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Biak
This checklist includes all bird species found in Biak , 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: Biak [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Number of introduced species: 2
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
| Biak Megapode | Megapodius geelvinkianus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia nigrirostris | |
| Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| Victoria Crowned Pigeon | Goura victoria | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spice Imperial Pigeon | Ducula myristicivora | |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Torresian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
| Wompoo Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Coroneted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus coronulatus | |
| White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Orange-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus iozonus | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | |
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| Papuan Nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis | |
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| Papuan Spinetailed Swift | Mearnsia novaeguineae | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Biak Coucal | Centropus chalybeus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis castaneiventris | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| 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 | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 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 | |
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Grey-headed Goshawk | Accipiter poliocephalus | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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| Biak Scops Owl | Otus beccarii | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| 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 | |
| Biak Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera riedelii | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Palm Cockatoo | Probosciger aterrimus | |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Pesquet's Parrot | Psittrichas fulgidus | Introduced species |
| Geelvink Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta geelvinkiana | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta pusio | |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Red-fronted Lorikeet | Charmosyna rubronotata | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
| Papuan Lorikeet | Charmosyna papou | |
| Black-capped Lory | Lorius lory | |
| Dusky Lory | Pseudeos fuscata | |
| Black-winged Lory | Eos cyanogenia | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| Emperor Fairywren | Malurus cyanocephalus | |
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| Puff-backed Honeyeater | Meliphaga aruensis | |
| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | Xanthotis flaviventer | |
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| Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | |
| Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
| Treefern Gerygone | Gerygone ruficollis | |
| Lowland Mouse-warbler | Crateroscelis murina | |
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| Pygmy Longbill | Oedistoma pygmaeum | |
| Yellow-bellied Longbill | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae | |
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| Hooded Cuckooshrike | Coracina longicauda | |
| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Golden Cuckooshrike | Campochaera sloetii | |
| Grey-headed Cicadabird | Edolisoma schisticeps | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| New Guinea Cicadabird | Edolisoma melas | |
| Black-browed Triller | Lalage atrovirens | |
| Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
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| Little Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
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| Brown Oriole | Oriolus szalayi | |
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| Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
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| 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 | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
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| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| Biak Myiagra | Myiagra atra | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Rufous Monarch | Symposiachrus rubiensis | |
| Biak Monarch | Symposiachrus brehmii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Golden Monarch | Carterornis chrysomela | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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| Smoky Robin | Peneothello cryptoleuca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Olive-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pectorale | |
| Red-capped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum geelvinkianum | |
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| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
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| Island Leaf Warbler | Seicercus maforensis | |
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| Biak White-eye | Zosterops mysorensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Long-tailed Starling | Aplonis magna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
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