THAILAND SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
ASIA THAILAND
# Species: | 1037 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 949 |
# Endemics: | 3 |
# Near Endemics: | 10 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN ASIA
BIRDING LOCALES
§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 2 |
LC | Local | 47 |
NE | Near Endemic | 6 |
RR | Restricted Range | 167 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 103 |
V | Vulnerable | 40 |
EN | Endangered | 23 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 9 |
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.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
1 | /Falcated Duck/ | Mareca falcata | NT | |
2 | White-winged Duck | Asarcornis scutulata | RR | EN |
3 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | V | |
4 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca | NT | |
5 | /Baer's Pochard/ | Aythya baeri | CR | |
6 | Ferruginous Partridge | Caloperdix oculeus | NT | |
7 | Crested Partridge | Rollulus rouloul | RR | V |
8 | Long-billed Partridge | Rhizothera longirostris | NT | |
9 | Mrs. Hume's Pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae | NT | |
10 | Malayan Crested Fireback | Lophura rufa | RR | V |
11 | Great Argus | Argusianus argus | RR | V |
12 | Green Peafowl | Pavo muticus | LC | EN |
13 | Chestnut-necklaced Partridge | Tropicoperdix charltonii | V | |
14 | Malayan Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron malacense | NE | EN |
15 | /Japanese Quail/ | Coturnix japonica | NT | |
16 | Rain Quail | Coturnix coromandelica | RR | |
17 | /Speckled Wood-Pigeon/ | Columba hodgsonii | RR | |
18 | Ashy Wood-Pigeon | Columba pulchricollis | RR | |
19 | /Pale-capped Pigeon/ | Columba punicea | V | |
20 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | RR | NT |
21 | Little Green-Pigeon | Treron olax | RR | |
22 | Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron phayrei | NT | |
23 | Large Green-Pigeon | Treron capellei | RR | V |
24 | White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | LC | |
25 | Jambu Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus jambu | RR | NT |
26 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | LC | NT |
27 | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | RR | |
28 | Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | RR | V |
29 | Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | RR | V |
30 | Black-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus diardi | NT | |
31 | Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | NT | |
32 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | RR | |
33 | Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx vagans | NT | |
34 | Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax | RR | |
35 | Malaysian Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii | RR | |
36 | Gould's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus stellatus | RR | NT |
37 | Hodgson's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus hodgsoni | RR | |
38 | Silver-rumped Needletail | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | RR | |
39 | Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | RR | |
40 | /Dark-rumped Swift/ | Apus acuticauda | V | |
41 | Gray-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | RR | |
42 | Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | RR | |
43 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | RR | |
44 | |Band-bellied Crake| | Zapornia paykullii | NT | |
45 | /Masked Finfoot/ | Heliopais personatus | RR | CR |
46 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | RR | NT |
47 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | RR | NT |
48 | /Northern Lapwing/ | Vanellus vanellus | NT | |
49 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | RR | NT |
50 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii | NT | |
51 | |Far Eastern Curlew| | Numenius madagascariensis | EN | |
52 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
53 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
54 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
55 | /Asian Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus semipalmatus | NT | |
56 | /Wood Snipe/ | Gallinago nemoricola | V | |
57 | |Gray-tailed Tattler| | Tringa brevipes | NT | |
58 | /Nordmann's Greenshank/ | Tringa guttifer | EN | |
59 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | LC | EN |
60 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus | NT | |
61 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | RR | NT |
62 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | NT | |
63 | /Spoon-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris pygmaea | LC | CR |
64 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | LC | |
65 | /Crab-Plover/ | Dromas ardeola | RR | |
66 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | V | |
67 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | LC | |
68 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | NT | |
69 | Storm's Stork | Ciconia stormi | LC | EN |
70 | Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | RR | V |
71 | /Milky Stork/ | Mycteria cinerea | LC | EN |
72 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | LC | NT |
73 | #Christmas Island Frigatebird# | Fregata andrewsi | V | |
74 | #Oriental Darter# | Anhinga melanogaster | NT | |
75 | /Indian Cormorant/ | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | RR | |
76 | /Black-headed Ibis/ | Threskiornis melanocephalus | NT | |
77 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes | V | |
78 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | RR | |
79 | /Spot-billed Pelican/ | Pelecanus philippensis | NT | |
80 | Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | RR | |
81 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | RR | CR |
82 | Wallace's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nanus | RR | V |
83 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | NT | |
84 | Blyth's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger | RR | |
85 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | NT | |
86 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | V | |
87 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | V | |
88 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | LC | NT |
89 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | NT | |
90 | White-fronted Scops-Owl | Otus sagittatus | LC | V |
91 | Barred Eagle-Owl | Ketupa sumatrana | RR | |
92 | Spotted Wood-Owl | Strix seloputo | RR | |
93 | Red-naped Trogon | Harpactes kasumba | RR | NT |
94 | Diard's Trogon | Harpactes diardii | RR | NT |
95 | Cinnamon-rumped Trogon | Harpactes orrhophaeus | RR | NT |
96 | Scarlet-rumped Trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | NT | |
97 | White-crowned Hornbill | Berenicornis comatus | RR | EN |
98 | Helmeted Hornbill | Rhinoplax vigil | RR | CR |
99 | Rhinoceros Hornbill | Buceros rhinoceros | RR | V |
100 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | V | |
101 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | NT | |
102 | Rusty-cheeked Hornbill | Anorrhinus tickelli | NT | |
103 | Bushy-crested Hornbill | Anorrhinus galeritus | RR | NT |
104 | Black Hornbill | Anthracoceros malayanus | RR | V |
105 | Rufous-necked Hornbill | Aceros nipalensis | V | |
106 | Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | V | |
107 | Plain-pouched Hornbill | Rhyticeros subruficollis | RR | V |
108 | Wrinkled Hornbill | Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus | RR | EN |
109 | Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo peninsulae | RR | NT |
110 | Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | RR | |
111 | Brown-winged Kingfisher | Pelargopsis amauroptera | RR | NT |
112 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata | V | |
113 | Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | RR | NT |
114 | Sooty Barbet | Caloramphus hayii | NT | |
115 | Red-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon rafflesii | RR | NT |
116 | Red-throated Barbet | Psilopogon mystacophanos | NT | |
117 | Yellow-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon henricii | RR | NT |
118 | Gold-whiskered Barbet | Psilopogon chrysopogon | RR | |
119 | Malaysian Honeyguide | Indicator archipelagicus | RR | NT |
120 | Necklaced Woodpecker | Dryobates pernyii | RR | |
121 | Maroon Woodpecker | Blythipicus rubiginosus | RR | |
122 | Buff-necked Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki | RR | NT |
123 | Buff-rumped Woodpecker | Meiglyptes rammithorax | EN | |
124 | Olive-backed Woodpecker | Gecinulus rafflesii | RR | |
125 | Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | RR | |
126 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | RR | |
127 | Checker-throated Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma mentalis | RR | |
128 | Orange-backed Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes validus | RR | |
129 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | V | |
130 | White-rumped Falcon | Neohierax insignis | NT | |
131 | Blue-rumped Parrot | Psittinus cyanurus | RR | NT |
132 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | NT | |
133 | Gray-headed Parakeet | Psittacula finschii | NT | |
134 | Blossom-headed Parakeet | Psittacula roseata | NT | |
135 | Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | NT | |
136 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | RR | |
137 | Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | NT | |
138 | Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | NT | |
139 | Black-and-yellow Broadbill | Eurylaimus ochromalus | NT | |
140 | Giant Pitta | Hydrornis caeruleus | RR | NT |
141 | Malayan Banded-Pitta | Hydrornis irena | RR | NT |
142 | Gurney's Pitta | Hydrornis gurneyi | NE | CR |
143 | Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | V | |
144 | Mangrove Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha | NT | |
145 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | RR | |
146 | Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | NT | |
147 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | RR | |
148 | Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | RR | |
149 | Gray-bellied Bulbul | Oreoica cyaniventris | RR | NT |
150 | Pied Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | LC | |
151 | Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | RR | NT |
152 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | LC | |
153 | /Slender-billed Oriole/ | Oriolus tenuirostris | RR | |
154 | Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | RR | |
155 | /Silver Oriole/ | Oriolus mellianus | EN | |
156 | Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhoptera | RR | |
157 | Maroon-breasted Philentoma | Philentoma velata | RR | NT |
158 | Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | RR | NT |
159 | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | LC | |
160 | /Japanese Paradise Flycatcher/ | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | NT | |
161 | Crested Jayshrike | Platylophus galericulatus | NT | |
162 | Indochinese Green-Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | RR | |
163 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | LC | |
164 | Ratchet-tailed Treepie | Temnurus temnurus | LC | |
165 | Malaysian Rail-babbler | Eupetes macrocerus | RR | NT |
166 | Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | RR | |
167 | Indochinese Bushlark | Plocealauda erythrocephala | LC | |
168 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | RR | |
169 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | RR | |
170 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | RR | |
171 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | LC | |
172 | /Manchurian Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus tangorum | LC | V |
173 | /Brown Bush Warbler/ | Locustella luteoventris | RR | |
174 | /Chinese Bush Warbler/ | Locustella tacsanowskia | RR | |
175 | /Baikal Bush Warbler/ | Locustella davidi | LC | |
176 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | LC | |
177 | White-eyed River Martin | Pseudochelidon sirintarae | E | CR |
178 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | LC | |
179 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | LC | |
180 | Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus | RR | |
181 | Gray-cheeked Bulbul | Alophoixus tephrogenys | RR | V |
182 | White-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus flaveolus | RR | |
183 | Finsch's Bulbul | Iole finschii | RR | NT |
184 | Buff-vented Bulbul | Iole olivacea | RR | |
185 | Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis | RR | NT |
186 | Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | LC | |
187 | Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | LC | |
188 | Puff-backed Bulbul | Microtarsus eutilotus | RR | NT |
189 | &Black-and-white Bulbull | Microtarsus melanoleucos | RR | NT |
190 | Spectacled Bulbul | Rubigula erythropthalmos | RR | |
191 | Scaly-breasted Bulbul | Rubigula squamatus | RR | NT |
192 | Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | RR | |
193 | Brown-breasted Bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthorrhous | LC | |
194 | Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | RR | |
195 | /Bianchi's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus valentini | RR | |
196 | /Alstrom's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus soror | LC | |
197 | /Yellow-vented Warbler/ | Phylloscopus cantator | RR | |
198 | Blyth's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | LC | |
199 | Rufous-faced Warbler | Abroscopus albogularis | LC | |
200 | /Manchurian Bush Warbler/ | Horornis canturians | RR | |
201 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | LC | |
202 | Spot-breasted Parrotbill | Paradoxornis guttaticollis | RR | |
203 | Short-tailed Parrotbill | Suthora davidiana | RR | |
204 | Gray-breasted Parrotbill** | Suthora poliotis | RR | |
205 | Pale-billed Parrotbill | Suthora atrosuperciliaris | RR | |
206 | Indochinese Yuhina | Staphida torqueola | RR | |
207 | Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | LC | |
208 | Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler | Macronus ptilosus | LC | NT |
209 | Chestnut-winged Babbler | Cyanoderma erythropterum | RR | |
210 | Sunda Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus bornensis | RR | |
211 | Red-eyed Scimitar-Babbler | Erythrogenys imberbis | NE | |
212 | Black-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | RR | NT |
213 | Chestnut-rumped Babbler | Stachyris maculata | LC | NT |
214 | Gray-headed Babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | RR | |
215 | White-necked Babbler | Stachyris leucotis | RR | NT |
216 | Large Wren-Babbler | Turdinus macrodactylus | LC | NT |
217 | Moustached Babbler | Malacopteron magnirostre | RR | |
218 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | RR | |
219 | Rufous-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron magnum | RR | NT |
220 | Rufous-throated Fulvetta | Schoeniparus rufogularis | RR | |
221 | Short-tailed Babbler | Pellorneum malaccense | RR | NT |
222 | White-chested Babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | RR | NT |
223 | Ferruginous Babbler | Pellorneum bicolor | RR | |
224 | Striped Wren-Babbler | Kenopia striata | LC | NT |
225 | Streaked Wren-Babbler | Gypsophila brevicaudata | LC | |
226 | Rufous Limestone Babbler | Gypsophila calcicola | E | V |
227 | Variable Limestone Babbler | Gypsophila crispifrons | NE | |
228 | Brown Fulvetta | Alcippe brunneicauda | RR | NT |
229 | Scarlet-faced Liocichla | Liocichla ripponi | RR | |
230 | Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus mitrata | RR | NT |
231 | White-browed Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus sannio | RR | |
232 | Giant Nuthatch | Sitta magna | EN | |
233 | Beautiful Nuthatch | Sitta formosa | RR | V |
234 | Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch | Sitta cinnamoventris | RR | |
235 | Burmese Nuthatch | Sitta neglecta | LC | |
236 | Hume's Treecreeper | Certhia manipurensis | RR | |
237 | Spotted Elachura | Elachura formosa | RR | |
238 | Tenggara Hill Myna | Gracula venerata | EN | |
239 | Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | V | |
240 | Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres | RR | EN |
241 | /Japanese Thrush/ | Turdus cardis | RR | |
242 | /Gray-sided Thrush/ | Turdus feae | V | |
243 | /Black-throated Thrush/ | Turdus atrogularis | RR | |
244 | Purple Cochoa | Cochoa purpurea | LC | |
245 | Rufous-tailed Shama | Copsychus pyrropygus | RR | NT |
246 | White-tailed Flycatcher | Leucoptilon concretus | RR | |
247 | Zappay's Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cumatilis | NT | |
248 | Rufous-browed Flycatcher | Anthipes solitaris | RR | |
249 | Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | LC | |
250 | /Large Blue Flycatcher/ | Cyornis magnirostris | NT | |
251 | Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis turcosus | RR | NT |
252 | Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | LC | |
253 | |Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher| | Cyornis brunneatus | V | |
254 | Gray-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis umbratilis | RR | NT |
255 | Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis olivaceus | RR | |
256 | /Rufous-tailed Robin/ | Larvivora sibilans | RR | |
257 | /White-bellied Redstart/ | Luscinia phaenicuroides | RR | |
258 | Chestnut-naped Forktail | Enicurus ruficapillus | RR | NT |
259 | White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucurum | RR | |
260 | Blue-fronted Robin | Cinclidium frontale | RR | |
261 | |Green-backed Flycatcher| | Ficedula elisae | RR | |
262 | /Mugimaki Flycatcher/ | Ficedula mugimaki | LC | |
263 | /Slaty-blue Flycatcher/ | Ficedula tricolor | RR | |
264 | /Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher/ | Ficedula strophiata | RR | |
265 | /Ultramarine Flycatcher/ | Ficedula superciliaris | RR | |
266 | Rufous-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula dumetoria | RR | |
267 | /Blue-fronted Redstart/ | Phoenicurus frontalis | RR | |
268 | /White-capped Redstart/ | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | RR | |
269 | Jerdon's Bushchat | Saxicola jerdoni | RR | |
270 | Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus percussus | RR | |
271 | Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus thoracicus | RR | NT |
272 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | LC | |
273 | Cambodian Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cambodianum | NE | |
274 | Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | RR | |
275 | Red-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | RR | NT |
276 | Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | RR | |
277 | Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | RR | |
278 | /Mrs. Gould's Sunbird/ | Aethopyga gouldiae | RR | |
279 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | RR | |
280 | Temminck's Sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | RR | |
281 | Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | LC | |
282 | Long-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera robusta | RR | |
283 | Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | RR | |
284 | Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati | EN | |
285 | Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | NT | |
286 | Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis moluccensis | EN | |
287 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | LC | |
288 | Asian Golden Weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus | NT | |
289 | White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | RR | |
290 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | LC | |
291 | White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | RR | |
292 | /Rosy Pipit/ | Anthus roseatus | RR | |
293 | /Dark-breasted Rosefinch/ | Procarduelis nipalensis | RR | |
294 | /Tristram's Bunting/ | Emberiza tristrami | RR | |
295 | /Little Bunting/ | Emberiza pusilla | RR | |
296 | /Yellow-breasted Bunting/ | Emberiza aureola | CR | |
297 | /Crested Bunting/ | Emberiza lathami | LC | |
298 | /Black-faced Bunting/ | Emberiza spodocephala | RR |
*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.