SERAM ISLAND
INDONESIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 239 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 239 |
| # Endemics: | 54 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
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 | Southern Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius |
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| 2 | Spotted Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna guttata |
| 3 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 4 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah |
| 5 | Green Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus pulchellus |
| 6 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 7 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 8 | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons |
| 9 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis |
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| 10 | Moluccan Megapode | Eulipoa wallacei |
| 11 | Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet |
| 12 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt |
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| 13 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 15 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis |
| 16 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 17 | Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia amboinensis |
| 18 | Great Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti |
| 19 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| 20 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica |
| 21 | Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus |
| 22 | Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus |
| 23 | White-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli |
| 24 | Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis |
| 25 | Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata |
| 26 | Seram Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula neglecta |
| 27 | Elegant Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula concinna |
| 28 | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor |
| 29 | Buru Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps mada |
| 30 | Seram Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps stalkeri |
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| 31 | Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 32 | /Oriental Cuckoo/ | Cuculus optatus |
| 33 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| 34 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 35 | \Pacific Koel\ | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 36 | Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| 37 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| 38 | Moluccan Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis aeruginosus |
| 39 | Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 40 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
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| 41 | White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 42 | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta |
| 43 | Moluccan Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus |
| 44 | Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis |
| 45 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
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| 46 | Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea |
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| 47 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 48 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
| 49 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
| 50 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea |
| 51 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 52 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana |
| 53 | Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor |
| 54 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata |
| 55 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla |
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| 56 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
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| 57 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 58 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 59 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 60 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| 61 | Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus |
| 62 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus |
| 63 | Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
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| 64 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea |
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| 65 | Little Curlew | Numenius minutus |
| 66 | Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 67 | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 68 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 69 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 70 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala |
| 71 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 72 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 73 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 74 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes |
| 75 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 76 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 77 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 78 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 79 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 80 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 81 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| 82 | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus |
| 83 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| 84 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 85 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| 86 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| 87 | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
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| 88 | Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella |
| 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 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 96 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 97 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 98 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 99 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 100 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 101 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 102 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 103 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda |
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| 104 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
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| 105 | Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae |
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| 106 | #Bulwer's Petrel# | Bulweria bulwerii |
| 107 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas |
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| 108 | Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 109 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor |
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| 110 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 111 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
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| 112 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
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| 113 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 114 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| 115 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 116 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
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| 117 | Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis |
| 118 | Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis |
| 119 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 120 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 121 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 122 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata |
| 123 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 124 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 125 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 126 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 127 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 128 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
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| 129 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 130 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 131 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata |
| 132 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis |
| 133 | Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei |
| 134 | Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi |
| 135 | Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythrauchen |
| 136 | Variable Goshawk | Tachyspiza hiogaster |
| 137 | Meyer's Goshawk | Astur meyerianus |
| 138 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 139 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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| 140 | Seram Masked-Owl | Tyto almae |
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| 141 | Moluccan Scops-Owl | Otus magicus |
| 142 | Seram Boobook | Ninox squamipila |
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| 143 | Blyth's Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus |
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| 144 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
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| 145 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 146 | Moluccan Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus |
| 147 | Lazuli Kingfisher | Todiramphus lazuli |
| 148 | Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| 149 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| 150 | Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus |
| 151 | Common Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea |
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| 152 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 153 | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis |
| 154 | Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides |
| 155 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus |
| 156 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 157 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 158 | Salmon-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua moluccensis |
| 159 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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| 160 | Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot | Micropsitta bruijnii |
| 161 | Moluccan King-Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis |
| 162 | Moluccan Eclectus | Eclectus roratus |
| 163 | Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi |
| 164 | Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos |
| 165 | Red-flanked Lorikeet | Hypocharmosyna placentis |
| 166 | Purple-naped Lory | Lorius domicella |
| 167 | Blue-eared Lory | Trichoglossus semilarvata |
| 168 | Red Lory | Trichoglossus bornea |
| 169 | Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus |
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| 170 | South Moluccan Pitta | Erythropitta rubrinucha |
| 171 | Banda Sea Pitta | Pitta vigorsii |
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| 172 | Seram Myzomela | Myzomela blasii |
| 173 | Wakolo Myzomela | Myzomela wakoloensis |
| 174 | Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris |
| 175 | Seram Honeyeater | Lichmera monticola |
| 176 | Seram Friarbird | Philemon subcorniculatus |
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| 177 | Rufous-sided Gerygone | Gerygone dorsalis |
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| 178 | Pied Cuckooshrike | Coracina bicolor |
| 179 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 180 | Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina atriceps |
| 181 | Pale Cicadabird | Edolisoma ceramense |
| 182 | South Moluccan Cicadabird | Edolisoma amboinense |
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| 183 | Moluccan Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha |
| 184 | Wallacean Whistler | Pachycephala arctitorquis |
| 185 | Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota |
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| 186 | Buru Oriole | Oriolus bouroensis |
| 187 | Seram Oriole | Oriolus forsteni |
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| 188 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus |
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| 189 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris |
| 190 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| 191 | Streak-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura dedemi |
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| 192 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
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| 193 | Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens |
| 194 | Moluccan Monarch | Symposiachrus bimaculatus |
| 195 | Moluccan Flycatcher | Myiagra galeata |
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| 196 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus |
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| 197 | Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca |
| 198 | Violet Crow | Corvus violaceus |
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| 199 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
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| 200 | Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
| 201 | Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
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| 202 | Gray's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes fasciolata |
| 203 | Seram Bush Warbler | Locustella musculus |
| 204 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis |
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| 205 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica |
| 206 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
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| 207 | Seram Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes affinis |
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| 208 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| 209 | Island Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus poliocephalus |
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| 210 | Mountain Tailorbird | Phyllergates cucullatus |
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| 211 | Gray-hooded Heleia | Heleia pinaiae |
| 212 | Rufescent White-eye | Tephrozosterops stalkeri |
| 213 | Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| 214 | Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris |
| 215 | Buru White-eye | Zosterops buruensis |
| 216 | Seram White-eye | Zosterops stalkeri |
| 217 | Ambon White-eye | Zosterops kuehni |
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| 218 | Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica |
| 219 | Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis |
| 220 | Long-crested Myna | Basilornis corythaix |
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| 221 | Seram Thrush | Geokichla joiceyi |
| 222 | Moluccan Island-Thrush | Turdus deningeri |
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| 223 | Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta |
| 224 | Turquoise Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis |
| 225 | Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra |
| 226 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni |
| 227 | Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula buruensis |
| 228 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius |
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| 229 | Buru Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrothorax |
| 230 | Ashy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum vulneratum |
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| 231 | Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia |
| 232 | Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus |
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| 233 | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca |
| 234 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |
| 235 | Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa |
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| 236 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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| 237 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 238 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 239 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis |
*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 | 7 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 3 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 18 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| 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.