HALMAHERA ISLAND
INDONESIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 17,780 |
| # Species: | 240 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 239 |
| # Endemics: | 49 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 1.3 |
| Habitat: Lowland rainforest, montane rainforest | |
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 | Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
| 2 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| 3 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah | |
| 4 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 5 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| 6 | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| 7 | Moluccan Megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | |
| 8 | Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
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| 9 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| 10 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 11 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 13 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| 14 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 15 | Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia doreya | |
| 16 | Great Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| 17 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 18 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| 19 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| 20 | Scarlet-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus bernsteinii | |
| 21 | Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| 22 | Blue-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | |
| 23 | White-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| 24 | Gray-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus hyogastrus | |
| 25 | Carunculated Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus granulifrons | |
| 26 | Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
| 27 | Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | |
| 28 | Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula basilica | |
| 29 | Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | |
| 30 | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| 31 | Papuan Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps albertisii | |
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| 32 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 33 | Goliath Coucal | Centropus goliath | |
| 34 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 35 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 36 | Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 37 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| 38 | Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus musschenbroeki | |
| 39 | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| 40 | Moluccan Cuckoo | Cacomantis aeruginosus | |
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| 41 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 42 | Moluccan Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles crinifrons | |
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| 43 | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| 44 | Halmahera Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | |
| 45 | Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| 46 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| 47 | Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
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| 48 | Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| 49 | Invisible Rail | Gallirallus wallacii | |
| 50 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| 51 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 52 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 53 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| 54 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
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| 55 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| 56 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 57 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
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| 58 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 59 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 60 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 61 | Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | |
| 62 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | |
| 63 | Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| 64 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 65 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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| 66 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 67 | Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| 68 | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| 69 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| 70 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| 71 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| 72 | Moluccan Woodcock | Scolopax rochussenii | |
| 73 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala | |
| 74 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 75 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 76 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 77 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 78 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 79 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| 80 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| 81 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| 82 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| 83 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 84 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| 85 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 86 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| 87 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| 88 | Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
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| 89 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 90 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 91 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 92 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 93 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 94 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 95 | Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| 96 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 97 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 98 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 99 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 100 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| 101 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 102 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| 103 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| 104 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| 105 | Chinese Crested Tern | Thalasseus bernsteini | |
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| 106 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| 107 | Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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| 108 | Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | |
| 109 | #Bulwer's Petrel# | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| 110 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| 111 | #Wedge-tailed Shearwater# | Ardenna pacificus | |
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| 112 | Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| 113 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| 114 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 115 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| 116 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| 117 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| 118 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| 119 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 120 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 121 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| 122 | Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
| 123 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| 124 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 125 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 126 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 127 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 128 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 129 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
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| 130 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| 131 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 132 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| 133 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 134 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 135 | Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei | |
| 136 | Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
| 137 | Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| 138 | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| 139 | Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| 140 | Moluccan Goshawk | Accipiter henicogrammus | |
| 141 | Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen | |
| 142 | Meyer's Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus | |
| 143 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 144 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| 145 | Moluccan Scops-Owl | Otus magicus | |
| 146 | Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | |
| 147 | Halmahera Boobook | Ninox hypogramma | |
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| 148 | Blyth's Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| 149 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 150 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| 151 | Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| 152 | Moluccan Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| 153 | Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Todiramphus diops | |
| 154 | Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| 155 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| 156 | Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| 157 | Sombre Kingfisher | Todiramphus funebris | |
| 158 | Common Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | |
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| 159 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| 160 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| 161 | Azure Roller | Eurystomus azureus | |
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| 162 | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | |
| 163 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| 164 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| 165 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 166 | White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba | |
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| 167 | Moluccan King-Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | |
| 168 | Moluccan Eclectus | Eclectus roratus | |
| 169 | Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| 170 | Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| 171 | Red-flanked Lorikeet | Hypocharmosyna placentis | |
| 172 | Chattering Lory | Lorius garrulus | |
| 173 | Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata | |
| 174 | Moluccan Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | |
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| 175 | Philippine Pitta | Erythropitta erythrogaster | |
| 176 | North Moluccan Pitta | Erythropitta rufiventris | |
| 177 | Ivory-breasted Pitta | Pitta maxima | |
| 178 | Ornate Pitta | Pitta concinna | |
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| 179 | Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| 180 | Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris | |
| 181 | White-streaked Friarbird | Melitograis gilolensis | |
| 182 | Morotai Friarbird | Philemon fuscicapillus | |
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| 183 | Stout-billed Cuckooshrike | Coracina caeruleogrisea | |
| 184 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| 185 | Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina atriceps | |
| 186 | Rufous-bellied Triller | Lalage aurea | |
| 187 | Halmahera Cuckooshrike | Celebesia parvula | |
| 188 | Pale Cicadabird | Edolisoma ceramense | |
| 189 | Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| 190 | Black-chinned Whistler | Pachycephala mentalis | |
| 191 | Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | |
| 192 | Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | |
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| 193 | Halmahera Oriole | Oriolus phaeochromus | |
| 194 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| 195 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| 196 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| 197 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| 198 | Gilolo Fantail | Rhipidura torrida | |
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| 199 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| 200 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| 201 | Halmahera Paradise-crow | Lycocorax pyrrhopterus | |
| 202 | Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise | Semioptera wallacii | |
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| 203 | White-naped Monarch | Carterornis pileatus | |
| 204 | Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| 205 | Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| 206 | Moluccan Flycatcher | Myiagra galeata | |
| 207 | Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto | |
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| 208 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| 209 | Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | |
| 210 | Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| 211 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| 212 | Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| 213 | Gray's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes fasciolata | |
| 214 | Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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| 215 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 216 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 217 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| 218 | Sula Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes longirostris | |
| 219 | Halmahera Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes chloris | |
| 220 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
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| 221 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| 222 | Island Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus poliocephalus | |
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| 223 | Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
| 224 | Cream-throated White-eye | Zosterops atriceps | |
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| 225 | Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| 226 | Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | |
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| 227 | Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| 228 | Turquoise Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | |
| 229 | Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| 230 | Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
| 231 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius | |
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| 232 | Halmahera Flowerpecker | Dicaeum schistaceiceps | |
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| 233 | Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| 234 | Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | |
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| 235 | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | |
| 236 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| 237 | Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| 238 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 239 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 240 | Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
*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 | 5 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 4 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 18 |
| V | Vulnerable | 9 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.