This checklist includes all bird species found in Banggai 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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Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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Maleo | Macrocephalon maleo | Endemic (country/region) |
Philippine Megapode | Megapodius cumingii | |
Sula Megapode | Megapodius bernsteinii | Endemic (country/region) |
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Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
White-faced Cuckoo Dove | Turacoena manadensis | |
Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
White-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula forsteni | Endemic (country/region) |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
White Imperial Pigeon | Ducula luctuosa | |
Red-eared Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus fischeri | Endemic (country/region) |
Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus subgularis | |
Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Horsfield's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus javensis | |
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Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
Purple Needletail | Hirundapus celebensis | |
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 | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Bay Coucal | Centropus celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
Yellow-billed Malkoha | Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-billed Koel | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | Endemic (country/region) |
Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
Barred Rail | Hypotaenidia torquata | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
Bald-faced Rail | Gymnocrex rosenbergii | Endemic (country/region) |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Isabelline Bush-hen | Amaurornis isabellina | Endemic (country/region) |
Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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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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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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
Malaysian Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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 | |
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 | |
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Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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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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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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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 | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
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 | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | |
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 | |
Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
Barred Honey Buzzard | Pernis celebensis | |
Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
Sulawesi Serpent Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus | |
Sulawesi Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus lanceolatus | |
Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
Sulawesi Goshawk | Accipiter griseiceps | Endemic (country/region) |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Spot-tailed Goshawk | Accipiter trinotatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Dwarf Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nanus | Endemic (country/region) |
Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rhodogaster | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Lesser Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
Taliabu Masked Owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea | Endemic (country/region) |
Minahassa Masked Owl | Tyto inexspectata | Endemic (country/region) |
Sulawesi Masked Owl | Tyto rosenbergii | Endemic (country/region) |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
Ochre-bellied Boobook | Ninox ochracea | Endemic (country/region) |
Speckled Boobook | Ninox punctulata | Endemic (country/region) |
Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
Sulawesi Scops Owl | Otus manadensis | |
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Knobbed Hornbill | Rhyticeros cassidix | Endemic (country/region) |
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Buff-necked Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki | |
Ashy Woodpecker | Mulleripicus fulvus | Endemic (country/region) |
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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Purple-winged Roller | Coracias temminckii | Endemic (country/region) |
Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx fallax | Endemic (country/region) |
Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Black-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher | Cittura cyanotis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Moluccan King Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Golden-mantled Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platurus | Endemic (country/region) |
Blue-backed Parrot | Tanygnathus sumatranus | |
Ornate Lorikeet | Trichoglossus ornatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Yellow-and-green Lorikeet | Trichoglossus flavoviridis | Endemic (country/region) |
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot | Loriculus stigmatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Sula Hanging Parrot | Loriculus sclateri | |
Moluccan Hanging Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | |
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Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | |
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Sulawesi Myzomela | Myzomela chloroptera | Endemic (country/region) |
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Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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Caerulean Cuckooshrike | Coracina temminckii | Endemic (country/region) |
Pied Cuckooshrike | Coracina bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
Slaty Cuckooshrike | Coracina schistacea | Endemic (country/region) |
White-rumped Cuckooshrike | Coracina leucopygia | Endemic (country/region) |
Sulawesi Cicadabird | Edolisoma morio | Endemic (country/region) |
Sula Islands Cicadabird | Edolisoma sula | Endemic (country/region) |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
Pygmy Cuckooshrike | Celebesica abbotti | Endemic (country/region) |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Sulphur-bellied Whistler | Pachycephala sulfuriventer | Endemic (country/region) |
Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | Endemic (country/region) |
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 | |
Ivory-backed Woodswallow | Artamus monachus | Endemic (country/region) |
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Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
Sulawesi Drongo | Dicrurus montanus | Endemic (country/region) |
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Rusty-bellied Fantail | Rhipidura teysmanni | Endemic (country/region) |
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Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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Banggai Crow | Corvus unicolor | Endemic |
Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
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Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher | Eutrichomyias rowleyi | Endemic (country/region) |
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Yellow-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aureolimbatum | Endemic (country/region) |
Grey-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum celebicum | |
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Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
Malia | Malia grata | Endemic (country/region) |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | |
Golden Bulbul | Thapsinillas affinis | |
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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 | |
Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
Lemon-throated White-eye | Zosterops anomalus | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-crowned White-eye | Zosterops atrifrons | |
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Striped Tit Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
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Sulawesi Babbler | Trichastoma celebense | Endemic (country/region) |
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Sulawesi Myna | Basilornis celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Helmeted Myna | Basilornis galeatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Finch-billed Myna | Scissirostrum dubium | Endemic (country/region) |
Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | |
Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
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Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
Henna-tailed Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis colonus | Endemic (country/region) |
Great Shortwing | Heinrichia calligyna | Endemic (country/region) |
Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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Red-backed Thrush | Geokichla erythronota |
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