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Aru Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Aru Islands , 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: Aru Islands [map]
Other names: Kepulauan Aru, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru
Description: 85 islands (the largest are Warilau, Kola, Wokam, Kobroor, Maikoor and Trangan)
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2014-08-02
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.birdsofmelanesia.net/indonesia8/aru.pdf
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| Southern Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | |
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Radjah Shelduck | Radjah radjah | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
| Green Pygmy Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
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| Black-billed Brush-turkey | Talegalla fuscirostris | |
| Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
| Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| New Guinea Bronzewing | Henicophaps albifrons | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | Introduced species |
| Pheasant Pigeon | Otidiphaps nobilis | |
| Cinnamon Ground Dove | Gallicolumba rufigula | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | |
| Pinon's Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pinon | |
| Collared Imperial Pigeon | Ducula mullerii | |
| Banded Imperial Pigeon | Ducula zoeae | |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Torresian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
| Pink-spotted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perlatus | |
| Orange-fronted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | |
| Wallace's Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus wallacii | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Rose-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus regina | |
| Coroneted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus coronulatus | |
| White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| 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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| Marbled Frogmouth | Podargus ocellatus | |
| Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | |
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| Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
| Archbold's Nightjar | Eurostopodus archboldi | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| Wallace's Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles wallacii | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Greater Black Coucal | Centropus menbeki | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Long-billed Cuckoo | Chalcites megarhynchus | |
| Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chalcites osculans | |
| 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 | |
| Chestnut Rail | Eulabeornis castaneoventris | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
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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 | |
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| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Forest Bittern | Zonerodius heliosylus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
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| Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 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 | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
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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 | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 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 | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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| Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
| Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Yellow-billed Kingfisher | Syma torotoro | |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Little Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera hydrocharis | |
| Spangled Kookaburra | Dacelo tyro | |
| Rufous-bellied Kookaburra | Dacelo gaudichaud | |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Palm Cockatoo | Probosciger aterrimus | |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta keiensis | |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
| Yellow-streaked Lory | Chalcopsitta scintillata | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta melanogenia | |
| Double-eyed Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma | |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| Green Catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris | |
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| Wallace's Fairywren | Sipodotus wallacii | |
| Emperor Fairywren | Malurus cyanocephalus | |
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| Streak-headed Honeyeater | Pycnopygius stictocephalus | |
| Puff-backed Honeyeater | Meliphaga aruensis | |
| Mimic Honeyeater | Meliphaga analoga | |
| Graceful Honeyeater | Meliphaga gracilis | |
| Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus | |
| Rufous-banded Honeyeater | Conopophila albogularis | |
| Long-billed Honeyeater | Melilestes megarhynchus | |
| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Black Myzomela | Myzomela nigrita | |
| Red-headed Myzomela | Myzomela erythrocephala | |
| Green-backed Honeyeater | Glycichaera fallax | |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| Scaly-breasted Honeyeater | Lichmera squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | Xanthotis flaviventer | |
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| Yellow-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone chrysogaster | |
| Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | |
| Green-backed Gerygone | Gerygone chloronota | |
| Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
| Lowland Mouse-warbler | Crateroscelis murina | |
| Pale-billed Sericornis | Sericornis spilodera | |
| Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra | |
| Large Scrubwren | Sericornis nouhuysi | |
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| Black Berrypecker | Melanocharis nigra | |
| Yellow-bellied Longbill | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae | |
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| Stout-billed Cuckooshrike | Coracina caeruleogrisea | |
| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| New Guinea Cicadabird | Edolisoma melas | |
| Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
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| Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | |
| Grey Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
| Black-headed Whistler | Pachycephala monacha | |
| Rusty Shrike-thrush | Pseudorectes ferrugineus | |
| Little Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
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| Wattled Ploughbill | Eulacestoma nigropectus | |
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| Variable Pitohui | Pitohui kirhocephalus | |
| Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus | |
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| Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
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| Tinkling Shieldbill | Peltops montanus | |
| Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi | |
| 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 | |
| Black Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura maculipectus | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
| Chestnut-bellied Fantail | Rhipidura hyperythra | |
| Mangrove Fantail | Rhipidura phasiana | |
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| Brown-headed Crow | Corvus fuscicapillus | |
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| Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Frilled Monarch | Arses telescopthalmus | |
| Spot-winged Monarch | Symposiachrus guttula | |
| Golden Monarch | Carterornis chrysomela | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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| Trumpet Manucode | Phonygammus keraudrenii | |
| Glossy-mantled Manucode | Manucodia ater | |
| King Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus regius | |
| Greater Bird-of-paradise | Paradisaea apoda | |
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| Yellow-legged Robin | Kempiella griseoceps | |
| Olive-yellow Robin | Kempiella flavovirescens | |
| Papuan Scrub Robin | Drymodes beccarii | |
| Mangrove Robin | Peneothello pulverulenta | |
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| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| New Guinea White-eye | Zosterops novaeguineae | |
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| Yellow-faced Myna | Mino dumontii | |
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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