List Of Birds Of South Asia: Part 3
This item lists those birds of South Asia in the passerine families from pittas to cisticolas.
For an introduction to the birds of the region and a key to the status abbreviations, see List of birds of the South Asia.
For the rest of the species lists, see:
- part 1 Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines.
- part 2 Remainder of non-passerines
- part 4 Passerines from Old World warblers to buntings.
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