Singapore Birds
This page lists the bird species I've sighted in Singapore since moving here in September 2006 - a few birds aren't on the official list but added for completeness of what you could see in Singapore. For a full list of birds in Singapore please visit Avibase or this wiki which also gives information on occurrence and locations where each bird is sighted.
Note that whilst many of these images were taken in Singapore, some were taken in other locations. All images are of wild birds.
| Thumbnail | Common Name | Scientific Name |
| King Quail | Excalfactoria chinensis | |
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Red Jungle Fowl | Gallus gallus |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
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Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
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Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Radjah Shelduck | Tadorna radjah | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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Milky Stork | Mycteria cinerea |
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Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| Von Shrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhthymus | |
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Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
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Black Bittern | Dupetor flavicollis |
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Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
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Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus |
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Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa |
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Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
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Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
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Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
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Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta |
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Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia |
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Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
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Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra |
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Chinese Egret | Egretta Eulophotes |
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Great Cormorant | Phalcrocorax carbo |
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Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
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Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes |
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Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
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Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
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Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
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White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Ichthyophpaga ichtyaetus |
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Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
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Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis |
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Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
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Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Aquila clanga | Greater Spotted Eagle | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
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Crested Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
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Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Gallirallus striatus | |
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White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
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Ruddy-breasted Crake | Porzana fusca |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
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Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
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Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus |
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Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
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Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
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Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
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Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| White-faced Plover | Charadrius dealbatus | |
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Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii |
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Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
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Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaulti |
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Greater Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
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Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | |
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Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
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Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
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Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
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Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatalis |
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Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Noordmans's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | |
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Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
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Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes |
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Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
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Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
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Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
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Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
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Sanderling | Calidris alba |
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Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
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Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
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Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum |
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Black-headed Gull | Chroicephalus ridibundus |
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Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
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Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
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Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
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Spotted Turtle Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
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Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
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Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata |
| Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon | Treron fulvicollis | |
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Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans |
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Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra |
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Jambu Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus jambu |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Tanimbar Corella | Cacatua goffiniana | |
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea |
| Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
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Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
| Red-collared Lorikeet | Trichoglossus rubritorquis | |
| Blue-rumped Parrot | Psittinus cyanurus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
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Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri |
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Long-tailed Parakeet | Psittacula longicauda |
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Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
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Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
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Chestnut-bellied Malhoka | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
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Common Koel | Eudyamys scolopaceus |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthohynchus | |
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Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis |
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Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
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Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus |
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Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis |
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Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris |
| Dark Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx bocki | |
| Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax | |
| Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
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Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Sunda Scops Owl | Otus lempiji | |
| Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
| Spotted Wood Owl | Strix seloputo | |
| Brown Hawk Owl | Ninox scutulata | |
| Malaysian Eared Nightjar | Eurostopodus temminckii | |
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Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
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Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis |
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Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis |
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Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata |
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Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
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Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halycon coromanda | |
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White-throated Kingfisher | Halycon smyrensis |
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Black-capped Kingfisher | Halycon pileata |
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Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
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Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis |
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Oriental Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris |
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Lineated Barbet | Megalaima lineata |
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Red-crowned Barbet | Megalaima rafflesia |
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Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala |
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Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos moluccensis |
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Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus |
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javanesis | |
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Banded Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma miniaceum |
| Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | |
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Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus |
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Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
| Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
| Mangrove Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha | |
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Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea |
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Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
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Green Iora | Aegithinia viridissma |
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Pied Triller | Lalage nigra |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus |
| Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus |
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Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus |
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Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus |
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Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaes |
| Crow-billed Drongo | Dicrurus annectans | |
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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus |
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Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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Asian Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi |
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House Crow | Corvus splendens |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
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Straw-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus zeylanicus |
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Black-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus atriceps |
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Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus |
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Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiaver |
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Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus |
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Cream-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus simplex |
| Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
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Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
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Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
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Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
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Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
| Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
| Rusty-rumped Warbler | Locustella certhiola | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris |
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Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
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Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis |
| Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | |
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Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps |
| White-chested Babbler | Trichastoma rostratum | |
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Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti |
| Short-tailed Babbler | Malacocincla malaccensis | |
| Chestnut-winged Babbler | Stachyris erythroptera | |
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Pin-striped Tit Babbler | Macronus gularis |
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White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus |
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Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
| Asian Fairy Bluebird | Irena puella | |
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Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis |
| Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
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Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus |
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Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus |
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Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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Purple-backed Starling | Agropsar sturninus |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agopsar philippensis | |
| White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
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Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Orange-headed Thrush | Zoothera citrina | |
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Siberian Thrush | Zoothera sibirica |
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Eye-browed Thrush | Turdus obscurus |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Luscinia cyane | |
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Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis |
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White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus |
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Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus |
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Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Rhinomyias brunneatus |
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Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica |
| Brown-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa siamensis | |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
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Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia |
| Green-backed Flycatcher | Ficedula elisae | |
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Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki |
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Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana |
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Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra |
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Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati |
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Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
| Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
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Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma |
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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum |
| Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | |
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Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis |
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Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana |
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Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha |
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Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis |
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Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja |
| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
| Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
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Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus |
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Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
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Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata |
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Javan Munia | Lonchura leucogastroides |
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Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
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Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |
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White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja |
| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
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Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
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Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica |