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Morotai
This checklist includes all bird species found in Morotai , 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: Morotai [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 9
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 | |
| 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) |
| Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
| Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Island Collared Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| 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 | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Blue-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey-headed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus hyogastrus | 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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| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Moluccan Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Goliath Coucal | Centropus goliath | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| 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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| 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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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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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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| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Todiramphus diops | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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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| Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba | Endemic (country/region) |
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| 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) |
| Moluccan Hanging Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Ivory-breasted Pitta | Pitta maxima | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| Dusky Friarbird | Philemon fuscicapillus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| White-streaked Friarbird | Melitograis gilolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-bellied Triller | Lalage aurea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| 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-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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| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Moluccan Myiagra | Myiagra galeata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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| Paradise-crow | Lycocorax pyrrhopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Flame-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrothorax | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-fronted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum igniferum | 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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| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Citrine Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | |
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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 | |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| 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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| Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cream-throated White-eye | Zosterops atriceps | 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 | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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