SUMBA ISLAND
INDONESIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 250 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 250 |
| # Endemics: | 34 |
| # Near Endemics: | 3 |
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 | |
| 2 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 3 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| 4 | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
| 5 | Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| 6 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| 7 | Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | |
| 8 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora | |
| 9 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| 10 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 11 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| 12 | Sunda Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| 13 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 14 | Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| 15 | Little Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| 16 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 17 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| 18 | Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | |
| 19 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| 20 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| 21 | Sumba Green-Pigeon | Treron teysmannii | |
| 22 | Flores Green-Pigeon | Treron floris | |
| 23 | Black-backed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | |
| 24 | Red-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus dohertyi | |
| 25 | Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
| 26 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
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| 27 | Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 28 | Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus | |
| 29 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 30 | \Pacific Koel\ | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| 31 | Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 32 | \Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo\ | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| 33 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| 34 | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
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| 35 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| 36 | Mees's Nightjar | Caprimulgus meesi | |
| 37 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| 38 | Tenggara Swiftlet | Collocalia aumbawae | |
| 39 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| 40 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| 41 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| 42 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 43 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| 44 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 45 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| 46 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 47 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 48 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 49 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| 50 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
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| 51 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| 52 | /Black-winged Stilt/ | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 53 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
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| 54 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 55 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 56 | Black-fronted Dotterel | Charadrius melanops | |
| 57 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 58 | Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | |
| 59 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | |
| 60 | Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| 61 | Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus | |
| 62 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii | |
| 63 | Javan Plover | Anarhynchus javanicus | |
| 64 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| 65 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 66 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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| 67 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 68 | Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| 69 | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| 70 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| 71 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| 72 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala | |
| 73 | Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| 74 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 75 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 76 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| 77 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 78 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 79 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 80 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| 81 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| 82 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| 83 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| 84 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 85 | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| 86 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| 87 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 88 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| 89 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| 90 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| 91 | Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
| 92 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
| 93 | Sumba Buttonquail | Turnix everetti | |
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| 94 | Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
| 95 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 96 | Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| 97 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 98 | White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| 99 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 100 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 101 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 102 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 103 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 104 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 105 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 106 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| 107 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| 108 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| 109 | White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| 110 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| 111 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| 112 | White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| 113 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| 114 | #Wedge-tailed Shearwater# | Ardenna pacificus | |
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| 115 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 116 | Milky Stork | Mycteria cinerea | |
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| 117 | Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
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| 118 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 119 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| 120 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 121 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| 122 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| 123 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| 124 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 125 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 126 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 127 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| 128 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 129 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
| 130 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| 131 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 132 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
| 133 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 134 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 135 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 136 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 137 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 138 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
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| 139 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 140 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
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| 141 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 142 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 143 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 144 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| 145 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| 146 | Flores Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus floris | |
| 147 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 148 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 149 | Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| 150 | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| 151 | Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| 152 | Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| 153 | Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| 154 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 155 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 156 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| 157 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| 158 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 159 | Wallace's Scops-Owl | Otus silvicola | |
| 160 | Sumba Boobook | Ninox rudolfi | |
| 161 | Least Boobook | Ninox sumbaensis | |
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| 162 | Sumba Hornbill | Rhyticeros everetti | |
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| 163 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 164 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| 165 | Small Blue Kingfisher | Alcedo coerulescens | |
| 166 | Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | |
| 167 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 168 | Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| 169 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| 170 | Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia | |
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| 171 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| 172 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| 173 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 174 | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | |
| 175 | Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| 176 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| 177 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 178 | Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua citrinocristata | |
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| 179 | Sumba Eclectus | Eclectus cornelia | |
| 180 | Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
| 181 | Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
| 182 | Marigold Lorikeet | Trichoglossus capistratus | |
| 183 | Sunset Lorikeet | Trichoglossus forsteri | |
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| 184 | Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans | |
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| 185 | Sumba Myzomela | Myzomela dammermani | |
| 186 | Sunda Honeyeater | Lichmera lombokia | |
| 187 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| 188 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
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| 189 | Flores Minivet | Pericrocotus lansbergei | |
| 190 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| 191 | Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | |
| 192 | White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | |
| 193 | Pale-shouldered Cicadabird | Edolisoma dohertyi | |
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| 194 | Rusty-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala fulvotincta | |
| 195 | Yellow-throated Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | |
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| 196 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| 197 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| 198 | Supertramp Fantail | Rhipidura semicollaris | |
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| 199 | Wallacean Drongo | Dicrurus densus | |
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| 200 | Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
| 201 | Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| 202 | Broad-billed Flycatcher | Myiagra ruficollis | |
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| 203 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| 204 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 205 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 206 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| 207 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
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| 208 | Olive-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sepium | |
| 209 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 210 | Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| 211 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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| 212 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 213 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 214 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| 215 | \Fairy Martin\ | Petrochelidon ariel | |
| 216 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| 217 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
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| 218 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| 219 | Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
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| 220 | Russet-capped Tesia | Tesia everetti | |
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| 221 | Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei | |
| 222 | Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | |
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| 223 | Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | |
| 224 | Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | |
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| 225 | Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi | |
| 226 | Sunda Thrush | Zoothera andromedae | |
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| 227 | Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| 228 | Sumba Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa segregata | |
| 229 | Sumba Jungle Flycatcher | Eumyias stresmanni | |
| 230 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| 231 | Sumba Flycatcher | Ficedula harterti | |
| 232 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
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| 233 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 234 | Blood-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum sanguinolentum | |
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| 235 | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| 236 | Apricot-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris buettikoferi | |
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| 237 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| 238 | Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
| 239 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | |
| 240 | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | |
| 241 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 242 | Five-colored Munia | Lonchura quinticolor | |
| 243 | Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | |
| 244 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 245 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 246 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 247 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 248 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 249 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 250 | 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 | 4 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 3 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 3 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 19 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 6 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.