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Tukangbesi Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tukangbesi 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: Tukangbesi Islands [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 3
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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| Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | Endemic (country/region) |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| 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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| Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Bay Coucal | Centropus celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Black-billed Koel | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 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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| Barred Rail | Hypotaenidia torquata | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 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 | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 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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| 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 | |
| Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus | |
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| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| Ornate Lorikeet | Trichoglossus ornatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
| White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
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| Yellow-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aureolimbatum | 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) |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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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 | |
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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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| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
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| Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pale-bellied White-eye | Zosterops consobrinorum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Sulawesi Myna | Basilornis celebensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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