This checklist includes all bird species found in Sumatra western 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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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Duck | Asarcornis scutulata | Extirpated |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
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Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
Salvadori's Pheasant | Lophura inornata | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Silvery Pigeon | Columba argentina | Endemic (country/region) |
Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
Barred Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
Ruddy Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
Dusky Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia magna | Endemic (country/region) |
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 | |
Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | Endemic (country/region) |
Large Green Pigeon | Treron capellei | |
Sumatran Green Pigeon | Treron oxyurus | Endemic (country/region) |
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | Endemic (country/region) |
Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
Pink-headed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyreus | Endemic (country/region) |
Jambu Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus jambu | |
Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
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White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Gould's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus stellatus | Rare/Accidental |
Sundan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus cornutus | |
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Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
Malaysian Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii | |
Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | |
Silver-rumped Spinetailed Swift | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | |
Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | |
Cave Swiftlet | Collocalia linchi | |
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 | |
Raffles's Malkoha | Rhinortha chlorophaea | |
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 | |
Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
Whistling Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax | |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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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Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | |
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Storm's Stork | Ciconia stormi | |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Malaysian Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Rare/Accidental |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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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 | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
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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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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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 |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
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 | |
Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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Bay Owl | Phodilus badius | |
Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
Simeulue Scops Owl | Otus umbra | Endemic (country/region) |
Mentawai Scops Owl | Otus mentawi | Endemic |
Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica | Rare/Accidental |
Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
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Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | |
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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Rufous Piculet | Sasia abnormis | |
Grey-and-buff Woodpecker | Hemicircus concretus | |
Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
Buff-rumped Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tristis | |
Buff-necked Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki | |
Banded Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma miniaceum | |
Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | |
White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
Brown-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos moluccensis | |
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos canicapillus | |
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Red-throated Barbet | Psilopogon mystacophanos | |
Black-browed Barbet | Psilopogon oorti | |
Yellow-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon henricii | |
Blue-eared Barbet | Psilopogon australis | |
Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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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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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea | Endemic (country/region) |
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Blue-rumped Parrot | Psittinus cyanurus | |
Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | |
Long-tailed Parakeet | Psittacula longicauda | |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
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Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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Black-and-yellow Broadbill | Eurylaimus ochromalus | |
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Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | |
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Sulawesi Myzomela | Myzomela chloroptera | Endemic (country/region) |
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Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | |
Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina striata | |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | Endemic (country/region) |
Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | |
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Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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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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Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus hirundinaceus | |
Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhoptera | |
Maroon-breasted Philentoma | Philentoma velata | |
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Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | |
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Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | |
Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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Crested Jay | Platylophus galericulatus | |
Black Magpie | Platysmurus leucopterus | |
Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
Sunda Crow | Corvus compilator | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Broad-billed Myiagra | Myiagra ruficollis | |
White-tipped Monarch | Symposiachrus everetti | Endemic (country/region) |
Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
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Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus maculatus | |
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 | |
Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | Endemic (country/region) |
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Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | |
Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | |
Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera affinis | |
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera modesta | |
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | |
Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
Red-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | |
Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | |
Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
Temminck's Sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | |
Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
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Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati | |
Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | |
Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis | |
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Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | Endemic (country/region) |
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 | |
Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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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 | |
Bar-winged Prinia | Prinia familiaris | Endemic (country/region) |
Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
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Rusty-rumped Warbler | Locustella certhiola | |
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 | |
Straw-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus zeylanicus | |
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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Chestnut-crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus castaniceps | |
Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
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Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
Enggano White-eye | Zosterops salvadorii | Endemic (country/region) |
Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
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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 | |
Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | |
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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 |
Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | Endemic (country/region) |
Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
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Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
White-rumped Shama | Kittacincla malabarica | |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | |
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis umbratilis | |
White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
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Sunda Thrush | Zoothera andromedae | |
Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres |
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