Singapore Birds
This page lists the bird species I've sighted in Singapore (including the Singapore Strait) since moving here in September 2006 - a few birds aren't on the official list being feral introductions and escapees 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 |
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Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus |
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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
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Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
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Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
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Swinhoe's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis |
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Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris |
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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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Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans |
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Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
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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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Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii |
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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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Great Egret | Ardea alba |
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Medium Egret | Ardea 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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Lesser Firgatebird | Fregata ariel |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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Great Cormorant | Phalcrocorax carbo |
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Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
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Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni |
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Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes |
| Himalayan Vulture | Gyps himalayensis | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
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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 lineatus |
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Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
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White-bellied Sea Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus |
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Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
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Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos |
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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 |
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Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus |
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Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga |
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Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca |
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Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
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Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii |
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Changeable 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-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
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White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
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Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla |
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Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca |
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Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
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Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea |
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Grey-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus |
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Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus |
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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 | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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White-faced Plover | Anarhynchus dealbatus |
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Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii |
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Tibetan Sand Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
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Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaulti |
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Greater Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
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Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
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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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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
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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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Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
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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 |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
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Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis |
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Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
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Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleutica |
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Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
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Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
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Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
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Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
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White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Pomarine Jaegar | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Parasitic Jaegar | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
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Long-tailed Jaegar | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
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Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica |
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Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
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Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
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Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata |
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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 |
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Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aena |
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Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia |
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Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor |
| Tanimbar Corella | Cacatua goffiniana | |
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea |
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala | |
| Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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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 |
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Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus |
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Asian Koel | Eudyamys scolopaceus |
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Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthohynchus |
| Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | |
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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 |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
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Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx fugax |
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Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor |
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Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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Sunda Scops Owl | Otus lempiji |
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Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia |
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Barred Eagle Owl | Bubo sumatranus |
| Brown Fish Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
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Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu |
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Spotted Wood Owl | Strix seloputo |
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Brown Hawk Owl | Ninox scutulata |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica |
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Malaysian Eared Nightjar | Eurostopodus temminckii |
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Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka |
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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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Plume-toed Swiftlet | Collocalia affinis |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
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Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani |
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White-throated Needletail | Hirapundus caudacutus |
| Silver-backed Needletail | Hirapundus cochinchinensis | |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirapundus giganteus | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
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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 |
| Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
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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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Black Hornbill | Anthracoceros malayanus |
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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 | Yungipicus moluccensis |
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Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus |
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javanesis | |
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Banded Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma miniaceum |
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Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus |
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Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus |
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Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense |
| Black-and-red Broadbill | Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus | |
| Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | |
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Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida |
| Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | |
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Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis |
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Mangrove Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha |
| Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus hirundinaceus | |
| Large Woodshrike | Tephrodornis virgatus | |
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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 |
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Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus |
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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 |
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Crow-billed Drongo | Dicrurus annectens |
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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus |
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Malaysian Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica |
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Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
| Indian Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis |
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Amur Paradise Kingfisher | Terpsiphone incei |
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Black Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
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House Crow | Corvus splendens |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
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Japanese Tit | Parus minor |
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Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
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Straw-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus zeylanicus |
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Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius melanocephalos |
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Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris |
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Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus |
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Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster |
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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 |
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Asian Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus |
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Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis |
| Cinereous Bulbul | Hemixos cinereus | |
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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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Siberian House Martin | Delichon lagopodum |
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Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
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Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus |
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Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
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Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus borealoides | |
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Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
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Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata |
| 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 |
| Malayan Swamp Babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | |
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Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti |
| Mourning Babbler | Pellorneum malaccense | |
| Chestnut-winged Babbler | Cyanoderma erythroptera | |
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Pin-striped Tit Babbler | Mixornis gularis |
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White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus |
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Black-throated Laughingthrush | Pterohinus chinensis |
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Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
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Swinhoe's White-eye | Zosterops simplex |
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Asian Fairy Bluebird | Irena puella |
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Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis |
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Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa |
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Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus |
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Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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Pied Myna | Gracupica contra |
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Daurian 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 | |
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Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina |
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Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica |
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Eye-browed Thrush | Turdus obscurus |
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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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Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroeus |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochrurus | |
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Stejneger's Stonechat | Saxicola stegneri |
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Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
| White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | |
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Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Rhinomyias brunneatus |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
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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 |
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Brown-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa siamensis |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
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Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia |
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Green-backed Flycatcher | Ficedula elisae |
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Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina |
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Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki |
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Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla |
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Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana |
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Zappey's Flycatcher |
Cyanoptila cumatilis |
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Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus |
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Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans |
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Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra |
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Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata |
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Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati |
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Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon |
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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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Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus |
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Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja |
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Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra |
| Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
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Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
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Asian Golden Weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus |
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Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar |
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Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus |
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Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | |
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Black-winged Red Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
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Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
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Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
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Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
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Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilliodes | |
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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 |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus |
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Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis |
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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
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White Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
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Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
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Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
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Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica |