List of birds of Asia
The birds of Asia are diverse. The avifauna of Asia includes a total of 3,781 species.
The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements' Birds of the World: A Checklist, 2019 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.
- Common ostrich, Struthio camelus
- Arabian ostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus (X)
- North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus (I)
Cassowaries and emu
Order: Struthioniformes Family: Casuariidae
The cassowaries are large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea.
- Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius
- Dwarf cassowary, Casuarius bennetii
- Northern cassowary, Casuarius unappendiculatus
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.
- Magpie goose, Anseranas semipalmata
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
- Plumed whistling-duck, Dendrocygna eytoni (A)
- Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wandering whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arcuata
- Lesser whistling-duck, Dendrocygna javanica
- Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
- Emperor goose, Anser canagica
- Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
- Ross's goose, Anser rossii (A)
- Graylag goose, Anser anser
- Swan goose, Anser cygnoides
- Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
- Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus
- Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis
- Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris
- Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (A)
- Brant, Branta bernicla
- Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
- Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
- Canada goose, Branta canadensis (A)
- Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis
- Mute swan, Cygnus olor
- Black swan, Cygnus atratus
- Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Radjah shelduck, Radjah radjah
- Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
- Australian shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides
- Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
- Crested shelduck, Tadorna cristata
- Green pygmy-goose, Nettapus pulchellus
- Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus
- Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- Salvadori's teal, Salvadorina waigiuensis
- Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa
- Garganey, Spatula querquedula
- Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (A)
- Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall, Mareca strepera
- Falcated duck, Mareca falcata
- Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
- American wigeon, Mareca americana
- Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa
- Philippine duck, Anas luzonica
- Indian spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
- Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- American black duck, Anas rubripes (A)
- Northern pintail, Anas acuta
- Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
- Andaman teal, Anas albogularis
- Sunda teal, Anas gibberifrons
- Gray teal, Anas gracilis
- Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Pink-headed duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
- White-winged duck, Asarcornis scutulata
- Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
- Redhead, Aythya americana
- Common pochard, Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris (A)
- Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca
- Baer's pochard, Aythya baeri
- Hardhead, Aythya australis
- Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
- Greater scaup, Aythya marila
- Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
- Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri
- Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri
- King eider, Somateria spectabilis
- Common eider, Somateria mollissima
- Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
- Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
- Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
- White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A)
- Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri
- Common scoter, Melanitta nigra
- Black scoter, Melanitta americana
- Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
- Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
- Smew, Mergellus albellus
- Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
- Common merganser, Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
- Scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus
- Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (I)
- White-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala
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 arfakinus
- Waigeo brushturkey, Aepypodius bruijni
- Red-billed brushturkey, Talegalla cuvieri
- Yellow-legged brushturkey, Talegalla fuscirostris
- Red-legged brushturkey, Talegalla jobiensis
- Maleo, Macrocephalon maleo
- Moluccan scrubfowl, Eulipoa wallacei
- Nicobar scrubfowl, Megapodius nicobariensis
- Tabon scrubfowl, Megapodius cumingii
- Sula scrubfowl, Megapodius bernsteinii
- Tanimbar scrubfowl, Megapodius tenimberensis
- Dusky scrubfowl, Megapodius freycinet
- Biak scrubfowl, Megapodius geelvinkianus
- Forsten's scrubfowl, Megapodius forsteni
- New Guinea scrubfowl, Megapodius decollatus
- Orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt
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.
- Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I)
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
- Crested partridge, Rollulus rouloul
- Black partridge, Melanoperdix niger
- Hill partridge, Arborophila torqueola
- Sichuan partridge, Arborophila rufipectus
- Chestnut-breasted partridge, Arborophila mandellii
- White-necklaced partridge, Arborophila gingica
- Rufous-throated partridge, Arborophila rufogularis
- White-cheeked partridge, Arborophila atrogularis
- Taiwan partridge, Arborophila crudigularis
- Hainan partridge, Arborophila ardens
- Chestnut-bellied partridge, Arborophila javanica
- Malaysian partridge, Arborophila campbelli
- Roll's partridge, Arborophila rolli
- Sumatran partridge, Arborophila sumatrana
- Gray-breasted partridge, Arborophila orientalis
- Bar-backed partridge, Arborophila brunneopectus
- Orange-necked partridge, Arborophila davidi
- Chestnut-headed partridge, Arborophila cambodiana
- Red-breasted partridge, Arborophila hyperythra
- Red-billed partridge, Arborophila rubrirostris
- Scaly-breasted partridge, Arborophila chloropus
- Chestnut-necklaced partridge, Arborophila charltonii
- Long-billed partridge, Rhizothera longirostris
- Dulit Partridge, Rhizothera dulitensis
- Crested argus, Rheinardia ocellata
- Great argus, Argusianus argus
- Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
- Green peafowl, Pavo muticus (A)
- Crimson-headed partridge, Haematortyx sanguiniceps
- Red spurfowl, Galloperdix spadicea
- Painted spurfowl, Galloperdix lunulata
- Sri Lanka spurfowl, Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Palawan peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron napoleonis
- Malayan peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron malacense
- Bornean peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron schleiermacheri
- Germain's peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron germaini
- Hainan peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron katsumatae
- Mountain peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron inopinatum
- Bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron chalcurum
- Gray peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum
- See-see partridge, Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Sand partridge, Ammoperdix heyi
- Brown quail, Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Blue-breasted quail, Synoicus chinensis
- Snow Mountain quail, Anurophasis monorthonyx
- Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica
- Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin quail, Coturnix delegorguei
- Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica
- Rock partridge, Alectoris gracea
- Chukar, Alectoris chukar
- Philby's partridge, Alectoris philbyi
- Przevalski's partridge, Alectoris magna
- Arabian partridge, Alectoris melanocephala
- Caucasian snowcock, Tetraogallus caucasicus
- Caspian snowcock, Tetraogallus caspius
- Altai snowcock, Tetraogallus altaicus
- Tibetan snowcock, Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Himalayan snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis
- Jungle bush-quail, Perdicula asiatica
- Rock bush-quail, Perdicula argoondah
- Painted bush-quail, Perdicula erythrorhyncha
- Manipur bush-quail, Perdicula manipurensis
- Himalayan quail, Ophrysia superciliosa
- Black francolin, Francolinus francolinus
- Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
- Chinese francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus
- Gray francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
- Swamp francolin, Francolinus gularis
- Mountain bamboo-partridge, Bambusicola fytchii
- Chinese bamboo-partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus
- Taiwan bamboo-partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox
- Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus (I)
- Gray junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
- Sri Lanka junglefowl, Gallus lafayettii
- Green junglefowl, Gallus varius
- Blood pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus
- Himalayan monal, Lophophorus impejanus
- Sclater's monal, Lophophorus sclateri
- Chinese monal, Lophophorus lhuysii
- Snow partridge, Lerwa lerwa
- Verreaux's partridge, Tetraophasis obscurus
- Szechenyi's partridge, Tetraophasis szechenyii
- Western tragopan, Tragopan melanocephalus
- Satyr tragopan, Tragopan satyra
- Blyth's tragopan, Tragopan blythii
- Temminck's tragopan, Tragopan temminckii
- Cabot's tragopan, Tragopan caboti
- Reeves's pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii
- Copper pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmerringii
- Mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado
- Elliot's pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti
- Hume's pheasant, Syrmaticus humiae
- Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus
- Lady Amherst's pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- Tibetan eared-pheasant,Crossoptilon harmani
- White eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Brown eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum
- Blue eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum
- Cheer pheasant, Catreus wallichii
- Silver pheasant, Lophura nycthemera
- Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos
- Siamese fireback, Lophura diardi
- Bulwer's pheasant, Lophura bulweri
- Edwards's pheasant, Lophura edwardsi
- Swinhoe's pheasant, Lophura swinhoii
- Salvadori's pheasant, Lophura inornata
- Crestless fireback, Lophura erythrophthalma
- Crested fireback, Lophura ignita
- Gray partridge, Perdix perdix
- Daurian partridge, Perdix dauurica (Ex)
- Tibetan partridge, Perdix hodgsoniae
- Koklass pheasant, Pucrasia macrolopha
- Black-billed capercaillie, Tetrao urogalloides
- Western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
- Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix
- Caucasian grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
- Hazel grouse, Tetrastes bonasia
- Severtzov's grouse, Tetrastes sewerzowi
- Siberian grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis
- Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
- Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
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.
- Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor
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
- Australasian grebe, Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus
- Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
- Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
- Eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
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
- Hill pigeon, Columba rupestris
- Snow pigeon, Columba leuconota
- Speckled pigeon, Columba guinea (I)
- Stock dove, Columba oenas
- Yellow-eyed pigeon, Columba eversmanni
- Common wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus
- Rameron pigeon, Columba arquatrix
- Speckled wood-pigeon, Columba hodgsonii
- Ashy wood-pigeon, Columba pulchricollis
- Nilgiri wood-pigeon, Columba elphinstonii
- Sri Lanka wood-pigeon, Columba torringtoniae
- Pale-capped pigeon, Columba punicea
- Silvery wood-pigeon, Columba argentina
- Andaman wood-pigeon, Columba palumboides
- Japanese wood-pigeon, Columba janthina
- Ryukyu pigeon, Columba jouyi
- Bonin pigeon, Columba versicolor
- Metallic pigeon, Columba vitiensis
- European turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur
- Dusky turtle-dove, Streptopelia lugens
- Oriental turtle-dove, Streptopelia orientalis
- Island collared-dove, Streptopelia bitorquata
- Philippine collared-dove, Streptopelia dusumieri
- Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto
- African collared-dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Red-eyed dove, Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red collared-dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Madagascar turtle-dove, Streptopelia picturata
- Spotted dove, Spilopelia chinensis
- Laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis
- Barred cuckoo-dove, Macropygia unchall
- Flores Sea cuckoo-dove, Macropygia macassariensis
- Timor cuckoo-dove, Macropygia magna
- Tanimbar cuckoo-dove, Macropygia timorlaoensis
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove, Macropygia amboinensis
- Sultan's cuckoo-dove, Macropygia doreya
- Andaman cuckoo-dove, Macropygia rufipennis
- Philippine cuckoo-dove, Macropygia tenuirostris
- Ruddy cuckoo-dove, Macropygia emiliana
- Enggano cuckoo-dove, Macropygia cinnamomea
- Barusan cuckoo-dove, Macropygia modiglianii
- Black-billed cuckoo-dove, Macropygia nigrirostris
- Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove, Macropygia mackinlayi
- Little cuckoo-dove, Macropygia ruficeps
- Great cuckoo-dove, Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- White-faced cuckoo-dove, Turacoena manadensis
- Sula cuckoo-dove, Turacoena sulaensis
- Slaty cuckoo-dove, Turacoena modesta
- Namaqua dove, Oena capensis
- Asian emerald dove, Chalcophaps indica
- Pacific emerald dove, Chalcophaps longirostris
- Stephan's dove, Chalcophaps stephani
- New Guinea bronzewing, Henicophaps albifrons
- Wetar ground dove, Alopecoenas hoedtii
- Bronze ground dove, Alopecoenas beccarii
- White-bibbed ground dove, Alopecoenas jobiensis
- Zebra dove, Geopelia striata
- Peaceful dove, Geopelia placida
- Barred dove, Geopelia maugeus
- Bar-shouldered dove, Geopelia humeralis
- Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica
- Sulawesi ground dove, Gallicolumba tristigmata
- Cinnamon ground dove, Gallicolumba rufigula
- Mindoro bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba platenae
- Negros bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba keayi
- Sulu bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba menagei
- Luzon bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica
- Mindanao bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba crinigera
- Thick-billed ground-pigeon, Trugon terrestris
- Pheasant pigeon, Otidiphaps nobilis
- Western crowned-pigeon, Goura cristata
- Sclater's crowned-pigeon, Goura sclaterii
- Scheepmaker's crowned-pigeon, Goura scheepmakeri
- Victoria crowned-pigeon, Goura victoria
- White-eared brown-dove, Phapitreron leucotis
- Amethyst brown-dove, Phapitreron amethystinus
- Mindanao brown-dove, Phapitreron brunniceps
- Tawitawi brown-dove, Phapitreron cinereiceps
- Little green-pigeon, Treron olax
- Pink-necked green-pigeon, Treron vernans
- Cinnamon-headed green-pigeon, Treron fulvicollis
- Orange-breasted green-pigeon, Treron bicinctus
- Sri Lanka green-pigeon, Treron pompadora
- Gray-fronted green-pigeon, Treron affinis
- Andaman green-pigeon, Treron chloropterus
- Ashy-headed green-pigeon, Treron phayrei
- Philippine green-pigeon, Treron axillaris
- Buru green-pigeon, Treron aromaticus
- Thick-billed green-pigeon, Treron curvirostra
- Gray-cheeked green-pigeon, Treron griseicauda
- Sumba green-pigeon, Treron teysmannii
- Flores green-pigeon, Treron floris
- Timor green-pigeon, Treron psittaceus
- Large green-pigeon, Treron capellei
- Yellow-footed green-pigeon, Treron phoenicopterus
- Bruce's green-pigeon, Treron waalia
- Yellow-vented green-pigeon, Treron seimundi
- Pin-tailed green-pigeon, Treron apicauda
- Green-spectacled green-pigeon, Treron oxyurus
- Wedge-tailed green-pigeon, Treron sphenurus
- White-bellied green-pigeon, Treron sieboldii
- Whistling green-pigeon, Treron formosae
- Black-backed fruit-dove, Ptilinopus cinctus
- Red-naped fruit-dove, Ptilinopus dohertyi
- Pink-headed fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyreus
- Yellow-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus occipitalis
- Flame-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus marchei
- Cream-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus merrilli
- Red-eared fruit-dove, Ptilinopus fischeri
- Jambu fruit-dove, Ptilinopus jambu
- Maroon-chinned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus epius
- Banggai fruit-dove, Ptilinopus subgularis
- Sula fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mangoliensis
- Black-chinned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus leclancheri
- Scarlet-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus bernsteinii
- Wompoo fruit-dove, Ptilinopus magnificus
- Pink-spotted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus perlatus
- Ornate fruit-dove, Ptilinopus ornatus
- Orange-fronted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Wallace's fruit-dove, Ptilunopus wallacii
- Superb fruit-dove, Ptilinopus superbus
- Rose-crowned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus regina
- Coroneted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Beautiful fruit-dove, Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Blue-capped fruit-dove, Ptilinopus monacha
- White-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus rivoli
- Yellow-bibbed fruit-dove, Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Claret-breasted fruit-dove, Ptilinopus viridis
- Orange-bellied fruit-dove, Ptilinopus iozonus
- Gray-headed fruit-dove, Ptilinopus hyogastrus
- Carunculated fruit-dove, Ptilinopus granulifrons
- Black-naped fruit-dove, Ptilinopus melanospilus
- Dwarf fruit-dove, Ptilinopus nainus
- Negros fruit-dove, Ptilinopus arcanus
- Pink-bellied imperial-pigeon, Ducula poliocephala
- White-bellied imperial-pigeon, Ducula forsteni
- Mindoro imperial-pigeon, Ducula mindorensis
- Gray-headed imperial-pigeon, Ducula radiata
- Spotted imperial-pigeon, Ducula carola
- Green imperial-pigeon, Ducula aenea
- Nicobar imperial-pigeon, Ducula nicobarica
- Spectacled imperial-pigeon, Ducula perspicillata
- Seram imperial-pigeon, Ducula neglecta
- Elegant imperial-pigeon, Ducula concinna
- Pacific imperial-pigeon, Ducula pacifica
- Spice imperial-pigeon, Ducula myristicivora
- Purple-tailed imperial-pigeon, Ducula rufigaster
- Cinnamon-bellied imperial-pigeon, Ducula basilica
- Rufescent imperial-pigeon, Ducula chalconota
- Island imperial-pigeon, Ducula pistrinaria
- Pink-headed imperial-pigeon, Ducula rosacea
- Gray imperial-pigeon, Ducula pickeringii
- Pinon's imperial-pigeon, Ducula pinon
- Collared imperial-pigeon, Ducula mullerii
- Zoe's imperial-pigeon, Ducula zoeae
- Mountain imperial-pigeon, Ducula badia
- Dark-backed imperial-pigeon, Ducula lacernulata
- Timor imperial-pigeon, Ducula cineracea
- Pied imperial-pigeon, Ducula bicolor
- Torresian imperial-pigeon, Ducula spilorrhoa
- Silver-tipped imperial-pigeon, Ducula luctuosa
- Sombre pigeon, Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
- Papuan mountain-pigeon, Gymnophaps albertisii
- Buru mountain-pigeon, Gymnophaps mada
- Seram mountain-pigeon, Gymnophaps stalkeri
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
- Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata
- Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
- Spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus
- Black-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles orientalis
- Crowned sandgrouse, Pterocles coronatus
- Lichtenstein's sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Painted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus
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
- Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs
- Great Indian bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps
- Australian bustard, Ardeotis australis
- Macqueen's bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Bengal florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Lesser florican, Sypheotides indicus
- Little bustard, Tetrax tetrax
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
- Bornean ground-cuckoo, Carpococcyx radiatus
- Coral-billed ground-cuckoo, Carpococcyx renauldi
- Biak coucal, Centropus chalybeus
- Greater black coucal, Centropus menbeki
- Rufous coucal, Centropus unirufus
- Green-billed coucal, Centropus chlororhynchus
- Black-faced coucal, Centropus melanops
- Short-toed coucal, Centropus rectunguis
- Black-hooded coucal, Centropus steerii
- Bay coucal, Centropus celebensis
- White-browed coucal, Centropus superciliosus
- Sunda coucal, Centropus nigrorufus
- Andaman coucal, Centropus andamanensis
- Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
- Goliath coucal, Centropus goliath
- Philippine coucal, Centropus viridis
- Lesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis
- Lesser black coucal, Centropus bernsteini
- Pheasant coucal, Centropus phasianinus
- Raffles's malkoha, Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Sirkeer malkoha, Taccocua leschenaultii
- Red-billed malkoha, Zanclostomus javanicus
- Chestnut-breasted malkoha, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Chestnut-bellied malkoha, Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Red-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Blue-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Black-bellied malkoha, Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Green-billed malkoha, Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Yellow-billed malkoha, Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus
- Red-crested malkoha, Dasylophus superciliosus
- Scale-feathered malkoha, Dasylophus cumingi
- Chestnut-winged cuckoo, Clamator coromandus
- Great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius
- Pied cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
- Dwarf koel, Microdynamis parva
- Asian koel, Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-billed koel, Eudynamys melanorhynchus
- Pacific koel, Eudynamys orientalis
- Long-tailed koel, Urodynamis taitensis
- Channel-billed cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Violet cuckoo, Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Dideric cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's cuckoo, Chrysococcyx klaas
- Long-billed cuckoo, Chrysococcyx megarhynchus
- Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx basalis
- Black-eared cuckoo, Chrysococcyx osculans
- Rufous-throated bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx ruficollis
- Shining bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus
- White-eared bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx meyerii
- Little bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus
- Pallid cuckoo, Cacomantis pallidus
- White-crowned koel, Cacomantis leucolophus
- Chestnut-breasted cuckoo, Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Fan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Banded bay cuckoo, Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive cuckoo, Cacomantis merulinus
- Gray-bellied cuckoo, Cacomantis passerinus
- Moluccan cuckoo, Cacomantis aeruginosus
- Brush cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus
- Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus dicruroides
- Philippine drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus velutinus
- Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus lugubris
- Moluccan drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus musschenbroeki
- Moustached hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx vagans
- Large hawk cuckoo, Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Dark hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx bocki
- Common hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx varius
- Northern hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Philippine hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx pectoralis
- Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Malaysian hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx fugax
- Lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- Sulawesi cuckoo, Cuculus crassirostris
- Indian cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus
- Himalayan cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus
- Sunda cuckoo, Cuculus lepidus
- Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
- Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus optatus
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
- Papuan frogmouth, Podargus papuensis
- Large frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus
- Dulit frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti
- Philippine frogmouth, Batrachostomus septimus
- Gould's frogmouth, Batrachostomus stellatus
- Sri Lanka frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger
- Hodgson's frogmouth, Batrachostomus hodgsoni
- Sumatran frogmouth, Batrachostomus poliolophus
- Bornean frogmouth, Batrachostomus mixtus
- Javan frogmouth, Batrachostomus javensis
- Blyth's frogmouth, Batrachostomus affinis
- Palawan frogmouth, Batrachostomus chaseni
- Sunda frogmouth, Batrachostomus cornutus
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
- Solomons nightjar, Eurostopodus nigripennis
- White-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Diabolical nightjar, Eurostopodus diabolicus
- Papuan nightjar, Eurostopodus papuensis
- Archbold's nightjar, Eurostopodus archboldi
- Malaysian eared-nightjar, Lyncornis temminckii
- Great eared-nightjar, Lyncornis macrotis
- Jungle nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus
- Gray nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka
- Eurasian nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian nightjar, Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Nubian nightjar, Caprimulgus nubicus
- Sykes's nightjar, Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Vaurie's nightjar, Caprimulgus centralasicus
- Large-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus
- Andaman nightjar, Caprimulgus andamanicus
- Mees's nightjar, Caprimulgus meesi
- Jerdon's nightjar, Caprimulgus atripennis
- Philippine nightjar, Caprimulgus manillensis
- Sulawesi nightjar, Caprimulgus celebensis
- Indian nightjar, Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Plain nightjar, Caprimulgus inornatus
- Savanna nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis
- Bonaparte's nightjar, Caprimulgus concretus
- Salvadori's nightjar, Caprimulgus pulchellus
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
- Starry owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles tatei (A)
- Wallace's owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles wallacii
- Archbold's owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles archboldi
- Mountain owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles albertisi
- Moluccan owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cirnifrons
- Vogelkop owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles affinis
- Barred owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles bennettii
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
- Papuan spinetailed swift, Mearnsia novaeguineae
- White-rumped needletail, Zoonavena sylvatica
- Silver-rumped needletail, Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- White-throated needletail, Hirundapus caudacutus
- Silver-backed needletail, Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Brown-backed needletail, Hirundapus giganteus
- Purple needletail, Hirundapus celebensis
- Waterfall swift, Hydrochous gigas
- Pygmy swiftlet, Collocalia troglodytes
- Bornean swiftlet, Collocalia dodgei
- Cave swiftlet, Collocalia linchi
- Plume-toed swiftlet, Collocalia affinis
- Gray-rumped swiftlet, Collocalia marginata
- Ridgetop swiftlet, Collocalia isonota
- Tenggara swiftlet, Collocalia sumbawae
- Drab swiftlet, Collocalia neglecta
- Glossy swiftlet, Collocalia esculenta
- Indian swiftlet, Aerodramus unicolor
- Sulawesi swiftlet, Aerodramus sororum
- Halmahera swiftlet, Aerodramus infuscatus
- Seram swiftlet, Aerodramus cermaensis
- Philippine swiftlet, Aerodramus mearnsi
- Mountain swiftlet, Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Himalayan swiftlet, Aerodramus brevirostris
- Volcano swiftlet, Aerodramus vulcanorum
- Whitehead's swiftlet, Aerodramus whiteheadi
- Bare-legged swiftlet, Aerodramus nuditarsus
- Ameline swiftlet, Aerodramus amelis
- Palawan swiftlet, Aerodramus palawanensis
- Uniform swiftlet, Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Mossy-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus salangana
- Black-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus
- White-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus
- German's swiftlet, Aerodramus germani
- Three-toed swiftlet, Aerodramus papuensis
- Alpine swift, Apus melba
- Common swift, Apus apus
- Pallid swift, Apus pallidus
- Pacific swift, Apus pacificus
- Salim Ali's swift, Apus salimalii
- Blyth's swift, Apus leuconyx
- Cook's swift, Apus cooki
- Dark-rumped swift, Apus acuticauda
- Little swift, Apus affinis
- House swift, Apus nipalensis
- White-rumped swift, Apus caffer
- Asian palm-swift, Cypsiurus balasiensis
- African palm-swift, Cypsiurus parvus
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.
- Crested treeswift, Hemiprocne coronata
- Gray-rumped treeswift, Hemiprocne longipennis
- Whiskered treeswift, Hemiprocne comata
- Moustached treeswift, Hemiprocne mystacea
Hummingbirds
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.
- Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus (A)
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
- Brown-cheeked rail, Rallus indicus
- Corn crake, Crex crex
- Snoring rail, Aramidopsis plateni
- Slaty-breasted rail, Lewinia striata
- Luzon rail, Lewinia mirifica
- Lewin's rail, Lewinia pectoralis
- Blue-faced rail, Gymnocrex rosenbergii
- Bare-eyed rail, Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
- Talaud rail, Gymnocrex talaudensis
- 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
- Sora, Porzana carolina
- Spotted crake, Porzana porzana
- Eurasian moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
- Dusky moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa
- Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
- Allen's gallinule, Porphyrio alleni
- Black-backed swamphen, Porphyrio indicus
- Australasian swamphen, Porphyrio melanotus
- Philippine swamphen, Porphyrio pulverulentus
- Gray-headed swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus
- New Guinea flightless rail, Megacrex inepta
- Watercock, Gallicrex cinerea
- Isabelline bush-hen, Amaurornis isabellina
- Plain bush-hen, Amaurornis olivacea (E)
- White-breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Talaud bush-hen, Amaurornis magnirostris
- Pale-vented bush-hen, Amaurornis moluccana
- White-browed crake, Amaurornis cinerea
- 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
- Andaman crake, Rallina canningi
- Red-legged crake, Rallina fasciata
- Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides
- Ruddy-breasted crake, Zapornia fusca
- Band-bellied crake, Zapornia paykullii
- Brown crake, Zapornia akool
- Little crake, Zapornia parva
- Baillon's crake, Zapornia pusilla
- Black-tailed crake, Zapornia bicolor
- Hawaiian rail, Zapornia sandwichensis
- Spotless crake, Zapornia tabuensis
- Swinhoe's rail, Zapornia exquisitus
Finfoots
Order: Gruiformes Family: Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae is small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.
- Masked finfoot, Heliopais personatus
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
- Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis
- Sarus crane, Antigone antigone
- Brolga, Antigone rubicunda
- White-naped crane, Antigone vipio
- Common crane, Grus grus
- Hooded crane, Grus monacha
- Black-necked crane, Grus nigricollis
- Red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis
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
- Indian thick-knee, Burhinus indicus
- Spotted thick-knee, Burhinus capensis
- Bush thick-knee, Burhinus grallarius
- Great thick-knee, Esacus recurvirostris
- Beach thick-knee, Esacus magnirostris
Egyptian plover
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Pluvianidae
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River.
- Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius
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
- Pied stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus
- Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-necked avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (A)
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.
- Ibisbill, Ibidorhyncha struthersii
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
- Pied oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris
- Sooty oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus (A)
- Black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani
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
- European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria
- American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica
- Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
- Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
- Blacksmith lapwing, Vanellus armatus (A)
- Spur-winged plover, Vanellus spinosus
- River lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii
- Yellow-wattled lapwing, Vanellus malabaricus
- Black-headed lapwing, Vanellus tectus
- Gray-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus
- Red-wattled lapwing, Vanellus indicus
- Javan lapwing, Vanellus macropterus
- Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles
- Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus
- Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus
- Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii
- Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus
- Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius
- Red-capped plover, Charadrius ruficapillus
- Malaysian plover, Charadrius peronii
- Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
- Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus
- Javan plover, Charadrius javanicus
- Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
- Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed plover, Charadrius placidus
- Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
- Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (A)
- Oriental plover, Charadrius veredus
- Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus
- Red-kneed dotterel, Elseyornis cinctus
- Black-fronted dotterel, Elseyornis melanops
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.
- Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis
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.
- Comb-crested jacana, Irediparra gallinacea
- Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Bronze-winged jacana, Metopidius indicus
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 (A)
- Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Little curlew, Numenius minutus
- Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis
- Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis
- Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
- Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica
- Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala
- Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris
- Red knot, Calidris canutus
- Ruff, Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
- Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus (A)
- Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta
- Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmeus
- Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
- Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
- Little stint, Calidris minuta
- Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A)
- Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis
- Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus (A)
- Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
- Amami woodcock, Scolopax mira
- Bukidnon woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis
- Javan woodcock, Scolopax saturata
- New Guinea woodcock, Scolopax rosenbergii
- Sulawesi woodcock, Scolopax celebensis
- Moluccan woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii
- Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria
- Latham's snipe, Gallinago hardwickii
- Wood snipe, Gallinago nemoricola
- Great snipe, Gallinago media
- Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
- Pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's snipe, Gallinago megala
- Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
- Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
- Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
- Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria (A)
- Gray-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes
- Wandering tattler, Tringa incana
- Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
- Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
- Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
- Nordmann's greenshank, Tringa guttifer
- Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
- Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
- Common redshank, Tringa totanus
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
- Red-backed buttonquail, Turnix maculosus
- Yellow-legged buttonquail, Turnix tanki
- Spotted buttonquail, Turnix ocellatus
- Barred buttonquail, Turnix suscitator
- Luzon buttonquail, Turnix worcesteri
- Sumba buttonquail, Turnix everetti
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.
- Crab-plover, Dromas ardeola
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
- Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus
- Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
- Australian pratincole, Stiltia isabella
- Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola
- Oriental pratincole, Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged pratincole, Glareola nordmanni
- Small pratincole, Glareola lactea
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
- South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki
- Brown skua, Stercorarius antarcticus
- Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus
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
- Common murre, Uria aalge
- Thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia
- Razorbill, Alca torda
- Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (X)
- Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle
- Pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba
- Spectacled guillemot, Cepphus carbo
- Long-billed murrelet, Brachyramphus perdix
- Kittlitz's murrelet, Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Japanese murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume
- Cassin's auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Parakeet auklet, Aethia psittacula
- Least auklet, Aethia pusilla
- Whiskered auklet, Aethia pygmaea
- Crested auklet, Aethia cristatella
- Rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata
- Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica
- Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata
- Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata
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
- Red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
- Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
- Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
- Saunders's gull, Saundersilarus saundersi
- Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
- Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Silver gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Gray-hooded gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-headed gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea
- Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla (A)
- Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Relict gull, Ichthyaetus relictus
- White-eyed gull, Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Sooty gull, Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Pallas's gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
- Mew gull, Larus canus (A)
- Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
- Western gull, Larus occidentalis (A)
- California gull, Larus californicus
- Herring gull, Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis (A)
- Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
- Armenian gull, Larus armenicus
- Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides
- Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
- Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus
- Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
- Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus
- Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
- Black noddy, Anous minutus
- Lesser noddy, Anous tenuirostris
- Blue-gray noddy, Procelsterna ceruleus
- White tern, Gygis alba
- Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
- Gray-backed tern, Onychoprion lunatus
- Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
- Aleutian tern, Onychoprion aleuticus
- Little tern, Sternula albifrons
- Least tern, Sternula antillarum
- Saunders's tern, Sternula saundersi
- Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
- Black tern, Chlidonias niger
- White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
- Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
- Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
- Common tern, Sterna hirundo
- Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Black-bellied tern, Sterna acuticauda
- River tern, Sterna aurantia
- White-cheeked tern, Sterna repressa
- Great crested tern, Thalasseus bergii
- Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser crested tern, Thalasseus bengalensis
- Chinese crested tern, Thalasseus bernsteini
- African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris
- Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis
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.
- White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
- Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus
- Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
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
- Arctic loon, Gavia arctica
- Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica
- Common loon, Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii
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
- White-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta
- Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
- Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
- Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
- Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus
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
- White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
- White-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta grallaria
- Black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica
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
- Fork-tailed storm-petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
- Leach's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Swinhoe's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis
- Band-rumped storm-petrel, Oceanodroma castro
- Matsudaira's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae
- Tristram's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami
- Least storm-petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma
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
- Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
- Cape petrel, Daption capense
- Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
- Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri
- Barau's petrel, Pterodroma baraui
- Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
- Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa
- Atlantic petrel, Pterodroma incerta
- Galapagos petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A)
- Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis
- White-necked petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis
- Bonin petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca
- Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis
- Gould's petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera
- Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris
- Antarctic prion, Pachyptila desolata
- Slender-billed prion, Pachyptila belcheri
- Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii
- Jouanin's petrel, Bulweria fallax
- Mascarene petrel, Pseudobulweria aterrima
- Tahiti petrel, Pseudobulweria rostrata
- Beck's petrel, Pseudobulweria becki (A)
- Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas
- Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
- Pink-footed shearwater, Ardenna creatopus (A)
- Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes
- Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis
- Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus
- Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri
- Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus
- Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris
- Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
- Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
- Yelkouan shearwater, Puffinus yelkouan
- Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus (A)
- Bannerman's shearwater, Puffinus bannermani
- Newell's shearwater, Puffinus newelli (A)
- Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani
- Tropical shearwater, Puffinus bailloni
- Persian shearwater, Puffinus persicus
- Heinroth's shearwater, Puffinus heinrothi
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
- Black stork, Ciconia nigra
- Abdim's stork, Ciconia abdimii
- Woolly-necked stork, Ciconia episcopus
- Storm's stork, Ciconia stormi
- White stork, Ciconia ciconia
- Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana
- Black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus
- Marabou stork, Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius
- Milky stork, Mycteria cinerea
- Yellow-billed stork, Mycteria ibis
- Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala
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.
- Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel
- Christmas Island frigatebird, Fregata andrewsi
- Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
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
- Nazca booby, Sula granti (A)
- Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
- Red-footed booby, Sula sula
- Abbott's booby, Papasula abbotti
- Northern gannet, Morus bassanus
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.
- Oriental darter, Anhinga melanogaster
- Australasian darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae
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
- Little cormorant, Microcarbo niger
- Pygmy cormorant, Microcarbo pygmeus
- Red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
- Pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
- Pallas's cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (X)
- Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
- Japanese cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Socotra cormorant, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Indian cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Little black cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
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
- Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Pink-backed pelican, Pelecanus rufescens
- Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis
- Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus
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.
- Hamerkop, Scopus umbretta
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
- Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
- Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
- Black-backed bittern, Ixobrychus dubius
- Schrenck's bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Black bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis
- Forest bittern, Zonerodius heliosylus
- Great blue heron, Ardea herodias (A)
- Gray heron, Ardea cinerea
- Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica
- Black-headed heron, Ardea melanocephala
- White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis
- Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana
- Goliath heron, Ardea goliath
- Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
- Great egret, Ardea alba
- Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
- White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae
- Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
- Little egret, Egretta garzetta
- Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis
- Pacific reef-heron, Egretta sacra
- Pied heron, Egretta picata
- Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides
- Indian pond-heron, Ardeola grayii
- Chinese pond-heron, Ardeola bacchus
- Javan pond-heron, Ardeola speciosa
- Striated heron, Butorides striata
- Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous night-heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
- White-eared night-heron, Gorsachius magnificus
- Japanese night-heron, Gorsachius goisagi
- Malayan night-heron, Gorsachius melanolophus
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
- African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Australian ibis, Threskiornis molucca
- Straw-necked ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis
- Red-naped ibis, Pseudibis papillosa
- White-shouldered ibis, Pseudibis davisoni
- Giant ibis, Pseudibis gigantea
- Northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
- Crested ibis, Nipponia nippon
- Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia
- Royal spoonbill, Platalea regia
- African spoonbill, Platalea alba
- Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor
- Yellow-billed spoonbill, Platalea flavipes (A)
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.
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
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
- Scissor-tailed kite, Chelictinia riocourii
- Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus
- European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus
- Sulawesi honey-buzzard, Pernis celebensis
- Philippine honey-buzzard, Pernis steerei
- Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Long-tailed honey-buzzard, Henicopernis longicauda
- Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni
- Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata
- Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes
- Red-headed vulture, Sarcogyps calvus
- Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus
- Lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotos
- White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis
- Indian vulture, Gyps indicus
- Slender-billed vulture, Gyps tenuirostris
- Rüppell's griffon, Gyps rueppelli
- Himalayan griffon, Gyps himalayensis
- Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus
- Nicobar serpent-eagle, Spilornis klossi
- Sulawesi serpent-eagle, Spilornis rufipectus
- Mountain serpent-eagle, Spilornis kinabaluensis
- Crested serpent-eagle, Spilornis cheela
- Philippine serpent-eagle, Spilornis holospilus
- Andaman serpent-eagle, Spilornis elgini
- Philippine eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi
- Bateleur, Terathopius ecaudatus
- Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus
- Bat hawk, Macheiramphus alcinus
- New Guinea eagle, Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Changeable hawk-eagle, Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Flores hawk-eagle, Nisaetus floris
- Mountain hawk-eagle, Nisaetus nipalensis
- Legge's hawk-eagle, Nisaetus kelaarti
- Blyth's hawk-eagle, Nisaetus alboniger
- Javan hawk-eagle, Nisaetus bartelsi
- Sulawesi hawk-eagle, Nisaetus lanceolatus
- Philippine hawk-eagle, Nisaetus philippensis
- Pinsker's hawk-eagle, Nisaetus philippensis
- Wallace's hawk-eagle, Nisaetus nanus
- Rufous-bellied eagle, Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Black eagle, Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Lesser spotted eagle, Clanga pomarina
- Indian spotted eagle, Clanga hastata
- Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga
- Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pygmy eagle, Hieraaetus weiskei
- Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax
- Steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis
- Imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
- Gurney's eagle, Aquila gurneyi
- Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- Wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax
- Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii
- Bonelli's eagle, Aquila fasciata
- Gabar goshawk, Micronisus gabar
- White-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa
- Rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer
- Gray-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
- Eurasian marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern marsh-harrier, Circus spilonotus
- Papuan marsh-harrier, Circus spilothorax
- Spotted harrier, Circus assimilis
- Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
- Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius (A)
- Pallid harrier, Circus macrourus
- Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos
- Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus
- Crested goshawk, Accipiter trivirgatus
- Sulawesi goshawk, Accipiter griseiceps
- Shikra, Accipiter badius
- Nicobar sparrowhawk, Accipiter butleri
- Levant sparrowhawk, Accipiter brevipes
- Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis
- Spot-tailed goshawk, Accipiter trinotatus
- Variable goshawk, Accipiter hiogaster
- Brown goshawk, Accipiter fasciatus
- Black-mantled goshawk, Accipiter melanochlamys
- Moluccan goshawk, Accipiter henicogrammus
- Gray-headed goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus
- Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
- Small sparrowhawk, Accipiter nanus
- Besra, Accipiter virgatus
- Rufous-necked sparrowhawk, Accipiter erythrauchen
- Collared sparrowhawk, Accipiter cirrocephalus
- Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk, Accipiter rhodogaster
- Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
- Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
- Meyer's goshawk, Accipiter meyerianus
- Chestnut-shouldered goshawk, Erythrotriorchis buergersi
- Doria's goshawk, Megatriorchis doriae
- Red kite, Milvus milvus
- Black kite, Milvus migrans
- Whistling kite, Haliastur sphenurus
- Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus
- Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (A)
- White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- Pallas's fish-eagle, Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
- White-bellied sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Lesser fish-eagle, Haliaeetus humilis
- Gray-headed fish-eagle, Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
- Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus
- Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
- Himalayan buzzard, Buteo refectus
- Eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus
- Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
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
- Australian masked-owl, Tyto novaehollandiae
- Seram masked-owl, Tyto almae (E)
- Lesser masked-owl, Tyto sororcula
- Taliabu masked-owl, Tyto nigrobrunnea
- Minahassa masked-owl, Tyto inexspectata
- Sulawesi masked-owl, Tyto rosenbergii
- Australasian grass-owl, Tyto longimembris
- Barn owl, Tyto alba (A)
- Andaman masked-owl, Tyto deroepstorffi
- Oriental bay-owl, Phodilus badius
- Sri Lanka bay-owl, Phodilus assimilis
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
- Andaman scops-owl, Otus balli
- Reddish scops-owl, Otus rufescens
- Serendib scops-owl, Otus thilohoffmanni
- Flores scops-owl, Otus alfredi
- Mountain scops-owl, Otus spilocephalus
- Rajah scops-owl, Otus brookii
- Javan scops-owl, Otus angelinae
- Mentawai scops-owl, Otus mentawi
- Indian scops-owl, Otus bakkamoena
- Collared scops-owl, Otus lettia
- Giant scops-owl, Otus gurneyi
- Sunda scops-owl, Otus lempiji
- Japanese scops-owl, Otus semitorques
- Wallace's scops-owl, Otus silvicola
- Palawan scops-owl, Otus fuliginosus
- Philippine scops-owl, Otus megalotis
- Everett's scops-owl, Otus everetti
- Negros scops-owl, Otus nigrorum
- Mindoro scops-owl, Otus mindorensis
- Moluccan scops-owl, Otus magicus
- Rinjani scops-owl, Otus jolandae (E)
- Mantanani scops-owl, Otus mantananensis
- Ryukyu scops-owl, Otus elegans
- Sulawesi scops-owl, Otus manadensis
- Sangihe scops-owl, Otus collari
- Siau scops-owl, Otus siaoensis
- Sula scops-owl, Otus sulaensis
- Biak scops-owl, Otus beccarii
- Simeulue scops-owl, Otus umbra
- Enggano scops-owl, Otus enganensis
- Nicobar scops-owl, Otus alius
- Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops
- Pallid scops-owl, Otus brucei
- Mindanao scops-owl, Otus mirus
- Luzon scops-owl, Otus longicornis
- Oriental scops-owl, Otus sunia
- Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo
- Rock eagle-owl, Bubo bengalensis
- Pharaoh eagle-owl, Bubo ascalaphus
- 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
- Blakiston's fish-owl, Ketupa blakistoni
- Brown fish-owl, Ketupa zeylonensis
- Tawny fish-owl, Ketupa flavipes
- Buffy fish-owl, Ketupa ketupu
- Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
- Eurasian pygmy-owl, Glaucidium passerinum
- Collared owlet, Glaucidium brodiei
- Asian barred owlet, Glaucidium cuculoides
- Javan owlet, Glaucidium castanopterum
- Jungle owlet, Glaucidium radiatum
- Chestnut-backed owlet, Glaucidium castanotum
- Spotted owlet, Athene brama
- Little owl, Athene noctua
- Forest owlet, Athene blewitti
- Spotted wood-owl, Strix seloputo
- Mottled wood-owl, Strix ocellata
- Brown wood-owl, Strix leptogrammica
- Tawny owl, Strix aluco
- Himalayan owl, Strix nivicolum
- Desert owl, Strix hadorami
- Ural owl, Strix uralensis
- Pere David's owl, Strix davidi
- Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
- Long-eared owl, Asio otus
- Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
- Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
- Rufous owl, Ninox rufa
- Barking owl, Ninox connivens
- Sumba boobook, Ninox rudolfi
- Andaman boobook, Ninox affinis
- Southern boobook, Ninox boobook
- Morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Least boobook, Ninox sumbaensis
- Brown boobook, Ninox scutulata
- Hume's boobook, Ninox obscura
- Northern boobook, Ninox japonica
- Chocolate boobook, Ninox randi
- Luzon boobook, Ninox philippensis
- Mindanao boobook, Ninox spilocephala
- Mindoro boobook, Ninox mindorensis
- Romblon boobook, Ninox spilonotus
- Cebu boobook, Ninox rumseyi
- Camiguin boobook, Ninox leventis
- Sulu boobook, Ninox reyi
- Ochre-bellied boobook, Ninox ochracea
- Togian boobook, Ninox burhani
- Cinnabar boobook, Ninox ios
- Halmahera boobook, Ninox hypogramma
- Tanimbar boobook, Ninox forbesi
- Hantu boobook, Ninox squamipila
- Christmas Island boobook, Ninox natalis
- Papuan boobook, Ninox theomacha
- Speckled boobook, Ninox punctulata
- Papuan owl, Uroglaux dimorpha
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
- Red-naped trogon, Harpactes kasumba
- Diard's trogon, Harpactes diardii
- Philippine trogon, Harpactes ardens
- Whitehead's trogon, Harpactes whiteheadi
- Cinnamon-rumped trogon, Harpactes orrhophaeus
- Scarlet-rumped trogon, Harpactes duvaucelii
- Red-headed trogon, Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Orange-breasted trogon, Harpactes oreskios
- Ward's trogon, Harpactes wardi
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.
- Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops
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
- White-crowned hornbill, Berenicornis comatus
- Helmeted hornbill, Buceros vigil
- Rufous hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax
- Rhinoceros hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
- Great hornbill, Buceros bicornis
- Bushy-crested hornbill, Anorrhinus galeritus
- Brown hornbill, Anorrhinus austeni
- Rusty-cheeked hornbill, Anorrhinus tickelli
- Indian gray hornbill, Ocyceros birostris
- Malabar gray hornbill, Ocyceros griseus
- Sri Lanka gray hornbill, Ocyceros gingalensis
- Black hornbill, Anthracoceros malayanus
- Sulu hornbill, Anthracoceros montani
- Malabar pied-hornbill, Anthracoceros coronatus
- Oriental pied-hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris
- Palawan hornbill, Anthracoceros marchei
- Rufous-necked hornbill, Aceros nipalensis
- Knobbed hornbill, Rhyticeros cassidix
- Sumba hornbill, Rhyticeros everetti
- Wreathed hornbill, Rhyticeros undulatus
- Plain-pouched hornbill, Rhyticeros subruficollis
- Narcondam hornbill, Rhyticeros narcondami
- Blyth's hornbill, Rhyticeros plicatus
- Sulawesi hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus
- Wrinkled hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Writhe-billed hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni
- Writhed hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
- Visayan hornbill, Penelopides panini
- Luzon hornbill, Penelopides manillae
- Mindoro hornbill, Penelopides mindorensis
- Samar hornbill, Penelopides samarensis
- Mindanao hornbill, Penelopides affinis
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
- Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
- Blue-eared kingfisher, Alcedo meninting
- Blue-banded kingfisher, Alcedo euryzona
- Small blue kingfisher, Alcedo coerulescens
- Azure kingfisher, Ceyx azureus
- Indigo-banded kingfisher, Ceyx cyanopectus
- Northern silvery-kingfisher, Ceyx flumenicola
- Southern silvery-kingfisher, Ceyx argentatus
- Little kingfisher, Ceyx pusillus
- Black-backed dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca
- Rufous-backed dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx rufidorsa
- Philippine dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx melanurus
- Sulawesi dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx fallax
- Dimorphic dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx margarethae
- Sula dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx wallacii
- North Moluccan dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx uropygialis
- Seram dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx lepidus
- Buru dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx cajeli
- Papuan dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx solitarius
- Malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus
- Banded kingfisher, Lacedo pulchella
- Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii
- Spangled kookaburra, Dacelo tyro
- Rufous-bellied kookaburra, Dacelo gaudichaud
- Shovel-billed kookaburra, Clytoceyx rex
- Lilac-cheeked kingfisher, Cittura cyanotis
- Brown-winged kingfisher, Pelargopsis amauroptera
- Stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
- Great-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
- Ruddy kingfisher, Halcyon coromanda
- White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
- Brown-breasted kingfisher, Halcyon gularis
- Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
- Javan kingfisher, Halcyon cyanoventris
- Blue-black kingfisher, Todiramphus nigrocyaneus
- Rufous-lored kingfisher, Todiramphus winchelli
- Blue-and-white kingfisher, Todiramphus diops
- Lazuli kingfisher, Todiramphus lazuli
- Forest kingfisher, Todiramphus macleayii
- Guam kingfisher, Todiramphus cinnamominus
- Torresian kingfisher, Todiramphus sordidus
- Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus
- Collared kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris
- Beach kingfisher, Todiramphus saurophagus
- Sombre kingfisher, Todiramphus funebris
- Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma
- Cinnamon-banded kingfisher, Todiramphus australasia
- White-rumped kingfisher, Caridonax fulgidus
- Hook-billed kingfisher, Melidora macrorrhina
- Rufous-collared kingfisher, Actenoides concretus
- Spotted kingfisher, Actenoides lindsayi
- Blue-capped kingfisher, Actenoides hombroni
- Green-backed kingfisher, Actenoides monachus
- Scaly-breasted kingfisher, Actenoides princeps
- Yellow-billed kingfisher, Syma torotoro
- Mountain kingfisher, Syma megarhyncha
- Little paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Common paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera galatea
- Kofiau paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera ellioti
- Biak paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera riedelii
- Numfor paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera carolinae
- Red-breasted paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera nympha
- Brown-headed paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera danae
- Buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher, Tanysiptera sylvia
- Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
- Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
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
- Blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni
- Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon forsteni
- White-throated bee-eater, Merops albicollis
- Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis
- Blue-throated bee-eater, Merops viridis
- Rufous-crowned bee-eater, Merops americanus
- Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus
- Blue-tailed bee-eater, Merops philippinus
- Rainbow bee-eater, Merops ornatus
- European bee-eater, Merops apiaster
- Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti
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
- Abyssinian roller, Coracias abyssinicus
- Lilac-breasted roller, Coracias caudatus
- Rufous-crowned roller, Coracias noevius
- Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis
- Indochinese roller, Coracias affinis
- Purple-winged roller, Coracias temminckii
- Broad-billed roller, Eurystomus glaucurus
- Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis
- Azure roller, Eurystomus azureus
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
- Brown barbet, Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Malabar barbet, Psilopogon malabaricus
- Crimson-fronted barbet, Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala
- Blue-eared barbet, Psilopogon australis
- Little barbet, Psilopogon australis
- Bornean barbet, Psilopogon eximus
- Fire-tufted barbet, Psilopogon pyrolophus
- Great barbet, Psilopogon virens
- Red-vented barbet, Psilopogon lagrandieri
- Red-crowned barbet, Psilopogon rafflesii
- Red-throated barbet, Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Black-banded barbet, Psilopogon javensis
- Golden-naped barbet, Psilopogon pulcherrimus
- Yellow-crowned barbet, Psilopogon henricii
- Flame-fronted barbet, Psilopogon armillaris
- Green-eared barbet, Psilopogon faiostrictus
- Lineated barbet, Psilopogon lineatus
- Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus
- White-cheeked barbet, Psilopogon viridis
- Yellow-fronted barbet, Psilopogon flavifrons
- Golden-throated barbet, Psilopogon franklinii
- Necklaced barbet, Psilopogon auricularis
- Mountain barbet, Psilopogon monticola
- Brown-throated barbet, Psilopogon corvinus
- Golden-whiskered barbet, Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Moustached barbet, Psilopogon incognitus
- Taiwan barbet, Psilopogon nuchalis
- Chinese barbet, Psilopogon faber
- Blue-throated barbet, Psilopogon asiaticus
- Indochinese barbet, Psilopogon annamensis
- Black-browed barbet, Psilopogon oorti
- Turquoise-throated barbet, Psilopogon chersonesus
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.
- Yellow-rumped honeyguide, Indicator xanthonotus
- Malaysian honeyguide, Indicator archipelagicus
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
- Speckled piculet, Picumnus innominatus
- Rufous piculet, Sasia abnormis
- White-browed piculet, Sasia ochracea
- Gray-and-buff woodpecker, Hemicircus concretus
- Heart-spotted woodpecker, Hemicircus canente
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus
- Sulawesi woodpecker, Yungipicus temminckii
- Philippine woodpecker, Yungipicus maculatus
- Sulu woodpecker, Yungipicus ramsayi
- Brown-capped woodpecker, Yungipicus nanus
- Sunda woodpecker, Yungipicus moluccensis
- Gray-capped woodpecker, Yungipicus canicapillus
- Pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki
- Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Middle spotted woodpecker, Dendrocoptes medius
- Brown-fronted woodpecker, Dendrocoptes auriceps
- Arabian woodpecker, Dendrocoptes dorae
- Rufous-bellied woodpecker, Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Fulvous-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos macei
- Freckle-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos analis
- Stripe-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos atratus
- Okinawa woodpecker, Dendrocopos noguchii
- White-backed woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos
- Darjeeling woodpecker, Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
- White-winged woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Himalayan woodpecker, Dendrocopos himalayensis
- Syrian woodpecker, Dendrocopos syriacus
- Sind woodpecker, Dendrocopos assimilis
- Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor
- Crimson-breasted woodpecker, Dryobates cathpharius
- Maroon woodpecker, Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Bay woodpecker, Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Orange-backed woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus validus
- Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Javan flameback, Chrysocolaptes strictus
- Luzon flameback, Chrysocolaptes haematribon
- Yellow-faced flameback, Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus
- Buff-spotted flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus
- Red-headed flameback, Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
- Crimson-backed flameback, Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- White-naped woodpecker, Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus
- Buff-necked woodpecker, Meiglyptes tukki
- Buff-rumped woodpecker, Meiglyptes tristis
- Black-and-buff woodpecker, Meiglyptes jugularis
- Pale-headed woodpecker, Gecinulus grantia
- Bamboo woodpecker, Gecinulus viridis
- Olive-backed woodpecker, Dinopium rafflesii
- Himalayan flameback, Dinopium shorii
- Common flameback, Dinopium javanense
- Spot-throated flameback, Dinopium everetti
- Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense
- Red-backed flameback, Dinopium psarodes
- Lesser yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
- Crimson-winged woodpecker, Picus puniceus
- Streak-throated woodpecker, Picus xanthopygaeus
- Scaly-bellied woodpecker, Picus squamatus
- Red-collared woodpecker, Picus rabieri
- Streak-breasted woodpecker, Picus viridanus
- Laced woodpecker, Picus vittatus
- Japanese woodpecker, Picus awokera
- Gray-headed woodpecker, Picus canus
- Black-headed woodpecker, Picus erythropygius
- Eurasian green woodpecker, Picus viridis
- Banded woodpecker, Chrysophlegma mineaceum
- Greater yellownape, Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Checker-throated woodpecker, Chrysophlegma mentale
- Ashy woodpecker, Mulleripicus fulvus
- Northern sooty-woodpecker, Mulleripicus funebris
- Southern sooty-woodpecker, Mulleripicus fuliginosus
- Great slaty woodpecker, Mulleripicus pulverulentus
- Amami woodpecker, Dendrocopos owstoni
- White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
- Andaman woodpecker, Dryocopus hodgei
- Black woodpecker, Dryocopus martius
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
- Black-thighed falconet, Microhierax fringillarius
- White-fronted falconet, Microhierax latifrons
- Philippine falconet, Microhierax erythrogenys
- Pied falconet, Microhierax melanoleucos
- Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
- Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted kestrel, Falco moluccensis
- Australian kestrel, Falco cenchroides
- American kestrel, Falco sparverius (A)
- Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera
- Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus
- Amur falcon, Falco amurensis
- Eleonora's falcon, Falco eleonorae
- Sooty falcon, Falco concolor
- Merlin, Falco columbarius
- Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
- Oriental hobby, Falco severus
- Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
- Brown falcon, Falco berigora
- Gray falcon, Falco hypoleucos
- Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus
- Laggar falcon, Falco jugger
- Saker falcon, Falco cherrug
- Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Barbary falcon, Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides
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
- Little corella, Cacatua sanguinea (I)
- Tanimbar corella, Cacatua goffiniana
- Philippine cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia
- Yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
- Eleonora cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora
- Salmon-crested cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis
- White cockatoo, Cacatua alba
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
- Yellow-capped pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta keiensis
- Geelvink pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta geelvinkiana
- Buff-faced pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta pusio
- Red-breasted pygmy-parrot, Micropsitta bruijnii
- Moluccan king-parrot, Alisterus amboinensis
- Papuan king-parrot, Alisterus chloropterus
- Olive-shouldered parrot, Aprosmictus jonquillaceus
- Red-winged parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Buru racket-tail, Prioniturus mada
- Golden-mantled racket-tail, Prioniturus platurus
- Mindanao racket-tail, Prioniturus waterstradti
- Luzon racket-tail, Prioniturus montanus
- Blue-headed racket-tail, Prioniturus platenae
- Mindoro racket-tail, Prioniturus mindorensis
- Blue-winged racket-tail, Prioniturus verticalis
- Yellow-breasted racket-tail, Prioniturus flavicans
- Green racket-tail, Prioniturus luconensis
- Blue-crowned racket-tail, Prioniturus discurus
- Eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus
- Red-cheeked parrot, Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Blue-collared parrot, Geoffroyus simplex
- Blue-rumped parrot, Psittinus cyanurus
- Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
- Slaty-headed parakeet, Psittacula himalayana
- Gray-headed parakeet, Psittacula finschii
- Plum-headed parakeet, Psittacula cyanocephala
- Blossom-headed parakeet, Psittacula roseata
- Malabar parakeet, Psittacula columboides
- Layard's parakeet, Psittacula calthrapae
- Derbyan parakeet, Psittacula derbiana
- Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri
- Nicobar parakeet, Psittacula caniceps
- Long-tailed parakeet, Psittacula longicauda
- Painted tiger-parrot, Psittacella picta
- Brehm's tiger-parrot, Psittacella brehmii
- Modest tiger-parrot, Psittacella modesta
- Madarasz's tiger-parrot, Psittacella madaraszi
- Black-lored parrot, Tanygnathus gramineus
- Great-billed parrot, Tanygnathus megalorynchos
- Blue-naped parrot, Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Azure-rumped parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus
- Yellow-billed lorikeet, Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
- Orange-billed lorikeet, Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Orange-breasted fig-parrot, Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii
- Double-eyed fig-parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Large fig-parrot, Psittaculirostris desmarestii
- Edwards's fig-parrot, Psittaculirostris edwardsii
- Salvadori's fig-parrot, Psittaculirostris salvadorii
- Guaiabero, Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
- Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (I)
- Plum-faced lorikeet, Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Red-chinned lorikeet, Charmosyna rubrigularis
- Blue-fronted lorikeet, Charmosyna toxopei
- Striated lorikeet, Charmosyna multistriata
- Pygmy lorikeet, Charmosyna wilhelminae
- Red-fronted lorikeet, Charmosyna rubronotata
- Red-flanked lorikeet, Charmosyna placentis
- Fairy lorikeet, Charmosyna pulchella
- Josephine's lorikeet, Charmosyna josefinae
- Papuan lorikeet, Charmosyna papou
- Black lory, Chalcopsitta atra
- Brown lory, Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
- Yellow-streaked lory, Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Chattering lory, Lorius garrulus
- Purple-naped lory, Lorius domicella
- Black-capped lory, Lorius lory
- Iris lorikeet, Psitteuteles iris
- Goldie's lorikeet, Psitteutes goldiei
- Red-and-blue lory, Eos histrio
- Violet-necked lory, Eos squamata
- Red lory, Eos bornea
- Blue-streaked lory, Eos reticulata
- Black-winged lory, Eos cyanogenia
- Blue-eared lory, Eos semilarvata
- Dusky lory, Pseudeos fuscata
- Ornate lorikeet, Trichoglossus ornatus
- Sunset lorikeet, Trichoglossus forsteni
- Leaf lorikeet, Trichoglossus weberi
- Marigold lorikeet, Trichoglossus capistratus
- Coconut lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus
- Red-collared lorikeet, Trichoglossus rubritorquis
- Olive-headed lorikeet, Trichoglossus euteles
- Yellow-and-green lorikeet, Trichoglossus flavoviridis
- Mindanao lorikeet, Trichoglossus johnstoniae
- Vernal hanging-parrot, Loriculus vernalis
- Sri Lanka hanging-parrot, Loriculus beryllinus
- Philippine hanging-parrot, Loriculus philippensis
- Camiguin hanging-parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis
- Blue-crowned hanging-parrot, Loriculus galgulus
- Sulawesi hanging-parrot, Loriculus stigmatus
- Sula hanging-parrot, Loriculus sclateri
- Moluccan hanging-parrot, Loriculus amabilis
- Sangihe hanging-parrot, Loriculus catamene
- Papuan hanging-parrot, Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Pygmy hanging-parrot, Loriculus exilis
- Yellow-throated hanging-parrot, Loriculus pusillus
- Wallace's hanging-parrot, Loriculus flosculus
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.
- Green broadbill, Calyptomena viridis
- Hose's broadbill, Calyptomena hosii
- Whitehead's broadbill, Calyptomena whiteheadi
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
- Long-tailed broadbill, Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus
- Banded broadbill, Eurylaimus javanicus
- Black-and-yellow broadbill, Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Wattled broadbill, Eurylaimus steerii
- Visayan broadbill, Eurylaimus samarensis
- Dusky broadbill, Corydon sumatranus
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
- Blue-breasted pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster
- Sangihe pitta, Erythropitta caeruleitorques
- Siao pitta, Erythropitta palliceps
- Sulawesi pitta, Erythropitta celebensis
- Sula pitta, Erythropitta dohertyi
- North Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rufiventris
- South Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rubrinucha
- Papuan pitta, Erythropitta macklotii
- Graceful pitta, Erythropitta venusta
- Black-crowned pitta, Erythropitta ussheri
- Blue-banded pitta, Erythropitta arcuata
- Garnet pitta, Erythropitta granatina
- Eared pitta, Hydrornis phayrei
- Rusty-naped pitta, Hydrornis oatesi
- Blue-naped pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis
- Blue-rumped pitta, Hydrornis soror
- Giant pitta, Hydrornis caerulea
- Schneider's pitta, Hydrornis schneideri
- Malayan banded-pitta, Hydrornis irena
- Javan banded-pitta, Hydrornis guajana
- Bornean banded-pitta, Hydrornis schwaneri
- Blue-headed pitta, Hydrornis baudii
- Blue pitta, Hydrornis cyanea
- Bar-bellied pitta, Hydrornis elliotii
- Gurney's pitta, Hydrornis gurneyi
- Indian pitta, Pitta brachyura
- Blue-winged pitta, Pitta moluccensis
- Fairy pitta, Pitta nympha
- Hooded pitta, Pitta sordida
- Azure-breasted pitta, Pitta steerii
- Noisy pitta, Pitta versicolor
- Ivory-breasted pitta, Pitta maxima
- Elegant pitta, Pitta elegans
- Mangrove pitta, Pitta megarhyncha
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
- Ochre-breasted catbird, Ailuroedus stonii
- Tan-capped catbird, Ailuroedus geislerorum
- Northern catbird, Ailuroedus jobiensis
- Arfak catbird, Ailuroedus arfakianus
- Black-eared catbird, Ailuroedus melanotis
- Archbold's bowerbird, Archboldia papuensis
- Vogelkop bowerbird, Amblyornis inornata
- MacGregor's bowerbird, Amblyornis macgregoriae
- Streaked bowerbird, Amblyornis subalaris
- Golden-fronted bowerbird, Amblyornis flavifrons
- Masked bowerbird, Sericulus aureus
- Flame bowerbird, Sericulus ardens
- Fire-maned bowerbird, Sericulus bakeri
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird, Chlamydera lauterbachi
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird, Chlamydera cerviniventris
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.
- Papuan treecreeper, Cormobates placens
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
- Orange-crowned fairywren Clytomyias insignis
- Broad-billed fairywren Chenorhamphus grayi
- Emperor fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- White-shouldered fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
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
- White-eared myza, Myza sarasinorum
- Plain honeyeater, Pycnopygius ixoides
- Marbled honeyeater, Pycnopygius cinereus
- Streak-headed honeyeater, Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Orange-cheeked honeyeater, Oreornis chrysogenys
- Puff-backed honeyeater, Meliphaga aruensis
- Scrub honeyeater, Meliphaga albonotata
- Mountain meliphaga, Meliphaga orientalis
- Mimic honeyeater, Meliphaga analoga
- Forest honeyeater, Meliphaga montana
- Spot-breasted meliphaga, Meliphaga mimikae
- Yellow-gaped honeyeater, Meliphaga flavirictus
- Streak-breasted honeyeater, Meliphaga reticulata
- Tagula honeyeater, Meliphaga vicina
- Graceful honeyeater, Meliphaga gracilis
- Black-throated honeyeater, Caligavis subfrenata
- Obscure honeyeater, Caligavis obscura
- Sooty melidectes, Melidectes fuscus
- Short-bearded melidectes, Melidectes nouhuysi
- Ornate melidectes, Melidectes torquatus
- Cinnamon-browed melidectes, Melidectes ochromelas
- Vogelkop melidectes, Melidectes leucostephes
- Huon melidectes, Melidectes foersteri
- Belford's melidectes, Melidectes belfordi
- Yellow-browed melidectes, Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Varied honeyeater, Gavicalis versicolor
- Yellow-tinted honeyeater, Ptilotula flavescens
- Brown-backed honeyeater, Ramsayornis modestus
- Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis
- Arfak honeyeater, Melipotes gymnops
- Smoky honeyeater, Melipotes fumigatus
- Foja honeyeater, Melipotes carolae
- Spangled honeyeater, Melipotes ater
- MacGregor's honeyeater, Macgregoria pulchra
- Long-billed honeyeater, Melilestes megarhynchus
- Olive straightbill, Timeliopsis fulvigula
- Tawny straightbill, Timeliopsis griseigula
- Seram myzomela, Myzomela blasii
- Ruby-throated myzomela, Myzomela eques
- Dusky myzomela, Myzomela obscura
- Red myzomela, Myzomela cruentata
- Papuan black myzomela, Myzomela nigrita
- Crimson-hooded myzomela, Myzomela kuehni
- Red-headed myzomela, Myzomela erythrocephala
- Sumba myzomela, Myzomela dammermani
- Rote myzomela, Myzomela irianawidodoae
- Elfin myzomela, Myzomela adolphinae
- Sulawesi myzomela, Myzomela chloroptera
- Wakolo myzomela, Myzomela wakoloensis
- Banda myzomela, Myzomela boiei
- Sclater's myzomela, Myzomela sclateri
- Black-breasted myzomela, Myzomela vulnerata
- Red-collared myzomela, Myzomela rosenbergii
- Green-backed honeyeater, Glycichaera fallax
- Leaden honeyeater, Ptiloprora plumbea
- Yellow-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora meekiana
- Rufous-sided honeyeater, Ptiloprora erythropleura
- Mayr's honeyeater, Ptiloprora mayri
- Gray-streaked honeyeater, Ptiloprora perstriata
- Sunda honeyeater, Lichmera lombokia
- Olive honeyeater, Lichmera argentauris
- Brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta
- Indonesian honeyeater, Lichmera limbata
- White-tufted honeyeater, Lichmera squamata
- Silver-eared honeyeater, Lichmera alboauricularis
- Buru honeyeater, Lichmera deningeri
- Seram honeyeater, Lichmera monticola
- Yellow-eared honeyeater, Lichmera flavicans
- Black-chested honeyeater, Lichmera notabilis
- Blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis
- White-throated honeyeater, Melithreptus albogularis
- Tawny-breasted honeyeater, Xanthotis flaviventer
- Spotted honeyeater, Xanthotis polygrammus
- White-streaked friarbird, Melitograis gilolensis
- Little friarbird, Philemon citreogularis
- Meyer's friarbird, Philemon meyeri
- Timor friarbird, Philemon inornatus
- Gray friarbird, Philemon kisserensis
- Brass's friarbird, Philemon brassi
- Dusky friarbird, Philemon fuscicapillus
- Buru friarbird, Philemon moluccensis
- Tanimbar friarbird, Philemon plumigenis
- Seram friarbird, Philemon subcorniculatus
- Helmeted friarbird, Philemon buceroides
- Noisy friarbird, Philemon corniculatus
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
- Rusty mouse-warbler, Crateroscelis murina
- Bicolored mouse-warbler, Crateroscelis nigrorufa
- Mountain mouse-warbler, Crateroscelis robusta
- Tropical scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii
- Perplexing scrubwren, Sericornis virgatus
- Large scrubwren, Sericornis nouhuysi
- 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
- Gray thornbill, Acanthiza cinerea
- Green-backed gerygone, Gerygone chloronota
- Fairy gerygone, Gerygone palpebrosa
- Biak gerygone, Gerygone hypoxantha
- White-throated gerygone, Gerygone olivacea
- Yellow-bellied gerygone, Gerygone chrysogaster
- Large-billed gerygone, Gerygone magnirostris
- Golden-bellied gerygone, Gerygone sulphurea
- Plain gerygone, Gerygone inornata
- Rufous-sided gerygone, Gerygone dorsalis
- Brown-breasted gerygone, Gerygone ruficollis
- Mangrove gerygone, Gerygone levigaster
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.
- Papuan babbler, Pomatostomus isidorei
- Gray-crowned babbler, Pomatostomus temporalis
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.
- Papuan logrunner, Orthonyx novaeguineae
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
- Spotted jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Blue jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Chestnut-backed jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa castanonota
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's minivet, Pericrocotus albifrons
- Fiery minivet, Pericrocotus igneus
- Small minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Gray-chinned minivet, Pericrocotus solaris
- Sunda minivet, Pericrocotus miniatus
- Short-billed minivet, Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Flores minivet, Pericrocotus lansbergei
- Long-tailed minivet, Pericrocotus ethologus
- Orange minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus
- Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus speciosus
- Ryukyu minivet, Pericrocotus tegimae
- Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Brown-rumped minivet, Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Rosy minivet, Pericrocotus roseus
- Stout-billed cuckooshrike, Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Hooded cuckooshrike, Coracina longicauda
- Pied cuckooshrike, Coracina bicolor
- Cerulean cuckooshrike, Coracina temminckii
- Barred cuckooshrike, Coracina lineata
- Boyer's cuckooshrike, Coracina boyeri
- Black-faced cuckooshrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
- White-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina papuensis
- Moluccan cuckooshrike, Coracina atriceps
- Large cuckooshrike, Coracina macei
- Bar-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina striata
- Andaman cuckooshrike, Coracina dobsoni
- Sunda cuckooshrike, Coracina larvata
- Javan cuckooshrike, Coracina javensis
- Wallacean cuckooshrike, Coracina personata
- Buru cuckooshrike, Coracina fortis
- White-rumped cuckooshrike, Coracina leucopygia
- Slaty cuckooshrike, Coracina schistacea
- Golden cuckooshrike, Coracina sloetii
- McGregor's cuckooshrike, Coracina mcgregori
- White-shouldered triller, Lalage sueurii
- Black-browed triller, Lalage atrovirens
- White-browed triller, Lalage moesta
- Varied triller, Lalage leucomela
- Black-and-white triller, Lalage melanoleuca
- White-rumped triller, Lalage leucopygialis
- Pied triller, Lalage nigra
- Rufous-bellied triller, Lalage aurea
- Black-winged cuckooshrike, Lalage melaschistos
- Black-headed cuckooshrike, Lalage melanoptera
- Lesser cuckooshrike, Lalage fimbriata
- Indochinese cuckooshrike, Lalage polioptera
- Pygmy cuckooshrike, Celebesia abbotti
- Halmahera cuckooshrike, Celebesia parvula
- Blackish cuckooshrike, Analisoma coerulescens
- White-winged cuckooshrike, Analisoma ostenta
- Black-bellied cicadabird, Edolisoma montanum
- Pale cicadabird, Edolisoma ceramense
- Kai cicadabird, Edolisoma dispar
- Pale-shouldered cicadabird, Edolisoma dohertyi
- Black-bibbed cicadabird, Edolisoma mindanense
- Papuan cicadabird, Edolisoma incertum
- Sulawesi cicadabird, Edolisoma morio
- Sula cicadabird, Edolisoma sula
- Common cicadabird, Edolisoma tenuirostre
- Gray-headed cicadabird, Edolisoma schisticeps
- Black cicadabird, Edolisoma melas
Sittellas
Order: Passeriformes Family: Neosittidae
The sittellas are a family of small passerine birds. They resemble treecreepers, but have soft tails.
- Black sittella, Daphoenositta miranda
- Papuan sittella, Daphoenositta papuensis
- Varied sittella, Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Whipbirds and wedgebills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Psophodidae
The Psophodidae is a family containing whipbirds and wedgebills.
- Papuan whipbird, Androphobus viridis
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).
- Wattled ploughbill, Eulacestoma nigropectus
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.
- Rufous-naped bellbird, Aleadryas rufinucha
- Piping bellbird, Ornorectes cristatus
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.
- Tit berrypecker, Oreocharis arfaki
- Crested berrypecker, Paramythia montium
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
- Pied shrike-babbler, Pteruthius flaviscapis
- Himalayan shrike-babbler, Pteruthius ripleyi
- Blyth's shrike-babbler, Pteruthius aeralatus
- Dalat shrike-babbler, Pteruthius annamensis
- Green shrike-babbler, Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Black-eared shrike-babbler, Pteruthius melanotis
- Trilling shrike-babbler, Pteruthius aenobarbus
- Clicking shrike-babbler, Pteruthius intermedius
- White-bellied erpornis, Erpornis zantholeuca
Whistlers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, and pitohuis.
- Rusty pitohui, Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- White-bellied pitohui, Pseudorectes incertus
- Gray shrikethrush, Colluricincla harmonica
- Sooty shrikethrush, Colluricincla tenebrosa
- Little shrikethrush, Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Black pitohui, Melanorectes nigrescens
- Sangihe whistler, Coracornis sanghirensis
- Maroon-backed whistler, Coracornis raveni
- Bare-throated whistler, Pachycephala nudigula
- Fawn-breasted whistler, Pachycephala orpheus
- Regent whistler, Pachycephala schlegelii
- Vogelkop whistler, Pachycephala meyeri
- Sclater's whistler, Pachycephala soror
- Rusty-breasted whistler, Pachycephala fulvotincta
- Yellow-throated whistler, Pachycephala macrorhyncha
- Black-chinned whistler, Pachycephala mentalis
- Baliem whistler, Pachycephala balim
- Black-tailed whistler, Pachycephala melanura
- Morningbird, Pachycephala tenebrosa
- Brown-backed whistler, Pachycephala modesta
- Lorentz's whistler, Pachycephala lorentzi
- Golden-backed whistler, Pachycephala aurea
- Yellow-bellied whistler, Pachycephala philippinensis
- Bornean whistler, Pachycephala hypoxantha
- Sulphur-bellied whistler, Pachycephala sulfuriventer
- Mangrove whistler, Pachycephala cinerea
- Green-backed whistler, Pachycephala albiventris
- White-vented whistler, Pachycephala homeyeri
- Island whistler, Pachycephala phaionota
- Biak whistler, Pachycephala melanorhyncha
- Rusty whistler, Pachycephala hyperythra
- Gray whistler, Pachycephala simplex
- Wallacean whistler, Pachycephala arctitorquis
- Drab whistler, Pachycephala griseonota
- White-bellied whistler, Pachycephala leucogastra
- Black-headed whistler, Pachycephala monacha
- Rufous whistler, Pachycephala rufiventris
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
- Raja Ampat pitohui, Pitohui cerviniventris
- Northern variable pitohui, Pitohui kirhocephalus
- Southern variable pitohui, Pitohui uropygialis
- Timor oriole, Oriolus melanotis
- Buru oriole, Oriolus bouroensis
- Tanimbar oriole, Oriolus decipiens
- Seram oriole, Oriolus forsteni
- Halmahera oriole, Oriolus phaeochromus
- Brown oriole, Oriolus szalayi
- Olive-backed oriole, Oriolus sagittatus
- Green oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus
- Dark-throated oriole, Oriolus xanthonotus
- White-lored oriole, Oriolus albiloris
- Philippine oriole, Oriolus steerii
- Isabela oriole, Oriolus isabellae
- Eurasian golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
- Indian golden oriole, Oriolus kundoo
- Black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis
- Slender-billed oriole, Oriolus tenuirostris
- Black-hooded oriole, Oriolus xanthornus
- Black oriole, Oriolus hosii
- Black-and-crimson oriole, Oriolus cruentus
- Maroon oriole, Oriolus traillii
- Silver oriole, Oriolus mellianus
- Wetar figbird, Sphecotheres hypoleucus
- Green figbird, Sphecotheres viridis
- Australasian figbird, Sphecotheres vieilloti
Boatbills
Order: Passeriformes Family: Machaerirhynchidae
The boatbills have affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds, and are distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.
- Black-breasted boatbill, Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
- Yellow-breasted boatbill, Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
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
- Ivory-backed woodswallow, Artamus monachus
- Great woodswallow, Artamus maximus
- White-breasted woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus
- Black-faced woodswallow, Artamus cinereus
- Mountain peltops, Peltops montanus
- Lowland peltops, Peltops blainvillii
- Black-backed butcherbird, Cracticus mentalis
- Hooded butcherbird, Cracticus cassicus
- Tagula butcherbird, Cracticus louisiadensis
- Black butcherbird, Cracticus quoyi
- Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen
Mottled berryhunter
Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhagologidae
The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but most likely related to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds.
- Mottled berryhunter, Rhagologus leucostigma
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
- Large woodshrike, Tephrodornis gularis
- Common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Sri Lanka woodshrike, Tephrodornis affinis
- Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus picatus
- Black-winged flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Rufous-winged philentoma, Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Maroon-breasted philentoma, Philentoma velata
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.
- Common iora, Aegithina tiphia
- White-tailed iora, Aegithina nigrolutea
- Green iora, Aegithina viridissima
- Great iora, Aegithina lafresnayei
Bristlehead
Order: Passeriformes Family: Pityriasidae
The Bornean bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala), 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]
- Bornean bristlehead, Pityriasis gymnocephala
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.
- Black-crowned tchagra, Tchagra senegalus
Fantails
Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhipiduridae
The fantails are small insectivorous birds with longish, frequently fanned, tails.
- Drongo fantail, Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- Cerulean paradise-flycatcher, Eutrichomyias rowleyi
- Black fantail, Rhipidura atra
- Black-and-cinnamon fantail, Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea
- Mindanao blue-fantail, Rhipidura superciliaris
- Visayan blue-fantail, Rhipidura samarensis
- Tablas fantail, Rhipidura sauli
- Visayan fantail, Rhipidura albiventris
- Blue-headed fantail, Rhipidura cyaniceps
- Spotted fantail, Rhipidura perlata
- Cinnamon-tailed fantail, Rhipidura fuscorufa
- Northern fantail, Rhipidura rufiventris
- Brown-capped fantail, Rhipidura diluta
- Sooty thicket-fantail, Rhipidura threnothorax
- Black thicket-fantail, Rhipidura maculipectus
- White-bellied thicket-fantail, Rhipidura leucothorax
- Willie-wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
- Malaysian pied-fantail, Rhipidura javanica
- Philippine pied-fantail, Rhipidura nigritorquis
- White-throated fantail, Rhipidura albicollis
- Spot-breasted fantail, Rhipidura albogularis
- Rufous-tailed fantail, Rhipidura phoenicura
- White-bellied fantail, Rhipidura euryura
- White-browed fantail, Rhipidura aureola
- Rufous-backed fantail, Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Dimorphic fantail, Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
- Sulawesi fantail, Rhipidura teysmanni
- Taliabu fantail, Rhipidura sulaensis
- Tawny-backed fantail, Rhipidura superflua
- Streak-breasted fantail, Rhipidura dedemi
- Long-tailed fantail, Rhipidura opistherythra
- Rufous fantail, Rhipidura rufifrons
- Arafura fantail, Rhipidura dryas
- Friendly fantail, Rhipidura albolimbata
- Chestnut-bellied fantail, Rhipidura hyperythra
- Mangrove fantail, Rhipidura phasiana
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
- Ashy drongo, Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-bellied drongo, Dicrurus caerulescens
- Crow-billed drongo, Dicrurus annectens
- Bronzed drongo, Dicrurus aeneus
- Lesser racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus remifer
- Hair-crested drongo, Dicrurus hottentottus
- Balicassiao, Dicrurus balicassius
- Sulawesi drongo, Dicrurus montanus
- Sumatran drongo, Dicrurus sumatranus
- Wallacean drongo, Dicrurus densus
- Spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus
- Tablas drongo, Dicrurus menagei
- Andaman drongo, Dicrurus andamanensis
- Greater racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus
- Sri Lanka drongo, Dicrurus lophorinus
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 (E)
- Trumpet manucode, Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Curl-crested manucode, Manucodia comrii
- Crinkle-collared manucode, Manucodia chalybatus
- Jobi manucode, Manucodia jobiensis
- Glossy-mantled manucode, Manucodia ater
- King-of-Saxony bird-of-paradise, Pteridophora alberti
- Carola's parotia, Parotia carolae
- Bronze parotia, Parotia berlepschi (A)
- Western parotia, Parotia sefilata
- Wahnes's parotia, Parotia wahnesi
- Lawes's parotia, Parotia lawesii
- Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Black-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis albertisi
- Pale-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis bruijnii
- Standardwing bird-of-paradise, Semioptera wallacii
- Vogelkop lophorina, Lophorina niedda
- Greater lophorina, Lophorina superba
- Magnificent riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus
- Growling riflebird, Ptiloris intercedens
- Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus
- Brown sicklebill, Epimachus meyeri
- Long-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla carunculata
- Short-tailed paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
- Splendid astrapia, Astrapia splendidissima
- Arfak astrapia, Astrapia nigra
- Huon astrapia, Astrapia rothschildi
- Ribbon-tailed astrapia, Astrapia mayeri
- King bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius
- 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
- Goldie's bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea decora
- Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor
- Greater bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda
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.
- Blue-capped ifrita, Ifrita kowaldi
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
- Black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea
- Pale-blue monarch, Hypothymis puella
- Celestial monarch, Hypothymis coelestis
- Blue paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone cyanescens
- Rufous paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone cinnamomea
- Japanese paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Amur paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone incei
- Blyth's paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone affinis
- Indian paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi
- African paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis
- White-naped monarch, Carterornis pileatus
- Loetoe monarch, Carterornis castus
- Golden monarch, Carterornis chrysomela
- Island monarch, Monarcha cinerascens
- Black-faced monarch, Monarcha melanopsis
- Black-winged monarch, Monarcha frater
- Fan-tailed monarch, Symposiachrus axillaris
- Rufous monarch, Monarcha rubiensis
- Flores monarch, Symposiachrus sacerdotum
- Black-chinned monarch, Symposiachrus boanensis
- Spectacled monarch, Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- White-tailed monarch, Symposiachrus leucurus
- White-tipped monarch, Symposiachrus everetti
- Black-tipped monarch, Symposiachrus loricatus
- Kofiau monarch, Symposiachrus julianae
- Biak monarch, Symposiachrus brehmii
- Hooded monarch, Symposiachrus manadensis
- Black-bibbed monarch, Symposiachrus mundus
- Spot-winged monarch, Symposiachrus guttula
- Frilled monarch, Arses telescopthalmus
- Ochre-collared monarch, Arses insularis
- Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca
- Torrent-lark, Grallina bruijnii
- Biak flycatcher, Myiagra atra
- Moluccan flycatcher, Myiagra galeata
- Leaden flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula
- Broad-billed flycatcher, Myiagra ruficollis
- Satin flycatcher, Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Restless flycatcher, Myiagra inquieta (A)
- Paperbark flycatcher, Myiagra nana
- Shining flycatcher, Myiagra alecto
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.
- Lesser melampitta,Melampitta lugubris
- Greater melampitta, Melampitta gigantea
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.
- Crested shrikejay, Platylophus galericulatus
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
- Bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus
- Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed shrike, Lanius phoenicuroides
- Isabelline shrike, Lanius isabellinus
- Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus
- Burmese shrike, Lanius collurioides
- Bay-backed shrike, Lanius vittatus
- Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach
- Gray-backed shrike, Lanius tephronotus
- Gray-capped shrike, Lanius validirostris
- Northern shrike, Lanius borealis
- Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor
- Lesser gray shrike, Lanius minor
- Chinese gray shrike, Lanius sphenocercus
- Masked shrike, Lanius nubicus
- Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator
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
- Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus
- Sichuan jay, Perisoreus internigrans
- Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
- Black-headed jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
- Lidth's jay, Garrulus lidthi
- Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
- Sri Lanka blue-magpie, Urocissa ornata
- Taiwan blue-magpie, Urocissa caerulea
- Yellow-billed blue-magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
- Red-billed blue-magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- White-winged magpie, Urocissa whiteheadi
- Common green-magpie, Cissa chinensis
- Indochinese green-magpie, Cissa hypoleuca
- Javan green-magpie, Cissa thalassina
- Bornean green-magpie, Cissa jefferyi
- Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Gray treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
- Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
- Bornean treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens
- White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra
- Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
- Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyii
- Racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia
- Hooded treepie, Crypsirina cucullata
- Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus temnurus
- Black-rumped magpie, Pica bottanensis
- Oriental magpie, Pica serica
- Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
- Mongolian ground-jay, Podoces hendersoni
- Xinjiang ground-jay, Podoces biddulphi
- Turkestan ground-jay, Podoces panderi
- Iranian ground-jay, Podoces pleskei
- Eurasian nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Kashmir nutcracker, Nucifraga multipunctata
- Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Yellow-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian jackdaw, Corvus monedula
- Daurian jackdaw, Corvus dauuricus
- House crow, Corvus splendens
- Banggai crow, Corvus unicolor
- Slender-billed crow, Corvus enca
- Violet crow, Corvus violaceus
- Piping crow, Corvus typicus
- Flores crow, Corvus florensis
- Long-billed crow, Corvus validus
- Brown-headed crow, Corvus fuscicapillus
- Gray crow, Corvus tristis
- Rook, Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion crow, Corvus corone
- Hooded crow, Corvus cornix
- Large-billed crow, Corvus macrorhynchos
- Torresian crow, Corvus orru
- Collared crow, Corvus torquatus
- Pied crow, Corvus albus (A)
- Brown-necked raven, Corvus ruficollis
- Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus
- Common raven, Corvus corax
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]
- Loria's satinbird, Cnemophilus loriae
- Crested satinbird, Cnemophilus macgregorii
- Yellow-breasted satinbird, Loboparadisea sericea
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
- Black berrypecker, Melanocharis nigra
- Mid-mountain berrypecker, Melanocharis longicauda
- Fan-tailed berrypecker, Melanocharis versteri
- Streaked berrypecker, Melanocharis striativentris
- Spotted berrypecker, Melanocharis crassirostris
- Yellow-bellied longbill, Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Slaty-chinned longbill, Toxorhamphus poliopterus
- Spectacled longbill, Oedistoma iliolophus
- Pygmy longbill, Oedistoma pygmaeum
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
- Lesser ground-robin, Amalocichla incerta
- Torrent flycatcher, Monachella muelleriana
- Jacky-winter, Microeca fascinans
- Golden-bellied flyrobin, Microeca hemixantha
- Lemon-bellied flycatcher, Microeca flavigaster
- Yellow-legged flycatcher, Microeca griseoceps
- Olive flyrobin, Microeca flavovirescens
- Papuan flycatcher, Microeca papuana
- Garnet robin, Eugerygone rubra
- Subalpine robin, Petroica bivittata
- Snow Mountain robin, Petroica archboldi (E)
- White-faced robin, Tregellasia leucops
- Mangrove robin, Eopsaltria pulverulenta
- Black-chinned robin, Poecilodryas brachyura
- Black-sided robin, Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Olive-yellow robin, Poecilodryas placens
- Black-throated robin,Poecilodryas albonotata
- White-winged robin,Peneothello sigillata
- Smoky robin, Peneothello cryptoleuca (E)
- White-rumped robin, Peneothello bimaculata
- Blue-gray robin, Peneothello cyanus
- Ashy robin, Heteromyias albispecularis
- Green-backed robin, Pachycephalopsis hattamensis
- White-eyed robin,Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
- Papuan scrub-robin, Drymodes beccarii
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.
- Malaysian rail-babbler, Eupetes macrocerus
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".
- Yellow-bellied fairy-fantail, Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Gray-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Citrine canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea
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
- Yellow-browed tit, Sylviparus modestus
- Sultan tit, Melanochlora sultanea
- Coal tit, Periparus ater
- Rufous-naped tit, Periparus rufonuchalis
- Rufous-vented tit, Periparus rubidiventris
- Yellow-bellied tit, Periparus venustulus
- Elegant tit, Periparus elegans
- Palawan tit, Periparus amabilis
- Crested tit, Lophophanes cristatus
- Gray-crested tit, Lophophanes dichrous
- Chestnut-bellied tit, Sittiparus castaneoventris
- Iriomote tit, Sittiparus olivaceus
- Varied tit, Sittiparus varius
- Owston's tit, Sittiparus owstoni
- White-fronted tit, Sittiparus semilarvatus
- White-browed tit, Poecile superciliosa
- Sombre tit, Poecile lugubris
- Pere David's tit, Poecile davidi
- Marsh tit, Poecile palustris
- Black-bibbed tit, Poecile hypermelaenus
- Willow tit, Poecile montana
- Sichuan tit, Poecile weigoldicus
- Gray-headed chickadee, Poecile cinctus
- Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
- Azure tit, Cyanistes cyanus
- Ground tit, Pseudopodoces humilis
- Green-backed tit, Parus monticolus
- Great tit, Parus major
- Cinereous tit, Parus cinereus
- Japanese tit, Parus minor
- White-naped tit, Machlolophus nuchalis
- Taiwan yellow tit, Machlolophus holsti
- Himalayan black-lored tit, Machlolophus xanthogenys
- Indian yellow tit, Machlolophus aplonotus
- Yellow-cheeked tit, Machlolophus spilonotus
Penduline-tits
Order: Passeriformes Family: Remizidae
The penduline-tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores.
- Eurasian penduline-tit, Remiz pendulinus
- Black-headed penduline-tit, Remiz macronyx
- White-crowned penduline-tit, Remiz coronatus
- Chinese penduline-tit, Remiz consobrinus
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
- Thick-billed lark, Ramphocoris clotbey
- Bar-tailed lark, Ammomanes cinctura
- Rufous-tailed lark, Ammomanes phoenicura
- Desert lark, Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned sparrow-lark, Eremopterix nigriceps
- Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark, Eremopterix griseus
- Australasian bushlark, Mirafra javanica
- Singing bushlark, Mirafra cantillans
- Burmese bushlark, Mirafra microptera
- Bengal bushlark, Mirafra assamica
- Indochinese bushlark, Mirafra erythrocephala
- Jerdon's bushlark, Mirafra affinis
- Indian bushlark, Mirafra erythroptera
- Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
- Temminck's lark, Eremophila bilopha
- Greater short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sykes's short-toed lark, Calandrella dukhunensis
- Hume's short-toed lark, Calandrella acutirostris
- Bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra
- Tibetan lark, Melanocorypha maxima
- Black lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Mongolian lark, Melanocorypha mongolica
- Dunn's lark, Eremalauda dunni
- Asian short-toed lark, Alaudala cheleensis
- Lesser short-toed lark, Alaudala rufescens
- Sand lark, Alaudala raytal
- Wood lark, Lullula arborea
- White-winged lark, Alauda leucoptera
- Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
- Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula
- Crested lark, Galerida cristata
- Malabar lark, Galerida malabarica
- Tawny lark, Galerida deva
Bearded reedling
Order: Passeriformes Family: Panuridae
This species, the only one in its family, is found in reed beds throughout temperate Europe and Asia.
- Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus
African warblers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Macrosphenidae
African warblers are small to medium-sized insectivores which are found in a wide variety of habitats south of the Sahara.
- White-browed crombec, Sylvietta leucophrys (A)
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
- Mindanao plumed-warbler, Micromacronus sordidus
- Common tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius
- Rufous-fronted tailorbird, Orthotomus frontalis
- Dark-necked tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis
- Cambodian tailorbird, Orthotomus chaktomuk
- Ashy tailorbird, Orthotomus ruficeps
- Olive-backed tailorbird, Orthotomus sepium
- Rufous-tailed tailorbird, Orthotomus sericeus
- Visayan tailorbird, Orthotomus castaneiceps
- Gray-backed tailorbird, Orthotomus derbianus
- Green-backed tailorbird, Orthotomus chloronotus
- Yellow-breasted tailorbird, Orthotomus samarensis
- White-browed tailorbird, Orthotomus nigriceps
- White-eared tailorbird, Orthotomus cinereiceps
- Striated prinia, Prinia crinigera
- Brown prinia, Prinia polychroa
- Black-throated prinia, Prinia atrogularis
- Hill prinia, Prinia superciliaris
- Gray-crowned prinia, Prinia cinereocapilla
- Rufescent prinia, Prinia rufescens
- Gray-breasted prinia, Prinia hodgsonii
- Bar-winged prinia, Prinia familiaris
- Graceful prinia, Prinia gracilis
- Jungle prinia, Prinia sylvatica
- Yellow-bellied prinia, Prinia flaviventris
- Ashy prinia, Prinia socialis
- Plain prinia, Prinia inornata
- Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
- Golden-headed cisticola, Cisticola exilis
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
- Booted warbler, Iduna caligata
- Sykes's warbler, Iduna rama
- Eastern olivaceous warbler, Iduna pallida
- Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida
- Olive-tree warbler, Hippolais olivetorum
- Icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina
- Aquatic warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola
- Black-browed reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Streaked reed warbler, Acrocephalus sorghophilus
- Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola
- Blunt-winged warbler, Acrocephalus concinens
- Manchurian reed warbler, Acrocephalus tangorum
- Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Large-billed reed warbler, Acrocephalus orinus
- Marsh warbler, Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African reed warbler, Acrocephalus baeticatus
- Basra reed warbler, Acrocephalus griseldis
- Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Oriental reed warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis
- Clamorous reed warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Australian reed warbler, Acrocephalus australis
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
- Sierra Madre ground-warbler, Robsonius thompsoni
- Bicol ground-warbler, Robsonius sorsogonensis
- Fly River grassbird, Poodytes albolimbatus
- Little grassbird, Poodytes gramineus
- Malia, Malia grata
- Buff-banded bushbird, Cincloramphus bivittatus
- Tawny grassbird, Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Papuan grassbird, Cincloramphus macrurus
- Striated grassbird, Megalurus palustris
- Broad-tailed grassbird, Schoenicola platyurus
- Gray's grasshopper-warbler, Locustella fasciolata
- Sakhalin grasshopper-warbler, Locustella amnicola
- Marsh grassbird, Locustella pryeri
- Pallas's grasshopper-warbler, Locustella certhiola
- Middendorff's grasshopper-warbler, Locustella ochotensis
- Pleske's grasshopper-warbler, Locustella pleskei
- Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata
- River warbler, Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides
- Brown bush warbler, Locustella luteoventris
- Chinese bush warbler, Locustella tacsanowskia
- Long-billed bush warbler, Locustella major
- Common grasshopper-warbler, Locustella naevia
- Long-tailed bush warbler, Locustella caudata
- Chestnut-backed bush warbler, Locustella castanea
- Baikal bush warbler, Locustella davidi
- West Himalayan bush warbler, Locustella kashmirensis
- Spotted bush warbler, Locustella thoracica
- Taiwan bush warbler, Locustella alishanensis
- Friendly bush warbler, Locustella accentor
- Russet bush warbler, Locustella mandelli
- Dalat bush warbler, Locustella idonea
- Sichuan bush warbler, Locustella chengi
- Benguet bush warbler, Locustella seebohmi
- Javan bush warbler, Locustella montis
- Sri Lanka bush warbler, Elaphrornis palliseri
- Bristled grassbird, Chaetornis striata
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
- Chinese cupwing, Pnoepyga mutica (E)
- Taiwan cupwing, Pnoepyga formosana
- Immaculate cupwing, Pnoepyga immaculata
- Pygmy cupwing, Pnoepyga pusilla
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
- Purple martin, Progne subis (A)
- Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
- Plain martin, Riparia paludicola
- Gray-throated martin, Riparia chinensis
- Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
- Pale sand martin, Riparia diluta
- Banded martin, Riparia cincta
- Eurasian crag-martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Rock martin, Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Dusky crag-martin, Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii
- Welcome swallow, Hirundo neoxena
- Hill swallow, Hirundo domicola
- Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica
- Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica
- Sri Lanka swallow, Cecropis hyperythra
- Striated swallow, Cecropis striolata
- Rufous-bellied swallow, Cecropis badia
- Streak-throated swallow, Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Fairy martin, Petrochelidon ariel
- Tree martin, Petrochelidon nigricans
- Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common house-martin, Delichon urbicum
- Asian house-martin, Delichon dasypus
- Nepal house-martin, Delichon nipalense
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
- Black-headed bulbul, Brachypodius atriceps
- Andaman bulbul, Brachypodius fuscoflavescens
- Spectacled bulbul, Rubigula erythropthalmos
- Gray-bellied bulbul, Rubigula cyaniventris
- Scaly-breasted bulbul, Rubigula squamatus
- Black-crested bulbul, Rubigula flaviventris
- Flame-throated bulbul, Rubigula gularis
- Black-capped bulbul, Rubigula melanicterus
- Ruby-throated bulbul, Rubigula dispar
- Bornean bulbul, Rubigula montis
- Bare-faced bulbul, Nok hualon
- Crested finchbill, Spizixos canifrons
- Collared finchbill, Spizixos semitorques
- Straw-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus zeylanicus
- Striated bulbul, Pycnonotus striatus
- Cream-striped bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogrammicus
- Spot-necked bulbul, Pycnonotus tympanistrigus
- Styan's bulbul, Pycnonotus taivanus
- Red-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus cafer
- Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus
- Brown-breasted bulbul, Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Light-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-spectacled bulbul, Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- White-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus leucotis
- Himalayan bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Sooty-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Blue-wattled bulbul, Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii
- Aceh bulbul, Pycnonotus snouckaerti
- Orange-spotted bulbul, Pycnonotus bimaculatus
- Stripe-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus
- Yellow-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Flavescent bulbul, Pycnonotus flavescens
- White-browed bulbul, Pycnonotus luteolus
- Yellow-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier
- Olive-winged bulbul, Pycnonotus plumosus
- Ashy-fronted bulbul, Pycnonotus cinereifrons
- Cream-eyed bulbul, Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Ayeyarwady bulbul, Pycnonotus blanfordi
- Streak-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus conradi
- Cream-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus simplex
- Red-eyed bulbul, Pycnonotus brunneus
- Hairy-backed bulbul, Tricholestes criniger
- Hook-billed bulbul, Setornis criniger
- Finsch's bulbul, Alophoixus finschii
- White-throated bulbul, Alophoixus flaveolus
- Puff-throated bulbul, Alophoixus pallidus
- Ochraceous bulbul, Alophoixus ochraceus
- Gray-cheeked bulbul, Alophoixus bres
- Gray-throated bulbul, Alophoixus frater
- Yellow-bellied bulbul, Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- 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
- Charlotte's bulbul, Iole charlottae
- Gray-eyed bulbul, Iole propinqua
- Cachar bulbul, Iole cacharensis
- Olive bulbul, Iole virescens
- Yellow-browed bulbul, Iole indica
- Mauritius bulbul, Hypsipetes olivaceus (Ex)
- Black bulbul, Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Square-tailed bulbul, Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Nicobar bulbul, Hypsipetes nicobariensis
- White-headed bulbul, Hypsipetes thompsoni
- Brown-eared bulbul, Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Visayan bulbul, Hypsipetes guimarasensis
- Zamboanga bulbul, Hypsipetes rufigularis
- Yellowish bulbul, Hypsipetes everetti
- Mindoro bulbul, Hypsipetes mindorensis
- Streak-breasted bulbul, Hypsipetes siquijorensis
- Philippine bulbul, Hypsipetes philippinus
- Ashy bulbul, Hemixos flavala
- Cinereous bulbul, Hemixos cinereus
- Chestnut bulbul, Hemixos castanonotus
- Mountain bulbul, Ixos mcclellandii
- Sunda bulbul, Ixos virescens
- Streaked bulbul, Ixos malaccensis
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
- Eastern Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus orientalis
- Ashy-throated warbler, Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Buff-barred warbler, Phylloscopus pulcher
- Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus
- Hume's warbler, Phylloscopus humei
- Brooks's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus subviridis
- Chinese leaf warbler, Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Pallas's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus
- Gansu leaf warbler, Phylloscopus kansuensis
- Lemon-rumped warbler, Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Sichuan leaf warbler, Phylloscopus forresti
- Tytler's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tytleri
- Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Yellow-streaked warbler, Phylloscopus armandii
- Sulphur-bellied warbler, Phylloscopus griseolus
- Tickell's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus affinis
- Alpine leaf warbler, Phylloscopus occisinensis
- Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Smoky warbler, Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Plain leaf warbler, Phylloscopus neglectus
- Buff-throated warbler, Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus
- Mountain chiffchaff, Phylloscopus sindianus
- Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus (A)
- Lemon-throated leaf warbler, Phylloscopus cebuensis
- Philippine leaf warbler, Phylloscopus olivaceus
- Eastern crowned leaf warbler, Phylloscopus coronatus
- Ijima's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus ijimae
- Brown woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- White-spectacled warbler, Phylloscopus affinis
- Gray-cheeked warbler, Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Green-crowned warbler, Phylloscopus burkii
- Gray-crowned warbler, Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Whistler's warbler, Phylloscopus whistleri
- Bianchi's warbler, Phylloscopus valentini
- Martens's warbler, Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Alström's warbler, Phylloscopus soror
- Green warbler, Phylloscopus nitidus
- Greenish warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Two-barred warbler, Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Emei leaf warbler, Phylloscopus emeiensis
- Large-billed leaf warbler, Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Pale-legged leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Sakhalin leaf warbler, Phylloscopus borealoides
- Japanese leaf warbler, Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis
- Kamchatka leaf warbler, Phylloscopus examinandus
- Chestnut-crowned warbler, Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Yellow-breasted warbler, Phylloscopus montis
- Sunda warbler, Phylloscopus grammiceps
- Limestone leaf warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis
- Yellow-vented warbler, Phylloscopus cantator
- Sulphur-breasted warbler, Phylloscopus ricketti
- Western crowned warbler, Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Blyth's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus reguloides
- Claudia's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus claudiae
- Hartert's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Gray-hooded warbler, Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Davison's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus intensior
- Hainan leaf warbler, Phylloscopus hainanus
- Kloss's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Mountain leaf warbler, Phylloscopus trivirgatus
- Timor leaf warbler, Phylloscopus presbytes
- Rote leaf warbler, Phylloscopus rotiensis
- Sulawesi leaf warbler, Phylloscopus sarasinorum
- Island leaf warbler, Phylloscopus maforensis
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
- Pale-footed bush warbler, Urosphena pallidipes
- Timor stubtail, Urosphena subulata
- Bornean stubtail, Urosphena whiteheadi
- Asian stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps
- Gray-bellied tesia, Tesia cyaniventer
- Slaty-bellied tesia, Tesia olivea
- Javan tesia, Tesia superciliaris
- Russet-capped tesia, Tesia everetti
- Chestnut-crowned bush warbler, Cettia major
- Gray-sided bush warbler, Cettia brunnifrons
- Chestnut-headed tesia, Cettia castaneocoronata
- Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
- Yellow-bellied warbler, Abroscopus superciliaris
- Rufous-faced warbler, Abroscopus albogularis
- Black-faced warbler, Abroscopus schisticeps
- Mountain tailorbird, Phyllergates cuculatus
- Rufous-headed tailorbird, Phyllergates heterolaemus
- Broad-billed warbler, Tickellia hodgsoni
- Philippine bush warbler, Horornis seebohmi
- Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Manchurian bush warbler, Horornis borealis (A)
- Tanimbar bush warbler, Horornis carolinae
- Brownish-flanked bush warbler, Horornis fortipes
- Hume's bush warbler, Horornis brunnescens
- Yellowish-bellied bush warbler, Horornis acanthizoides
- Sunda bush warbler, Horornis vulcania
- Aberrant bush warbler, Horornis flavolivacea
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
- Crested tit-warbler, Leptopoecile elegans
- Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
- Silver-throated tit, Aegithalos glaucogularis
- White-cheeked tit, Aegithalos leucogenys
- Black-throated tit, Aegithalos concinnus
- White-throated tit, Aegithalos niveogularis
- Black-browed tit, Aegithalos iouschistos
- Sooty tit, Aegithalos fuliginosus
- 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
- Garden warbler, Sylvia borin
- Asian desert warbler, Sylvia nana
- Barred warbler, Sylvia nisoria
- Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca
- Yemen warbler, Sylvia buryi
- Arabian warbler, Sylvia leucomelaena
- Eastern Orphean warbler, Sylvia crassirostris
- Cyprus warbler, Sylvia melanothorax
- Menetries's warbler, Sylvia mystacea
- Rüppell's warbler, Sylvia ruppeli
- Subalpine warbler, Sylvia cantillans
- Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala
- Greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis
- Fire-tailed myzornis, Myzornis pyrrhoura
- Golden-breasted fulvetta, Lioparus chrysotis
- Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense
- Jerdon's babbler, Chrysomma altirostre
- Rufous-tailed babbler, Chrysomma poecilotis
- Spectacled fulvetta, Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Indochinese fulvetta, Fulvetta danisi
- Chinese fulvetta, Fulvetta striaticollis
- Ludlow's fulvetta, Fulvetta ludlowi
- White-browed fulvetta, Fulvetta vinipectus
- Taiwan fulvetta, Fulvetta formosana
- Gray-hooded fulvetta, Fulvetta cinereiceps
- Streak-throated fulvetta, Fulvetta manipurensis
- Tarim babbler, Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris
- Beijing babbler, Rhopophilus pekinensis
- 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
- Spot-breasted parrotbill, Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Reed parrotbill, Paradoxornis 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
- Black-throated parrotbill, Suthora nipalensis
- Golden parrotbill, Suthora verreauxi
- 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.
- Striated yuhina, Yuhina castaniceps
- Indochinese yuhina, Yuhina torqueola
- Chestnut-crested yuhina, Yuhina everetti
- White-naped yuhina, Yuhina bakeri
- Whiskered yuhina, Yuhina flavicollis
- Burmese yuhina, Yuhina humilis
- Stripe-throated yuhina, Yuhina gularis
- White-collared yuhina, Yuhina diademata
- Rufous-vented yuhina, Yuhina occipitalis
- Taiwan yuhina, Yuhina brunneiceps
- Black-chinned yuhina, Yuhina nigrimenta
- Chestnut-faced babbler, Zosterornis whiteheadi
- Luzon striped-babbler, Zosterornis striatus
- Panay striped-babbler, Zosterornis latistriatus
- Negros striped-babbler, Zosterornis nigrorum
- Palawan striped-babbler, Zosterornis hypogrammicus
- Javan gray-throated white-eye, Lophozosterops javanicus
- Streak-headed white-eye, Lophozosterops squamiceps
- Gray-hooded white-eye, Lophozosterops pinaiae
- Mindanao white-eye, Lophozosterops goodfellowi
- Pygmy white-eye, Oculocincta squamifrons
- Flores white-eye, Heleia crassirostris
- Timor white-eye, Heleia muelleri
- Mountain black-eye, Chlorocharis emiliae
- Bonin white-eye, Apalopteron familiare
- Rufescent white-eye, Tephrozosterops stalkeri
- Golden-crowned babbler, Sterrhoptilus dennistouni
- Black-crowned babbler, Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitata
- Rusty-crowned babbler, Sterrhoptilus capitalis
- Flame-templed babbler, Dasycrotapha speciosa
- Visayan pygmy-babbler, Dasycrotapha pygmaea
- Mindanao pygmy-babbler, Dasycrotapha plateni
- Abyssinian white-eye, Zosterops abyssinicus
- Sri Lanka white-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis
- Chestnut-flanked white-eye, Zosterops erythropleurus
- Indian white-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus
- Hume's white-eye, Zosterops auriventer
- Sangkar white-eye, Zosterops melanurus
- Warbling white-eye, Zosterops japonicus
- Swinhoe's white-eye, Zosterops simplex
- Lowland white-eye, Zosterops meyeni
- Black-capped white-eye, Zosterops atricapilla
- Everett's white-eye, Zosterops everetti
- Yellowish white-eye, Zosterops nigrorum
- Javan white-eye, Zosterops flavus
- Lemon-bellied white-eye, Zosterops chloris
- Ashy-bellied white-eye, Zosterops citrinella
- Great Kai white-eye, Zosterops grayi
- Little Kai white-eye, Zosterops uropygialis
- Sulawesi white-eye, Zosterops consobrinorum
- Black-ringed white-eye, Zosterops anomalus
- Yellow-spectacled white-eye, Zosterops wallacei
- Black-crowned white-eye, Zosterops atrifrons
- Togian white-eye, Zosterops somadikartai
- Sangihe white-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni
- Seram white-eye, Zosterops stalkeri
- Cream-throated white-eye, Zosterops atriceps
- Black-fronted white-eye, Zosterops minor
- Tagula white-eye, Zosterops meeki
- Biak white-eye, Zosterops mysorensis
- Capped white-eye, Zosterops fuscicapilla
- Buru white-eye, Zosterops buruensis
- Ambon white-eye, Zosterops kuehni
- New Guinea white-eye, Zosterops novaeguineae
- Louisiade white-eye, Zosterops griseotinctus
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
- Pin-striped tit-babbler, Mixornis gularis
- Bold-striped tit-babbler, Mixornis bornensis
- Gray-cheeked tit-babbler, Mixornis flavicollis
- Gray-faced tit-babbler, Mixornis kelleyi
- Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia hyperythra
- Dark-fronted babbler, Rhopocichla atriceps
- Brown tit-babbler, Macronus striaticeps
- Fluffy-backed tit-babbler, Macronus ptilosus
- Golden babbler, Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Chestnut-winged babbler, Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Crescent-chested babbler, Cyanoderma melanothorax
- Black-chinned babbler, Cyanoderma pyrrhops
- Rufous-capped babbler, Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Buff-chested babbler, Cyanoderma ambiguum
- Rufous-fronted babbler, Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus
- Rusty-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis badeigularis
- Bar-winged wren-babbler, Spelaeornis troglodytoides
- Long-tailed wren-babbler, Spelaeornis chocolatinus
- Chin Hills wren-babbler, Spelaeornis oatesi
- Gray-bellied wren-babbler, Spelaeornis reptatus
- Pale-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis kinneari
- Tawny-breasted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis longicaudatus
- Red-billed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
- Coral-billed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
- Slender-billed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus superciliaris
- Streak-breasted scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Taiwan scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus musicus
- Indian scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Sri Lanka scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus melanurus
- White-browed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Large scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus hypoleucos
- Black-necklaced scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus erythrocnemis
- Rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Spot-breasted scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus mcclellandi
- Black-streaked scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus gravivox
- Gray-sided scimitar-babbler, Megapomatorhinus swinhoei
- White-breasted babbler, Stachyris grammiceps
- Black-throated babbler, Stachyris nigricollis
- Chestnut-rumped babbler, Stachyris maculata
- Gray-throated babbler, Stachyris nigriceps
- Gray-headed babbler, Stachyris poliocephala
- White-necked babbler, Stachyris leucotis
- White-bibbed babbler, Stachyris thoracica
- Snowy-throated babbler, Stachyris oglei
- Spot-necked babbler, Stachyris striolata
- Sooty babbler, Stachyris herberti
- Nonggang babbler, Stachyris nonggangensis
- Blackish-breasted babbler, Stachyris humei
- Chevron-breasted babbler, Stachyris roberti
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
- Moustached babbler, Malacopteron magnirostre
- Sooty-capped babbler, Malacopteron affine
- Scaly-crowned babbler, Malacopteron cinereum
- Rufous-crowned babbler, Malacopteron magnum
- Gray-breasted babbler, Malacopteron albogulare
- White-hooded babbler, Gampsorhynchus rufulus
- Collared babbler, Gampsorhynchus torquatus
- Yellow-throated fulvetta, Schoeniparus cinereus
- Rufous-winged fulvetta, Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Black-crowned fulvetta, Schoeniparus klossi
- Rufous-throated fulvetta, Schoeniparus rufogularis
- Dusky fulvetta, Schoeniparus brunneus
- Rusty-capped fulvetta, Schoeniparus dubius
- Rufous-vented grass babbler, Laticilla burnesii
- Swamp grass babbler, Laticilla cinerascens
- Puff-throated babbler, Pellorneum ruficeps
- Black-capped babbler, Pellorneum capistratum
- Brown-capped babbler, Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Marsh babbler, Pellorneum palustre
- Spot-throated babbler, Pellorneum albiventre
- Buff-breasted babbler, Pellorneum tickelli
- Sumatran babbler, Pellorneum buettikoferi
- Temminck's babbler, Pellorneum pyrrogenys
- Short-tailed babbler, Pellorneum malaccense
- Ashy-headed babbler, Pellorneum cinereiceps
- White-chested babbler, Pellorneum rostratum
- Sulawesi babbler, Pellorneum celebense
- Ferruginous babbler, Pellorneum bicolor
- Striped wren-babbler, Kenopia striata
- Eyebrowed wren-babbler, Napothera epilepidota
- Short-tailed scimitar-babbler, Napothera danjoui
- Naung Mung scimitar-babbler, Napothera naungmungensis
- Long-billed wren-babbler, Napothera malacoptila
- White-throated wren-babbler, Napothera pasquieri
- Sumatran wren-babbler, Napothera albostriata
- Bornean wren-babbler, Ptilocichla leucogrammica
- Striated wren-babbler, Ptilocichla mindanensis
- Falcated wren-babbler, Ptilocichla falcata
- Abbott's babbler, Turdinus abbotti
- Horsfield's babbler, Turdinus sepiarius
- Black-browed babbler, Turdinus perspicillatus
- Large wren-babbler, Turdinus macrodactylus
- Rusty-breasted wren-babbler, Turdinus rufipectus
- Black-throated wren-babbler, Turdinus atrigularis
- Marbled wren-babbler, Turdinus marmoratus
- Limestone wren-babbler, Turdinus crispifrons
- Streaked wren-babbler, Turdinus brevicaudatus
- Mountain wren-babbler, Turdinus crassus
- Indian grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis
- Chinese grassbird, Graminicola striatus
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.
- Gold-fronted fulvetta, Alcippe variegaticeps
- Brown fulvetta, Alcippe brunneicauda
- Brown-cheeked fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala
- Morrison's fulvetta, Alcippe morrisonia
- Yunnan fulvetta, Alcippe fratercula
- David's fulvetta, Alcippe davidi
- Huet's fulvetta, Alcippe hueti
- Javan fulvetta, Alcippe pyrrhoptera
- Mountain fulvetta, Alcippe peracensis
- Nepal fulvetta, Alcippe nipalensis
- Black-browed fulvetta, Alcippe grotei
- Striated laughingthrush, Grammatoptila striata
- Himalayan cutia, Cutia nipalensis
- Vietnamese cutia, Cutia legalleni
- Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis
- Iraq babbler, Turdoides altirostris
- Afghan babbler, Turdoides huttoni
- Common babbler, Turdoides caudata
- Striated babbler, Turdoides earlei
- White-throated babbler, Turdoides gularis
- Slender-billed babbler, Turdoides longirostris
- Large gray babbler, Turdoides malcolmi
- Arabian babbler, Turdoides squamiceps
- Rufous babbler, Turdoides subrufa
- Jungle babbler, Turdoides striata
- Orange-billed babbler, Turdoides rufescens
- Yellow-billed babbler, Turdoides affinis
- Ashy-headed laughingthrush, Garrulax cinereifrons
- Sunda laughingthrush, Garrulax palliatus
- Rufous-fronted laughingthrush, Garrulax rufifrons
- Masked laughingthrush, Garrulax perspicillatus
- White-crested laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
- Sumatran laughingthrush, Garrulax bicolor
- Lesser necklaced laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger
- Black laughingthrush, Garrulax lugubris
- Bare-headed laughingthrush, Garrulax calvus
- Cambodian laughingthrush, Garrulax ferrarius
- White-necked laughingthrush, Garrulax strepitans
- Black-hooded laughingthrush, Garrulax milleti
- Gray laughingthrush, Garrulax maesi
- Rufous-cheeked laughingthrush, Garrulax castanotis
- Spot-breasted laughingthrush, Garrulax merulinus
- Orange-breasted laughingthrush, Garrulax annamensis
- Chinese hwamei, Garrulax canorus
- Taiwan hwamei, Garrulax taewanus
- Red-tailed laughingthrush, Garrulax milnei
- Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush, Ianthocincla sukatschewi
- Moustached laughingthrush, Ianthocincla cineracea
- Rufous-chinned laughingthrush, Ianthocincla rufogularis
- Chestnut-eared laughingthrush, Ianthocincla konkakinhensis
- Spotted laughingthrush, Ianthocincla ocellata
- Barred laughingthrush, Ianthocincla lunulata
- Biet's laughingthrush, Ianthocincla bieti
- Giant laughingthrush, Ianthocincla maxima
- Greater necklaced laughingthrush, Ianthocincla pectoralis
- White-throated laughingthrush, Ianthocincla albogularis
- Rufous-crowned laughingthrush, Ianthocincla ruficeps
- Rufous-necked laughingthrush, Ianthocincla ruficollis
- Chestnut-backed laughingthrush, Ianthocincla nuchalis
- Black-throated laughingthrush, Ianthocincla chinensis
- White-cheeked laughingthrush, Ianthocincla vassali
- Yellow-throated laughingthrush, Ianthocincla galbana
- Blue-crowned laughingthrush, Ianthocincla courtoisi
- Wynaad laughingthrush, Ianthocincla delesserti
- Rufous-vented laughingthrush, Ianthocincla gularis
- Pere David's laughingthrush, Ianthocincla davidi
- Gray-sided laughingthrush, Ianthocincla caerulata
- Rusty laughingthrush, Ianthocincla poecilorhyncha
- Buffy laughingthrush, Ianthocincla berthemyi
- Chestnut-capped laughingthrush, Ianthocincla mitrata
- Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush, Ianthocincla treacheri
- White-browed laughingthrush, Ianthocincla sannio
- Chinese babax, Ianthocincla lanceolata
- Mount Victoria babax, Ianthocincla woodi
- Giant babax, Ianthocincla waddelli
- Tibetan babax, Ianthocincla koslowi
- Streaked laughingthrush, Trochalopteron lineatum
- Bhutan laughingthrush, Trochalopteron imbricatum
- Striped laughingthrush, Trochalopteron virgatum
- Scaly laughingthrush, Trochalopteron subunicolor
- Brown-capped laughingthrush, Trochalopteron austeni
- Blue-winged laughingthrush, Trochalopteron squamatum
- Elliot's laughingthrush, Trochalopteron elliotii
- Variegated laughingthrush, Trochalopteron variegatum
- Prince Henry's laughingthrush, Trochalopteron henrici
- Black-faced laughingthrush, Trochalopteron affinis
- White-whiskered laughingthrush, Trochalopteron morrisonianum
- Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
- Assam laughingthrush, Trochalopteron chrysopterum
- Silver-eared laughingthrush, Trochalopteron melanostigma
- Malayan laughingthrush, Trochalopteron peninsulae
- Golden-winged laughingthrush, Trochalopteron ngoclinhense
- Collared laughingthrush, Trochalopteron yersini
- Red-winged laughingthrush, Trochalopteron formosum
- Red-tailed laughingthrush, Trochalopteron milnei
- Banasura laughingthrush, Montecincla jerdoni
- Nilgiri laughingthrush, Montecincla cachinnans
- Palani laughingthrush, Montecincla fairbanki
- Ashambu laughingthrush, Montecincla meridionalis
- Rufous sibia, Heterophasia capistrata
- Gray sibia, Heterophasia gracilis
- Black-backed sibia, Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Black-headed sibia, Heterophasia desgodinsi
- White-eared sibia, Heterophasia auricularis
- Beautiful sibia, Heterophasia pulchella
- Long-tailed sibia, Heterophasia picaoides
- Silver-eared mesia, Leiothrix argentauris
- Red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea
- Red-tailed minla, Minla ignoti
- Rufous-backed sibia, Minla annectens
- Gray-crowned crocias, Crocias langbianis
- Spotted crocias, Crocias albonotatus
- Gray-faced liocichla, Liocichla omeiensis
- Bugun liocichla, Liocichla bugunorum
- Steere's liocichla, Liocichla steerii
- Red-faced liocichla, Liocichla phoenicea
- Scarlet-faced liocichla, Liocichla ripponi
- Black-crowned barwing, Actinodura sodangorum
- Hoary-throated barwing, Actinodura nipalensis
- Streak-throated barwing, Actinodura waldeni
- Streaked barwing, Actinodura souliei
- Taiwan barwing, Actinodura morrisoniana
- Rusty-fronted barwing, Actinodura egertoni
- Spectacled barwing, Actinodura ramsayi
- Blue-winged minla, Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Chestnut-tailed minla, Actinodura strigula
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, Regulus calendula
- Goldcrest, Regulus regulus
- Flamecrest, Regulus goodfellowi
- Common firecrest, Regulus ignicapilla
Wallcreeper
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tichodromidae
The wallcreeper is a small bird, with stunning crimson, gray and black plumage, related to the nuthatch family.
- Wallcreeper, Tichodroma muraria
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
- Chestnut-bellied nuthatch, Sitta cinnamoventris
- Burmese nuthatch, Sitta neglecta
- Eurasian nuthatch, Sitta europaea
- Chestnut-vented nuthatch, Sitta nagaensis
- Kashmir nuthatch, Sitta cashmirensis
- White-tailed nuthatch, Sitta himalayensis
- White-browed nuthatch, Sitta victoriae
- Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
- White-cheeked nuthatch, Sitta leucopsis
- Przevalski's nuthatch, Sitta przewalskii
- Krüper's nuthatch, Sitta krueperi
- Snowy-browed nuthatch, Sitta villosa
- Yunnan nuthatch, Sitta yunnanensis
- Western rock nuthatch, Sitta neumayer
- Eastern rock nuthatch, Sitta tephronota
- Velvet-fronted nuthatch, Sitta frontalis
- Yellow-billed nuthatch, Sitta solangiae
- Sulphur-billed nuthatch, Sitta oenochlamys
- Blue nuthatch, Sitta azurea
- Giant nuthatch, Sitta magna
- Beautiful nuthatch, Sitta formosa
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
- Hodgson's treecreeper, Certhia hodgsoni
- Sichuan treecreeper, Certhia tianquanensis
- Short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla
- Bar-tailed treecreeper, Certhia himalayana
- Rusty-flanked treecreeper, Certhia nipalensis
- Sikkim treecreeper, Certhia discolor
- Hume's treecreeper, Certhia manipurensis
- Indian spotted creeper, Salpornis spilonota
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
- Pacific wren, Troglodytes pacificus
Spotted elachura
Order: Passeriformes Family: Elachuridae
This species, the only one in its family, inhabits forest undergrowth throughout South East Asia.
- Spotted elachura, Elachura formosa
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.
- White-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus
- Brown dipper, Cinclus pallasii
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
- Stripe-breasted rhabdornis, Rhabdornis inornatus
- Visayan rhabdornis, Rhabdornis rabori
- Fiery-browed myna, Enodes erythrophris
- Finch-billed myna, Scissirostrum dubium
- Metallic starling, Aplonis metallica
- Yellow-eyed starling, Aplonis mystacea
- Tanimbar starling, Aplonis crassa
- Long-tailed starling, Aplonis magna
- Singing starling, Aplonis cantoroides
- Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis
- Moluccan starling, Aplonis mysolensis
- Short-tailed starling, Aplonis minor
- Sulawesi myna, Basilornis celebensis
- Helmeted myna, Basilornis galeatus
- Long-crested myna, Basilornis corythaix
- Apo myna, Basilornis mirandus
- Coleto, Sarcops calvus
- White-necked myna, Streptocitta albicollis
- Bare-eyed myna, Streptocitta albertinae
- Yellow-faced myna, Mino dumontii
- Golden myna, Mino anais
- Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps coronatus
- Sri Lanka myna, Gracula ptilogenys
- Common hill myna, Gracula religiosa
- Southern hill myna, Gracula indica
- Enggano myna, Gracula enganensis
- Nias myna, Gracula robusta
- European starling, Sturnus vulgaris
- Wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea
- Rosy starling, Pastor roseus
- Daurian starling, Agropsar sturninus
- Chestnut-cheeked starling, Agropsar philippensis
- Black-collared starling, Gracupica nigricollis
- Asian pied starling, Gracupica contra
- White-faced starling, Sturnornis albofrontata
- Bali myna, Leucopsar rothschildi
- White-shouldered starling, Sturnia sinensis
- Brahminy starling, Sturnia pagodarum
- Chestnut-tailed starling, Sturnia malabarica
- Malabar starling, Sturnia blythii
- Red-billed starling, Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-cheeked starling, Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common myna, Acridotheres tristis
- Bank myna, Acridotheres ginginianus
- Vinous-breasted starling, Acridotheres burmannicus
- Black-winged starling, Acridotheres melanopterus
- Jungle myna, Acridotheres fuscus
- Javan myna, Acridotheres javanicus
- Pale-bellied myna, Acridotheres cinereus
- Collared myna, Acridotheres albocinctus
- Great myna, Acridotheres grandis
- Crested myna, Acridotheres cristatellus
- Tristram's starling, Onychognathus tristramii
- Spot-winged starling, Saroglossa spilopterus
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
- Long-tailed thrush, Zoothera dixoni
- Alpine thrush, Zoothera mollissima
- Himalayan thrush, Zoothera salimalii
- Sichuan thrush, Zoothera griseiceps
- Geomalia, Zoothera heinrichi
- Dark-sided thrush, Zoothera marginata
- Long-billed thrush, Zoothera monticola
- Everett's thrush, Zoothera everetti
- Sunda thrush, Zoothera andromedae
- White's thrush, Zoothera aurea
- Scaly thrush, Zoothera dauma
- Amami thrush, Zoothera major
- Nilgiri thrush, Zoothera neilgherriensis
- Sri Lanka thrush, Zoothera imbricata
- Bonin thrush, Zoothera terrestris (X)
- Russet-tailed thrush, Zoothera heinei
- Fawn-breasted thrush, Zoothera machiki
- Sulawesi thrush, Cataponera turdoides
- Fruit-hunter, Chlamydochaera jefferyi
- Purple cochoa, Cochoa purpurea
- Green cochoa, Cochoa viridis
- Sumatran cochoa, Cochoa beccarii
- Javan cochoa, Cochoa azurea
- Varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius
- Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus
- Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus (A)
- Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus
- Siberian thrush, Geokichla sibirica
- Pied thrush, Geokichla wardii
- Spot-winged thrush, Geokichla spiloptera
- Ashy thrush, Geokichla cinerea
- Buru thrush, Geokichla dumasi
- Seram thrush, Geokichla joiceyi
- Chestnut-capped thrush, Geokichla interpres
- Enggano thrush, Geokichla leucolaema
- Chestnut-backed thrush, Geokichla dohertyi
- Orange-banded thrush, Geokichla peronii
- Slaty-backed thrush, Geokichla schistacea
- Rusty-backed thrush, Geokichla erythronota
- Red-and-black thrush, Geokichla mendeni
- Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina
- Chinese thrush, Otocichla mupinensis
- Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus
- Song thrush, Turdus philomelos
- Redwing, Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula
- Chinese blackbird, Turdus mandarinus
- Yemen thrush, Turdus menachensis
- American robin, Turdus migratorius (A)
- Taiwan thrush, Turdus niveiceps
- Gray-winged blackbird, Turdus boulboul
- Indian blackbird, Turdus simillimus
- Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis
- Gray-backed thrush, Turdus hortulorum
- Tickell's thrush, Turdus unicolor
- Black-breasted thrush, Turdus dissimilis
- Gray-sided thrush, Turdus feae
- Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus
- Brown-headed thrush, Turdus chrysolaus
- Izu thrush, Turdus celaenops
- Pale thrush, Turdus pallidus
- Island thrush, Turdus poliocephalus
- White-backed thrush, Turdus kessleri
- Tibetan blackbird, Turdus maximus
- Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
- White-collared blackbird, Turdus albocinctus
- Chestnut thrush, Turdus rubrocanus
- Ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus
- Black-throated thrush, Turdus atrogularis
- Red-throated thrush, Turdus ruficollis
- Dusky thrush, Turdus eunomus
- Naumann's thrush, Turdus naumanni
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
- Dark-sided flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
- Ferruginous flycatcher, Muscicapa ferruginea
- Asian brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica
- Ashy-breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa randi
- Sumba brown flycatcher, Muscicapa segregata
- Brown-breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa muttui
- Sulawesi brown flycatcher, Muscicapa sodhii (E)
- Brown-streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa williamsoni
- Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
- Gambaga flycatcher, Muscicapa gambagae
- Black scrub-robin, Cercotrichas podobe
- Rufous-tailed scrub-robin, Cercotrichas galactotes
- Indian robin, Copsychus fulicatus
- Oriental magpie-robin, Copsychus saularis
- Rufous-tailed shama, Copsychus pyrropygus
- Philippine magpie-robin, Copsychus mindanensis
- White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus
- Andaman shama, Copsychus albiventris
- White-browed shama, Copsychus luzoniensis
- Visayan shama, Copsychus superciliaris
- White-vented shama, Copsychus niger
- Black shama, Copsychus cebuensis
- White-gorgeted flycatcher, Anthipes monileger
- Rufous-browed flycatcher, Anthipes solitaris
- Nilgiri sholakili, Sholicola major
- White-bellied sholakili, Sholicola albiventris
- 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
- Blue-breasted flycatcher, Cyornis herioti
- Hainan blue flycatcher, Cyornis hainanus
- White-bellied blue flycatcher, Cyornis pallipes
- Pale-chinned blue flycatcher, Cyornis poliogenys
- Pale blue flycatcher, Cyornis unicolor
- Blue-throated flycatcher, Cyornis rubeculoides
- Chinese blue flycatcher, Cyornis glaucicomans
- Large blue flycatcher, Cyornis magnirostris
- Hill blue flycatcher, Cyornis banyumas
- Sunda blue flycatcher, Cyornis caerulatus
- Malaysian blue flycatcher, Cyornis turcosus
- Palawan blue flycatcher, Cyornis lemprieri
- Bornean blue flycatcher, Cyornis superbus
- Tickell's blue flycatcher, Cyornis tickelliae
- Indochinese blue flycatcher, Cyornis sumatrensis
- Mangrove blue flycatcher, Cyornis rufigastra
- Sulawesi blue flycatcher, Cyornis omissus
- Brown-chested jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis brunneatus
- Nicobar jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis nicobaricus
- Gray-chested jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis umbratilis
- Fulvous-chested jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis olivaceus
- Flores jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis oscillans
- Chestnut-tailed jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis ruficauda
- Banggai jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis pelingensis
- Sula jungle-flycatcher, Cyornis colonus
- Large niltava, Niltava grandis
- Small niltava, Niltava macgrigoriae
- Fujian niltava, Niltava davidi
- Rufous-bellied niltava, Niltava sundara
- Rufous-vented niltava, Niltava sumatrana
- Vivid niltava, Niltava vivida
- Blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Zappey's flycatcher, Cyanoptila cumatilis
- Dull-blue flycatcher, Eumyias sordidus
- Nilgiri flycatcher, Eumyias sordidus
- Indigo flycatcher, Eumyias indigo
- Verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassinus
- Buru jungle-flycatcher, Eumyias additus
- Turquoise flycatcher, Eumyias panayensis
- European robin, Erithacus rubecula
- Bagobo robin, Leonardina woodi
- Eyebrowed jungle-flycatcher, Vauriella gularis
- Rusty-flanked jungle-flycatcher, Vauriella insignis
- Negros jungle-flycatcher, Vauriella albigularis
- Mindanao jungle-flycatcher, Vauriella goodfellowi
- Great shortwing, Heinrichia calligyna
- Rusty-bellied shortwing, Brachypteryx hyperythra
- Gould's shortwing, Brachypteryx stellata
- Lesser shortwing, Brachypteryx leucophrys
- Himalayan shortwing, Brachypteryx cruralis
- Chinese shortwing, Brachypteryx sinensis
- Taiwan shortwing, Brachypteryx goodfellowi
- White-browed shortwing, Brachypteryx montana
- Rufous-tailed robin, Larvivora sibilans
- Rufous-headed robin, Larvivora ruficeps
- Japanese robin, Larvivora akahige
- Ryukyu robin, Larvivora komadori
- Indian blue robin, Larvivora brunnea
- Siberian blue robin, Larvivora cyane
- White-throated robin, Irania gutturalis
- Thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia
- Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
- White-bellied redstart, Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
- Sri Lanka whistling-thrush, Myophonus blighi
- Shiny whistling-thrush, Myophonus melanurus
- Javan whistling-thrush, Myophonus glaucinus
- Sumatran whistling-thrush, Myophonus castaneus
- Bornean whistling-thrush, Myophonus borneensis
- Malayan whistling-thrush, Myophonus robinsoni
- Malabar whistling-thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii
- Taiwan whistling-thrush, Myophonus insularis
- Blue whistling-thrush, Myophonus caeruleus
- Little forktail, Enicurus scouleri
- White-crowned forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti
- Spotted forktail, Enicurus maculatus
- Sunda forktail, Enicurus velatus
- Chestnut-naped forktail, Enicurus ruficapillus
- Black-backed forktail, Enicurus immaculatus
- Slaty-backed forktail, Enicurus schistaceus
- Firethroat, Calliope pectardens
- Blackthroat, Calliope obscura
- Siberian rubythroat, Calliope calliope
- Himalayan rubythroat, Calliope pectoralis
- Chinese rubythroat, Calliope tschebaiewi
- White-tailed robin, Myiomela leucurum
- Sunda robin, Myiomela diana
- Blue-fronted robin, Cinclidium frontale
- Red-flanked bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus
- Himalayan bluetail, Tarsiger rufilatus
- Rufous-breasted bush-robin, Tarsiger hyperythrus
- White-browed bush-robin, Tarsiger indicus
- Golden bush-robin, Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Collared bush-robin, Tarsiger johnstoniae
- Yellow-rumped flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia
- Green-backed flycatcher, Ficedula elisae
- Narcissus flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
- Mugimaki flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki
- Slaty-backed flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsonii
- Black-and-orange flycatcher, Ficedula nigrorufa
- Slaty-blue flycatcher, Ficedula tricolor
- Snowy-browed flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra
- Pygmy flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsoni
- Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher, Ficedula strophiata
- Sapphire flycatcher, Ficedula sapphira
- Little pied flycatcher, Ficedula westermanni
- Ultramarine flycatcher, Ficedula superciliaris
- Rusty-tailed flycatcher, Ficedula ruficauda
- Taiga flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla
- Kashmir flycatcher, Ficedula subrubra
- Red-breasted flycatcher, Ficedula parva
- Semicollared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata
- European pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
- Tanimbar flycatcher, Ficedula riedeli
- Rufous-chested flycatcher, Ficedula dumetoria
- Palawan flycatcher, Ficedula platenae
- Furtive flycatcher, Ficedula disposita
- Rufous-throated flycatcher, Ficedula rufigula
- Damar flycatcher, Ficedula henrici
- Cinnamon-chested flycatcher, Ficedula buruensis
- Lompobattang flycatcher, Ficedula bonthaina
- Sumba flycatcher, Ficedula harterti
- Black-banded flycatcher, Ficedula timorensis
- Beijing flycatcher, Ficedula beijingnica
- Cryptic flycatcher, Ficedula crypta
- Bundok flycatcher, Ficedula luzoniensis
- Blue-fronted redstart, Phoenicurus frontalis
- Plumbeous redstart, Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Luzon redstart, Phoenicurus bicolor
- Rufous-backed redstart, Phoenicurus erythronotus
- White-capped redstart, Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Ala Shan redstart, Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- Blue-capped redstart, Phoenicurus caeruleocephala
- Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Hodgson's redstart, Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-throated redstart, Phoenicurus schisticeps
- White-winged redstart, Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
- Daurian redstart, Phoenicurus auroreus
- Little rock-thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
- Chestnut-bellied rock-thrush, Monticola rufiventris
- White-throated rock-thrush, Monticola gularis
- Blue-capped rock-thrush, Monticola cinclorhyncha
- Rufous-tailed rock-thrush, Monticola saxatilis
- Blue rock-thrush, Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
- White-browed bushchat, Saxicola macrorhynchus
- White-throated bushchat, Saxicola insignis
- European stonechat, Saxicola rubicola
- Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus
- White-tailed stonechat, Saxicola leucurus
- Pied bushchat, Saxicola caprata
- Jerdon's bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni
- Gray bushchat, Saxicola ferreus
- Timor bushchat, Saxicola gutturalis
- Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina
- Hooded wheatear, Oenanthe monacha
- Desert wheatear, Oenanthe deserti
- Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
- Black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica
- Cyprus wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca
- Red-rumped wheatear, Oenanthe moesta
- Blackstart, Oenanthe melanura
- Familiar chat, Oenanthe familiaris
- Brown rock chat, Oenanthe fusca
- Variable wheatear, Oenanthe picata
- Hume's wheatear, Oenanthe albonigra
- White-crowned wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga
- Arabian wheatear, Oenanthe lugentoides
- Finsch's wheatear, Oenanthe finschii
- Mourning wheatear, Oenanthe lugens
- Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
- Kurdish wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna
- Persian wheatear, Oenanthe chrysopygia
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.
- Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
- Japanese waxwing, Bombycilla japonica
Hylocitrea
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hylocitreidae
The hylocitrea (Hylocitrea bonensis), 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.
- Hylocitrea, Hylocitrea bonensis
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.
- Hypocolius, Hypocolius ampelinus
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
- Yellow-breasted flowerpecker, Prionochilus maculatus
- Crimson-breasted flowerpecker, Prionochilus percussus
- Palawan flowerpecker, Prionochilus plateni
- Yellow-rumped flowerpecker, Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker, Prionochilus thoracicus
- Golden-rumped flowerpecker, Dicaeum annae
- Thick-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile
- Brown-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum everetti
- Whiskered flowerpecker, Dicaeum proprium
- Yellow-vented flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum
- Yellow-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum melanozanthum
- White-throated flowerpecker, Dicaeum vincens
- Yellow-sided flowerpecker, Dicaeum aureolimbatum
- Olive-capped flowerpecker, Dicaeum nigrilore
- Flame-crowned flowerpecker, Dicaeum anthonyi
- Bicolored flowerpecker, Dicaeum bicolor
- Cebu flowerpecker, Dicaeum quadricolor
- Red-keeled flowerpecker, Dicaeum australe
- Black-belted flowerpecker, Dicaeum haematostictum
- Scarlet-collared flowerpecker, Dicaeum retrocinctum
- Orange-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma
- White-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum hypoleucum
- Pale-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Nilgiri flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor
- Plain flowerpecker, Dicaeum minullum
- Andaman flowerpecker, Dicaeum virescens
- Pygmy flowerpecker, Dicaeum pygmaeum
- Crimson-crowned flowerpecker, Dicaeum nehrkorni
- Halmahera flowerpecker, Dicaeum schistaceiceps
- Buru flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrothorax
- Ashy flowerpecker, Dicaeum vulneratum
- Olive-crowned flowerpecker, Dicaeum pectorale
- Red-capped flowerpecker, Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Black-fronted flowerpecker, Dicaeum igniferum
- Red-chested flowerpecker, Dicaeum maugei
- Fire-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus
- Black-sided flowerpecker, Dicaeum monticolum
- Gray-sided flowerpecker, Dicaeum celebicum
- Blood-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum sanguinolentum
- Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Scarlet-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum
- Scarlet-headed flowerpecker, Dicaeum trochileum
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
- Plain sunbird, Anthreptes simplex
- Brown-throated sunbird, Anthreptes malacensis
- Gray-throated sunbird, Anthreptes griseigularis
- Red-throated sunbird, Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Nile Valley sunbird, Hedydipna metallica
- Purple-naped sunbird, Hypogramma hypogrammicum
- Purple-rumped sunbird, Leptocoma zeylonica
- Crimson-backed sunbird, Leptocoma minima
- Van Hasselt's sunbird, Leptocoma brasiliana
- Purple-throated sunbird, Leptocoma sperata
- Black sunbird, Leptocoma sericea
- Copper-throated sunbird, Leptocoma calcostetha
- Palestine sunbird, Cinnyris osea
- Purple sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus
- Olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis
- Apricot-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris buettikoferi
- Flame-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris solaris
- Loten's sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius
- Elegant sunbird, Aethopyga duyvenbodei
- Fire-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga ignicauda
- Black-throated sunbird, Aethopyga saturata
- Mrs. Gould's sunbird, Aethopyga gouldiae
- Green-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga nipalensis
- Lovely sunbird, Aethopyga shelleyi
- Temminck's sunbird, Aethopyga temminckii
- Javan sunbird, Aethopyga mystacalis
- Vigors's sunbird, Aethopyga vigorsii
- Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja
- Magnificent sunbird, Aethopyga magnifica
- Fork-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga christinae
- Handsome sunbird, Aethopyga bella
- White-flanked sunbird, Aethopyga eximia
- Flaming sunbird, Aethopyga flagrans
- Maroon-naped sunbird, Aethopyga guimarasensis
- Metallic-winged sunbird, Aethopyga pulcherrima
- Mountain sunbird, Aethopyga jefferyi
- Bohol sunbird, Aethopyga decorosa
- Lina's sunbird, Aethopyga linaraborae
- Gray-hooded sunbird, Aethopyga primigenia
- Apo sunbird, Aethopyga boltoni
- Tboli sunbird, Aethopyga tibolii
- Purple-naped spiderhunter, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Thick-billed spiderhunter, Arachnothera crassirostris
- Long-billed spiderhunter, Arachnothera robusta
- Orange-tufted spiderhunter, Arachnothera flammifera
- Pale spiderhunter, Arachnothera dilutior
- Little spiderhunter, Arachnothera longirostra
- Whitehead's spiderhunter, Arachnothera juliae
- Naked-faced spiderhunter, Arachnothera clarae
- Yellow-eared spiderhunter, Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Spectacled spiderhunter, Arachnothera flavigaster
- Streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna
- Streaky-breasted spiderhunter, Arachnothera affinis
- Gray-breasted spiderhunter, Arachnothera modesta
- Bornean spiderhunter, Arachnothera everetti
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.
- Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella
- Philippine fairy-bluebird, Irena cyanogastra
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
- Yellow-throated leafbird, Chloropsis palawanensis
- Greater green leafbird, Chloropsis sonnerati
- Lesser green leafbird, Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Blue-winged leafbird, Chloropsis cochinchinensis
- Bornean leafbird, Chloropsis kinabaluensis
- Jerdon's leafbird, Chloropsis jerdoni
- Golden-fronted leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons
- Sumatran leafbird, Chloropsis media
- Orange-bellied leafbird, Chloropsis hardwickii
- Blue-masked leafbird, Chloropsis venusta
Pinktails
Order: Passeriformes Family: Urocynchramidae
Przevalski's pinktail is an unusual passerine bird endemic to the mountains of central-west China.
- Przevalski's pinktail, Urocynchramus pylzowi
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 (I)
- Rüppell's weaver, Ploceus galbula
- Golden-backed weaver, Ploceus jacksoni (I)
- Streaked weaver, Ploceus manyar
- Baya weaver, Ploceus philippinus
- Asian golden weaver, Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Finn's weaver, Ploceus megarhynchus
- Black-breasted weaver, Ploceus benghalensis
- Red fody, Foudia madagascariensis (I)
- Northern red bishop, Euplectes franciscanus (I)
- Yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer (I)
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 (I)
- Arabian waxbill, Estrilda rufibarba
- Crimson-rumped waxbill, Estrilda rhodopyga (I)
- Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes (I)
- Zebra waxbill, Sporaeginthus subflavus
- Green avadavat, Sporaeginthus formosus
- Red avadavat, Amandava amandava
- Mountain firetail, Oreostruthus fuliginosus
- Crimson finch, Neochmia phaeton
- Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata
- Tawny-breasted parrotfinch, Erythrura hyperythra
- Pin-tailed parrotfinch, Erythrura prasina
- Green-faced parrotfinch, Erythrura viridifacies
- Tricolored parrotfinch, Erythrura tricolor
- Blue-faced parrotfinch, Erythrura trichroa
- Red-eared parrotfinch, Erythrura coloria
- Papuan parrotfinch, Erythrura papuana
- Indian silverbill, Euodice malabarica
- African silverbill, Euodice cantans
- White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata
- Javan munia, Lonchura leucogastroides
- Dusky munia, Lonchura fuscans
- Black-faced munia, Lonchura molucca
- Black-throated munia, Lonchura kelaarti
- Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata
- White-bellied munia, Lonchura leucogastra
- Streak-headed munia, Lonchura tristissima
- Tricolored munia, Lonchura malacca
- Chestnut munia, Lonchura atricapilla (I)
- White-capped munia, Lonchura ferruginosa
- Five-colored munia, Lonchura quinticolor
- White-headed munia, Lonchura maja
- Pale-headed munia, Lonchura pallida
- Grand munia, Lonchura grandis
- Gray-banded munia, Lonchura vana
- Gray-crowned munia, Lonchura nevermanni
- Hooded munia, Lonchura spectabilis
- Chestnut-breasted munia, Lonchura castaneothorax
- Black munia, Lonchura stygia
- Black-breasted munia, Lonchura teerinki
- Snow Mountain munia, Lonchura montana
- Alpine munia, Lonchura monticola
- Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora (I)
- Timor sparrow, Lonchura fuscata
Indigobirds
Order: Passeriformes Family: Viduidae
The indigobirds are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. All are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches.
- Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura (I)
- Eastern paradise-whydah, Vidua paradisaea (I)
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
- Altai accentor, Prunella himalayana
- Robin accentor, Prunella rubeculoides
- Rufous-breasted accentor, Prunella strophiata
- Siberian accentor, Prunella montanella
- Radde's accentor, Prunella ocularis
- Yemen accentor, Prunella fagani
- Brown accentor, Prunella fulvescens
- Black-throated accentor, Prunella atrogularis
- Mongolian accentor, Prunella koslowi
- Dunnock, Prunella modularis
- Japanese accentor, Prunella rubida
- Maroon-backed accentor, Prunella immaculata
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
- Saxaul sparrow, Passer ammodendri
- House sparrow, Passer domesticus
- Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis
- Sind sparrow, Passer pyrrhonotus
- Russet sparrow, Passer cinnamomeus
- Plain-backed sparrow, Passer flaveolus
- Dead Sea sparrow, Passer moabiticus
- Zarudny's sparrow, Passer zarudnyi
- Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus
- Arabian golden sparrow, Passer euchlorus
- Yellow-throated sparrow, Gymnornis xanthocollis
- Sahel bush sparrow, Gymnornis dentata
- Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia
- Pale rockfinch, Carpospiza brachydactyla
- White-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis
- Black-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla adamsi
- Tibetan snowfinch, Montifringilla henrici
- 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
- Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
- Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
- Eastern yellow wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola
- White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Mekong wagtail, Motacilla samveasnae
- Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis
- White wagtail, Motacilla alba
- Madanga, Madanga ruficollis
- Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi
- Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus
- Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis
- Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris
- Nilgiri pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis
- Upland pipit, Anthus sylvanus
- Alpine pipit, Anthus gutturalis
- Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
- Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus
- Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora pipit, Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
- Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
- Rock pipit, Anthus petrosus
- American pipit, Anthus rubescens
- Golden pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus
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
- Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-and-yellow grosbeak, Mycerobas icterioides
- Collared grosbeak, Mycerobas affinis
- Spot-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas melanozanthos
- White-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas carnipes
- Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellow-billed grosbeak, Eophona migratoria
- Japanese grosbeak, Eophona personata
- Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus
- Scarlet finch, Carpodacus sipahi
- Bonin grosbeak, Carpodacus ferreorostris
- Red-mantled rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- Blyth's rosefinch, Carpodacus grandis
- Himalayan beautiful rosefinch, Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Chinese beautiful rosefinch, Carpodacus davidianus
- Pink-rumped rosefinch, Carpodacus waltoni
- Dark-rumped rosefinch, Carpodacus edwardsii
- Pink-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus rodochroa
- Spot-winged rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodopeplus
- Sharpe's rosefinch, Carpodacus verreauxii
- Vinaceous rosefinch, Carpodacus vinaceus
- Taiwan rosefinch, Carpodacus formosanus
- Pale rosefinch, Carpodacus synoicus
- Tibetan rosefinch, Carpodacus roborowskii
- Sillem's rosefinch, Carpodacus sillemi
- Streaked rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Great rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilla
- Long-tailed rosefinch, Carpodacus sibiricus
- Red-fronted rosefinch, Carpodacus puniceus
- Crimson-browed finch, Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Pallas's rosefinch, Carpodacus roseus
- Three-banded rosefinch, Carpodacus trifasciatus
- Himalayan white-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus thura
- Chinese white-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus dubius
- Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
- Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis
- White-cheeked bullfinch, Pyrrhula leucogenis
- Orange bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca
- Red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Gray-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca
- Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus
- Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus
- Mongolian finch, Bucanetes mongolicus
- Blanford's rosefinch, Agraphospiza rubescens
- Gold-naped finch, Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Spectacled finch, Callacanthis burtoni
- Dark-breasted rosefinch, Procarduelis nipalensis
- Plain mountain-finch, Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-headed mountain-finch, Leucosticte brandti
- Asian rosy-finch, Leucosticte arctoa
- Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Desert finch, Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Arabian grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus percivali
- European greenfinch, Chloris chloris
- Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica
- Yellow-breasted greenfinch, Chloris spinoides
- Vietnamese greenfinch, Chloris monguilloti
- Black-headed greenfinch, Chloris ambigua
- Yellow-fronted canary, Crithagra mozambica
- Olive-rumped serin, Crithagra rothschildi
- Twite, Linaria flavirostris
- Eurasian linnet, Linaria cannabina
- Yemen linnet, Linaria yemenensis
- Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea
- Lesser redpoll, Acanthis cabaret
- Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni
- Parrot crossbill, Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
- Mountain serin, Chrysocorythus estherae
- European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
- European serin, Serinus serinus
- Fire-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus
- Syrian serin, Serinus syriacus
- Tibetan serin, Spinus thibetanus
- Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
- Pine siskin, Spinus pinus (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.
- Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
- McKay's bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus
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
- Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-headed bunting, Emberiza bruniceps
- Corn bunting, Emberiza calandra
- Chestnut-eared bunting, Emberiza fucata
- Tibetan bunting, Emberiza koslowi
- Rufous-backed bunting, Emberiza jankowskii
- Rock bunting, Emberiza cia
- Godlewski's bunting, Emberiza godlewskii
- Meadow bunting, Emberiza cioides
- Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus
- White-capped bunting, Emberiza stewarti
- Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
- Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos
- Gray-necked bunting, Emberiza buchanani
- Cinereous bunting, Emberiza cineracea
- Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's bunting, Emberiza caesia
- Striolated bunting, Emberiza striolata
- Slaty bunting, Emberiza siemsseni
- Yellow-throated bunting, Emberiza elegans
- Ochre-rumped bunting, Emberiza yessoensis
- Pallas's bunting, Emberiza pallasi
- Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
- Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola
- Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica
- Yellow bunting, Emberiza sulphurata
- Black-faced bunting, Emberiza spodocephala
- Chestnut bunting, Emberiza rutila
- Yellow-browed bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys
- Tristram's bunting, Emberiza tristrami
- Gray bunting, Emberiza variabilis
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
- American tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea (A)
- Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
- Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
- White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
- Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia (A)
- Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana (A)
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.
- Western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta (A)
- Rusty blackbird, Euphagus carolinus
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.
- Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned warbler, Leiothlypis celata (A)
- Common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas (A)
- Yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia (A)
- Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata (A)
- Wilson's warbler, Cardellina pusilla
Cardinals and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae
The cardinals are a family of robust seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages.
- Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea (A)
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.
- Red-crested cardinal, Paroaria coronata (I)
See also
References
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