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Wetar
This checklist includes all bird species found in Wetar , 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: Wetar [map]
Number of endemics: 3
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn
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| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Dusky Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia magna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| Black Cuckoo Dove | Turacoena modesta | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wetar Ground Dove | Alopecoenas hoedtii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Timor Green Pigeon | Treron psittaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Timor Imperial Pigeon | Ducula cineracea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Banded Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rose-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus regina | |
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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 | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| 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 | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| 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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| 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 | |
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| 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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| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 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 | |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| 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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| Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 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) |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Jonquil Parrot | Aprosmictus jonquillaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Iris Lorikeet | Psitteuteles iris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Marigold Lorikeet | Trichoglossus capistratus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Olive-headed Lorikeet | Trichoglossus euteles | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Crimson-hooded Myzomela | Myzomela kuehni | Endemic |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| Scaly-breasted Honeyeater | Lichmera squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-necklaced Honeyeater | Lichmera notabilis | Endemic |
| 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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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
| Wallacean Whistler | Pachycephala arctitorquis | |
| Fawn-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala orpheus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Whistler | Pachycephala mentalis | |
| Banda Sea Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Wetar Figbird | Sphecotheres hypoleucus | Endemic |
| Olive-brown Oriole | Oriolus melanotis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus | |
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| Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus | |
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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| Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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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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| Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | 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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| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
| Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | |
| Tricolour Parrotfinch | Erythrura tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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| 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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| Yellow-breasted Leaf Warbler | Seicercus montis | |
| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
| Timor Leaf Warbler | Seicercus presbytes | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Timor Stubtail | Urosphena subulata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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| Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
| Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
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| Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Timor Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis hyacinthinus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Black-banded Flycatcher | Ficedula timorensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
| White-bellied Bush Chat | Saxicola gutturalis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Sunda Thrush | Zoothera andromedae | |
| Orange-sided Thrush | Geokichla peronii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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