Birds of Bangladesh

The nation of Bangladesh displays diverse habitats, including mountains, lakes, evergreen, deciduous, swamp forests, and a coastline bordering the southern part of the country. Naturally, these habitats attract many beautiful birds, including orioles, herons, and bulbuls. Common birds seen in Bangladesh include the Common Myna, the Red-vented Bulbul, and the Rock Pigeon.

Bangladesh’s national bird is the Oriental Magpie-robin, or as it is known locally, the Doyel or Doel.

List of Birds Found in Bangladesh

Native Birds

Anhingas

Oriental Darter

Asian and Grauer’s Broadbills

Long-tailed Broadbill
Silver-breasted Broadbill

Asian Barbets

Blue-eared Barbet
Blue-throated Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Golden-throated Barbet
Great Barbet
Lineated Barbet

Barn Owls

Australasian Grass-owl
Barn Owl

Bee-eaters

Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Bulbuls

Ashy Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-headed Bulbul
Cachar Bulbul
Crested Finchbill
Flavescent Bulbul
Mountain Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
White-throated Bulbul

Bush Warblers and Allies

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
Gray-bellied Tesia
Mountain Tailorbird
Rufous-faced Warbler
Yellow-bellied Warbler

Bustards

Lesser Florican

Buttonquails

Barred buttonquail

Cisticolas and Allies

Ashy Prinia
Black-throated Prinia
Common Tailorbird
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Delicate Prinia
Golden-headed Cisticola
Gray-breasted Prinia
Himalayan Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Plain Prinia
Rufescent Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Zitting Cisticola

Cormorants and Shags

Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little Cormorant

Crab-plover

Crab-plover

Cranes

Demoiselle Crane
Sarus Crane

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Collared Treepie
Common Green-magpie
Eurasian Jay
Gray Treepie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Red-billed Blue-magpie
Rufous Treepie

Cuckoos

Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Common Hawk-cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Greater Coucal
Green-billed Malkoha
Himalayan Cuckoo
Hodgson’s Hawk-cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Large Hawk-cuckoo
Lesser Coucal
Lesser Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Plaintive Cuckoo
Sirkeer Malkoha
Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
Violet Cuckoo

Cuckooshrikes

Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Brown-rumped Minivet
Gray-chinned Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Long-tailed Minivet
Rosy Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Short-billed Minivet
Small Minivet
White-bellied Minivet

Dippers

Brown Dipper

Drongos

Ashy Drongo
Black Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Crow-billed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
White-bellied Drongo

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Bar-headed Goose
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Pochard
Common Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Ferruginous Duck
Fulvous Whistling-duck
Gadwall
Garganey
Graylag Goose
Greater Scaup
Greater White-fronted Goose
Green-winged Teal
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Lesser Whistling-duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Red-crested Pochard
Ruddy Shelduck
Taiga Bean-goose
Tufted Duck
White-winged Duck

Fairy-bluebirds

Asian Fairy-bluebird

Fairy Flycatchers

Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail
Gray-headed Canary-flycatcher

Falcons and Caracaras

Amur Falcon
Collared Falconet
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Kestrel
Laggar Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Pied Falconet
Red-necked Falcon
Saker Falcon

Fantails

White-browed Fantail
White-throated Fantail

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Scarlet Finch

Finfoots

Masked Finfoot

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Flowerpeckers

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Plain Flowerpecker
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

Frogmouths

Hodgson’s Frogmouth

Grassbirds and Allies

Bristled Grassbird
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler
Russet Bush Warbler
Striated Grassbird

Grebes

Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe

Ground Babblers and Allies

Abbott’s Babbler
Buff-breasted Babbler
Indian Grassbird
Long-billed Wren-babbler
Marsh Babbler
Puff-throated Babbler
Rufous-throated Fulvetta
Rufous-vented Grass Babbler
Rufous-winged Fulvetta
Spot-throated Babbler
Swamp Grass Babbler
White-hooded Babbler
Yellow-throated Fulvetta

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull
Black-naped Tern
Brown-headed Gull
Caspian Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Great Crested Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Indian Skimmer
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Crested Tern
Lesser Noddy
Little Tern
Pallas’s Gull
River Tern
Sandwich Tern
Whiskered Tern
White Tern

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Besra
Black Baza
Black Kite
Black-winged Kite
Bonelli’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Brahminy Kite
Changeable Hawk-eagle
Common Buzzard
Crested Goshawk
Crested Serpent-eagle
Eastern Marsh-harrier
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Marsh-harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Gray-headed Fish-eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Hen Harrier
Indian Spotted Eagle
Indian Vulture
Jerdon’s Baza
Lesser Fish-eagle
Long-legged Buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pallas’s Fish-eagle
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Red-headed Vulture
Shikra
Slender-billed Vulture
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
White-bellied Sea-eagle
White-eyed Buzzard
White-rumped Vulture

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Black Bittern
Black-crowned Night-heron
Cattle Egret
Chinese Pond-heron
Cinnamon Bittern
Gray Heron
Great Egret
Indian Pond-heron
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Malayan Night-heron
Purple Heron
Striated Heron
Yellow Bittern

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Hornbills

Great Hornbill
Oriental Pied-hornbill
Rufous-necked Hornbill

Ibises and Spoonbills

Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Red-naped Ibis

Ioras

Common Iora
White-tailed Iora

Jacanas

Bronze-winged Jacana
Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Kingfishers

Black-backed Dwarf-kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Brown-winged Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher

Larks

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark
Bengal Bushlark
Horsfield’s Bushlark
Hume’s Lark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Sand Lark

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Blue-winged Minla
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Common Babbler
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Jungle Babbler
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
Nepal Fulvetta
Red-faced Liocichla
Red-tailed Minla
Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
Rusty-fronted Barwing
Slender-billed Babbler
Striated Babbler
White-crested Laughingthrush
Yellow-throated Laughingthrush

Leafbirds

Blue-winged Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Orange-bellied Leafbird

Leaf Warblers

Blyth’s Leaf Warbler
Claudia’s Leaf Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Dusky Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Gray-cheeked Warbler
Gray-crowned Warbler
Gray-hooded Warbler
Green-crowned Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Green Warbler
Lemon-rumped Warbler
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Radde’s Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Tickell’s Leaf Warbler
Western Crowned Warbler
Whistler’s Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-vented Warbler

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch
Blyth’s Paradise-flycatcher
Indian Paradise-flycatcher

Nightjars and Allies

Gray Nightjar
Great Eared-nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar

Nuthatches

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
Indian Nuthatch
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Old World Buntings

Black-faced Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Crested Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Black-backed Forktail
Black Redstart
Blue-fronted Redstart
Blue Rock-thrush
Bluethroat
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Blue Whistling-thrush
Brown Rock Chat
Chinese Rubythroat
Gray Bushchat
Himalayan Bluetail
Himalayan Rubythroat
Himalayan Shortwing
Indian Robin
Large Blue Flycatcher
Little Forktail
Little Pied Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie-robin
Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Plumbeous Redstart
Rufous-breasted Bush-robin
Siberian Rubythroat
Siberian Stonechat
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Spotted Forktail
Taiga Flycatcher
Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Vivid Niltava
White-gorgeted Flycatcher
White-rumped Shama
White-tailed Robin
White-tailed Stonechat

Old World Orioles

Black-hooded Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Indian Golden Oriole
Maroon Oriole

Old World Parrots

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Gray-headed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet
Vernal Hanging-parrot

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House Sparrow

Osprey

Osprey

Owls

Asian Barred Owlet
Brown Boobook
Brown Fish-owl
Brown Wood-owl
Collared Owlet
Collared Scops-owl
Dusky Eagle-owl
Eurasian Eagle-owl
Indian Scops-owl
Jungle Owlet
Mottled Wood-owl
Mountain Scops-owl
Oriental Scops-owl
Rock Eagle-owl
Short-eared Owl
Spot-bellied Eagle-owl
Spotted Owlet
Tawny Fish-owl

Painted-snipes

Greater Painted-snipe

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Blue-breasted Quail
Common Quail
Gray Francolin
Gray Peacock-pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Manipur Bush-quail
Mountain Bamboo-partridge
Rain Quail
Red Junglefowl
Rufous-throated Partridge
Swamp Francolin
White-cheeked Partridge

Pigeons and Doves

Ashy-headed Green-pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove
Eurasian Collared-dove
Green Imperial-pigeon
Laughing Dove
Mountain Imperial-pigeon
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Oriental Turtle-dove
Pale-capped Pigeon
Pin-tailed Green-pigeon
Red Collared-dove
Rock Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Thick-billed Green-pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

Pittas

Blue-naped Pitta
Blue Pitta
Hooded Pitta
Indian Pitta
Mangrove Pitta

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Gray-headed Lapwing
Greater Sand-plover
Kentish Plover
Lesser Sand-plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Pacific Golden-plover
Red-wattled Lapwing
River Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Pratincoles and Coursers

Collared Pratincole
Indian Courser
Oriental Pratincole
Small Pratincole

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Baillon’s Crake
Black-tailed Crake
Brown-cheeked Rail
Brown Crake
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Moorhen
Gray-headed Swamphen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Slaty-breasted Rail
Slaty-legged Crake
Spotted Crake
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen

Reed Warblers and Allies

Black-browed Reed Warbler
Blunt-winged Warbler
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Thick-billed Warbler

Rollers

Dollarbird
Indian Roller
Indochinese Roller

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse

Sandpipers and Allies

Asian Dowitcher
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Woodcock
Far Eastern Curlew
Gray-tailed Tattler
Great Knot
Green Sandpiper
Jack Snipe
Little Stint
Long-toed Stint
Marsh Sandpiper
Nordmann’s Greenshank
Pin-tailed Snipe
Red Knot
Red-necked Stint
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Sanderling
Solitary Snipe
Spotted Redshank
Swinhoe’s Snipe
Temminck’s Stint
Terek Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Snipe

Shrikes

Bay-backed Shrike
Brown Shrike
Gray-backed Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Spotted Elachura

Spotted Elachura

Starlings

Asian Glossy Starling
Bank Myna
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Hill Myna
Common Myna
Great Myna
Indian Pied Starling
Jungle Myna
Spot-winged Starling

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Storks

Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Black-necked Stork
Black Stork
Greater Adjutant
Lesser Adjutant
Oriental Stork
Painted Stork
White Stork

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Black-throated Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
Fire-tailed Sunbird
Green-tailed Sunbird
Little Spiderhunter
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
Streaked Spiderhunter
Van Hasselt’s Sunbird

Swallows

Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Dusky Crag-martin
Gray-throated Martin
Nepal House-martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Striated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Asian Palm-swift
Blyth’s Swift
Brown-backed Needletail
Himalayan Swiftlet
House Swift
Little Swift
White-throated Needletail

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies

Black-breasted Parrotbill
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Gray-headed Parrotbill
Jerdon’s Babbler
Pale-billed Parrotbill
Rufous-headed Parrotbill
Spot-breasted Parrotbill
Yellow-eyed Babbler

Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee

Thrushes and Allies

Black-breasted Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Gray-winged Blackbird
Long-tailed Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
White-collared Blackbird

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Cinereous Tit
Sultan Tit
Yellow-cheeked Tit

Tree-babblers, Scimitar-babblers, and Allies

Buff-chested Babbler
Chestnut-capped Babbler
Golden Babbler
Gray-throated Babbler
Large Scimitar-babbler
Pin-striped Tit-babbler
Red-billed Scimitar-babbler
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler
Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler
Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler
Tawny-bellied Babbler
White-browed Scimitar-babbler

Treecreepers

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Trogons

Red-headed Trogon

Tropicbirds

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Common Woodshrike
Large Woodshrike

Vireos, Shrike-babblers, and Erpornis

Black-eared Shrike-babbler
White-bellied Erpornis

Wagtails and Pipits

Blyth’s Pipit
Citrine Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Long-billed Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Richard’s Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Water Pipit
Western Yellow Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail
White Wagtail

Waxbills and Allies

Chestnut Munia
Indian Silverbill
Red Avadavat
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
White-rumped Munia

Weavers and Allies

Baya Weaver
Black-breasted Weaver
Streaked Weaver

Whistlers and Allies

Mangrove Whistler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Black-chinned Yuhina
Indian White-eye
Striated Yuhina
Stripe-throated Yuhina
Whiskered Yuhina
White-naped Yuhina

Woodpeckers

Bay Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
Common Flameback
Eurasian Wryneck
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Gray-headed Woodpecker
Greater Flameback
Greater Yellownape
Great Slaty Woodpecker
Himalayan Flameback
Laced Woodpecker
Lesser Yellownape
Pale-headed Woodpecker
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Speckled Piculet
Streak-breasted Woodpecker
Streak-throated Woodpecker
White-browed Piculet
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

Ashy Woodswallow

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Non-native Birds

Boobies and Gannets

Masked Booby
Red-footed Booby