This checklist includes all bird species found in Besar , 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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Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | Endemic (country/region) |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | Endemic (country/region) |
Flores Green Pigeon | Treron floris | Endemic (country/region) |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
Banded Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
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Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
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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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Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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 | |
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Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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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 | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
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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Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
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Brown-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos moluccensis | |
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Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
White-rumped Kingfisher | Caridonax fulgidus | Endemic (country/region) |
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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Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
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Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
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Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
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Fulvous-tinted Whistler | Pachycephala fulvotincta | |
Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
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 | |
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 | Endemic (country/region) |
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Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
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Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
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Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei | Endemic (country/region) |
Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
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Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa |
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