This checklist includes all bird species found in Moyo 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: Moyo Island [map]
Other names: Mojo Island, Amanwana
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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | Endemic (country/region) |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Island Collared Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Ruddy Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | |
Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Cave Swiftlet | Collocalia linchi | |
Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
Large Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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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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Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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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 | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
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 | |
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 | |
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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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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
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Brown-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos moluccensis | |
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos macei | |
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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Cerulean Kingfisher | Alcedo coerulescens | |
Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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 | |
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Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
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Flores Minivet | Pericrocotus lansbergei | |
Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
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Fulvous-tinted Whistler | Pachycephala fulvotincta | |
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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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Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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Brown-capped Fantail | Rhipidura diluta | |
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Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trochileum | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-fronted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum igniferum | Endemic (country/region) |
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Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
Flame-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris solaris | |
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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 | |
Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | |
Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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Horsfield's Lark | Mirafra javanica | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
Olive-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sepium | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
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Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei | Endemic (country/region) |
Crested White-eye | Heleia dohertyi | |
Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
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Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
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Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres |
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