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Tanimbar Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tanimbar 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: Tanimbar Islands [map]
Other names: Kepulauan Tanimbar
Description: 66 islands, only 7 inhabited
Number of endemics: 11
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn
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| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | |
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Radjah Shelduck | Radjah radjah | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
| Green Pygmy Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
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| Tanimbar Megapode | Megapodius tenimberensis | Endemic |
| Forsten's Megapode | Megapodius forsteni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Dusky Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia magna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Torresian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
| Banded Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wallace's Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus wallacii | 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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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 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) |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| 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 | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| White-necked Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| 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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| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis moluccus | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
| 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 | |
| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| 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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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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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 | |
| 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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| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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| Lesser Masked Owl | Tyto sororcula | |
| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Tanimbar Boobook | Ninox forbesi | Endemic |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
| 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) |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Tanimbar Corella | Cacatua goffiniana | Endemic |
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| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Black-lored Parrot | Tanygnathus gramineus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-streaked Lory | Eos reticulata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Wakolo Myzomela | Myzomela wakoloensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Banda Myzomela | Myzomela boiei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| Scaly-breasted Honeyeater | Lichmera squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tanimbar Friarbird | Philemon plumigenis | |
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| Rufous-sided Gerygone | Gerygone dorsalis | |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Kai Islands Cicadabird | Edolisoma dispar | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-browed Triller | Lalage atrovirens | |
| White-browed Triller | Lalage moesta | Endemic |
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| Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wallacean Whistler | Pachycephala arctitorquis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-headed Whistler | Pachycephala monacha | |
| White-bellied Whistler | Pachycephala leucogastra | |
| 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) |
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| Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
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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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| Cinnamon-tailed Fantail | Rhipidura fuscorufa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Long-tailed Fantail | Rhipidura opistherythra | Endemic |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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| Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
| Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | |
| Black-bibbed Monarch | Symposiachrus mundus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Monarch | Symposiachrus boanensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-naped Monarch | Carterornis pileatus | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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| Golden-bellied Robin | Microeca hemixantha | Endemic |
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| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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| Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| Five-coloured Munia | Lonchura quinticolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| Tricolour Parrotfinch | Erythrura tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
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| Tanimbar Bush Warbler | Horornis carolinae | Endemic |
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| Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
| Ambon White-eye | Zosterops kuehni | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Tanimbar Starling | Aplonis crassa | Endemic |
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Streaky-breasted Jungle Flycatcher | Eumyias additus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tanimbar Flycatcher | Ficedula riedeli | Endemic |
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| Fawn-breasted Thrush | Zoothera machiki | Endemic |
| Slaty-backed Thrush | Geokichla schistacea | Endemic |
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