PALAWAN ISLAND
PHILIPPINES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 266 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 266 |
| # Endemics: | 38 |
| # Near Endemics: | 3 |
| Habitat: Lowland forest, secondary forest, mangroves, beach | |
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 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 3 | Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | |
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| 4 | Tabon Scrubfowl | Megapodius cumingii | |
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| 5 | Palawan Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | |
| 6 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
| 7 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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| 8 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 9 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| 10 | Island Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| 11 | Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | |
| 12 | Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| 13 | Philippine Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | |
| 14 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 15 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| 16 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| 17 | Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| 18 | Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | |
| 19 | Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | |
| 20 | Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
| 21 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| 22 | Gray Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pickeringii | |
| 23 | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
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| 24 | /Himalayan Cuckoo/ | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 25 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 26 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 27 | Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| 28 | /Chestnut-winged Cuckoo/ | Clamator coromandus | |
| 29 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 30 | Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 31 | Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| 32 | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| 33 | /Large Hawk-Cuckoo/ | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
| 34 | Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | |
| 35 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| 36 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| 37 | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
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| 38 | Palawan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus chaseni | |
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| 39 | /Gray Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| 40 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 41 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| 42 | Ridgetop Swiftlet | Collocalia isonota | |
| 43 | Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | |
| 44 | Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | |
| 45 | Ameline Swiftlet** | Aerodramus amelis | |
| 46 | Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| 47 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| 48 | Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| 49 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| 50 | Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 51 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striatus | |
| 52 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 53 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 54 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 55 | White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| 56 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| 57 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| 58 | /Baillon's Crake/ | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| 59 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| 60 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 61 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 62 | /Lesser Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 63 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| 64 | Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
| 65 | /Kentish Plover/ | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 66 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
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| 67 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 68 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 69 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | |
| 70 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | |
| 71 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 72 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 73 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | |
| 74 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata | |
| 75 | /Long-toed Stint/ | Calidris subminuta | |
| 76 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | |
| 77 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 78 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 79 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala | |
| 80 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 81 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 82 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 83 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
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| 84 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| 85 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 86 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 87 | #Pomarine Jaeger# | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 88 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 89 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 90 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 91 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 92 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 93 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 94 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| 95 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| 96 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 97 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| 98 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| 99 | Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis | |
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| 100 | Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| 101 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| 102 | #Wedge-tailed Shearwater# | Ardenna pacificus | |
| 103 | Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
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| 104 | #Lesser Frigatebird# | Fregata ariel | |
| 105 | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | |
| 106 | #Great Frigatebird# | Fregata minor | |
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| 107 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| 108 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| 109 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 110 | /Schrenck's Bittern/ | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| 111 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 112 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 113 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| 114 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 115 | /Intermediate Egret/ | Ardea intermedia | |
| 116 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes | |
| 117 | /Little Egret/ | Egretta garzetta | |
| 118 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| 119 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 120 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
| 121 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 122 | Rufous Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| 123 | /Japanese Night-Heron/ | Gorsachius goisagi | |
| 124 | Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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| 125 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 126 | Philippine Honey-buzzard | Pernis steerei | |
| 127 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 128 | Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| 129 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 130 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus limnaeetus | |
| 131 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 132 | /Eastern Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus spilonotus | |
| 133 | Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| 134 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 135 | /Chinese Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter soloensis | |
| 136 | /Japanese Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter gularis | |
| 137 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 138 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| 139 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus | |
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| 140 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
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| 141 | Palawan Scops-Owl | Otus fuliginosus | |
| 142 | Spotted Wood-Owl | Strix seloputo | |
| 143 | /Brown Boobook/ | Ninox scutulata | |
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| 144 | Palawan Hornbill | Anthracoceros marchei | |
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| 145 | /Common Kingfisher/ | Alcedo atthis | |
| 146 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| 147 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| 148 | Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | |
| 149 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 150 | Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| 151 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 152 | Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| 153 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| 154 | Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| 155 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| 156 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 157 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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| 158 | Spot-throated Flameback | Dinopium everetti | |
| 159 | Red-headed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | |
| 160 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | |
| 161 | White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
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| 162 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| 163 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 164 | Philippine Cockatoo | Cacatua haematuropygia | |
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| 165 | Blue-headed Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platenae | |
| 166 | Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | |
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| 167 | Blue-breasted Pitta | Erythropitta erythrogaster | |
| 168 | Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | |
| 169 | Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| 170 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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| 171 | Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | |
| 172 | /Ashy Minivet/ | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
| 173 | Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina striata | |
| 174 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
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| 175 | Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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| 176 | Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | |
| 177 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| 178 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| 179 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| 180 | Philippine Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis | |
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| 181 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 182 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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| 183 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 184 | Blue Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cyanescens | |
| 185 | Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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| 186 | Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
| 187 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 188 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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| 189 | Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
| 190 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 191 | Citrine Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | |
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| 192 | Palawan Tit | Periparus amabilis | |
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| 193 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | |
| 194 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 195 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| 196 | /Oriental Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| 197 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | |
| 198 | /Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler/ | Locustella fasciolata | |
| 199 | /Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler/ | Locustella ochotensis | |
| 200 | /Lanceolated Warbler/ | Locustella lanceolata | |
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| 201 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 202 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 203 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| 204 | Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
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| 205 | Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius atriceps | |
| 206 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| 207 | Ashy-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus cinereifrons | |
| 208 | Gray-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus frater | |
| 209 | Sulphur-bellied Bulbul | Iole palawanensis | |
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| 210 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| 211 | Yellow-breasted Warbler | Phylloscopus montis | |
| 212 | Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
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| 213 | Mountain Tailorbird | Phyllergates cucullatus | |
| 214 | Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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| 215 | Palawan Striped-Babbler | Zosterornis hypogrammicus | |
| 216 | Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| 217 | Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
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| 218 | Palawan Babbler | Malacopteron palawanense | |
| 219 | Ashy-headed Babbler | Pellorneum cinereiceps | |
| 220 | Falcated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla falcata | |
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| 221 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| 222 | Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| 223 | Coleto | Sarcops calvus | |
| 224 | Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| 225 | /Chestnut-cheeked Starling/ | Agropsar philippensis | |
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| 226 | /Eurasian Blackbird/ | Turdus merula | |
| 227 | /Eyebrowed Thrush/ | Turdus obscurus | |
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| 228 | /Gray-streaked Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| 229 | /Ferruginous Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| 230 | /Asian Brown Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 231 | White-vented Shama | Copsychus niger | |
| 232 | Palawan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis lemprieri | |
| 233 | Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| 234 | /Blue-and-white Flycatcher/ | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| 235 | White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
| 236 | /Siberian Rubythroat/ | Calliope calliope | |
| 237 | Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
| 238 | /Narcissus Flycatcher/ | Ficedula narcissina | |
| 239 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| 240 | Palawan Flycatcher | Ficedula platenae | |
| 241 | Bundok Flycatcher | Ficedula luzoniensis | |
| 242 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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| 243 | Palawan Flowerpecker | Prionochilus plateni | |
| 244 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 245 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| 246 | Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | |
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| 247 | Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | |
| 248 | Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
| 249 | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| 250 | Lovely Sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | |
| 251 | Pale Spiderhunter | Arachnothera dilutior | |
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| 252 | Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
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| 253 | Yellow-throated Leafbird | Chloropsis palawanensis | |
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| 254 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 255 | White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | |
| 256 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
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| 257 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 258 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 259 | /Eastern Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 260 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 261 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 262 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| 263 | /Pechora Pipit/ | Anthus gustavi | |
| 264 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
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| 265 | Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
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| 266 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through September 2014 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
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |