OTHER COUNTRIES
IN ASIA

• Bhutan
• Borneo^§
• Cambodia
• China^§§
• India
• Indonesia^§§§
• Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia^§§§§
• Mongolia
• Philippines
• Saudi Arabia
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

BIRDING LOCALES

• Chiang Saen Area, Mekong River (CS)
• Hala-Bala WS - Bala Section (HBB)
• Hala-Bala WS - Hala Section (HBH)
• Khao Sok National Park (KSNP)
• Mae Wong National Park (MW)
• Nam Nao National Park (NN)
• Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park (PHRK)
• Phu Suan Sai National Park (PSS)
• Ratchaburi & Huay Mai Teng Reservoir (RB)
• Similan Islands Marine Park (SI)
• Thai Muang (TM)
• Yaring Mangroves (YM)

§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
LC	Local	6
NE	Near Endemic	3
RR	Restricted Range	25

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	10
V	Vulnerable	2
EN	Endangered	2
CR	Critically Endangered	3

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.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	/Steller's Eider/	Polysticta stelleri		V
2	Chestnut-headed Partridge	Arborophila cambodiana	NE
3	Malayan Crestless Fireback	Lophura erythrophthalma	RR	CR
4	Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon	Treron fulvicollis	RR	NT
5	Short-toed Coucal	Centropus rectunguis	RR	V
6	Large Frogmouth	Batrachostomus auritus	RR	NT
7	Greater Adjutant	Leptoptilos dubius	LC	EN
8	/Cinereous Vulture/	Aegypius monachus		NT
9	/White-rumped Vulture/	Gyps bengalensis	RR	CR
10	Reddish Scops-Owl	Otus rufescens	RR	NT
11	/Blyth's Kingfisher/	Alcedo hercules	RR	NT
12	Black-browed Barbet	Psilopogon oorti	RR
13	Turquoise-throated Barbet	Psilopogon chersonesus	E
14	Yellow-crowned Woodpecker	Leiopicus mahrattensis	RR
15	Pale-headed Woodpecker	Gecinulus grantia	RR
16	Garnet Pitta	Erythropitta granatina		NT
17	Blue-rumped Pitta	Hydrornis soror	LC
18	Bar-bellied Pitta	Hydrornis elliotii	RR
19	Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike	Coracina striata	RR
20	Spotted Fantail	Rhipidura perlata	RR
21	/Paddyfield Warbler/	Acrocephalus agricola	RR
22	Clamorous Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus stentoreus	RR
23	Nepal House-Martin	Delichon nipalense	LC
24	Straw-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus zeylanicus	RR	CR
25	/Lemon-rumped Warbler/	Phylloscopus chloronotus	RR
26	Mountain Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus trivirgatus	RR
27	Burmese Yuhina	Yuhina humilis	NE
28	Gray-bellied Wren-Babbler	Spelaeornis reptatus	LC
29	Black Laughingthrush	Melanocichla lugubris	RR
30	Chinese Grassbird	Graminicola striatus		NT
31	Sooty-capped Babbler	Malacopteron affine	LC	NT
32	Horsfield's Babbler	Malacocincla sepiaria	RR
33	Mountain Fulvetta	Alcippe peracensis	RR
34	Malayan Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron peninsulae	RR
35	Blue Nuthatch	Sitta azurea	RR
36	Temminck's Sunbird	Aethopyga temminckii	RR
37	Java Sparrow	Padda oryzivora	LC	EN
38	Mekong Wagtail	Motacilla samveasnae	RR	NT

 

 *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.