Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 10/07/2015 drive from Tso Kar toTso Moriri,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 3 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 4 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 06/07/2015 Hemis High Altitude National Park, Ladakh 5 Common Swift Apus apus 05/07/2015 Shey Marsh, south-east of Leh, Ladakh 6 Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 7 Rock Dove Columba livia 04/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 8 Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris 06/07/2015 Hemis High Altitude National Park, Ladakh 9 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 10 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/07/2015 Leh to Zingral,Leh, Ladakh 11 Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 12 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 13 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 14 Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 15 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 16 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 17 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 18 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 19 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 08/07/2015 Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 20 Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis 12/05/2015 drive from Khardung La Pass to North Pulla, Ladakh 21 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 12/05/2015 drive from Khardung La Pass to North Pulla, Ladakh 22 Black Kite Milvus migrans 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 23 Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius 08/07/2015 Leh to Tso Kar via Rumtse & Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 24 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 25 Little Owl Athene noctua 11/05/2015 drive from Tso Moriri,Changthang Plateau to Tso Kar, Ladakh 26 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 05/07/2015 Choglamsar bridge, south-east of Leh, Ladakh 27 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 28 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 29 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 13/05/2015 Hunder,Nubra Valley, Ladakh hearded only 30 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 04/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 31 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 05/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 32 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 08/07/2015 Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 33 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/07/2015 Choglamsar Bridge, south-east of Leh, Ladakh 34 Northern Raven Corvus corax 10/07/2015 drive from Tso Kar toTso Moriri,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 35 Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis 09/07/2015 Tso Kar area (Nuruchan,Startsapuk Tso), Ladakh 36 Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus 13/05/2015 Turtuk,Nubra Valley, Ladakh 37 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 38 Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris 10/07/2015 Tso Moriri,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 39 Pale Martin Riparia diluta 08/07/2015 Leh to Tso Kar via Rumtse & Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 40 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 10/07/2015 drive from Tso Kar toTso Moriri,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 41 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/07/2015 drive from Tso Kar toTso Moriri,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 42 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 43 Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 44 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh Hume's Whitethroat (althaea). 45 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 46 Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 47 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 48 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Yes 06/07/2015 enroute Hemis High Altitude National Park to Alchi Monastry,Leh, Ladakh 49 Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 50 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 08/07/2015 Leh to Tso Kar via Rumtse & Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 51 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 08/07/2015 Leh to Tso Kar via Rumtse & Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 52 Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 53 Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 54 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/07/2015 Leh, Ladakh 55 Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides 07/07/2015 Zingral to Chang La Pass,Leh, Ladakh 56 Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens 10/07/2015 Sumdo,Changthang Plateau, Ladakh 57 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 05/07/2015 Shey Marsh, south-east of Leh, Ladakh 58 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/07/2015 Shey Marsh, south-east of Leh, Ladakh 59 Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 60 Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti 08/07/2015 Tso Kar,Rapshu Valley,Changthang, Ladakh 61 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 05/07/2015 Stok Marsh,Leh, Ladakh 62 Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla 08/07/2015 Rumtse, Leh Manali Highway north of Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 63 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/07/2015 Leh to Tso Kar via Rumtse & Tanglang La Pass, Ladakh 64 Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus 06/07/2015 Hemis High Altitude National Park, Ladakh