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Buru
This checklist includes all bird species found in Buru , 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: Buru [map]
Number of endemics: 11
Number of globally threatened species: 10
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Radjah Shelduck | Radjah radjah | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
| Green Pygmy Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
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| Moluccan Megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Forsten's Megapode | Megapodius forsteni | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pompadour Green Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| White-eyed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Long-tailed Mountain Pigeon | Gymnophaps mada | 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 | |
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| Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Moluccan Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Halmahera Cuckoo | Cacomantis heinrichi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Whistling Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
| Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 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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| 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 | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 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 Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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| Lesser Masked Owl | Tyto sororcula | |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Hantu Boobook | Ninox squamipila | |
| 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 | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Common Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | |
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| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta bruijnii | |
| Moluccan King Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buru Racquet-tail | Prioniturus mada | Endemic |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Black-lored Parrot | Tanygnathus gramineus | Endemic |
| Blue-fronted Lorikeet | Charmosyna toxopei | Endemic |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
| Purple-naped Lory | Lorius domicella | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red Lory | Eos bornea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Wakolo Myzomela | Myzomela wakoloensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Green-backed Honeyeater | Glycichaera fallax | |
| Scaly-breasted Honeyeater | Lichmera squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buru Honeyeater | Lichmera deningeri | Endemic |
| Black-faced Friarbird | Philemon moluccensis | Endemic |
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| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
| Rufous-sided Gerygone | Gerygone dorsalis | |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Buru Cuckooshrike | Coracina fortis | Endemic |
| Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina atriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pale Cicadabird | Edolisoma ceramense | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wallacean Whistler | Pachycephala arctitorquis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Whistler | Pachycephala mentalis | |
| Banda Sea Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Black-eared Oriole | Oriolus bouroensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Tawny-backed Fantail | Rhipidura superflua | Endemic |
| Streaky-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura dedemi | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Violet Crow | Corvus violaceus | |
| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| Moluccan Myiagra | Myiagra galeata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Monarch | Symposiachrus boanensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| Black-tipped Monarch | Symposiachrus loricatus | Endemic |
| White-tailed Monarch | Symposiachrus leucurus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-naped Monarch | Carterornis pileatus | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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| Flame-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrothorax | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ashy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum vulneratum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| 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) |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler | Locustella castanea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
| Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Golden Bulbul | Thapsinillas affinis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
| Island Leaf Warbler | Seicercus maforensis | |
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| Leafworker | Phyllergates cucullatus | |
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| Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
| Buru White-eye | Zosterops buruensis | Endemic |
| Rufous-throated White-eye | Madanga ruficollis | Endemic |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Tanimbar Starling | Aplonis crassa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Island Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | |
| Streaky-breasted Jungle Flycatcher | Eumyias additus | Endemic |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula buruensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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| Moluccan Thrush | Geokichla dumasi | Endemic (country/region) |
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