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Batanta Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Batanta Island , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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).
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Country or region: Batanta Island [map]
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2014-08-02
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.birdsofmelanesia.net/indonesia8/batanta.pdf
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| Northern Cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | |
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Radjah Shelduck | Radjah radjah | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Red-billed Brush-turkey | Talegalla cuvieri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
| Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| New Guinea Bronzewing | Henicophaps albifrons | |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Alopecoenas beccarii | |
| Pheasant Pigeon | Otidiphaps nobilis | |
| Cinnamon Ground Dove | Gallicolumba rufigula | |
| Western Crowned Pigeon | Goura cristata | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| White-eyed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | |
| Spice Imperial Pigeon | Ducula myristicivora | |
| Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rufigaster | |
| Shining Imperial Pigeon | Ducula chalconota | |
| Pinon's Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pinon | |
| Banded Imperial Pigeon | Ducula zoeae | |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Wompoo Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | |
| Pink-spotted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perlatus | |
| Orange-fronted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Coroneted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus coronulatus | |
| Beautiful Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus pulchellus | |
| White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Orange-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus iozonus | |
| Dwarf Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus nainus | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Marbled Frogmouth | Podargus ocellatus | |
| Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | |
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| Papuan Nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| Feline Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles insignis | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| Papuan Spinetailed Swift | Mearnsia novaeguineae | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Greater Black Coucal | Centropus menbeki | |
| Lesser Black Coucal | Centropus bernsteini | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Long-billed Cuckoo | Chalcites megarhynchus | |
| White-eared Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites meyerii | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis castaneiventris | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
| Barred Rail | Hypotaenidia torquata | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis moluccus | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Long-tailed Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Papuan Eagle | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | |
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Grey-headed Goshawk | Accipiter poliocephalus | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| Meyer's Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus | |
| Doria's Goshawk | Megatriorchis doriae | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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| Lesser Sooty Owl | Tyto multipunctata | |
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| Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
| Papuan Boobook | Uroglaux dimorpha | |
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| Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Yellow-billed Kingfisher | Syma torotoro | |
| Blue-black Kingfisher | Todiramphus nigrocyaneus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Common Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | |
| Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera nympha | |
| Hook-billed Kingfisher | Melidora macrorrhina | |
| Rufous-bellied Kookaburra | Dacelo gaudichaud | |
| Shovel-billed Kookaburra | Dacelo rex | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Palm Cockatoo | Probosciger aterrimus | |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta keiensis | |
| Moluccan King Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
| Fairy Lorikeet | Charmosyna pulchella | |
| Black-capped Lory | Lorius lory | |
| Black Lory | Chalcopsitta atra | |
| Dusky Lory | Pseudeos fuscata | |
| Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Large Fig Parrot | Psittaculirostris desmarestii | |
| Double-eyed Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma | |
| Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot | Loriculus aurantiifrons | |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| White-eared Catbird | Ailuroedus buccoides | |
| Green Catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris | |
| Vogelkop Bowerbird | Amblyornis inornata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Wallace's Fairywren | Sipodotus wallacii | |
| Broad-billed Fairywren | Chenorhamphus grayi | |
| Emperor Fairywren | Malurus cyanocephalus | |
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| Streak-headed Honeyeater | Pycnopygius stictocephalus | |
| Puff-backed Honeyeater | Meliphaga aruensis | |
| Hill-forest Honeyeater | Meliphaga orientalis | |
| Mimic Honeyeater | Meliphaga analoga | |
| Forest Honeyeater | Meliphaga montana | |
| Yellow-gaped Honeyeater | Meliphaga flavirictus | |
| Varied Honeyeater | Gavicalis versicolor | |
| Cinnamon-browed Honeyeater | Melidectes ochromelas | |
| Vogelkop Honeyeater | Melidectes leucostephes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus | |
| Rufous-banded Honeyeater | Conopophila albogularis | |
| Long-billed Honeyeater | Melilestes megarhynchus | |
| Arfak Honeyeater | Melipotes gymnops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ruby-throated Myzomela | Myzomela eques | |
| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Black Myzomela | Myzomela nigrita | |
| Green-backed Honeyeater | Glycichaera fallax | |
| Rufous-sided Honeyeater | Ptiloprora erythropleura | Endemic (country/region) |
| Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris | |
| Meyer's Friarbird | Philemon meyeri | |
| Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| Spotted Honeyeater | Xanthotis polygrammus | |
| Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | Xanthotis flaviventer | |
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| Yellow-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone chrysogaster | |
| Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | |
| Green-backed Gerygone | Gerygone chloronota | |
| Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
| Mangrove Gerygone | Gerygone levigaster | |
| Lowland Mouse-warbler | Crateroscelis murina | |
| Pale-billed Sericornis | Sericornis spilodera | |
| Vogelkop Scrubwren | Sericornis rufescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra | |
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| Black Berrypecker | Melanocharis nigra | |
| Plumed Longbill | Oedistoma iliolophus | |
| Pygmy Longbill | Oedistoma pygmaeum | |
| Yellow-bellied Longbill | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae | |
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| Stout-billed Cuckooshrike | Coracina caeruleogrisea | |
| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Grey-headed Cicadabird | Edolisoma schisticeps | |
| Black-shouldered Cicadabird | Edolisoma incertum | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| New Guinea Cicadabird | Edolisoma melas | |
| Black-browed Triller | Lalage atrovirens | |
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| Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler | Ptilorrhoa castanonota | |
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| Black Whistler | Melanorectes nigrescens | |
| Vogelkop Whistler | Pachycephala meyeri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
| Rusty Shrike-thrush | Pseudorectes ferrugineus | |
| Little Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
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| Variable Pitohui | Pitohui kirhocephalus | |
| Brown Oriole | Oriolus szalayi | |
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| Clicking Shieldbill | Peltops blainvillii | |
| Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi | |
| Hooded Butcherbird | Cracticus cassicus | |
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| Sooty Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura threnothorax | |
| Black Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura maculipectus | |
| White-bellied Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura leucothorax | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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| Brown-headed Crow | Corvus fuscicapillus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey Crow | Corvus tristis | |
| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Frilled Monarch | Arses telescopthalmus | |
| Spot-winged Monarch | Symposiachrus guttula | |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| Hooded Monarch | Symposiachrus manadensis | |
| Golden Monarch | Carterornis chrysomela | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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| Trumpet Manucode | Phonygammus keraudrenii | |
| Glossy-mantled Manucode | Manucodia ater | |
| Crinkle-collared Manucode | Manucodia chalybatus | |
| Western Parotia | Parotia sefilata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise | Seleucidis melanoleucus | |
| Magnificent Riflebird | Lophorina magnifica | |
| Long-tailed Paradigalla | Astrapia carunculata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Arfak Astrapia | Astrapia nigra | Endemic (country/region) |
| King Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus regius | |
| Magnificent Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus magnificus | |
| Wilson's Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus respublica | |
| Red Bird-of-paradise | Paradisaea rubra | |
| Lesser Bird-of-paradise | Paradisaea minor | |
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| Lesser Ground Robin | Amalocichla incerta | |
| Green-backed Robin | Pachycephalopsis hattamensis | |
| Olive-yellow Robin | Kempiella flavovirescens | |
| Black-bibbed Robin | Plesiodryas albonotata | |
| Black-sided Robin | Poecilodryas hypoleuca | |
| Banded Yellow Robin | Gennaeodryas placens | |
| Smoky Robin | Peneothello cryptoleuca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Olive-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pectorale | |
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| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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| Streak-headed Mannikin | Lonchura tristissima | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Papuan Grassbird | Cincloramphus macrurus | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Yellow-faced Myna | Mino dumontii | |
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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