KOTA KINABALU AREA
BORNEO
LOCALE
| # Species: | 189 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 189 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
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| 2 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 3 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 4 | <Asian Emerald Dove> | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 5 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| 6 | <Little Green-Pigeon> | Treron olax | |
| 7 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| 8 | <Thick-billed Green-Pigeon> | Treron curvirostra | |
| 9 | Large Green-Pigeon | Treron capellei | |
| 10 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| 11 | <Pied Imperial-Pigeon> | Ducula bicolor | |
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| 12 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 13 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 14 | Black-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus diardi | |
| 15 | Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | |
| 16 | Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| 17 | /Chestnut-winged Cuckoo/ | Clamator coromandus | |
| 18 | /Asian Koel/ | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 19 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| 20 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| 21 | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
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| 22 | Sunda Frogmouth | Batrachostomus cornutus | |
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| 23 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 24 | Silver-rumped Needletail | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | |
| 25 | Plume-toed Swiftlet | Collocalia affinis | |
| 26 | Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | |
| 27 | Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
| 28 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| 29 | Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| 30 | |Pacific Swift| | Apus pacificus | |
| 31 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| 32 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 33 | Gray-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | |
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| 34 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striatus | |
| 35 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| 36 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 37 | Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| 38 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 39 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 40 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| 41 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 42 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 43 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius | |
| 44 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| 45 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| 46 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii | |
| 47 | /Kentish Plover/ | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 48 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 49 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 50 | |Terek Sandpiper| | Xenus cinereus | |
| 51 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 52 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 53 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 54 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 55 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus | |
| 56 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 57 | |Ruddy Turnstone| | Arenaria interpres | |
| 58 | /Long-toed Stint/ | Calidris subminuta | |
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| 59 | |Oriental Pratincole| | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 60 | /Little Tern/ | Sternula albifrons | |
| 61 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 62 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 63 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 64 | |Common Tern| | Sterna hirundo | |
| 65 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| 66 | #Great Crested Tern# | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| 67 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 68 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 69 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 70 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 71 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| 72 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| 73 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes | |
| 74 | /Little Egret/ | Egretta garzetta | |
| 75 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 76 | /Javan Pond-Heron/ | Ardeola speciosa | |
| 77 | /Chinese Pond-Heron/ | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 78 | /Eastern Cattle Egret/ | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 79 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 80 | /Medium Egret/ | Ardea intermedia | |
| 81 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea | |
| 82 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 83 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
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| 84 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 85 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 86 | /Oriental Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 87 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 88 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| 89 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 90 | /Gray-faced Buzzard/ | Butastur indicus | |
| 91 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 92 | /Japanese Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter gularis | |
| 93 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 94 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
| 95 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
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| 96 | Oriental Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
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| 97 | /Common Kingfisher/ | Alcedo atthis | |
| 98 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| 99 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 100 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| 101 | <Blue-throated Bee-eater> | Merops viridis | |
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| 102 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 103 | Red-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon rafflesii | |
| 104 | Gold-whiskered Barbet | Psilopogon chrysopogon | |
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| 105 | Malaysian Honeyguide | Indicator archipelagicus | |
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| 106 | Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus moluccensis | |
| 107 | Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus | |
| 108 | Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | |
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| 109 | /Peregrine Falcon/ | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 110 | Blue-rumped Parrot | Psittinus cyanurus | |
| 111 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| 112 | Long-tailed Parakeet | Psittacula longicauda | |
| 113 | Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | |
| 114 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | |
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| 115 | /Blue-winged Pitta/ | Pitta moluccensis | |
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| 116 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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| 117 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
| 118 | Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | |
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| 119 | White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | |
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| 120 | Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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| 121 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| 122 | Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus hirundinaceus | |
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| 123 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| 124 | Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | |
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| 125 | Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
| 126 | White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
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| 127 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 128 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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| 129 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 130 | /Long-tailed Shrike/ | Lanius schach | |
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| 131 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 132 | Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
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| 133 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | |
| 134 | Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
| 135 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | |
| 136 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
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| 137 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | |
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| 138 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 139 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 140 | /Red-rumped Swallow/ | Cecropis daurica | |
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| 141 | Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus | |
| 142 | Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis | |
| 143 | Cream-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus simplex | |
| 144 | Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | |
| 145 | Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | |
| 146 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
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| 147 | /Arctic Warbler/ | Phylloscopus borealis | |
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| 148 | Bold-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis bornensis | |
| 149 | Chestnut-rumped Babbler | Stachyris maculata | |
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| 150 | White-chested Babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | |
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| 151 | Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| 152 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 153 | Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | |
| 154 | Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
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| 155 | /Eyebrowed Thrush/ | Turdus obscurus | |
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| 156 | /Dark-sided Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 157 | /Asian Brown Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 158 | Rufous-tailed Shama | Copsychus pyrropygus | |
| 159 | /Blue-and-white Flycatcher/ | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| 160 | Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| 161 | Gray-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis umbratilis | |
| 162 | /Mugimaki Flycatcher/ | Ficedula mugimaki | |
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| 163 | Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus maculatus | |
| 164 | Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | Prionochilus xanthopygius | |
| 165 | Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus thoracicus | |
| 166 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| 167 | Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
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| 168 | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
| 169 | Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | |
| 170 | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| 171 | Red-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | |
| 172 | Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | |
| 173 | Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
| 174 | Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus | |
| 175 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
| 176 | Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | |
| 177 | Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
| 178 | Purple-naped Spiderhunter | Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum | |
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| 179 | Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
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| 180 | Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | |
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| 181 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | |
| 182 | Dusky Munia | Lonchura fuscans | |
| 183 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 184 | <White-bellied Munia> | Lonchura leucogastra | |
| 185 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| 186 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 187 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 188 | /Eastern Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 189 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 39 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 6 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 6 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 20 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.