This checklist includes all bird species found in Flores , 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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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
Green Pygmy Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
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Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | Endemic (country/region) |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Island Collared Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Barred Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
Ruddy Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | Endemic (country/region) |
Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
Pompadour Green Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | Endemic (country/region) |
Flores Green Pigeon | Treron floris | Endemic (country/region) |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula lacernulata | Endemic (country/region) |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
Banded Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
Red-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus dohertyi | Endemic (country/region) |
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus regina | |
Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
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White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
Mees's Nightjar | Caprimulgus meesi | Endemic (country/region) |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
Cave Swiftlet | Collocalia linchi | |
Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
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 | |
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Pied Heron | Egretta picata | Rare/Accidental |
White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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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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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Javan Plover | Charadrius javanicus | Endemic (country/region) |
Red-capped Plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | Rare/Accidental |
Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | |
Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | |
Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
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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Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
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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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Changeable Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
Flores Scops Owl | Otus alfredi | Endemic |
Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
Wallace's Scops Owl | Otus silvicola | Endemic (country/region) |
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Brown-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos moluccensis | |
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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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Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Cerulean Kingfisher | Alcedo coerulescens | Endemic (country/region) |
Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
White-rumped Kingfisher | Caridonax fulgidus | Endemic (country/region) |
Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia | Endemic (country/region) |
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Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea | Endemic (country/region) |
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Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | |
Iris Lorikeet | Psitteuteles iris | Endemic (country/region) |
Flores Lorikeet | Trichoglossus weberi | Endemic |
Marigold Lorikeet | Trichoglossus capistratus | |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
Olive-headed Lorikeet | Trichoglossus euteles | Endemic (country/region) |
Wallace's Hanging Parrot | Loriculus flosculus | Endemic |
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Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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Streaky-breasted Honeyeater | Meliphaga reticulata | Endemic (country/region) |
Red-rumped Myzomela | Myzomela vulnerata | Endemic (country/region) |
Scaly-crowned Honeyeater | Lichmera lombokia | Endemic (country/region) |
Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
Timor Friarbird | Philemon inornatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
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Plain Gerygone | Gerygone inornata | Endemic (country/region) |
Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
Rufous-sided Gerygone | Gerygone dorsalis | |
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Flores Minivet | Pericrocotus lansbergei | Endemic (country/region) |
Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina javensis | |
Sumba Cicadabird | Edolisoma dohertyi | Endemic (country/region) |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | |
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Bare-throated Whistler | Pachycephala nudigula | Endemic (country/region) |
Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
Fulvous-tinted Whistler | Pachycephala fulvotincta | |
Fawn-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala orpheus | Endemic (country/region) |
Banda Sea Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | |
Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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Olive-brown Oriole | Oriolus melanotis | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
Brown-capped Fantail | Rhipidura diluta | Endemic (country/region) |
Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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Flores Crow | Corvus florensis | Endemic |
Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
Flores Monarch | Symposiachrus sacerdotum | Endemic |
Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
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Golden-rumped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum annae | Endemic (country/region) |
Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
Blood-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum sanguinolentum | Endemic (country/region) |
Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trochileum | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-fronted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum igniferum | Endemic (country/region) |
Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | Endemic (country/region) |
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Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
Apricot-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris buettikoferi | Endemic (country/region) |
Flame-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris solaris | Endemic (country/region) |
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Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
Javan Munia | Lonchura leucogastroides | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
Five-coloured Munia | Lonchura quinticolor | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | |
Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | Endemic (country/region) |
Timor Sparrow | Lonchura fuscata | Endemic (country/region) |
Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | Introduced species |
Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch | Erythrura hyperythra | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Horsfield's Lark | Mirafra javanica | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
Bar-winged Prinia | Prinia familiaris | Endemic (country/region) |
Olive-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sepium | Endemic (country/region) |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Pygmy Wren Babbler | Pnoepyga pusilla | |
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Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius atriceps | |
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Sunda Leaf Warbler | Seicercus grammiceps | Endemic (country/region) |
Yellow-breasted Leaf Warbler | Seicercus montis | |
Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
Mountain Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trivirgatus | |
Sulawesi Leaf Warbler | Seicercus sarasinorum | Endemic (country/region) |
Timor Leaf Warbler | Seicercus presbytes | Endemic (country/region) |
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Russet-capped Tesia | Tesia everetti | Endemic (country/region) |
Timor Stubtail | Urosphena subulata | Endemic (country/region) |
Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | |
Leafworker | Phyllergates cucullatus | |
Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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Yellow-browed White-eye | Heleia superciliaris | Endemic (country/region) |
Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei | Endemic (country/region) |
Crested White-eye | Heleia dohertyi | Endemic (country/region) |
Spot-breasted White-eye | Heleia muelleri | Endemic (country/region) |
Thick-billed White-eye | Heleia crassirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
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Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
Pale-bellied Myna | Acridotheres cinereus | Introduced species |
Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | Endemic (country/region) |
Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
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Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis olivaceus | |
Flores Jungle Flycatcher | Eumyias oscillans | Endemic |
White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | |
Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
Sumba Flycatcher | Ficedula harterti | Endemic (country/region) |
Rufous-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula dumetoria | |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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Sunda Thrush | Zoothera andromedae | |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
Red-backed Thrush | Geokichla erythronota | |
Orange-sided Thrush | Geokichla peronii | Endemic (country/region) |
Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi | Endemic (country/region) |
Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus |
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