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This checklist includes all bird species found in Teluk Air Tawar, Penang , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2019. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Birds Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.
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Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon | Treron seimundi | |
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
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Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | |
Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Great Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
Plume-toed Swiftlet | Collocalia affinis | |
Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
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Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | Rare/Accidental |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | |
Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
Buffy Fish-Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
Spotted Wood-Owl | Strix seloputo | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
Lineated Barbet | Psilopogon lineatus | |
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Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | |
Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | |
Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus | |
Banded Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma miniaceum | |
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Black-thighed Falconet | Microhierax fringillarius | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
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Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
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Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
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Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
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Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
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Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | |
Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella certhiola | |
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Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
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Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | |
Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | |
Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi | |
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Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
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White-chested Babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | |
Abbott's Babbler | Turdinus abbotti | |
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Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | |
White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
Indochinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis sumatrensis | |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
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Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | |
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Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
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