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Mentawai Archipelago
This checklist includes all bird species found in Mentawai Archipelago , 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: Mentawai Archipelago [map]
Description: Includes Sipura, Siberut, etc.
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-12-29
See also: http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn
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| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Duck | Asarcornis scutulata | Extirpated |
| Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
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| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| Salvadori's Pheasant | Lophura inornata | |
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| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Barred Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| Ruddy Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
| Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon | Treron fulvicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| Large Green Pigeon | Treron capellei | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | Introduced species |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Jambu Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus jambu | |
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| Gould's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus stellatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sundan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus cornutus | |
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| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
| Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | |
| Silver-rumped Spinetailed Swift | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | |
| Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | Rare/Accidental |
| Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis | |
| Whistling Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
| Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Storm's Stork | Ciconia stormi | |
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| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 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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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| 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 | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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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 | 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 | |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Wallace's Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus nanus | |
| Blyth's Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger | |
| Changeable Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Simeulue Scops Owl | Otus umbra | |
| Mentawai Scops Owl | Otus mentawi | Endemic |
| Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica | Rare/Accidental |
| Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
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| Scarlet-rumped Trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | |
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| Oriental Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
| White-crowned Hornbill | Berenicornis comatus | |
| Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | |
| Wrinkled Hornbill | Rhyticeros corrugatus | |
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| Red-throated Barbet | Psilopogon mystacophanos | |
| Yellow-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon henricii | |
| Blue-eared Barbet | Psilopogon australis | |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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| Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Blue-rumped Parrot | Psittinus cyanurus | |
| Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
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| Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
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| Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | |
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| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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| Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | |
| Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina striata | |
| Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | |
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| Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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| Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhoptera | |
| Maroon-breasted Philentoma | Philentoma velata | |
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| Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | |
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| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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| Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
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| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| Crested Jay | Platylophus galericulatus | |
| Black Magpie | Platysmurus leucopterus | |
| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
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| Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus thoracicus | |
| Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus percussus | |
| Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
| Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
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| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
| Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | |
| Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera affinis | |
| Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera modesta | |
| Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | |
| Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
| Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | |
| Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis | |
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| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
| Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
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| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Hairy-backed Bulbul | Tricholestes criniger | |
| Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-vented Bulbul | Iole charlottae | |
| Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis | |
| Grey-bellied Bulbul | Pycnonotus cyaniventris | |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | |
| Cream-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus simplex | |
| Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | |
| Spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus erythropthalmos | |
| Black-and-white Bulbul | Microtarsus melanoleucos | |
| Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius atriceps | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
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| Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| Black-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | |
| Chestnut-rumped Babbler | Stachyris maculata | |
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | |
| Grey-headed Babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | |
| Striped Tit Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
| Fluffy-backed Tit Babbler | Macronus ptilosus | |
| Chestnut-winged Babbler | Cyanoderma erythropterum | |
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| Sooty-capped Babbler | Malacopteron affine | |
| Grey-breasted Babbler | Malacopteron albogulare | |
| Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | |
| Short-tailed Babbler | Trichastoma malaccense | |
| White-chested Babbler | Trichastoma rostratum | |
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| Brown Nun Babbler | Alcippe brunneicauda | |
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| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| Purple-backed Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Rare/Accidental |
| Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
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| Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| White-rumped Shama | Kittacincla malabarica | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis umbratilis | |
| White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
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| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
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