List of birds of Thailand


The birds of Thailand included 1076 species as of 2019. Of them, more than 100 are rare or accidental, six have been introduced by humans, and eight have been extirpated. Seventy two of the country's species are globally threatened.
The birds of Thailand are mainly typical of the Indomalayan realm, with affinities to the Indian subcontinent to the west, and, particularly in Southern Thailand, with the Sundaic fauna to the southeast. The northern mountains are outliers of the Tibetan Plateau, with many species of montane birds, and in winter the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern Palearctic and Himalayas. That Thailand's habitats are contiguous with those of neighbouring countries explains the low number of endemic species.
In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23 migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. The species most affected are large water birds whose wetland habitat has been largely lost to agriculture, and forest species, as deforestation for agriculture and logging have removed and degraded portions of the woodlands.
This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The designations as accidental, introduced, and extirpated, and the notes of worldwide population status such as "critically endangered", are from Bird Checklists of the World. The notes of status in Thailand, such as "winter visitor", are from Lekagul and Round. Species with no indicated status are resident or partially resident non-rarities.

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae
Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Lesser whistling-duckDendrocygna javanica
Bar-headed gooseAnser indicusVery rare winter visitor
Graylag gooseAnser anserAccidental
Swan gooseAnser cygnoidesAccidental
Greater white-fronted gooseAnser albifronsAccidental
Knob-billed duckSarkidiornis melanotosRare resident
Ruddy shelduckTadorna ferrugineaRare winter visitor
Common shelduckTadorna tadornaVery rare winter visitor
Cotton pygmy-gooseNettapus coromandelianus
Mandarin duckAix galericulataAccidental
Baikal tealSibirionetta formosaAccidental
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitor
Northern shovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitor
GadwallMareca streperaVery rare winter visitor
Falcated duckMareca falcata
Eurasian wigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitor
Indian spot-billed duckAnas poecilorhynchaRare winter visitor
Eastern spot-billed duckAnas zonorhynchaRare winter visitor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern pintailAnas acutaWinter visitor
Green-winged tealAnas creccaWinter visitor
White-winged duckAsarcornis scutulataVery rare resident, endangered
Red-crested pochardNetta rufinaVery rare winter visitor
Common pochardAythya ferinaVery rare winter visitor
Ferruginous duckAythya nyrocaRare winter visitor
Baer's pochardAythya baeriRare winter visitor, critically endangered
Tufted duckAythya fuligulaRare winter visitor
Greater scaupAythya marilaAccidental
Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisAccidental
Scaly-sided merganserMergus squamatusAccidental, endangered

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls, and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump and have broad, relatively short wings.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Ferruginous partridgeCaloperdix oculeus
Crested partridgeRollulus rouloul
Rufous-throated partridgeArborophila rufogularis
Malaysian partridgeArborophila campbelli
Bar-backed partridgeArborophila brunneopectus
Chestnut-headed partridgeArborophila cambodiana
Scaly-breasted partridgeArborophila chloropus
Chestnut-necklaced partridgeArborophila charltonii
Long-billed partridgeRhizothera longirostris
Great argusArgusianus argus
Green peafowlPavo muticusEndangered
Malayan peacock-pheasantPolyplectron malacense
Mountain peacock-pheasantPolyplectron inopinatumAccidental
Gray peacock-pheasantPolyplectron bicalcaratum
Blue-breasted quailSynoicus chinesis
Japanese quailCoturnix japonicaVery rare winter visitor
Common quailCoturnix coturnix
Rain quailCoturnix coromandelica
Chinese francolinFrancolinus pintadeanus
Mountain bamboo-partridgeBambusicola fytchii
Red junglefowlGallus gallus
Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiaeRare
Silver pheasantLophura nycthemera
Kalij pheasantLophura leucomelanos
Siamese firebackLophura diardi
Crested firebackLophura ignitaRare

Flamingos

Order: PhoenicopteriformesFamily: Phoenicopteridae
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Greater flamingoPhoenicopterus roseusAccidental

Grebes

Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae
Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. Their feet are placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.
NameBinomialStatus
Little grebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Horned grebePodiceps auritusAccidental
Great crested grebePodiceps cristatusVery rare winter visitor
Eared grebePodiceps nigricollisAccidental

Pigeons and doves

Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Rock pigeonColumba liviaDue to hybridisation with feral pigeons, few if any pure-bred birds remain in Thailand
Speckled wood-pigeonColumba hodgsonii
Ashy wood-pigeonColumba pulchricollis
Pale-capped pigeonColumba puniceaRare, uncertain status
Oriental turtle-doveStreptopelia orientalis
Red collared-doveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Spotted doveStreptopelia chinensis
Barred cuckoo-doveMacropygia unchall
Little cuckoo-doveMacropygia ruficeps
Asian emerald doveChalcophaps indica
Zebra doveGeopelia striataNative in south, introduced to central Thailand
Nicobar pigeonCaloenas nicobaricaRare
Little green-pigeonTreron olaxRare
Pink-necked pigeonTreron vernans
Cinnamon-headed pigeonTreron fulvicollis
Orange-breasted pigeonTreron bicinctus
Ashy-headed green-pigeonTreron phayrei
Thick-billed pigeonTreron curvirostra
Large green-pigeonTreron capelleiRare
Yellow-footed green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
Yellow-vented green-pigeonTreron seimundiVery rare
Pin-tailed green-pigeonTreron apicauda
Wedge-tailed green-pigeonTreron sphenurus
White-bellied green-pigeonTreron sieboldiiVery rare
Jambu fruit-dovePtilinopus jambu
Green imperial-pigeonDucula aenea
Mountain imperial-pigeonDucula badia
Pied imperial-pigeonDucula bicolor

Cuckoos

Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Many Old World cuckoo species are brood parasites.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Coral-billed ground-cuckooCarpococcyx renauldi
Short-toed coucalCentropus rectunguisAccidental
Greater coucalCentropus sinensis
Lesser coucalCentropus bengalensis
Raffles's malkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
Red-billed malkohaZanclostomus javanicus
Chestnut-breasted malkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris
Chestnut-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus
Black-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi
Green-billed malkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis
Chestnut-winged cuckooClamator coromandusSummer visitor and on passage
Pied cuckooClamator jacobinus
Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus
Asian emerald cuckooChrysococcyx maculatusResident and winter visitor
Violet cuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Little bronze-cuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
Banded bay cuckooCacomantis sonneratii
Plaintive cuckooCacomantis merulinus
Brush cuckooCacomantis variolosus
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus dicruroides
Square-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus lugubris
Moustached hawk-cuckooHierococcyx vagans
Large hawk-cuckooHierococcyx sparverioides
Dark hawk-cuckooHierococcyx bocki
Common hawk-cuckooHierococcyx varius
Hodgson's hawk-cuckooHierococcyx nisicolor
Malaysian hawk-cuckooHierococcyx fugax
Lesser cuckooCuculus poliocephalusVery rare
Indian cuckooCuculus micropterus
Himalayan cuckooCuculus saturatus
Sunda cuckooCuculus lepidus
Common cuckooCuculus canorusUncertain status

Frogmouths

Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Podargidae
The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Large frogmouthBatrachostomus auritusVery rare
Gould's frogmouthBatrachostomus stellatusRare
Hodgson's frogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoni
Blyth's frogmouthBatrachostomus affinis

Nightjars and allies

Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized ground-nesting nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Malaysian eared-nightjarLyncornis temminckii
Great eared-nightjarLyncornis macrotis
Gray nightjarCaprimulgus jotakaWinter visitor, breeds in mountains
Large-tailed nightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
Indian nightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
Savanna nightjarCaprimulgus affinis

Swifts

Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Apodidae
Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Silver-rumped needletailRhaphidura leucopygialis
White-throated needletailHirundapus caudacutusRare migrant
Silver-backed needletailHirundapus cochinchinensisUncertain status
Brown-backed needletailHirundapus giganteus
Plume-toed swiftletCollocalia affinisRare
Himalayan swiftletAerodramus brevirostrisBreeds in highlands, winter visitor elsewhere
Black-nest swiftletAerodramus maximus
White-nest swiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
Germain's swiftletAerodramus germani
Common swiftApus apusAccidental
Pacific swiftApus pacificusWinter visitor, some breed
Cook's swiftApus cooki
Dark-rumped swiftApus acuticaudaVery rare winter visitor
House swiftApus nipalensis
Asian palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis

Treeswifts

Order: ApodiformesFamily: Hemiprocnidae
The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They differ from the true swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails, and soft plumage.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Crested treeswiftHemiprocne coronata
Gray-rumped treeswiftHemiprocne longipennis
Whiskered treeswiftHemiprocne comata

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and appear to be weak fliers.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Brown-cheeked railRallus indicusWinter visitor
Slaty-breasted railLewinia striata
Spotted crakePorzana porzanaVery rare winter visitor
Eurasian moorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian cootFulica atraWinter visitor
Gray-headed swamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
WatercockGallicrex cinereaSummer visitor and resident
White-breasted waterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
White-browed crakePorzana cinerea
Red-legged crakeRallina fasciata
Slaty-legged crakeRallina eurizonoidesRare, mainly winter visitor
Ruddy-breasted crakeZapornia fusca
Band-bellied crakeZapornia paykulliiAccidental
Baillon's crakeZapornia pusillaWinter visitor
Black-tailed crakeZapornia bicolorRare

Finfoots

Order: GruiformesFamily: Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae is small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Masked finfootHeliopais personatusWinter visitor and passage migrant, endangered

Cranes

Order: GruiformesFamily: Gruidae
Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".
Common nameBinomialStatus
Demoiselle craneAnthropoides virgoAccidental
Sarus craneAntigone antigoneExtirpated
Common craneGrus grusAccidental

Thick-knees

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Indian thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
Great thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris
Beach thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRare and local

Stilts and avocets

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-winged stiltHimantopus himantopusResident and winter visitor
Pied avocetRecurvirostra avosettaAccidental

Oystercatchers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Eurasian oystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusAccidental

Plovers and lapwings

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-bellied ploverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitor
Pacific golden-ploverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitor
Northern lapwingVanellus vanellusRare winter visitor
River lapwingVanellus duvaucelii
Gray-headed lapwingVanellus cinereusWinter visitor
Red-wattled lapwingVanellus indicus
Lesser sand-ploverCharadrius mongolusWinter visitor
Greater sand-ploverCharadrius leschenaultiiWinter visitor
Malaysian ploverCharadrius peronii
Kentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitor
Common ringed ploverCharadrius hiaticulaAccidental
Long-billed ploverCharadrius placidusRare winter visitor
Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubiusWinter visitor
Oriental ploverCharadrius veredusAccidental

Painted-snipes

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Rostratulidae
Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Greater painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

Jacanas

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Jacanidae
The jacanas are a group of waders found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Pheasant-tailed jacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusWinter visitor and resident
Bronze-winged jacanaMetopidius indicus

Sandpipers and allies

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
Common nameBinomialStatus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitor
Little curlewNumenius minutusVery rare passage migrant
Far Eastern curlewNumenius madagascariensisRare passage migrant, endangered
Eurasian curlewNumenius arquataWinter visitor
Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitor
Black-tailed godwitLimosa limosaWinter visitor
Ruddy turnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitor
Great knotCalidris tenuirostrisMainly passage migrant, endangered
Red knotCalidris canutusWinter visitor
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter and passage visitor
Broad-billed sandpiperCalidris falcinellusWinter visitor
Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminataVery rare winter visitor
Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitor
Temminck's stintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitor
Long-toed stintCalidris subminutaWinter visitor
Spoon-billed sandpiperCalidris pygmaeaRare on passage and in winter, critically endangered
Red-necked stintCalidris ruficollisCommon winter visitor
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitor
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare winter visitor
Little stintCalidris minutaRare in winter
Pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotosAccidental
Asian dowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusRare on passage
Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusAccidental
Jack snipeLymnocryptes minimusRare winter visitor
Eurasian woodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitor
Wood snipeGallinago nemoricolaVery rare winter visitor
Common snipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitor
Pin-tailed snipeGallinago stenuraWinter visitor
Swinhoe's snipeGallinago megalaVery rare winter visitor
Terek sandpiperXenus cinereusWinter visitor
Red-necked phalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare in winter or on passage
Red phalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare in winter or on passage
Common sandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitor
Green sandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitor
Gray-tailed tattlerTringa brevipesRare on passage
Spotted redshankTringa erythropusWinter visitor
Common greenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitor
Nordmann's greenshankTringa guttiferRare winter visitor, endangered
Marsh sandpiperTringa stagnatilisWinter visitor
Wood sandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitor
Common redshankTringa totanusWinter visitor

Buttonquail

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Turnicidae
The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Small buttonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Yellow-legged buttonquailTurnix tanki
Barred buttonquailTurnix suscitator

Crab-plover

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Dromadidae
The crab-plover is related to the waders, but is the only member of its family. It resembles a plover but has very long grey legs and a strong black bill similar to that of a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet, and a bill designed for eating crabs.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Crab-ploverDromas ardeolaRare but annual in winter

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings, and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings, and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Collared pratincoleGlareola pratincolaAccidental
Oriental pratincoleGlareola maldivarumSummer visitor
Small pratincoleGlareola lacteaResident and winter visitor

Skuas and jaegers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Pomarine jaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitor
Parasitic jaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare winter visitor
Long-tailed jaegerStercorarius longicaudus

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaAccidental
Sabine's gullXema sabiniAccidental
Slender-billed gullChroicocephalus geneiVery rare winter visitor
Black-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitor
Brown-headed gullChroicocephalus brunnicephalusRare winter visitor
Little gullHydrocoloeus minutusAccidental
Sooty gullIchthyaetus hemprichiiAccidental
Pallas's gullIchthyaetus ichthyaetusVery rare winter visitor
Black-tailed gullLarus crassirostrisVery rare winter visitor
Mew gullLarus canusAccidental
Herring gullLarus argentatus
Caspian gullLarus cachinnansAccidental
Lesser black-backed gullLarus fuscusAccidental
Slaty-backed gullLarus schistisagusAccidental
Brown noddyAnous stolidus
Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled ternOnychoprion anaethetus
Aleutian ternOnychoprion aleuticusAccidental
Little ternSternula albifrons
Gull-billed ternGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitor
Caspian ternHydroprogne caspiaWinter visitor
White-winged ternChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitor
Whiskered ternChlidonias hybrida
Roseate ternSterna dougallii
Black-naped ternSterna sumatrana
Common ternSterna hirundoWinter visitor
Black-bellied ternSterna acuticaudaEndangered
River ternSterna aurantia
Great crested ternThalasseus bergii
Lesser crested ternThalasseus bengalensisRare winter visitor
Chinese crested ternThalasseus bernsteiniAccidental, critically endangered
Indian skimmerRynchops albicollis

Tropicbirds

Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturusAccidental
Red-billed tropicbirdPhaethon aethereusAccidental
Red-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon rubricaudaAccidental

Albatrosses

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Laysan albatrossPhoebastria immutabilisAccidental

Northern storm-petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Hydrobatidae
Storm-petrels are small birds which spend most of their lives at sea, coming ashore only to breed. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering or pattering across the water. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Swinhoe's storm-petrelOceanodroma monorhisAccidental

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
is a long-distance migrant occasionally recorded in Thailand.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-necked petrelPterodroma cervicalisAccidental
Streaked shearwaterCalonectris leucomelasVery rare winter visitor
Wedge-tailed shearwaterArdenna pacificusAccidental
Short-tailed shearwaterArdenna tenuirostrisAccidental

Storks

Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are virtually mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Asian openbillAnastomus oscitans
Black storkCiconia nigraRare winter visitor
Woolly-necked storkCiconia episcopus
Storm's storkCiconia stormiEndangered
White storkCiconia ciconiaAccidental
Oriental storkCiconia boycianaEndangered
Black-necked storkEphippiorhynchus asiaticusExtirpated
Lesser adjutantLeptoptilos javanicusRare
Greater adjutantLeptoptilos dubiusExtirpated, endangered
Milky storkMycteria cinereaEndangered
Painted storkMycteria leucocephala

Frigatebirds

Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae
Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white, or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have coloured inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Lesser frigatebirdFregata arielWinter visitor
Christmas Island frigatebirdFregata andrewsiWinter visitor, critically endangered
Great frigatebirdFregata minorRare

Boobies and gannets

Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae
The gannets and boobies are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Masked boobySula dactylatra
Brown boobySula leucogasterRare visitor, formerly bred
Red-footed boobySula sulaAccidental

Anhingas

Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae
Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because they have long thin necks, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage, especially, on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Oriental darterAnhinga melanogasterRare

Cormorants and shags

Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae
The Phalacrocoracidae are a family of medium to large fish-eating birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies; the majority of species have mainly dark plumage, but some are pied black and white, and a few are more colourful.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Little cormorantMicrocarbo niger
Great cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Indian cormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollisRare winter visitor, formerly bred

Pelicans

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae
Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. They have webbed feet with four toes.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Spot-billed pelicanPelecanus philippensisRare, probably once bred

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills, members of this family fly with their necks retracted.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Great bitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitor
Yellow bitternIxobrychus sinensis
Schrenck's bitternIxobrychus eurhythmusPassage migrant
Cinnamon bitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus
Black bitternIxobrychus flavicollis
Gray heronArdea cinereaWinter visitor, formerly bred
Great-billed heronArdea sumatranaNow very rare
Purple heronArdea purpureaWinter visitor
Great egretArdea alba
Intermediate egretArdea intermediaWinter visitor
Chinese egretEgretta eulophotesVery rare winter visitor
Little egretEgretta garzetta
Pacific reef-heronEgretta sacra
Cattle egretBubulcus ibis
Indian pond-heronArdeola grayii
Chinese pond-heronArdeola bacchusWinter visitor
Javan pond-heronArdeola speciosa
Striated heronButorides striata
Black-crowned night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
Malayan night-heronGorsachius melanolophus

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which comprises the ibises and spoonbills. Its members have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary flight feathers. They are strong fliers and, despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Glossy ibisPlegadis falcinellus
African sacred ibisThreskiornis aethiopicusIntroduced species
Black-headed ibisThreskiornis melanocephalus
White-shouldered ibisPseudibis davisoniExtirpated, critically endangered
Giant ibisPseudibis giganteaExtirpated, critically endangered
Eurasian spoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaVery rare winter visitor
Black-faced spoonbillPlatalea minorVery rare winter visitor, endangered

Osprey

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae
The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
Common nameBinomialStatus
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitor

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds mostly have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-winged kiteElanus caeruleus
Oriental honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Jerdon's bazaAviceda jerdoni
Black bazaAviceda leuphotes
Red-headed vultureSarcogyps calvusCritically endangered
Cinereous vultureAegypius monachusRare winter visitor
White-rumped vultureGyps bengalensisExtirpated, critically endangered
Slender-billed vultureGyps tenuirostrisExtirpated, critically endangered
Himalayan griffonGyps himalayensisAccidental
Crested serpent-eagleSpilornis cheela
Short-toed snake-eagleCircaetus gallicusRare passage migrant and winter visitor
Bat hawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Changeable hawk-eagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Mountain hawk-eagleNisaetus nipalensis
Blyth's hawk-eagleNisaetus alboniger
Wallace's hawk-eagleNisaetus nanus
Rufous-bellied eagleLophotriorchis kienerii
Black eagleIctinaetus malaiensis
Greater spotted eagleClanga clangaUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatusRare passage migrant and winter visitor
Steppe eagleAquila nipalensisAccidental, endangered
Imperial eagleAquila heliacaRare winter visitor
Bonelli's eagleAquila fasciataRare
White-eyed buzzardButastur teesaAccidental
Rufous-winged buzzardButastur liventer
Gray-faced buzzardButastur indicusPassage migrant and winter visitor
Eurasian marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusRare winter visitor
Eastern marsh-harrierCircus spilonotusWinter visitor
Hen harrierCircus cyaneusRare winter visitor
Pallid harrierCircus macrourusAccidental
Pied harrierCircus melanoleucosWinter visitor
Crested goshawkAccipiter trivirgatus
ShikraAccipiter badius
Chinese sparrowhawkAccipiter soloensisPassage migrant and winter visitor
Japanese sparrowhawkAccipiter gularisPassage migrant and winter visitor
BesraAccipiter virgatus
Eurasian sparrowhawkAccipiter nisusRare winter visitor
Northern goshawkAccipiter gentilisRare winter visitor
Black kiteMilvus migransWinter visitor, some breed
Brahminy kiteHaliastur indus
White-tailed eagleHaliaeetus albicillaAccidental
Pallas's fish-eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphusAccidental, endangered
White-bellied sea-eagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
Lesser fish-eagleIchthyophaga humilisRare resident
Gray-headed fish-eagleIchthyophaga ichthyaetusVery rare
Common buzzardButeo buteo
Himalayan buzzardButeo refectus
Eastern buzzardButeo japonicusWinter visitor
Long-legged buzzardButeo rufinusAccidental

Barn-owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae
Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Australasian grass-owlTyto longimembris
Barn owlTyto alba
Oriental bay-owlPhodilus badius

Owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae
The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-fronted scops-owlOtus sagittatusRare
Reddish scops-owlOtus rufescensRare
Mountain scops-owlOtus spilocephalus
Collared scops-owlOtus lettia
Sunda scops-owlOtus lempiji
Oriental scops-owlOtus sunia
Spot-bellied eagle-owlBubo nipalensis
Barred eagle-owlBubo sumatranus
Dusky eagle-owlBubo coromandusVery rare
Brown fish-owlKetupa zeylonensis
Buffy fish-owlKetupa ketupu
Collared owletGlaucidium brodiei
Asian barred owletGlaucidium cuculoides
Spotted owletAthene brama
Spotted wood-owlStrix seloputo
Brown wood-owlStrix leptogrammica
Short-eared owlAsio flammeusVery rare winter visitor
Brown boobookNinox scutulata
Northern boobookNinox japonicaAccidental

Trogons

Order: TrogoniformesFamily: Trogonidae
The family Trogonidae includes the trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Red-naped trogonHarpactes kasumbaRare
Diard's trogonHarpactes diardii
Cinnamon-rumped trogonHarpactes orrhophaeusRare
Scarlet-rumped trogonHarpactes duvaucelii
Red-headed trogonHarpactes erythrocephalus
Orange-breasted trogonHarpactes oreskios

Hoopoes

Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white, and pink plumage and a large erectile crest on the head.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Eurasian hoopoeUpupa epops

Hornbills

Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Bucerotidae
Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-crowned hornbillBerenicornis comatusEndangered
Helmeted hornbillBuceros vigilCritically endangered
Rhinoceros hornbillBuceros rhinocerosRare, far south
Great hornbillBuceros bicornis
Bushy-crested hornbillAnorrhinus galeritus
Brown hornbillAnorrhinus austeni
Rusty-cheeked hornbillAnorrhinus tickelli
Black hornbillAnthracoceros malayanusRare
Oriental pied-hornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
Rufous-necked hornbillAceros nipalensisRare
Wreathed hornbillRhyticeros undulatus
Plain-pouched hornbillRhyticeros subruficollisRare
Wrinkled hornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatusEndangered

Kingfishers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Blyth's kingfisherAlcedo herculesVery rare winter visitor
Common kingfisherAlcedo atthisVery common winter visitor
Blue-eared kingfisherAlcedo meninting
Blue-banded kingfisherAlcedo euryzona
Black-backed dwarf-kingfisherCeyx erithaca
Rufous-backed dwarf-kingfisherCeyx rufidorsa
Banded kingfisherLacedo pulchella
Brown-winged kingfisherPelargopsis amauroptera
Stork-billed kingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Ruddy kingfisherHalcyon coromanda
White-throated kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Black-capped kingfisherHalcyon pileataWinter visitor and passage migrant
Sacred kingfisherTodiramphus sanctusAccidental
Collared kingfisherTodirhamphus chloris
Rufous-collared kingfisherActenoides concretusRare and reduced
Crested kingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
Pied kingfisherCeryle rudis

Bee-eaters

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, southern Asia, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long down-turned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Red-bearded bee-eaterNyctyornis amictus
Blue-bearded bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
Green bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Blue-throated bee-eaterMerops viridisResident, winter visitor and passage migrant
Blue-tailed bee-eaterMerops philippinusResident, winter visitor and passage migrant
Chestnut-headed bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti

Rollers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Coraciidae
Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Indochinese rollerCoracias affinis
DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

Asian barbets

Order: PiciformesFamily: Megalaimidae
The Asian barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Sooty barbetCaloramphus hayii
Coppersmith barbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
Blue-eared barbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
Fire-tufted barbetPsilopogon pyrolophusAccidental
Great barbetPsilopogon virens
Red-crowned barbetPsilopogon rafflesiiRare
Red-throated barbetPsilopogon mystacophanos
Yellow-crowned barbetPsilopogon henricii
Green-eared barbetPsilopogon faiostrictus
Lineated barbetPsilopogon lineatus
Golden-throated barbetPsilopogon franklinii
Necklaced barbetPsilopogon auricularis
Gold-whiskered barbetPsilopogon chrysopogon
Moustached barbetPsilopogon incognitus
Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
Black-browed barbetPsilopogon oorti
Turquoise-throated barbetPsilopogon chersonesusEndemic

Honeyguides

Order: PiciformesFamily: Indicatoridae
Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax. They are named for the greater honeyguide which leads traditional honey-hunters to bees' nests and, after the hunters have harvested the honey, feeds on the remaining contents of the hive.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Malaysian honeyguideIndicator archipelagicusRare

Woodpeckers

Order: PiciformesFamily: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Eurasian wryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitor
Speckled piculetPicumnus innominatus
Rufous piculetSasia abnormis
White-browed piculetSasia ochracea
Gray-and-buff woodpeckerHemicircus concretus
Heart-spotted woodpeckerHemicircus canente
Sunda woodpeckerYungipicus moluccensisAccidental
Gray-capped woodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
Yellow-crowned woodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensisRare
Rufous-bellied woodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus
Freckle-breasted woodpeckerDendrocopos analis
Stripe-breasted woodpeckerDendrocopos atratus
Crimson-breasted woodpeckerDryobates cathpharius
Maroon woodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosus
Bay woodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
Orange-backed woodpeckerReinwardtipicus validus
Greater flamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
Rufous woodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
Buff-necked woodpeckerMeiglyptes tukki
Buff-rumped woodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis
Black-and-buff woodpeckerMeiglyptes jugularis
Pale-headed woodpeckerGecinulus grantia
Bamboo woodpeckerGecinulus viridis
Olive-backed woodpeckerDinopium rafflesiiRare
Common flamebackDinopium javanense
Lesser yellownapePicus chlorolophus
Crimson-winged woodpeckerPicus puniceus
Streak-throated woodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
Streak-breasted woodpeckerPicus viridanus
Laced woodpeckerPicus vittatus
Gray-headed woodpeckerPicus canus
Black-headed woodpeckerPicus erythropygius
Banded woodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum
Greater yellownapeChrysophlegma flavinucha
Checker-throated woodpeckerChrysophlegma mentale
Great slaty woodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus
White-bellied woodpeckerDryocopus javensis

Falcons and caracaras

Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-rumped falconPolihierax insignis
Collared falconetMicrohierax caerulescens
Black-thighed falconetMicrohierax fringillarius
Eurasian kestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitor
Amur falconFalco amurensisVery rare passage migrant
MerlinFalco columbariusAccidental
Eurasian hobbyFalco subbuteoRare winter visitor
Oriental hobbyFalco severus
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusMainly winter visitor

Old World parrots

Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittaculidae
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from to in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Blue-rumped parrotPsittinus cyanurusRare, much reduced
Alexandrine parakeetPsittacula eupatriaRare, much reduced
Rose-ringed parakeetPsittacula krameriIntroduced species
Gray-headed parakeetPsittacula finschii
Blossom-headed parakeetPsittacula roseata
Red-breasted parakeetPsittacula alexandri
Vernal hanging-parrotLoriculus vernalis
Blue-crowned hanging-parrotLoriculus galgulus

African and green broadbills

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Calyptomenidae
The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Green broadbillCalyptomena viridis

Asian and Grauer's broadbills

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Eurylaimidae
The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-and-red broadbillCymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Long-tailed broadbillPsarisomus dalhousiae
Silver-breasted broadbillSerilophus lunatus
Banded broadbillEurylaimus javanicus
Black-and-yellow broadbillEurylaimus ochromalus
Dusky broadbillCorydon sumatranus

Pittas

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pittidae
Pittas are medium-sized stocky passerines with fairly long, strong legs, short tails, and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects, and similar invertebrate prey.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Garnet pittaErythropitta granatinaRare
Eared pittaHydrornis phayrei
Rusty-naped pittaHydrornis oatesi
Blue-naped pittaHydrornis nipalensis
Blue-rumped pittaHydrornis soror
Giant pittaHydrornis caeruleusRare
Malayan banded-pittaHydrornis irena
Blue pittaHydrornis cyaneus
Bar-bellied pittaHydrornis elliotiiRare
Gurney's pittaHydrornis gurneyiRediscovered 1986, rare and endangered
Blue-winged pittaPitta moluccensisSummer visitor, passage migrant
Fairy pittaPitta nymphaAccidental
Hooded pittaPitta sordida
Mangrove pittaPitta megarhyncha

Thornbills and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Acanthizidae
The Acanthizidae are small- to medium-sized birds with short rounded wings, slender bills, long legs, and a short tail. The golden-bellied gerygone is the only member of the family found in mainland Asia.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Golden-bellied gerygoneGerygone sulphurea

Cuckooshrikes

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Campephagidae
The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some minivet species are brightly coloured.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Fiery minivetPericrocotus igneus
Small minivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
Grey-chinned minivetPericrocotus solaris
Short-billed minivetPericrocotus brevirostris
Long-tailed minivetPericrocotus ethologus
Scarlet minivetPericrocotus speciosus
Ashy minivetPericrocotus divaricatusWinter visitor
Brown-rumped minivetPericrocotus cantonensis
Rosy minivetPericrocotus roseusWinter visitor
Large cuckooshrikeCoracina macei
Bar-bellied cuckooshrikeCoracina striataRare, much reduced
Javan cuckooshrikeCoracina javensisAccidental
Pied trillerLalage nigra
Black-winged cuckooshrikeLalage melaschistosResident and winter visitor
Lesser cuckooshrikeLalage fimbriata
Indochinese cuckooshrikeCoracina polioptera

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vireonidae
Most of the members of this family are found in the New World. However, the shrike-babblers and erpornis, which only slightly resemble the "true" vireos and greenlets, are found in South East Asia.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Blyth's shrike-babblerPteruthius aeralatus
Black-eared shrike-babblerPteruthius melanotis
Clicking shrike-babblerPteruthius intermedius
White-bellied erpornisErpornis zantholeuca

Whistlers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis, and crested bellbird.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Mangrove whistlerPachycephala cinerea

Old World orioles

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oriolidae
The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds which are not closely related to the New World orioles.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Dark-throated orioleOriolus xanthonotus
Black-naped orioleOriolus chinensisWinter visitor
Slender-billed orioleOriolus tenuirostrisWinter visitor
Black-hooded orioleOriolus xanthornus
Black-and-crimson orioleOriolus cruentusAccidental
Maroon orioleOriolus traillii
Silver orioleOriolus mellianusRare winter visitor, endangered

Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Artamidae
The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Ashy woodswallowArtamus fuscus
White-breasted woodswallowArtamus leucorynchusAccidental

Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vangidae
The family Vangidae is highly variable, though most members of it resemble true shrikes to some degree.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Large woodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
Common woodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
Bar-winged flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
Black-winged flycatcher-shrikeHemipus hirundinaceus
Rufous-winged philentomaPhilentoma pyrhoptera
Maroon-breasted philentomaPhilentoma velata

Ioras

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Aegithinidae
The ioras are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Common ioraAegithina tiphia
Green ioraAegithina viridissima
Great ioraAegithina lafresnayei

Fantails

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Rhipiduridae
The fantails are small insectivorous birds with longish, frequently fanned, tails.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Spotted fantailRhipidura perlataRare
Malaysian pied-fantailRhipidura javanica
White-throated fantailRhipidura albicollis
White-browed fantailRhipidura aureola

Drongos

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Dicruridae
The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black drongoDicrurus macrocercusResident and winter visitor
Ashy drongoDicrurus leucophaeusResident and winter visitor
Crow-billed drongoDicrurus annectensWinter visitor and passage migrant
Bronzed drongoDicrurus aeneus
Lesser racket-tailed drongoDicrurus remifer
Hair-crested drongoDicrurus hottentottusResident and winter visitor
Greater racket-tailed drongoDicrurus paradiseus

Monarch flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Monarchidae
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by gleaning, hovering or flycatching.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-naped monarchHypothymis azurea
Japanese paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudataRare winter visitor, passage migrant
Amur paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone incei
Blyth's paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone affinisResident and winter visitor

Crested shrikejay

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Platylophidae
Until 2018 this species was included in family Corvidae, but genetic and morphological evidence place it in its own family.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Crested shrikejayPlatylophus galericulatus

Shrikes

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Laniidae
Shrikes are passerine birds known for the habit of some species of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Tiger shrikeLanius tigrinusFairly common passage migrant
Brown shrikeLanius cristatusWinter visitor
Burmese shrikeLanius collurioidesWinter visitor
Bay-backed shrikeLanius vittatusAccidental
Long-tailed shrikeLanius schachPassage migrant
Gray-backed shrikeLanius tephronotusWinter visitor

Crows, jays, and magpies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Corvidae
The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black magpiePlatysmurus leucopterus
Eurasian jayGarrulus glandarius
Red-billed blue-magpieUrocissa erythrorhyncha
Common green-magpieCissa chinensis
Indochinese green-magpieCissa hypoleuca
Rufous treepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Gray treepieDendrocitta formosae
Racket-tailed treepieCrypsirina temia
Ratchet-tailed treepieTemnurus temnurusAccidental
Oriental magpiePica sericaAccidental
Eurasian magpiePica picaAccidental
House crowCorvus splendensIntroduced species
RookCorvus frugilegusAccidental
Large-billed crowCorvus macrorhynchos

Rail-babbler

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Eupetidae
The Malaysian rail-babbler is a rail-like passerine bird which inhabits the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is the only member of its family. The nominate subspecies E. m. macrocerus is found in Thailand.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Malaysian rail-babblerEupetes macrocerus

Fairy flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Stenostiridae
Most of the species of this small family are found in Africa, though a few inhabit tropical Asia. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers".
Common nameBinomialStatus
Yellow-bellied fairy-fantailChelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Gray-headed canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis

Tits, chickadees, and titmice

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Paridae
The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Fire-capped titCephalopyrus flammiceps
Yellow-browed titSylviparus modestus
Sultan titMelanochlora sultanea
Cinereous titParus cinereous
Japanese titParus minor
Yellow-cheeked titMachlolophus spilonotus

Larks

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Australasian bushlarkMirafra javanica
Indochinese bushlarkMirafra erythrocephala
Greater short-toed larkCalandrella brachydactyla
Sykes's short-toed larkCalandrella dukhunensisAccidental
Oriental skylarkAlauda gulgula

Cisticolas and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cisticolidae
The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Common tailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Dark-necked tailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
Ashy tailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
Rufous-tailed tailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
Brown priniaPrinia polychroa
Hill priniaPrinia superciliaris
Rufescent priniaPrinia rufescens
Gray-breasted priniaPrinia hodgsonii
Yellow-bellied priniaPrinia flaviventris
Plain priniaPrinia inornata
Zitting cisticolaCisticola juncidis
Golden-headed cisticolaCisticola exilis

Reed warblers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Acrocephalidae
The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Thick-billed warblerArundinax aedonWinter visitor
Booted warblerIduna caligataAccidental
Black-browed reed warblerAcrocephalus bistrigicepsWinter visitor
Paddyfield warblerAcrocephalus agricolaRare winter visitor
Blunt-winged warblerAcrocephalus concinensWinter visitor
Manchurian reed warblerAcrocephalus tangorumWinter visitor
Blyth's reed warblerAcrocephalus dumetorumPassage migrant
Large-billed reed warblerAcrocephalus orinusRare, rediscovered 2006
Oriental reed warblerAcrocephalus orientalisWinter visitor
Clamorous reed warblerAcrocephalus stentoreusVery rare winter visitor

Grassbirds and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Locustellidae
Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Striated grassbirdMegalurus palustris
Marsh grassbirdLocustella pryeriAccidental
Pallas's grasshopper-warblerLocustella certhiolaWinter visitor
Lanceolated warblerLocustella lanceolataWinter visitor
Brown bush warblerLocustella luteoventrisRare winter visitor
Chinese bush warblerLocustella tacsanowskiaVery rare winter visitor
Baikal bush warblerLocustella davidiWinter visitor
Spotted bush warblerLocustella thoracicaAccidental
Russet bush warblerLocustella mandelli
Dalat bush warblerLocustella idonea

Cupwings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pnoepygidae
The members of this small family are found in mountainous parts of South and South East Asia.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Pygmy cupwingPnoepyga pusilla

Swallows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hirundinidae
The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.
Common nameBinomialStatus
White-eyed river martinPseudochelidon sirintaraeEndemic, critically endangered
Gray-throated martinRiparia chinensis
Bank swallowRiparia ripariaWinter visitor
Pale sand martinRiparia dilutaAccidental
Dusky crag-martinPtyonoprogne concolor
Barn swallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitor
Wire-tailed swallowHirundo smithii
Pacific swallowHirundo tahitica
Red-rumped swallowCecropis dauricaWinter visitor, local breeder
Striated swallowCecropis striolata
Rufous-bellied swallowCecropis badia
Common house-martinDelichon urbicumRare winter visitor
Asian house-martinDelichon dasypusWinter visitor
Nepal house-martinDelichon nipalensisOne record

Bulbuls

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pycnonotidae
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red, or orange vents, cheeks, throats, or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-and-white bulbulBrachypodius melanoleucosRare
Puff-backed bulbulBrachypodius eutilotus
Black-headed bulbulBrachypodius atriceps
Spectacled bulbulRubigula erythropthalmos
Gray-bellied bulbulRubigula cyaniventris
Scaly-breasted bulbulRubigula squamata
Black-crested bulbulRubigula flaviventris
Crested finchbillSpizixos canifrons
Straw-headed bulbulPycnonotus zeylanicusRare, Critically endangered
Striated bulbulPycnonotus striatus
Red-vented bulbulPycnonotus caferAccidental
Red-whiskered bulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Brown-breasted bulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Light-vented bulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Sooty-headed bulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Stripe-throated bulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
Flavescent bulbulPycnonotus flavescens
Yellow-vented bulbulPycnonotus goiavier
Olive-winged bulbulPycnonotus plumosus
Ayeyarwady bulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
Streak-eared bulbulPycnonotus conradi
Cream-vented bulbulPycnonotus simplex
Red-eyed bulbulPycnonotus brunneus
Hairy-backed bulbulTricholestes criniger
Finsch's bulbulAlophoixus finschii
White-throated bulbulAlophoixus flaveolus
Puff-throated bulbulAlophoixus pallidus
Ochraceous bulbulAlophoixus ochraceus
Gray-cheeked bulbulAlophoixus bres
Yellow-bellied bulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalus
Buff-vented bulbulIole crypta
Gray-eyed bulbulIole propinqua
Olive bulbulIole virescens
Black bulbulHypsipetes leucocephalusResident and winter visitor
White-headed bulbulHypsipetes thompsoni
Ashy bulbulHemixos flavala
Cinereous bulbulHemixos cinereus
Chestnut bulbulHemixos castanonotusAccidental
Mountain bulbulIxos mcclellandii
Streaked bulbulIxos malaccensis

Leaf warblers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Phylloscopidae
Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Ashy-throated warblerPhylloscopus maculipennisWinter visitor
Buff-barred warblerPhylloscopus pulcherWinter visitor
Yellow-browed warblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitor
Hume's warblerPhylloscopus humeiWinter visitor
Chinese leaf warblerPhylloscopus yunnanensisWinter visitor
Pallas's leaf warblerPhylloscopus proregulusWinter visitor
Sichuan leaf warblerPhylloscopus forresti
Radde's warblerPhylloscopus schwarziWinter visitor
Yellow-streaked warblerPhylloscopus armandiiWinter visitor
Tickell's leaf warblerPhylloscopus affinisWinter visitor
Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatusWinter visitor
Buff-throated warblerPhylloscopus subaffinisWinter visitor
Common chiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaAccidental
Eastern crowned warblerPhylloscopus coronatusWinter and passage visitor
Gray-cheeked warblerPhylloscopus poliogenys
Gray-crowned warblerPhylloscopus tephrocephalusRare winter visitor
Whistler's warblerPhylloscopus whistleri
Bianchi's warblerPhylloscopus valentiniWinter visitor
Martens's warblerPhylloscopus omeiensisWinter visitor
Alström's warblerPhylloscopus sororWinter visitor
Greenish warblerPhylloscopus trochiloidesWinter visitor
Two-barred warblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsusWinter visitor
Large-billed leaf warblerPhylloscopus magnirostrisWinter visitor
Pale-legged leaf warblerPhylloscopus tenellipesWinter visitor
Sakhalin leaf warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
Japanese leaf warblerPhylloscopus xanthodryasAccidental
Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealisWinter and passage visitor
Kamchatka leaf warblerPhylloscopus examinandus
Chestnut-crowned warblerPhylloscopus castaniceps
Yellow-vented warblerPhylloscopus cantatorRare winter visitor
Sulphur-breasted warblerPhylloscopus rickettiWinter visitor
Blyth's leaf warblerPhylloscopus reguloidesWinter visitor
Claudia's leaf warblerPhylloscopus claudiaeWinter visitor
Hartert's leaf warblerPhylloscopus goodsoniAccidental
Davison's leaf warblerPhylloscopus intensior
Kloss's leaf warblerPhylloscopus ogilviegranti
Mountain leaf warblerPhylloscopus trivirgatusAccidental

Bush warblers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Scotocercidae
The members of this family are found throughout Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. Their taxonomy is in flux, and some authorities place some genera in other families.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Pale-footed bush warblerUrosphena pallidipes
Asian stubtailUrosphena squameicepsWinter visitor
Gray-bellied tesiaTesia cyaniventerVery rare
Slaty-bellied tesiaTesia olivea
Chestnut-crowned bush warblerCettia majorVery rare winter visitor
Chestnut-headed tesiaCettia castaneocoronata
Yellow-bellied warblerAbroscopus superciliaris
Rufous-faced warblerAbroscopus albogularisRare
Mountain tailorbirdPhyllergetes cuculatus
Manchurian bush warblerHorornis canturiansRare winter visitor
Sunda bush warblerHorornis vulcanius
Aberrant bush warblerHorornis flavolivaceaWinter visitor

Long-tailed tits

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Aegithalidae
Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet which includes insects.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Black-throated titAegithalos concinnus

Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sylviidae
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as another common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Lesser whitethroatSylvia currucaRare winter visitor
Yellow-eyed babblerChrysomma sinense
Gray-headed parrotbillPsittiparus gularis
Rufous-headed parrotbillPsittiparus bakeriAccidental
Spot-breasted parrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollis
Pale-billed parrotbillChleuasicus atrosuperciliarisRare
Black-throated parrotbillSuthola nipalensis
Short-tailed parrotbillNeosuthora davidianaRare

White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Zosteropidae
The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Striated yuhinaYuhina castaniceps
Indochinese yuhinaYuhina torqueola
Whiskered yuhinaYuhina flavicollis
Burmese yuhinaYuhina humilis
Chestnut-flanked white-eyeZosterops erythropleurusWinter visitor
Indian white-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Hume's white-eyeZosterops auriventer
Swinhoe's white-eyeZosterops simplex

Tree-babblers, scimitar-babblers, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Timaliidae
The members of this family are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Chestnut-capped babblerTimalia pileata
Pin-striped tit-babblerMixornis gularis
Fluffy-backed tit-babblerMacronus ptilosusRare, much reduced
Golden babblerCyanoderma chrysaeum
Chestnut-winged babblerCyanoderma erythropterum
Buff-chested babblerCyanoderma ambiguum
Rufous-fronted babblerCyanoderma rufifrons
Long-tailed wren-babblerSpelaeornis chocolatinusAccidental
Gray-bellied wren-babblerSpelaeornis reptatus
Red-billed scimitar-babblerPomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Coral-billed scimitar-babblerPomatorhinus ferruginosusRare
White-browed scimitar-babblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
Chestnut-backed scimitar-babblerPomatorhinus montanusAccidental
Large scimitar-babblerMegapomatorhinus hypoleucos
Rusty-cheeked scimitar-babblerMegapomatorhinus erythrogenys
Black-throated babblerStachyris nigricollis
Chestnut-rumped babblerStachyris maculata
Gray-throated babblerStachyris nigriceps
Gray-headed babblerStachyris poliocephala
White-necked babblerStachyris leucotisRare
Spot-necked babblerStachyris strialata

Ground babblers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pellorneidae
These small to medium-sized songbirds have soft fluffy plumage but are otherwise rather diverse. Members of the genus Illadopsis are found in forests, but some other genera are birds of scrublands.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Moustached babblerMalacopteron magnirostre
Sooty-capped babblerMalacopteron affineRare
Scaly-crowned babblerMalacopteron cinereum
Rufous-crowned babblerMalacopteron magnum
Collared babblerGampsorhynchus torquatus
Rufous-winged fulvettaSchoeniparus castaneceps
Rufous-throated fulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularisRare
Rusty-capped fulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusAccidental
Puff-throated babblerPellorneum ruficeps
Black-capped babblerPellorneum capistratum
Spot-throated babblerPellorneum albiventre
Buff-breasted babblerPellorneum tickelli
Short-tailed babblerPellorneum malaccense
White-chested babblerPellorneum rostratum
Ferruginous babblerPellorneum bicolor
Striped wren-babblerKenopia striataRare
Eyebrowed wren-babblerNapothera epilepidota
Abbott's babblerTurdinus abbotti
Horsfield's babblerTurdinus sepiarius
Large wren-babblerTurdinus macrodactylus
Limestone wren-babblerTurdinus crispifrons
Streaked wren-babblerTurdinus brevicaudatus
Chinese grassbirdGraminicola striatusExtirpated

Laughingthrushes and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Leiothrichidae
The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. The family is found in Africa, India, and southeast Asia.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Brown fulvettaAlcippe brunneicauda
Brown-cheeked fulvettaAlcippe poioicephala
Yunnan fulvettaAlcippe fratercula
Mountain fulvettaAlcippe peracensis
Black-browed fulvettaAlcippe grotei
Himalayan cutiaCutia nipalensisRare
White-crested laughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
Lesser necklaced laughingthrushGarrulax monileger
Black laughingthrushGarrulax lugubrisRare in far south
Cambodian laughingthrushGarrulax ferrarius
White-necked laughingthrushGarrulax strepitans
Spot-breasted laughingthrushGarrulax merulinusVery rare
Greater necklaced laughingthrushIanthocincla pectoralis
Black-throated laughingthrushIanthocincla chinensis
Chestnut-capped laughingthrushIanthocincla mitrataRare in far south
White-browed laughingthrushIanthocincla sannio
Silver-eared laughingthrushTrochalopteron melanostigma
Malayan laughingthrushTrochalopteron peninsulae
Red-tailed laughingthrushTrochalopteron milneiRare
Black-backed sibiaHeterophasia melanoleuca
Long-tailed sibiaHeterophasia picaoides
Silver-eared mesiaLeiothrix argentauris
Rufous-backed sibiaMinla annectens
Scarlet-faced liocichlaLiocichla ripponi
Spectacled barwingActinodura ramsayi
Blue-winged minlaActinodura cyanouroptera
Chestnut-tailed minlaActinodura strigula

Wallcreeper

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tichodromidae
The wallcreeper is the only member of its family. It inhabits the high mountains of Eurasia from southern Europe to central China.
Common nameBinomialStatus
WallcreeperTichodroma murariaAccidental

Nuthatches

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sittidae
Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Chestnut-bellied nuthatchSitta cinnamoventris
Burmese nuthatchSitta neglecta
Chestnut-vented nuthatchSitta nagaensis
Velvet-fronted nuthatchSitta frontalis
Blue nuthatchSitta azureaAccidental
Giant nuthatchSitta magnaEndangered
Beautiful nuthatchSitta formosa

Treecreepers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Certhiidae
Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Hume's treecreeperCerthia manipurensis

Spotted elachura

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Elachuridae
This species, the only one in its family, inhabits forest undergrowth throughout South East Asia.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Spotted elachuraElachura formosa

Dippers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cinclidae
Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Brown dipperCinclus pallasiiRare non-breeding visitor

Starlings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Asian glossy starlingAplonis panayensis
Golden-crested mynaAmpeliceps coronatus
Common hill mynaGracula religiosa
European starlingSturnus vulgarisRare winter visitor
Rosy starlingPastor roseusVery rare winter visitor
Daurian starlingAgropsar sturninusResident and passage visitor
Chestnut-cheeked starlingAgropsar philippensisAccidental
Black-collared starlingGracupica nigricollis
Asian pied starlingGracupica contra
White-shouldered starlingSturnia sinensisWinter visitor
Brahminy starlingSturnia pagodarumAccidental
Chestnut-tailed starlingSturnia malabaricaResident and winter visitor
Red-billed starlingSpodiopsar sericeusAccidental
White-cheeked starlingSpodiopsar cineraceusAccidental
Common mynaAcridotheres tristisRange expansion through introductions
Vinous-breasted starlingAcridotheres burmannicus
Jungle mynaAcridotheres fuscus
Javan mynaAcridotheres javanicusIntroduced
Great mynaAcridotheres grandis
Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Spot-winged starlingSaroglossa spilopterusRare winter visitor

Thrushes and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Long-tailed thrushZoothera dixoniWinter visitor
Himalayan thrushZoothera salimaliiWinter visitor
Dark-sided thrushZoothera marginata
White's thrushZoothera aurea
Scaly thrushZoothera daumaWinter visitor, resident in mountains
Purple cochoaCochoa purpureaRare
Green cochoaCochoa viridis
Siberian thrushGeokichla sibiricaWinter visitor
Chestnut-capped thrushGeokichla interpresRare
Orange-headed thrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitor
Chinese blackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Gray-winged blackbirdTurdus boulboulRare winter visitor
Japanese thrushTurdus cardisAccidental
Black-breasted thrushTurdus dissimilisRare winter visitor
Gray-sided thrushTurdus feaeRare winter visitor
Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurusWinter visitor
Chestnut thrushTurdus rubrocanusRare winter visitor
Black-throated thrushTurdus atrogularisVery rare winter visitor
Red-throated thrushTurdus ruficollisVery rare winter visitor
Dusky thrushTurdus eunomusIrruptive in winter
Naumann's thrushTurdus naumanniAccidental

Old World flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Muscicapidae
Old World flycatchers are a large group of small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Dark-sided flycatcherMuscicapa sibiricaWinter visitor
Ferruginous flycatcherMuscicapa ferrugineaWinter visitor and passage migrant
Asian brown flycatcherMuscicapa dauricaResident and winter visitor
Brown-breasted flycatcherMuscicapa muttuiVery rare
Brown-streaked flycatcherMuscicapa williamsoniResident and passage visitor
Oriental magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
Rufous-tailed shamaCopsychus pyrropygusRare
White-rumped shamaCopsychus malabaricus
White-gorgeted flycatcherAnthipes monileger
Rufous-browed flycatcherAnthipes solitaris
White-tailed flycatcherCyornis concretusRare
Hainan blue flycatcherCyornis hainanus
Pale blue flycatcherCyornis unicolor
Blue-throated flycatcherCyornis rubeculoidesResident and winter visitor
Chinese blue flycatcherCyornis glaucicomans
Large blue flycatcherCyornis magnirostrisWinter visitor
Hill blue flycatcherCyornis banyumas
Malaysian blue flycatcherCyornis turcosus
Indochinese blue flycatcherCyornis sumatrensis
Mangrove blue flycatcherCyornis rufigastra
Brown-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis brunneatusRare on passage
Gray-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis umbratilisRare in far south
Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcherCyornis olivaceus
Large niltavaNiltava grandis
Small niltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
Fujian niltavaNiltava davidiRare winter visitor
Rufous-bellied niltavaNiltava sundaraWinter visitor
Vivid niltavaNiltava vividaWinter visitor
Blue-and-white flycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelanaPassage migrant
Zappey's flycatcherCyanoptila cumatilisPassage migrant
Verditer flycatcherEumyias thalassinusResident and winter visitor
Lesser shortwingBrachypteryx leucophrys
Himalayan shortwingBrachypteryx cruralis
Rufous-tailed robinLarvivora sibilansRare winter visitor
Japanese robinLarvivora akahige
Siberian blue robinLarvivora cyaneWinter visitor
White-bellied redstartLuscinia phaenicuroidesResident and winter visitor
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitor
Blue whistling-thrushMyophonus caeruleusResident and winter visitor
White-crowned forktailEnicurus leschenaulti
Chestnut-naped forktailEnicurus ruficapillus
Black-backed forktailEnicurus immaculatus
Slaty-backed forktailEnicurus schistaceus
FirethroatCalliope pectardensAccidental
BlackthroatCalliope obscuraAccidental
Siberian rubythroatCalliope calliopeWinter visitor
Chinese rubythroatCalliope tschebaiewiAccidental
White-tailed robinMyiomela leucura
Blue-fronted robinCinclidium frontaleStatus uncertain
Red-flanked bluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitor
Himalayan bluetailTarsiger rufilatusWinter visitor
Golden bush-robinTarsiger chrysaeusRare winter visitor
Yellow-rumped flycatcherFicedula zanthopygiaPassage migrant
Green-backed flycatcherFicedula elisaewinter visitor
Narcissus flycatcherFicedula narcissina
Mugimaki flycatcherFicedula mugimakiWinter visitor
Slaty-backed flycatcherFicedula hodgsoniiWinter visitor
Slaty-blue flycatcherFicedula tricolorWinter visitor
Snowy-browed flycatcherFicedula hyperythra
Pygmy flycatcherFicedula hodgsoniRare winter visitor
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcherFicedula strophiataWinter visitor
Sapphire flycatcherFicedula sapphiraWinter visitor
Little pied flycatcherFicedula westermanni
Ultramarine flycatcherFicedula superciliarisWinter visitor
Taiga flycatcherFicedula albicillaWinter visitor
Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parvaAccidental
Rufous-chested flycatcherFicedula dumetoria
Blue-fronted redstartPhoenicurus frontalisRare winter visitor
Plumbeous redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResident and winter visitor
White-capped redstartPhoenicurus leucocephalusMainly winter visitor
Black redstartPhoenicurus ochrurosAccidental
Daurian redstartPhoenicurus auroreusWinter visitor
Chestnut-bellied rock-thrushMonticola rufiventrisWinter visitor, resident on highest peaks
White-throated rock-thrushMonticola gularisWinter visitor
Blue rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResident in far south and winter visitor
Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurusResident and winter visitor
Pied bushchatSaxicola caprata
Jerdon's bushchatSaxicola jerdoniRare
Gray bushchatSaxicola ferreusResident and winter visitor
Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellinaAccidental
Desert wheatearOenanthe desertiAccidental

Flowerpeckers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Dicaeidae
The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills, and tubular tongues.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Yellow-breasted flowerpeckerPrionochilus maculatus
Crimson-breasted flowerpeckerPrionochilus percussus
Scarlet-breasted flowerpeckerPrionochilus thoracicus
Thick-billed flowerpeckerDicaeum agile
Yellow-vented flowerpeckerDicaeum chrysorrheum
Yellow-bellied flowerpeckerDicaeum melanozanthumUncommon, may breed
Orange-bellied flowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma
Plain flowerpeckerDicaeum minullum
Fire-breasted flowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
Scarlet-backed flowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumRare resident in far south

Sunbirds and spiderhunters

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Nectariniidae
The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Ruby-cheeked sunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
Plain sunbirdAnthreptes simplex
Brown-throated sunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
Red-throated sunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemusRare
Van Hasselt's sunbirdLeptocoma brasiliana
Copper-throated sunbirdLeptocoma calcostetha
Purple sunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
Olive-backed sunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Fire-tailed sunbirdAethopyga ignicauda
Black-throated sunbirdAethopyga saturata
Mrs. Gould's sunbirdAethopyga gouldiaeWinter visitor
Green-tailed sunbirdAethopyga nipalensisResident in mountains
Temminck's sunbirdAethopyga temminckiiRare
Crimson sunbirdAethopyga siparaja
Purple-naped spiderhunterKurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
Thick-billed spiderhunterArachnothera crassirostris
Long-billed spiderhunterArachnothera robustaRare
Little spiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
Yellow-eared spiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenys
Spectacled spiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster
Streaked spiderhunterArachnothera magna
Gray-breasted spiderhunterArachnothera modesta

Fairy-bluebirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Irenidae
The fairy-bluebirds are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Asian fairy-bluebirdIrena puella

Leafbirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Chloropseidae
The leafbirds are small, bulbul-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Greater green leafbirdChloropsis sonnerati
Lesser green leafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon
Blue-winged leafbirdChloropsis cochinchinensis
Golden-fronted leafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
Orange-bellied leafbirdChloropsis hardwickii

Weavers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Ploceidae
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, but some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Streaked weaverPloceus manyar
Baya weaverPloceus philippinus
Asian golden weaverPloceus hypoxanthus

Waxbills and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Red avadavatAmandava amandava
Pin-tailed parrotfinchErythrura prasina
White-rumped muniaLonchura striata
Scaly-breasted muniaLonchura punctulata
White-bellied muniaLonchura leucogastra
Chestnut muniaLonchura atricapilla
White-headed muniaLonchura maja
Java sparrowLonchura oryzivoraIntroduced, endangered

Old World sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae
Sparrows are small passerine birds, typically small, plump, brown or grey with short tails and short powerful beaks. They are seed-eaters, but also consume small insects.
Common nameBinomialStatus
House sparrowPasser domesticusRecent colonist
Russet sparrowPasser cinnamomeusRare winter visitor
Plain-backed sparrowPasser flaveolus
Eurasian tree sparrowPasser montanus

Wagtails and pipits

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae
Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails and comprises the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. These are slender ground-feeding insectivores of open country.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Forest wagtailDendronanthus indicusWinter visitor
Gray wagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitor
Western yellow wagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitor
Eastern yellow wagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Citrine wagtailMotacilla citreolaWinter visitor
White wagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitor
Mekong wagtailMotacilla samveasnae
Richard's pipitAnthus richardiWinter visitor
Paddyfield pipitAnthus rufulus
Blyth's pipitAnthus godlewskiiAccidental
Rosy pipitAnthus roseatusLocalised winter visitor
Olive-backed pipitAnthus hodgsoniWinter visitor
Red-throated pipitAnthus cervinusWinter visitor
American pipitAnthus rubescensAccidental

Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae
Finches are small to moderately large seed-eating passerine birds with a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and nine primary flight feathers. Finches have a bouncing flight, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Common chaffinchFringilla coelebsAccidental
BramblingFringilla montifringillaAccidental
Collared grosbeakMycerobas affinisAccidental
Spot-winged grosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
Yellow-billed grosbeakEophona migratoriaAccidental
Common rosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitor
Scarlet finchCarpodacus sipahi
Pink-rumped rosefinchCarpodacus waltoniAccidental
Dark-breasted rosefinchCarpodacus nipalensisWinter visitor
Black-headed greenfinchChloris ambiguaRare winter visitor

Longspurs and snow buntings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Calcariidae
The Calcariidae are a family of birds that had been traditionally grouped with the New World sparrows, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Lapland longspurCalcarius lapponicusAccidental

Old World buntings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Emberizidae
The emberizids are a large family of seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.
Common nameBinomialStatus
Crested buntingEmberiza lathamiWinter visitor
Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephalaAccidental
Red-headed buntingEmberiza brunicepsAccidental
Chestnut-eared buntingEmberiza fucataWinter visitor
Pine buntingEmberiza leucocephalosAccidental
Gray-necked buntingEmberiza buchananiRare
Yellow-breasted buntingEmberiza aureolaWinter visitor, critically endangered
Little buntingEmberiza pusillaWinter visitor
Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephalaRare winter visitor
Chestnut buntingEmberiza rutilaWinter visitor
Tristram's buntingEmberiza tristramiAccidental