# List of birds of Cambodia

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Cambodia. The avifauna of Cambodia include a total of 672 species, of which 2 have been introduced by humans. 2 species are endemic to Cambodia.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced species are included in the total species counts for Cambodia.
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
* (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Cambodia
* (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Cambodia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
* (E) Endemic - a species endemic to Cambodia

## Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes Family: 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.
* Lesser whistling-duck, Dendrocygna javanica
* Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
* Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus
* Garganey, Spatula querquedula
* Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata (A)
* Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (A)
* Indian spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
* Northern pintail, Anas acuta
* Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
* White-winged duck, Cairina scutulata
* Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca (A)
* Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (A)
* Greater scaup, Aythya marila (A)

## Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.
* Chestnut-headed partridge, Arborophila cambodiana
* Bar-backed partridge, Arborophila brunneopectus
* Orange-necked partridge, Arborophila davidi
* Silver pheasant, Lophura nycthemera
* Siamese fireback, Lophura diardi
* Green peafowl, Pavo muticus
* Scaly-breasted partridge, Tropicoperdix chloropus
* Germain's peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron germaini
* Gray peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum
* Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
* Chinese francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus
* Blue-breasted quail, Synoicus chinensis
* Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
* Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica

## Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes Family: Phoenicopteridae
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) 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.
* Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus (Ex)

## Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae
Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.
* Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis

## Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
* Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)
* Pale-capped pigeon, Columba punicea
* Oriental turtle-dove, Streptopelia orientalis
* Red collared-dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica
* Spotted dove, Streptopelia chinensis
* Barred cuckoo-dove, Macropygia unchall
* Asian emerald dove, Chalcophaps indica
* Zebra dove, Geopelia striata
* Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica (A)
* Pink-necked green-pigeon, Treron vernans
* Orange-breasted green-pigeon, Treron bicincta
* Ashy-headed green-pigeon, Treron phayrei
* Thick-billed green-pigeon, Treron curvirostra
* Yellow-footed green-pigeon, Treron phoenicoptera
* Yellow-vented green-pigeon, Treron seimundi
* Pin-tailed green-pigeon, Treron apicauda
* Wedge-tailed green-pigeon, Treron sphenura
* Green imperial-pigeon, Ducula aenea
* Mountain imperial-pigeon, Ducula badia
* Pied imperial-pigeon, Ducula bicolor

## Bustards

Order: Otidiformes Family: Otididae
Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.
* Bengal florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis

## Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.
* Coral-billed ground-cuckoo, Carpococcyx renauldi
* Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
* Lesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis
* Green-billed malkoha, Phaenicophaeus tristis
* Chestnut-winged cuckoo, Clamator coromandus
* Pied cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (A)
* Asian koel, Eudynamys scolopacea
* Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus
* Violet cuckoo, Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
* Little bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus (A)
* Banded bay cuckoo, Cacomantis sonneratii
* Plaintive cuckoo, Cacomantis merulinus
* Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus lugubris
* Large hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx sparverioides
* Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx nisicolor (A)
* Malaysian hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx fugax
* Indian cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus
* Himalayan cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus
* Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (A)

## Frogmouths

Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: 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.
* Blyth's frogmouth, Batrachostomus affinis

## Nightjars and allies

Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have 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.
* Great eared-nightjar, Lyncornis macrotis
* Gray nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka
* Large-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus
* Indian nightjar, Caprimulgus asiaticus
* Savanna nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis

## Swifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: 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.
* White-throated needletail, Hirundapus caudacutus
* Silver-backed needletail, Hirundapus cochinchinensis
* Brown-backed needletail, Hirundapus giganteus
* Himalayan swiftlet, Aerodramus brevirostris
* White-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus
* Germain's swiftlet, Aerodramus germani
* Pacific swift, Apus pacificus
* Cook's swift, Apus cooki
* House swift, Apus nipalensis
* Asian palm-swift, Cypsiurus balasiensis

## Treeswifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae
The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage.
* Crested treeswift, Hemiprocne coronata

## Rails, crakes, gallinules and coots

Order: Gruiformes Family: 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 to be weak fliers.
* Water rail, Rallus aquaticus (A)
* Brown-cheeked rail, Rallus indicus (A)
* Slaty-breasted rail, Lewinia striata
* Eurasian moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
* Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
* Gray-headed swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus
* White-browed crake, Poliolimnas cinereus
* Watercock, Gallicrex cinerea
* White-breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
* Red-legged crake, Rallina fasciata (A)
* Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides
* Ruddy-breasted crake, Zapornia fusca
* Baillon's crake, Zapornia pusilla

## Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes Family: Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.
* Masked finfoot, Heliopais personata

## Cranes

Order: Gruiformes Family: 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".
* Demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo (A)
* Sarus crane, Antigone antigone
* Common crane, Grus grus (A)

## Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Burhinidae
The stone-curlews are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They 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.
* Indian thick-knee, Burhinus indicus
* Great thick-knee, Esacus recurvirostris

## Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes Family: 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.
* Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
* Pied stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus (A)

## Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes Family: 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.
* Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
* Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
* River lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii
* Gray-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus
* Red-wattled lapwing, Vanellus indicus
* Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus
* Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii
* Malaysian plover, Charadrius peronii
* Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
* White-faced plover, Charadrius dealbatus
* Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (A)
* Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
* Oriental plover, Charadrius veredus

## Painted-snipes

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Rostratulidae
Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.
* Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis

## Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Jacanidae
The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are 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.
* Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus
* Bronze-winged jacana, Metopidius indicus

## Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes Family: 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.
* Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
* Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis
* Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
* Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
* Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
* Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
* Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris
* Red knot, Calidris canutus (A)
* Ruff, Calidris pugnax
* Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus
* Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (A)
* Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
* Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
* Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta
* Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmaea (A)
* Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis
* Sanderling, Calidris alba
* Dunlin, Calidris alpina (A)
* Little stint, Calidris minuta (A)
* Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus
* Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (A)
* Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus (A)
* Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
* Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
* Pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura
* Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
* Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (A)
* Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
* Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
* Gray-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes (A)
* Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
* Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
* Nordmann's greenshank, Tringa guttifer
* Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
* Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
* Common redshank, Tringa totanus

## Buttonquail

Order: Gruiformes Family: 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.
* Small buttonquail, Turnix sylvatica
* Yellow-legged buttonquail, Turnix tanki
* Barred buttonquail, Turnix suscitator

## Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes Family: 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.
* Oriental pratincole, Glareola maldivarum
* Small pratincole, Glareola lactea

## Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes Family: 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.
* Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
* Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
* Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus

## Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns and skimmers. Gulls 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.
* Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei (A)
* Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
* Brown-headed gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
* Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris (A)
* Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus (A)
* Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
* Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
* Aleutian tern, Onychoprion aleuticus (A)
* Little tern, Sternula albifrons
* Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
* Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
* White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
* Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
* Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
* Common tern, Sterna hirundo
* Black-bellied tern, Sterna acuticauda (Ex)
* River tern, Sterna aurantia
* Great crested tern, Thalasseus bergii
* Lesser crested tern, Thalasseus bengalensis (A)
* Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis (Ex)

## Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes Family: 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.
* Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)

## Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are 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.
* Asian openbill, Anastomus oscitans
* Black stork, Ciconia nigra (A)
* Asian woolly-necked stork, Ciconia episcopus
* White stork, Ciconia ciconia (A)
* Black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
* Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus
* Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius
* Milky stork, Mycteria cinerea
* Painted stork, Mycteria leucocephala

## Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes Family: 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.
* Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel
* Christmas Island frigatebird, Fregata andrewsi

## Boobies and gannets

Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae
The gannets and boobies are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
* Red-footed booby, Sula sula (A)

## Anhingas

Order: Suliformes Family: Anhingidae
Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, 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.
* Oriental darter, Anhinga melanogaster

## Cormorants and shags

Order: Suliformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.
* Little cormorant, Microcarbo niger
* Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
* Indian cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

## Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae
Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.
* Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus (A)
* Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis

## Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: 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. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.
* Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris (A)
* Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
* Schrenck's bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus (A)
* Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
* Black bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis
* Gray heron, Ardea cinerea
* Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana (A)
* Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
* Great egret, Ardea alba
* Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
* Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes (A)
* Little egret, Egretta garzetta
* Pacific reef-heron, Egretta sacra
* Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
* Chinese pond-heron, Ardeola bacchus
* Javan pond-heron, Ardeola speciosa
* Striated heron, Butorides striata
* Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
* White-eared night-heron, Gorsachius magnificus (A)
* Malayan night-heron, Gorsachius melanolophus

## Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.
* Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
* Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus
* White-shouldered ibis, Pseudibis davisoni
* Giant ibis, Pseudibis gigantea
* Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia (A)
* Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor (A)

## Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes Family: 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.
* Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

## Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.
* Black-winged kite, Elanus caeruleus
* Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus
* Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni
* Black baza, Aviceda leuphotes
* Red-headed vulture, Sarcogyps calvus
* Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus (A)
* White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis
* Slender-billed vulture, Gyps tenuirostris
* Himalayan griffon, Gyps himalayensis (A)
* Crested serpent-eagle, Spilornis cheela
* Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus
* Changeable hawk-eagle, Nisaetus cirrhatus
* Mountain hawk-eagle, Nisaetus nipalensis
* Rufous-bellied eagle, Lophotriorchis kienerii
* Black eagle, Ictinaetus malaiensis
* Indian spotted eagle, Clanga hastata (A)
* Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga
* Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
* Steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis (A)
* Imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
* Rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer
* Gray-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
* Eurasian marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A)
* Eastern marsh-harrier, Circus spilonotus
* Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus (A)
* Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos
* Crested goshawk, Accipiter trivirgatus
* Shikra, Accipiter badius
* Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis
* Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
* Besra, Accipiter virgatus
* Black kite, Milvus migrans
* Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus
* Pallas's fish-eagle, Haliaeetus leucoryphus (A)
* White-bellied sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster
* Lesser fish-eagle, Haliaeetus humilis
* Gray-headed fish-eagle, Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
* Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
* Himalayan buzzard, Buteo refectus (A)
* Eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus

## Barn-owls

Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae
Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.
* Australasian grass-owl, Tyto longimembris
* Eastern barn owl, Tyto javanica
* Oriental bay-owl, Phodilus badius

## Owls

Order: Strigiformes Family: 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.
* Mountain scops-owl, Otus spilocephalus
* Collared scops-owl, Otus lettia
* Oriental scops-owl, Otus sunia
* Spot-bellied eagle-owl, Bubo nipalensis
* Brown fish-owl, Ketupa zeylonensis
* Buffy fish-owl, Ketupa ketupu
* Asian barred owlet, Glaucidium cuculoides
* Collared owlet, Taenioptynx brodiei
* Spotted owlet, Athene brama
* Spotted wood-owl, Strix seloputo
* Brown wood-owl, Strix leptogrammica
* Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
* Brown boobook, Ninox scutulata
* Northern boobook, Ninox japonica (A)

## Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes Family: Trogonidae
The family Trogonidae includes 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.
* Red-headed trogon, Harpactes erythrocephalus
* Orange-breasted trogon, Harpactes oreskios

## Hoopoes

Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head.
* Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops

## Hornbills

Order: Bucerotiformes Family: 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.
* Great hornbill, Buceros bicornis
* Brown hornbill, Anorrhinus austeni
* Oriental pied-hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris
* Wreathed hornbill, Rhyticeros undulatus

## Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.
* Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
* Blue-eared kingfisher, Alcedo meninting
* Black-backed dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca
* Banded kingfisher, Lacedo pulchella
* Stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
* Ruddy kingfisher, Halcyon coromanda
* White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
* Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
* Collared kingfisher, Todirhamphus chloris
* Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
* Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis

## Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, 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 downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
* Blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni
* Asian green bee-eater, Merops orientalis
* Blue-throated bee-eater, Merops viridis
* Blue-tailed bee-eater, Merops philippinus
* Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti

## Typical rollers

Order: Coraciiformes Family: 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.
* Indochinese roller, Coracias affinis
* Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis

## Asian barbets

Order: Piciformes Family: 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.
* Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephalus
* Blue-eared barbet, Psilopogon duvaucelii
* Red-vented barbet, Psilopogon lagrandieri
* Green-eared barbet, Psilopogon faiostrictus
* Lineated barbet, Psilopogon lineatus
* Moustached barbet, Psilopogon incognitus
* Indochinese barbet, Psilopogon annamensis

## Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes Family: 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.
* Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla (A)
* Speckled piculet, Picumnus innominatus
* White-browed piculet, Sasia ochracea
* Heart-spotted woodpecker, Hemicircus canente
* Gray-capped pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus canicapillus
* Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus mahrattensis
* Rufous-bellied woodpecker, Dendrocopos hyperythrus
* Freckle-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos analis
* Stripe-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos atratus
* Bay woodpecker, Blythipicus pyrrhotis
* Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
* Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus brachyurus
* Black-and-buff woodpecker, Meiglyptes jugularis
* Pale-headed woodpecker, Gecinulus grantia
* Bamboo woodpecker, Gecinulus viridis (A)
* Common flameback, Dinopium javanense
* Lesser yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
* Streak-throated woodpecker, Picus xanthopygaeus
* Red-collared woodpecker, Picus rabieri
* Laced woodpecker, Picus vittatus
* Gray-headed woodpecker, Picus canus
* Black-headed woodpecker, Picus erythropygius
* Greater yellownape, Chrysophlegma flavinucha
* Great slaty woodpecker, Mulleripicus pulverulentus
* White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis

## Falcons and caracaras

Order: Falconiformes Family: 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.
* White-rumped falcon, Polihierax insignis
* Collared falconet, Microhierax caerulescens
* Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
* Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
* Merlin, Falco columbarius (A)
* Oriental hobby, Falco severus
* Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus

## Old World parrots

Order: Psittaciformes Family: 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 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.
* Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria
* Gray-headed parakeet, Psittacula finschii
* Blossom-headed parakeet, Psittacula roseata
* Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri
* Vernal hanging-parrot, Loriculus vernalis

## Asian and Grauer's broadbills

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Long-tailed broadbill, Psarisomus dalhousiae
* Dusky broadbill, Corydon sumatranus
* Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus
* Black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
* Banded broadbill, Eurylaimus javanicus

## Pittas

Order: Passeriformes Family: Pittidae
Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards and are stocky, 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 invertebrates.
* Eared pitta, Hydrornis phayrei
* Rusty-naped pitta, Hydrornis oatesi (A)
* Blue-rumped pitta, Hydrornis soror
* Blue pitta, Hydrornis cyaneus
* Bar-bellied pitta, Hydrornis elliotii
* Blue-winged pitta, Pitta moluccensis
* Fairy pitta, Pitta nympha (A)
* Hooded pitta, Pitta sordida

## Thornbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Acanthizidae
Thornbills are small passerine birds, similar in habits to the tits.
* Golden-bellied gerygone, Gerygone sulphurea

## Cuckooshrikes

Order: Passeriformes Family: Campephagidae
The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured.
* Small minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
* Gray-chinned minivet, Pericrocotus solaris
* Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus
* Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus divaricatus
* Brown-rumped minivet, Pericrocotus cantonensis
* Rosy minivet, Pericrocotus roseus
* Large cuckooshrike, Coracina macei
* Black-winged cuckooshrike, Lalage melaschistos
* Indochinese cuckooshrike, Lalage polioptera

## Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* White-browed shrike-babbler, Pteruthius aeralatus
* Clicking shrike-babbler, Pteruthius intermedius
* White-bellied erpornis, Erpornis zantholeuca

## Whistlers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and some of the pitohuis.
* Mangrove whistler, Pachycephala cinerea

## Old World orioles

Order: Passeriformes Family: Oriolidae
The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.
* Black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis
* Slender-billed oriole, Oriolus tenuirostris (A)
* Black-hooded oriole, Oriolus xanthornus
* Maroon oriole, Oriolus traillii
* Silver oriole, Oriolus mellianus

## Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Artamidae
The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings.
* Ashy woodswallow, Artamus fuscus

## Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Vangidae
The family Vangidae is highly variable, though most members of it resemble true shrikes to some degree.
* Large woodshrike, Tephrodornis gularis
* Common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus
* Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus picatus

## Ioras

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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 iora, Aegithina tiphia
* Great iora, Aegithina lafresnayei

## Fantails

Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhipiduridae
The fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders.
* Malaysian pied-fantail, Rhipidura javanica
* White-throated fantail, Rhipidura albicollis
* White-browed fantail, Rhipidura aureola

## Drongos

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus
* Ashy drongo, Dicrurus leucophaeus
* Crow-billed drongo, Dicrurus annectens
* Bronzed drongo, Dicrurus aeneus
* Lesser racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus remifer
* Hair-crested drongo, Dicrurus hottentottus
* Greater racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus

## Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching.
* Black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea
* Japanese paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone atrocaudata (A)
* Amur paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone incei
* Blyth's paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone affinis

## Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey.
* Tiger shrike, Lanius tigrinus
* Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus
* Burmese shrike, Lanius collurioides
* Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach
* Gray-backed shrike, Lanius tephronotus

## Crows, jays, and magpies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
* Red-billed blue-magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
* Common green-magpie, Cissa chinensis
* Indochinese green-magpie, Cissa hypoleuca
* Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
* Racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia
* Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus temnurus
* Large-billed crow, Corvus macrorhynchos

## Fairy flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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".
* Gray-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis

## Tits, chickadees, and titmice

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Sultan tit, Melanochlora sultanea (A)
* Cinereous tit, Parus cinereus

## Larks

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Horsfield's bushlark, Mirafra javanica
* Indochinese bushlark, Mirafra erythrocephala
* Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula

## Cisticolas and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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 tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius
* Dark-necked tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis
* Cambodian tailorbird, Orthotomus chaktomuk (E)
* Ashy tailorbird, Orthotomus ruficeps (A)
* Annam prinia, Prinia rocki (A)
* Brown prinia, Prinia polychroa
* Hill prinia, Prinia superciliaris
* Rufescent prinia, Prinia rufescens
* Gray-breasted prinia, Prinia hodgsonii
* Yellow-bellied prinia, Prinia flaviventris
* Plain prinia, Prinia inornata
* Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
* Golden-headed cisticola, Cisticola exilis

## Reed warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Thick-billed warbler, Arundinax aedon
* Black-browed reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
* Blunt-winged warbler, Acrocephalus concinens
* Manchurian reed warbler, Acrocephalus tangorum
* Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum (A)
* Oriental reed warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis

## Grassbirds and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Helopsaltes certhiola
* Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata
* Chinese bush warbler, Locustella tacsanowskia (A)
* Baikal bush warbler, Locustella davidi (A)
* Striated grassbird, Megalurus palustris

## Cupwings

Order: Passeriformes Family: Pnoepygidae
The members of this small family are found in mountainous parts of South and South East Asia.
* Pygmy cupwing, Pnoepyga pusilla

## Swallows

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Gray-throated martin, Riparia chinensis
* Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
* Pale sand martin, Riparia diluta
* Dusky crag-martin, Ptyonoprogne concolor
* Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
* Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii
* Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica
* Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica
* Striated swallow, Cecropis striolata
* Common house-martin, Delichon urbica
* Asian house-martin, Delichon dasypus

## Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Black-headed bulbul, Brachypodius melanocephalos
* Black-crested bulbul, Rubigula flaviventris
* Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus
* Sooty-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus aurigaster
* Stripe-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus finlaysoni
* Yellow-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier
* Olive-winged bulbul, Pycnonotus plumosus (A)
* Streak-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus conradi
* Ochraceous bulbul, Alophoixus ochraceus
* Puff-throated bulbul, Alophoixus pallidus
* Gray-eyed bulbul, Iole propinqua
* Black bulbul, Hypsipetes leucocephalus
* Ashy bulbul, Hemixos flavala
* Mountain bulbul, Ixos mcclellandii

## Leaf warblers

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus
* Hume's warbler, Phylloscopus humei (A)
* Lemon-rumped warbler, Phylloscopus chloronotus
* Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi
* Yellow-streaked warbler, Phylloscopus armandii (A)
* Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus
* Buff-throated warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus (A)
* Eastern crowned warbler, Phylloscopus coronatus
* Gray-crowned warbler, Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
* Martens's warbler, Phylloscopus omeiensis (A)
* Alström's warbler, Phylloscopus soror
* Greenish warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides
* Two-barred warbler, Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
* Pale-legged leaf warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes
* Sakhalin leaf warbler, Phylloscopus borealoides (A)
* Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis
* Kamchatka leaf warbler, Phylloscopus examinandus
* Chestnut-crowned warbler, Phylloscopus castaniceps
* Sulphur-breasted warbler, Phylloscopus ricketti
* Blyth's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus reguloides
* Claudia's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus claudiae
* Davison's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus davisoni
* Kloss's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

## Bush warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Asian stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps
* Gray-bellied tesia, Tesia cyaniventer
* Yellow-bellied warbler, Abroscopus superciliaris
* Mountain tailorbird, Phyllergates cuculatus

## Long-tailed tits

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Black-throated tit, Aegithalos concinnus

## Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.
* Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense
* Black-headed parrotbill, Psittiparus margaritae

## White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Zosteropidae
The white-eyes are small and mostly undistinguished, their plumage above being generally some dull colour like greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.
* Black-chinned yuhina, Yuhina nigrimenta
* Chestnut-flanked white-eye, Zosterops erythropleurus
* Indian white-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus
* Hume's white-eye, Zosterops auriventer
* Everett's white-eye, Zosterops everetti (A)

## Tree-babblers, scimitar-babblers, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae
The babblers, or timaliids, are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.
* Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia pileata
* Gray-faced tit-babbler, Mixornis kelleyi
* Pin-striped tit-babbler, Mixornis gularis
* Golden babbler, Cyanoderma chrysaeum
* Rufous-fronted babbler, Cyanoderma rufifrons (A)
* Rufous-capped babbler, Cyanoderma ruficeps(A)
* Red-billed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps (A)
* White-browed scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus schisticeps
* Large scimitar-babbler, Erythrogenys hypoleucos
* Gray-throated babbler, Stachyris nigriceps (A)

## Ground babblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Chinese grassbird, Graminicola striatus (A)
* Scaly-crowned babbler, Malacopteron cinereum
* Collared babbler, Gampsorhynchus torquatus
* Rufous-throated fulvetta, Schoeniparus rufogularis
* Puff-throated babbler, Pellorneum ruficeps
* Spot-throated babbler, Pellorneum albiventre (A)
* Buff-breasted babbler, Pellorneum tickelli
* Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti
* Streaked wren-babbler, Turdinus brevicaudatus

## Laughingthrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Black-browed fulvetta, Alcippe grotei
* Mountain fulvetta, Alcippe peracensis
* Blue-winged minla, Actinodura cyanouroptera
* Silver-eared mesia, Leiothrix argentauris
* Lesser necklaced laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger
* White-crested laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
* Black-hooded laughingthrush, Garrulax milleti
* Cambodian laughingthrush, Garrulax ferrarius (E)
* White-cheeked laughingthrush, Pterorhinus vassali
* Black-throated laughingthrush, Pterorhinus chinensis
* Greater necklaced laughingthrush, Pterorhinus pectoralis (A)

## Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Burmese nuthatch, Sitta neglecta
* Velvet-fronted nuthatch, Sitta frontalis

## Starlings

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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..
* Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis (A)
* Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps coronatus
* Common hill myna, Gracula religiosa
* European starling, Sturnus vulgaris (A)
* Rosy starling, Pastor roseus (A)
* Daurian starling, Agropsar sturnina
* Chestnut-cheeked starling, Agropsar philippensis (A)
* Black-collared starling, Gracupica nigricollis
* Indian pied starling, Gracupica contra (A)
* Siamese pied starling, Gracupica floweri
* White-shouldered starling, Sturnia sinensis
* Brahminy starling, Sturnia pagodarum (A)
* Chestnut-tailed starling, Sturnia malabarica
* Red-billed starling, Spodiopsar sericeus (A)
* Common myna, Acridotheres tristis
* Vinous-breasted myna, Acridotheres leucocephalus
* Great myna, Acridotheres grandis

## Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Dark-sided thrush, Zoothera marginata
* White's thrush, Zoothera aurea
* Scaly thrush, Zoothera dauma
* Green cochoa, Cochoa viridis
* Siberian thrush, Geokichla sibirica (A)
* Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina
* Chinese blackbird, Turdus mandarinus
* Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis (A)
* Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus
* Dusky thrush, Turdus eunomus (A)
* Naumann's thrush, Turdus naumanni (A)

## Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae
Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
* Dark-sided flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
* Asian brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica
* Brown-breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa muttui (A)
* Brown-streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa williamsoni
* Oriental magpie-robin, Copsychus saularis
* White-rumped shama, Copsychus malabaricus
* Rufous-browed flycatcher, Anthipes solitaris
* White-tailed flycatcher, Cyornis concretus (A)
* Hainan blue flycatcher, Cyornis hainanus
* Pale blue flycatcher, Cyornis unicolor
* Chinese blue flycatcher, Cyornis glaucicomans
* Large blue flycatcher, Cyornis magnirostris (A)
* Hill blue flycatcher, Cyornis whitei
* Indochinese blue flycatcher, Cyornis sumatrensis
* Large niltava, Niltava grandis
* Fujian niltava, Niltava davidi
* Vivid niltava, Niltava vivida
* Blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
* Zappey's flycatcher, Cyanoptila cumatilis (A)
* Verditer flycatcher, Eumyias thalassina
* Lesser shortwing, Brachypteryx leucophrys
* Himalayan shortwing, Brachypteryx cruralis
* Rufous-headed robin, Larvivora ruficeps (A)
* Siberian blue robin, Larvivora cyane
* Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
* Blue whistling-thrush, Myophonus caeruleus
* White-crowned forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti (A)
* Slaty-backed forktail, Enicurus schistaceus
* Siberian rubythroat, Calliope calliope
* White-tailed robin, Myiomela leucura
* Himalayan bluetail, Tarsiger rufilatus (A)
* Yellow-rumped flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia
* Green-backed flycatcher, Ficedula elisae (A)
* Narcissus flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
* Mugimaki flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki
* Slaty-backed flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsonii
* Snowy-browed flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra
* Little pied flycatcher, Ficedula westermanni
* Taiga flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla
* White-throated rock-thrush, Monticola gularis
* Blue rock-thrush, Monticola solitarius
* Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus (A)
* Amur stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
* Pied bushchat, Saxicola caprata
* Gray bushchat, Saxicola ferreus

## Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicaeidae
The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues.
* Thick-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile
* Yellow-vented flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum
* Plain flowerpecker, Dicaeum minullum
* Fire-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus
* Scarlet-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum

## Sunbirds and spiderhunters

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
* Ruby-cheeked sunbird, Chalcoparia singalensis
* Brown-throated sunbird, Anthreptes malacensis
* Van Hasselt's sunbird, Leptocoma brasiliana
* Copper-throated sunbird, Leptocoma calcostetha
* Purple sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus
* Olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis
* Black-throated sunbird, Aethopyga saturata
* Green-tailed sunbird, Aethopyga nipalensis
* Crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja
* Purple-naped spiderhunter, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
* Little spiderhunter, Arachnothera longirostra
* Streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna

## Fairy-bluebirds

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella

## Leafbirds

Order: Passeriformes Family: Chloropseidae
The leafbirds are small, bulbul-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows.
* Blue-winged leafbird, Chloropsis cochinchinensis
* Golden-fronted leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons

## Weavers and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.
* Streaked weaver, Ploceus manyar
* Baya weaver, Ploceus philippinus
* Asian golden weaver, Ploceus hypoxanthus

## Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: 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.
* Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata
* White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata
* Chestnut munia, Lonchura atricapilla
* White-headed munia, Lonchura maja (A)
* Pin-tailed parrotfinch, Erythrura prasina
* Red avadavat, Amandava amandava

## Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae
Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.
* House sparrow, Passer domesticus
* Plain-backed sparrow, Passer flaveolus
* Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus

## Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
* Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus
* Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
* Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
* Eastern yellow wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis
* Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola
* Mekong wagtail, Motacilla samveasnae
* White wagtail, Motacilla alba
* Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi
* Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus
* Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni
* Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus

## Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
* Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus (A)

## Old World buntings

Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.
* Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala (A)
* Red-headed bunting, Emberiza bruniceps (A)
* Chestnut-eared bunting, Emberiza fucata
* Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola
* Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla (A)
* Black-faced bunting, Emberiza spodocephala (A)
* Chestnut bunting, Emberiza rutila