WEST TIMOR ISLAND
INDONESIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 269 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 266 |
| # Endemics: | 14 |
| # Near Endemics: | 4 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 2 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah |
| 3 | Green Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus pulchellus |
| 4 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 5 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 6 | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons |
| 7 | Hardhead | Aythya australis |
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| 8 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt |
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| 9 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| 10 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora |
| 11 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 13 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis |
| 14 | Sunda Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata |
| 15 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 16 | Timor Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia magna |
| 17 | Little Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia ruficeps |
| 18 | Slaty Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena modesta |
| 19 | Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris |
| 20 | Wetar Ground Dove | Pampusana hoedtii |
| 21 | Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus |
| 22 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica |
| 23 | Timor Green-Pigeon | Treron psittaceus |
| 24 | Black-backed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus |
| 25 | Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina |
| 26 | Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rosacea |
| 27 | Timor Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula cineracea |
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| 28 | Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 29 | Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus |
| 30 | Pheasant Coucal | Centropus phasianinus |
| 31 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| 32 | \Pacific Koel\ | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 33 | Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| 34 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| 35 | \Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo\ | Chalcites basalis |
| 36 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 37 | Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus |
| 38 | Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 39 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
| 40 | Timor Nightjar | Caprimulgus ritae |
| 41 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis |
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| 42 | White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 43 | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta |
| 44 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus |
| 45 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| 46 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis |
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| 47 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striatus |
| 48 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 49 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
| 50 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra |
| 51 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
| 52 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea |
| 53 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 54 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata |
| 55 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca |
| 56 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla |
| 57 | Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis |
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| 58 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
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| 59 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus |
| 60 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus |
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| 61 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 62 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 63 | Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius |
| 64 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| 65 | Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus |
| 66 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus |
| 67 | Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
| 68 | Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus |
| 69 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii |
| 70 | Javan Plover | Anarhynchus javanicus |
| 71 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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| 72 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 73 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea |
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| 74 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 75 | Little Curlew | Numenius minutus |
| 76 | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 77 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 78 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 79 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 80 | Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 81 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala |
| 82 | Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura |
| 83 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| 84 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 85 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 86 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 87 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes |
| 88 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 89 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 90 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 91 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 92 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 93 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 94 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| 95 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| 96 | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus |
| 97 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| 98 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 99 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| 100 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| 101 | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| 102 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
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| 103 | Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus |
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| 104 | Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella |
| 105 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum |
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| 106 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 107 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 108 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 109 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 110 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 111 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 112 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 113 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 114 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 115 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| 116 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 117 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 118 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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| 119 | White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| 120 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda |
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| 121 | Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae |
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| 122 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas |
| 123 | #Wedge-tailed Shearwater# | Ardenna pacificus |
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| 124 | Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 125 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| 126 | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi |
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| 127 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 128 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 129 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 130 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| 131 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 132 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| 133 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 134 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 135 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
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| 136 | Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis |
| 137 | Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus |
| 138 | /Schrenck's Bittern/ | Botaurus eurhythmus |
| 139 | Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis |
| 140 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 141 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 142 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 143 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 144 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata |
| 145 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 146 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 147 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa |
| 148 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 149 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 150 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 151 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 152 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
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| 153 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 154 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 155 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 156 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata |
| 157 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
| 158 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| 159 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata |
| 160 | Japanese Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza gularis |
| 161 | Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciatus |
| 162 | Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis |
| 163 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 164 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 165 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
| 166 | Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus |
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| 167 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata |
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| 168 | Australian Boobook | Ninox boobook |
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| 169 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
| 170 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
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| 171 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 172 | Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| 173 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| 174 | Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia |
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| 175 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 176 | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis |
| 177 | Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides |
| 178 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 179 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 180 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 181 | Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea |
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| 182 | Olive-shouldered Parrot | Aprosmictus jonquillaceus |
| 183 | Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi |
| 184 | Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos |
| 185 | Iris Lorikeet | Trichoglossus iris |
| 186 | Olive-headed Lorikeet | Trichoglossus euteles |
| 187 | Marigold Lorikeet | Trichoglossus capistratus |
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| 188 | Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans |
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| 189 | Streak-breasted Honeyeater | Meliphaga reticulata |
| 190 | Black-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela vulnerata |
| 191 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| 192 | Yellow-eared Honeyeater | Lichmera flavicans |
| 193 | Timor Friarbird | Philemon inornatus |
| 194 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides |
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| 195 | Plain Gerygone | Gerygone inornata |
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| 196 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 197 | Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata |
| 198 | White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii |
| 199 | Timor Cicadabird | Edolisoma timoriense |
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| 200 | Fawn-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala orpheus |
| 201 | Tenggara Whistler | Pachycephala calliope |
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| 202 | Timor Oriole | Oriolus melanotis |
| 203 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
| 204 | Green Figbird | Sphecotheres viridis |
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| 205 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus |
| 206 | Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus |
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| 207 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris |
| 208 | Supertramp Fantail | Rhipidura semicollaris |
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| 209 | Wallacean Drongo | Dicrurus densus |
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| 210 | Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens |
| 211 | Australian Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
| 212 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| 213 | Broad-billed Flycatcher | Myiagra ruficollis |
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| 214 | Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus |
| 215 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
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| 216 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
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| 217 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
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| 218 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 219 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
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| 220 | Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
| 221 | Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
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| 222 | Javan Bush Warbler | Locustella montis |
| 223 | Buff-banded Bushbird | Cincloramphus bivittata |
| 224 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis |
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| 225 | Pygmy Cupwing | Pnoepyga pusilla |
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| 226 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica |
| 227 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 228 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata |
| 229 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel |
| 230 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans |
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| 231 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster |
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| 232 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| 233 | Yellow-breasted Warbler | Phylloscopus montis |
| 234 | Timor Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus presbytes |
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| 235 | Timor Stubtail | Urosphena subulata |
| 236 | Aberrant Bush Warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus |
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| 237 | Timor Heleia | Heleia muelleri |
| 238 | Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| 239 | Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella |
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| 240 | Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor |
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| 241 | Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi |
| 242 | Orange-banded Thrush | Geokichla peronii |
| 243 | Wallacean Island-Thrush | Turdus schlegelii |
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| 244 | Timor Blue Flycatcher | Eumyias hyacinthinus |
| 245 | Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris |
| 246 | Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra |
| 247 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni |
| 248 | Black-banded Flycatcher | Ficedula timorensis |
| 249 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata |
| 250 | Timor Bushchat | Saxicola gutturalis |
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| 251 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa agile |
| 252 | Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei |
| 253 | Timor Flowerpecker | Dicaeum hanieli |
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| 254 | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis |
| 255 | Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus |
| 256 | Flame-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris solaris |
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| 257 | Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata |
| 258 | Timor Sparrow | Padda fuscata |
| 259 | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca |
| 260 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 261 | Five-colored Munia | Lonchura quinticolor |
| 262 | Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida |
| 263 | Tricolored Parrotfinch | Erythrura tricolor |
| 264 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava |
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| 265 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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| 266 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 267 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 268 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
| 269 | Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 7 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 3 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 24 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.