HALA-BALA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
THAILAND
LOCALE
Area (ha): | 25,400 |
Altitude (m): | 100-1538 |
# Species*: | 271 |
# Excl Vagrants*: | 271 |
# Endemics*: | 0 |
# Near Endemics*: | 2 |
Species/100 ha*: | 1.1 |
*Based on partial or incomplete data. |
Habitat: Lowland rainforest, evergreen forest |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

1 | Crested Partridge | Rollulus rouloul | RR | V |
2 | Malayan Partridge | Arborophila campbelli | NE | |
3 | Long-billed Partridge | Rhizothera longirostris | | NT |
4 | Great Argus | Argusianus argus | RR | V |
5 | Little Green-Pigeon | Treron olax | RR | |
6 | Large Green-Pigeon | Treron capellei | RR | V |
7 | Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | RR | V |
8 | Black-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus diardi | | NT |
9 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | RR | |
10 | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | RR | |
11 | Gould's Frogmouth | Batrachostomus stellatus | RR | NT |
12 | Malaysian Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii | RR | |
13 | Silver-rumped Needletail | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | RR | |
14 | Gray-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | RR | |
15 | Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | RR | |
16 | /Masked Finfoot/ | Heliopais personatus | RR | CR |
17 | Wallace's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nanus | RR | V |
18 | Blyth's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger | RR | |
19 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | | NT |
20 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus humilis | LC | NT |
21 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus | | NT |
22 | White-fronted Scops-Owl | Otus sagittatus | LC | V |
23 | Reddish Scops-Owl | Otus rufescens | RR | NT |
24 | Barred Eagle-Owl | Ketupa sumatranus | RR | |
25 | Red-naped Trogon | Harpactes kasumba | RR | NT |
26 | Diard's Trogon | Harpactes diardii | RR | NT |
27 | Cinnamon-rumped Trogon | Harpactes orrhophaeus | RR | NT |
28 | Scarlet-rumped Trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | | NT |
29 | White-crowned Hornbill | Berenicornis comatus | RR | EN |
30 | Rhinoceros Hornbill | Buceros rhinoceros | RR | V |
31 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | | V |
32 | Helmeted Hornbill | Buceros vigil | RR | CR |
33 | Bushy-crested Hornbill | Anorrhinus galeritus | RR | NT |
34 | Black Hornbill | Anthracoceros malayanus | RR | V |
35 | Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | | V |
36 | Plain-pouched Hornbill | Rhyticeros subruficollis | RR | V |
37 | Wrinkled Hornbill | Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus | RR | EN |
38 | Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo peninsulae | RR | NT |
39 | Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | RR | |
40 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata | | V |
41 | Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | RR | NT |
42 | Sooty Barbet | Caloramphus hayii | | NT |
43 | Fire-tufted Barbet | Psilopogon pyrolophus | NE | |
44 | Red-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon rafflesii | RR | NT |
45 | Red-throated Barbet | Psilopogon mystacophanos | | NT |
46 | Yellow-crowned Barbet | Psilopogon henricii | RR | NT |
47 | Gold-whiskered Barbet | Psilopogon chrysopogon | RR | |
48 | Black-browed Barbet | Psilopogon oorti | RR | |
49 | Malaysian Honeyguide | Indicator archipelagicus | RR | NT |
50 | Maroon Woodpecker | Blythipicus rubiginosus | RR | |
51 | Orange-backed Woodpecker | Reinwardtipicus validus | RR | |
52 | Buff-necked Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki | RR | NT |
53 | Buff-rumped Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tristis | | EN |
54 | Olive-backed Woodpecker | Dinopium rafflesii | RR | |
55 | Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | RR | |
56 | Checker-throated Woodpecker | Chrysophlegma mentalis | RR | |
57 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | RR | |
58 | Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | | NT |
59 | Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | | NT |
60 | Black-and-yellow Broadbill | Eurylaimus ochromalus | | NT |
61 | Garnet Pitta | Erythropitta granatina | | NT |
62 | Giant Pitta | Hydrornis caeruleus | RR | NT |
63 | Malayan Banded-Pitta | Hydrornis irena | RR | NT |
64 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | RR | |
65 | Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | | NT |
66 | Lesser Cuckooshrike | Lalage fimbriata | RR | |
67 | Pied Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | LC | |
68 | Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | RR | NT |
69 | Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhoptera | RR | |
70 | Maroon-breasted Philentoma | Philentoma velata | RR | NT |
71 | Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | RR | NT |
72 | Spotted Fantail | Rhipidura perlata | RR | |
73 | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | LC | |
74 | /Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher/ | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | | NT |
75 | Crested Shrikejay | Platylophus galericulatus | | NT |
76 | Malaysian Rail-babbler | Eupetes macrocerus | RR | NT |
77 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | RR | |
78 | Puff-backed Bulbul | Brachypodius eutilotus | RR | NT |
79 | Scaly-breasted Bulbul | Pycnonotus squamatus | RR | NT |
80 | Gray-bellied Bulbul | Pycnonotus cyaniventris | RR | NT |
81 | Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | RR | |
82 | Spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus erythropthalmos | RR | |
83 | Finsch's Bulbul | Alophoixus finschii | RR | NT |
84 | Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus | RR | |
85 | Gray-cheeked Bulbul | Alophoixus tephrogenys | RR | V |
86 | Buff-vented Bulbul | Iole olivacea | RR | |
87 | Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | LC | |
88 | Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis | RR | NT |
89 | Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler | Macronus ptilosus | LC | NT |
90 | Chestnut-winged Babbler | Cyanoderma erythropterum | RR | |
91 | Black Laughingthrush | Melanocichla lugubris | RR | |
92 | Sunda Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus bornensis | RR | |
93 | Black-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | RR | NT |
94 | Chestnut-rumped Babbler | Stachyris maculata | LC | NT |
95 | Gray-headed Babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | RR | |
96 | Large Wren-Babbler | Turdinus macrodactylus | LC | NT |
97 | Moustached Babbler | Malacopteron magnirostre | RR | |
98 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | RR | |
99 | Rufous-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron magnum | RR | NT |
100 | Short-tailed Babbler | Pellorneum malaccense | RR | NT |
101 | White-chested Babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | RR | NT |
102 | Ferruginous Babbler | Pellorneum bicolor | RR | |
103 | Striped Wren-Babbler | Kenopia striata | LC | NT |
104 | Horsfield's Babbler | Malacocincla sepiaria | RR | |
105 | Brown Fulvetta | Alcippe brunneicauda | RR | NT |
106 | Mountain Fulvetta | Alcippe peracensis | RR | |
107 | Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus mitrata | RR | NT |
108 | Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | | V |
109 | Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres | RR | EN |
110 | Rufous-tailed Shama | Copsychus pyrropygus | RR | NT |
111 | Rufous-browed Flycatcher | Anthipes solitaris | RR | |
112 | White-tailed Flycatcher | Cyornis concretus | RR | |
113 | Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | LC | |
114 | Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis turcosus | RR | NT |
115 | |Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher| | Cyornis brunneatus | | V |
116 | Gray-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis umbratilis | RR | NT |
117 | Chestnut-naped Forktail | Enicurus ruficapillus | RR | NT |
118 | /Mugimaki Flycatcher/ | Ficedula mugimaki | LC | |
119 | Rufous-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula dumetoria | RR | |
120 | Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus percussus | RR | |
121 | Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus thoracicus | RR | NT |
122 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | LC | |
123 | Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | RR | |
124 | Red-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | RR | NT |
125 | Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | RR | |
126 | Temminck's Sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | RR | |
127 | Thick-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | LC | |
128 | Long-billed Spiderhunter | Arachnothera robusta | RR | |
129 | Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | RR | |
130 | Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati | | EN |
131 | Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | | NT |
132 | Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis | | EN |
*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 | 67 |
\\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
|| | Transient | 5 |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
<> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
() | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
{} | Casual/Vagrant | 7 |
[] | Accidental | 12 |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 3 |
LC | Local | 53 |
NE | Near Endemic | 8 |
RR | Restricted Range | 192 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 55 |
V | Vulnerable | 15 |
EN | Endangered | 6 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |