Talk:List of birds of Pakistan

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The Snowy Owl is on our List of birds of Pakistan, but that doesn't seem to distinguish vagrants from regular species. Could a Snowy Owl have wandered that far south at one time? —JerryFriedman (Talk) 03:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Steve Pryor of the Oriental Bird Club associated Philippine Records Committee e-mailed me to say the answer is yes. In addition to references to the Snowy Owl's tendency to wander south in winter, he mentioned:

""Occurs: Vagrant NW Pakistan; one specimen (my note: one skin taken) and several others seen at same time [Baker(¹)].

"Op.cit: Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide, Rasmussen & Anderton, Vol. 2, P. 242."

(¹) Baker, E.C.S. 1922-1930. Fauna of British India. Birds. Second edition. Vols. 1-8. Taylor & Francis. London.Steve Pryor (talk) 19:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

The List of birds of Pakistan is one of the many country lists that needs someone to add information on which birds are only accidental, among other things. I did fix somebody's well-intentioned mention of provincial birds, at least.

By the way, this isn't the first time I've been glad I put my unmunged e-mail address on my user page, for people who would rather contact me by e-mail than on my talk page. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 17:36, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

This list like the list of birds of India was generated from Avibase and they both had numerous errors. I have run through the India list and have added inline citations where needed. The Pakistan list needs someone with access to sources to check carefully, I just took out Dicaeum erythrorhynchos and Sitta frontalis which need citations for occurrence. Shyamal (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I checked just Sitta frontalis for now. The Ripley Guide; the Family monograph by Harrap & Quinn; and the HBW-12 do not have it as occuring in Pakistan. This may have leaked into the Avibase lists from the grey-literature of ornithology, i.e., bird trip lists from birders not well versed in field identification, or it may have been one of the false records from: [1]. A suggestion. Anyone taking up the Pakistan list should contact one of the country organs in India that do keep the bird records since a lot of the initial bioassays within Pakistan were done during the British occupation, therefore, they have probably been bequeathed to these organs within India. By the way, this exists: [2]. I doubt that I will buy it as I already have so many other Field Guides covering the region.Steve Pryor (talk) 10:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Dicaeum erythrorhynchos. I can place it as far as western Uttar Pradesh, however, I could find no confirmed records for Pakistan. Consulted: The Ripley Guide; Cheke & Mann Family monograph; HBW-13.Steve Pryor (talk) 12:08, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

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Make a list birds that live in Pakistan 182.187.57.237 (talk) 11:17, 28 March 2022 (UTC)