-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma ambiguum)
- Mishmi Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis badeigularis)
- Bar-winged Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides)
- Naga Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis chocolatinus)
- Chin Hills Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis oatesi)
- Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus)
- Black-crowned Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)
- Brown-crowned Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus phayrei)
- Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
- Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)
- White-browed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps)
- Indian Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii)
- Large Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
- Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi)
- Snowy-throated Babbler (Stachyris oglei)
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus)
Small Babblers, Fulvettas and allies (Pellorneidae)
- Yellow-throated Fulvetta (Schoeniparus cinereus)
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps)
- Rufous-throated Fulvetta (Schoeniparus rufogularis)
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius)
- Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps)
- Marsh Babbler (Pellorneum palustre)
- Spot-throated Babbler (Pellorneum albiventre)
- Abbott’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti)
- Streaked Wren-Babbler (Gypsophila brevicaudata)
- Long-billed Wren-Babbler (Napothera malacoptila)
- Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus)
Laughingthrushes and large Babblers (Leiothrichidae)
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)
- Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)
- Himalayan Cutia (Cutia nipalensis)
- Brown-capped Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron austeni)
- Bhutan Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron imbricatum)
- Striped Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron virgatum)
- Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum)
- Banasura Laughingthrush (Montecincla jerdoni)
- Nilgiri Laughingthrush (Montecincla cachinnans)
- Palani Laughingthrush (Montecincla fairbanki)
- Ashambu Laughingthrush (Montecincla meridionalis)
- Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides)
- Hoary-throated Barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
- Streak-throated Barwing (Actinodura waldeni)
- Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
- Rufous-backed Sibia (Leioptila annectens)
- Bugun Liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum)
- Red-faced Liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
- Large Gray Babbler (Argya malcolmi)
- Slender-billed Babbler (Argya longirostris)
- Rufous Babbler (Argya subrufa)
- Jungle Babbler (Argya striata)
- Yellow-billed Babbler (Argya affinis)
- Spot-breasted Laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus)
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
- White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis)
- Moustached Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea)
- Spotted Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)
- Wayanad Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus delesserti)
- Rufous-vented Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis)
- Yellow-throated Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus galbanus)
- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis)
- Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus nuchalis)
- White-browed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio)
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)
- Gray-sided Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
- Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis)
- Orange-billed Babbler (Argya rufescens)
- Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Argya cinereifrons)

Coming soon

Coverage for all the species found in the Indian subcontinent.
Maps in different scales, with coarse or fine polygons.
Downloadable shapefiles for all the map.
Addition of specific historical (specimen) records
A tool to generate and customise these maps.
A github repository link for collaborators.

Version 1.1: Released on 12 March 2024. Data download till 31 May 2023.

Recommended Attribution: Created by Bird Count India from eBird data. Website URL: https://birdcount.in/speciesmaps/ Accessed on 12 March 2024.

The contents of this page are made available under a CC BY license

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