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# Species:1037
# Excl Vagrants:949
# Endemics:3
# Near Endemics:10

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1/Falcated Duck/Mareca falcata NT
2White-winged DuckAsarcornis scutulataRREN
3/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
4/Ferruginous Duck/Aythya nyroca NT
5/Baer's Pochard/Aythya baeri CR
6/Steller's Eider/Polysticta stelleri V
7Ferruginous PartridgeCaloperdix oculeus NT
8Crested PartridgeRollulus rouloulRRV
9Chestnut-headed PartridgeArborophila cambodianaNE 
10Long-billed PartridgeRhizothera longirostris NT
11Mrs. Hume's PheasantSyrmaticus humiae NT
12Malayan Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalmaRRCR
13Malayan Crested FirebackLophura rufaRRV
14Great ArgusArgusianus argusRRV
15Green PeafowlPavo muticusLCEN
16Chestnut-necklaced PartridgeTropicoperdix charltonii V
17Malayan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron malacenseNEEN
18/Japanese Quail/Coturnix japonica NT
19Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelicaRR 
20/Speckled Wood-Pigeon/Columba hodgsoniiRR 
21Ashy Wood-PigeonColumba pulchricollisRR 
22/Pale-capped Pigeon/Columba punicea V
23Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobaricaRRNT
24Little Green-PigeonTreron olaxRR 
25Cinnamon-headed Green-PigeonTreron fulvicollisRRNT
26Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayrei NT
27Large Green-PigeonTreron capelleiRRV
28White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldiiLC 
29Jambu Fruit-DovePtilinopus jambuRRNT
30Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaLCNT
31Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
32Coral-billed Ground-CuckooCarpococcyx renauldiRRV
33Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguisRRV
34Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi NT
35Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus NT
36Little Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx minutillusRR 
37Moustached Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx vagans NT
38Malaysian Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx fugaxRR 
39Malaysian Eared-NightjarLyncornis temminckiiRR 
40Large FrogmouthBatrachostomus auritusRRNT
41Gould's FrogmouthBatrachostomus stellatusRRNT
42Hodgson's FrogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoniRR 
43Silver-rumped NeedletailRhaphidura leucopygialisRR 
44Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximusRR 
45/Dark-rumped Swift/Apus acuticauda V
46Gray-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennisRR 
47Whiskered TreeswiftHemiprocne comataRR 
48White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereaRR 
49|Band-bellied Crake|Zapornia paykullii NT
50/Masked Finfoot/Heliopais personatusRRCR
51Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisRRNT
52Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRRNT
53/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
54River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiRRNT
55Malaysian PloverAnarhynchus peronii NT
56|Far Eastern Curlew|Numenius madagascariensis EN
57/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
58/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
59/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
60/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatus NT
61/Wood Snipe/Gallinago nemoricola V
62|Gray-tailed Tattler|Tringa brevipes NT
63/Nordmann's Greenshank/Tringa guttifer EN
64/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisLCEN
65/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
66/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferrugineaRRNT
67/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
68/Spoon-billed Sandpiper/Calidris pygmaeaLCCR
69Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticusLC 
70/Crab-Plover/Dromas ardeolaRR 
71River TernSterna aurantia V
72Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaLC 
73Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
74Storm's StorkCiconia stormiLCEN
75Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicusRRV
76Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusLCEN
77/Milky Stork/Mycteria cinereaLCEN
78Painted StorkMycteria leucocephalaLCNT
79#Christmas Island Frigatebird#Fregata andrewsi V
80#Oriental Darter#Anhinga melanogaster NT
81/Indian Cormorant/Phalacrocorax fuscicollisRR 
82/Black-headed Ibis/Threskiornis melanocephalus NT
83/Chinese Egret/Egretta eulophotes V
84Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosaRR 
85/Spot-billed Pelican/Pelecanus philippensis NT
86Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
87Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvusRRCR
88/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
89/White-rumped Vulture/Gyps bengalensisRRCR
90Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanusRRV
91Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
92Blyth's Hawk-EagleNisaetus albonigerRR 
93Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
94/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
95/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
96Lesser Fish-EagleIcthyophaga humilisLCNT
97Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
98White-fronted Scops-OwlOtus sagittatusLCV
99Reddish Scops-OwlOtus rufescensRRNT
100Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatranaRR 
101Spotted Wood-OwlStrix seloputoRR 
102Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumbaRRNT
103Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardiiRRNT
104Cinnamon-rumped TrogonHarpactes orrhophaeusRRNT
105Scarlet-rumped TrogonHarpactes duvaucelii NT
106White-crowned HornbillBerenicornis comatusRREN
107Helmeted HornbillRhinoplax vigilRRCR
108Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinocerosRRV
109Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
110Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeni NT
111Rusty-cheeked HornbillAnorrhinus tickelli NT
112Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritusRRNT
113Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanusRRV
114Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensis V
115Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatus V
116Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollisRRV
117Wrinkled HornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatusRREN
118/Blyth's Kingfisher/Alcedo herculesRRNT
119Malaysian Blue-banded KingfisherAlcedo peninsulaeRRNT
120Rufous-backed Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx rufidorsaRR 
121Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraRRNT
122/Black-capped Kingfisher/Halcyon pileata V
123Rufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretusRRNT
124Sooty BarbetCaloramphus hayii NT
125Red-crowned BarbetPsilopogon rafflesiiRRNT
126Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanos NT
127Yellow-crowned BarbetPsilopogon henriciiRRNT
128Gold-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogonRR 
129Black-browed BarbetPsilopogon oortiRR 
130Turquoise-throated BarbetPsilopogon chersonesusE 
131Malaysian HoneyguideIndicator archipelagicusRRNT
132Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensisRR 
133Necklaced WoodpeckerDryobates pernyiiRR 
134Maroon WoodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosusRR 
135Buff-necked WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tukkiRRNT
136Buff-rumped WoodpeckerMeiglyptes rammithorax EN
137Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
138Olive-backed WoodpeckerGecinulus rafflesiiRR 
139Crimson-winged WoodpeckerPicus puniceusRR 
140Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusRR 
141Checker-throated WoodpeckerChrysophlegma mentalisRR 
142Orange-backed WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes validusRR 
143Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
144White-rumped FalconNeohierax insignis NT
145Blue-rumped ParrotPsittinus cyanurusRRNT
146Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
147Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschii NT
148Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseata NT
149Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
150Blue-crowned Hanging-ParrotLoriculus galgulusRR 
151Green BroadbillCalyptomena viridis NT
152Banded BroadbillEurylaimus javanicus NT
153Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus NT
154Garnet PittaErythropitta granatina NT
155Blue-rumped PittaHydrornis sororLC 
156Giant PittaHydrornis caeruleusRRNT
157Malayan Banded-PittaHydrornis irenaRRNT
158Bar-bellied PittaHydrornis elliotiiRR 
159Gurney's PittaHydrornis gurneyiNECR
160Fairy PittaPitta nympha V
161Mangrove PittaPitta megarhyncha NT
162Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphureaRR 
163Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus NT
164Malayan CuckooshrikeCoracina larutensisNE 
165Bar-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina striataRR 
166Pied TrillerLalage nigraRR 
167Lesser CuckooshrikeLalage fimbriataRR 
168Gray-bellied BulbulOreoica cyaniventrisRRNT
169Pied Shrike-BabblerPteruthius flaviscapisLC 
170Dark-throated OrioleOriolus xanthonotusRRNT
171Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisLC 
172/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
173Maroon OrioleOriolus trailliiRR 
174/Silver Oriole/Oriolus mellianus EN
175Rufous-winged PhilentomaPhilentoma pyrhopteraRR 
176Maroon-breasted PhilentomaPhilentoma velataRRNT
177Green IoraAegithina viridissimaRRNT
178Spotted FantailRhipidura perlataRR 
179Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferLC 
180/Japanese Paradise Flycatcher/Terpsiphone atrocaudata NT
181Crested JayshrikePlatylophus galericulatus NT
182Indochinese Green-MagpieCissa hypoleucaRR 
183Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabundaLC 
184Ratchet-tailed TreepieTemnurus temnurusLC 
185Malaysian Rail-babblerEupetes macrocerusRRNT
186Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestusRR 
187Indochinese BushlarkPlocealauda erythrocephalaLC 
188Singing BushlarkMirafra javanicaRR 
189Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaRR 
190Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusRR 
191Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilisLC 
192/Paddyfield Warbler/Acrocephalus agricolaRR 
193/Manchurian Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus tangorumLCV
194Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreusRR 
195/Brown Bush Warbler/Locustella luteoventrisRR 
196/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
197/Baikal Bush Warbler/Locustella davidiLC 
198Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustrisLC 
199White-eyed River MartinPseudochelidon sirintaraeECR
200Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisLC 
201Dusky Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne concolorLC 
202Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseLC 
203Yellow-bellied BulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalusRR 
204Gray-cheeked BulbulAlophoixus tephrogenysRRV
205White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
206Finsch's BulbulIole finschiiRRNT
207Buff-vented BulbulIole olivaceaRR 
208Streaked BulbulIxos malaccensisRRNT
209Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandiiLC 
210Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalusLC 
211Puff-backed BulbulMicrotarsus eutilotusRRNT
212&Black-and-white BulbullMicrotarsus melanoleucosRRNT
213Spectacled BulbulRubigula erythropthalmosRR 
214Scaly-breasted BulbulRubigula squamatusRRNT
215Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneusRR 
216Straw-headed BulbulPycnonotus zeylanicusRRCR
217Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhousLC 
218Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennisRR 
219/Lemon-rumped Warbler/Phylloscopus chloronotusRR 
220/Bianchi's Warbler/Phylloscopus valentiniRR 
221/Alstrom's Warbler/Phylloscopus sororLC 
222/Yellow-vented Warbler/Phylloscopus cantatorRR 
223Blyth's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus reguloidesLC 
224Mountain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus trivirgatusRR 
225Rufous-faced WarblerAbroscopus albogularisLC 
226/Manchurian Bush Warbler/Horornis canturiansRR 
227Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnusLC 
228Spot-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollisRR 
229Short-tailed ParrotbillSuthora davidianaRR 
230Gray-breasted Parrotbill**Suthora poliotisRR 
231Pale-billed ParrotbillSuthora atrosuperciliarisRR 
232Indochinese YuhinaStaphida torqueolaRR 
233Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisLC 
234Burmese YuhinaYuhina humilisNE 
235Fluffy-backed Tit-BabblerMacronus ptilosusLCNT
236Chestnut-winged BabblerCyanoderma erythropterumRR 
237Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatusLC 
238Black LaughingthrushMelanocichla lugubrisRR 
239Sunda Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus bornensisRR 
240Red-eyed Scimitar-BabblerErythrogenys imberbisNE 
241Black-throated BabblerStachyris nigricollisRRNT
242Chestnut-rumped BabblerStachyris maculataLCNT
243Gray-headed BabblerStachyris poliocephalaRR 
244White-necked BabblerStachyris leucotisRRNT
245Chinese GrassbirdGraminicola striatus NT
246Large Wren-BabblerTurdinus macrodactylusLCNT
247Moustached BabblerMalacopteron magnirostreRR 
248Sooty-capped BabblerMalacopteron affineLCNT
249Scaly-crowned BabblerMalacopteron cinereumRR 
250Rufous-crowned BabblerMalacopteron magnumRRNT
251Rufous-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularisRR 
252Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusRR 
253Short-tailed BabblerPellorneum malaccenseRRNT
254White-chested BabblerPellorneum rostratumRRNT
255Ferruginous BabblerPellorneum bicolorRR 
256Striped Wren-BabblerKenopia striataLCNT
257Horsfield's BabblerMalacocincla sepiariaRR 
258Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudataLC 
259Rufous Limestone BabblerGypsophila calcicolaEV
260Variable Limestone BabblerGypsophila crispifronsNE 
261Black-browed FulvettaAlcippe groteiRR 
262Brown FulvettaAlcippe brunneicaudaRRNT
263Mountain FulvettaAlcippe peracensisRR 
264Malayan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron peninsulaeRR 
265Scarlet-faced LiocichlaLiocichla ripponiRR 
266Chestnut-capped LaughingthrushPterorhinus mitrataRRNT
267White-browed LaughingthrushPterorhinus sannioRR 
268Giant NuthatchSitta magna EN
269Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosaRRV
270Blue NuthatchSitta azureaRR 
271Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisRR 
272Burmese NuthatchSitta neglectaLC 
273Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensisRR 
274Spotted ElachuraElachura formosaRR 
275Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerata EN
276Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus V
277Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpresRREN
278/Japanese Thrush/Turdus cardisRR 
279/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feae V
280/Black-throated Thrush/Turdus atrogularisRR 
281Purple CochoaCochoa purpureaLC 
282Rufous-tailed ShamaCopsychus pyrropygusRRNT
283White-tailed FlycatcherLeucoptilon concretusRR 
284Zappay's FlycatcherCyanoptila cumatilis NT
285Rufous-browed FlycatcherAnthipes solitarisRR 
286Pale Blue FlycatcherCyornis unicolorLC 
287/Large Blue Flycatcher/Cyornis magnirostris NT
288Malaysian Blue FlycatcherCyornis turcosusRRNT
289Mangrove Blue FlycatcherCyornis rufigastraLC 
290|Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher|Cyornis brunneatus V
291Gray-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis umbratilisRRNT
292Fulvous-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis olivaceusRR 
293/Rufous-tailed Robin/Larvivora sibilansRR 
294/White-bellied Redstart/Luscinia phaenicuroidesRR 
295Chestnut-naped ForktailEnicurus ruficapillusRRNT
296White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucurumRR 
297Blue-fronted RobinCinclidium frontaleRR 
298|Green-backed Flycatcher|Ficedula elisaeRR 
299/Mugimaki Flycatcher/Ficedula mugimakiLC 
300/Slaty-blue Flycatcher/Ficedula tricolorRR 
301/Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher/Ficedula strophiataRR 
302/Ultramarine Flycatcher/Ficedula superciliarisRR 
303Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoriaRR 
304/Blue-fronted Redstart/Phoenicurus frontalisRR 
305/White-capped Redstart/Phoenicurus leucocephalusRR 
306Jerdon's BushchatSaxicola jerdoniRR 
307Crimson-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus percussusRR 
308Scarlet-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus thoracicusRRNT
309Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectusLC 
310Cambodian FlowerpeckerDicaeum cambodianumNE 
311Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplexRR 
312Red-throated SunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemusRRNT
313Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaRR 
314Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostethaRR 
315/Mrs. Gould's Sunbird/Aethopyga gouldiaeRR 
316Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisRR 
317Temminck's SunbirdAethopyga temminckiiRR 
318Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostrisLC 
319Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robustaRR 
320Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenysRR 
321Greater Green LeafbirdChloropsis sonnerati EN
322Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon NT
323Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensis EN
324Streaked WeaverPloceus manyarLC 
325Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus NT
326Java SparrowPadda oryzivoraLCEN
327White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastraRR 
328Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaLC 
329White-headed MuniaLonchura majaRR 
330Mekong WagtailMotacilla samveasnaeRRNT
331/Rosy Pipit/Anthus roseatusRR 
332/Dark-breasted Rosefinch/Procarduelis nipalensisRR 
333/Tristram's Bunting/Emberiza tristramiRR 
334/Little Bunting/Emberiza pusillaRR 
335/Yellow-breasted Bunting/Emberiza aureola CR
336/Crested Bunting/Emberiza lathamiLC 
337/Black-faced Bunting/Emberiza spodocephalaRR 

 

 *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 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

CodeDescription##
EEndemic3
LCLocal53
NENear Endemic10
RRRestricted Range192

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened57
VVulnerable16
ENEndangered11
CRCritically Endangered9

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.