This checklist includes all bird species found in Rai Hawu , 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: Rai Hawu [map]
Other names: Savu, Sawu, Sabu, Sawoe, Havu, Hawu, awoe
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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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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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Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | |
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Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
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Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
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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 | |
Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia | Endemic (country/region) |
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Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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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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Plain Gerygone | Gerygone inornata | Endemic (country/region) |
Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
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Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | |
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Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
Five-coloured Munia | Lonchura quinticolor | Endemic (country/region) |
Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | Endemic (country/region) |
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 | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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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 | |
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Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
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Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata |
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