SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE
SRI LANKA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 254 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 254 |
| # Endemics: | 34 |
| # Near Endemics: | 27 |
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 | /Lesser Whistling-Duck/ | Dendrocygna javanica |
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| 2 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus |
| 3 | Sri Lanka Spurfowl | Galloperdix bicalcarata |
| 4 | Sri Lanka Junglefowl | Gallus lafayettii |
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| 5 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 6 | Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon | Columba torringtoniae |
| 7 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 8 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 9 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| 10 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus |
| 11 | Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon | Treron pompadora |
| 12 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea |
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| 13 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
| 14 | /Lesser Cuckoo/ | Cuculus poliocephalus |
| 15 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
| 16 | Green-billed Coucal | Centropus chlororhynchos |
| 17 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii |
| 18 | Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
| 19 | Red-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus |
| 20 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 21 | Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus |
| 22 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 23 | Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides |
| 24 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius |
| 25 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii |
| 26 | Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus |
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| 27 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus |
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| 28 | Sri Lanka Frogmouth | Batrachostomus moniliger |
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| 29 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus |
| 30 | Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor |
| 31 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 32 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 33 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis |
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| 34 | Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata |
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| 35 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 36 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra |
| 37 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus |
| 38 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 39 | Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides |
| 40 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca |
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| 41 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris |
| 42 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus |
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| 43 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 44 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 45 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva |
| 46 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 47 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus |
| 48 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus |
| 49 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 50 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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| 51 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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| 52 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 53 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 54 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 55 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 56 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus |
| 57 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 58 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 59 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 60 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
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| 61 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 62 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 63 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 64 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 65 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 66 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 67 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans |
| 68 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| 69 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala |
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| 70 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
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| 71 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger |
| 72 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 73 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
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| 74 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus |
| 75 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
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| 76 | Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis |
| 77 | Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus |
| 78 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 79 | Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus |
| 80 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 81 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 82 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii |
| 83 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 84 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 85 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 86 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 87 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 88 | Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis |
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| 89 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 90 | Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni |
| 91 | European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus |
| 92 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| 93 | Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti |
| 94 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus |
| 95 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii |
| 96 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis |
| 97 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 98 | Crested Goshawk | Lophospiza trivirgatus |
| 99 | Besra | Tachyspiza virgatus |
| 100 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 101 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 102 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 103 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
| 104 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
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| 105 | Sri Lanka Bay-Owl | Phodilus assimilis |
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| 106 | Serendib Scops-Owl | Otus thilohoffmanni |
| 107 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena |
| 108 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia |
| 109 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis |
| 110 | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Ketupa nipalensis |
| 111 | Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum |
| 112 | Chestnut-backed Owlet | Glaucidium castanotum |
| 113 | Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica |
| 114 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata |
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| 115 | Malabar Trogon | Harpactes fasciatus |
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| 116 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 117 | Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros gingalensis |
| 118 | Malabar Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus |
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| 119 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis |
| 120 | /Blue-tailed Bee-eater/ | Merops philippinus |
| 121 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti |
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| 122 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 123 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca |
| 124 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
| 125 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| 126 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 127 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis |
| 128 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 129 | Crimson-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon rubricapillus |
| 130 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus |
| 131 | Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus |
| 132 | Yellow-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon flavifrons |
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| 133 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus |
| 134 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis |
| 135 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus |
| 136 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense |
| 137 | Red-backed Flameback | Dinopium psarodes |
| 138 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus |
| 139 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus |
| 140 | Crimson-backed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi |
| 141 | White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus |
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| 142 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 143 | Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis |
| 144 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 145 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria |
| 146 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| 147 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala |
| 148 | Layard's Parakeet | Psittacula calthrapae |
| 149 | Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus |
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| 150 | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura |
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| 151 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
| 152 | Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus |
| 153 | Oriental Cuckooshrike | Coracina javensis |
| 154 | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera |
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| 155 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
| 156 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus |
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| 157 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus |
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| 158 | Sri Lanka Woodshrike | Tephrodornis affinis |
| 159 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus |
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| 160 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
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| 161 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola |
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| 162 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus |
| 163 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens |
| 164 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus |
| 165 | Sri Lanka Drongo | Dicrurus lophorinus |
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| 166 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
| 167 | Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi |
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| 168 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus |
| 169 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
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| 170 | Sri Lanka Magpie | Urocissa ornata |
| 171 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 172 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
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| 173 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis |
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| 174 | Asian Tit | Parus cinereus |
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| 175 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus |
| 176 | Jerdon's Bushlark | Plocealauda affinis |
| 177 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula |
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| 178 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
| 179 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii |
| 180 | Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica |
| 181 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis |
| 182 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata |
| 183 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 184 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum |
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| 185 | Sri Lanka Bush Warbler | Elaphrornis palliseri |
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| 186 | Hill Swallow | Hirundo domicola |
| 187 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 188 | Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 189 | Sri Lanka Swallow | Cecropis hyperythra |
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| 190 | Yellow-browed Bulbul | Acritillas indica |
| 191 | Square-tailed Bulbul | Hypsipetes ganeesa |
| 192 | Black-capped Bulbul | Rubigula melanictera |
| 193 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus |
| 194 | Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus |
| 195 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer |
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| 196 | /Green Warbler/ | Phylloscopus nitidus |
| 197 | /Large-billed Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus magnirostris |
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| 198 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca |
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| 199 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense |
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| 200 | Sri Lanka White-eye | Zosterops ceylonensis |
| 201 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus |
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| 202 | Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra |
| 203 | Dark-fronted Babbler | Dumetia atriceps |
| 204 | Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus melanurus |
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| 205 | Brown-capped Babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillus |
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| 206 | Ashy-headed Laughingthrush | Argya cinereifrons |
| 207 | Orange-billed Babbler | Argya rufescens |
| 208 | Yellow-billed Babbler | Argya affinis |
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| 209 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis |
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| 210 | Sri Lanka Myna | Gracula ptilogenys |
| 211 | Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica |
| 212 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus |
| 213 | White-faced Starling | Sturnornis albofrontatus |
| 214 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum |
| 215 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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| 216 | Pied Thrush | Geokichla wardii |
| 217 | Spot-winged Thrush | Geokichla spiloptera |
| 218 | /Orange-headed Thrush/ | Geokichla citrina |
| 219 | Sri Lanka Thrush | Zoothera imbricata |
| 220 | Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus |
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| 221 | /Asian Brown Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa dauurica |
| 222 | /Brown-breasted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa muttui |
| 223 | /Indian Robin/ | Copsychus fulicatus |
| 224 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis |
| 225 | Sri Lankan Shama | Copsychus leggei |
| 226 | Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana |
| 227 | Dull-blue Flycatcher | Eumyias sordidus |
| 228 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae |
| 229 | /Indian Blue Robin/ | Larvivora brunnea |
| 230 | Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus blighi |
| 231 | /Kashmir Flycatcher/ | Ficedula subrubra |
| 232 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata |
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| 233 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa agile |
| 234 | White-throated Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa vincens |
| 235 | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos |
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| 236 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica |
| 237 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus |
| 238 | Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius |
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| 239 | Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni |
| 240 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons |
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| 241 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar |
| 242 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus |
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| 243 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica |
| 244 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata |
| 245 | Black-throated Munia | Lonchura kelaarti |
| 246 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 247 | Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca |
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| 248 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 249 | /Forest Wagtail/ | Dendronanthus indicus |
| 250 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 251 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 252 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 253 | /Richard's Pipit/ | Anthus richardi |
| 254 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
*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 | 40 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
| V | Vulnerable | 7 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.