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Sangir Besar
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sangir Besar , 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: Sangir Besar [map]
Other names: Sangir Island
Number of globally threatened species: 8
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Philippine Megapode | Megapodius cumingii | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| 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 | Extirpated |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Red-eared Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus fischeri | 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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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Moluccan Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Black-billed Koel | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
| Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| 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 | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 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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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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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 | |
| Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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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 | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| 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 | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Sulawesi Serpent Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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| Sulawesi Masked Owl | Tyto rosenbergii | |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Sangir Scops Owl | Otus collari | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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| Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx fallax | |
| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Black-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher | Cittura cyanotis | |
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| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Golden-mantled Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platurus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Blue-backed Parrot | Tanygnathus sumatranus | |
| Red-and-blue Lory | Eos histrio | |
| Sangir Hanging Parrot | Loriculus catamene | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| Caerulean Cuckooshrike | Coracina temminckii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Cuckooshrike | Coracina bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sulawesi Cicadabird | Edolisoma morio | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| Sangir Whistler | Coracornis sanghirensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Sulawesi Drongo | Dicrurus montanus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| 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 | |
| Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum celebicum | |
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| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| Elegant Sunbird | Aethopyga duyvenbodei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 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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| Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
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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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| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Golden Bulbul | Thapsinillas affinis | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
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| Sangir White-eye | Zosterops nehrkorni | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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