The birds of Asia are diverse. The avifauna of Asia includes 3845 species.
The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements ' Birds of the World: A Checklist , 2022 edition. Taxonomic changes are on-going. As more research is gathered from studies of distribution, behaviour, and DNA , the order and number of families and species may change. Furthermore, different approaches to ornithological nomenclature have led to concurrent systems of classification (see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy ).
The area includes Russia east of the Ural River and Ural Mountains and the Russian Arctic islands east of Novaya Zemlya , as well as Kazakhstan , Georgia , Azerbaijan , and Turkey . The area is separated from Africa by the Suez Canal . In the Indian Ocean it includes Sri Lanka , Lakshadweep (the Laccadive Islands ), the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . It includes the Russian islands in the Bering Sea and North Pacific , Japan , the Izu Islands , the Ryukyu Islands , Taiwan , the Philippines , Malaysia and Indonesia .
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Asia
(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Asia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
(Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Asia although populations exist elsewhere
(X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists.
Ostriches
Order: Struthioniformes Family: Struthionidae
The ostrich is a flightless bird native to Africa. It is the largest living species of bird. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at high speeds.
Cassowaries and emu
Order: Struthioniformes Family: Casuariidae
The cassowaries are large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea.
Magpie goose
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anseranatidae
The family contains a single species, the magpie goose . It was an early and distinctive offshoot of the anseriform family tree, diverging after the screamers and before all other ducks, geese and swans, sometime in the late Cretaceous .
Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae
Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans . These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
Spotted whistling-duck , Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel , 1866
Plumed whistling-duck , Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton , 1838) (A)
Fulvous whistling-duck , Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot , 1816)
Wandering whistling-duck , Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield , 1824)
Lesser whistling-duck , Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield , 1821)
White-faced whistling-duck , Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Bar-headed goose , Anser indicus (Latham , 1790)
Emperor goose , Anser canagicus (Sevastianov , 1802)
Snow goose , Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus , 1758)
Ross's goose , Anser rossii Cassin , 1861 (A)
Graylag goose , Anser anser (Linnaeus , 1758)
Swan goose , Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus , 1758)
Greater white-fronted goose , Anser albifrons (Scopoli , 1769)
Lesser white-fronted goose , Anser erythropus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Taiga bean-goose , Anser fabalis (Latham , 1787)
Tundra bean-goose , Anser serrirostris Gould , 1852
Pink-footed goose , Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon , 1834 (A)
Brant , Branta bernicla (Linnaeus , 1758)
Barnacle goose , Branta leucopsis (Bechstein , 1803)
Cackling goose , Branta hutchinsii (Richardson , 1832)
Canada goose , Branta canadensis (Linnaeus , 1758) (A)
Red-breasted goose , Branta ruficollis (Pallas , 1769)
Mute swan , Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Black swan , Cygnus atratus (Latham , 1790)
Trumpeter swan , Cygnus buccinator Richardson , 1831
Tundra swan , Cygnus columbianus (Ord , 1815)
Whooper swan , Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-necked swan , Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina , 1782)
Knob-billed duck , Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant , 1769)
Radjah shelduck , Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP , 1828)
Egyptian goose , Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus , 1766)
Ruddy shelduck , Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas , 1764)
Australian shelduck , Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby , 1828)
Common shelduck , Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus , 1758)
Crested shelduck , Tadorna cristata (Kuroda, Nm , 1917)
Paradise shelduck , Tadorna variegata (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Green pygmy-goose , Nettapus pulchellus Gould , 1842
Cotton pygmy-goose , Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Mandarin duck , Aix galericulata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Wood duck , Aix sponsa (Linnaeus , 1758)
Salvadori's teal , Salvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1894
Baikal teal , Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi , 1775)
Garganey , Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Blue-winged teal , Spatula discors (Linnaeus , 1766) (A)
Northern shoveler , Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Australian shoveler , Spatula rhynchotis (Latham , 1801)
Blue-billed teal , Spatula hottentota (Eyton , 1838)
Silver teal , Spatula versicolor (Vieillot , 1816)
Cinnamon teal , Spatula cyanoptera (Vieillot , 1816)
Cape shoveler , Spatula smithii Hartert, EJO , 1891
Red shoveler , Spatula platalea (Vieillot , 1816)
Gadwall , Mareca strepera (Linnaeus , 1758)
Falcated duck , Mareca falcata (Georgi , 1775)
Eurasian wigeon , Mareca penelope (Linnaeus , 1758)
American wigeon , Mareca americana (Gmelin, JF , 1789) (A)
Chiloe wigeon , Mareca sibilatrix (Poeppig , 1829)
Pacific black duck , Anas superciliosa Gmelin, JF , 1789
Philippine duck , Anas luzonica Fraser , 1839
Indian spot-billed duck , Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR , 1781
Eastern spot-billed duck , Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe , 1866
Mallard , Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus , 1758
American black duck , Anas rubripes Brewster , 1902 (A)
Northern pintail , Anas acuta Linnaeus , 1758
Green-winged teal , Anas crecca Linnaeus , 1758
Andaman teal , Anas albogularis (Hume , 1873)
Sunda teal , Anas gibberifrons Müller, S , 1842
Gray teal , Anas gracilis Buller , 1869
White-cheeked pintail , Anas bahamensis Linnaeus , 1758
Chestnut teal , Anas castanea (Eyton , 1838)
Cape teal , Anas capensis Gmelin, JF , 1789 (A)
Red-billed duck , Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, JF , 1789
Yellow-billed duck , Anas undulata Dubois, CF , 1838
Yellow-billed pintail , Anas georgica Gmelin, JF , 1789
Yellow-billed teal , Anas flavirostris Vieillot , 1816
Hawaiian duck , Anas wyvilliana Sclater, PL , 1878
Laysan duck , Anas laysanensis Rothschild , 1892
Marbled teal , Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétriés , 1832)
Pink-headed duck , Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham , 1790)
White-winged duck , Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S , 1842)
Red-crested pochard , Netta rufina (Pallas , 1773)
Southern pochard , Netta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, M , 1833)
Rosy-billed pochard , Netta peposaca (Vieillot , 1816)
Canvasback , Aythya valisineria (Wilson, A , 1814)
Redhead , Aythya americana (Eyton , 1838)
Common pochard , Aythya ferina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Ring-necked duck , Aythya collaris (Donovan , 1809) (A)
Ferruginous duck , Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt , 1770)
Baer's pochard , Aythya baeri (Radde , 1863)
Hardhead , Aythya australis (Eyton , 1838)
Tufted duck , Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Greater scaup , Aythya marila (Linnaeus , 1761)
Lesser scaup , Aythya affinis (Eyton , 1838)
New Zealand scaup , Aythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Steller's eider , Polysticta stelleri (Pallas , 1769)
Spectacled eider , Somateria fischeri (Brandt, JF , 1847)
King eider , Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common eider , Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus , 1758)
Harlequin duck , Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Surf scoter , Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Velvet scoter , Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-winged scoter , Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte , 1850) (A)
Stejneger's scoter , Melanitta stejnegeri (Ridgway , 1887)
Common scoter , Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black scoter , Melanitta americana (Swainson , 1832)
Long-tailed duck , Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Bufflehead , Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common goldeneye , Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Barrow's goldeneye , Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Smew , Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Hooded merganser , Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus , 1758) (A)
Common merganser , Mergus merganser Linnaeus , 1758
Red-breasted merganser , Mergus serrator Linnaeus , 1758
Scaly-sided merganser , Mergus squamatus Gould , 1864
Ruddy duck , Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789) (I)
White-headed duck , Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli , 1769)
Blue-billed duck , Oxyura australis Gould , 1837
Maccoa duck , Oxyura maccoa (Eyton , 1838)
Lake duck , Oxyura vittata (Philippi , 1860)
Maned duck , Chenonetta jubata (Latham , 1801)
Spur-winged goose , Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Megapodes
Order: Galliformes Family: Megapodiidae
The Megapodiidae are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet. All but the malleefowl occupy jungle habitats and most have brown or black colouring.
Wattled brushturkey , Aepypodius arfakianus (Salvadori , 1877)
Waigeo brushturkey , Aepypodius bruijnii (Oustalet , 1880)
Red-billed brushturkey , Talegalla cuvieri Lesson, RP , 1828
Yellow-legged brushturkey , Talegalla fuscirostris Salvadori , 1877
Red-legged brushturkey , Talegalla jobiensis Meyer, AB , 1874
Maleo , Macrocephalon maleo Müller, S , 1846
Moluccan scrubfowl , Eulipoa wallacei (Gray, GR , 1861)
Nicobar scrubfowl , Megapodius nicobariensis Blyth , 1846
Tabon scrubfowl , Megapodius cumingii Dillwyn , 1853
Sula scrubfowl , Megapodius bernsteinii Schlegel , 1866
Tanimbar scrubfowl , Megapodius tenimberensis Sclater, PL , 1883
Dusky scrubfowl , Megapodius freycinet Gaimard , 1823
Biak scrubfowl , Megapodius geelvinkianus Meyer, AB , 1874
Forsten's scrubfowl , Megapodius forsteni
New Guinea scrubfowl , Megapodius decollatus Oustalet , 1878
Orange-footed scrubfowl , Megapodius reinwardt Dumont , 1823
Melanesian scrubfowl , Megapodius eremita Hartlaub , 1868
Vanuatu scrubfowl , Megapodius layardi Tristram , 1879
Tongan megapode , Megapodius pritchardii Gray, GR , 1864
Micronesian scrubfowl , Megapodius laperouse Gaimard , 1823
Malleefowl , Leipoa ocellata Gould , 1840
Guineafowl
Order: Galliformes Family: Numididae
The guineafowl are a family of birds native to Africa. They typically eat insects and seeds, are ground-nesting, and resemble partridges , except with featherless heads.
Pheasants, grouse, and allies
Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.
Ferruginous partridge , Caloperdix oculeus (Temminck , 1815)
Crested partridge , Rollulus rouloul (Scopoli , 1786)
Black partridge , Melanoperdix niger (Vigors , 1829)
Hill partridge , Arborophila torqueola (Valenciennes , 1825)
Sichuan partridge , Arborophila rufipectus Boulton , 1932
Chestnut-breasted partridge , Arborophila mandellii Hume , 1874
White-necklaced partridge , Arborophila gingica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Rufous-throated partridge , Arborophila rufogularis (Blyth , 1849)
White-cheeked partridge , Arborophila atrogularis (Blyth , 1849)
Taiwan partridge , Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe , 1864)
Hainan partridge , Arborophila ardens (Styan , 1892)
Chestnut-bellied partridge , Arborophila javanica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Malayan partridge , Arborophila campbelli (Robinson , 1904)
Roll's partridge , Arborophila rolli (Rothschild , 1909)
Sumatran partridge , Arborophila sumatrana Ogilvie-Grant , 1891
Gray-breasted partridge , Arborophila orientalis (Horsfield , 1821)
Bar-backed partridge , Arborophila brunneopectus (Blyth , 1855)
Orange-necked partridge , Arborophila davidi Delacour , 1927
Chestnut-headed partridge , Arborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille , 1928
Red-breasted partridge , Arborophila hyperythra (Sharpe , 1879)
Red-billed partridge , Arborophila rubrirostris (Salvadori , 1879)
Scaly-breasted partridge , Tropicoperdix chloropus Blyth , 1859
Chestnut-necklaced partridge , Tropicoperdix charltonii (Eyton , 1845)
Sabah partridge , Tropicoperdix graydoni (Sharpe & Chubb, C , 1906)
Long-billed partridge , Rhizothera longirostris (Temminck , 1815)
Dulit Partridge , Rhizothera dulitensis Ogilvie-Grant , 1895
Vietnamese crested argus , Rheinardia ocellata (Elliot, DG , 1871)
Malayan crested argus , Rheinardia nigrescens Rothschild , 1902
Great argus , Argusianus argus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Indian peafowl , Pavo cristatus Linnaeus , 1758
Green peafowl , Pavo muticus Linnaeus , 1766 (A)
Crimson-headed partridge , Haematortyx sanguiniceps Sharpe , 1879
Red spurfowl , Galloperdix spadicea (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Painted spurfowl , Galloperdix lunulata (Valenciennes , 1825)
Sri Lanka spurfowl , Galloperdix bicalcarata (Forster, JR , 1781)
Palawan peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron napoleonis Lesson, RP , 1831
Malayan peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron malacense (Scopoli , 1786)
Bornean peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron schleiermacheri Brüggemann , 1877
Germain's peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron germaini Elliot, DG , 1866
Hainan peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron katsumatae Rothschild , 1906
Mountain peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron inopinatum (Rothschild , 1903)
Bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron chalcurum Lesson, RP , 1831
Gray peacock-pheasant , Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus , 1758)
See-see partridge , Ammoperdix griseogularis (Brandt, JF , 1843)
Sand partridge , Ammoperdix heyi (Temminck , 1825)
Brown quail , Synoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc , 1792)
Blue-breasted quail , Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Blue quail , Synoicus adansonii (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É , 1851)
Snow Mountain quail , Synoicus monorthonyx (van Oort , 1910)
Japanese quail , Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel , 1848
Common quail , Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus , 1758)
Harlequin quail , Coturnix delegorguei Delegorgue , 1847
Rain quail , Coturnix coromandelica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Stubble quail , Coturnix pectoralis Gould , 1837
Rock partridge , Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804)
Chukar , Alectoris chukar (Gray, JE , 1830)
Philby's partridge , Alectoris philbyi Lowe , 1934
Przevalski's partridge , Alectoris magna (Przevalski , 1876)
Arabian partridge , Alectoris melanocephala (Rüppell , 1835)
Barbary partridge , Alectoris barbara (Bonnaterre , 1790)
Red-legged partridge , Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus , 1758)
Caucasian snowcock , Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas , 1811)
Caspian snowcock , Tetraogallus caspius (Gmelin, SG , 1784)
Altai snowcock , Tetraogallus altaicus (Gebler , 1836)
Tibetan snowcock , Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould , 1854
Himalayan snowcock , Tetraogallus himalayensis Gray, GR , 1843
Jungle bush-quail , Perdicula asiatica (Latham , 1790)
Rock bush-quail , Perdicula argoondah (Sykes , 1832)
Painted bush-quail , Perdicula erythrorhyncha (Sykes , 1832)
Manipur bush-quail , Perdicula manipurensis Hume , 1881
Himalayan quail , Ophrysia superciliosa (Gray, JE , 1846)
Black francolin , Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Painted francolin , Francolinus pictus (Jardine & Selby , 1828)
Chinese francolin , Francolinus pintadeanus (Scopoli , 1786)
Mountain bamboo-partridge , Bambusicola fytchii Anderson , 1871
Chinese bamboo-partridge , Bambusicola thoracicus (Temminck , 1815)
Taiwan bamboo-partridge , Bambusicola sonorivox Gould , 1863
Red junglefowl , Gallus gallus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Gray junglefowl , Gallus sonneratii Temminck , 1813
Sri Lanka junglefowl , Gallus lafayettii Lesson, RP , 1831
Green junglefowl , Gallus varius (Shaw , 1798)
Blood pheasant , Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke , 1821)
Himalayan monal , Lophophorus impejanus (Latham , 1790)
Sclater's monal , Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon , 1870
Chinese monal , Lophophorus lhuysii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, A , 1866
Snow partridge , Lerwa lerwa (Hodgson , 1833)
Verreaux's partridge , Tetraophasis obscurus (Verreaux, J , 1869)
Szechenyi's partridge , Tetraophasis szechenyii Madarász, G , 1885
Western tragopan , Tragopan melanocephalus (Gray, JE , 1829)
Satyr tragopan , Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus , 1758)
Blyth's tragopan , Tragopan blythii (Jerdon , 1870)
Temminck's tragopan , Tragopan temminckii (Gray, JE , 1831)
Cabot's tragopan , Tragopan caboti (Gould , 1857)
Reeves's pheasant , Syrmaticus reevesii (Gray, JE , 1829)
Copper pheasant , Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Temminck , 1830)
Mikado pheasant , Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant , 1906)
Elliot's pheasant , Syrmaticus ellioti (Swinhoe , 1872)
Hume's pheasant , Syrmaticus humiae (Hume , 1881)
Golden pheasant , Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Lady Amherst's pheasant , Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater , 1829)
Ring-necked pheasant , Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus , 1758
Tibetan eared-pheasant , Crossoptilon harmani Elwes , 1881
White eared-pheasant , Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson , 1838)
Brown eared-pheasant , Crossoptilon mantchuricum Swinhoe , 1863
Blue eared-pheasant , Crossoptilon auritum (Pallas , 1811)
Cheer pheasant , Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke , 1827)
Silver pheasant , Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus , 1758)
Kalij pheasant , Lophura leucomelanos (Latham , 1790)
Siamese fireback , Lophura diardi (Bonaparte , 1856)
Bulwer's pheasant , Lophura bulweri (Sharpe , 1874)
Edwards's pheasant , Lophura edwardsi (Oustalet , 1896)
Swinhoe's pheasant , Lophura swinhoii (Gould , 1863)
Salvadori's pheasant , Lophura inornata (Salvadori , 1879)
Malayan crestless fireback , Lophura erythrophthalma (Raffles , 1822)
Bornean crestless fireback , Lophura pyronota (Gray, GR , 1841)
Malayan crested fireback , Lophura rufa (Raffles , 1822)
Bornean crested fireback , Lophura ignita (Shaw , 1798)
Gray partridge , Perdix perdix (Linnaeus , 1758)
Daurian partridge , Perdix dauurica (Pallas , 1811) (Ex)
Tibetan partridge , Perdix hodgsoniae (Hodgson , 1856)
Koklass pheasant , Pucrasia macrolopha (Lesson, RP , 1829)
Black-billed capercaillie , Tetrao urogalloides Middendorff , 1853
Western capercaillie , Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus , 1758
Black grouse , Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus , 1758)
Caucasian grouse , Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi (Taczanowski , 1875)
Hazel grouse , Tetrastes bonasia (Linnaeus , 1758)
Severtzov's grouse , Tetrastes sewerzowi Przevalski , 1876
Siberian grouse , Falcipennis falcipennis (Hartlaub , 1855)
Willow ptarmigan , Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rock ptarmigan , Lagopus muta (Montin, 1781)
Yellow-necked francolin , Pternistis leucoscepus (Gray, GR , 1867)
Red-necked francolin , Pternistis afer (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Erckel's francolin , Pternistis erckelii (Rüppell , 1835)
Gray francolin , Ortygornis pondicerianus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Flamingos
Order: Phoenicopteriformes Family: Phoenicopteridae
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.
Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae
Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.
Little grebe , Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas , 1764)
Australasian grebe , Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Stephens , 1826)
Horned grebe , Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red-necked grebe , Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert , 1783)
Great crested grebe , Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Eared grebe , Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, CL , 1831
Hoary-headed grebe , Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby , 1827)
Pied-billed grebe , Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pigeons and doves
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere .
Rock pigeon , Columba livia Gmelin, JF , 1789
Hill pigeon , Columba rupestris Pallas , 1811
Snow pigeon , Columba leuconota Vigors , 1831
Speckled pigeon , Columba guinea Linnaeus , 1758 (A)
Stock dove , Columba oenas Linnaeus , 1758
Yellow-eyed pigeon , Columba eversmanni Bonaparte , 1856
Common wood-pigeon , Columba palumbus Linnaeus , 1758
Rameron pigeon , Columba arquatrix Temminck , 1808
Speckled wood-pigeon , Columba hodgsonii Vigors , 1832
Ashy wood-pigeon , Columba pulchricollis Blyth , 1846
Nilgiri wood-pigeon , Columba elphinstonii (Sykes , 1832)
Sri Lanka wood-pigeon , Columba torringtoniae (Kelaart , 1853)
Pale-capped pigeon , Columba punicea Blyth , 1842
Silvery wood-pigeon , Columba argentina Bonaparte , 1855
Andaman wood-pigeon , Columba palumboides (Hume , 1873)
Japanese wood-pigeon , Columba janthina Temminck , 1830
Ryukyu pigeon , Columba jouyi (Stejneger , 1887)
Bonin pigeon , Columba versicolor Kittlitz , 1832
Metallic pigeon , Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard , 1832
Yellow-legged pigeon , Columba pallidiceps (Ramsay, EP , 1878)
White-headed pigeon , Columba leucomela Temminck , 1821
Trocaz pigeon , Columba trocaz Heineken , 1829
Bolle's pigeon , Columba bollii Godman , 1872
Laurel pigeon , Columba junoniae Hartert, EJO , 1916
European turtle-dove , Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus , 1758)
Dusky turtle-dove , Streptopelia lugens (Rüppell , 1837)
Oriental turtle-dove , Streptopelia orientalis (Latham , 1790)
Sunda collared-dove , Streptopelia bitorquata (Temminck , 1809)
Philippine collared-dove , Streptopelia dusumieri (Temminck , 1823)
Eurasian collared-dove , Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky , 1838)
Burmese collared-dove , Streptopelia xanthocycla (Newman, TH, 1906)
African collared-dove , Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall , 1857)
Red-eyed dove , Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell , 1837)
Red collared-dove , Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann , 1804)
Malagasy turtle-dove , Streptopelia picturata
Mourning collared-dove , Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub & Finsch , 1870)
Spotted dove , Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli , 1786)
Laughing dove , Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Barred cuckoo-dove , Macropygia unchall (Wagler , 1827)
Flores Sea cuckoo-dove , Macropygia macassariensis Wallace , 1865
Timor cuckoo-dove , Macropygia magna Wallace , 1864
Tanimbar cuckoo-dove , Macropygia timorlaoensis Meyer, AB , 1884
Amboyna cuckoo-dove , Macropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Sultan's cuckoo-dove , Macropygia doreya Bonaparte , 1854
Andaman cuckoo-dove , Macropygia rufipennis Blyth , 1846
Philippine cuckoo-dove , Macropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte , 1854
Ruddy cuckoo-dove , Macropygia emiliana Bonaparte , 1854
Enggano cuckoo-dove , Macropygia cinnamomea Salvadori , 1892
Barusan cuckoo-dove , Macropygia modiglianii Salvadori , 1887
Black-billed cuckoo-dove , Macropygia nigrirostris Salvadori , 1876
Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove , Macropygia mackinlayi Ramsay, EP , 1878
Little cuckoo-dove , Macropygia ruficeps (Temminck , 1835)
Brown cuckoo-dove , Macropygia phasianella (Temminck , 1821)
Great cuckoo-dove , Reinwardtoena reinwardti (Temminck , 1824)
Pied cuckoo-dove , Reinwardtoena browni (Sclater, PL , 1877)
Crested cuckoo-dove , Reinwardtoena crassirostris (Gould , 1856)
White-faced cuckoo-dove , Turacoena manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Sula cuckoo-dove , Turacoena sulaensis Forbes, HO & Robinson , 1900
Slaty cuckoo-dove , Turacoena modesta (Temminck , 1835)
Namaqua dove , Oena capensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Asian emerald dove , Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pacific emerald dove , Chalcophaps longirostris Gould , 1848
Stephan's dove , Chalcophaps stephani Reichenbach , 1851
New Guinea bronzewing , Henicophaps albifrons Gray, GR , 1862
New Britain bronzewing , Henicophaps foersteri Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1906
Wetar ground dove , Alopecoenas hoedtii
Bronze ground dove , Alopecoenas beccarii
White-bibbed ground dove , Alopecoenas jobiensis
Shy ground dove , Alopecoenas sairi
Marquesas ground dove , Alopecoenas rubescens
Polynesian ground dove , Alopecoenas erypthropterus
Zebra dove , Geopelia striata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Peaceful dove , Geopelia placida Gould , 1844
Barred dove , Geopelia maugeus (Temminck , 1809)
Bar-shouldered dove , Geopelia humeralis (Temminck , 1821)
Diamond dove , Geopelia cuneata (Latham , 1801)
Nicobar pigeon , Caloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sulawesi ground dove , Gallicolumba tristigmata (Bonaparte , 1855)
Cinnamon ground dove , Gallicolumba rufigula (Pucheran , 1853)
Mindoro bleeding-heart , Gallicolumba platenae (Salvadori , 1893)
Negros bleeding-heart , Gallicolumba keayi (Clarke, WE , 1900)
Sulu bleeding-heart , Gallicolumba menagei (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
Luzon bleeding-heart , Gallicolumba luzonica (Scopoli , 1786)
Mindanao bleeding-heart , Gallicolumba crinigera (Reichenbach , 1851)
Thick-billed ground-pigeon , Trugon terrestris Gray, GR , 1849
Pheasant pigeon , Otidiphaps nobilis Gould , 1870
Western crowned-pigeon , Goura cristata (Pallas , 1764)
Sclater's crowned-pigeon , Goura sclaterii Salvadori , 1876
Scheepmaker's crowned-pigeon , Goura scheepmakeri Finsch , 1876
Victoria crowned-pigeon , Goura victoria (Fraser , 1844)
White-eared brown-dove , Phapitreron leucotis (Temminck , 1823)
Amethyst brown-dove , Phapitreron amethystinus Bonaparte , 1855
Mindanao brown-dove , Phapitreron brunniceps
Tawitawi brown-dove , Phapitreron cinereiceps (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
Little green-pigeon , Treron olax (Temminck , 1823)
Pink-necked green-pigeon , Treron vernans (Linnaeus , 1771)
Cinnamon-headed green-pigeon , Treron fulvicollis (Wagler , 1827)
Orange-breasted green-pigeon , Treron bicinctus (Jerdon , 1840)
Sri Lanka green-pigeon , Treron pompadora (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Gray-fronted green-pigeon , Treron affinis (Jerdon , 1840)
Andaman green-pigeon , Treron chloropterus Blyth , 1845
Ashy-headed green-pigeon , Treron phayrei (Blyth , 1862)
Philippine green-pigeon , Treron axillaris (Bonaparte , 1855)
Buru green-pigeon , Treron aromaticus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Thick-billed green-pigeon , Treron curvirostra (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Gray-cheeked green-pigeon , Treron griseicauda Bonaparte , 1855
Sumba green-pigeon , Treron teysmannii Schlegel , 1879
Flores green-pigeon , Treron floris Wallace , 1864
Timor green-pigeon , Treron psittaceus (Temminck , 1808)
Large green-pigeon , Treron capellei (Temminck , 1822)
Yellow-footed green-pigeon , Treron phoenicopterus (Latham , 1790)
Bruce's green-pigeon , Treron waalia (Meyer, FAA , 1793)
Yellow-vented green-pigeon , Treron seimundi (Robinson , 1910)
Pin-tailed green-pigeon , Treron apicauda Blyth , 1846
Green-spectacled green-pigeon , Treron oxyurus (Temminck , 1823)
Wedge-tailed green-pigeon , Treron sphenurus (Vigors , 1832)
White-bellied green-pigeon , Treron sieboldii (Temminck , 1835)
Whistling green-pigeon , Treron formosae Swinhoe , 1863
Black-backed fruit-dove , Ptilinopus cinctus (Temminck , 1809)
Red-naped fruit-dove , Ptilinopus dohertyi Rothschild , 1896
Pink-headed fruit-dove , Ptilinopus porphyreus (Temminck , 1822)
Yellow-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus occipitalis Gray, GR , 1844
Flame-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus marchei Oustalet , 1880
Cream-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus merrilli (McGregor , 1916)
Red-eared fruit-dove , Ptilinopus fischeri Brüggemann , 1876
Jambu fruit-dove , Ptilinopus jambu (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Maroon-chinned fruit-dove , Ptilinopus epius
Banggai fruit-dove , Ptilinopus subgularis Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1896
Sula fruit-dove , Ptilinopus mangoliensis Rothschild , 1898
Black-chinned fruit-dove , Ptilinopus leclancheri (Bonaparte , 1855)
Scarlet-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus bernsteinii Schlegel , 1863
Wompoo fruit-dove , Ptilinopus magnificus (Temminck , 1821)
Pink-spotted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus perlatus (Temminck , 1835)
Ornate fruit-dove , Ptilinopus ornatus Schlegel , 1871
Orange-fronted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Gray, GR , 1858
Wallace's fruit-dove , Ptilinopus wallacii Gray, GR , 1858
Superb fruit-dove , Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck , 1809)
Rose-crowned fruit-dove , Ptilinopus regina Swainson , 1825
Coroneted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus coronulatus Gray, GR , 1858
Beautiful fruit-dove , Ptilinopus pulchellus (Temminck , 1835)
Blue-capped fruit-dove , Ptilinopus monacha (Temminck , 1824)
White-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus rivoli (Prévost , 1843)
Yellow-bibbed fruit-dove , Ptilinopus solomonensis Gray, GR , 1870
Geelvink fruit-dove , Ptilinopus speciosus Schlegel , 1871
Claret-breasted fruit-dove , Ptilinopus viridis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Orange-bellied fruit-dove , Ptilinopus iozonus Gray, GR , 1858
Gray-headed fruit-dove , Ptilinopus hyogastrus (Temminck , 1824)
Carunculated fruit-dove , Ptilinopus granulifrons Hartert, EJO , 1898
Black-naped fruit-dove , Ptilinopus melanospilus (Salvadori , 1875)
Dwarf fruit-dove , Ptilinopus nainus (Temminck , 1835)
Negros fruit-dove , Ptilinopus arcanus Ripley & Rabor , 1955
Knob-billed fruit-dove , Ptilinopus insolitus Schlegel , 1863
Black-banded fruit-dove , Ptilinopus alligator Collett , 1898
Many-colored fruit-dove , Ptilinopus perousii Peale , 1849
Crimson-crowned fruit-dove , Ptilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck , 1821)
Orange dove , Ptilinopus victor (Gould , 1872)
Golden dove , Ptilinopus luteovirens (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Velvet dove , Ptilinopus layardi Elliot, DG , 1878
Pink-bellied imperial-pigeon , Ducula poliocephala (Gray, GR , 1844)
White-bellied imperial-pigeon , Ducula forsteni (Bonaparte , 1854)
Mindoro imperial-pigeon , Ducula mindorensis (Whitehead, J , 1896)
Gray-headed imperial-pigeon , Ducula radiata (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Spotted imperial-pigeon , Ducula carola (Bonaparte , 1854)
Green imperial-pigeon , Ducula aenea (Linnaeus , 1766)
Enggano imperial-pigeon , Ducula oenothorax (Salvadori , 1892)
Nicobar imperial-pigeon , Ducula nicobarica (Pelzeln , 1865)
Spectacled imperial-pigeon , Ducula perspicillata (Temminck , 1824)
Seram imperial-pigeon , Ducula neglecta (Schlegel , 1866)
Elegant imperial-pigeon , Ducula concinna (Wallace , 1865)
Pacific imperial-pigeon , Ducula pacifica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Spice imperial-pigeon , Ducula myristicivora (Scopoli , 1786)
Geelvink imperial-pigeon , Ducula geelvinkiana (Schlegel , 1873)
Purple-tailed imperial-pigeon , Ducula rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Cinnamon-bellied imperial-pigeon , Ducula basilica Bonaparte , 1854
Rufescent imperial-pigeon , Ducula chalconota (Salvadori , 1874)
Island imperial-pigeon , Ducula pistrinaria Bonaparte , 1855
Pink-headed imperial-pigeon , Ducula rosacea (Temminck , 1836)
Gray imperial-pigeon , Ducula pickeringii (Cassin , 1855)
Pinon's imperial-pigeon , Ducula pinon (Gaimard , 1823)
Collared imperial-pigeon , Ducula mullerii (Temminck , 1835)
Zoe's imperial-pigeon , Ducula zoeae (Desmarest , 1826)
Mountain imperial-pigeon , Ducula badia (Raffles , 1822)
Malabar imperial-pigeon , Ducula cuprea (Jerdon , 1840)
Dark-backed imperial-pigeon , Ducula lacernulata (Temminck , 1822)
Timor imperial-pigeon , Ducula cineracea (Temminck , 1835)
Pied imperial-pigeon , Ducula bicolor (Scopoli , 1786)
Torresian imperial-pigeon , Ducula spilorrhoa (Gray, GR , 1858)
Silver-tipped imperial-pigeon , Ducula luctuosa (Temminck , 1824)
Red-knobbed imperial-pigeon , Ducula rubricera (Bonaparte , 1854)
Finsch's imperial-pigeon , Ducula finschii (Ramsay, EP , 1882)
Bismarck imperial-pigeon , Ducula melanochroa (Sclater, PL , 1878)
Yellowish imperial-pigeon , Ducula subflavescens (Finsch , 1886)
Christmas Island imperial-pigeon , Ducula whartoni (Sharpe , 1887)
Peale's imperial-pigeon , Ducula latrans (Peale , 1849)
Sombre pigeon , Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa (Brüggemann , 1876)
Papuan mountain-pigeon , Gymnophaps albertisii Salvadori , 1874
Buru mountain-pigeon , Gymnophaps mada (Hartert, EJO , 1899)
Seram mountain-pigeon , Gymnophaps stalkeri (Ogilvie-Grant , 1911)
Pale mountain-pigeon , Gymnophaps solomonensis Mayr , 1931
Topknot pigeon , Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw , 1793)
Common bronzewing , Phaps chalcoptera (Latham , 1790)
Brush bronzewing , Phaps elegans (Temminck , 1809)
Flock bronzewing , Phaps histrionica (Gould , 1841)
Crested pigeon , Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck , 1822)
Spinifex pigeon , Geophaps plumifera Gould , 1842
Squatter pigeon , Geophaps scripta (Temminck , 1821)
Partridge pigeon , Geophaps smithii (Jardine & Selby , 1830)
Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeon , Petrophassa rufipennis Collett , 1898
White-quilled rock-pigeon , Petrophassa albipennis Gould , 1841
Wonga pigeon , Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham , 1801)
New Zealand pigeon , Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Black-billed Wood-dove , Turtur abyssinicus (Sharpe , 1902)
Tambourine dove , Turtur tympanistria (Temminck , 1809)
Zenaida dove , Zenaida aurita (Temminck , 1809)
Mourning dove , Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus , 1758)
Eared dove , Zenaida auriculata (des Murs , 1847)
Common ground dove , Columbina passerina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sandgrouse
Order: Pterocliformes Family: Pteroclidae
Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.
Tibetan sandgrouse , Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould , 1850
Pallas's sandgrouse , Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas , 1773)
Pin-tailed sandgrouse , Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse , Pterocles exustus Temminck , 1825
Spotted sandgrouse , Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus , 1771)
Black-bellied sandgrouse , Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Crowned sandgrouse , Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Lichtenstein's sandgrouse , Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck , 1825
Painted sandgrouse , Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Four-banded sandgrouse , Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck , 1815
Bustards
Order: Otidiformes Family: Otididae
Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.
Great bustard , Otis tarda Linnaeus , 1758
Arabian bustard , Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus , 1758)
Great Indian bustard , Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors , 1831)
Australian bustard , Ardeotis australis (Gray, JE , 1829)
Macqueen's bustard , Chlamydotis macqueenii (Gray, JE , 1832)
Houbara bustard , Chalmydotis undulata
Bengal florican , Houbaropsis bengalensis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Lesser florican , Sypheotides indicus (Miller, JF , 1782)
Little bustard , Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus , 1758)
Cuckoos
Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos , roadrunners and anis . These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs.
Sumatran ground-cuckoo , Carpococcyx viridis Salvadori , 1879
Bornean ground-cuckoo , Carpococcyx radiatus
Coral-billed ground-cuckoo , Carpococcyx renauldi Oustalet , 1896
Biak coucal , Centropus chalybeus (Salvadori , 1876)
Greater black coucal , Centropus menbeki Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1828
Rufous coucal , Centropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine , 1863)
Green-billed coucal , Centropus chlororhynchus
Black-faced coucal , Centropus melanops Lesson, RP , 1830
Short-toed coucal , Centropus rectunguis Strickland , 1847
Black-hooded coucal , Centropus steerii Bourns & Worcester , 1894
Bay coucal , Centropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard , 1832
White-browed coucal , Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1829
Sunda coucal , Centropus nigrorufus (Cuvier , 1816)
Andaman coucal , Centropus andamanensis Beavan , 1867
Greater coucal , Centropus sinensis (Stephens , 1815)
Goliath coucal , Centropus goliath Bonaparte , 1850
Philippine coucal , Centropus viridis (Scopoli , 1786)
Lesser coucal , Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Lesser black coucal , Centropus bernsteini Schlegel , 1866
Pheasant coucal , Centropus phasianinus (Latham , 1801)
Pied coucal , Centropus ateralbus Lesson, RP , 1826
Violaceous coucal , Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard , 1832
Senegal coucal , Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Raffles's malkoha , Rhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles , 1822)
Sirkeer malkoha , Taccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP , 1830
Red-billed malkoha , Zanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield , 1821)
Chestnut-breasted malkoha , Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw , 1810)
Chestnut-bellied malkoha , Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles , 1822)
Red-faced malkoha , Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant , 1769)
Blue-faced malkoha , Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon , 1840)
Black-bellied malkoha , Phaenicophaeus diardi (Lesson, RP , 1830)
Green-billed malkoha , Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, RP , 1830)
Yellow-billed malkoha , Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus (Temminck , 1825)
Red-crested malkoha , Dasylophus superciliosus (Dumont , 1823)
Scale-feathered malkoha , Dasylophus cumingi (Fraser , 1839)
Chestnut-winged cuckoo , Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Great spotted cuckoo , Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pied cuckoo , Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert , 1783)
Dwarf koel , Microdynamis parva (Salvadori , 1876)
Asian koel , Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-billed koel , Eudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S , 1843
Pacific koel , Eudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Long-tailed koel , Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman , 1787)
Channel-billed cuckoo , Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham , 1790
Asian emerald cuckoo , Chrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Violet cuckoo , Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield , 1821)
Dideric cuckoo , Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert , 1783)
Klaas's cuckoo , Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens , 1815)
Long-billed cuckoo , Chrysococcyx megarhynchus (Gray, GR , 1858)
Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo , Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield , 1821)
Black-eared cuckoo , Chrysococcyx osculans (Gould , 1847)
Rufous-throated bronze-cuckoo , Chrysococcyx ruficollis (Salvadori , 1876)
Shining bronze-cuckoo , Chrysococcyx lucidus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
White-eared bronze-cuckoo , Chrysococcyx meyerii Salvadori , 1874
Little bronze-cuckoo , Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould , 1859
Pallid cuckoo , Cacomantis pallidus (Latham , 1801)
White-crowned koel , Cacomantis leucolophus (Müller, S , 1840)
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo , Cacomantis castaneiventris (Gould , 1867)
Fan-tailed cuckoo , Cacomantis flabelliformis (Latham , 1801)
Banded bay cuckoo , Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham , 1790)
Plaintive cuckoo , Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli , 1786)
Gray-bellied cuckoo , Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl , 1797)
Moluccan cuckoo , Cacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori , 1878
Brush cuckoo , Cacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo , Surniculus dicruroides (Hodgson , 1839)
Philippine drongo-cuckoo , Surniculus velutinus Sharpe , 1877
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo , Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield , 1821)
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo , Surniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB , 1878
Moustached hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx vagans (Müller, S , 1845)
Large hawk cuckoo , Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors , 1832)
Dark hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1886
Common hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx varius (Vahl , 1797)
Northern hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould , 1856)
Philippine hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine , 1863
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth , 1843)
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo , Hierococcyx fugax (Horsfield , 1821)
Lesser cuckoo , Cuculus poliocephalus Latham , 1790
Sulawesi cuckoo , Cuculus crassirostris (Walden , 1872)
Indian cuckoo , Cuculus micropterus Gould , 1838
Himalayan cuckoo , Cuculus saturatus Blyth , 1843
Sunda cuckoo , Cuculus lepidus Müller, S , 1845
Common cuckoo , Cuculus canorus Linnaeus , 1758
Oriental cuckoo , Cuculus optatus Gould , 1845
Frogmouths
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Podargidae
The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars . They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects.
Marbled frogmouth , Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard , 1832
Papuan frogmouth , Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard , 1832
Tawny frogmouth , Podargus strigoides (Latham , 1801)
Large frogmouth , Batrachostomus auritus (Gray, JE , 1829)
Dulit frogmouth , Batrachostomus harterti Sharpe , 1892
Philippine frogmouth , Batrachostomus septimus Tweeddale , 1877
Gould's frogmouth , Batrachostomus stellatus (Gould , 1837)
Sri Lanka frogmouth , Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth , 1849
Hodgson's frogmouth , Batrachostomus hodgsoni (Gray, GR , 1859)
Sumatran frogmouth , Batrachostomus poliolophus Hartert, EJO , 1892
Bornean frogmouth , Batrachostomus mixtus Sharpe , 1892
Javan frogmouth , Batrachostomus javensis (Horsfield , 1821)
Blyth's frogmouth , Batrachostomus affinis Blyth , 1847
Palawan frogmouth , Batrachostomus chaseni Stresemann , 1937
Sunda frogmouth , Batrachostomus cornutus (Temminck , 1822)
Solomons frogmouth , Rigidipenna inexpectata (Hartert, EJO , 1901)
Nightjars and allies
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.
Spotted nightjar , Eurostopodus argus Hartert, EJO , 1892
Solomons nightjar , Eurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, EP , 1882
White-throated nightjar , Eurostopodus mystacalis (Temminck , 1826)
Diabolical nightjar , Eurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann , 1931
Papuan nightjar , Eurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel , 1866)
Archbold's nightjar , Eurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand , 1935)
Malaysian eared-nightjar , Lyncornis temminckii Gould , 1838
Great eared-nightjar , Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors , 1831)
Jungle nightjar , Caprimulgus indicus Latham , 1790
Gray nightjar , Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel , 1845
Eurasian nightjar , Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus , 1758
Egyptian nightjar , Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Nubian nightjar , Caprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Sykes's nightjar , Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes , 1832
Vaurie's nightjar , Caprimulgus centralasicus
Large-tailed nightjar , Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield , 1821
Andaman nightjar , Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume , 1873
Mees's nightjar , Caprimulgus meesi Sangster & Rozendaal, 2004
Jerdon's nightjar , Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon , 1845
Philippine nightjar , Caprimulgus manillensis Walden , 1875
Sulawesi nightjar , Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Indian nightjar , Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham , 1790
Plain nightjar , Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin , 1869
Savanna nightjar , Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield , 1821
Bonaparte's nightjar , Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte , 1850
Salvadori's nightjar , Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori , 1879
Red-necked nightjar , Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck , 1820
Montane nightjar , Caprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell , 1840
Golden nightjar , Caprimulgus eximius Temminck , 1826
Owlet-nightjars
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Aegothelidae
The owlet-nightjars are small nocturnal birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths . They are insectivores which hunt mostly in the air. Their soft plumage is a mixture of browns and paler shades.
Feline owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles insignis Salvadori , 1876
Starry owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles tatei Rand , 1941 (A)
Wallace's owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles wallacii Gray, GR , 1859
Mountain owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles albertisi Sclater, PL , 1874
Moluccan owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles crinifrons (Bonaparte , 1850)
Vogelkop owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles affinis Salvadori , 1876
Barred owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles bennettii Salvadori & D'Albertis , 1875
Australian owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles cristatus (Shaw , 1790)
Swifts
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Apodidae
Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.
Philippine spinetailed swift , Mearnsia picina (Tweeddale , 1879)
Papuan spinetailed swift , Mearnsia novaeguineae (D'Albertis & Salvadori , 1879)
White-rumped needletail , Zoonavena sylvatica (Tickell , 1846)
Silver-rumped needletail , Rhaphidura leucopygialis (Blyth , 1849)
Sabine's spinetail , Rhaphidura sabini (Gray, JE , 1829)
White-throated needletail , Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham , 1801)
Silver-backed needletail , Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet , 1878)
Brown-backed needletail , Hirundapus giganteus (Temminck , 1825)
Purple needletail , Hirundapus celebensis (Sclater, PL , 1866)
Waterfall swift , Hydrochous gigas (Hartert, EJO & Butler, AL , 1901)
Pygmy swiftlet , Collocalia troglodytes Gray, GR , 1845
Bornean swiftlet , Collocalia dodgei Richmond , 1905
Cave swiftlet , Collocalia linchi Horsfield & Moore, F , 1854
Plume-toed swiftlet , Collocalia affinis Beavan , 1867
Gray-rumped swiftlet , Collocalia marginata Salvadori , 1882
Ridgetop swiftlet , Collocalia isonota Oberholser , 1906
Tenggara swiftlet , Collocalia sumbawae Stresemann , 1925
Drab swiftlet , Collocalia neglecta Gray, GR , 1866
Glossy swiftlet , Collocalia esculenta (Linnaeus , 1758)
Satin swiftlet , Collocalia uropygialis Gray, GR , 1866
Christmas Island swiftlet , Collocalia natalis Lister , 1889
Indian swiftlet , Aerodramus unicolor (Jerdon , 1840)
Sulawesi swiftlet , Aerodramus sororum (Stresemann , 1931)
Halmahera swiftlet , Aerodramus infuscatus (Salvadori , 1880)
Seram swiftlet , Aerodramus ceramensis (van Oort , 1911)
Philippine swiftlet , Aerodramus mearnsi (Oberholser , 1912)
Mountain swiftlet , Aerodramus hirundinaceus (Stresemann , 1914)
Himalayan swiftlet , Aerodramus brevirostris (Horsfield , 1840)
Volcano swiftlet , Aerodramus vulcanorum (Stresemann , 1926)
Whitehead's swiftlet , Aerodramus whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1895)
Bare-legged swiftlet , Aerodramus nuditarsus (Salomonsen , 1962)
Ameline swiftlet , Aerodramus amelis (Oberholser , 1906)
Palawan swiftlet , Aerodramus palawanensis
Uniform swiftlet , Aerodramus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Mossy-nest swiftlet , Aerodramus salangana (Streubel, 1848)
Black-nest swiftlet , Aerodramus maximus (Hume , 1878)
White-nest swiftlet , Aerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg , 1812)
German's swiftlet , Aerodramus germani (Oustalet , 1876)
Three-toed swiftlet , Aerodramus papuensis (Rand , 1941)
White-rumped swiftlet , Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale , 1849)
Australian swiftlet , Aerodramus terraereginae (Ramsay, EP , 1875)
Mayr's swiftlet , Aerodramus orientalis (Mayr , 1935)
Alpine swift , Apus melba
Common swift , Apus apus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pallid swift , Apus pallidus (Shelley , 1870)
Pacific swift , Apus pacificus (Latham , 1801)
Salim Ali's swift , Apus salimalii Lack , 1958
Blyth's swift , Apus leuconyx (Blyth , 1845)
Cook's swift , Apus cooki (Harington , 1913)
Dark-rumped swift , Apus acuticauda (Jerdon , 1864)
Little swift , Apus affinis (Gray, JE , 1830)
House swift , Apus nipalensis (Hodgson , 1837)
White-rumped swift , Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Plain swift , Apus unicolor (Jardine , 1830)
Forbes-Watson's swift , Apus berliozi Ripley , 1966
Asian palm-swift , Cypsiurus balasiensis (Gray, JE , 1829)
African palm-swift , Cypsiurus parvus (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Treeswifts
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae
The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts . They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage.
Rails, gallinules, and coots
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails , crakes , coots and gallinules . Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.
Water rail , Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus , 1758
Brown-cheeked rail , Rallus indicus Blyth , 1849
Corn crake , Crex crex (Linnaeus , 1758)
Snoring rail , Aramidopsis plateni (Blasius, W , 1886)
Slaty-breasted rail , Lewinia striata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Luzon rail , Lewinia mirifica (Parkes & Amadon , 1959)
Lewin's rail , Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck , 1831)
Blue-faced rail , Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel , 1866)
Bare-eyed rail , Gymnocrex plumbeiventris (Gray, GR , 1862)
Talaud rail , Gymnocrex talaudensis Lambert, 1998
Calayan rail , Gallirallus calayanensis
Invisible rail , Gallirallus wallacii
Chestnut rail , Gallirallus castaneoventris
Okinawa rail , Gallirallus okinawae
Buff-banded rail , Gallirallus philippensis
Barred rail , Gallirallus torquatus
New Britain rail , Gallirallus insignis
Woodford's rail , Gallirallus woodfordi
Weka , Gallirallus australis
Lord Howe woodhen , Gallirallus sylvestris
Bar-winged rail , Gallirallus poecilopterus
Sora , Porzana carolina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Spotted crake , Porzana porzana (Linnaeus , 1766)
Eurasian moorhen , Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Dusky moorhen , Gallinula tenebrosa Gould , 1846
Eurasian coot , Fulica atra Linnaeus , 1758
Red-knobbed coot , Fulica cristata Gmelin, JF , 1789
American coot , Fulica americana Gmelin, JF , 1789
Allen's gallinule , Porphyrio alleni Thomson , 1842
Black-backed swamphen , Porphyrio indicus Horsfield , 1821
Australasian swamphen , Porphyrio melanotus Temminck , 1820
Philippine swamphen , Porphyrio pulverulentus Temminck , 1826
Gray-headed swamphen , Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham , 1801)
African swamphen , Porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham , 1801)
Purple gallinule , Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus , 1766)
New Guinea flightless rail , Megacrex inepta D'Albertis & Salvadori , 1879
Watercock , Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Isabelline bush-hen , Amaurornis isabellina (Schlegel , 1865)
Plain bush-hen , Amaurornis olivacea (Meyen , 1834) (E)
White-breasted waterhen , Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant , 1769)
Talaud bush-hen , Amaurornis magnirostris Lambert, 1998
Pale-vented bush-hen , Amaurornis moluccana (Wallace , 1865)
Striped crake , Amaurornis marginalis
White-browed crake , Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot , 1819)
Chestnut forest-rail , Rallina rubra
White-striped forest-rail , Rallina leucospila
Forbes's rail , Rallina forbesi
Mayr's rail , Rallina mayri
Red-necked crake , Rallina tricolor Gray, GR , 1858
Andaman crake , Rallina canningi (Blyth , 1863)
Red-legged crake , Rallina fasciata (Raffles , 1822)
Slaty-legged crake , Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye , 1845)
Ruddy-breasted crake , Zapornia fusca (Linnaeus , 1766)
Band-bellied crake , Zapornia paykullii (Ljungh , 1813)
Brown crake , Zapornia akool (Sykes , 1832)
Little crake , Zapornia parva (Scopoli , 1769)
Baillon's crake , Zapornia pusilla (Pallas , 1776)
Black-tailed crake , Zapornia bicolor (Walden , 1872)
Spotless crake , Zapornia tabuensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Swinhoe's rail , Zapornia exquisitus
Black crake , Zaporina flavirostra
Black-tailed nativehen , Tribonyx ventralis (Gould , 1837)
Tasmanian nativehen , Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies , 1840
Lesser moorhen , Paragallinula angulata (Sundevall , 1850)
Swinhoe's rail , Coturnicops exquisitus (Swinhoe , 1873)
Striped crake , Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub , 1857)
Giant wood-rail , Aramides ypecaha (Vieillot , 1819)
Order: Gruiformes Family: Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae is small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.
Cranes
Order: Gruiformes Family: Gruidae
Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".
Demoiselle crane , Anthropoides virgo
Siberian crane , Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Pallas , 1773)
Sandhill crane , Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sarus crane , Antigone antigone (Linnaeus , 1758)
Brolga , Antigone rubicunda (Perry , 1810)
White-naped crane , Antigone vipio (Pallas , 1811)
Common crane , Grus grus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Hooded crane , Grus monacha Temminck , 1835
Black-necked crane , Grus nigricollis Przevalski , 1876
Red-crowned crane , Grus japonensis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Black crowned-crane , Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Thick-knees
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.
Eurasian thick-knee , Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Indian thick-knee , Burhinus indicus (Salvadori , 1866)
Spotted thick-knee , Burhinus capensis (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Bush thick-knee , Burhinus grallarius (Latham , 1801)
Senegal thick-knee , Burhinus senegalensis (Swainson , 1837)
Peruvian thick-knee , Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi , 1843)
Great thick-knee , Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier , 1829)
Beach thick-knee , Esacus magnirostris (Vieillot , 1818)
Egyptian plover
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Pluvianidae
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River.
Stilts and avocets
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts . The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.
Black-winged stilt , Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pied stilt , Himantopus leucocephalus Gould , 1837
Black-necked stilt , Himantopus mexicanus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Pied avocet , Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus , 1758
Red-necked avocet , Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Vieillot , 1816 (A)
American avocet , Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, JF , 1789
Banded stilt , Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Vieillot , 1816)
Ibisbill
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Ibidorhynchidae
The ibisbill is related to the waders , but is sufficiently distinctive to be a family unto itself. The adult is gray with a white belly, red legs, a long down curved bill, and a black face and breast band.
Oystercatchers
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover -like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs .
Eurasian oystercatcher , Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus , 1758
Pied oystercatcher , Haematopus longirostris Vieillot , 1817
Sooty oystercatcher , Haematopus fuliginosus Gould , 1845 (A)
Black oystercatcher , Haematopus bachmani Audubon , 1838
South Island oystercatcher , Haematopus finschi Martens, GH, 1897
Canarian oystercatcher , Haematopus meadewaldoi Bannerman , 1913
Plovers and lapwings
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers , dotterels and lapwings . They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
Black-bellied plover , Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus , 1758)
European golden-plover , Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus , 1758)
American golden-plover , Pluvialis dominica (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Pacific golden-plover , Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Northern lapwing , Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Blacksmith lapwing , Vanellus armatus (Burchell , 1822) (A)
Spur-winged plover , Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus , 1758)
River lapwing , Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, RP , 1826)
Yellow-wattled lapwing , Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert , 1783)
Black-headed lapwing , Vanellus tectus (Boddaert , 1783)
Gray-headed lapwing , Vanellus cinereus (Blyth , 1842)
Red-wattled lapwing , Vanellus indicus (Boddaert , 1783)
Javan lapwing , Vanellus macropterus (Wagler , 1827)
Masked lapwing , Vanellus miles (Boddaert , 1783)
Sociable lapwing , Vanellus gregarius (Pallas , 1771)
White-tailed lapwing , Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Banded lapwing , Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot , 1818)
Black-winged lapwing , Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar , 1829)
Crowned lapwing , Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert , 1783)
Southern lapwing , Vanellus chilensis (Molina , 1782)
Lesser sand-plover , Charadrius mongolus Pallas , 1776
Greater sand-plover , Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, RP , 1826
Caspian plover , Charadrius asiaticus Pallas , 1773
Kittlitz's plover , Charadrius pecuarius Temminck , 1823
Red-capped plover , Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck , 1821
Malaysian plover , Charadrius peronii Schlegel , 1865
Kentish plover , Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus , 1758
White-faced plover , Charadrius dealbatus (Swinhoe , 1870)
Snowy plover , Charadrius nivosus (Cassin , 1858)
Javan plover , Charadrius javanicus Chasen , 1938
Common ringed plover , Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus , 1758
Semipalmated plover , Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte , 1825
Long-billed plover , Charadrius placidus Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1863
Little ringed plover , Charadrius dubius Scopoli , 1786
Killdeer , Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus , 1758 (A)
Oriental plover , Charadrius veredus Gould , 1848
Eurasian dotterel , Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus , 1758
Three-banded plover , Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot , 1818
Double-banded plover , Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby , 1827
White-fronted plover , Charadrius marginatus Vieillot , 1818
Red-kneed dotterel , Elseyornis cinctus
Black-fronted dotterel , Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot , 1818)
Hooded plover , Thinornis cucullatus (Vieillot , 1818)
Inland dotterel , Peltohyas australis (Gould , 1841)
Painted-snipes
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Rostratulidae
Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly colored.
Jacanas
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Jacanidae
The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.
Sandpipers and allies
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers , curlews , godwits , shanks , tattlers , woodcocks , snipes , dowitchers and phalaropes . The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
Upland sandpiper , Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein , 1812) (A)
Bristle-thighed curlew , Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Whimbrel , Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Little curlew , Numenius minutus Gould , 1841
Eskimo curlew , Numenius borealis (Forster, JR , 1772)
Far Eastern curlew , Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Slender-billed curlew , Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot , 1817
Eurasian curlew , Numenius arquata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Bar-tailed godwit , Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-tailed godwit , Limosa limosa (Linnaeus , 1758)
Hudsonian godwit , Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Ruddy turnstone , Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black turnstone , Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors , 1829)
Great knot , Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield , 1821)
Red knot , Calidris canutus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Ruff , Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus , 1758)
Broad-billed sandpiper , Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Sharp-tailed sandpiper , Calidris acuminata (Horsfield , 1821)
Stilt sandpiper , Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte , 1826) (A)
Curlew sandpiper , Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Temminck's stint , Calidris temminckii (Leisler , 1812)
Long-toed stint , Calidris subminuta (Middendorff , 1853)
Spoon-billed sandpiper , Calidris pygmeus
Red-necked stint , Calidris ruficollis (Pallas , 1776)
Sanderling , Calidris alba (Pallas , 1764)
Dunlin , Calidris alpina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rock sandpiper , Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues , 1873)
Purple sandpiper , Calidris maritima (Brünnich , 1764)
Baird's sandpiper , Calidris bairdii (Coues , 1861)
Little stint , Calidris minuta (Leisler , 1812)
Least sandpiper , Calidris minutilla (Vieillot , 1819)
White-rumped sandpiper , Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot , 1819) (A)
Buff-breasted sandpiper , Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot , 1819)
Pectoral sandpiper , Calidris melanotos (Vieillot , 1819)
Semipalmated sandpiper , Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus , 1766)
Western sandpiper , Calidris mauri (Cabanis , 1857)
Asian dowitcher , Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth , 1848) (A)
Short-billed dowitcher , Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Long-billed dowitcher , Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say , 1822)
Jack snipe , Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich , 1764)
Eurasian woodcock , Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus , 1758
Amami woodcock , Scolopax mira Hartert, EJO , 1916
Bukidnon woodcock , Scolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001
Javan woodcock , Scolopax saturata Horsfield , 1821
New Guinea woodcock , Scolopax rosenbergii Schlegel , 1871
Sulawesi woodcock , Scolopax celebensis Riley , 1921
Moluccan woodcock , Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel , 1866
American woodcock , Scolopax minor Gmelin, JF , 1789
Solitary snipe , Gallinago solitaria Hodgson , 1831
Latham's snipe , Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE , 1831)
Wood snipe , Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson , 1836
Great snipe , Gallinago media (Latham , 1787)
Common snipe , Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus , 1758)
Wilson's snipe , Gallinago delicata (Ord , 1825)
Pin-tailed snipe , Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte , 1831)
Swinhoe's snipe , Gallinago megala Swinhoe , 1861
Terek sandpiper , Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt , 1775)
Wilson's phalarope , Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot , 1819)
Red-necked phalarope , Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common sandpiper , Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus , 1758)
Spotted sandpiper , Actitis macularius (Linnaeus , 1766)
Green sandpiper , Tringa ochropus Linnaeus , 1758
Solitary sandpiper , Tringa solitaria Wilson, A , 1813 (A)
Gray-tailed tattler , Tringa brevipes (Vieillot , 1816)
Wandering tattler , Tringa incana (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Spotted redshank , Tringa erythropus (Pallas , 1764)
Greater yellowlegs , Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Common greenshank , Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus , 1767)
Nordmann's greenshank , Tringa guttifer (Nordmann , 1835)
Lesser yellowlegs , Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Marsh sandpiper , Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein , 1803)
Wood sandpiper , Tringa glareola Linnaeus , 1758
Common redshank , Tringa totanus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Willet , Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Buttonquail
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Turnicidae
The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young.
Small buttonquail , Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines , 1789)
Red-backed buttonquail , Turnix maculosus (Temminck , 1815)
Yellow-legged buttonquail , Turnix tanki Blyth , 1843
Spotted buttonquail , Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli , 1786)
Barred buttonquail , Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Luzon buttonquail , Turnix worcesteri McGregor , 1904
Sumba buttonquail , Turnix everetti Hartert, EJO , 1898
Red-chested buttonquail , Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould , 1841)
Black-breasted buttonquail , Turnix melanogaster (Gould , 1837)
Chestnut-backed buttonquail , Turnix castanotus (Gould , 1840)
Buff-breasted buttonquail , Turnix olivii Robinson , 1900
Painted buttonquail , Turnix varius (Latham , 1801)
Little buttonquail , Turnix velox (Gould , 1841)
Crab plover
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Dromadidae
The crab-plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs.
Pratincoles and coursers
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles , which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers , which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.
Cream-colored courser , Cursorius cursor (Latham , 1787)
Indian courser , Cursorius coromandelicus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Temminck's courser , Cursorius temminckii Swainson , 1822
Jerdon's courser , Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth , 1848)
Australian pratincole , Stiltia isabella (Vieillot , 1816)
Collared pratincole , Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus , 1766)
Oriental pratincole , Glareola maldivarum Forster, JR , 1795
Black-winged pratincole , Glareola nordmanni Fischer von Waldheim , 1842
Small pratincole , Glareola lactea Temminck , 1820
Bronze-winged courser , Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck , 1824)
Skuas and jaegers
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.
Great skua , Stercorarius skua (Brünnich , 1764)
South polar skua , Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, H , 1893
Brown skua , Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Pomarine jaeger , Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck , 1815)
Parasitic jaeger , Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Long-tailed jaeger , Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot , 1819
Auks, murres and puffins
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Alcidae
Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colors, their upright posture and some of their habits, however they are not related to the penguins and differ in being able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest.
Dovekie , Alle alle (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common murre , Uria aalge (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Thick-billed murre , Uria lomvia (Linnaeus , 1758)
Razorbill , Alca torda Linnaeus , 1758
Great auk , Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus , 1758) (X)
Black guillemot , Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pigeon guillemot , Cepphus columba Pallas , 1811
Spectacled guillemot , Cepphus carbo Pallas , 1811
Long-billed murrelet , Brachyramphus perdix (Pallas , 1811)
Kittlitz's murrelet , Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors , 1829)
Ancient murrelet , Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Japanese murrelet , Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Temminck , 1836)
Guadalupe murrelet , Synthliborhamphus hypoleucus
Cassin's auklet , Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas , 1811)
Parakeet auklet , Aethia psittacula (Pallas , 1769)
Least auklet , Aethia pusilla (Pallas , 1811)
Whiskered auklet , Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Crested auklet , Aethia cristatella (Pallas , 1769)
Rhinoceros auklet , Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas , 1811)
Atlantic puffin , Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Horned puffin , Fratercula corniculata (Naumann, JF , 1821)
Tufted puffin , Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas , 1769)
Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds , the gulls , terns and skimmers . Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.
Black-legged kittiwake , Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red-legged kittiwake , Rissa brevirostris (Bruch , 1855)
Ivory gull , Pagophila eburnea (Phipps , 1774)
Sabine's gull , Xema sabini (Sabine , 1819)
Saunders's gull , Saundersilarus saundersi
Slender-billed gull , Chroicocephalus genei (Brème , 1839)
Bonaparte's gull , Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord , 1815)
Silver gull , Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens , 1826)
Gray-hooded gull , Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot , 1818)
Black-headed gull , Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Brown-headed gull , Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon , 1840)
Little gull , Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas , 1776)
Ross's gull , Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, W , 1824)
Laughing gull , Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus , 1758) (A)
Franklin's gull , Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler , 1831)
Dolphin gull , Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill , 1823)
Mediterranean gull , Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck , 1820)
Relict gull , Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg , 1931)
White-eyed gull , Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck , 1825)
Sooty gull , Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch , 1855)
Pallas's gull , Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas , 1773)
Audouin's gull , Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau , 1826)
Black-tailed gull , Larus crassirostris Vieillot , 1818
Common gull , Larus canus Linnaeus , 1758 (A)
Short-billed gull , Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson , 1831 (A)
Ring-billed gull , Larus delawarensis Ord , 1815
Western gull , Larus occidentalis Audubon , 1839 (A)
California gull , Larus californicus Lawrence , 1854
Herring gull , Larus argentatus Pontoppidan , 1763
Yellow-legged gull , Larus michahellis Naumann, JF , 1840 (A)
Caspian gull , Larus cachinnans Pallas , 1811
Armenian gull , Larus armenicus Buturlin , 1934
Iceland gull , Larus glaucoides Meyer, B , 1822
Lesser black-backed gull , Larus fuscus Linnaeus , 1758
Slaty-backed gull , Larus schistisagus Stejneger , 1884
Glaucous-winged gull , Larus glaucescens Naumann, JF , 1840
Glaucous gull , Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus , 1767
Great black-backed gull , Larus marinus Linnaeus , 1758
Kelp gull , Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Pacific gull , Larus pacificus Latham , 1801
Brown noddy , Anous stolidus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black noddy , Anous minutus Boie, F , 1844
Lesser noddy , Anous tenuirostris (Temminck , 1823)
Grey noddy , Anous albivitta (Bonaparte , 1856)
Blue-gray noddy , Procelsterna ceruleus
White tern , Gygis alba (Sparrman , 1786)
Sooty tern , Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Gray-backed tern , Onychoprion lunatus (Peale , 1849)
Bridled tern , Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli , 1786)
Aleutian tern , Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird, SF , 1869)
Little tern , Sternula albifrons (Pallas , 1764)
Least tern , Sternula antillarum Lesson, RP , 1847
Saunders's tern , Sternula saundersi (Hume , 1877)
Australian fairy tern , Sternula nereis Gould , 1843
Gull-billed tern , Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Caspian tern , Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas , 1770)
Black tern , Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-winged tern , Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck , 1815)
Whiskered tern , Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas , 1811)
Roseate tern , Sterna dougallii Montagu , 1813
Black-naped tern , Sterna sumatrana Raffles , 1822
Common tern , Sterna hirundo Linnaeus , 1758
Arctic tern , Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan , 1763
Black-bellied tern , Sterna acuticauda Gray, JE , 1831
River tern , Sterna aurantia Gray, JE , 1831
White-cheeked tern , Sterna repressa Hartert, EJO , 1916
White-fronted tern , Sterna striata Gmelin, JF , 1789
Antarctic tern , Sterna vittata Gmelin, JF , 1789
Forster's tern , Sterna forsteri Nuttall , 1834
Great crested tern , Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Sandwich tern , Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham , 1787)
Lesser crested tern , Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Chinese crested tern , Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel , 1863)
Royal tern , Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert , 1783)
Elegant tern , Thalasseus elegans (Gambel , 1849)
African skimmer , Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot , 1816
Indian skimmer , Rynchops albicollis Swainson , 1838
Black skimmer , Rynchops niger Linnaeus , 1758
Swallow-tailed gull , Creagrus furcatus (Néboux , 1842)
Tropicbirds
Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.
Loons
Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae
Loons, known as divers in Europe, are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated.
Red-throated loon , Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Arctic loon , Gavia arctica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pacific loon , Gavia pacifica (Lawrence , 1858)
Common loon , Gavia immer (Brünnich , 1764)
Yellow-billed loon , Gavia adamsii (Gray, GR , 1859)
Albatrosses
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.
Yellow-nosed albatross , Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
White-capped albatross , Thalassarche cauta (Gould , 1841)
Grey-headed albatross , Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, JR , 1785)
Buller's albatross , Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild , 1893)
Salvin's albatross , Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild , 1893)
Chatham albatross , Thalassarche eremita Murphy , 1930
Campbell albatross , Thalassarche impavida Mathews , 1912
Black-browed albatross , Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck , 1828)
Wandering albatross , Diomedea exulans Linnaeus , 1758
Royal albatross , Diomedea epomophora Lesson, RP , 1825
Laysan albatross , Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild , 1893)
Black-footed albatross , Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon , 1839)
Short-tailed albatross , Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas , 1769)
Sooty albatross , Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg , 1822)
Light-mantled albatross , Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, JR , 1785)
Southern storm-petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Oceanitidae
The southern storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering.
Wilson's storm-petrel , Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl , 1820)
White-faced storm-petrel , Pelagodroma marina (Latham , 1790)
White-bellied storm-petrel , Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot , 1818)
Black-bellied storm-petrel , Fregetta tropica (Gould , 1844)
New Zealand storm-petrel , Fregetta maoriana (Mathews , 1932)
Grey-backed storm-petrel , Garrodia nereis (Gould , 1841)
Polynesian storm-petrel , Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Northern storm-petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae
The northern storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat -like.
European storm-petrel , Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Fork-tailed storm-petrel , Hydrobates furcatus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Leach's storm-petrel , Hydrobates leucorhous (Vieillot , 1818)
Swinhoe's storm-petrel , Hydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe , 1867)
Band-rumped storm-petrel , Hydrobates castro (Harcourt , 1851)
Matsudaira's storm-petrel , Hydrobates matsudairae (Kuroda, Nm , 1922)
Tristram's storm-petrel , Hydrobates tristrami (Salvin , 1896)
Least storm-petrel , Hydrobates microsomus
Monteiro's storm-petrel , Hydrobates monteroi
Cape Verde storm-petrel , Hydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage , 1875)
Shearwaters and petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
Southern giant-petrel , Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Northern giant-petrel , Macronectes halli Mathews , 1912
Northern fulmar , Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus , 1761)
Southern fulmar , Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith, A , 1840)
Cape petrel , Daption capense (Linnaeus , 1758)
Kermadec petrel , Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel , 1863)
Providence petrel , Pterodroma solandri (Gould , 1844)
Barau's petrel , Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin , 1964)
Mottled petrel , Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster, JR , 1844)
Juan Fernandez petrel , Pterodroma externa (Salvin , 1875)
Atlantic petrel , Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel , 1863)
Galapagos petrel , Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin , 1876) (A)
Hawaiian petrel , Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway , 1884)
White-necked petrel , Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin , 1891)
Bonin petrel , Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin , 1888)
Black-winged petrel , Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild , 1893)
Gould's petrel , Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould , 1844)
Stejneger's petrel , Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger , 1893)
Pycroft's petrel , Pterodroma pycrofti Falla , 1933
Herald petrel , Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin , 1888)
Collared petrel , Pterodroma brevipes (Peale , 1849)
Great-winged petrel , Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, A , 1840)
Grey-faced petrel , Pterodroma gouldi (Hutton, FW , 1869)
Trindade petrel , Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori , 1869)
Soft-plumaged petrel , Pterodroma mollis (Gould , 1844)
White-headed petrel , Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot , 1826)
Cook's petrel , Pterodroma cookii (Gray, GR , 1843)
Vanuatu petrel , Pterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001
Murphy's petrel , Pterodroma ultima Murphy , 1949
Fea's petrel , Pterodroma feae (Salvadori , 1900)
Zino's petrel , Pterodroma madeira Mathews , 1934
Bermuda petrel , Pterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray , 1916)
Black-capped petrel , Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl , 1820)
Phoenix petrel , Pterodroma alba (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Antarctic prion , Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Slender-billed prion , Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews , 1912)
Broad-billed prion , Pachyptila vittata (Forster, G , 1777)
Fairy prion , Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl , 1820)
Salvin's prion , Pachyptila salvini (Mathews , 1912)
Fulmar prion , Pachyptila crassirostris (Mathews , 1912)
Bulwer's petrel , Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby , 1828)
Jouanin's petrel , Bulweria fallax Jouanin , 1955
Mascarene petrel , Pseudobulweria aterrima (Bonaparte , 1857)
Tahiti petrel , Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale , 1849)
Beck's petrel , Pseudobulweria becki (Murphy , 1928) (A)
Fiji petrel , Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi (Gray, GR , 1860)
Streaked shearwater , Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck , 1836)
Cory's shearwater , Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli , 1769)
Cape Verde shearwater , Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet , 1883)
Pink-footed shearwater , Ardenna creatopus (Coues , 1864) (A)
Flesh-footed shearwater , Ardenna carneipes (Gould , 1844)
Great shearwater , Ardenna gravis (O'Reilly , 1818)
Wedge-tailed shearwater , Ardenna pacificus
Buller's shearwater , Ardenna bulleri (Salvin , 1888)
Sooty shearwater , Ardenna griseus
Short-tailed shearwater , Ardenna tenuirostris (Temminck , 1836)
Christmas shearwater , Puffinus nativitatis Streets , 1877
Manx shearwater , Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich , 1764)
Yelkouan shearwater , Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi , 1827)
Balearic shearwater , Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe , 1921 (A)
Bannerman's shearwater , Puffinus bannermani Mathews & Iredale , 1915
Newell's shearwater , Puffinus newelli Henshaw , 1900 (A)
Bryan's shearwater , Puffinus bryani Pyle, Welch & Fleischer, RC, 2011
Tropical shearwater , Puffinus bailloni Bonaparte , 1857
Persian shearwater , Puffinus persicus Hume , 1872
Heinroth's shearwater , Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow , 1919
Hutton's shearwater , Puffinus huttoni Mathews , 1912
Fluttering shearwater , Puffinus gavia (Forster, JR , 1844)
Little shearwater , Puffinus assimilis Gould , 1838
Subantarctic shearwater , Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori , 1869
Barolo shearwater , Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte , 1857)
Boyd's shearwater , Puffinus boydi Mathews , 1912
Audubon's shearwater , Puffinus iherminieri
Antarctic petrel , Thalasssoica antarctica
Snow petrel , Pagodroma nivea (Forster, G , 1777)
Kerguelen petrel , Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Blue petrel , Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Grey petrel , Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, JF , 1789
White-chinned petrel , Procellaria aequinoctailis
Parkinson's petrel , Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, GR , 1862
Westland petrel , Procellaria westlandica Falla , 1946
Common diving-petrel , Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
South Georgian diving-petrel , Pelecanoides georgicus Murphy & Harper , 1916
Storks
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.
Asian openbill , Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert , 1783)
African openbill , Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck , 1823
Black stork , Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus , 1758)
Abdim's stork , Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Asian woolly-necked stork , Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert , 1783)
Storm's stork , Ciconia stormi (Blasius, W , 1896)
White stork , Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus , 1758)
Oriental stork , Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe , 1873
Black-necked stork , Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Latham , 1790)
Lesser adjutant , Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield , 1821)
Marabou stork , Leptoptilos crumenifer (Lesson, RP , 1831) (A)
Greater adjutant , Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Milky stork , Mycteria cinerea (Raffles , 1822)
Yellow-billed stork , Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Painted stork , Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant , 1769)
Saddle-billed stork , Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw , 1800)
Frigatebirds
Order: Suliformes Family: Fregatidae
Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
Boobies and gannets
Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae
The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies . Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
Masked booby , Sula dactylatra Lesson, RP , 1831
Nazca booby , Sula granti Rothschild , 1902 (A)
Brown booby , Sula leucogaster (Boddaert , 1783)
Red-footed booby , Sula sula (Linnaeus , 1766)
Abbott's booby , Papasula abbotti (Ridgway , 1893)
Northern gannet , Morus bassanus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Anhingas
Order: Suliformes Family: Anhingidae
Anhingas or darters are cormorant-like water birds with long necks and long, straight bills. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water.
Cormorants and shags
Order: Suliformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of coloured skin on the face. The bill is long, thin and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed, a distinguishing feature among the order Pelecaniformes.
Little pied cormorant , Microcarbo melanoleucos (Vieillot , 1817)
Little cormorant , Microcarbo niger (Vieillot , 1817)
Pygmy cormorant , Microcarbo pygmeus
Long-tailed cormorant , Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Red-faced cormorant , Urile urile (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Pelagic cormorant , Urile pelagicus (Pallas , 1811)
Pallas's cormorant , Urile perspicillatus (Pallas , 1811) (X)
Great cormorant , Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus , 1758)
Japanese cormorant , Phalacrocorax capillatus (Temminck & Schlegel , 1850)
Socotra cormorant , Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO , 1899
Indian cormorant , Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens , 1826
Little black cormorant , Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, JF , 1837)
Pied cormorant , Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Spotted shag , Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman , 1786)
Black-faced cormorant , Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot , 1817)
European shag , Gulosus aristotelis (Linnaeus , 1761)
Kerguelen shag , Leucocarbo verrucosus (Cabanis , 1875)
Macquarie shag , Leucocarbo purpurascens (Brandt, JF , 1837)
Imperial shag , Leucocarbo atriceps (King, PP , 1828)
Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae
Pelicans are large water birds with distinctive pouches under their bills. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.
Great white pelican , Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus , 1758
Australian pelican , Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck , 1824
Pink-backed pelican , Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, JF , 1789
Spot-billed pelican , Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin, JF , 1789
Dalmatian pelican , Pelecanus crispus Bruch , 1832
Hamerkop
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Scopidae
The hamerkop is a medium-sized bird with a long shaggy crest. The shape of its head with a curved bill and crest at the back is reminiscent of a hammer, hence its name. Its plumage is drab-brown all over.
Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns , herons , and egrets . Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills.
Great bittern , Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Australasian bittern , Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler , 1827)
American bittern , Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett , 1813)
Yellow bittern , Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Little bittern , Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Black-backed bittern , Ixobrychus dubius Mathews , 1912
Schrenck's bittern , Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Swinhoe , 1873)
Cinnamon bittern , Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Black bittern , Ixobrychus flavicollis (Latham , 1790)
Dwarf bittern , Ixobrychus sturmii (Wagler , 1827)
Least bittern , Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Forest bittern , Zonerodius heliosylus (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1828)
Gray heron , Ardea cinerea Linnaeus , 1758
Pacific heron , Ardea pacifica Latham , 1801
Black-headed heron , Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors , 1826
White-bellied heron , Ardea insignis Hume , 1878
Great-billed heron , Ardea sumatrana Raffles , 1822
Goliath heron , Ardea goliath Cretzschmar , 1829
Purple heron , Ardea purpurea Linnaeus , 1766
Great egret , Ardea alba Linnaeus , 1758
Intermediate egret , Ardea intermedia Wagler , 1829
White-faced heron , Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham , 1790)
Chinese egret , Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe , 1860)
Little egret , Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus , 1766)
Western reef-heron , Egretta gularis (Bosc , 1792)
Pacific reef-heron , Egretta sacra (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Pied heron , Egretta picata (Gould , 1845)
Black heron , Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler , 1827)
Little blue heron , Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus , 1758)
Tricolored heron , Egretta tricolor (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Cattle egret , Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Squacco heron , Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli , 1769)
Indian pond-heron , Ardeola grayii (Sykes , 1832)
Chinese pond-heron , Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte , 1855)
Javan pond-heron , Ardeola speciosa (Horsfield , 1821)
Malagasy pond-heron , Ardeola idae (Hartlaub , 1860)
Striated heron , Butorides striata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Green heron , Butorides virescens (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-crowned night-heron , Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus , 1758)
Nankeen night-heron , Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
White-eared night-heron , Gorsachius magnificus (Ogilvie-Grant , 1899)
Japanese night-heron , Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck , 1836)
Malayan night-heron , Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles , 1822)
White-backed night-heron , Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler , 1827)
Yellow-crowned night-heron , Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus , 1758)
Ibises and spoonbills
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills . They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.
Glossy ibis , Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Puna ibis , Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen, JA , 1876)
African sacred ibis , Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham , 1790)
Black-headed ibis , Threskiornis melanocephalus (Latham , 1790)
Australian ibis , Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier , 1829)
Straw-necked ibis , Threskiornis spinicollis (Jameson , 1835)
Red-naped ibis , Pseudibis papillosa (Temminck , 1824)
White-shouldered ibis , Pseudibis davisoni (Hume , 1875)
Giant ibis , Pseudibis gigantea (Oustalet , 1877)
Northern bald ibis , Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus , 1758)
Crested ibis , Nipponia nippon (Temminck , 1835)
Eurasian spoonbill , Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus , 1758
Royal spoonbill , Platalea regia Gould , 1838
African spoonbill , Platalea alba Scopoli , 1786
Black-faced spoonbill , Platalea minor Temminck & Schlegel , 1850
Yellow-billed spoonbill , Platalea flavipes Gould , 1838 (A)
Wattled ibis , Bostrychia carunculata (Rüppell , 1837)
Buff-necked ibis , Theristicus caudatus (Boddaert , 1783)
Osprey
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Pandionidae
The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
Hawks, eagles, and kites
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks , eagles , kites , harriers and Old World vultures . These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.
Black-winged kite , Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789)
Black-shouldered kite , Elanus axillaris (Latham , 1801)
Letter-winged kite , Elanus scriptus Gould , 1842
Scissor-tailed kite , Chelictinia riocourii (Temminck , 1821)
Bearded vulture , Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Egyptian vulture , Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus , 1758)
European honey-buzzard , Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sulawesi honey-buzzard , Pernis celebensis Wallace , 1868
Philippine honey-buzzard , Pernis steerei Sclater, WL , 1919
Oriental honey-buzzard , Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck , 1821)
Long-tailed honey-buzzard , Henicopernis longicauda (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1828)
Black honey-buzzard , Henicopernis infuscatus Gurney, JH Sr , 1882
Jerdon's baza , Aviceda jerdoni (Blyth , 1842)
Pacific baza , Aviceda subcristata (Gould , 1838)
Black baza , Aviceda leuphotes (Dumont , 1820)
Red-headed vulture , Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli , 1786)
Cinereous vulture , Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Lappet-faced vulture , Torgos tracheliotos (Forster, JR , 1796)
White-rumped vulture , Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Indian vulture , Gyps indicus (Scopoli , 1786)
Slender-billed vulture , Gyps tenuirostris Gray, GR , 1844
Rüppell's griffon , Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, AE , 1852)
Himalayan griffon , Gyps himalayensis Hume , 1869
Eurasian griffon , Gyps fulvus (Hablizl , 1783)
White-backed vulture , Gyps africanus Salvadori , 1865
Nicobar serpent-eagle , Spilornis klossi Richmond , 1902
Sulawesi serpent-eagle , Spilornis rufipectus Gould , 1858
Mountain serpent-eagle , Spilornis kinabaluensis Sclater, WL , 1919
Crested serpent-eagle , Spilornis cheela (Latham , 1790)
Philippine serpent-eagle , Spilornis holospilus (Vigors , 1831)
Andaman serpent-eagle , Spilornis elgini (Blyth , 1863)
Philippine eagle , Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant , 1896
Bateleur , Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin , 1800)
Short-toed snake-eagle , Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Beaudouin's snake-eagle , Circaetus beaudouini Verreaux, J & des Murs , 1862
Bat hawk , Macheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte , 1850
New Guinea eagle , Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori , 1875
Changeable hawk-eagle , Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Flores hawk-eagle , Nisaetus floris (Hartert, EJO , 1898)
Mountain hawk-eagle , Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson , 1836
Legge's hawk-eagle , Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge , 1878)
Blyth's hawk-eagle , Nisaetus alboniger Blyth , 1845
Javan hawk-eagle , Nisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann , 1924)
Sulawesi hawk-eagle , Nisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel , 1845)
Philippine hawk-eagle , Nisaetus philippensis (Gould , 1863)
Pinsker's hawk-eagle , Nisaetus philippensis (Gould , 1863)
Wallace's hawk-eagle , Nisaetus nanus (Wallace , 1868)
Rufous-bellied eagle , Lophotriorchis kienerii (de Sparre, 1835)
Black eagle , Ictinaetus malaiensis (Temminck , 1822)
Lesser spotted eagle , Clanga pomarina (Brehm, CL , 1831)
Indian spotted eagle , Clanga hastata (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Greater spotted eagle , Clanga clanga (Pallas , 1811)
Booted eagle , Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Pygmy eagle , Hieraaetus weiskei (Reichenow , 1900)
Little eagle , Hieraaetus morphnoides (Gould , 1841)
Wahlberg's eagle , Hieraaetus wahlbergi (Sundevall , 1850)
Tawny eagle , Aquila rapax (Temminck , 1828)
Steppe eagle , Aquila nipalensis Hodgson , 1833
Imperial eagle , Aquila heliaca Savigny , 1809
Gurney's eagle , Aquila gurneyi Gray, GR , 1861
Golden eagle , Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus , 1758)
Wedge-tailed eagle , Aquila audax (Latham , 1801) (A)
Verreaux's eagle , Aquila verreauxii Lesson, RP , 1831
Bonelli's eagle , Aquila fasciata Vieillot , 1822
Gabar goshawk , Micronisus gabar (Daudin , 1800)
White-eyed buzzard , Butastur teesa (Franklin , 1831)
Rufous-winged buzzard , Butastur liventer (Temminck , 1827)
Gray-faced buzzard , Butastur indicus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Eurasian marsh-harrier , Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Eastern marsh-harrier , Circus spilonotus Kaup , 1847
Papuan marsh-harrier , Circus spilothorax Salvadori & D'Albertis , 1875
Spotted harrier , Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby , 1828
Hen harrier , Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Northern harrier , Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus , 1766) (A)
Pallid harrier , Circus macrourus (Gmelin, SG , 1770)
Pied harrier , Circus melanoleucos (Pennant , 1769)
Montagu's harrier , Circus pygargus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Swamp harrier , Circus approximans Peale , 1849
Malagasy harrier , Circus macrosceles Newton, A , 1863
Crested goshawk , Accipiter trivirgatus (Temminck , 1824)
Sulawesi goshawk , Accipiter griseiceps (Kaup , 1848)
Shikra , Accipiter badius (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Nicobar sparrowhawk , Accipiter butleri (Gurney, JH Jr , 1898)
Levant sparrowhawk , Accipiter brevipes (Severtsov , 1850)
Chinese sparrowhawk , Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield , 1821)
Spot-tailed goshawk , Accipiter trinotatus Bonaparte , 1850
Variable goshawk , Accipiter hiogaster (Müller, S , 1841)
Brown goshawk , Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
Black-mantled goshawk , Accipiter melanochlamys (Salvadori , 1876)
Moluccan goshawk , Accipiter henicogrammus (Gray, GR , 1861)
Gray-headed goshawk , Accipiter poliocephalus Gray, GR , 1858
Japanese sparrowhawk , Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel , 1845)
Small sparrowhawk , Accipiter nanus (Blasius, W , 1897)
Besra , Accipiter virgatus (Temminck , 1822)
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk , Accipiter erythrauchen Gray, GR , 1861
Collared sparrowhawk , Accipiter cirrocephalus (Vieillot , 1817)
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk , Accipiter rhodogaster (Schlegel , 1862)
Eurasian sparrowhawk , Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Northern goshawk , Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Meyer's goshawk , Accipiter meyerianus (Sharpe , 1878)
Gray goshawk , Accipiter novaehollandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Black goshawk , Accipiter melanoleucus Smith, A , 1830
Pied goshawk , Accipiter albogularis Gray, GR , 1870
Slaty-mantled goshawk , Accipiter luteoschistaceus Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1926
Imitator sparrowhawk , Accipiter imitator Hartert, EJO , 1926
New Britain sparrowhawk , Accipiter brachyurus (Ramsay, EP , 1880)
Fiji goshawk , Accipiter rufitorques (Peale , 1849)
Chestnut-shouldered goshawk , Erythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow , 1914)
Doria's goshawk , Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis , 1875
Red kite , Milvus milvus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black kite , Milvus migrans (Boddaert , 1783)
Whistling kite , Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot , 1818)
Brahminy kite , Haliastur indus (Boddaert , 1783)
Bald eagle , Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus , 1766) (A)
White-tailed eagle , Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pallas's fish-eagle , Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas , 1771)
Steller's sea-eagle , Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas , 1811)
White-bellied sea-eagle , Haliaeetus leucogaster
Lesser fish-eagle , Haliaeetus humilis
Gray-headed fish-eagle , Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
Sanford's sea-eagle , Haliaeetus sanfordi
Rough-legged hawk , Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Common buzzard , Buteo buteo (Linnaeus , 1758)
Himalayan buzzard , Buteo refectus Portenko , 1935
Eastern buzzard , Buteo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel , 1845
Long-legged buzzard , Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar , 1829)
Upland buzzard , Buteo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel , 1845
Socotra buzzard , Buteo socotraensis Porter & Kirwan, 2010
Cape Verde buzzard , Buteo bannermani Swann , 1919
Black-breasted kite , Hemirostra melanosternon
Square-tailed kite , Lophoictinia isura (Gould , 1838)
Red goshawk , Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham , 1801)
Hooded vulture , Necrocyrtes monachus
Dark chanting-goshawk , Melierax metabates Heuglin , 1861
Eastern chanting-goshawk , Melierax poliopterus Cabanis , 1868
Barn-owls
Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae
Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
Sooty owl , Tyto tenebricosa (Gould , 1845)
Australian masked-owl , Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens , 1826)
Seram masked-owl , Tyto almae (E)
Lesser masked-owl , Tyto sororcula (Sclater, PL , 1883)
Taliabu masked-owl , Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann , 1939
Minahassa masked-owl , Tyto inexspectata (Schlegel , 1879)
Sulawesi masked-owl , Tyto rosenbergii (Schlegel , 1866)
Australasian grass-owl , Tyto longimembris (Jerdon , 1839)
Barn owl , Tyto alba (Scopoli , 1769) (A)
Andaman masked-owl , Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume , 1875)
Golden masked-owl , Tyto aurantia (Salvadori , 1881)
Manus masked-owl , Tyto manusi Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
Oriental bay-owl , Phodilus badius (Horsfield , 1821)
Sri Lanka bay-owl , Phodilus assimilis Hume , 1877
Owls
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae
The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
White-fronted scops-owl , Otus sagittatus (Cassin , 1849)
Andaman scops-owl , Otus balli (Hume , 1873)
Reddish scops-owl , Otus rufescens (Horsfield , 1821)
Serendib scops-owl , Otus thilohoffmanni Warakagoda & Rasmussen, 2004
Flores scops-owl , Otus alfredi (Hartert, EJO , 1897)
Mountain scops-owl , Otus spilocephalus (Blyth , 1846)
Rajah scops-owl , Otus brookii (Sharpe , 1892)
Javan scops-owl , Otus angelinae (Finsch , 1912)
Mentawai scops-owl , Otus mentawi Chasen & Kloss , 1926
Indian scops-owl , Otus bakkamoena Pennant , 1769
Collared scops-owl , Otus lettia (Hodgson , 1836)
Giant scops-owl , Otus gurneyi (Tweeddale , 1879)
Sunda scops-owl , Otus lempiji (Horsfield , 1821)
Japanese scops-owl , Otus semitorques Temminck & Schlegel , 1845
Wallace's scops-owl , Otus silvicola (Wallace , 1864)
Palawan scops-owl , Otus fuliginosus (Sharpe , 1888)
Philippine scops-owl , Otus megalotis (Walden , 1875)
Everett's scops-owl , Otus everetti (Tweeddale , 1879)
Negros scops-owl , Otus nigrorum Rand , 1950
Mindoro scops-owl , Otus mindorensis (Whitehead, J , 1899)
Moluccan scops-owl , Otus magicus (Müller, S , 1841)
Banggai scops-owl , Otus mendeni Neumann , 1939
Wetar scops-owl , Otus tempestatis (Hartert, EJO , 1904)
Rinjani scops-owl , Otus jolandae Sangster, King, BF, Verbelen & Trainor, 2013
Mantanani scops-owl , Otus mantananensis (Sharpe , 1892)
Ryukyu scops-owl , Otus elegans (Cassin , 1852)
Sulawesi scops-owl , Otus manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Sangihe scops-owl , Otus collari Lambert & Rasmussen , 1998
Siau scops-owl , Otus siaoensis (Schlegel , 1873)
Sula scops-owl , Otus sulaensis (Hartert, EJO , 1898)
Biak scops-owl , Otus beccarii (Salvadori , 1876)
Simeulue scops-owl , Otus umbra (Richmond , 1903)
Enggano scops-owl , Otus enganensis Riley , 1927
Nicobar scops-owl , Otus alius Rasmussen , 1998
Eurasian scops-owl , Otus scops (Linnaeus , 1758)
Cyprus scops-owl , Otus cyprius (Madarász, G , 1901)
Pallid scops-owl , Otus brucei (Hume , 1872)
Mindanao scops-owl , Otus mirus Ripley & Rabor , 1968
Luzon scops-owl , Otus longicornis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
Arabian scops-owl , Otus pamelae Bates, GL , 1937
Oriental scops-owl , Otus sunia (Hodgson , 1836)
Socotra scops-owl , Otus socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO , 1899)
Eurasian eagle-owl , Bubo bubo (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rock eagle-owl , Bubo bengalensis (Franklin , 1831)
Pharaoh eagle-owl , Bubo ascalaphus Savigny , 1809
Spot-bellied eagle-owl , Bubo nipalensis
Barred eagle-owl , Bubo sumatranus
Dusky eagle-owl , Bubo coromandus
Philippine eagle-owl , Bubo philippensis
Snowy owl , Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Arabian eagle-owl , Bubo milesi Sharpe , 1886
Grayish eagle-owl , Bubo cinerascens Guérin-Méneville , 1843
Blakiston's fish-owl , Ketupa blakistoni (Seebohm , 1884)
Brown fish-owl , Ketupa zeylonensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Tawny fish-owl , Ketupa flavipes (Hodgson , 1836)
Buffy fish-owl , Ketupa ketupu (Horsfield , 1821)
Northern hawk owl , Surnia ulula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Eurasian pygmy-owl , Glaucidium passerinum (Linnaeus , 1758)
Asian barred owlet , Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors , 1830)
Javan owlet , Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsfield , 1821)
Jungle owlet , Glaucidium radiatum (Tickell , 1833)
Chestnut-backed owlet , Glaucidium castanotum (Blyth , 1851)
Collared owlet , Taenioptynx brodiei (Burton, E , 1836)
Sunda owlet , Taenioptynx sylvaticus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Spotted owlet , Athene brama (Temminck , 1821)
Little owl , Athene noctua (Scopoli , 1769)
Forest owlet , Athene blewitti (Hume , 1873)
Spotted wood-owl , Strix seloputo Horsfield , 1821
Mottled wood-owl , Strix ocellata (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Brown wood-owl , Strix leptogrammica Temminck , 1832
Tawny owl , Strix aluco Linnaeus , 1758
Himalayan owl , Strix nivicolum (Blyth , 1845)
Desert owl , Strix hadorami Kirwan, Schweizer & Copete, 2015
Ural owl , Strix uralensis Pallas , 1771
Great gray owl , Strix nebulosa Forster, JR , 1772
Omani owl , Strix butleri (Hume , 1878)
Long-eared owl , Asio otus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Short-eared owl , Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan , 1763)
Marsh owl , Asio capensis (Smith, A , 1834)
Boreal owl , Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rufous owl , Ninox rufa (Gould , 1846)
Barking owl , Ninox connivens (Latham , 1801)
Sumba boobook , Ninox rudolfi Meyer, AB , 1882
Andaman boobook , Ninox affinis Beavan , 1867
Alor boobook , Ninox plesseni Stresemann , 1929
Rote boobook , Ninox rotiensis Johnstone, RE & Darnell , 1997
Timor boobook , Ninox fusca (Vieillot , 1817)
Southern boobook , Ninox boobook (Latham , 1801)
Morepork , Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Least boobook , Ninox sumbaensis Olsen, Wink, Sauer-Gürth & Trost, 2002
Brown boobook , Ninox scutulata (Raffles , 1822)
Hume's boobook , Ninox obscura Hume , 1872
Northern boobook , Ninox japonica (Temminck & Schlegel , 1845)
Chocolate boobook , Ninox randi Deignan , 1951
Luzon boobook , Ninox philippensis Bonaparte , 1855
Mindanao boobook , Ninox spilocephala Tweeddale , 1879
Mindoro boobook , Ninox mindorensis Ogilvie-Grant , 1896
Romblon boobook , Ninox spilonotus Bourns & Worcester , 1894
Cebu boobook , Ninox rumseyi Rasmussen, Allen, D, Collar, Hutchinson, Jakosalem, Kennedy, RS, Lambert & Paguntalan, 2012
Camiguin boobook , Ninox leventis
Sulu boobook , Ninox reyi Oustalet , 1880
Ochre-bellied boobook , Ninox ochracea (Schlegel , 1866)
Togian boobook , Ninox burhani Indrawan & Somadikarta, 2004
Cinnabar boobook , Ninox ios Rasmussen , 1999
Halmahera boobook , Ninox hypogramma (Gray, GR , 1861)
Tanimbar boobook , Ninox forbesi Sclater, PL , 1883
Seram boobook , Ninox squamipila (Bonaparte , 1850)
Buru boobook , Ninox hantu (Wallace , 1863)
Christmas Island boobook , Ninox natalis Lister , 1889
Papuan boobook , Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte , 1855)
Speckled boobook , Ninox punctulata (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Manus boobook , Ninox meeki Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
Bismarck boobook , Ninox variegata (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
New Britain boobook , Ninox odiosa Sclater, PL , 1877
Solomons boobook , Ninox jacquinoti
Powerful owl , Ninox strenua (Gould , 1838)
Christmas Island boobook , Ninox natalis Lister , 1889
Papuan owl , Uroglaux dimorpha (Salvadori , 1874)
Fearful owl , Nesasio solomonensis
Trogons
Order: Trogoniformes Family: Trogonidae
The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.
Javan trogon , Harpactes reinwardtii
Sumatran trogon , Harpactes mackloti
Malabar trogon , Harpactes fasciatus (Pennant , 1769)
Red-naped trogon , Harpactes kasumba (Raffles , 1822)
Diard's trogon , Harpactes diardii (Temminck , 1832)
Philippine trogon , Harpactes ardens (Temminck , 1826)
Whitehead's trogon , Harpactes whiteheadi Sharpe , 1888
Cinnamon-rumped trogon , Harpactes orrhophaeus (Cabanis & Heine , 1863)
Scarlet-rumped trogon , Harpactes duvaucelii (Temminck , 1824)
Red-headed trogon , Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould , 1834)
Orange-breasted trogon , Harpactes oreskios (Temminck , 1823)
Ward's trogon , Harpactes wardi (Kinnear , 1927)
Hoopoes
Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink coloring with a long crest on their head, the plumage of which sweeps backward at rest but can be flexed to an erect position.
Hornbills
Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae
Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly colored.
African gray hornbill , Lophoceros nasutus (Linnaeus , 1766)
White-crowned hornbill , Berenicornis comatus (Raffles , 1822)
Helmeted hornbill , Buceros vigil
Rufous hornbill , Buceros hydrocorax Linnaeus , 1766
Rhinoceros hornbill , Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus , 1758
Great hornbill , Buceros bicornis Linnaeus , 1758
Bushy-crested hornbill , Anorrhinus galeritus (Temminck , 1831)
Brown hornbill , Anorrhinus austeni Jerdon , 1872
Rusty-cheeked hornbill , Anorrhinus tickelli (Blyth , 1855)
Indian gray hornbill , Ocyceros birostris (Scopoli , 1786)
Malabar gray hornbill , Ocyceros griseus (Latham , 1790)
Sri Lanka gray hornbill , Ocyceros gingalensis (Shaw , 1812)
Black hornbill , Anthracoceros malayanus (Raffles , 1822)
Sulu hornbill , Anthracoceros montani (Oustalet , 1880)
Malabar pied-hornbill , Anthracoceros coronatus (Boddaert , 1783)
Oriental pied-hornbill , Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw , 1808)
Palawan hornbill , Anthracoceros marchei Oustalet , 1885
Rufous-necked hornbill , Aceros nipalensis (Hodgson , 1829)
Knobbed hornbill , Rhyticeros cassidix (Temminck , 1823)
Sumba hornbill , Rhyticeros everetti Rothschild , 1898
Wreathed hornbill , Rhyticeros undulatus (Shaw , 1812)
Plain-pouched hornbill , Rhyticeros subruficollis (Blyth , 1843)
Narcondam hornbill , Rhyticeros narcondami Hume , 1873
Blyth's hornbill , Rhyticeros plicatus (Pennant , 1781)
Sulawesi hornbill , Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus (Temminck , 1823)
Wrinkled hornbill , Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus (Temminck , 1832)
Writhe-billed hornbill , Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni (Sharpe , 1877)
Writhed hornbill , Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus (Vieillot , 1816)
Visayan hornbill , Penelopides panini (Boddaert , 1783)
Luzon hornbill , Penelopides manillae (Boddaert , 1783)
Mindoro hornbill , Penelopides mindorensis Steere , 1890
Samar hornbill , Penelopides samarensis Steere , 1890
Mindanao hornbill , Penelopides affinis Tweeddale , 1877
Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.
Blyth's kingfisher , Alcedo hercules Laubmann , 1917
Common kingfisher , Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Blue-eared kingfisher , Alcedo meninting Horsfield , 1821
Javan blue-banded kingfisher , Alcedo euryzona Temminck , 1830
Malaysian blue-banded kingfisher , Alcedo peninsulae Laubmann , 1941
Small blue kingfisher , Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot , 1818
Azure kingfisher , Ceyx azureus (Latham , 1801)
Indigo-banded kingfisher , Ceyx cyanopectus Lafresnaye , 1840
Northern silvery-kingfisher , Ceyx flumenicola Steere , 1890
Southern silvery-kingfisher , Ceyx argentatus Tweeddale , 1877
Little kingfisher , Ceyx pusillus Temminck , 1836
Black-backed dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx erithaca (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rufous-backed dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx rufidorsa
Philippine dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx melanurus (Kaup , 1848)
Sulawesi dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx fallax (Schlegel , 1866)
Sangihe dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx sangirensis (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1898)
Dimorphic dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx margarethae Blasius, W , 1890
Sula dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx wallacii Sharpe , 1868
Moluccan dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx lepidus Temminck , 1836
Buru dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx cajeli Wallace , 1863
Papuan dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx solitarius Temminck , 1836
Bismarck kingfisher , Ceyx websteri (Hartert, EJO , 1898)
Manus dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx dispar Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
New Ireland dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx mulcatus Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
New Britain dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx sacerdotis Ramsay, EP , 1882
North Solomons dwarf-kingfisher , Ceyx meeki Rothschild , 1901
Malachite kingfisher , Corythornis cristatus (Pallas , 1764)
Banded kingfisher , Lacedo pulchella (Horsfield , 1821)
Blue-winged kookaburra , Dacelo leachii Vigors & Horsfield , 1827
Spangled kookaburra , Dacelo tyro Gray, GR , 1858
Rufous-bellied kookaburra , Dacelo gaudichaud Gaimard , 1823
Shovel-billed kookaburra , Clytoceyx rex
Sulawesi lilac kingfisher , Cittura cyanotis (Temminck , 1824)
Sangihe lilac kingfisher , Cittura sanghirensis Sharpe , 1868
Brown-winged kingfisher , Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pearson, JT , 1841)
Stork-billed kingfisher , Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Great-billed kingfisher , Pelargopsis melanorhyncha (Temminck , 1826)
Ruddy kingfisher , Halcyon coromanda (Latham , 1790)
White-throated kingfisher , Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Brown-breasted kingfisher , Halcyon gularis (Kuhl , 1820)
Gray-headed kingfisher , Halcyon leucocephala (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Black-capped kingfisher , Halcyon pileata (Boddaert , 1783)
Javan kingfisher , Halcyon cyanoventris (Vieillot , 1818)
Blue-black kingfisher , Todiramphus nigrocyaneus (Wallace , 1862)
Rufous-lored kingfisher , Todiramphus winchelli (Sharpe , 1877)
Blue-and-white kingfisher , Todiramphus diops (Temminck , 1824)
Lazuli kingfisher , Todiramphus lazuli (Temminck , 1830)
Forest kingfisher , Todiramphus macleayii (Jardine & Selby , 1830)
Guam kingfisher , Todiramphus cinnamominus (Swainson , 1821)
Torresian kingfisher , Todiramphus sordidus (Gould , 1842)
Sacred kingfisher , Todiramphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
Collared kingfisher , Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert , 1783)
Beach kingfisher , Todiramphus saurophagus (Gould , 1843)
Sombre kingfisher , Todiramphus funebris Bonaparte , 1850
Talaud kingfisher , Todiramphus enigma (Hartert, EJO , 1904)
Cinnamon-banded kingfisher , Todiramphus australasia (Vieillot , 1818)
New Britain kingfisher , Todiramphus albonotatus (Ramsay, EP , 1884)
Ultramarine kingfisher , Todiramphus leucopygius (Verreaux, J , 1858)
Pohnpei kingfisher , Todiramphus reichenbachii Hartlaub , 1852
Colonist kingfisher , Todiramphus colonus (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Melanesian kingfisher , Todiramphus tristrami (Layard, EL , 1880)
Red-backed kingfisher , Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Pacific kingfisher , Todiramphus sacer (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
White-rumped kingfisher , Caridonax fulgidus (Gould , 1857)
Hook-billed kingfisher , Melidora macrorrhina (Lesson, RP , 1827)
Rufous-collared kingfisher , Actenoides concretus (Temminck , 1825)
Spotted kingfisher , Actenoides lindsayi (Vigors , 1831)
Blue-capped kingfisher , Actenoides hombroni Bonaparte , 1850
Green-backed kingfisher , Actenoides monachus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Scaly-breasted kingfisher , Actenoides princeps (Reichenbach , 1851)
Moustached kingfisher , Actenoides bougainvillei (Rothschild , 1904)
Yellow-billed kingfisher , Syma torotoro Lesson, RP , 1827
Mountain kingfisher , Syma megarhyncha Salvadori , 1896
Little paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera hydrocharis Gray, GR , 1858
Common paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera galatea Gray, GR , 1859
Kofiau paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera ellioti Sharpe , 1870
Biak paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera riedelii Verreaux, J , 1866
Numfor paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera carolinae Schlegel , 1871
Red-breasted paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera nympha Gray, GR , 1840
Brown-headed paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera danae Sharpe , 1880
Buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera sylvia Gould , 1850
Black-capped paradise-kingfisher , Tanysiptera nigriceps Sclater, PL , 1877
Crested kingfisher , Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck , 1834)
Pied kingfisher , Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Bee-eaters
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterized by richly colored plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
Red-bearded bee-eater , Nyctyornis amictus (Temminck , 1824)
Blue-bearded bee-eater , Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby , 1828)
Purple-bearded bee-eater , Meropogon forsteni Bonaparte , 1850
White-throated bee-eater , Merops albicollis Vieillot , 1817
Asian green bee-eater , Merops orientalis Latham , 1801
Arabian green bee-eater , Merops cyanophrys (Cabanis & Heine , 1860)
Blue-throated bee-eater , Merops viridis Linnaeus , 1758
Rufous-crowned bee-eater , Merops americanus Müller, PLS , 1776
Blue-cheeked bee-eater , Merops persicus Pallas , 1773
Blue-tailed bee-eater , Merops philippinus Linnaeus , 1767
Rainbow bee-eater , Merops ornatus Latham , 1801
European bee-eater , Merops apiaster Linnaeus , 1758
Chestnut-headed bee-eater , Merops leschenaulti Vieillot , 1817
Somali bee-eater , Merops revoilii Oustalet , 1882
Madagascar bee-eater , Merops superciliosus Linnaeus , 1766 (A)
Rollers
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae
Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters . They share the colorful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.
European roller , Coracias garrulus Linnaeus , 1758
Abyssinian roller , Coracias abyssinicus Hermann , 1783
Lilac-breasted roller , Coracias caudatus Linnaeus , 1766
Rufous-crowned roller , Coracias noevius
Indian roller , Coracias benghalensis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Indochinese roller , Coracias affinis Horsfield , 1840
Purple-winged roller , Coracias temminckii (Vieillot , 1819)
Broad-billed roller , Eurystomus glaucurus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Dollarbird , Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Azure roller , Eurystomus azureus Gray, GR , 1861
Asian barbets
Order: Piciformes Family: Megalaimidae
The Asian barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly colored.
Sooty barbet , Caloramphus hayii (Gray, JE , 1831)
Brown barbet , Caloramphus fuliginosus (Temminck , 1830)
Malabar barbet , Psilopogon malabaricus (Blyth , 1847)
Crimson-fronted barbet , Psilopogon rubricapillus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Coppersmith barbet , Psilopogon haemacephala
Blue-eared barbet , Psilopogon australis (Horsfield , 1821)
Little barbet , Psilopogon australis (Horsfield , 1821)
Bornean barbet , Psilopogon eximus
Fire-tufted barbet , Psilopogon pyrolophus Müller, S , 1836
Great barbet , Psilopogon virens (Boddaert , 1783)
Red-vented barbet , Psilopogon lagrandieri (Verreaux, J , 1868)
Red-crowned barbet , Psilopogon rafflesii (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Red-throated barbet , Psilopogon mystacophanos (Temminck , 1824)
Black-banded barbet , Psilopogon javensis (Horsfield , 1821)
Golden-naped barbet , Psilopogon pulcherrimus (Sharpe , 1888)
Yellow-crowned barbet , Psilopogon henricii (Temminck , 1831)
Flame-fronted barbet , Psilopogon armillaris (Temminck , 1821)
Green-eared barbet , Psilopogon faiostrictus (Temminck , 1832)
Lineated barbet , Psilopogon lineatus (Vieillot , 1816)
Brown-headed barbet , Psilopogon zeylanicus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
White-cheeked barbet , Psilopogon viridis (Boddaert , 1783)
Yellow-fronted barbet , Psilopogon flavifrons (Cuvier , 1816)
Golden-throated barbet , Psilopogon franklinii (Blyth , 1842)
Necklaced barbet , Psilopogon auricularis (Robinson & Kloss , 1919)
Mountain barbet , Psilopogon monticola (Sharpe , 1889)
Brown-throated barbet , Psilopogon corvinus (Temminck , 1831)
Golden-whiskered barbet , Psilopogon chrysopogon (Temminck , 1824)
Moustached barbet , Psilopogon incognitus (Hume , 1874)
Taiwan barbet , Psilopogon nuchalis (Gould , 1863)
Chinese barbet , Psilopogon faber (Swinhoe , 1870)
Blue-throated barbet , Psilopogon asiaticus (Latham , 1790)
Indochinese barbet , Psilopogon annamensis (Robinson & Kloss , 1919)
Black-browed barbet , Psilopogon oorti (Müller, S , 1836)
Turquoise-throated barbet , Psilopogon chersonesus (Chasen & Kloss , 1927)
Honeyguides
Order: Piciformes Family: Indicatoridae
Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax . They are named for the greater honeyguide which leads traditional honey-hunters to bees' nests and, after the hunters have harvested the honey, feeds on the remaining contents of the hive.
Woodpeckers
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
Eurasian wryneck , Jynx torquilla Linnaeus , 1758
Speckled piculet , Picumnus innominatus Burton, E , 1836
Rufous piculet , Sasia abnormis (Temminck , 1825)
White-browed piculet , Sasia ochracea Hodgson , 1837
Gray-and-buff woodpecker , Hemicircus concretus (Temminck , 1821)
Heart-spotted woodpecker , Hemicircus canente (Lesson, RP , 1832)
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker , Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus temminckii (Malherbe , 1849)
Philippine pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus maculatus (Scopoli , 1786)
Sulu pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus ramsayi Hargitt , 1881
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus nanus (Vigors , 1832)
Sunda pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Gray-capped pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus canicapillus (Blyth , 1845)
Japanese pygmy woodpecker , Yungipicus kizuki (Temminck , 1836)
Yellow-crowned woodpecker , Leiopicus mahrattensis (Latham , 1801)
Middle spotted woodpecker , Dendrocoptes medius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Brown-fronted woodpecker , Dendrocoptes auriceps (Vigors , 1831)
Arabian woodpecker , Dendrocoptes dorae (Bates, GL & Kinnear , 1935)
Rufous-bellied woodpecker , Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors , 1831)
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker , Dendrocopos macei (Vieillot , 1818)
Freckle-breasted woodpecker , Dendrocopos analis (Bonaparte , 1850)
Stripe-breasted woodpecker , Dendrocopos atratus (Blyth , 1849)
Okinawa woodpecker , Dendrocopos noguchii (Seebohm , 1887)
White-backed woodpecker , Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein , 1802)
Darjeeling woodpecker , Dendrocopos darjellensis (Blyth , 1845)
Great spotted woodpecker , Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-winged woodpecker , Dendrocopos leucopterus (Salvadori , 1871)
Himalayan woodpecker , Dendrocopos himalayensis (Jardine & Selby , 1831)
Syrian woodpecker , Dendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
Sind woodpecker , Dendrocopos assimilis (Blyth , 1849)
Lesser spotted woodpecker , Dryobates minor (Linnaeus , 1758)
Crimson-breasted woodpecker , Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth , 1843)
Maroon woodpecker , Blythipicus rubiginosus (Swainson , 1837)
Bay woodpecker , Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson , 1837)
Orange-backed woodpecker , Reinwardtipicus validus (Temminck , 1825)
Greater flameback , Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell , 1833)
Javan flameback , Chrysocolaptes strictus (Horsfield , 1821)
Luzon flameback , Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler , 1827)
Yellow-faced flameback , Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden & Layard, EL , 1872
Buff-spotted flameback , Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli , 1786)
Red-headed flameback , Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Sharpe , 1877
Crimson-backed flameback , Chrysocolaptes stricklandi (Layard, EL , 1854)
White-naped woodpecker , Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert , 1783)
Rufous woodpecker , Micropternus brachyurus (Vieillot , 1818)
Buff-necked woodpecker , Meiglyptes tukki (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Buff-rumped woodpecker , Meiglyptes tristis (Horsfield , 1821)
Black-and-buff woodpecker , Meiglyptes jugularis (Blyth , 1845)
Pale-headed woodpecker , Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield , 1840)
Bamboo woodpecker , Gecinulus viridis Blyth , 1862
Olive-backed woodpecker , Dinopium rafflesii
Himalayan flameback , Dinopium shorii (Vigors , 1831)
Common flameback , Dinopium javanense (Ljungh , 1797)
Spot-throated flameback , Dinopium everetti (Tweeddale , 1878)
Black-rumped flameback , Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red-backed flameback , Dinopium psarodes (Lichtenstein, AAH , 1793)
Lesser yellownape , Picus chlorolophus Vieillot , 1818
Crimson-winged woodpecker , Picus puniceus Horsfield , 1821
Streak-throated woodpecker , Picus xanthopygaeus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
Scaly-bellied woodpecker , Picus squamatus Vigors , 1831
Red-collared woodpecker , Picus rabieri (Oustalet , 1898)
Streak-breasted woodpecker , Picus viridanus Blyth , 1843
Laced woodpecker , Picus vittatus Vieillot , 1818
Japanese woodpecker , Picus awokera Temminck , 1836
Gray-headed woodpecker , Picus canus Gmelin, JF , 1788
Black-headed woodpecker , Picus erythropygius (Elliot, DG , 1865)
Eurasian green woodpecker , Picus viridis Linnaeus , 1758
Levaillant's woodpecker , Picus vaillantii (Malherbe , 1847)
Banded woodpecker , Chrysophlegma mineaceum
Greater yellownape , Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould , 1834)
Checker-throated woodpecker , Chrysophlegma mentale (Temminck , 1826)
Ashy woodpecker , Mulleripicus fulvus (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Northern sooty-woodpecker , Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes , 1826)
Southern sooty-woodpecker , Mulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale , 1877
Great slaty woodpecker , Mulleripicus pulverulentus (Temminck , 1826)
Amami woodpecker , Dendrocopos owstoni
White-bellied woodpecker , Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield , 1821)
Andaman woodpecker , Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth , 1860)
Black woodpecker , Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Falcons and caracaras
Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.
White-rumped falcon , Polihierax insignis
Collared falconet , Microhierax caerulescens (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-thighed falconet , Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez , 1824)
White-fronted falconet , Microhierax latifrons Sharpe , 1879
Philippine falconet , Microhierax erythrogenys (Vigors , 1831)
Pied falconet , Microhierax melanoleucos (Blyth , 1843)
Lesser kestrel , Falco naumanni Fleischer, JG, 1818
Eurasian kestrel , Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus , 1758
Spotted kestrel , Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte , 1850)
Nankeen kestrel , Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield , 1827
American kestrel , Falco sparverius Linnaeus , 1758 (A)
Red-necked falcon , Falco chicquera Daudin , 1800
Red-footed falcon , Falco vespertinus Linnaeus , 1766
Amur falcon , Falco amurensis Radde , 1863
Eleonora's falcon , Falco eleonorae Géné , 1839
Sooty falcon , Falco concolor Temminck , 1825
Merlin , Falco columbarius Linnaeus , 1758
Eurasian hobby , Falco subbuteo Linnaeus , 1758
Oriental hobby , Falco severus Horsfield , 1821
Australian hobby , Falco longipennis Swainson , 1838
Brown falcon , Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield , 1827
Gray falcon , Falco hypoleucos Gould , 1841
Lanner falcon , Falco biarmicus Temminck , 1825
Laggar falcon , Falco jugger Gray, JE , 1834
Saker falcon , Falco cherrug Gray, JE , 1834
Gyrfalcon , Falco rusticolus Linnaeus , 1758
Peregrine falcon , Falco peregrinus Tunstall , 1771
Black falcon , Falco subniger Gray, GR , 1843
Malagasy kestrel , Falco newtoni (Gurney, JH Sr , 1863)
Seychelles kestrel , Falco araea
Cockatoos
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Cacatuidae
The cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest .
Palm cockatoo , Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Little corella , Cacatua sanguinea Gould , 1843
Tanimbar corella , Cacatua goffiniana Roselaar & Michels, 2004
Philippine cockatoo , Cacatua haematuropygia (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Yellow-crested cockatoo , Cacatua sulphurea (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Sulphur-crested cockatoo , Cacatua galerita (Latham , 1790)
Salmon-crested cockatoo , Cacatua moluccensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
White cockatoo , Cacatua alba (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Old World parrots
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittaculidae
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.
Pesquet's parrot , Psittrichas fulgidus (Lesson, RP , 1830)
Yellow-capped pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta keiensis (Salvadori , 1876)
Geelvink pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta geelvinkiana (Schlegel , 1871)
Buff-faced pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta pusio (Sclater, PL , 1866)
Red-breasted pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta bruijnii (Salvadori , 1875)
Meek's pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta meeki Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
Finsch's pygmy-parrot , Micropsitta finschii (Ramsay, EP , 1881)
Moluccan king-parrot , Alisterus amboinensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Papuan king-parrot , Alisterus chloropterus (Ramsay, EP , 1879)
Australian king-parrot , Alisterus scapularis (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1816)
Olive-shouldered parrot , Aprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot , 1818)
Red-winged parrot , Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Buru racket-tail , Prioniturus mada Hartert, EJO , 1900
Golden-mantled racket-tail , Prioniturus platurus (Vieillot , 1818)
Mindanao racket-tail , Prioniturus waterstradti Rothschild , 1904
Luzon racket-tail , Prioniturus montanus Ogilvie-Grant , 1895
Blue-headed racket-tail , Prioniturus platenae Blasius, W , 1888
Mindoro racket-tail , Prioniturus mindorensis Steere , 1890
Blue-winged racket-tail , Prioniturus verticalis Sharpe , 1893
Yellow-breasted racket-tail , Prioniturus flavicans Cassin , 1853
Green racket-tail , Prioniturus luconensis Steere , 1890
Blue-crowned racket-tail , Prioniturus discurus (Vieillot , 1822)
Eclectus parrot , Eclectus roratus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Red-cheeked parrot , Geoffroyus geoffroyi (Bechstein , 1811)
Blue-collared parrot , Geoffroyus simplex (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Singing parrot , Geoffroyus heteroclitus (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Blue-rumped parrot , Psittinus cyanurus (Forster, JR , 1795)
Alexandrine parakeet , Psittacula eupatria (Linnaeus , 1766)
Rose-ringed parakeet , Psittacula krameri (Scopoli , 1769)
Slaty-headed parakeet , Psittacula himalayana (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Gray-headed parakeet , Psittacula finschii (Hume , 1874)
Plum-headed parakeet , Psittacula cyanocephala (Linnaeus , 1766)
Blossom-headed parakeet , Psittacula roseata Biswas , 1951
Malabar parakeet , Psittacula columboides (Vigors , 1830)
Layard's parakeet , Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth , 1849)
Derbyan parakeet , Psittacula derbiana (Fraser , 1852)
Red-breasted parakeet , Psittacula alexandri (Linnaeus , 1758)
Nicobar parakeet , Psittacula caniceps (Blyth , 1846)
Long-tailed parakeet , Psittacula longicauda (Boddaert , 1783)
Painted tiger-parrot , Psittacella picta Rothschild , 1896
Brehm's tiger-parrot , Psittacella brehmii Schlegel , 1871
Modest tiger-parrot , Psittacella modesta Schlegel , 1871
Madarasz's tiger-parrot , Psittacella madaraszi Meyer, AB , 1886
Black-lored parrot , Tanygnathus gramineus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Great-billed parrot , Tanygnathus megalorynchos (Boddaert , 1783)
Blue-naped parrot , Tanygnathus lucionensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Azure-rumped parrot , Tanygnathus sumatranus (Raffles , 1822)
Yellow-billed lorikeet , Neopsittacus musschenbroekii (Schlegel , 1871)
Orange-billed lorikeet , Neopsittacus pullicauda Hartert, EJO , 1896
Orange-breasted fig-parrot , Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii (Schlegel , 1866)
Double-eyed fig-parrot , Cyclopsitta diophthalma (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Large fig-parrot , Psittaculirostris desmarestii (Desmarest , 1826)
Edwards's fig-parrot , Psittaculirostris edwardsii (Oustalet , 1885)
Salvadori's fig-parrot , Psittaculirostris salvadorii (Oustalet , 1880)
Guaiabero , Bolbopsittacus lunulatus (Scopoli , 1786)
Budgerigar , Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw , 1805) (I)
Plum-faced lorikeet , Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Pygmy lorikeet , Charminetta wilhelminae (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Red-fronted lorikeet , Hypocharmosyna rubronotata (Wallace , 1862)
Red-flanked lorikeet , Hypocharmosyna placentis (Temminck , 1835)
Blue-fronted lorikeet , Charmosynopsis toxopei (Siebers , 1930)
Fairy lorikeet , Charmosynopsis pulchella (Gray, GR , 1859)
Striated lorikeet , Synorhacma multistriata (Rothschild , 1911)
Duchess lorikeet , Charmosynoides margarethae (Tristram , 1879)
Red-chinned lorikeet , Charmosyna rubrigularis
Josephine's lorikeet , Charmosyna josefinae (Finsch , 1873)
Papuan lorikeet , Charmosyna papou (Scopoli , 1786)
Meek's lorikeet , Charmosyna meeki
Red-throated lorikeet , Charmosyna amabilis
Black lory , Chalcopsitta atra (Scopoli , 1786)
Brown lory , Chalcopsitta duivenbodei Dubois, AJC , 1884
Yellow-streaked lory , Chalcopsitta scintillata (Temminck , 1835)
Chattering lory , Lorius garrulus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Purple-naped lory , Lorius domicella (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-capped lory , Lorius lory (Linnaeus , 1758)
Purple-bellied lory , Lorius hypoinochrous Gray, GR , 1859
White-naped lory , Lorius albidinuchus
Goldie's lorikeet , Glossoptila goldiei
Red-and-blue lory , Eos histrio (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Violet-necked lory , Eos squamata (Boddaert , 1783)
Red lory , Eos bornea (Linnaeus , 1758)
Blue-streaked lory , Eos reticulata (Müller, S , 1841)
Black-winged lory , Eos cyanogenia Bonaparte , 1850
Blue-eared lory , Eos semilarvata Bonaparte , 1850
Dusky lory , Pseudeos fuscata (Blyth , 1858)
Cardinal lory , Pseudeos cardinalis (Gray, GR , 1849)
Ornate lorikeet , Saudareos ornatus
Mindanao lorikeet , Saudareos johnstoniae (Hartert, EJO , 1903)
Iris lorikeet , Saudareos iris (Temminck , 1835)
Yellow-cheeked lorikeet , Saudareos meyeri (Walden , 1871)
Sula lorikeet , Saudareos flavoviridis (Wallace , 1863)
Sunset lorikeet , Trichoglossus forsteni Bonaparte , 1850
Leaf lorikeet , Trichoglossus weberi (Büttikofer , 1894)
Marigold lorikeet , Trichoglossus capistratus (Bechstein , 1811)
Coconut lorikeet , Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus , 1771)
Red-collared lorikeet , Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield , 1827
Olive-headed lorikeet , Trichoglossus euteles (Temminck , 1835)
Rainbow lorikeet , Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Vernal hanging-parrot , Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman , 1787)
Sri Lanka hanging-parrot , Loriculus beryllinus (Pennant , 1781)
Philippine hanging-parrot , Loriculus philippensis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Camiguin hanging-parrot , Loriculus camiguinensis Tello, Degner, Bates, JM & Willard, 2006
Blue-crowned hanging-parrot , Loriculus galgulus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sulawesi hanging-parrot , Loriculus stigmatus (Müller, S , 1843)
Sula hanging-parrot , Loriculus sclateri Wallace , 1863
Moluccan hanging-parrot , Loriculus amabilis Wallace , 1862
Sangihe hanging-parrot , Loriculus catamene Schlegel , 1871
Papuan hanging-parrot , Loriculus aurantiifrons Schlegel , 1871
Pygmy hanging-parrot , Loriculus exilis Schlegel , 1866
Yellow-throated hanging-parrot , Loriculus pusillus Gray, GR , 1859
Wallace's hanging-parrot , Loriculus flosculus Wallace , 1864
Green-fronted hanging-parrot , Loriculus tener Sclater, PL , 1877
Niam-Niam parrot , Poicephalus crassus (Sharpe , 1884)
Yellow-crowned parrot , Amazona ochrocephala (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Turquoise-fronted parrot , Amazona aestiva (Linnaeus , 1758)
Monk parakeet , Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert , 1783)
Rosy-faced lovebird , Agapornis roseicollis (Vieillot , 1818)
Nyasa lovebird , Agapornis lilianae Shelley , 1894
Yellow-collared lovebird , Agapornis personatus Reichenow , 1887
Fischer's lovebird , Agapornis fishcheri
Red-headed lovebird , Agapornis pullarius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Nanday parakeet , Aratinga nenday (Vieillot , 1823)
Eastern rosella , Platycercus eximius (Shaw , 1792)
Crimson rosella , Platycerus elegans
Pale-headed rosella , Platycerus adscitus
Western rosella , Platycerus icterotis
Dusky parrot , Pionus fuscus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Red-masked parakeet , Psittacara erythrogenys Lesson, RP , 1844
Blue-crowned parakeet , Psittacara acuticaudatus
Crimson shining-parrot , Prosopeia splendens (Peale , 1849)
Red shining-parrot , Prosopeia tabuensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Masked shining-parrot , Prosopeia personata (Gray, GR , 1848)
Collared lory , Phigys solitarius
Blue-crowned lorikeet , Vini australis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Tyrant flycatchers
Great kiskadee , Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Olive-sided flycatcher , Contopus cooperi (Nuttall , 1831)
Eastern wood-pewee , Contopus virnes
Yellow-bellied flycatcher , Empidonax flaviventris (Baird, WM & Baird, SF , 1843)
Acadian flycatcher , Empidonax virescens (Vieillot , 1818)
Alder flycatcher , Empidonax alnorum Brewster , 1895
Least flycatcher , Empidonax minimus (Baird, WM & Baird, SF , 1843)
Eastern phoebe , Sayornis phoebe (Latham , 1790)
Western kingbird , Tyrannus verticalis Say , 1822
Eastern kingbird , Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Fork-tailed flycatcher , Tyrannus savana Daudin , 1802
African and green broadbills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Calyptomenidae
The African and green broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.
Asian and Grauer's broadbills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Eurylaimidae
The Asian and Grauer's broadbills are small, brightly colored birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.
Black-and-red broadbill , Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Long-tailed broadbill , Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson , 1835)
Silver-breasted broadbill , Serilophus lunatus (Gould , 1834)
Banded broadbill , Eurylaimus javanicus Horsfield , 1821
Black-and-yellow broadbill , Eurylaimus ochromalus Raffles , 1822
Wattled broadbill , Sarcophanops steerii (Sharpe , 1876)
Visayan broadbill , Sarcophanops samarensis Steere , 1890
Dusky broadbill , Corydon sumatranus (Raffles , 1822)
Pittas
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pittidae
Pittas are medium-sized stocky passerines with fairly long, strong legs, short tails, and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects, and similar invertebrate prey.
Whiskered pitta , Erythropitta kochi (Brüggemann , 1876)
Blue-breasted pitta , Erythropitta erythrogaster (Temminck , 1823)
Sangihe pitta , Erythropitta caeruleitorques (Salvadori , 1876)
Siau pitta , Erythropitta palliceps (Brüggemann , 1876)
Sulawesi pitta , Erythropitta celebensis (Müller, S & Schlegel , 1845)
Sula pitta , Erythropitta dohertyi (Rothschild , 1898)
North Moluccan pitta , Erythropitta rufiventris (Heine , 1860)
South Moluccan pitta , Erythropitta rubrinucha (Wallace , 1862)
Papuan pitta , Erythropitta macklotii (Temminck , 1834)
Graceful pitta , Erythropitta venusta (Müller, S , 1836)
Black-crowned pitta , Erythropitta ussheri (Gould , 1877)
Blue-banded pitta , Erythropitta arcuata
Garnet pitta , Erythropitta granatina (Temminck , 1830)
New Ireland pitta , Erythropitta novaehibernicae (Ramsay, EP , 1878)
Tabar pitta , Erythropitta splendida
New Britain pitta , Erythropitta gazellae
Louisiade pitta , Erythropitta meeki (Rothschild , 1898)
Eared pitta , Hydrornis phayrei (Blyth , 1862)
Rusty-naped pitta , Hydrornis oatesi Hume , 1873
Blue-naped pitta , Hydrornis nipalensis (Hodgson , 1837)
Blue-rumped pitta , Hydrornis soror (Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1881)
Giant pitta , Hydrornis caerulea
Schneider's pitta , Hydrornis schneideri (Hartert, EJO , 1909)
Malayan banded-pitta , Hydrornis irena (Temminck , 1836)
Javan banded-pitta , Hydrornis guajana
Bornean banded-pitta , Hydrornis schwaneri (Bonaparte , 1850)
Blue-headed pitta , Hydrornis baudii (Müller, S & Schlegel , 1839)
Blue pitta , Hydrornis cyanea
Bar-bellied pitta , Hydrornis elliotii (Oustalet , 1874)
Gurney's pitta , Hydrornis gurneyi (Hume , 1875)
Indian pitta , Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus , 1766)
Blue-winged pitta , Pitta moluccensis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Fairy pitta , Pitta nympha Temminck & Schlegel , 1847
Hooded pitta , Pitta sordida (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Azure-breasted pitta , Pitta steerii (Sharpe , 1876)
Noisy pitta , Pitta versicolor Swainson , 1825
Ivory-breasted pitta , Pitta maxima Müller, S & Schlegel , 1845
Ornate pitta , Pitta concinna Gould , 1857
Elegant pitta , Pitta elegans Temminck , 1836
Banda Sea pitta , Pitta vigorsii Gould , 1838
Mangrove pitta , Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel , 1863
Black-faced pitta , Pitta anerythra Rothschild , 1901
Superb pitta , Pitta superba Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1914
Bowerbirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Ptilonorhynchidae
The bowerbirds are small to medium-sized passerine birds. The males notably build a bower to attract a mate. Depending on the species, the bower ranges from a circle of cleared earth with a small pile of twigs in the center to a complex and highly decorated structure of sticks and leaves.
White-eared catbird , Ailuroedus buccoides (Temminck , 1836)
Ochre-breasted catbird , Ailuroedus stonii Sharpe , 1876
Tan-capped catbird , Ailuroedus geislerorum Meyer, AB , 1891
Northern catbird , Ailuroedus jobiensis Rothschild , 1895
Arfak catbird , Ailuroedus arfakianus Meyer, AB , 1874
Black-eared catbird , Ailuroedus melanotis (Gray, GR , 1858)
Huon catbird , Ailuroedus astigmaticus Mayr , 1931
Black-capped catbird , Ailuroedus melanocephalus Ramsay, EP , 1883
Archbold's bowerbird , Archboldia papuensis Rand , 1940
Vogelkop bowerbird , Amblyornis inornata (Schlegel , 1871)
MacGregor's bowerbird , Amblyornis macgregoriae De Vis , 1890
Streaked bowerbird , Amblyornis subalaris Sharpe , 1884
Golden-fronted bowerbird , Amblyornis flavifrons Rothschild , 1895
Masked bowerbird , Sericulus aureus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Flame bowerbird , Sericulus ardens (D'Albertis & Salvadori , 1879)
Fire-maned bowerbird , Sericulus bakeri (Chapin , 1929)
Yellow-breasted bowerbird , Chlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow , 1897
Fawn-breasted bowerbird , Chlamydera cerviniventris Gould , 1850
Australasian treecreepers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Climacteridae
The Climacteridae are medium-small, mostly brown-coloured birds with patterning on their underparts. They are endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
Fairywrens
Order: Passeriformes Family: Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. They are socially monogamous and sexually promiscuous, meaning that although they form pairs between one male and one female, each partner will mate with other individuals and even assist in raising the young from such pairings.
Wallace's fairywren , Sipodotus wallacii (Gray, GR , 1862)
Orange-crowned fairywren , Clytomyias insignis Sharpe , 1879
Broad-billed fairywren , Chenorhamphus grayi (Wallace , 1862)
Campbell's fairywren , Chenorhamphus campbelli (Schodde & Weatherly , 1982)
Emperor fairywren , Malurus cyanocephalus (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
White-shouldered fairywren , Malurus alboscapulatus Meyer, AB , 1874
Honeyeaters
Order: Passeriformes Family: Meliphagidae
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea. They are nectar feeders and closely resemble other nectar-feeding passerines.
Dark-eared myza , Myza celebensis (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1894)
White-eared myza , Myza sarasinorum Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1895
Plain honeyeater , Pycnopygius ixoides (Salvadori , 1878)
Marbled honeyeater , Pycnopygius cinereus (Sclater, PL , 1874)
Streak-headed honeyeater , Pycnopygius stictocephalus (Salvadori , 1876)
Orange-cheeked honeyeater , Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort , 1910
Puff-backed honeyeater , Meliphaga aruensis (Sharpe , 1884)
Yellow-spotted honeyeater , Meliphaga notata (Gould , 1867)
Scrub honeyeater , Microptilotis albonotatus (Salvadori , 1876)
Mountain honeyeater , Microptilotis orientalis (Meyer, AB , 1894)
Mimic honeyeater , Microptilotis analogus (Reichenbach , 1852)
Forest honeyeater , Microptilotis montanus (Salvadori , 1880)
Mottled honeyeater , Microptilotis mimikae (Ogilvie-Grant , 1911)
Yellow-gaped honeyeater , Microptilotis flavirictus (Salvadori , 1880)
Tagula honeyeater , Microptilotis vicina (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1912)
Graceful honeyeater , Microptilotis gracilis (Gould , 1866)
Elegant honeyeater , Microptilotis cinereifrons (Rand , 1936)
Streak-breasted honeyeater , Territornis reticulata (Temminck , 1820)
Black-throated honeyeater , Caligavis subfrenata (Salvadori , 1876)
Obscure honeyeater , Caligavis obscura (De Vis , 1897)
Sooty melidectes , Melidectes fuscus
Short-bearded melidectes , Melidectes nouhuysi
Ornate melidectes , Melidectes torquatus Sclater, PL , 1874
Cinnamon-browed melidectes , Melidectes ochromelas (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Vogelkop melidectes , Melidectes leucostephes (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Huon melidectes , Melidectes foersteri (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911)
Belford's melidectes , Melidectes belfordi (De Vis , 1890)
Yellow-browed melidectes , Melidectes rufocrissalis (Reichenow , 1915)
Long-bearded melidectes , Melidectes princeps
Varied honeyeater , Gavicalis versicolor (Gould , 1843)
Yellow-tinted honeyeater , Ptilotula flavescens (Gould , 1840)
Bougainville honeyeater , Stresemannia bougainvillei (Mayr , 1932)
Brown-backed honeyeater , Ramsayornis modestus (Gray, GR , 1858)
Rufous-banded honeyeater , Conopophila albogularis (Gould , 1843)
Arfak honeyeater , Melipotes gymnops Sclater, PL , 1874
Smoky honeyeater , Melipotes fumigatus Meyer, AB , 1886
Foja honeyeater , Melipotes carolae Beehler, Prawiradilaga, de Fretes & Kemp, N, 2007
Spangled honeyeater , Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911
MacGregor's honeyeater , Macgregoria pulchra De Vis , 1897
Long-billed honeyeater , Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, GR , 1858)
Olive straightbill , Timeliopsis fulvigula (Schlegel , 1871)
Tawny straightbill , Timeliopsis griseigula (Schlegel , 1871)
Bismarck honeyeater , Vosea whitemanensis Gilliard , 1960
Seram myzomela , Myzomela blasii (Salvadori , 1882)
Ruby-throated myzomela , Myzomela eques (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827)
Dusky myzomela , Myzomela obscura Gould , 1843
Red myzomela , Myzomela cruentata Meyer, AB , 1874
Papuan black myzomela , Myzomela nigrita Gray, GR , 1858
Alor myzomela , Myzomela prawiradilagae Irham, Ashari, Suparno, Trainor, Verbelen, Wu, MY & Rheindt, 2019
Crimson-hooded myzomela , Myzomela kuehni Rothschild , 1903
Red-headed myzomela , Myzomela erythrocephala Gould , 1840
Sumba myzomela , Myzomela dammermani Siebers , 1928
Rote myzomela , Myzomela irianawidodoae Prawiradilaga, Baveja, Suparno, Ashari, Ng, NSR, Gwee, Verbelen & Rheindt, 2017
Elfin myzomela , Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori , 1876
Sulawesi myzomela , Myzomela chloroptera Walden , 1872
Taliabu myzomela , Myzomela wahe Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Wu, MY, 2020
Wakolo myzomela , Myzomela wakoloensis Forbes, HO , 1883
Banda myzomela , Myzomela boiei (Müller, S , 1843)
Sclater's myzomela , Myzomela sclateri Forbes, WA , 1879
Black-breasted myzomela , Myzomela vulnerata (Müller, S , 1843)
Red-collared myzomela , Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel , 1871
White-chinned myzomela , Myzomela albigula Hartert, EJO , 1898
Ashy myzomela , Myzomela cineracea Sclater, PL , 1879
New Ireland myzomela , Myzomela pulchella Salvadori , 1891
Bismarck black myzomela , Myzomela pammelaena Sclater, PL , 1877
Scarlet-naped myzomela , Myzomela lafargei Pucheran , 1853
Yellow-vented myzomela , Myzomela eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1901
Black-bellied myzomela , Myzomela erythromelas Salvadori , 1881
Rotuma myzomela , Myzomela chermesina Gray, GR , 1846
Orange-breasted myzomela , Myzomela jugularis Peale , 1849
Green-backed honeyeater , Glycichaera fallax Salvadori , 1878
Leaden honeyeater , Ptiloprora plumbea (Salvadori , 1895)
Yellow-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora meekiana (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1907)
Rufous-sided honeyeater , Ptiloprora erythropleura (Salvadori , 1876)
Mayr's honeyeater , Ptiloprora mayri Hartert, EJO , 1930
Gray-streaked honeyeater , Ptiloprora perstriata (De Vis , 1898)
Rufous-backed honeyeater , Ptiloprora guisei (De Vis , 1894)
Sunda honeyeater , Lichmera lombokia
Olive honeyeater , Lichmera argentauris (Finsch , 1871)
Brown honeyeater , Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
White-tufted honeyeater , Lichmera squamata (Salvadori , 1878)
Silver-eared honeyeater , Lichmera alboauricularis (Ramsay, EP , 1878)
Buru honeyeater , Lichmera deningeri (Stresemann , 1912)
Seram honeyeater , Lichmera monticola (Stresemann , 1912)
Yellow-eared honeyeater , Lichmera flavicans (Vieillot , 1817)
Black-chested honeyeater , Lichmera notabilis (Finsch , 1898)
Blue-faced honeyeater , Entomyzon cyanotis (Latham , 1801)
White-throated honeyeater , Melithreptus albogularis Gould , 1848
Tawny-breasted honeyeater , Xanthotis flaviventer (Lesson, RP , 1828)
Spotted honeyeater , Xanthotis polygrammus (Gray, GR , 1862)
White-streaked friarbird , Melitograis gilolensis (Bonaparte , 1850)
Little friarbird , Philemon citreogularis (Gould , 1837)
Meyer's friarbird , Philemon meyeri Salvadori , 1878
Timor friarbird , Philemon inornatus (Gray, GR , 1846)
Gray friarbird , Philemon kisserensis Meyer, AB , 1884
Brass's friarbird , Philemon brassi Rand , 1940
Dusky friarbird , Philemon fuscicapillus (Wallace , 1862)
Buru friarbird , Philemon moluccensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Tanimbar friarbird , Philemon plumigenis (Gray, GR , 1858)
Seram friarbird , Philemon subcorniculatus (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Helmeted friarbird , Philemon buceroides (Swainson , 1838)
Noisy friarbird , Philemon corniculatus (Latham , 1790)
Silver-crowned friarbird , Philemon argenticeps (Gould , 1840)
New Ireland friarbird , Philemon eichhorni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1924
White-naped friarbird , Philemon albitorques Sclater, PL , 1877
New Britain friarbird , Philemon cockerelli Sclater, PL , 1877
Kadavu honeyeater , Meliphacator provocator (Layard, EL , 1875)
Chattering giant-honeyeater , Gymnomyza viridis (Layard, EL , 1875)
Duetting giant-honeyeater , Gymnomyza brunneirostris (Mayr , 1932)
Western wattled-honeyeater , Foulehaio procerior (Finsch & Hartlaub , 1867)
Eastern wattled-honeyeater , Foulehaio carunculatus (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Northern wattled-honeyeater , Foulehaio taviuensis
Thornbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Acanthizidae
The Acanthizidae are small- to medium-sized birds with short rounded wings, slender bills, long legs, and a short tail. The golden-bellied gerygone is the only member of the family found in mainland Asia.
Goldenface , Pachycare flavogriseum (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Rusty mouse-warbler , Crateroscelis murina
Bicolored mouse-warbler , Crateroscelis nigrorufa
Mountain mouse-warbler , Crateroscelis robusta
Tropical scrubwren , Sericornis beccarii Salvadori , 1874
Large scrubwren , Sericornis nouhuysi van Oort , 1909
Vogelkop scrubwren , Sericornis rufescens
Buff-faced scrubwren , Sericornis perspicillatus
Papuan scrubwren , Sericornis papuensis
Gray-green scrubwren , Sericornis arfakianus
Pale-billed scrubwren , Sericornis spilodera
Papuan thornbill , Acanthiza murina (De Vis , 1897)
Gray thornbill , Acanthiza cinerea (Salvadori , 1876)
Green-backed gerygone , Gerygone chloronota Gould , 1843
Fairy gerygone , Gerygone palpebrosa Wallace , 1865
Biak gerygone , Gerygone hypoxantha Salvadori , 1878
White-throated gerygone , Gerygone olivacea (Gould , 1838)
Yellow-bellied gerygone , Gerygone chrysogaster Gray, GR , 1858
Large-billed gerygone , Gerygone magnirostris Gould , 1843
Golden-bellied gerygone , Gerygone sulphurea Wallace , 1864
Plain gerygone , Gerygone inornata Wallace , 1864
Rufous-sided gerygone , Gerygone dorsalis Sclater, PL , 1883
Brown-breasted gerygone , Gerygone ruficollis Salvadori , 1876
Mangrove gerygone , Gerygone levigaster Gould , 1843
Western gerygone , Gerygone fusca (Gould , 1838)
Pseudo-babblers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pomatostomidae
The pseudo-babblers are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. They are ground-feeding omnivores and highly social.
Logrunners
Order: Passeriformes Family: Orthonychidae
The Orthonychidae is a family of birds with a single genus, Orthonyx , which comprises two types of passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea, the logrunners and the chowchilla. Both use stiffened tails to brace themselves when feeding.
Quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cinclosomatidae
The Cinclosomatidae is a family containing jewel-babblers and quail-thrushes.
Painted quail-thrush , Cinclosoma ajax (Temminck , 1836)
Spotted jewel-babbler , Ptilorrhoa leucosticta (Sclater, PL , 1874)
Blue jewel-babbler , Ptilorrhoa caerulescens (Temminck , 1836)
Chestnut-backed jewel-babbler , Ptilorrhoa castanonota (Salvadori , 1876)
Dimorphic jewel-babbler , Ptilorrhoa geislerorum (Meyer, AB , 1892)
Cuckooshrikes
Order: Passeriformes Family: Campephagidae
The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some minivet species are brightly coloured.
White-bellied minivet , Pericrocotus erythropygius (Jerdon , 1840)
Jerdon's minivet , Pericrocotus albifrons Jerdon , 1862
Fiery minivet , Pericrocotus igneus Blyth , 1846
Small minivet , Pericrocotus cinnamomeus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Gray-chinned minivet , Pericrocotus solaris Blyth , 1846
Sunda minivet , Pericrocotus miniatus (Temminck , 1822)
Short-billed minivet , Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vigors , 1831)
Flores minivet , Pericrocotus lansbergei Büttikofer , 1886
Long-tailed minivet , Pericrocotus ethologus Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914
Orange minivet , Pericrocotus flammeus (Forster, JR , 1781)
Scarlet minivet , Pericrocotus speciosus (Latham , 1790)
Ryukyu minivet , Pericrocotus tegimae Stejneger , 1887
Ashy minivet , Pericrocotus divaricatus (Raffles , 1822)
Brown-rumped minivet , Pericrocotus cantonensis Swinhoe , 1861
Rosy minivet , Pericrocotus roseus (Vieillot , 1818)
Stout-billed cuckooshrike , Coracina caeruleogrisea (Gray, GR , 1858)
Hooded cuckooshrike , Coracina longicauda (De Vis , 1890)
Pied cuckooshrike , Coracina bicolor (Temminck , 1824)
Cerulean cuckooshrike , Coracina temminckii (Müller, S , 1843)
Barred cuckooshrike , Coracina lineata (Swainson , 1825)
Boyer's cuckooshrike , Coracina boyeri (Gray, GR , 1846)
Black-faced cuckooshrike , Coracina novaehollandiae (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
White-bellied cuckooshrike , Coracina papuensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Moluccan cuckooshrike , Coracina atriceps (Müller, S , 1843)
Large cuckooshrike , Coracina macei (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Bar-bellied cuckooshrike , Coracina striata (Boddaert , 1783)
Andaman cuckooshrike , Coracina dobsoni (Ball , 1872)
Sunda cuckooshrike , Coracina larvata (Müller, S , 1843)
Javan cuckooshrike , Coracina javensis (Horsfield , 1821)
Wallacean cuckooshrike , Coracina personata (Müller, S , 1843)
Buru cuckooshrike , Coracina fortis (Salvadori , 1878)
White-rumped cuckooshrike , Coracina leucopygia (Bonaparte , 1850)
Slaty cuckooshrike , Coracina schistacea (Sharpe , 1878)
Golden cuckooshrike , Coracina sloetii
McGregor's cuckooshrike , Coracina mcgregori
White-shouldered triller , Lalage sueurii (Vieillot , 1818)
Black-browed triller , Lalage atrovirens (Gray, GR , 1862)
White-browed triller , Lalage moesta Sclater, PL , 1883
Varied triller , Lalage leucomela (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
Black-and-white triller , Lalage melanoleuca (Blyth , 1861)
White-rumped triller , Lalage leucopygialis Walden , 1872
Pied triller , Lalage nigra (Pennant , 1781)
Rufous-bellied triller , Lalage aurea (Temminck , 1825)
Black-winged cuckooshrike , Lalage melaschistos (Hodgson , 1836)
Black-headed cuckooshrike , Lalage melanoptera (Rüppell , 1839)
Lesser cuckooshrike , Lalage fimbriata (Temminck , 1824)
Indochinese cuckooshrike , Lalage polioptera (Sharpe , 1878)
Polynesian triller , Lalage maculosa (Peale , 1849)
Pygmy cuckooshrike , Celebesia abbotti
Halmahera cuckooshrike , Celebesia parvula
Blackish cuckooshrike , Analisoma coerulescens
White-winged cuckooshrike , Analisoma ostenta
Black-bellied cicadabird , Edolisoma montanum (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Pale cicadabird , Edolisoma ceramense (Bonaparte , 1850)
Kai cicadabird , Edolisoma dispar Salvadori , 1878
Pale-shouldered cicadabird , Edolisoma dohertyi Hartert, EJO , 1896
Black-bibbed cicadabird , Edolisoma mindanense (Tweeddale , 1879)
Papuan cicadabird , Edolisoma incertum (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Sulawesi cicadabird , Edolisoma morio (Müller, S , 1843)
Sula cicadabird , Edolisoma sula Hartert, EJO , 1918
Common cicadabird , Edolisoma tenuirostre (Jardine , 1831)
Gray-headed cicadabird , Edolisoma schisticeps (Gray, GR , 1846)
Black cicadabird , Edolisoma melas (Lesson, RP , 1828)
Sittellas
Order: Passeriformes Family: Neosittidae
The sittellas are a family of small passerine birds. They resemble treecreepers , but have soft tails.
Whipbirds and wedgebills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Psophodidae
The Psophodidae is a family containing whipbirds and wedgebills.
Ploughbill
Order: Passeriformes Family: Eulacestomidae
The wattled ploughbill was long thought to be related to the whistlers (Pachycephalidae), and shriketits (formerly Pachycephalidae, now often treated as its own family).
Australo-Papuan bellbirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Oreoicidae
The three species contained in the family have been moved around between different families for fifty years. A series of studies of the DNA of Australian birds between 2006 and 2001 found strong support for treating the three genera as a new family, which was formally named in 2016.
Tit berrypecker and crested berrypecker
Order: Passeriformes Family: Paramythiidae
Paramythiidae is a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. The two species are colourful medium-sized birds which feed on fruit and some insects.
Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis
Order: Passeriformes Family: Vireonidae
Most of the members of this family are found in the New World. However, the shrike-babblers and erpornis, which only slightly resemble the "true" vireos and greenlets, are found in South East Asia.
Black-headed shrike-babbler , Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth , 1842
Pied shrike-babbler , Pteruthius flaviscapis (Temminck , 1836)
White-browed shrike-babbler , Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth , 1855
Green shrike-babbler , Pteruthius xanthochlorus Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847
Black-eared shrike-babbler , Pteruthius melanotis Hodgson , 1847
Trilling shrike-babbler , Pteruthius aenobarbus (Temminck , 1836)
Clicking shrike-babbler , Pteruthius intermedius (Hume , 1877)
White-bellied erpornis , Erpornis zantholeuca Blyth , 1844
Whistlers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and some of the pitohuis.
Rusty pitohui , Pseudorectes ferrugineus (Bonaparte , 1850)
White-bellied pitohui , Pseudorectes incertus (van Oort , 1909)
Gray shrikethrush , Colluricincla harmonica (Latham , 1801)
Sooty shrikethrush , Colluricincla tenebrosa (Rothschild , 1911)
Waigeo shrikethrush , Colluricincla affinis (Gray, GR , 1862)
Mamberamo shrikethrush , Colluricincla obscura (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Arafura shrikethrush , Colluricincla megarhyncha (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Rufous shrikethrush , Colluricincla rufogaster Gould , 1845
Black pitohui , Melanorectes nigrescens (Schlegel , 1871)
Sangihe whistler , Coracornis sanghirensis (Oustalet , 1881)
Maroon-backed whistler , Coracornis raveni Riley , 1918
Bare-throated whistler , Pachycephala nudigula Hartert, EJO , 1897
Fawn-breasted whistler , Pachycephala orpheus Jardine , 1849
Regent whistler , Pachycephala schlegelii Schlegel , 1871
Vogelkop whistler , Pachycephala meyeri Salvadori , 1890
Sclater's whistler , Pachycephala soror Sclater, PL , 1874
Rusty-breasted whistler , Pachycephala fulvotincta Wallace , 1864
Yellow-throated whistler , Pachycephala macrorhyncha Strickland , 1849
Black-chinned whistler , Pachycephala mentalis Wallace , 1863
Baliem whistler , Pachycephala balim Rand , 1940
Black-tailed whistler , Pachycephala melanura Gould , 1843
Morningbird , Pachycephala tenebrosa (Hartlaub & Finsch , 1868)
Brown-backed whistler , Pachycephala modesta (De Vis , 1894)
Lorentz's whistler , Pachycephala lorentzi Mayr , 1931
Golden-backed whistler , Pachycephala aurea Reichenow , 1899
Yellow-bellied whistler , Pachycephala philippinensis (Walden , 1872)
Bornean whistler , Pachycephala hypoxantha (Sharpe , 1887)
Sulphur-bellied whistler , Pachycephala sulfuriventer (Walden , 1872)
Mangrove whistler , Pachycephala cinerea (Blyth , 1847)
Green-backed whistler , Pachycephala albiventris (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
White-vented whistler , Pachycephala homeyeri (Blasius, W , 1890)
Island whistler , Pachycephala phaionota (Bonaparte , 1850)
Biak whistler , Pachycephala melanorhyncha (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Rusty whistler , Pachycephala hyperythra Salvadori , 1876
Gray whistler , Pachycephala simplex Gould , 1843
Wallacean whistler , Pachycephala arctitorquis Sclater, PL , 1883
Drab whistler , Pachycephala griseonota Gray, GR , 1862
White-bellied whistler , Pachycephala leucogastra Salvadori & D'Albertis , 1875
Black-headed whistler , Pachycephala monacha Gray, GR , 1858
Rufous whistler , Pachycephala rufiventris (Latham , 1801)
Fiji whistler , Pachycephala vitiensis Gray, GR , 1860
Old World orioles
Order: Passeriformes Family: Oriolidae
The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds which are not closely related to the New World orioles .
Hooded pitohui , Pitohui dichrous (Bonaparte , 1850)
Raja Ampat pitohui , Pitohui cerviniventris (Gray, GR , 1862)
Northern variable pitohui , Pitohui kirhocephalus (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827)
Southern variable pitohui , Pitohui uropygialis (Gray, GR , 1862)
Timor oriole , Oriolus melanotis (Bonaparte , 1850)
Buru oriole , Oriolus bouroensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Tanimbar oriole , Oriolus decipiens (Sclater, PL , 1883)
Seram oriole , Oriolus forsteni (Bonaparte , 1850)
Halmahera oriole , Oriolus phaeochromus Gray, GR , 1861
Brown oriole , Oriolus szalayi (Madarász, G , 1900)
Olive-backed oriole , Oriolus sagittatus (Latham , 1801)
Green oriole , Oriolus flavocinctus (King, PP , 1826)
Dark-throated oriole , Oriolus xanthonotus Horsfield , 1821
White-lored oriole , Oriolus albiloris Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Philippine oriole , Oriolus steerii Sharpe , 1877
Isabela oriole , Oriolus isabellae Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Eurasian golden oriole , Oriolus oriolus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Indian golden oriole , Oriolus kundoo Sykes , 1832
Black-naped oriole , Oriolus chinensis Linnaeus , 1766
Slender-billed oriole , Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth , 1846
Black-hooded oriole , Oriolus xanthornus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black oriole , Oriolus hosii Sharpe , 1892
Black-and-crimson oriole , Oriolus cruentus (Wagler , 1827)
Maroon oriole , Oriolus traillii (Vigors , 1832)
Silver oriole , Oriolus mellianus Stresemann , 1922
Wetar figbird , Sphecotheres hypoleucus Finsch , 1898
Green figbird , Sphecotheres viridis Vieillot , 1816
Australasian figbird , Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield , 1827
Boatbills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Machaerirhynchidae
The boatbills have affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds, and are distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland .
Woodswallows, bellmagpies and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Artamidae
The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. The cracticids: currawongs , bellmagpies and butcherbirds , are similar to the other corvids. They have large, straight bills and mostly black, white or grey plumage. All are omnivorous to some degree.
Ashy woodswallow , Artamus fuscus Vieillot , 1817
Ivory-backed woodswallow , Artamus monachus Bonaparte , 1850
Great woodswallow , Artamus maximus Meyer, AB , 1874
White-breasted woodswallow , Artamus leucorynchus (Linnaeus , 1771)
Black-faced woodswallow , Artamus cinereus Vieillot , 1817
Fiji woodswallow , Artamus mentalis Jardine , 1845
Mountain peltops , Peltops montanus Stresemann , 1921
Lowland peltops , Peltops blainvillii (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827)
Black-backed butcherbird , Cracticus mentalis Salvadori & D'Albertis , 1875
Hooded butcherbird , Cracticus cassicus (Boddaert , 1783)
Tagula butcherbird , Cracticus louisiadensis Tristram , 1889
Black butcherbird , Cracticus quoyi
Australian magpie , Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham , 1801)
Mottled berryhunter
Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhagologidae
The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma (Salvadori , 1876) ) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but most likely related to the woodswallows , boatbills and butcherbirds.
Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Vangidae
The family Vangidae is highly variable, though most members of it resemble true shrikes to some degree.
Malabar woodshrike , Tephrodornis sylvicola Jerdon , 1839
Large woodshrike , Tephrodornis gularis
Common woodshrike , Tephrodornis pondicerianus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Sri Lanka woodshrike , Tephrodornis affinis Blyth , 1847
Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike , Hemipus picatus (Sykes , 1832)
Black-winged flycatcher-shrike , Hemipus hirundinaceus (Temminck , 1822)
Rufous-winged philentoma , Philentoma pyrhoptera (Temminck , 1836)
Maroon-breasted philentoma , Philentoma velata (Temminck , 1825)
Ioras
Order: Passeriformes Family: Aegithinidae
The ioras are bulbul -like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens.
Bristlehead
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pityriasidae
The Bornean bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala (Temminck , 1836) ), also variously known as the bristled shrike, bald-headed crow or the bald-headed wood-shrike, is the only member of the passerine family Pityriasidae and genus Pityriasis . It is an enigmatic and uncommon species of the rainforest canopy of the island of Borneo ,[1] to which it is endemic.[2]
Bushshrikes and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae
Bushshrikes are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive.
Fantails
Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhipiduridae
The fantails are small insectivorous birds with longish, frequently fanned, tails.
Drongo fantail , Chaetorhynchus papuensis Meyer, AB , 1874
Cerulean flycatcher , Eutrichomyias rowleyi (Meyer, AB , 1878)
Black fantail , Rhipidura atra Salvadori , 1876
Black-and-cinnamon fantail , Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea Hartert, EJO , 1903
Mindanao blue-fantail , Rhipidura superciliaris (Sharpe , 1877)
Visayan blue-fantail , Rhipidura samarensis (Steere , 1890)
Tablas fantail , Rhipidura sauli Bourns & Worcester , 1894
Visayan fantail , Rhipidura albiventris (Sharpe , 1877)
Blue-headed fantail , Rhipidura cyaniceps (Cassin , 1855)
Spotted fantail , Rhipidura perlata Müller, S , 1843
Cinnamon-tailed fantail , Rhipidura fuscorufa Sclater, PL , 1883
Northern fantail , Rhipidura rufiventris (Vieillot , 1818)
Brown-capped fantail , Rhipidura diluta Wallace , 1864
Sooty thicket-fantail , Rhipidura threnothorax Müller, S , 1843
Black thicket-fantail , Rhipidura maculipectus Gray, GR , 1858
White-bellied thicket-fantail , Rhipidura leucothorax Salvadori , 1874
Willie-wagtail , Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham , 1801)
Malaysian pied-fantail , Rhipidura javanica (Sparrman , 1788)
Philippine pied-fantail , Rhipidura nigritorquis Vigors , 1831
White-throated fantail , Rhipidura albicollis (Vieillot , 1818)
Spot-breasted fantail , Rhipidura albogularis (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Rufous-tailed fantail , Rhipidura phoenicura Müller, S , 1843
White-bellied fantail , Rhipidura euryura Müller, S , 1843
White-browed fantail , Rhipidura aureola Lesson, RP , 1831
Rufous-backed fantail , Rhipidura rufidorsa Meyer, AB , 1874
Dimorphic fantail , Rhipidura brachyrhyncha Schlegel , 1871
Sulawesi fantail , Rhipidura teysmanni Büttikofer , 1892
Peleng fantail , Rhipidura habibiei Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Ng, NSR, 2020
Taliabu fantail , Rhipidura sulaensis Neumann , 1939
Tawny-backed fantail , Rhipidura superflua Hartert, EJO , 1899
Streak-breasted fantail , Rhipidura dedemi van Oort , 1911
Long-tailed fantail , Rhipidura opistherythra Sclater, PL , 1883
Rufous fantail , Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham , 1801)
Arafura fantail , Rhipidura dryas Gould , 1843
Friendly fantail , Rhipidura albolimbata Salvadori , 1874
Chestnut-bellied fantail , Rhipidura hyperythra Gray, GR , 1858
Mangrove fantail , Rhipidura phasiana De Vis , 1885
Streaked fantail , Rhipidura verreauxi Marie, 1870
Kadavu fantail , Rhiphidura personata
Peleng fantail , Rhiphidura habibiei
Taveuni silktail , Lamprolia victoriale
Natewa silktail , Lamprolia klinesmithi Ramsay, EP , 1876
Drongos
Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicruridae
The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground.
Black drongo , Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot , 1817
Ashy drongo , Dicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot , 1817
White-bellied drongo , Dicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus , 1758)
Crow-billed drongo , Dicrurus annectens (Hodgson , 1836)
Bronzed drongo , Dicrurus aeneus Vieillot , 1817
Lesser racket-tailed drongo , Dicrurus remifer (Temminck , 1823)
Hair-crested drongo , Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Balicassiao , Dicrurus balicassius (Linnaeus , 1766)
Sulawesi drongo , Dicrurus montanus (Riley , 1919)
Sumatran drongo , Dicrurus sumatranus Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1880
Wallacean drongo , Dicrurus densus Bonaparte , 1850
Spangled drongo , Dicrurus bracteatus Gould , 1843
Tablas drongo , Dicrurus menagei (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
Andaman drongo , Dicrurus andamanensis Beavan , 1867
Greater racket-tailed drongo , Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Sri Lanka drongo , Dicrurus lophorinus Vieillot , 1817
Birds-of-paradise
Order: Passeriformes Family: Paradisaeidae
The birds-of-paradise are best known for the striking plumage possessed by the males of most species, in particular highly elongated and elaborate feathers extending from the tail, wings or head. These plumes are used in courtship displays to attract females.
Paradise-crow , Lycocorax pyrrhopterus (Bonaparte , 1850) (E)
Trumpet manucode , Phonygammus keraudrenii (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1826)
Curl-crested manucode , Manucodia comrii Sclater, PL , 1876
Crinkle-collared manucode , Manucodia chalybatus (Pennant , 1781)
Jobi manucode , Manucodia jobiensis Salvadori , 1876
Glossy-mantled manucode , Manucodia ater (Lesson, RP , 1830)
King-of-Saxony bird-of-paradise , Pteridophora alberti Meyer, AB , 1894
Carola's parotia , Parotia carolae Meyer, AB , 1894
Bronze parotia , Parotia berlepschi Kleinschmidt , 1897 (A)
Western parotia , Parotia sefilata (Pennant , 1781)
Wahnes's parotia , Parotia wahnesi Rothschild , 1906
Lawes's parotia , Parotia lawesii Ramsay, EP , 1885
Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise , Seleucidis melanoleucus (Daudin , 1800)
Black-billed sicklebill , Drepanornis albertisi (Sclater, PL , 1873)
Pale-billed sicklebill , Drepanornis bruijnii Oustalet , 1879
Standardwing bird-of-paradise , Semioptera wallacii Gray, GR , 1859
Vogelkop lophorina , Lophorina niedda Mayr , 1930
Greater lophorina , Lophorina superba (Pennant , 1781)
Magnificent riflebird , Ptiloris magnificus (Vieillot , 1819)
Growling riflebird , Ptiloris intercedens Sharpe , 1882
Black sicklebill , Epimachus fastuosus
Brown sicklebill , Epimachus meyeri Finsch & Meyer, AB , 1886
Long-tailed paradigalla , Paradigalla carunculata Lesson, RP , 1835
Short-tailed paradigalla , Paradigalla brevicauda Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1911
Splendid astrapia , Astrapia splendidissima Rothschild , 1895
Arfak astrapia , Astrapia nigra (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Huon astrapia , Astrapia rothschildi Förster, JFN, 1906
Ribbon-tailed astrapia , Astrapia mayeri Stonor , 1939
Stephanie's astrapia , Astrapia stephaniae (Finsch & Meyer, AB , 1886)
King bird-of-paradise , Cicinnurus regius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Wilson's bird-of-paradise , Cicinnurus respublica
Magnificent bird-of-paradise , Cicinnurus magnificus
Blue bird-of-paradise , Cicinnurus rudolphi
Emperor bird-of-paradise , Cicinnurus guilielmi
Red bird-of-paradise , Paradisaea rubra Daudin , 1800
Goldie's bird-of-paradise , Paradisaea decora Salvin & Godman , 1883
Lesser bird-of-paradise , Paradisaea minor Shaw , 1809
Greater bird-of-paradise , Paradisaea apoda Linnaeus , 1758
Raggiana bird-of-paradise , Paradisaea raggiana Sclater, PL , 1873
Ifrita
Order: Passeriformes Family: Ifritidae
The ifritas are a small and insectivorous passerine currently placed in the monotypic family, Ifritidae.[3] [4] Previously, the ifrit has been placed in a plethora of families including Cinclosomatidae or Monarchidae .[3] They are considered an ancient relic species endemic to New Guinea .
Monarch flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by gleaning , hovering or flycatching .
Short-crested monarch , Hypothymis helenae (Steere , 1890)
Black-naped monarch , Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert , 1783)
Pale-blue monarch , Hypothymis puella (Wallace , 1863)
Celestial monarch , Hypothymis coelestis Tweeddale , 1877
Blue paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone cyanescens (Sharpe , 1877)
Rufous paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone cinnamomea (Sharpe , 1877)
Japanese paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone atrocaudata (Eyton , 1839)
Amur paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone incei (Gould , 1852)
Blyth's paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone affinis (Blyth , 1846)
Indian paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone paradisi (Linnaeus , 1758)
African paradise-flycatcher , Terpsiphone viridis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
White-naped monarch , Carterornis pileatus (Salvadori , 1878)
Loetoe monarch , Carterornis castus (Sclater, PL , 1883)
Golden monarch , Carterornis chrysomela (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827)
Island monarch , Monarcha cinerascens (Temminck , 1827)
Black-faced monarch , Monarcha melanopsis (Vieillot , 1818)
Black-winged monarch , Monarcha frater Sclater, PL , 1874
Fan-tailed monarch , Symposiachrus axillaris (Salvadori , 1876)
Rufous monarch , Monarcha rubiensis
Flores monarch , Symposiachrus sacerdotum (Mees , 1973)
Black-chinned monarch , Symposiachrus boanensis (van Bemmel , 1939)
Spectacled monarch , Symposiachrus trivirgatus (Temminck , 1826)
White-tailed monarch , Symposiachrus leucurus (Gray, GR , 1858)
White-tipped monarch , Symposiachrus everetti (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Black-tipped monarch , Symposiachrus loricatus (Wallace , 1863)
Kofiau monarch , Symposiachrus julianae (Ripley , 1959)
Biak monarch , Symposiachrus brehmii (Schlegel , 1871)
Hooded monarch , Symposiachrus manadensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Black-bibbed monarch , Symposiachrus mundus (Sclater, PL , 1883)
Spot-winged monarch , Symposiachrus guttula (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1828)
Frilled monarch , Arses telescopthalmus (Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827)
Ochre-collared monarch , Arses insularis (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Magpie-lark , Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham , 1801)
Torrent-lark , Grallina bruijnii Salvadori , 1876
Biak flycatcher , Myiagra atra Meyer, AB , 1874
Moluccan flycatcher , Myiagra galeata Gray, GR , 1861
Leaden flycatcher , Myiagra rubecula (Latham , 1801)
Broad-billed flycatcher , Myiagra ruficollis (Vieillot , 1818)
Satin flycatcher , Myiagra cyanoleuca (Vieillot , 1818)
Restless flycatcher , Myiagra inquieta (Latham , 1801) (A)
Paperbark flycatcher , Myiagra nana (Gould , 1870)
Shining flycatcher , Myiagra alecto (Temminck , 1827)
Vanikoro flycatcher , Myiagra vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard , 1832)
Azure-crested flycatcher , Myiagra azureocapilla Layard, EL , 1875
Chestnut-throated flycatcher , Myiagra castaneigularis Layard, EL , 1876
Ogea monarch , Mayrornis versicolor Mayr , 1933
Slaty monarch , Mayrornis lessoni (Gray, GR , 1846)
Fiji shrikebill , Clytorhynchus vitiensis (Hartlaub , 1866)
Black-throated shrikebill , Clytorhynchus nigrogularis (Layard, EL , 1875)
Melampittas
Order: Passeriformes Family: Melampittidae
They are little studied and before being established as a family in 2014 their taxonomic relationships with other birds were uncertain, being considered at one time related variously to the pittas , Old World babblers and birds-of-paradise .
Crested shrikejay
Order: Passeriformes Family: Platylophidae
Until 2018 this species was included in family Corvidae, but genetic and morphological evidence place it in its own family.
Shrikes
Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae
Shrikes are passerine birds known for the habit of some species of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.
Tiger shrike , Lanius tigrinus Drapiez , 1828
Bull-headed shrike , Lanius bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel , 1845
Red-backed shrike , Lanius collurio Linnaeus , 1758
Red-tailed shrike , Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow , 1875)
Isabelline shrike , Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833
Brown shrike , Lanius cristatus Linnaeus , 1758
Burmese shrike , Lanius collurioides Lesson, RP , 1831
Bay-backed shrike , Lanius vittatus Valenciennes , 1826
Long-tailed shrike , Lanius schach Linnaeus , 1758
Gray-backed shrike , Lanius tephronotus (Vigors , 1831)
Mountain shrike , Lanius validirostris Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Northern shrike , Lanius borealis Vieillot , 1808
Great gray shrike , Lanius excubitor Linnaeus , 1758
Lesser gray shrike , Lanius minor Gmelin, JF , 1788
Chinese gray shrike , Lanius sphenocercus Cabanis , 1873
Giant shrike , Lanius giganteus Przevalski , 1887
Masked shrike , Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823
Woodchat shrike , Lanius senator Linnaeus , 1758
Iberian gray shrike , Lanius meridionalis Temminck , 1820
Crows, jays, and magpies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae
The family Corvidae includes crows , ravens , jays , choughs , magpies , treepies , nutcrackers , and ground jays . Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.
Black magpie , Platysmurus leucopterus (Temminck , 1824)
Siberian jay , Perisoreus infaustus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sichuan jay , Perisoreus internigrans (Thayer & Bangs , 1912)
Eurasian jay , Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-headed jay , Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors , 1830
Lidth's jay , Garrulus lidthi Bonaparte , 1850
Azure-winged magpie , Cyanopica cyanus (Pallas , 1776)
Sri Lanka blue-magpie , Urocissa ornata (Wagler , 1829)
Taiwan blue-magpie , Urocissa caerulea Gould , 1863
Yellow-billed blue-magpie , Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth , 1846)
Red-billed blue-magpie , Urocissa erythrorhyncha
White-winged magpie , Urocissa whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant , 1899
Common green-magpie , Cissa chinensis (Boddaert , 1783)
Indochinese green-magpie , Cissa hypoleuca Salvadori & Giglioli , 1885
Javan green-magpie , Cissa thalassina (Temminck , 1826)
Bornean green-magpie , Cissa jefferyi Sharpe , 1888
Rufous treepie , Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham , 1790)
Gray treepie , Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe , 1863
Sumatran treepie , Dendrocitta occipitalis (Müller, S , 1836)
Bornean treepie , Dendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe , 1879
White-bellied treepie , Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould , 1833
Collared treepie , Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield , 1840
Andaman treepie , Dendrocitta bayleyii
Racket-tailed treepie , Crypsirina temia (Daudin , 1800)
Hooded treepie , Crypsirina cucullata Jerdon , 1862
Ratchet-tailed treepie , Temnurus temnurus (Temminck , 1825)
Black-rumped magpie , Pica bottanensis Delessert , 1840
Oriental magpie , Pica serica Gould , 1845
Eurasian magpie , Pica pica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Asir magpie , Pica asirensis Bates, GL , 1936
Mongolian ground-jay , Podoces hendersoni Hume , 1871
Xinjiang ground-jay , Podoces biddulphi Hume , 1874
Turkestan ground-jay , Podoces panderi Fischer von Waldheim , 1821
Iranian ground-jay , Podoces pleskei Zarudny , 1896
Eurasian nutcracker , Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus , 1758)
Kashmir nutcracker , Nucifraga multipunctata Gould , 1849
Red-billed chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus , 1758)
Yellow-billed chough , Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Eurasian jackdaw , Corvus monedula
Daurian jackdaw , Corvus dauuricus
House crow , Corvus splendens Vieillot , 1817
Banggai crow , Corvus unicolor (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1900)
Slender-billed crow , Corvus enca (Horsfield , 1821)
Violet crow , Corvus violaceus Bonaparte , 1850
Piping crow , Corvus typicus (Bonaparte , 1853)
Flores crow , Corvus florensis Büttikofer , 1894
Long-billed crow , Corvus validus Bonaparte , 1850
Brown-headed crow , Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR , 1859
Gray crow , Corvus tristis Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1827
Rook , Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus , 1758
Carrion crow , Corvus corone Linnaeus , 1758
Hooded crow , Corvus cornix Linnaeus , 1758
Large-billed crow , Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler , 1827
Torresian crow , Corvus orru Bonaparte , 1850
Collared crow , Corvus torquatus Lesson, RP , 1831
Pied crow , Corvus albus Müller, PLS , 1776 (A)
Brown-necked raven , Corvus ruficollis Lesson, RP , 1831
Fan-tailed raven , Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, EJO , 1918
Common raven , Corvus corax Linnaeus , 1758
White-necked raven , Corvus albicollis Latham , 1790
Plush-crested jay , Cyanocorax chrysops (Vieillot , 1818)
Satinbirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cnemophilidae
They are a family of passerine birds which consists of four species found in the mountain forests of New Guinea . They were originally thought to be part of the birds-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae until genetic research suggested that the birds are not closely related to birds-of-paradise at all and are perhaps closer to berry peckers and longbills (Melanocharitidae ). The current evidence suggests that their closest relatives may be the cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae ).[5]
Berrypeckers and longbills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Melanocharitidae
The Melanocharitidae are medium-sized birds which feed on fruit and some insects and other invertebrates. They have drab plumage in greys, browns or black and white. The berrypeckers resemble stout short-billed honeyeaters , and the longbills are like drab sunbirds .
Obscure berrypecker , Melanocharis arfakiana (Finsch , 1900)
Black berrypecker , Melanocharis nigra (Lesson, RP , 1830)
Mid-mountain berrypecker , Melanocharis longicauda Salvadori , 1876
Fan-tailed berrypecker , Melanocharis versteri (Finsch , 1876)
Satin berrypecker , Melanocharis citreola Milá, Ashari & Thébaud, 2021
Streaked berrypecker , Melanocharis striativentris Salvadori , 1895
Spotted berrypecker , Melanocharis crassirostris
Yellow-bellied longbill , Toxorhamphus novaeguineae (Lesson, RP , 1827)
Slaty-chinned longbill , Toxorhamphus poliopterus (Sharpe , 1882)
Spectacled longbill , Oedistoma iliolophus (Salvadori , 1876)
Pygmy longbill , Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvadori , 1876
Australasian robins
Order: Passeriformes Family: Petroicidae
Most species of Petroicidae have a stocky build with a large rounded head, a short straight bill and rounded wingtips. They occupy a wide range of wooded habitats, from subalpine to tropical rainforest, and mangrove swamp to semi-arid scrubland. All are primarily insectivores, although a few supplement their diet with seeds.
Greater ground-robin , Amalocichla sclateriana De Vis , 1892
Lesser ground-robin , Amalocichla incerta (Salvadori , 1876)
Torrent flycatcher , Monachella muelleriana (Schlegel , 1871)
Jacky-winter , Microeca fascinans (Latham , 1801)
Golden-bellied flyrobin , Microeca hemixantha Sclater, PL , 1883
Lemon-bellied flycatcher , Microeca flavigaster Gould , 1843
Yellow-legged flycatcher , Microeca griseoceps
Olive flyrobin , Microeca flavovirescens
Papuan flycatcher , Microeca papuana
Garnet robin , Eugerygone rubra (Sharpe , 1879)
Subalpine robin , Petroica bivittata De Vis , 1897
Snow Mountain robin , Petroica archboldi Rand , 1940 (E)
Pacific robin , Petroica pusilla Peale , 1849
White-faced robin , Tregellasia leucops (Salvadori , 1876)
Mangrove robin , Eopsaltria pulverulenta
Black-chinned robin , Poecilodryas brachyura (Sclater, PL , 1874)
Black-sided robin , Poecilodryas hypoleuca (Gray, GR , 1859)
Olive-yellow robin , Poecilodryas placens
Black-throated robin , Poecilodryas albonotata
White-winged robin , Peneothello sigillata (De Vis , 1890)
Smoky robin , Peneothello cryptoleuca (Hartert, EJO , 1930) (E)
White-rumped robin , Peneothello bimaculata (Salvadori , 1874)
Blue-gray robin , Peneothello cyanus (Salvadori , 1874)
Ashy robin , Heteromyias albispecularis (Salvadori , 1876)
Green-backed robin , Pachycephalopsis hattamensis (Meyer, AB , 1874)
White-eyed robin , Pachycephalopsis poliosoma Sharpe , 1882
Papuan scrub-robin , Drymodes beccarii Salvadori , 1876
Rail-babbler
Order: Passeriformes Family: Eupetidae
The Malaysian rail-babbler is a rail-like passerine bird which inhabits the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra . It is the only member of its family.
Fairy flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Stenostiridae
Most of the species of this small family are found in Africa, though a few inhabit tropical Asia. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers".
Tits, chickadees, and titmice
Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae
The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.
Fire-capped tit , Cephalopyrus flammiceps (Burton, E , 1836)
Yellow-browed tit , Sylviparus modestus Burton, E , 1836
Sultan tit , Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgson , 1837)
Coal tit , Periparus ater (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rufous-naped tit , Periparus rufonuchalis (Blyth , 1849)
Rufous-vented tit , Periparus rubidiventris (Blyth , 1847)
Yellow-bellied tit , Periparus venustulus
Elegant tit , Periparus elegans
Palawan tit , Periparus amabilis
Crested tit , Lophophanes cristatus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Gray-crested tit , Lophophanes dichrous (Blyth , 1845)
Chestnut-bellied tit , Sittiparus castaneoventris (Gould , 1863)
Iriomote tit , Sittiparus olivaceus Kuroda, Nm , 1923
Varied tit , Sittiparus varius (Temminck & Schlegel , 1847)
Owston's tit , Sittiparus owstoni (Ijima , 1893)
White-fronted tit , Sittiparus semilarvatus (Salvadori , 1866)
White-browed tit , Poecile superciliosus Przevalski , 1876
Sombre tit , Poecile lugubris (Temminck , 1820)
Pere David's tit , Poecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi , 1891
Marsh tit , Poecile palustris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-bibbed tit , Poecile hypermelaenus Berezowski & Bianchi , 1891
Willow tit , Poecile montanus (Conrad von Baldenstein , 1827)
Sichuan tit , Poecile weigoldicus (Kleinschmidt , 1921)
Gray-headed chickadee , Poecile cinctus (Boddaert , 1783)
Caspian tit , Poecile hyrcanus Zarudny & Loudon , 1905
Eurasian blue tit , Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Azure tit , Cyanistes cyanus (Pallas , 1770)
African blue tit , Cyanistes teneriffae (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Ground tit , Pseudopodoces humilis (Hume , 1871)
Green-backed tit , Parus monticolus Vigors , 1831
Great tit , Parus major Linnaeus , 1758
Cinereous tit , Parus cinereus Vieillot , 1818
Japanese tit , Parus minor Temminck & Schlegel , 1848
White-naped tit , Machlolophus nuchalis (Jerdon , 1845)
Taiwan yellow tit , Machlolophus holsti (Seebohm , 1894)
Himalayan black-lored tit , Machlolophus xanthogenys (Vigors , 1831)
Indian yellow tit , Machlolophus aplonotus (Blyth , 1847)
Yellow-cheeked tit , Machlolophus spilonotus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Penduline-tits
Order: Passeriformes Family: Remizidae
The penduline-tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores.
Larks
Order: Passeriformes Family: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.
Greater hoopoe-lark , Alaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines , 1789)
Thick-billed lark , Ramphocoris clotbey (Bonaparte , 1850)
Bar-tailed lark , Ammomanes cinctura (Gould , 1839)
Rufous-tailed lark , Ammomanes phoenicura (Franklin , 1831)
Desert lark , Ammomanes deserti (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Black-crowned sparrow-lark , Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould , 1839)
Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark , Eremopterix griseus (Scopoli , 1786)
Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark , Eremopterix signatus (Oustalet , 1886)
Horsfield's bushlark , Mirafra javanica Horsfield , 1821
Burmese bushlark , Mirafra microptera Hume , 1873
Bengal bushlark , Mirafra assamica Horsfield , 1840
Indochinese bushlark , Mirafra erythrocephala Salvadori & Giglioli , 1885
Jerdon's bushlark , Mirafra affinis Blyth , 1845
Indian bushlark , Mirafra erythroptera Blyth , 1845
Kordofan lark , Mirafra cordofanica Strickland , 1852
Horned lark , Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Temminck's lark , Eremophila bilopha (Temminck , 1823)
Greater short-toed lark , Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler , 1814)
Mongolian short-toed lark , Calandrella dukhunensis (Sykes , 1832)
Hume's short-toed lark , Calandrella acutirostris Hume , 1873
Rufous-capped lark , Calandrella eremica (Reichenow & Peters, N, 1932)
Red-capped lark , Calandrella cinerea (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Bimaculated lark , Melanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés , 1832)
Calandra lark , Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus , 1766)
Tibetan lark , Melanocorypha maxima Blyth , 1867
Black lark , Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster, JR , 1768)
Mongolian lark , Melanocorypha mongolica (Pallas , 1776)
Dunn's lark , Eremalauda dunni (Shelley , 1904) (A)
Arabian lark , Eremalauda eremodites (Meinertzhagen, R , 1923)
Asian short-toed lark , Alaudala cheleensis Swinhoe , 1871
Mediterranean short-toed lark , Alaudala rufescens (Vieillot , 1819)
Turkestan short-toed lark , Alaudala heinei (Homeyer , 1873)
Sand lark , Alaudala raytal (Blyth , 1845)
Wood lark , Lullula arborea (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-winged lark , Alauda leucoptera Pallas , 1811
Eurasian skylark , Alauda arvensis Linnaeus , 1758
Oriental skylark , Alauda gulgula Franklin , 1831
Razo skylark , Alauda razae (Alexander , 1898)
Crested lark , Galerida cristata (Linnaeus , 1758)
Malabar lark , Galerida malabarica (Scopoli , 1786)
Tawny lark , Galerida deva (Sykes , 1832)
Thekla's lark , Galerida theklae Brehm, AE , 1857
Dupont's lark , Chersophilus duponti (Vieillot , 1824)
Bearded reedling
Order: Passeriformes Family: Panuridae
This species, the only one in its family, is found in reed beds throughout temperate Europe and Asia.
Cisticolas and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae
The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or gray appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.
Leyte plumed-warbler , Micromacronus leytensis Amadon , 1962
Mindanao plumed-warbler , Micromacronus sordidus Ripley & Rabor , 1968
Common tailorbird , Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant , 1769)
Rufous-fronted tailorbird , Orthotomus frontalis Sharpe , 1877
Dark-necked tailorbird , Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck , 1836
Cambodian tailorbird , Orthotomus chaktomuk Mahood, John, Eames, JC, Oliveros, Moyle, Chamnan, Poole, Nielsen & Sheldon, 2013
Ashy tailorbird , Orthotomus ruficeps (Lesson, RP , 1830)
Olive-backed tailorbird , Orthotomus sepium Horsfield , 1821
Rufous-tailed tailorbird , Orthotomus sericeus Temminck , 1836
Visayan tailorbird , Orthotomus castaneiceps Walden , 1872
Gray-backed tailorbird , Orthotomus derbianus Moore, F , 1855
Green-backed tailorbird , Orthotomus chloronotus Ogilvie-Grant , 1895
Yellow-breasted tailorbird , Orthotomus samarensis Steere , 1890
White-browed tailorbird , Orthotomus nigriceps Tweeddale , 1878
White-eared tailorbird , Orthotomus cinereiceps Sharpe , 1877
Himalayan prinia , Prinia crinigera Hodgson , 1836
Striped prinia , Prinia striata Swinhoe , 1859
Burmese prinia , Prinia cooki (Harington , 1913)
Annam prinia , Prinia rocki Deignan , 1957
Brown prinia , Prinia polychroa (Temminck , 1828)
Black-throated prinia , Prinia atrogularis (Moore, F , 1854)
Hill prinia , Prinia superciliaris (Anderson , 1871)
Gray-crowned prinia , Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, F , 1854
Rufescent prinia , Prinia rufescens Blyth , 1847
Gray-breasted prinia , Prinia hodgsonii Blyth , 1844
Bar-winged prinia , Prinia familiaris Horsfield , 1821
Graceful prinia , Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Delicate prinia , Prinia lepida Blyth , 1844
Jungle prinia , Prinia sylvatica Jerdon , 1840
Yellow-bellied prinia , Prinia flaviventris (Delessert , 1840)
Ashy prinia , Prinia socialis Sykes , 1832
Plain prinia , Prinia inornata Sykes , 1832
Zitting cisticola , Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque , 1810)
Golden-headed cisticola , Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield , 1827)
Socotra cisticola , Cisticola haesitatus (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub , 1881)
Socotra warbler , Incana incana (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub , 1881)
Cricket longtail , Spiloptila clamans (Cretzschmar , 1826)
Reed warblers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Acrocephalidae
The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.
Thick-billed warbler , Arundinax aedon (Pallas , 1776)
Booted warbler , Iduna caligata (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Sykes's warbler , Iduna rama (Sykes , 1832)
Eastern olivaceous warbler , Iduna pallida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
Western olivaceous warbler , Iduna opaca (Cabanis , 1851)
Upcher's warbler , Hippolais languida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
Olive-tree warbler , Hippolais olivetorum (Strickland , 1837)
Icterine warbler , Hippolais icterina (Vieillot , 1817)
Aquatic warbler , Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieillot , 1817)
Black-browed reed warbler , Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Swinhoe , 1860
Streaked reed warbler , Acrocephalus sorghophilus (Swinhoe , 1863)
Moustached warbler , Acrocephalus melanopogon (Temminck , 1823)
Sedge warbler , Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Paddyfield warbler , Acrocephalus agricola (Jerdon , 1845)
Blunt-winged warbler , Acrocephalus concinens (Swinhoe , 1870)
Manchurian reed warbler , Acrocephalus tangorum La Touche , 1912
Blyth's reed warbler , Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth , 1849
Large-billed reed warbler , Acrocephalus orinus Oberholser , 1905
Marsh warbler , Acrocephalus palustris (Bechstein , 1798)
Common reed warbler , Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann , 1804)
Basra reed warbler , Acrocephalus griseldis (Hartlaub , 1891)
Great reed warbler , Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Oriental reed warbler , Acrocephalus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel , 1847)
Clamorous reed warbler , Acrocephalus stentoreus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
Australian reed warbler , Acrocephalus australis (Gould , 1838)
Cape Verde swamp warbler , Acrocephalus brevipennis (Keulemans , 1866)
Grassbirds and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Locustellidae
Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.
Cordillera ground-warbler , Robsonius rabori (Rand , 1960)
Sierra Madre ground-warbler , Robsonius thompsoni Hosner, Boggess, Alviola, Sánchez-González, LA, Oliveros, Urriza & Moyle, 2013
Bicol ground-warbler , Robsonius sorsogonensis (Rand & Rabor , 1967)
Fly River grassbird , Poodytes albolimbatus D'Albertis & Salvadori , 1879
Little grassbird , Poodytes gramineus (Gould , 1845)
Malia , Malia grata Schlegel , 1880
Buff-banded bushbird , Cincloramphus bivittatus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Tawny grassbird , Cincloramphus timoriensis (Wallace , 1864)
Papuan grassbird , Cincloramphus macrurus (Salvadori , 1876)
Striated grassbird , Megalurus palustris Horsfield , 1821
Broad-tailed grassbird , Schoenicola platyurus (Jerdon , 1841)
Gray's grasshopper warbler , Helopsaltes fasciolatus (Gray, GR , 1861)
Sakhalin grasshopper warbler , Helopsaltes amnicola (Stepanyan , 1972)
Marsh grassbird , Helopsaltes pryeri (Seebohm , 1884)
Pallas's grasshopper warbler , Helopsaltes certhiola (Pallas , 1811)
Middendorff's grasshopper warbler , Helopsaltes ochotensis (Middendorff , 1853)
Pleske's grasshopper warbler , Helopsaltes pleskei (Taczanowski , 1890)
Lanceolated warbler , Locustella lanceolata (Temminck , 1840)
River warbler , Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf , 1810)
Savi's warbler , Locustella luscinioides (Savi , 1824)
Brown bush warbler , Locustella luteoventris (Hodgson , 1845)
Chinese bush warbler , Locustella tacsanowskia Swinhoe , 1871
Long-billed bush warbler , Locustella major (Brooks, WE , 1871)
Common grasshopper-warbler , Locustella naevia (Boddaert , 1783)
Long-tailed bush warbler , Locustella caudata (Ogilvie-Grant , 1895)
Sulawesi bush warbler , Locustella castanea (Büttikofer , 1893)
Seram bush warbler , Locustella musculus (Stresemann , 1914)
Taliabu bush warbler , Locustella portenta Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Gwee, 2020
Buru bush warbler , Locustella disturbans (Hartert, EJO , 1900)
Baikal bush warbler , Locustella davidi (La Touche , 1923)
West Himalayan bush warbler , Locustella kashmirensis (Sushkin , 1925)
Spotted bush warbler , Locustella thoracica (Blyth , 1845)
Taiwan bush warbler , Locustella alishanensis (Rasmussen, Round, Dickinson & Rozendaal, 2000)
Friendly bush warbler , Locustella accentor (Sharpe , 1888)
Russet bush warbler , Locustella mandelli (Brooks, WE , 1875)
Dalat bush warbler , Locustella idonea (Riley , 1940)
Sichuan bush warbler , Locustella chengi Alström, Xia, Rasmussen, Olsson, Dai B, Zhao J, Leader, Carey, Dong L, Cai T, Holt, PI, Hung Le Manh, Song G, Liu Y, Zhang Y & Lei F, 2015
Benguet bush warbler , Locustella seebohmi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1895)
Javan bush warbler , Locustella montis (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Sri Lanka bush warbler , Elaphrornis palliseri (Blyth , 1851)
Bristled grassbird , Schoenicola striatus (Jerdon , 1841)
Long-legged thicketbird , Trichocichla rufa
Cupwings
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pnoepygidae
The members of this small family are found in mountainous parts of South and South East Asia.
Scaly-breasted cupwing , Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson , 1837)
Taiwan cupwing , Pnoepyga formosana Ingram, C , 1909
Immaculate cupwing , Pnoepyga immaculata Martens, J & Eck , 1991
Pygmy cupwing , Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgson , 1845
Swallows
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae
The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.
White-eyed river martin , Pseudochelidon sirintarae Thonglongya, K, 1968
Purple martin , Progne subis (Linnaeus , 1758) (A)
Tree swallow , Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot , 1808)
Plain martin , Riparia paludicola (Vieillot , 1817)
Gray-throated martin , Riparia chinensis (Gray, JE , 1830)
Bank swallow , Riparia riparia (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pale sand martin , Riparia diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt, 1893)
Banded martin , Neophedina cincta (Boddaert , 1783)
Eurasian crag-martin , Ptyonoprogne rupestris (Scopoli , 1769)
Rock martin , Ptyonoprogne fuligula (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1842)
Dusky crag-martin , Ptyonoprogne concolor (Sykes , 1832)
Barn swallow , Hirundo rustica Linnaeus , 1758
Wire-tailed swallow , Hirundo smithii Leach , 1818
Welcome swallow , Hirundo neoxena Gould , 1842
Hill swallow , Hirundo domicola Jerdon , 1841
Pacific swallow , Hirundo tahitica Gmelin, JF , 1789
Ethiopian swallow , Hirundo aethiopica Blanford , 1869
Red-rumped swallow , Cecropis daurica (Laxmann , 1769)
Sri Lanka swallow , Cecropis hyperythra (Blyth , 1849)
Striated swallow , Cecropis striolata (Schlegel , 1844)
Rufous-bellied swallow , Cecropis badia Cassin , 1853
Lesser striped swallow , Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville , 1843)
Streak-throated swallow , Petrochelidon fluvicola (Blyth , 1855)
Fairy martin , Petrochelidon ariel (Gould , 1842)
Tree martin , Petrochelidon nigricans (Vieillot , 1817)
Cliff swallow , Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot , 1817)
Red Sea cliff swallow , Petrochelidon perdita (Fry & Smith, DA, 1985)
Preuss's swallow , Petrochelidon preussi (Reichenow , 1898)
Common house-martin , Delichon urbicum (Linnaeus , 1758)
Asian house-martin , Delichon dasypus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Nepal house-martin , Delichon nipalense Moore, F , 1854
Northern rough-winged swallow , Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon , 1838)
Bulbuls
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red, or orange vents, cheeks, throats, or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.
Black-and-white bulbul , Brachypodius melanoleucos
Puff-backed bulbul , Brachypodius eutilotus
Yellow-wattled bulbul , Brachypodius urostictus
Gray-headed bulbul , Brachypodius priocephalus (Jerdon , 1839)
Black-headed bulbul , Brachypodius melanocephalos (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Andaman bulbul , Brachypodius fuscoflavescens Hume , 1873
Spectacled bulbul , Rubigula erythropthalmos
Gray-bellied bulbul , Rubigula cyaniventris
Scaly-breasted bulbul , Rubigula squamatus
Black-crested bulbul , Rubigula flaviventris (Tickell , 1833)
Flame-throated bulbul , Rubigula gularis (Gould , 1836)
Black-capped bulbul , Rubigula melanictera (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Ruby-throated bulbul , Rubigula dispar (Horsfield , 1821)
Bornean bulbul , Rubigula montis Sharpe , 1879
Bare-faced bulbul , Nok hualon (Woxvold, Duckworth & Timmins, 2009)
Crested finchbill , Spizixos canifrons Blyth , 1845
Collared finchbill , Spizixos semitorques Swinhoe , 1861
Straw-headed bulbul , Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Striated bulbul , Pycnonotus striatus
Cream-striped bulbul , Pycnonotus leucogrammicus
Spot-necked bulbul , Pycnonotus tympanistrigus (Müller, S , 1836)
Styan's bulbul , Pycnonotus taivanus Styan , 1893
Red-vented bulbul , Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus , 1766)
Red-whiskered bulbul , Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Brown-breasted bulbul , Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson , 1869
Light-vented bulbul , Pycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Common bulbul , Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines , 1789)
White-spectacled bulbul , Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
White-eared bulbul , Pycnonotus leucotis (Gould , 1836)
Himalayan bulbul , Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray, JE , 1835)
Sooty-headed bulbul , Pycnonotus aurigaster (Vieillot , 1818)
Blue-wattled bulbul , Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii
Aceh bulbul , Pycnonotus snouckaerti Siebers , 1928
Orange-spotted bulbul , Pycnonotus bimaculatus (Horsfield , 1821)
Stripe-throated bulbul , Pycnonotus finlaysoni Strickland , 1844
Yellow-throated bulbul , Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon , 1845)
Yellow-eared bulbul , Pycnonotus penicillatus Blyth , 1851
Flavescent bulbul , Pycnonotus flavescens Blyth , 1845
White-browed bulbul , Pycnonotus luteolus (Lesson, RP , 1841)
Yellow-vented bulbul , Pycnonotus goiavier (Scopoli , 1786)
Olive-winged bulbul , Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth , 1845
Ashy-fronted bulbul , Pycnonotus cinereifrons (Tweeddale , 1878)
Cream-eyed bulbul , Pycnonotus pseudosimplex Shakya, Lim, Moyle, Rahman, Lakim & Sheldon, 2019
Ayeyarwady bulbul , Pycnonotus blanfordi Jerdon , 1862
Streak-eared bulbul , Pycnonotus conradi (Finsch , 1873)
Cream-vented bulbul , Pycnonotus simplex Lesson, RP , 1839
Red-eyed bulbul , Pycnonotus brunneus Blyth , 1845
Hairy-backed bulbul , Tricholestes criniger (Blyth , 1845)
Hook-billed bulbul , Setornis criniger Lesson, RP , 1839
Finsch's bulbul , Alophoixus finschii
White-throated bulbul , Alophoixus flaveolus (Gould , 1836)
Puff-throated bulbul , Alophoixus pallidus (Swinhoe , 1870)
Ochraceous bulbul , Alophoixus ochraceus (Moore, F , 1854)
Penan bulbul , Alophoixus ruficrissus (Sharpe , 1879)
Gray-cheeked bulbul , Alophoixus tephrogenys (Jardine & Selby , 1833)
Brown-cheeked bulbul , Alophoixus bres (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Gray-throated bulbul , Alophoixus frater (Sharpe , 1877)
Yellow-bellied bulbul , Alophoixus phaeocephalus (Hartlaub , 1844)
Sangihe golden-bulbul , Alophoixus platenae
Togian golden-bulbul , Alophoixus aureus
Sula golden-bulbul , Alophoixus longirostris
Halmahera golden-bulbul , Alophoixus chloris
Obi golden-bulbul , Alophoixus lucasi
Buru golden-bulbul , Alophoixus mystacalis
Seram golden-bulbul , Alophoixus affinis
Sulphur-bellied bulbul , Ixos palawanensis
Buff-vented bulbul , Iole crypta Oberholser , 1918
Charlotte's bulbul , Iole charlottae (Finsch , 1867)
Gray-eyed bulbul , Iole propinqua (Oustalet , 1903)
Cachar bulbul , Iole cacharensis (Deignan , 1948)
Olive bulbul , Iole virescens
Yellow-browed bulbul , Iole indica
Mauritius bulbul , Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine & Selby , 1837 (Ex)
Black bulbul , Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Square-tailed bulbul , Hypsipetes ganeesa Sykes , 1832
Nicobar bulbul , Hypsipetes nicobariensis
White-headed bulbul , Hypsipetes thompsoni (Bingham , 1900)
Brown-eared bulbul , Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck , 1830)
Visayan bulbul , Hypsipetes guimarasensis (Steere , 1890)
Zamboanga bulbul , Hypsipetes rufigularis Sharpe , 1877
Yellowish bulbul , Hypsipetes everetti (Tweeddale , 1877)
Mindoro bulbul , Hypsipetes mindorensis (Steere , 1890)
Streak-breasted bulbul , Hypsipetes siquijorensis (Steere , 1890)
Philippine bulbul , Hypsipetes philippinus (Forster, JR , 1795)
Ashy bulbul , Hemixos flavala Blyth , 1845
Cinereous bulbul , Hemixos cinereus (Blyth , 1845)
Chestnut bulbul , Hemixos castanonotus Swinhoe , 1870
Mountain bulbul , Ixos mcclellandii (Horsfield , 1840)
Sunda bulbul , Ixos virescens Temminck , 1825
Streaked bulbul , Ixos malaccensis (Blyth , 1845)
Leaf warblers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Phylloscopidae
Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours.
Wood warbler , Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein , 1793)
Eastern Bonelli's warbler , Phylloscopus orientalis (Brehm, CL , 1855)
Ashy-throated warbler , Phylloscopus maculipennis (Blyth , 1867)
Buff-barred warbler , Phylloscopus pulcher Blyth , 1845
Yellow-browed warbler , Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth , 1842)
Hume's warbler , Phylloscopus humei (Brooks, WE , 1878)
Brooks's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks, WE , 1872)
Chinese leaf warbler , Phylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche , 1922
Pallas's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus proregulus (Pallas , 1811)
Gansu leaf warbler , Phylloscopus kansuensis Meise , 1933
Lemon-rumped warbler , Phylloscopus chloronotus (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
Sichuan leaf warbler , Phylloscopus forresti Rothschild , 1921
Tytler's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus tytleri Brooks, WE , 1871
Radde's warbler , Phylloscopus schwarzi (Radde , 1863)
Yellow-streaked warbler , Phylloscopus armandii (Milne-Edwards , 1865)
Sulphur-bellied warbler , Phylloscopus griseolus Blyth , 1847
Tickell's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell , 1833)
Dusky warbler , Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth , 1842)
Smoky warbler , Phylloscopus fuligiventer (Hodgson , 1845)
Plain leaf warbler , Phylloscopus neglectus Hume , 1870
Buff-throated warbler , Phylloscopus subaffinis Ogilvie-Grant , 1900
Willow warbler , Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Mountain chiffchaff , Phylloscopus sindianus Brooks, WE , 1880
Common chiffchaff , Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot , 1817)
Iberian chiffchaff , Phylloscopus ibericus Ticehurst , 1937 (A)
Lemon-throated leaf warbler , Phylloscopus cebuensis (Dubois, AJC , 1900)
Philippine leaf warbler , Phylloscopus olivaceus (Moseley , 1891)
Eastern crowned leaf warbler , Phylloscopus coronatus (Temminck & Schlegel , 1845)
Ijima's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus ijimae (Stejneger , 1892)
Brown woodland-warbler , Phylloscopus umbrovirens (Rüppell , 1840)
White-spectacled warbler , Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell , 1833)
Gray-cheeked warbler , Phylloscopus poliogenys (Blyth , 1847)
Green-crowned warbler , Phylloscopus burkii (Burton, E , 1836)
Gray-crowned warbler , Phylloscopus tephrocephalus (Anderson , 1871)
Whistler's warbler , Phylloscopus whistleri (Ticehurst , 1925)
Bianchi's warbler , Phylloscopus valentini (Hartert, EJO , 1907)
Martens's warbler , Phylloscopus omeiensis (Martens, J, Eck , Päckert & Sun , 1999)
Alström's warbler , Phylloscopus soror (Alström & Olsson, 1999)
Green warbler , Phylloscopus nitidus Blyth , 1843
Greenish warbler , Phylloscopus trochiloides (Sundevall , 1837)
Two-barred warbler , Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Swinhoe , 1861
Emei leaf warbler , Phylloscopus emeiensis Alström & Olsson, 1995
Large-billed leaf warbler , Phylloscopus magnirostris Blyth , 1843
Pale-legged leaf warbler , Phylloscopus tenellipes Swinhoe , 1860
Sakhalin leaf warbler , Phylloscopus borealoides Portenko , 1950
Japanese leaf warbler , Phylloscopus xanthodryas (Swinhoe , 1863)
Arctic warbler , Phylloscopus borealis (Blasius, JH , 1858)
Kamchatka leaf warbler , Phylloscopus examinandus Stresemann , 1913
Chestnut-crowned warbler , Phylloscopus castaniceps (Hodgson , 1845)
Yellow-breasted warbler , Phylloscopus montis (Sharpe , 1887)
Sunda warbler , Phylloscopus grammiceps (Strickland , 1849)
Limestone leaf warbler , Phylloscopus calciatilis Alström, Davidson, PJ, Duckworth, Eames, JC, Trai Trong Le, Nguyen Cu, Olsson, Robson & Timmins, 2009
Yellow-vented warbler , Phylloscopus cantator (Tickell , 1833)
Sulphur-breasted warbler , Phylloscopus ricketti (Slater, HH , 1897)
Western crowned warbler , Phylloscopus occipitalis (Blyth , 1845)
Blyth's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus reguloides (Blyth , 1842)
Claudia's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus claudiae (La Touche , 1922)
Hartert's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus goodsoni Hartert, EJO , 1910
Gray-hooded warbler , Phylloscopus xanthoschistos (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
Davison's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus intensior Deignan , 1956
Hainan leaf warbler , Phylloscopus hainanus Olsson, Alström & Colston , 1993
Kloss's leaf warbler , Phylloscopus ogilviegranti (La Touche , 1922)
Mountain leaf warbler , Phylloscopus trivirgatus Strickland , 1849
Negros leaf warbler , Phylloscopus nigrorum (Moseley , 1891)
Timor leaf warbler , Phylloscopus presbytes (Blyth , 1870)
Rote leaf warbler , Phylloscopus rotiensis Ng, NSR, Prawiradilaga, Ng, EYX, Suparno, Ashari, Trainor, Verbelen & Rheindt, 2018
Sulawesi leaf warbler , Phylloscopus nesophilus (Riley , 1918)
Lompobattang leaf warbler , Phylloscopus sarasinorum (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1896)
Numfor leaf warbler , Phylloscopus maforensis (Meyer, AB , 1874)
Island leaf warbler , Phylloscopus poliocephalus (Salvadori , 1876)
Biak leaf warbler , Phylloscopus misoriensis Meise , 1931
Canary Islands chiffchaff , Phylloscopus canariensis (Hartwig , 1886)
Bush warblers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Scotocercidae
The members of this family are found throughout Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. Their taxonomy is in flux, and some authorities place some genera in other families.[6]
Scrub warbler , Scotocerca inquieta (Cretzschmar , 1830)
Pale-footed bush warbler , Urosphena pallidipes
Timor stubtail , Urosphena subulata (Sharpe , 1884)
Bornean stubtail , Urosphena whiteheadi (Sharpe , 1888)
Asian stubtail , Urosphena squameiceps (Swinhoe , 1863)
Gray-bellied tesia , Tesia cyaniventer Hodgson , 1837
Slaty-bellied tesia , Tesia olivea (McClelland , 1840)
Javan tesia , Tesia superciliaris (Bonaparte , 1850)
Russet-capped tesia , Tesia everetti (Hartert, EJO , 1897)
Chestnut-crowned bush warbler , Cettia major (Moore, F , 1854)
Gray-sided bush warbler , Cettia brunnifrons (Hodgson , 1845)
Chestnut-headed tesia , Cettia castaneocoronata (Burton, E , 1836)
Cetti's warbler , Cettia cetti (Temminck , 1820)
Yellow-bellied warbler , Abroscopus superciliaris (Blyth , 1859)
Rufous-faced warbler , Abroscopus albogularis (Moore, F , 1854)
Black-faced warbler , Abroscopus schisticeps (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
Mountain tailorbird , Phyllergates cucullatus (Temminck , 1836)
Rufous-headed tailorbird , Phyllergates heterolaemus Mearns , 1905
Broad-billed warbler , Tickellia hodgsoni (Moore, F , 1854)
Philippine bush warbler , Horornis seebohmi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
Japanese bush warbler , Horornis diphone (Kittlitz , 1830)
Manchurian bush warbler , Horornis borealis (A)
Tanimbar bush warbler , Horornis carolinae (Rozendaal , 1987)
Brownish-flanked bush warbler , Horornis fortipes Hodgson , 1845
Hume's bush warbler , Horornis brunnescens (Hume , 1872)
Yellowish-bellied bush warbler , Horornis acanthizoides (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Aberrant bush warbler , Horornis flavolivaceus (Blyth , 1845)
Fiji bush warbler , Horornis ruficapilla (Ramsay, EP , 1875)
Long-tailed tits
Order: Passeriformes Family: Aegithalidae
Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet which includes insects.
White-browed tit-warbler , Leptopoecile sophiae Severtsov , 1873
Crested tit-warbler , Leptopoecile elegans Przevalski , 1887
Long-tailed tit , Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Silver-throated tit , Aegithalos glaucogularis (Gould , 1855)
White-cheeked tit , Aegithalos leucogenys (Moore, F , 1854)
Black-throated tit , Aegithalos concinnus (Gould , 1855)
White-throated tit , Aegithalos niveogularis (Gould , 1855)
Black-browed tit , Aegithalos iouschistos (Blyth , 1845)
Sooty tit , Aegithalos fuliginosus (Verreaux, J , 1869)
Pygmy tit , Psaltria exilis
Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.
Eurasian blackcap , Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus , 1758)
Garden warbler , Sylvia borin (Boddaert , 1783)
Asian desert warbler , Curruca nana Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833
Barred warbler , Curruca nisoria (Bechstein , 1792)
Lesser whitethroat , Curruca curruca (Linnaeus , 1758)
Yemen warbler , Curruca buryi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1913)
Arabian warbler , Curruca leucomelaena Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833
Eastern Orphean warbler , Curruca crassirostris (Cretzschmar , 1830)
Cyprus warbler , Curruca melanothorax (Tristram , 1872)
Menetries's warbler , Curruca mystacea (Ménétriés , 1832)
Rüppell's warbler , Curruca ruppeli (Temminck , 1823)
Eastern subalpine warbler , Curruca cantillans (Pallas , 1764)
Sardinian warbler , Curruca melanocephala (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Greater whitethroat , Curruca communis (Latham , 1787)
Western Orphean warbler , Curruca hortensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Tristram's warbler , Curruca deserticola (Tristram , 1859)
Spectacled warbler , Curruca conspicillata (Temminck , 1820)
Marmora's warbler , Curruca sarda (Temminck , 1820)
Dartford warbler , Curruca undata (Boddaert , 1783)
Moltoni's warbler , Curruca subalpina (Temminck , 1820)
Balearic warbler , Curruca balearica (von Jordans, 1913)
Fire-tailed myzornis , Myzornis pyrrhoura Blyth , 1843
Golden-breasted fulvetta , Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth , 1845)
Yellow-eyed babbler , Chrysomma sinense (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Jerdon's babbler , Chrysomma altirostre Jerdon , 1862
Rufous-tailed babbler , Moupinia poecilotis (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Spectacled fulvetta , Fulvetta ruficapilla (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Indochinese fulvetta , Fulvetta danisi (Delacour & Greenway , 1941)
Chinese fulvetta , Fulvetta striaticollis (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Brown-throated fulvetta , Fulvetta ludlowi Kinnear , 1935
White-browed fulvetta , Fulvetta vinipectus (Hodgson , 1837)
Taiwan fulvetta , Fulvetta formosana (Ogilvie-Grant , 1906)
Gray-hooded fulvetta , Fulvetta cinereiceps (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Streak-throated fulvetta , Fulvetta manipurensis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1906)
Tarim babbler , Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris (Hume , 1871)
Beijing babbler , Rhopophilus pekinensis (Swinhoe , 1868)
Great parrotbill , Conostoma aemodium
Brown parrotbill , Cholornis unicolor
Three-toed parrotbill , Cholornis paradoxus
Gray-headed parrotbill , Psittiparus gularis
Black-headed parrotbill , Psittiparus margaritae
White-breasted parrotbill , Psittiparus ruficeps
Rufous-headed parrotbill , Psittiparus bakeri
Black-breasted parrotbill , Paradoxornis flavirostris Gould , 1836
Spot-breasted parrotbill , Paradoxornis guttaticollis David, A , 1871
Reed parrotbill , Calamornis heudei
Pale-billed parrotbill , Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris
Spectacled parrotbill , Sinosuthora conspicillata
Vinous-throated parrotbill , Sinosuthora webbiana
Brown-winged parrotbill , Sinosuthora brunnea
Ashy-throated parrotbill , Sinosuthora alphonsiana
Gray-hooded parrotbill , Sinosuthora zappeyi
Rusty-throated parrotbill , Sinosuthora przewalskii
Fulvous parrotbill , Suthora fulvifrons (Hodgson , 1845)
Black-throated parrotbill , Suthora nipalensis Hodgson , 1837
Golden parrotbill , Suthora verreauxi Sharpe , 1883
Short-tailed parrotbill , Neosuthora davidiana
White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Zosteropidae
The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eyes.
White-collared yuhina , Parayuhina diademata (Verreaux, J , 1869)
Striated yuhina , Staphida castaniceps (Moore, F , 1854)
Indochinese yuhina , Staphida torqueola (Swinhoe , 1870)
Chestnut-crested yuhina , Staphida everetti Sharpe , 1887
White-naped yuhina , Yuhina bakeri Rothschild , 1926
Whiskered yuhina , Yuhina flavicollis Hodgson , 1836
Burmese yuhina , Yuhina humilis (Hume , 1877)
Stripe-throated yuhina , Yuhina gularis Hodgson , 1836
Rufous-vented yuhina , Yuhina occipitalis Hodgson , 1836
Taiwan yuhina , Yuhina brunneiceps Ogilvie-Grant , 1906
Black-chinned yuhina , Yuhina nigrimenta Blyth , 1845
Chestnut-faced babbler , Zosterornis whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Luzon striped-babbler , Zosterornis striatus Ogilvie-Grant , 1894
Panay striped-babbler , Zosterornis latistriatus (Gonzales & Kennedy, RS, 1990)
Negros striped-babbler , Zosterornis nigrorum (Rand & Rabor , 1952)
Palawan striped-babbler , Zosterornis hypogrammicus (Salomonsen , 1961)
Javan gray-throated white-eye , Heleia javanica (Horsfield , 1821)
Streak-headed white-eye , Heleia squamiceps (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Gray-hooded white-eye , Heleia pinaiae (Stresemann , 1912)
Mindanao white-eye , Heleia goodfellowi (Hartert, EJO , 1903)
White-browed white-eye , Heleia superciliaris (Hartert, EJO , 1897)
Dark-crowned white-eye , Heleia dohertyi (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Pygmy white-eye , Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe , 1892)
Flores white-eye , Heleia crassirostris (Hartert, EJO , 1897)
Timor white-eye , Heleia muelleri Hartlaub , 1865
Yellow-spectacled white-eye , Heleia wallacei (Finsch , 1901)
Bonin white-eye , Apalopteron familiare (Kittlitz , 1830)
Rufescent white-eye , Tephrozosterops stalkeri (Ogilvie-Grant , 1910)
Golden-crowned babbler , Sterrhoptilus dennistouni (Ogilvie-Grant , 1895)
Black-crowned babbler , Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus (Steere , 1890)
Rusty-crowned babbler , Sterrhoptilus capitalis (Tweeddale , 1877)
Flame-templed babbler , Dasycrotapha speciosa Tweeddale , 1878
Visayan pygmy-babbler , Dasycrotapha pygmaea (Ogilvie-Grant , 1896)
Mindanao pygmy-babbler , Dasycrotapha plateni (Blasius, W , 1890)
Abyssinian white-eye , Zosterops abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville , 1843
Socotra white-eye , Zosterops socotranus Neumann , 1908
Sri Lanka white-eye , Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth, 1872
Chestnut-flanked white-eye , Zosterops erythropleurus Swinhoe , 1863
Indian white-eye , Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck , 1824)
Hume's white-eye , Zosterops auriventer Hume , 1878
Sangkar white-eye , Zosterops melanurus Hartlaub , 1865
Warbling white-eye , Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel , 1847
Swinhoe's white-eye , Zosterops simplex Swinhoe , 1861
Lowland white-eye , Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte , 1850
Black-capped white-eye , Zosterops atricapilla Salvadori , 1879
Everett's white-eye , Zosterops everetti Tweeddale , 1878
Yellowish white-eye , Zosterops nigrorum Tweeddale , 1878
Javan white-eye , Zosterops flavus (Horsfield , 1821)
Lemon-bellied white-eye , Zosterops chloris Bonaparte , 1850
Meratus white-eye , Zosterops meratusensis Irham, Haryoko, Shakya, Mitchell, S, Burner, Bocos, Eaton, Rheindt, Suparno, Sheldon & Prawiradilaga, 2021
Wakatobi white-eye , Zosterops flavissimus Hartert, EJO , 1903
Ashy-bellied white-eye , Zosterops citrinella Bonaparte , 1850
Great Kai white-eye , Zosterops grayi Wallace , 1864
Little Kai white-eye , Zosterops uropygialis Salvadori , 1874
Sulawesi white-eye , Zosterops consobrinorum Meyer, AB , 1904
Black-ringed white-eye , Zosterops anomalus Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1896
Black-crowned white-eye , Zosterops atrifrons Wallace , 1864
Togian white-eye , Zosterops somadikartai Indrawan, Rasmussen & Sunarto, 2008
Sangihe white-eye , Zosterops nehrkorni Blasius, W , 1888
Seram white-eye , Zosterops stalkeri Ogilvie-Grant , 1910
Cream-throated white-eye , Zosterops atriceps Gray, GR , 1861
Black-fronted white-eye , Zosterops minor Meyer, AB , 1874
Tagula white-eye , Zosterops meeki Hartert, EJO , 1898
Biak white-eye , Zosterops mysorensis Meyer, AB , 1874
Capped white-eye , Zosterops fuscicapilla Salvadori , 1876
Buru white-eye , Zosterops buruensis Salvadori , 1878
Ambon white-eye , Zosterops kuehni Hartert, EJO , 1906
New Guinea white-eye , Zosterops novaeguineae Salvadori , 1878
Louisiade white-eye , Zosterops griseotinctus Gray, GR , 1858
Layard's white-eye , Zosterops explorator Layard, EL , 1875
Silver eye , Zosterops lateralis (Latham , 1801)
Yellow-fronted white-eye , Zosterops flavifrons (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Mountain black-eye , Zosterops emiliae (Sharpe , 1888)
Tree-babblers, scimitar-babblers, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae
The members of this family are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.
Chestnut-capped babbler , Timalia pileata Horsfield , 1821
Pin-striped tit-babbler , Mixornis gularis (Horsfield , 1822)
Bold-striped tit-babbler , Mixornis bornensis Bonaparte , 1850
Gray-cheeked tit-babbler , Mixornis flavicollis Bonaparte , 1850
Kangean tit-babbler , Mixornis prillwitzi Hartert, EJO , 1901
Gray-faced tit-babbler , Mixornis kelleyi Delacour , 1932
Tawny-bellied babbler , Dumetia hyperythra (Franklin , 1831)
Dark-fronted babbler , Dumetia atriceps (Jerdon , 1839)
Brown tit-babbler , Macronus striaticeps Sharpe , 1877
Fluffy-backed tit-babbler , Macronus ptilosus Jardine & Selby , 1835
Golden babbler , Cyanoderma chrysaeum (Blyth , 1844)
Chestnut-winged babbler , Cyanoderma erythropterum (Blyth , 1842)
Gray-hooded babbler , Cyanoderma bicolor (Blyth , 1865)
Crescent-chested babbler , Cyanoderma melanothorax (Temminck , 1823)
Black-chinned babbler , Cyanoderma pyrrhops (Blyth , 1844)
Rufous-capped babbler , Cyanoderma ruficeps (Blyth , 1847)
Buff-chested babbler , Cyanoderma ambiguum (Harington , 1915)
Rufous-fronted babbler , Cyanoderma rufifrons (Hume , 1873)
Rufous-throated wren-babbler , Spelaeornis caudatus (Blyth , 1845)
Mishmi wren-babbler , Spelaeornis badeigularis Ripley , 1948
Bar-winged wren-babbler , Spelaeornis troglodytoides (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Naga wren-babbler , Spelaeornis chocolatinus (Godwin-Austen & Walden , 1875)
Chin Hills wren-babbler , Spelaeornis oatesi (Rippon , 1904)
Gray-bellied wren-babbler , Spelaeornis reptatus (Bingham , 1903)
Pale-throated wren-babbler , Spelaeornis kinneari Delacour & Jabouille , 1930
Tawny-breasted wren-babbler , Spelaeornis longicaudatus (Moore, F , 1854)
Red-billed scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden , 1873
Coral-billed scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus ferruginosus Blyth , 1845
Sunda scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus bornensis Cabanis , 1851
Javan scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus montanus Horsfield , 1821
Slender-billed scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus superciliaris (Blyth , 1842)
Streak-breasted scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus ruficollis Hodgson , 1836
Taiwan scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus musicus Swinhoe , 1859
Indian scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Sykes , 1832
Sri Lanka scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus melanurus Blyth , 1847
White-browed scimitar-babbler , Pomatorhinus schisticeps Hodgson , 1836
Large scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys hypoleucos (Blyth , 1844)
Black-necklaced scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys erythrocnemis (Gould , 1863)
Rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys erythrogenys (Vigors , 1831)
Spot-breasted scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys mcclellandi (Godwin-Austen , 1870)
Black-streaked scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys gravivox (David, A , 1873)
Gray-sided scimitar-babbler , Erythrogenys swinhoei (David, A , 1874)
White-breasted babbler , Stachyris grammiceps (Temminck , 1828)
Black-throated babbler , Stachyris nigricollis (Temminck , 1836)
Chestnut-rumped babbler , Stachyris maculata (Temminck , 1836)
Gray-throated babbler , Stachyris nigriceps Blyth , 1844
Gray-headed babbler , Stachyris poliocephala (Temminck , 1836)
White-necked babbler , Stachyris leucotis (Strickland , 1848)
White-bibbed babbler , Stachyris thoracica (Temminck , 1821)
Snowy-throated babbler , Stachyris oglei (Godwin-Austen , 1877)
Spot-necked babbler , Stachyris strialata (Müller, S , 1836)
Sooty babbler , Stachyris herberti (Baker, ECS , 1920)
Nonggang babbler , Stachyris nonggangensis Fang & Aiwu, 2008
Sikkim wedge-billed babbler , Stachyris humei (Mandelli , 1873)
Cachar wedge-billed babbler , Stachyris roberti (Godwin-Austen & Walden , 1875)
Ground babblers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pellorneidae
These small to medium-sized songbirds have soft fluffy plumage but are otherwise rather diverse. Members of the genus Illadopsis are found in forests, but some other genera are birds of scrublands.
Palawan babbler , Malacopteron palawanense Büttikofer , 1895
Moustached babbler , Malacopteron magnirostre (Moore, F , 1854)
Sooty-capped babbler , Malacopteron affine (Blyth , 1842)
Scaly-crowned babbler , Malacopteron cinereum Eyton , 1839
Rufous-crowned babbler , Malacopteron magnum Eyton , 1839
Gray-breasted babbler , Malacopteron albogulare (Blyth , 1844)
White-hooded babbler , Gampsorhynchus rufulus Blyth , 1844
Collared babbler , Gampsorhynchus torquatus Hume , 1874
Gold-fronted fulvetta , Schoeniparus variegaticeps (Yen , 1932)
Yellow-throated fulvetta , Schoeniparus cinereus (Blyth , 1847)
Rufous-winged fulvetta , Schoeniparus castaneceps (Hodgson , 1837)
Black-crowned fulvetta , Schoeniparus klossi (Delacour & Jabouille , 1931)
Rufous-throated fulvetta , Schoeniparus rufogularis (Mandelli , 1873)
Dusky fulvetta , Schoeniparus brunneus (Gould , 1863)
Rusty-capped fulvetta , Schoeniparus dubius (Hume , 1874)
Rufous-vented grass babbler , Laticilla burnesii (Blyth , 1844)
Swamp grass babbler , Laticilla cinerascens (Walden , 1874)
Puff-throated babbler , Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson , 1832
Black-capped babbler , Pellorneum capistratum (Temminck , 1823)
Brown-capped babbler , Pellorneum fuscocapillus (Blyth , 1849)
Marsh babbler , Pellorneum palustre Gould , 1872
Spot-throated babbler , Pellorneum albiventre (Godwin-Austen , 1877)
Buff-breasted babbler , Pellorneum tickelli Blyth , 1859
Sumatran babbler , Pellorneum buettikoferi (Vorderman , 1892)
Temminck's babbler , Pellorneum pyrrogenys (Temminck , 1827)
Short-tailed babbler , Pellorneum malaccense (Hartlaub , 1844)
Ashy-headed babbler , Pellorneum cinereiceps (Tweeddale , 1878)
White-chested babbler , Pellorneum rostratum (Blyth , 1842)
Sulawesi babbler , Pellorneum celebense (Strickland , 1849)
Ferruginous babbler , Pellorneum bicolor (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Striped wren-babbler , Kenopia striata (Blyth , 1842)
Eyebrowed wren-babbler , Napothera epilepidota (Temminck , 1828)
Short-tailed scimitar-babbler , Napothera danjoui (Robinson & Kloss , 1919)
Naung Mung scimitar-babbler , Napothera naungmungensis (Rappole, Renner, Shwe & Sweet, 2005)
Long-billed wren-babbler , Napothera malacoptila (Blyth , 1847)
White-throated wren-babbler , Napothera pasquieri (Delacour & Jabouille , 1930)
Sumatran wren-babbler , Napothera albostriata (Salvadori , 1879)
Bornean wren-babbler , Ptilocichla leucogrammica (Bonaparte , 1850)
Striated wren-babbler , Ptilocichla mindanensis (Blasius, W , 1890)
Falcated wren-babbler , Ptilocichla falcata Sharpe , 1877
Abbott's babbler , Malacocincla abbotti Blyth , 1845
Horsfield's babbler , Malacocincla sepiaria (Horsfield , 1821)
Black-browed babbler , Malacocincla perspicillata (Bonaparte , 1850)
Large wren-babbler , Turdinus macrodactylus (Strickland , 1844)
Black-throated wren-babbler , Turdinus atrigularis (Bonaparte , 1850)
Marbled wren-babbler , Turdinus marmoratus Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1880
Rusty-breasted wren-babbler , Gypsophila rufipectus (Salvadori , 1879)
Annam limestone babbler , Gypsophila annamensis (Delacour & Jabouille , 1928)
Rufous limestone babbler , Gypsophila calcicola (Deignan , 1939)
Variable limestone babbler , Gypsophila crispifrons (Blyth , 1855)
Streaked wren-babbler , Gypsophila brevicaudata (Blyth , 1855)
Mountain wren-babbler , Gypsophila crassa (Sharpe , 1888)
Indian grassbird , Graminicola bengalensis Jerdon , 1863
Chinese grassbird , Graminicola striatus Styan , 1892
Laughingthrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Leiothrichidae
The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. The family is found in Africa, India, and southeast Asia.
Brown fulvetta , Alcippe brunneicauda (Salvadori , 1879)
Brown-cheeked fulvetta , Alcippe poioicephala (Jerdon , 1841)
Morrison's fulvetta , Alcippe morrisonia Swinhoe , 1863
Yunnan fulvetta , Alcippe fratercula Rippon , 1900
David's fulvetta , Alcippe davidi Styan , 1896
Huet's fulvetta , Alcippe hueti David, A , 1874
Javan fulvetta , Alcippe pyrrhoptera (Bonaparte , 1850)
Mountain fulvetta , Alcippe peracensis Sharpe , 1887
Nepal fulvetta , Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson , 1837)
Black-browed fulvetta , Alcippe grotei Delacour , 1936
Striated laughingthrush , Grammatoptila striata (Vigors , 1831)
Himalayan cutia , Cutia nipalensis Hodgson , 1837
Vietnamese cutia , Cutia legalleni Robinson & Kloss , 1919
Spiny babbler , Turdoides nipalensis (Hodgson , 1836)
Iraq babbler , Argya altirostris (Hartert, EJO , 1909)
Afghan babbler , Argya huttoni (Blyth , 1847)
Common babbler , Argya caudata (Dumont , 1823)
Striated babbler , Argya earlei (Blyth , 1844)
White-throated babbler , Argya gularis (Blyth , 1855)
Slender-billed babbler , Argya longirostris (Moore, F , 1854)
Large gray babbler , Argya malcolmi (Sykes , 1832)
Ashy-headed laughingthrush , Argya cinereifrons (Blyth , 1851)
Arabian babbler , Argya squamiceps (Cretzschmar , 1827)
Rufous babbler , Argya subrufa (Jerdon , 1839)
Jungle babbler , Argya striata (Dumont , 1823)
Orange-billed babbler , Argya rufescens (Blyth , 1847)
Yellow-billed babbler , Argya affinis (Jerdon , 1845)
Fulvous chatterer , Argya fulva (Desfontaines , 1789)
Sunda laughingthrush , Garrulax palliatus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Rufous-fronted laughingthrush , Garrulax rufifrons Lesson, RP , 1831
Masked laughingthrush , Garrulax perspicillatus
White-crested laughingthrush , Garrulax leucolophus (Hardwicke , 1816)
Sumatran laughingthrush , Garrulax bicolor Hartlaub , 1844
Lesser necklaced laughingthrush , Garrulax monileger (Hodgson , 1836)
Cambodian laughingthrush , Garrulax ferrarius Riley , 1930
White-necked laughingthrush , Garrulax strepitans Blyth , 1855
Black-hooded laughingthrush , Garrulax milleti Robinson & Kloss , 1919
Gray laughingthrush , Garrulax maesi (Oustalet , 1890)
Rufous-cheeked laughingthrush , Garrulax castanotis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1899)
Spot-breasted laughingthrush , Garrulax merulinus Blyth , 1851
Orange-breasted laughingthrush , Garrulax annamensis (Robinson & Kloss , 1919)
Chinese hwamei , Garrulax canorus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Taiwan hwamei , Garrulax taewanus Swinhoe , 1859
Red-tailed laughingthrush , Garrulax milnei
Black laughingthrush , Melanocichla lugubris (Müller, S , 1836)
Bare-headed laughingthrush , Melanocichla calvus
Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush , Ianthocincla sukatschewi (Berezowski & Bianchi , 1891)
Moustached laughingthrush , Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen , 1874)
Rufous-chinned laughingthrush , Ianthocincla rufogularis Gould , 1835
Chestnut-eared laughingthrush , Ianthocincla konkakinhensis (Eames, JC & Eames, C, 2001)
Spotted laughingthrush , Ianthocincla ocellata (Vigors , 1831)
Barred laughingthrush , Ianthocincla lunulata Verreaux, J , 1871
Biet's laughingthrush , Ianthocincla bieti Oustalet , 1897
Giant laughingthrush , Ianthocincla maxima (Verreaux, J , 1871)
Greater necklaced laughingthrush , Pterorhinus pectoralis (Gould , 1836)
White-throated laughingthrush , Pterorhinus albogularis (Gould , 1836)
Rufous-crowned laughingthrush , Pterorhinus ruficeps (Gould , 1863)
Rufous-necked laughingthrush , Pterorhinus ruficollis (Jardine & Selby , 1838)
Chestnut-backed laughingthrush , Pterorhinus nuchalis (Godwin-Austen , 1876)
Black-throated laughingthrush , Pterorhinus chinensis (Scopoli , 1786)
White-cheeked laughingthrush , Pterorhinus vassali (Ogilvie-Grant , 1906)
Yellow-throated laughingthrush , Pterorhinus galbanus
Blue-crowned laughingthrush , Pterorhinus courtoisi (Ménégaux , 1923)
Wynaad laughingthrush , Pterorhinus delesserti (Jerdon , 1839)
Rufous-vented laughingthrush , Pterorhinus gularis (McClelland , 1840)
Pere David's laughingthrush , Pterorhinus davidi Swinhoe , 1868
Gray-sided laughingthrush , Pterorhinus caerulatus (Hodgson , 1836)
Rusty laughingthrush , Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus (Gould , 1863)
Buffy laughingthrush , Pterorhinus berthemyi (Oustalet , 1876)
Chestnut-capped laughingthrush , Pterorhinus mitratus (Müller, S , 1836)
Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush , Pterorhinus treacheri (Sharpe , 1879)
White-browed laughingthrush , Pterorhinus sannio (Swinhoe , 1867)
Masked laughingthrush , Pterorhinus perspicillatus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Chinese babax , Pterorhinus lanceolatus Verreaux, J , 1871
Mount Victoria babax , Pterorhinus woodi (Finn , 1902)
Giant babax , Pterorhinus waddelli (Dresser , 1905)
Tibetan babax , Pterorhinus koslowi (Bianchi , 1905)
Streaked laughingthrush , Trochalopteron lineatum (Vigors , 1831)
Bhutan laughingthrush , Trochalopteron imbricatum (Blyth , 1843)
Striped laughingthrush , Trochalopteron virgatum Godwin-Austen , 1874
Scaly laughingthrush , Trochalopteron subunicolor Blyth , 1843
Brown-capped laughingthrush , Trochalopteron austeni Godwin-Austen , 1870
Blue-winged laughingthrush , Trochalopteron squamatum (Gould , 1835)
Elliot's laughingthrush , Trochalopteron elliotii Verreaux, J , 1871
Variegated laughingthrush , Trochalopteron variegatum (Vigors , 1831)
Prince Henry's laughingthrush , Trochalopteron henrici Oustalet , 1892
Black-faced laughingthrush , Trochalopteron affine (Blyth , 1843)
White-whiskered laughingthrush , Trochalopteron morrisonianum Ogilvie-Grant , 1906
Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush , Trochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors , 1832)
Assam laughingthrush , Trochalopteron chrysopterum (Gould , 1835)
Silver-eared laughingthrush , Trochalopteron melanostigma (Blyth , 1855)
Malayan laughingthrush , Trochalopteron peninsulae Sharpe , 1887
Golden-winged laughingthrush , Trochalopteron ngoclinhense (Eames, JC, Trai Trong Le & Nguyen Cu, 1999)
Collared laughingthrush , Trochalopteron yersini Robinson & Kloss , 1919
Red-winged laughingthrush , Trochalopteron formosum Verreaux, J , 1869
Red-tailed laughingthrush , Trochalopteron milnei David, A , 1874
Banasura laughingthrush , Montecincla jerdoni (Blyth , 1851)
Nilgiri laughingthrush , Montecincla cachinnans (Jerdon , 1839)
Palani laughingthrush , Montecincla fairbanki (Blanford , 1869)
Ashambu laughingthrush , Montecincla meridionalis (Blanford , 1880)
Rufous sibia , Heterophasia capistrata (Vigors , 1831)
Gray sibia , Heterophasia gracilis (Horsfield , 1840)
Black-backed sibia , Heterophasia melanoleuca (Blyth , 1859)
Black-headed sibia , Heterophasia desgodinsi (Oustalet , 1877)
White-eared sibia , Heterophasia auricularis (Swinhoe , 1864)
Beautiful sibia , Heterophasia pulchella (Godwin-Austen , 1874)
Long-tailed sibia , Heterophasia picaoides (Hodgson , 1839)
Silver-eared mesia , Leiothrix argentauris (Hodgson , 1837)
Red-billed leiothrix , Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli , 1786)
Red-tailed minla , Minla ignotincta Hodgson , 1837
Rufous-backed sibia , Leioptila annectens Blyth , 1847
Gray-crowned crocias , Laniellus langbianis (Gyldenstolpe , 1939)
Spotted crocias , Laniellus albonotatus (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Gray-faced liocichla , Liocichla omeiensis Riley , 1926
Bugun liocichla , Liocichla bugunorum Athreya, 2006
Steere's liocichla , Liocichla steerii Swinhoe , 1877
Red-faced liocichla , Liocichla phoenicea (Gould , 1837)
Scarlet-faced liocichla , Liocichla ripponi (Oates , 1900)
Black-crowned barwing , Actinodura sodangorum Eames, JC, Trai Trong Le, Nguyen Cu & Eve , 1998
Hoary-throated barwing , Actinodura nipalensis (Hodgson , 1836)
Streak-throated barwing , Actinodura waldeni Godwin-Austen , 1874
Streaked barwing , Actinodura souliei Oustalet , 1897
Taiwan barwing , Actinodura morrisoniana Ogilvie-Grant , 1906
Rusty-fronted barwing , Actinodura egertoni Gould , 1836
Spectacled barwing , Actinodura ramsayi Walden , 1875
Blue-winged minla , Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson , 1837)
Chestnut-tailed minla , Actinodura strigula (Hodgson , 1837)
Kinglets
Order: Passeriformes Family: Regulidae
The kinglets, also called crests, are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice .
Ruby-crowned kinglet , Corthylio calendula (Linnaeus , 1766)
Goldcrest , Regulus regulus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Flamecrest , Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant , 1906
Common firecrest , Regulus ignicapilla (Temminck , 1820)
Madeira firecrest , Regulus madeirensis Harcourt , 1851
Wallcreeper
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tichodromidae
The wallcreeper is a small bird, with stunning crimson, gray and black plumage, related to the nuthatch family.
Nuthatches
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sittidae
Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet.
Indian nuthatch , Sitta castanea Lesson, RP , 1830
Chestnut-bellied nuthatch , Sitta cinnamoventris Blyth , 1842
Burmese nuthatch , Sitta neglecta Walden , 1870
Eurasian nuthatch , Sitta europaea Linnaeus , 1758
Chestnut-vented nuthatch , Sitta nagaensis Godwin-Austen , 1874
Kashmir nuthatch , Sitta cashmirensis Brooks, WE , 1871
White-tailed nuthatch , Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby , 1835
White-browed nuthatch , Sitta victoriae Rippon , 1904
Red-breasted nuthatch , Sitta canadensis Linnaeus , 1766
White-cheeked nuthatch , Sitta leucopsis Gould , 1850
Przevalski's nuthatch , Sitta przewalskii Berezowski & Bianchi , 1891
Krüper's nuthatch , Sitta krueperi Pelzeln , 1863
Snowy-browed nuthatch , Sitta villosa Verreaux, J , 1865
Yunnan nuthatch , Sitta yunnanensis Ogilvie-Grant , 1900
Western rock nuthatch , Sitta neumayer Michahelles , 1830
Eastern rock nuthatch , Sitta tephronota Sharpe , 1872
Velvet-fronted nuthatch , Sitta frontalis Swainson , 1820
Yellow-billed nuthatch , Sitta solangiae (Delacour & Jabouille , 1930)
Sulphur-billed nuthatch , Sitta oenochlamys (Sharpe , 1877)
Blue nuthatch , Sitta azurea Lesson, RP , 1830
Giant nuthatch , Sitta magna Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1876
Beautiful nuthatch , Sitta formosa Blyth , 1843
Corsican nuthatch , Sitta whiteheadi Sharpe , 1884
Algerian nuthatch , Sitta ledanti Vielliard, 1976
Treecreepers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Certhiidae
Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.
Eurasian treecreeper , Certhia familiaris Linnaeus , 1758
Hodgson's treecreeper , Certhia hodgsoni Brooks, WE , 1871
Sichuan treecreeper , Certhia tianquanensis Li G, 1995
Short-toed treecreeper , Certhia brachydactyla Brehm, CL , 1820
Bar-tailed treecreeper , Certhia himalayana Vigors , 1832
Rusty-flanked treecreeper , Certhia nipalensis Blyth , 1845
Sikkim treecreeper , Certhia discolor Blyth , 1845
Hume's treecreeper , Certhia manipurensis Hume , 1881
Indian spotted creeper , Salpornis spilonota (Franklin , 1831)
Wrens
Order: Passeriformes Family: Troglodytidae
The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.
Eurasian wren , Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pacific wren , Troglodytes pacificus Baird, SF , 1864
Winter wren , Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot , 1819
Marsh wren , Cistothorus palustris (Wilson, A , 1810)
Spotted elachura
Order: Passeriformes Family: Elachuridae
This species, the only one in its family, inhabits forest undergrowth throughout South East Asia.
Dippers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cinclidae
Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements.
Starlings
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sturnidae
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.
Stripe-sided rhabdornis , Rhabdornis mysticalis
Long-billed rhabdornis , Rhabdornis grandis Salomonsen , 1953
Stripe-breasted rhabdornis , Rhabdornis inornatus Ogilvie-Grant , 1896
Visayan rhabdornis , Rhabdornis rabori Rand , 1950
Fiery-browed myna , Enodes erythrophris (Temminck , 1824)
Finch-billed myna , Scissirostrum dubium (Latham , 1801)
Metallic starling , Aplonis metallica (Temminck , 1824)
Yellow-eyed starling , Aplonis mystacea (Ogilvie-Grant , 1911)
Tanimbar starling , Aplonis crassa (Sclater, PL , 1883)
Long-tailed starling , Aplonis magna (Schlegel , 1871)
Singing starling , Aplonis cantoroides (Gray, GR , 1862)
Asian glossy starling , Aplonis panayensis (Scopoli , 1786)
Moluccan starling , Aplonis mysolensis (Gray, GR , 1862)
Polynesian starling , Aplonis tabuensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Short-tailed starling , Aplonis minor (Bonaparte , 1850)
Sulawesi myna , Basilornis celebensis Gray, GR , 1861
Helmeted myna , Basilornis galeatus Meyer, AB , 1894
Long-crested myna , Basilornis corythaix (Wagler , 1827)
Apo myna , Basilornis mirandus
Coleto , Sarcops calvus (Linnaeus , 1766)
White-necked myna , Streptocitta albicollis (Vieillot , 1818)
Bare-eyed myna , Streptocitta albertinae (Schlegel , 1865)
Yellow-faced myna , Mino dumontii (Lesson, RP , 1827)
Golden myna , Mino anais (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Golden-crested myna , Ampeliceps coronatus Blyth , 1842
Sri Lanka myna , Gracula ptilogenys Blyth , 1846
Common hill myna , Gracula religiosa Linnaeus , 1758
Southern hill myna , Gracula indica (Cuvier , 1829)
Enggano myna , Gracula enganensis Salvadori , 1892
Nias myna , Gracula robusta Salvadori , 1887
European starling , Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus , 1758
Spotless starling , Sturnus unicolor Temminck , 1820
Wattled starling , Creatophora cinerea (Meuschen , 1787)
Rosy starling , Pastor roseus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Daurian starling , Agropsar sturninus (Pallas , 1776)
Chestnut-cheeked starling , Agropsar philippensis (Pennant , 1781)
Black-collared starling , Gracupica nigricollis (Paykull , 1807)
Indian pied starling , Gracupica contra (Linnaeus , 1758)
Javan pied starling , Gracupica jalla (Horsfield , 1821)
Siamese pied starling , Gracupica floweri (Sharpe , 1897)
White-faced starling , Sturnornis albofrontatus (Layard, EL , 1854)
Bali myna , Leucopsar rothschildi Stresemann , 1912
White-shouldered starling , Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Brahminy starling , Sturnia pagodarum (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Chestnut-tailed starling , Sturnia malabarica (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Malabar starling , Sturnia blythii (Jerdon , 1845)
Red-billed starling , Spodiopsar sericeus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
White-cheeked starling , Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck , 1835)
Common myna , Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Bank myna , Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham , 1790)
Burmese myna , Acridotheres burmannicus (Jerdon , 1862)
Vinous-breasted myna , Acridotheres leucocephalus Giglioli & Salvadori , 1870
Black-winged myna , Acridotheres melanopterus (Daudin , 1800)
Jungle myna , Acridotheres fuscus (Wagler , 1827)
Javan myna , Acridotheres javanicus Cabanis , 1851
Pale-bellied myna , Acridotheres cinereus Bonaparte , 1850
Collared myna , Acridotheres albocinctus Godwin-Austen & Walden , 1875
Great myna , Acridotheres grandis Moore, F , 1858
Crested myna , Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Tristram's starling , Onychognathus tristramii (Sclater, PL , 1858)
Somali starling , Onychognathus blythii (Hartlaub , 1859)
Socotra starling , Onychognathus frater (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub , 1881)
Spot-winged starling , Saroglossa spilopterus (Vigors , 1831)
Purple starling , Lamprotornis purpureus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Superb starling , Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell , 1845
Splendid starling , Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot , 1822)
Golden-breasted starling , Lamprotornis regius (Reichenow , 1879)
Greater blue-eared starling , Lamprotornis chalybaeus Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1828
Cape starling , Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus , 1766)
Violet-backed starling , Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (Boddaert , 1783)
Thrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
Grandala , Grandala coelicolor Hodgson , 1843
Long-tailed thrush , Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm , 1881)
Alpine thrush , Zoothera mollissima (Blyth , 1842)
Himalayan thrush , Zoothera salimalii Alström, Rasmussen, Zhao J, Xu J, Dalvi, Cai T, Guan Y, Zhang R, Kalyakin, Lei F & Olsson, 2016
Sichuan thrush , Zoothera griseiceps (Delacour , 1930)
Geomalia , Zoothera heinrichi (Stresemann , 1931)
Dark-sided thrush , Zoothera marginata Blyth , 1847
Long-billed thrush , Zoothera monticola Vigors , 1832
Everett's thrush , Zoothera everetti (Sharpe , 1892)
Sunda thrush , Zoothera andromedae (Temminck , 1826)
White's thrush , Zoothera aurea (Holandre, 1825)
Scaly thrush , Zoothera dauma (Latham , 1790)
Amami thrush , Zoothera major (Ogawa , 1905)
Nilgiri thrush , Zoothera neilgherriensis (Blyth , 1847)
Sri Lanka thrush , Zoothera imbricata Layard, EL , 1854
Bonin thrush , Zoothera terrestris (Kittlitz , 1830) (X)
Russet-tailed thrush , Zoothera heinei (Cabanis , 1851)
Fawn-breasted thrush , Zoothera machiki (Forbes, HO , 1884)
Sulawesi thrush , Cataponera turdoides
Fruit-hunter , Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe , 1887
Purple cochoa , Cochoa purpurea Hodgson , 1836
Green cochoa , Cochoa viridis Hodgson , 1836
Sumatran cochoa , Cochoa beccarii Salvadori , 1879
Javan cochoa , Cochoa azurea (Temminck , 1824)
Varied thrush , Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Gray-cheeked thrush , Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye , 1848)
Swainson's thrush , Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall , 1840) (A)
Hermit thrush , Catharus guttatus (Pallas , 1811)
Veery , Catharus fuscescens (Stephens , 1817)
Bicknell's thrush , Catharus bicknelli (Ridgway , 1882)
Siberian thrush , Geokichla sibirica (Pallas , 1776)
Pied thrush , Geokichla wardii (Blyth , 1843)
Spot-winged thrush , Geokichla spiloptera (Blyth , 1847)
Ashy thrush , Geokichla cinerea Bourns & Worcester , 1894
Buru thrush , Geokichla dumasi Rothschild , 1899
Seram thrush , Geokichla joiceyi (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1921)
Chestnut-capped thrush , Geokichla interpres (Temminck , 1828)
Enggano thrush , Geokichla leucolaema Salvadori , 1892
Chestnut-backed thrush , Geokichla dohertyi Hartert, EJO , 1896
Orange-banded thrush , Geokichla peronii (Vieillot , 1818)
Slaty-backed thrush , Geokichla schistacea Meyer, AB , 1884
Rusty-backed thrush , Geokichla erythronota Sclater, PL , 1859
Red-and-black thrush , Geokichla mendeni (Neumann , 1939)
Orange-headed thrush , Geokichla citrina (Latham , 1790)
Chinese thrush , Otocichla mupinensis
Mistle thrush , Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus , 1758
Song thrush , Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL , 1831
Redwing , Turdus iliacus Linnaeus , 1758
Eurasian blackbird , Turdus merula Linnaeus , 1758
Chinese blackbird , Turdus mandarinus Bonaparte , 1850
Yemen thrush , Turdus menachensis Ogilvie-Grant , 1913
American robin , Turdus migratorius Linnaeus , 1766 (A)
Taiwan thrush , Turdus niveiceps (Hellmayr , 1919)
Gray-winged blackbird , Turdus boulboul (Latham , 1790)
Indian blackbird , Turdus simillimus Jerdon , 1839
Japanese thrush , Turdus cardis Temminck , 1831
Gray-backed thrush , Turdus hortulorum Sclater, PL , 1863
Tickell's thrush , Turdus unicolor Tickell , 1833
Black-breasted thrush , Turdus dissimilis Blyth , 1847
Gray-sided thrush , Turdus feae (Salvadori , 1887)
Eyebrowed thrush , Turdus obscurus Gmelin, JF , 1789
Brown-headed thrush , Turdus chrysolaus Temminck , 1832
Izu thrush , Turdus celaenops Stejneger , 1887
Pale thrush , Turdus pallidus Gmelin, JF , 1789
Island thrush , Turdus poliocephalus Latham , 1801
White-backed thrush , Turdus kessleri (Przevalski , 1876)
Tibetan blackbird , Turdus maximus (Seebohm , 1881)
Fieldfare , Turdus pilaris Linnaeus , 1758
White-collared blackbird , Turdus albocinctus Royle , 1840
Chestnut thrush , Turdus rubrocanus Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847
Ring ouzel , Turdus torquatus Linnaeus , 1758
Black-throated thrush , Turdus atrogularis Jarocki , 1819
Red-throated thrush , Turdus ruficollis Pallas , 1776
Dusky thrush , Turdus eunomus Temminck , 1831
Naumann's thrush , Turdus naumanni Temminck , 1820
Rufous-bellied thrush , Turdus rufiventris Vieillot , 1818
Austral thrush , Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard , 1824
Wood thrush , Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Old World flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae
Old World flycatchers are a large group of small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
Gray-streaked flycatcher , Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe , 1861)
Dark-sided flycatcher , Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, JF , 1789
Ferruginous flycatcher , Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson , 1845)
Asian brown flycatcher , Muscicapa dauurica Pallas , 1811
Ashy-breasted flycatcher , Muscicapa randi Amadon & duPont , 1970
Sumba brown flycatcher , Muscicapa segregata (Siebers , 1928)
Brown-breasted flycatcher , Muscicapa muttui (Layard, EL , 1854)
Sulawesi brown flycatcher , Muscicapa sodhii Harris, JBC, Rasmussen, Yong, Prawiradilaga, Putra, Round & Rheindt, 2014 (E)
Brown-streaked flycatcher , Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan , 1957
Spotted flycatcher , Muscicapa striata (Pallas , 1764)
Gambaga flycatcher , Muscicapa gambagae (Alexander , 1901)
Black scrub-robin , Cercotrichas podobe (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Rufous-tailed scrub-robin , Cercotrichas galactotes (Temminck , 1820)
Indian robin , Copsychus fulicatus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Oriental magpie-robin , Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rufous-tailed shama , Copsychus pyrropygus (Lesson, RP , 1839)
Philippine magpie-robin , Copsychus mindanensis (Boddaert , 1783)
White-rumped shama , Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli , 1786)
White-crowned shama , Copsychus stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn , 1855
Andaman shama , Copsychus albiventris
White-browed shama , Copsychus luzoniensis (Kittlitz , 1832)
Visayan shama , Copsychus superciliaris (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
White-vented shama , Copsychus niger (Sharpe , 1877)
Black shama , Copsychus cebuensis (Steere , 1890)
White-gorgeted flycatcher , Anthipes monileger (Hodgson , 1845)
Rufous-browed flycatcher , Anthipes solitaris (Müller, S , 1836)
Nilgiri sholakili , Sholicola major (Jerdon , 1841)
White-bellied sholakili , Sholicola albiventris (Blanford , 1868)
Matinan flycatcher , Cyornis sanfordi
Blue-fronted flycatcher , Cyornis hoevelli
Timor blue flycatcher , Cyornis hyacinthinus
White-tailed flycatcher , Cyornis concretus
Rück's blue flycatcher , Cyornis ruckii (Oustalet , 1881)
Blue-breasted flycatcher , Cyornis herioti Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1886
Hainan blue flycatcher , Cyornis hainanus (Ogilvie-Grant , 1900)
White-bellied blue flycatcher , Cyornis pallipes
Pale-chinned blue flycatcher , Cyornis poliogenys Brooks, WE , 1880
Pale blue flycatcher , Cyornis unicolor Blyth , 1843
Blue-throated flycatcher , Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors , 1831)
Chinese blue flycatcher , Cyornis glaucicomans Thayer & Bangs , 1909
Large blue flycatcher , Cyornis magnirostris Blyth , 1849
Hill blue flycatcher , Cyornis whitei Harington , 1908
Javan blue flycatcher , Cyornis banyumas (Horsfield , 1821)
Dayak blue flycatcher , Cyornis montanus Robinson & Kinnear , 1928
Meratus blue flycatcher , Cyornis kadayangensis Irham, Haryoko, Shakya, Mitchell, S, Burner, Bocos, Eaton, Rheindt, Suparno, Sheldon & Prawiradilaga, 2021
Sunda blue flycatcher , Cyornis caerulatus (Bonaparte , 1857)
Malaysian blue flycatcher , Cyornis turcosus Brüggemann , 1877
Palawan blue flycatcher , Cyornis lemprieri (Sharpe , 1884)
Bornean blue flycatcher , Cyornis superbus Stresemann , 1925
Tickell's blue flycatcher , Cyornis tickelliae Blyth , 1843
Indochinese blue flycatcher , Cyornis sumatrensis (Sharpe , 1879)
Mangrove blue flycatcher , Cyornis rufigastra (Raffles , 1822)
Sulawesi blue flycatcher , Cyornis omissus (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Brown-chested jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis brunneatus (Slater, HH , 1897)
Nicobar jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis nicobaricus (Richmond , 1902)
Gray-chested jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis umbratilis (Strickland , 1849)
Fulvous-chested jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis olivaceus Hume , 1877
Chestnut-tailed jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis ruficauda (Sharpe , 1877)
Banggai jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis pelingensis (Vaurie , 1952)
Sula jungle-flycatcher , Cyornis colonus (Hartert, EJO , 1898)
Large niltava , Niltava grandis (Blyth , 1842)
Small niltava , Niltava macgrigoriae (Burton, E , 1836)
Fujian niltava , Niltava davidi La Touche , 1907
Rufous-bellied niltava , Niltava sundara Hodgson , 1837
Rufous-vented niltava , Niltava sumatrana Salvadori , 1879
Chinese vivid niltava , Niltava oatesi Salvadori , 1887
Taiwan vivid niltava , Niltava vivida (Swinhoe , 1864)
Blue-and-white flycatcher , Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck , 1829)
Zappey's flycatcher , Cyanoptila cumatilis Thayer & Bangs , 1909
Flores jungle flycatcher , Eumyias oscillans (Hartert, EJO , 1897)
Sumba jungle flycatcher , Eumyias stresemanni (Siebers , 1928)
Dull-blue flycatcher , Eumyias sordidus (Walden , 1870)
Nilgiri flycatcher , Eumyias sordidus (Walden , 1870)
Indigo flycatcher , Eumyias indigo (Horsfield , 1821)
Verditer flycatcher , Eumyias thalassinus (Swainson , 1838)
Buru jungle-flycatcher , Eumyias additus (Hartert, EJO , 1900)
Turquoise flycatcher , Eumyias panayensis Sharpe , 1877
European robin , Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Bagobo robin , Leonardina woodi (Mearns , 1905)
Eyebrowed jungle-flycatcher , Vauriella gularis (Sharpe , 1888)
Rusty-flanked jungle-flycatcher , Vauriella insignis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1895)
Negros jungle-flycatcher , Vauriella albigularis (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
Mindanao jungle-flycatcher , Vauriella goodfellowi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1905)
Great shortwing , Heinrichia calligyna Stresemann , 1931
Rusty-bellied shortwing , Brachypteryx hyperythra Blyth , 1861
Gould's shortwing , Brachypteryx stellata
Lesser shortwing , Brachypteryx leucophrys
Himalayan shortwing , Brachypteryx cruralis (Blyth , 1843)
Chinese shortwing , Brachypteryx sinensis Rickett, 1897
Taiwan shortwing , Brachypteryx goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant , 1912
Philippine shortwing , Brachypteryx poliogyna Ogilvie-Grant , 1895
Bornean shortwing , Brachypteryx erythrogyna Sharpe , 1888
Sumatran shortwing , Brachypteryx saturata Salvadori , 1879
Javan shortwing , Brachypteryx montana Horsfield , 1821
Flores shortwing , Brachypteryx floris Hartert, EJO , 1897
Rufous-tailed robin , Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe , 1863
Rufous-headed robin , Larvivora ruficeps Hartert, EJO , 1907
Japanese robin , Larvivora akahige (Temminck , 1835)
Izu robin , Larvivora tanensis (Kuroda, Nm , 1923)
Ryukyu robin , Larvivora komadori (Temminck , 1835)
Okinawa robin , Larvivora namiyei.
Indian blue robin , Larvivora brunnea Hodgson , 1837
Siberian blue robin , Larvivora cyane (Pallas , 1776)
White-throated robin , Irania gutturalis (Guérin-Méneville , 1843)
Thrush nightingale , Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus , 1758)
Common nightingale , Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, CL , 1831
White-bellied redstart , Luscinia phaenicuroides (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
Bluethroat , Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus , 1758)
Sri Lanka whistling-thrush , Myophonus blighi (Holdsworth, 1872)
Shiny whistling-thrush , Myophonus melanurus (Salvadori , 1879)
Javan whistling-thrush , Myophonus glaucinus (Temminck , 1823)
Sumatran whistling-thrush , Myophonus castaneus Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG , 1880
Bornean whistling-thrush , Myophonus borneensis Slater, HH , 1885
Malayan whistling-thrush , Myophonus robinsoni Ogilvie-Grant , 1905
Malabar whistling-thrush , Myophonus horsfieldii Vigors , 1831
Taiwan whistling-thrush , Myophonus insularis Gould , 1863
Blue whistling-thrush , Myophonus caeruleus (Scopoli , 1786)
Little forktail , Enicurus scouleri Vigors , 1832
White-crowned forktail , Enicurus leschenaulti (Vieillot , 1818)
Bornean forktail , Enicurus borneensis Sharpe , 1889
Spotted forktail , Enicurus maculatus Vigors , 1831
Sunda forktail , Enicurus velatus Temminck , 1822
Chestnut-naped forktail , Enicurus ruficapillus Temminck , 1832
Black-backed forktail , Enicurus immaculatus (Hodgson , 1836)
Slaty-backed forktail , Enicurus schistaceus (Hodgson , 1836)
Firethroat , Calliope pectardens David, A , 1877
Blackthroat , Calliope obscura (Berezowski & Bianchi , 1891)
Siberian rubythroat , Calliope calliope (Pallas , 1776)
Himalayan rubythroat , Calliope pectoralis Gould , 1837
Chinese rubythroat , Calliope tschebaiewi Przevalski , 1876
White-tailed robin , Myiomela leucurum
Sunda robin , Myiomela diana (Lesson, RP , 1831)
Blue-fronted robin , Cinclidium frontale Blyth , 1842
Red-flanked bluetail , Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas , 1773)
Himalayan bluetail , Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson , 1845)
Rufous-breasted bush-robin , Tarsiger hyperythrus (Blyth , 1847)
White-browed bush-robin , Tarsiger indicus (Vieillot , 1817)
Golden bush-robin , Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson , 1845
Collared bush-robin , Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant , 1906)
Yellow-rumped flycatcher , Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay , 1845)
Green-backed flycatcher , Ficedula elisae (Weigold , 1922)
Narcissus flycatcher , Ficedula narcissina (Temminck , 1836)
Ryukyu flycatcher , Ficedula owstoni (Bangs , 1901)
Mugimaki flycatcher , Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck , 1836)
Slaty-backed flycatcher , Ficedula hodgsonii
Black-and-orange flycatcher , Ficedula nigrorufa (Jerdon , 1839)
Slaty-blue flycatcher , Ficedula tricolor (Hodgson , 1845)
Snowy-browed flycatcher , Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth , 1843)
Pygmy flycatcher , Ficedula hodgsoni (Moore, F , 1854)
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher , Ficedula strophiata (Hodgson , 1837)
Sapphire flycatcher , Ficedula sapphira (Blyth , 1843)
Little pied flycatcher , Ficedula westermanni (Sharpe , 1888)
Ultramarine flycatcher , Ficedula superciliaris (Jerdon , 1840)
Rusty-tailed flycatcher , Ficedula ruficauda (Swainson , 1838)
Taiga flycatcher , Ficedula albicilla (Pallas , 1811)
Kashmir flycatcher , Ficedula subrubra (Hartert, EJO & Steinbacher , 1934)
Red-breasted flycatcher , Ficedula parva (Bechstein , 1792)
Semicollared flycatcher , Ficedula semitorquata (Homeyer , 1885)
European pied flycatcher , Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas , 1764)
Collared flycatcher , Ficedula albicollis (Temminck , 1815)
Tanimbar flycatcher , Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer , 1886)
Rufous-chested flycatcher , Ficedula dumetoria (Wallace , 1864)
Palawan flycatcher , Ficedula platenae (Blasius, W , 1888)
Furtive flycatcher , Ficedula disposita (Ripley & Marshall, JT Jr, 1967)
Rufous-throated flycatcher , Ficedula rufigula (Wallace , 1865)
Damar flycatcher , Ficedula henrici (Hartert, EJO , 1899)
Cinnamon-chested flycatcher , Ficedula buruensis (Hartert, EJO , 1899)
Lompobattang flycatcher , Ficedula bonthaina (Hartert, EJO , 1896)
Sumba flycatcher , Ficedula harterti (Siebers , 1928)
Black-banded flycatcher , Ficedula timorensis (Hellmayr , 1919)
Beijing flycatcher , Ficedula beijingnica
Cryptic flycatcher , Ficedula crypta (Vaurie , 1951)
Bundok flycatcher , Ficedula luzoniensis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
Blue-fronted redstart , Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors , 1831
Plumbeous redstart , Phoenicurus fuliginosus Vigors , 1831
Luzon redstart , Phoenicurus bicolor (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
Rufous-backed redstart , Phoenicurus erythronotus (Eversmann , 1841)
White-capped redstart , Phoenicurus leucocephalus Vigors , 1831
Ala Shan redstart , Phoenicurus alaschanicus (Przevalski , 1876)
Blue-capped redstart , Phoenicurus caeruleocephala
Common redstart , Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Hodgson's redstart , Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, F , 1854)
White-throated redstart , Phoenicurus schisticeps (Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847)
White-winged redstart , Phoenicurus erythrogastrus (Güldenstädt , 1775)
Black redstart , Phoenicurus ochruros (Gmelin, SG , 1774)
Daurian redstart , Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas , 1776)
Moussier's redstart , Phoenicurus moussieri (Olphe-Galliard , 1852)
Little rock-thrush , Monticola rufocinereus (Rüppell , 1837)
Chestnut-bellied rock-thrush , Monticola rufiventris (Jardine & Selby , 1833)
White-throated rock-thrush , Monticola gularis (Swinhoe , 1863)
Blue-capped rock-thrush , Monticola cinclorhyncha (Vigors , 1831)
Rufous-tailed rock-thrush , Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Blue rock-thrush , Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus , 1758)
Whinchat , Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-browed bushchat , Saxicola macrorhynchus (Stoliczka , 1872)
White-throated bushchat , Saxicola insignis Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847
European stonechat , Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus , 1766)
Siberian stonechat , Saxicola maurus (Pallas , 1773)
Amur stonechat , Saxicola stejnegeri (Parrot , 1908)
White-tailed stonechat , Saxicola leucurus (Blyth , 1847)
Pied bushchat , Saxicola caprata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Jerdon's bushchat , Saxicola jerdoni (Blyth , 1867)
Gray bushchat , Saxicola ferreus Gray, JE & Gray, GR , 1847
Timor bushchat , Saxicola gutturalis (Vieillot , 1818)
African stonechat , Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Northern wheatear , Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus , 1758)
Isabelline wheatear , Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck , 1829)
Hooded wheatear , Oenanthe monacha (Temminck , 1825)
Desert wheatear , Oenanthe deserti (Temminck , 1825)
Pied wheatear , Oenanthe pleschanka (Lepechin , 1770)
Eastern black-eared wheatear , Oenanthe melanoleuca (Güldenstädt , 1775)
Cyprus wheatear , Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer , 1885)
Red-rumped wheatear , Oenanthe moesta (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Blackstart , Oenanthe melanura (Temminck , 1824)
Familiar chat , Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes , 1817)
Brown rock chat , Oenanthe fusca (Blyth , 1851)
Variable wheatear , Oenanthe picata (Blyth , 1847)
Hume's wheatear , Oenanthe albonigra (Hume , 1872)
White-crowned wheatear , Oenanthe leucopyga (Brehm, CL , 1855)
Arabian wheatear , Oenanthe lugentoides (Seebohm , 1881)
Finsch's wheatear , Oenanthe finschii (Heuglin , 1869)
Mourning wheatear , Oenanthe lugens (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Black wheatear , Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Kurdish wheatear , Oenanthe xanthoprymna (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1833)
Persian wheatear , Oenanthe chrysopygia (de Filippi , 1863)
Red-breasted wheatear , Oenanthe bottae (Bonaparte , 1854)
Heuglin's wheatear , Oenanthe heuglini
Abyssinian wheatear , Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell , 1837)
Waxwings
Order: Passeriformes Family: Bombycillidae
The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.
Hylocitrea
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hylocitreidae
The hylocitrea (Hylocitrea bonensis (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth , 1894) ), also known as the yellow-flanked whistler or olive-flanked whistler, is a species of bird that is endemic to montane forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi .
Hypocolius
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hypocoliidae
The hypocolius is a small Middle Eastern species. They are mainly a uniform grey colour except the males have a black triangular mask around their eyes.
Flowerpeckers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicaeidae
The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills, and tubular tongues.
Olive-backed flowerpecker , Prionochilus olivaceus Tweeddale , 1877
Yellow-breasted flowerpecker , Prionochilus maculatus (Temminck , 1836)
Crimson-breasted flowerpecker , Prionochilus percussus (Temminck , 1826)
Palawan flowerpecker , Prionochilus plateni Blasius, W , 1888
Yellow-rumped flowerpecker , Prionochilus xanthopygius Salvadori , 1868
Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker , Prionochilus thoracicus (Temminck , 1836)
Spectacled flowerpecker , Dicaeum dayakorum Saucier, Milensky, Caraballo-Ortiz, Ragai, Dahlan & Edwards, DP, 2019
Golden-rumped flowerpecker , Dicaeum annae (Büttikofer , 1894)
Thick-billed flowerpecker , Dicaeum agile (Tickell , 1833)
Brown-backed flowerpecker , Dicaeum everetti (Sharpe , 1877)
Whiskered flowerpecker , Dicaeum proprium Ripley & Rabor , 1966
Yellow-vented flowerpecker , Dicaeum chrysorrheum Temminck , 1829
Yellow-bellied flowerpecker , Dicaeum melanozanthum (Blyth , 1843)
White-throated flowerpecker , Dicaeum vincens (Sclater, PL , 1872)
Yellow-sided flowerpecker , Dicaeum aureolimbatum (Wallace , 1865)
Olive-capped flowerpecker , Dicaeum nigrilore Hartert, EJO , 1904
Flame-crowned flowerpecker , Dicaeum anthonyi (McGregor , 1914)
Bicolored flowerpecker , Dicaeum bicolor (Bourns & Worcester , 1894)
Cebu flowerpecker , Dicaeum quadricolor (Tweeddale , 1878)
Red-keeled flowerpecker , Dicaeum australe (Hermann , 1783)
Black-belted flowerpecker , Dicaeum haematostictum Sharpe , 1876
Scarlet-collared flowerpecker , Dicaeum retrocinctum Gould , 1872
Orange-bellied flowerpecker , Dicaeum trigonostigma (Scopoli , 1786)
White-bellied flowerpecker , Dicaeum hypoleucum Sharpe , 1876
Pale-billed flowerpecker , Dicaeum erythrorhynchos (Latham , 1790)
Nilgiri flowerpecker , Dicaeum concolor Jerdon , 1840
Plain flowerpecker , Dicaeum minullum Swinhoe , 1870
Andaman flowerpecker , Dicaeum virescens Hume , 1873
Pygmy flowerpecker , Dicaeum pygmaeum (Kittlitz , 1833)
Crimson-crowned flowerpecker , Dicaeum nehrkorni Blasius, W , 1886
Halmahera flowerpecker , Dicaeum schistaceiceps Gray, GR , 1861
Buru flowerpecker , Dicaeum erythrothorax Lesson, RP & Garnot , 1828
Ashy flowerpecker , Dicaeum vulneratum Wallace , 1863
Olive-crowned flowerpecker , Dicaeum pectorale Müller, S , 1843
Red-capped flowerpecker , Dicaeum geelvinkianum Meyer, AB , 1874
Black-fronted flowerpecker , Dicaeum igniferum Wallace , 1864
Red-chested flowerpecker , Dicaeum maugei Lesson, RP , 1830
Fire-breasted flowerpecker , Dicaeum ignipectus (Blyth , 1843)
Black-sided flowerpecker , Dicaeum monticolum Sharpe , 1887
Gray-sided flowerpecker , Dicaeum celebicum Müller, S , 1843
Blood-breasted flowerpecker , Dicaeum sanguinolentum Temminck , 1829
Mistletoebird , Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Shaw , 1792)
Scarlet-backed flowerpecker , Dicaeum cruentatum (Linnaeus , 1758)
Scarlet-headed flowerpecker , Dicaeum trochileum (Sparrman , 1789)
Sunbirds and spiderhunters
Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae
The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
Ruby-cheeked sunbird , Chalcoparia singalensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Plain sunbird , Anthreptes simplex (Müller, S , 1843)
Brown-throated sunbird , Anthreptes malacensis (Scopoli , 1786)
Gray-throated sunbird , Anthreptes griseigularis Tweeddale , 1878
Red-throated sunbird , Anthreptes rhodolaemus Shelley , 1878
Nile Valley sunbird , Hedydipna metallica (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Pygmy sunbird , Hedydipna platura (Vieillot , 1819)
Purple-naped sunbird , Hypogramma hypogrammicum
Purple-rumped sunbird , Leptocoma zeylonica (Linnaeus , 1766)
Crimson-backed sunbird , Leptocoma minima (Sykes , 1832)
Van Hasselt's sunbird , Leptocoma brasiliana (Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Purple-throated sunbird , Leptocoma sperata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Black sunbird , Leptocoma sericea
Copper-throated sunbird , Leptocoma calcostetha (Jardine , 1842)
Palestine sunbird , Cinnyris osea Bonaparte , 1856
Purple sunbird , Cinnyris asiaticus (Latham , 1790)
Olive-backed sunbird , Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Apricot-breasted sunbird , Cinnyris buettikoferi Hartert, EJO , 1896
Flame-breasted sunbird , Cinnyris solaris (Temminck , 1825)
Loten's sunbird , Cinnyris lotenius (Linnaeus , 1766)
Shining sunbird , Cinnyris habessinicus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1828)
Variable sunbird , Cinnyris venustus (Shaw , 1799)
Orange-tufted sunbird , Cinnyris bouvieri Shelley , 1877
Elegant sunbird , Aethopyga duyvenbodei (Schlegel , 1871)
Fire-tailed sunbird , Aethopyga ignicauda (Hodgson , 1836)
Black-throated sunbird , Aethopyga saturata (Hodgson , 1836)
Mrs. Gould's sunbird , Aethopyga gouldiae (Vigors , 1831)
Green-tailed sunbird , Aethopyga nipalensis (Hodgson , 1836)
Lovely sunbird , Aethopyga shelleyi Sharpe , 1876
Temminck's sunbird , Aethopyga temminckii (Müller, S , 1843)
Javan sunbird , Aethopyga mystacalis (Temminck , 1822)
Vigors's sunbird , Aethopyga vigorsii (Sykes , 1832)
Crimson sunbird , Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles , 1822)
Magnificent sunbird , Aethopyga magnifica Sharpe , 1876
Fork-tailed sunbird , Aethopyga christinae Swinhoe , 1869
Handsome sunbird , Aethopyga bella Tweeddale , 1877
White-flanked sunbird , Aethopyga eximia (Horsfield , 1821)
Flaming sunbird , Aethopyga flagrans Oustalet , 1876
Maroon-naped sunbird , Aethopyga guimarasensis (Steere , 1890)
Metallic-winged sunbird , Aethopyga pulcherrima Sharpe , 1876
Mountain sunbird , Aethopyga jefferyi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1894)
Bohol sunbird , Aethopyga decorosa (McGregor , 1907)
Lina's sunbird , Aethopyga linaraborae Kennedy, RS, Gonzales & Miranda, 1997
Gray-hooded sunbird , Aethopyga primigenia (Hachisuka , 1941)
Apo sunbird , Aethopyga boltoni Mearns , 1905
Tboli sunbird , Aethopyga tibolii
Purple-naped spiderhunter , Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum (Müller, S , 1843)
Thick-billed spiderhunter , Arachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach , 1853)
Long-billed spiderhunter , Arachnothera robusta Müller, S & Schlegel , 1844
Orange-tufted spiderhunter , Arachnothera flammifera Tweeddale , 1878
Pale spiderhunter , Arachnothera dilutior Sharpe , 1876
Little spiderhunter , Arachnothera longirostra (Latham , 1790)
Whitehead's spiderhunter , Arachnothera juliae Sharpe , 1887
Naked-faced spiderhunter , Arachnothera clarae Blasius, W , 1890
Yellow-eared spiderhunter , Arachnothera chrysogenys (Temminck , 1826)
Spectacled spiderhunter , Arachnothera flavigaster (Eyton , 1839)
Streaked spiderhunter , Arachnothera magna (Hodgson , 1836)
Streaky-breasted spiderhunter , Arachnothera affinis (Horsfield , 1821)
Gray-breasted spiderhunter , Arachnothera modesta (Eyton , 1839)
Bornean spiderhunter , Arachnothera everetti (Sharpe , 1893)
Socotra sunbird , Chalcomitra balfouri (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub , 1881)
Scarlet-chested sunbird , Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Fairy-bluebirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Irenidae
The fairy-bluebirds are bulbul -like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green.
Leafbirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Chloropseidae
The leafbirds are small, bulbul -like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows.
Philippine leafbird , Chloropsis flavipennis (Tweeddale , 1878)
Yellow-throated leafbird , Chloropsis palawanensis (Sharpe , 1876)
Greater green leafbird , Chloropsis sonnerati Jardine & Selby , 1827
Lesser green leafbird , Chloropsis cyanopogon (Temminck , 1830)
Blue-winged leafbird , Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Bornean leafbird , Chloropsis kinabaluensis Sharpe , 1887
Jerdon's leafbird , Chloropsis jerdoni (Blyth , 1844)
Golden-fronted leafbird , Chloropsis aurifrons (Temminck , 1829)
Sumatran leafbird , Chloropsis media (Bonaparte , 1850)
Orange-bellied leafbird , Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby , 1830
Blue-masked leafbird , Chloropsis venusta (Bonaparte , 1850)
Pinktails
Order: Passeriformes Family: Urocynchramidae
Przevalski's pinktail is an unusual passerine bird endemic to the mountains of central-west China.
Weavers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches . They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly colored, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in color only in the breeding season.
Lesser masked-weaver , Ploceus intermedius Rüppell , 1845 (I)
Rüppell's weaver , Ploceus galbula Rüppell , 1840
Golden-backed weaver , Ploceus jacksoni Shelley , 1888 (I)
Streaked weaver , Ploceus manyar (Horsfield , 1821)
Baya weaver , Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Asian golden weaver , Ploceus hypoxanthus (Sparrman , 1788)
Finn's weaver , Ploceus megarhynchus Hume , 1869
Black-breasted weaver , Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red fody , Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus , 1766) (I)
Southern masked-weaver , Ploceus velatus Vieillot , 1819
Village weaver , Ploceus cucullatus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Taveta golden-weaver , Ploceus castaneiceps (Sharpe , 1890)
Chestnut weaver , Ploceus rubiginosus Rüppell , 1840
Black-headed weaver , Ploceus melanocephalus (Linnaeus , 1758)
African golden-weaver , Ploceus subaureus Smith, A , 1839
Northern red bishop , Euplectes franciscanus (Isert , 1789) (I)
Yellow-crowned bishop , Euplectes afer (Gmelin, JF , 1789) (I)
Southern red bishop , Euplectes orix (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-winged bishop , Euplectes hordeaceus (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-winged widowbird , Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin , 1848)
Zanzibar red bishop , Euplectes nigroventris Cassin , 1848
Red-collared widowbird , Euplectes ardens (Boddaert , 1783)
Fire-fronted bishop , Euplectes diadematus Fischer, GA & Reichenow , 1878
Long-tailed widowbird , Euplectes progne (Boddaert , 1783)
Red-billed Quelea , Quelea quelea (Linnaeus , 1758)
Red-headed Quelea , Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub , 1848)
White-headed Buffalo-weaver , Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell , 1845)
Waxbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia . They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colors and patterns.
Orange-cheeked waxbill , Estrilda melpoda (Vieillot , 1817) (I)
Arabian waxbill , Estrilda rufibarba (Cabanis , 1851)
Crimson-rumped waxbill , Estrilda rhodopyga Sundevall , 1850 (I)
Black-rumped waxbill , Estrilda troglodytes (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823) (I)
Common waxbill , Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus , 1758)
Lavender waxbill , Glaucestrilda coerulescens
Zebra waxbill , Amandava subflava (Vieillot , 1819)
Green avadavat , Amandava formosa (Latham , 1790)
Red avadavat , Amandava amandava (Linnaeus , 1758)
Mountain firetail , Oreostruthus fuliginosus (De Vis , 1897)
Crimson finch , Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot , 1841)
Zebra finch , Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot , 1817)
Tawny-breasted parrotfinch , Erythrura hyperythra (Reichenbach , 1862)
Pin-tailed parrotfinch , Erythrura prasina (Sparrman , 1788)
Green-faced parrotfinch , Erythrura viridifacies Hachisuka & Delacour , 1937
Tricolored parrotfinch , Erythrura tricolor (Vieillot , 1817)
Blue-faced parrotfinch , Erythrura trichroa (Kittlitz , 1833)
Red-eared parrotfinch , Erythrura coloria Ripley & Rabor , 1961
Papuan parrotfinch , Erythrura papuana Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1900
Fiji parrotfinch , Erythrura pealii Hartlaub , 1852
Pink-billed parrotfinch , Erythrura kleinschmidti (Finsch , 1878)
Indian silverbill , Euodice malabarica (Linnaeus , 1758)
African silverbill , Euodice cantans (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Streak-headed munia , Mayrimunia tristissima (Wallace , 1865)
White-spotted munia , Mayrimunia leucosticta (D'Albertis & Salvadori , 1879)
White-rumped munia , Lonchura striata (Linnaeus , 1766)
Javan munia , Lonchura leucogastroides (Moore, F , 1858)
Dusky munia , Lonchura fuscans (Cassin , 1852)
Black-faced munia , Lonchura molucca (Linnaeus , 1766)
Black-throated munia , Lonchura kelaarti (Jerdon , 1863)
Scaly-breasted munia , Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus , 1758)
White-bellied munia , Lonchura leucogastra (Blyth , 1846)
Tricolored munia , Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus , 1766)
Chestnut munia , Lonchura atricapilla (Vieillot , 1807) (I)
White-capped munia , Lonchura ferruginosa (Sparrman , 1789)
Five-colored munia , Lonchura quinticolor (Vieillot , 1807)
White-headed munia , Lonchura maja (Linnaeus , 1766)
Pale-headed munia , Lonchura pallida (Wallace , 1864)
Grand munia , Lonchura grandis (Sharpe , 1882)
Gray-banded munia , Lonchura vana (Hartert, EJO , 1930)
Gray-crowned munia , Lonchura nevermanni Stresemann , 1934
Hooded munia , Lonchura spectabilis (Sclater, PL , 1879)
Chestnut-breasted munia , Lonchura castaneothorax (Gould , 1837)
Black munia , Lonchura stygia Stresemann , 1934
Black-breasted munia , Lonchura teerinki Rand , 1940
Snow Mountain munia , Lonchura montana Junge , 1939
Alpine munia , Lonchura monticola (De Vis , 1897)
Java sparrow , Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus , 1758) (I)
Timor sparrow , Padda fuscata (Vieillot , 1807)
Green-winged pytilia , Pytilia melba (Linnaeus , 1758)
Black-and-white mannikin , Spermestes bicolor (Fraser , 1843)
Bronze mannikin , Spermestes cucullata Swainson , 1837
Cut-throat , Amadina fasciata (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Blue-capped cordonbleu , Uraeginthus cyanocephalus (Richmond , 1897)
Red-cheeked cordonbleu , Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Jameson's firefinch , Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin , 1868)
Red-billed firefinch , Lagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus , 1766)
African firefinch , Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Accentors
Order: Passeriformes Family: Prunellidae
The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic . They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows .
Alpine accentor , Prunella collaris (Scopoli , 1769)
Altai accentor , Prunella himalayana (Blyth , 1842)
Robin accentor , Prunella rubeculoides (Moore, F , 1854)
Rufous-breasted accentor , Prunella strophiata (Blyth , 1843)
Siberian accentor , Prunella montanella (Pallas , 1776)
Radde's accentor , Prunella ocularis (Radde , 1884)
Brown accentor , Prunella fulvescens (Severtsov , 1873)
Black-throated accentor , Prunella atrogularis (Brandt, JF , 1843)
Mongolian accentor , Prunella koslowi (Przevalski , 1887)
Dunnock , Prunella modularis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Japanese accentor , Prunella rubida (Temminck & Schlegel , 1847)
Maroon-backed accentor , Prunella immaculata (Hodgson , 1845)
Old World sparrows
Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae
Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or gray birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.
Cinnamon ibon , Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert, EJO , 1903
Saxaul sparrow , Passer ammodendri Gould , 1872
House sparrow , Passer domesticus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Spanish sparrow , Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck , 1820)
Sind sparrow , Passer pyrrhonotus Blyth , 1845
Russet sparrow , Passer cinnamomeus (Gould , 1836)
Plain-backed sparrow , Passer flaveolus Blyth , 1845
Dead Sea sparrow , Passer moabiticus Tristram , 1864
Zarudny's sparrow , Passer zarudnyi Pleske , 1896
Eurasian tree sparrow , Passer montanus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Arabian golden sparrow , Passer euchlorus (Bonaparte , 1850)
Abd al-Kuri sparrow , Passer hemileucus Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO , 1899
Socotra sparrow , Passer insularis Sclater, PL & Hartlaub , 1881
Sudan golden sparrow , Passer luteus (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Cape Verde sparrow , Passer iagoensis (Gould , 1838)
Desert sparrow , Passer simplex (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Somali sparrow , Passer castanopterus Blyth , 1855
Cape sparrow , Passer melanurus (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Yellow-throated sparrow , Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, E , 1838)
Sahel bush sparrow , Gymnoris dentata (Sundevall , 1850)
Rock sparrow , Petronia petronia (Linnaeus , 1766)
Pale rockfinch , Carpospiza brachydactyla (Bonaparte , 1850)
White-winged snowfinch , Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus , 1766)
Black-winged snowfinch , Montifringilla adamsi Adams , 1859
Tibetan snowfinch , Montifringilla henrici (Oustalet , 1892)
White-rumped snowfinch , Montifringilla taczanowskii
Pere David's snowfinch , Montifringilla davidiana
Rufous-necked snowfinch , Montifringilla ruficollis
Blanford's snowfinch , Montifringilla blanfordi
Afghan snowfinch , Montifringilla theresae
Wagtails and pipits
Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
Forest wagtail , Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Gray wagtail , Motacilla cinerea Tunstall , 1771
Western yellow wagtail , Motacilla flava Linnaeus , 1758
Eastern yellow wagtail , Motacilla tschutschensis Gmelin, JF , 1789
Citrine wagtail , Motacilla citreola Pallas , 1776
White-browed wagtail , Motacilla maderaspatensis Gmelin, JF , 1789
Mekong wagtail , Motacilla samveasnae Duckworth, Alström, Davidson, PJ, Evans, Poole, Setha & Timmins, 2001
Japanese wagtail , Motacilla grandis Sharpe , 1885
White wagtail , Motacilla alba Linnaeus , 1758
African pied wagtail , Motacilla aguimp Temminck , 1820
Madanga , Madanga ruficollis
Richard's pipit , Anthus richardi Vieillot , 1818
Paddyfield pipit , Anthus rufulus Vieillot , 1818
Long-billed pipit , Anthus similis (Jerdon , 1840)
Blyth's pipit , Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski , 1876)
Tawny pipit , Anthus campestris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Nilgiri pipit , Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe , 1885
Upland pipit , Anthus sylvanus (Hodgson , 1845)
Alpine pipit , Anthus gutturalis De Vis , 1894
Meadow pipit , Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rosy pipit , Anthus roseatus Blyth , 1847
Tree pipit , Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Olive-backed pipit , Anthus hodgsoni Blackwelder , 1907
Pechora pipit , Anthus gustavi Swinhoe , 1863
Red-throated pipit , Anthus cervinus (Pallas , 1811)
Water pipit , Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus , 1758)
Rock pipit , Anthus petrosus (Montagu , 1798)
American pipit , Anthus rubescens (Tunstall , 1771)
African pipit , Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell , 1840
Buffy pipit , Anthus vaalensis Shelley , 1900
Berthelot's pipit , Anthus berthelotii Bolle , 1862
Golden pipit , Tmetothylacus tenellus (Cabanis , 1878)
Finches, euphonias, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
Common chaffinch , Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus , 1758
Brambling , Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus , 1758
Tenerife blue chaffinch , Fringilla teydea Webb , Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon , 1836
Gran Canaria blue chaffinch , Fringilla polatzeki Hartert, EJO , 1905
Black-and-yellow grosbeak , Mycerobas icterioides (Vigors , 1830)
Collared grosbeak , Mycerobas affinis (Blyth , 1855)
Spot-winged grosbeak , Mycerobas melanozanthos (Hodgson , 1836)
White-winged grosbeak , Mycerobas carnipes (Hodgson , 1836)
Hawfinch , Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus , 1758)
Evening grosbeak , Coccothraustes vespertinus
Yellow-billed grosbeak , Eophona migratoria Hartert, EJO , 1903
Japanese grosbeak , Eophona personata (Temminck & Schlegel , 1847)
Common rosefinch , Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas , 1770)
Scarlet finch , Carpodacus sipahi (Hodgson , 1836)
Bonin grosbeak , Carpodacus ferreorostris (Vigors , 1829)
Red-mantled rosefinch , Carpodacus rhodochlamys (Brandt, JF , 1843)
Blyth's rosefinch , Carpodacus grandis Blyth , 1849
Himalayan beautiful rosefinch , Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Moore, F , 1856)
Chinese beautiful rosefinch , Carpodacus davidianus Milne-Edwards , 1865
Pink-rumped rosefinch , Carpodacus waltoni (Sharpe , 1905)
Dark-rumped rosefinch , Carpodacus edwardsii Verreaux, J , 1871
Pink-browed rosefinch , Carpodacus rodochroa (Vigors , 1831)
Spot-winged rosefinch , Carpodacus rhodopeplus
Sharpe's rosefinch , Carpodacus verreauxii (David, A & Oustalet , 1877)
Vinaceous rosefinch , Carpodacus vinaceus Verreaux, J , 1871
Taiwan rosefinch , Carpodacus formosanus Ogilvie-Grant , 1911
Pale rosefinch , Carpodacus synoicus (Temminck , 1825)
Tibetan rosefinch , Carpodacus roborowskii (Przevalski , 1887)
Sillem's rosefinch , Carpodacus sillemi (Roselaar, 1992)
Streaked rosefinch , Carpodacus rubicilloides Przevalski , 1876
Great rosefinch , Carpodacus rubicilla (Güldenstädt , 1775)
Long-tailed rosefinch , Carpodacus sibiricus (Pallas , 1773)
Red-fronted rosefinch , Carpodacus puniceus (Blyth , 1845)
Crimson-browed finch , Carpodacus subhimachalus (Hodgson , 1836)
Pallas's rosefinch , Carpodacus roseus (Pallas , 1776)
Three-banded rosefinch , Carpodacus trifasciatus Verreaux, J , 1871
Himalayan white-browed rosefinch , Carpodacus thura Bonaparte & Schlegel , 1850
Chinese white-browed rosefinch , Carpodacus dubius Przevalski , 1876
Pine grosbeak , Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus , 1758)
Brown bullfinch , Pyrrhula nipalensis Hodgson , 1836
White-cheeked bullfinch , Pyrrhula leucogenis Ogilvie-Grant , 1895
Orange bullfinch , Pyrrhula aurantiaca Gould , 1858
Red-headed bullfinch , Pyrrhula erythrocephala Vigors , 1832
Gray-headed bullfinch , Pyrrhula erythaca Blyth , 1862
Taiwan bullfinch , Pyrrhula owstoni Rothschild & Hartert, EJO , 1907
Eurasian bullfinch , Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus , 1758)
Azores bullfinch , Pyrrhula murina Godman , 1866
Crimson-winged finch , Rhodopechys sanguineus (Gould , 1838)
Trumpeter finch , Bucanetes githagineus (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Mongolian finch , Bucanetes mongolicus (Swinhoe , 1870)
Blanford's rosefinch , Agraphospiza rubescens (Blanford , 1872)
Gold-naped finch , Pyrrhoplectes epauletta (Hodgson , 1836)
Spectacled finch , Callacanthis burtoni (Gould , 1838)
Dark-breasted rosefinch , Procarduelis nipalensis (Hodgson , 1836)
Plain mountain finch , Leucosticte nemoricola (Hodgson , 1836)
Black-headed mountain finch , Leucosticte brandti Bonaparte , 1850
Asian rosy-finch , Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas , 1811)
Gray-crowned rosy-finch , Leucosticte tephrocotis (Swainson , 1832)
Desert finch , Rhodospiza obsoleta (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Arabian grosbeak , Rhynchostruthus percivali Ogilvie-Grant , 1900
Socotra grosbeak , Rhychostruthus socotranus
European greenfinch , Chloris chloris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Oriental greenfinch , Chloris sinica (Linnaeus , 1766)
Yellow-breasted greenfinch , Chloris spinoides (Vigors , 1831)
Vietnamese greenfinch , Chloris monguilloti (Delacour , 1926)
Black-headed greenfinch , Chloris ambigua (Oustalet , 1896)
Yellow-fronted canary , Crithagra mozambica (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Olive-rumped serin , Crithagra rothschildi (Ogilvie-Grant , 1902)
Yemen serin , Crithagra menachensis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1913)
White-rumped seedeater , Crithagra leucopygia Sundevall , 1850
Thick-billed seedeater , Crithagra burtoni (Gray, GR , 1862)
Twite , Linaria flavirostris (Linnaeus , 1758)
Eurasian linnet , Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus , 1758)
Yemen linnet , Linaria yemenensis (Ogilvie-Grant , 1913)
Common redpoll , Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus , 1758)
Lesser redpoll , Acanthis cabaret (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Hoary redpoll , Acanthis hornemanni (Holbøll , 1843)
Parrot crossbill , Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen , 1793
Red crossbill , Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus , 1758
White-winged crossbill , Loxia leucoptera Gmelin, JF , 1789
Scottish crossbill , Loxia scotica Hartert, EJO , 1904
Mountain serin , Chrysocorythus estherae (Finsch , 1902)
European goldfinch , Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus , 1758)
Citril finch , Carduelis citrinella (Pallas , 1764)
Corsican finch , Carduelis corsicana (Koenig, AF , 1899)
European serin , Serinus serinus (Linnaeus , 1766)
Fire-fronted serin , Serinus pusillus (Pallas , 1811)
Syrian serin , Serinus syriacus Bonaparte , 1850
Tibetan serin , Spinus thibetanus (Hume , 1872)
Eurasian siskin , Spinus spinus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Pine siskin , Spinus pinus (Wilson, A , 1810) (A)
Longspurs and snow buntings
Order: Passeriformes Family: Calcariidae
The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds which had been traditionally grouped with the New World sparrows, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.
Old World buntings
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.
Crested bunting , Emberiza lathami Gray, JE , 1831
Black-headed bunting , Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli , 1769
Red-headed bunting , Emberiza bruniceps Brandt, JF , 1841
Corn bunting , Emberiza calandra Linnaeus , 1758
Chestnut-eared bunting , Emberiza fucata Pallas , 1776
Tibetan bunting , Emberiza koslowi Bianchi , 1904
Rufous-backed bunting , Emberiza jankowskii Taczanowski , 1888
Rock bunting , Emberiza cia Linnaeus , 1766
Godlewski's bunting , Emberiza godlewskii Taczanowski , 1874
Meadow bunting , Emberiza cioides Brandt, JF , 1843
Cirl bunting , Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus , 1766
White-capped bunting , Emberiza stewarti (Blyth , 1854)
Yellowhammer , Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus , 1758
Pine bunting , Emberiza leucocephalos Gmelin, SG , 1771
Gray-necked bunting , Emberiza buchanani Blyth , 1845
Cinereous bunting , Emberiza cineracea Brehm, CL , 1855
Ortolan bunting , Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus , 1758
Cretzschmar's bunting , Emberiza caesia Cretzschmar , 1827
Striolated bunting , Emberiza striolata (Lichtenstein, MHC , 1823)
Slaty bunting , Emberiza siemsseni (Martens, GH, 1906)
Yellow-throated bunting , Emberiza elegans Temminck , 1836
Ochre-rumped bunting , Emberiza yessoensis (Swinhoe , 1874)
Pallas's bunting , Emberiza pallasi (Cabanis , 1851)
Reed bunting , Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus , 1758)
Yellow-breasted bunting , Emberiza aureola Pallas , 1773
Little bunting , Emberiza pusilla Pallas , 1776
Rustic bunting , Emberiza rustica Pallas , 1776
Yellow bunting , Emberiza sulphurata Temminck & Schlegel , 1848
Black-faced bunting , Emberiza spodocephala Pallas , 1776
Masked bunting , Emberiza personata Temminck , 1836
Chestnut bunting , Emberiza rutila Pallas , 1776
Yellow-browed bunting , Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas , 1776
Tristram's bunting , Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe , 1870
Gray bunting , Emberiza variabilis Temminck , 1836
Socotra bunting , Emberiza socotrana (Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO , 1899)
Cinnamon-breasted bunting , Emberiza tahapisi Smith, A , 1836
House bunting , Emberiza sahari Levaillant, J, 1850
New World sparrows
Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae
Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.
Chipping sparrow , Spizella passerina (Bechstein , 1798)
American tree sparrow , Spizelloides arborea (Wilson, A , 1810) (A)
Fox sparrow , Passerella iliaca (Merrem , 1786)
White-crowned sparrow , Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, JR , 1772) (A)
Golden-crowned sparrow , Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
White-throated sparrow , Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Rufous-collared sparrow , Zonotrichia capensis (Müller, PLS , 1776)
Savannah sparrow , Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin, JF , 1789)
Troupials and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae
The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles , New World blackbirds and New World orioles . Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.
New World warblers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
The New World warblers are a group of small, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores.
Tanagers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae
The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings.
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