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Halmahera
This checklist includes all bird species found in Halmahera , 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: Halmahera [map]
Description: Includes nearby islands (Ternate, Morotai)
Number of species: 310
Number of endemics: 4
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn
Number of endemics: 4
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Number of introduced species: 1
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 | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Moluccan Megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| White-faced Cuckoo Dove | Turacoena manadensis | |
| Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | Endemic (country/region) |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| White-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula forsteni | |
| White-eyed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula basilica | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| White Imperial Pigeon | Ducula luctuosa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus bernsteinii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Blue-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Grey-headed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus hyogastrus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Moluccan Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles crinifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
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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 | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Goliath Coucal | Centropus goliath | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Pied Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites crassirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Halmahera Cuckoo | Cacomantis heinrichi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | |
| Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| Invisible Rail | Habroptila wallacii | Endemic |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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| Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 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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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 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 | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Chinese Crested Tern | Thalasseus bernsteini | |
| 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 | |
| Sulawesi Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus lanceolatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
| Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Moluccan Goshawk | Accipiter henicogrammus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen | Endemic (country/region) |
| Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rhodogaster | |
| Meyer's Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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| Barking Boobook | Ninox connivens | |
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Halmahera Boobook | Ninox hypogramma | Endemic (country/region) |
| Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
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| Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| Purple Roller | Eurystomus azureus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Black-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Todiramphus diops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sombre Kingfisher | Todiramphus funebris | Endemic |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Common Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | |
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| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Palm Cockatoo | Probosciger aterrimus | |
| White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Moluccan King Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
| Chattering Lory | Lorius garrulus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-and-green Lorikeet | Trichoglossus flavoviridis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Moluccan Hanging Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ivory-breasted Pitta | Pitta maxima | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Sulawesi Myzomela | Myzomela chloroptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Friarbird | Philemon fuscicapillus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-streaked Friarbird | Melitograis gilolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Stout-billed Cuckooshrike | Coracina caeruleogrisea | |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Slaty Cuckooshrike | Coracina schistacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina atriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pale Cicadabird | Edolisoma ceramense | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sula Islands Cicadabird | Edolisoma sula | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| Halmahera Cicadabird | Edolisoma parvulum | Endemic |
| White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-bellied Triller | Lalage aurea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | Endemic (country/region) |
| Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | |
| Black-chinned Whistler | Pachycephala mentalis | |
| Banda Sea Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Dusky-brown Oriole | Oriolus phaeochromus | Endemic |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
| Ivory-backed Woodswallow | Artamus monachus | Endemic (country/region) |
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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 | |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
| Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| Moluccan Myiagra | Myiagra galeata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| White-naped Monarch | Carterornis pileatus | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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| Paradise-crow | Lycocorax pyrrhopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Standardwing | Semioptera wallacii | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Flame-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrothorax | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum celebicum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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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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| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Citrine Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | |
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| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
| Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler | Locustella castanea | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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| Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
| 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 | |
| Sulawesi Leaf Warbler | Seicercus sarasinorum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Island Leaf Warbler | Seicercus maforensis | |
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| Leafworker | Phyllergates cucullatus | |
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| Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
| Cream-throated White-eye | Zosterops atriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-crowned White-eye | Zosterops atrifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Henna-tailed Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis colonus | |
| Island Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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