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THAILAND

# Species:1036
# Excl Vagrants:948
# Endemics:3
# Near Endemics:8

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or 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.*

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1[Swan Goose]Anser cygnoides V
2/Falcated Duck/Mareca falcata NT
3White-winged DuckAsarcornis scutulataRREN
4/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
5/Ferruginous Duck/Aythya nyroca NT
6/Baer's Pochard/Aythya baeri CR
7/Steller's Eider/Polysticta stelleri V
8{Long-tailed Duck}Clangula hyemalis V
9{Scaly-sided Merganser}Mergus squamatus EN
10Ferruginous PartridgeCaloperdix oculeus NT
11Crested PartridgeRollulus rouloulRRV
12[Malayan Partridge]Arborophila campbelliNE 
13Chestnut-headed PartridgeArborophila cambodianaNE 
14Long-billed PartridgeRhizothera longirostris NT
15Hume's PheasantSyrmaticus humiae NT
16Malayan Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalmaRRCR
17Malay Crested FirebackLophura rufaNEV
18Great ArgusArgusianus argusRRV
19Green PeafowlPavo muticusLCEN
20Chestnut-necklaced PartridgeTropicoperdix charltonii V
21Malayan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron malacenseNEEN
22/Japanese Quail/Coturnix japonica NT
23Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelicaRR 
24/Speckled Wood-Pigeon/Columba hodgsoniiRR 
25Ashy Wood-PigeonColumba pulchricollisRR 
26/Pale-capped Pigeon/Columba punicea V
27Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobaricaRRNT
28Little Green-PigeonTreron olaxRR 
29Cinnamon-headed Green-PigeonTreron fulvicollisRRNT
30Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayrei NT
31Large Green-PigeonTreron capelleiRRV
32White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldiiLC 
33Jambu Fruit-DovePtilinopus jambuRRNT
34Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaLCNT
35Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolorRR 
36Coral-billed Ground-CuckooCarpococcyx renauldiRRV
37Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguisRRV
38Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi NT
39Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus NT
40Little Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx minutillusRR 
41Moustached Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx vagans NT
42Malaysian Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx fugaxRR 
43Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosusRR 
44Large FrogmouthBatrachostomus auritusRRNT
45Gould's FrogmouthBatrachostomus stellatusRRNT
46Hodgson's FrogmouthBatrachostomus hodgsoniRR 
47Malaysian Eared-NightjarLyncornis temminckiiRR 
48Silver-rumped NeedletailRhaphidura leucopygialisRR 
49Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximusRR 
50/Dark-rumped Swift/Apus acuticauda V
51Gray-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennisRR 
52Whiskered TreeswiftHemiprocne comataRR 
53White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereaRR 
54|Band-bellied Crake|Zapornia paykullii NT
55/Masked Finfoot/Heliopais personatusRRCR
56Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisRRNT
57Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisRRNT
58/Northern Lapwing/Vanellus vanellus NT
59River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiRRNT
60Malaysian PloverCharadrius peronii NT
61|Far Eastern Curlew|Numenius madagascariensis EN
62/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
63/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
64/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
65/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostrisLCEN
66/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
67{Sharp-tailed Sandpiper}Calidris acuminata V
68/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferrugineaRRNT
69/Spoon-billed Sandpiper/Calidris pygmaeaLCCR
70/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
71/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatus NT
72/Wood Snipe/Gallinago nemoricola V
73|Gray-tailed Tattler|Tringa brevipes NT
74/Nordmann's Greenshank/Tringa guttifer EN
75Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticusLC 
76/Crab-Plover/Dromas ardeolaRR 
77{Black-legged Kittiwake}Rissa tridactyla V
78Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaLC 
79{Black-bellied Tern}Sterna acuticauda EN
80River TernSterna aurantia V
81[Chinese Crested Tern]Thalasseus bernsteini CR
82[Indian Skimmer]Rynchops albicollis EN
83[Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel]Hydrobates monorhis NT
84{Streaked Shearwater}Calonectris leucomelas NT
85Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
86Storm's StorkCiconia stormiLCEN
87Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicusRRV
88Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusLCEN
89/Milky Stork/Mycteria cinereaLCEN
90Painted StorkMycteria leucocephalaLCNT
91#Christmas Island Frigatebird#Fregata andrewsi V
92#Oriental Darter#Anhinga melanogaster NT
93/Indian Cormorant/Phalacrocorax fuscicollisRR 
94/Spot-billed Pelican/Pelecanus philippensis NT
95/Chinese Egret/Egretta eulophotes V
96Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosaRR 
97/Black-headed Ibis/Threskiornis melanocephalus NT
98{Black-faced Spoonbill}Platalea minor EN
99Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniRR 
100Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvusRRCR
101/Cinereous Vulture/Aegypius monachus NT
102/White-rumped Vulture/Gyps bengalensisRRCR
103[Himalayan Griffon]Gyps himalayensis NT
104Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanusRRV
105Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis NT
106Blyth's Hawk-EagleNisaetus albonigerRR 
107Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
108/Greater Spotted Eagle/Clanga clanga V
109[Steppe Eagle]Aquila nipalensis EN
110/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliaca V
111[Pallid Harrier]Circus macrourus NT
112[Pallas's Fish-Eagle]Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN
113Lesser Fish-EagleHaliaeetus humilisLCNT
114Gray-headed Fish-EagleHaliaeetus ichthyaetus NT
115White-fronted Scops-OwlOtus sagittatusLCV
116Reddish Scops-OwlOtus rufescensRRNT
117Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatranusRR 
118Spotted Wood-OwlStrix seloputoRR 
119Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumbaRRNT
120Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardiiRRNT
121Cinnamon-rumped TrogonHarpactes orrhophaeusRRNT
122Scarlet-rumped TrogonHarpactes duvaucelii NT
123White-crowned HornbillBerenicornis comatusRREN
124Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinocerosRRV
125Great HornbillBuceros bicornis V
126Helmeted HornbillBuceros vigilRRCR
127Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeni NT
128Rusty-cheeked HornbillAnorrhinus tickelli NT
129Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritusRRNT
130Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanusRRV
131Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensis V
132Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatus V
133Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollisRRV
134Wrinkled HornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatusRREN
135/Blyth's Kingfisher/Alcedo herculesRRNT
136Malaysian Blue-banded KingfisherAlcedo peninsulaeRRNT
137Rufous-backed Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx rufidorsaRR 
138Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraRRNT
139/Black-capped Kingfisher/Halcyon pileata V
140Rufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretusRRNT
141Sooty BarbetCaloramphus hayii NT
142[Fire-tufted Barbet]Psilopogon pyrolophusNE 
143Red-crowned BarbetPsilopogon rafflesiiRRNT
144Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanos NT
145Yellow-crowned BarbetPsilopogon henriciiRRNT
146Gold-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogonRR 
147Black-browed BarbetPsilopogon oortiRR 
148Turquoise-throated BarbetPsilopogon chersonesusE 
149Malaysian HoneyguideIndicator archipelagicusRRNT
150Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensisRR 
151Crimson-breasted WoodpeckerDryobates cathphariusRR 
152Maroon WoodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosusRR 
153Orange-backed WoodpeckerReinwardtipicus validusRR 
154Buff-necked WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tukkiRRNT
155Buff-rumped WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis EN
156Pale-headed WoodpeckerGecinulus grantiaRR 
157Olive-backed WoodpeckerDinopium rafflesiiRR 
158Crimson-winged WoodpeckerPicus puniceusRR 
159Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusRR 
160Checker-throated WoodpeckerChrysophlegma mentalisRR 
161Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
162White-rumped FalconNeohierax insignis NT
163Blue-rumped ParrotPsittinus cyanurusRRNT
164Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria NT
165Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschii NT
166Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseata NT
167Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandri NT
168Blue-crowned Hanging-ParrotLoriculus galgulusRR 
169Green BroadbillCalyptomena viridis NT
170Banded BroadbillEurylaimus javanicus NT
171Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus NT
172Garnet PittaErythropitta granatina NT
173Blue-rumped PittaHydrornis sororLC 
174Giant PittaHydrornis caeruleusRRNT
175Malayan Banded-PittaHydrornis irenaRRNT
176Bar-bellied PittaHydrornis elliotiiRR 
177Gurney's PittaHydrornis gurneyiNECR
178Fairy PittaPitta nympha V
179Mangrove PittaPitta megarhyncha NT
180Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphureaRR 
181Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus NT
182Bar-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina striataRR 
183Pied TrillerLalage nigraRR 
184Lesser CuckooshrikeLalage fimbriataRR 
185Pied Shrike-BabblerPteruthius flaviscapisLC 
186Dark-throated OrioleOriolus xanthonotusRRNT
187Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisLC 
188/Slender-billed Oriole/Oriolus tenuirostrisRR 
189Maroon OrioleOriolus trailliiRR 
190/Silver Oriole/Oriolus mellianus EN
191Rufous-winged PhilentomaPhilentoma pyrhopteraRR 
192Maroon-breasted PhilentomaPhilentoma velataRRNT
193Green IoraAegithina viridissimaRRNT
194Spotted FantailRhipidura perlataRR 
195Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferLC 
196/Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher/Terpsiphone atrocaudata NT
197Crested ShrikejayPlatylophus galericulatus NT
198Indochinese Green-MagpieCissa hypoleucaRR 
199Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabundaLC 
200Ratchet-tailed TreepieTemnurus temnurusLC 
201Malaysian Rail-babblerEupetes macrocerusRRNT
202Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestusRR 
203Horsfield's BushlarkMirafra javanicaRR 
204Indochinese BushlarkMirafra erythrocephalaLC 
205Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaRR 
206Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusRR 
207Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilisLC 
208/Paddyfield Warbler/Acrocephalus agricolaRR 
209/Manchurian Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus tangorumLCV
210Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreusRR 
211/Brown Bush Warbler/Locustella luteoventrisRR 
212/Chinese Bush Warbler/Locustella tacsanowskiaRR 
213/Baikal Bush Warbler/Locustella davidiLC 
214Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustrisLC 
215White-eyed River MartinPseudochelidon sirintaraeECR
216Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisLC 
217Dusky Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne concolorLC 
218Nepal House-MartinDelichon nipalenseLC 
219<Black-and-white Bulbul>Brachypodius melanoleucosRRNT
220Puff-backed BulbulBrachypodius eutilotusRRNT
221Straw-headed BulbulPycnonotus zeylanicusRRCR
222Scaly-breasted BulbulPycnonotus squamatusRRNT
223Gray-bellied BulbulPycnonotus cyaniventrisRRNT
224Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhousLC 
225Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneusRR 
226Spectacled BulbulPycnonotus erythropthalmosRR 
227Finsch's BulbulAlophoixus finschiiRRNT
228Yellow-bellied BulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalusRR 
229Gray-cheeked BulbulAlophoixus tephrogenysRRV
230White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusRR 
231Buff-vented BulbulIole olivaceaRR 
232Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalusLC 
233Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandiiLC 
234Streaked BulbulIxos malaccensisRRNT
235Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennisRR 
236/Lemon-rumped Warbler/Phylloscopus chloronotusRR 
237/Bianchi's Warbler/Phylloscopus valentiniRR 
238/Alstrom's Warbler/Phylloscopus sororLC 
239/Yellow-vented Warbler/Phylloscopus cantatorRR 
240Blyth's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus reguloidesLC 
241Mountain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus trivirgatusRR 
242Rufous-faced WarblerAbroscopus albogularisLC 
243/Manchurian Bush Warbler/Horornis canturiansRR 
244Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnusLC 
245Spot-breasted ParrotbillParadoxornis guttaticollisRR 
246Short-tailed ParrotbillNeosuthora davidianaRR 
247Gray-breasted Parrotbill**Suthora poliotisRR 
248Pale-billed ParrotbillChleuasicus atrosuperciliarisRR 
249Indochinese YuhinaStaphida torqueolaRR 
250Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisLC 
251Burmese YuhinaYuhina humilisNE 
252Fluffy-backed Tit-BabblerMacronus ptilosusLCNT
253Chestnut-winged BabblerCyanoderma erythropterumRR 
254Gray-bellied Wren-BabblerSpelaeornis reptatusLC 
255Black LaughingthrushMelanocichla lugubrisRR 
256Sunda Scimitar-BabblerPomatorhinus bornensisRR 
257Black-throated BabblerStachyris nigricollisRRNT
258Chestnut-rumped BabblerStachyris maculataLCNT
259Gray-headed BabblerStachyris poliocephalaRR 
260White-necked BabblerStachyris leucotisRRNT
261Chinese GrassbirdGraminicola striatus NT
262Large Wren-BabblerTurdinus macrodactylusLCNT
263Moustached BabblerMalacopteron magnirostreRR 
264Sooty-capped BabblerMalacopteron affineLCNT
265Scaly-crowned BabblerMalacopteron cinereumRR 
266Rufous-crowned BabblerMalacopteron magnumRRNT
267Rufous-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularisRR 
268Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubiusRR 
269Short-tailed BabblerPellorneum malaccenseRRNT
270White-chested BabblerPellorneum rostratumRRNT
271Ferruginous BabblerPellorneum bicolorRR 
272Striped Wren-BabblerKenopia striataLCNT
273Horsfield's BabblerMalacocincla sepiariaRR 
274Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudataLC 
275Rufous Limestone BabblerGypsophila calcicolaEV
276Variable Limestone BabblerGypsophila crispifronsNE 
277Black-browed FulvettaAlcippe groteiRR 
278Brown FulvettaAlcippe brunneicaudaRRNT
279Mountain FulvettaAlcippe peracensisRR 
280Malayan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron peninsulaeRR 
281Scarlet-faced LiocichlaLiocichla ripponiRR 
282Chestnut-capped LaughingthrushPterorhinus mitrataRRNT
283White-browed LaughingthrushPterorhinus sannioRR 
284Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventrisRR 
285Burmese NuthatchSitta neglectaLC 
286Blue NuthatchSitta azureaRR 
287Giant NuthatchSitta magna EN
288Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosaRRV
289Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensisRR 
290Spotted ElachuraElachura formosaRR 
291Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerata EN
292Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus V
293Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpresRREN
294/Black-throated Thrush/Turdus atrogularisRR 
295/Japanese Thrush/Turdus cardisRR 
296/Gray-sided Thrush/Turdus feae V
297Purple CochoaCochoa purpureaLC 
298Rufous-tailed ShamaCopsychus pyrropygusRRNT
299Rufous-browed FlycatcherAnthipes solitarisRR 
300White-tailed FlycatcherCyornis concretusRR 
301Pale Blue FlycatcherCyornis unicolorLC 
302/Large Blue Flycatcher/Cyornis magnirostris NT
303Malaysian Blue FlycatcherCyornis turcosusRRNT
304Mangrove Blue FlycatcherCyornis rufigastraLC 
305|Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher|Cyornis brunneatus V
306Gray-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis umbratilisRRNT
307Fulvous-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis olivaceusRR 
308Zappay's FlycatcherCyanoptila cumatilis NT
309/Rufous-tailed Robin/Larvivora sibilansRR 
310/White-bellied Redstart/Luscinia phaenicuroidesRR 
311Chestnut-naped ForktailEnicurus ruficapillusRRNT
312[Firethroat]Calliope pectardens NT
313[Blackthroat]Calliope obscura V
314Blue-fronted RobinCinclidium frontaleRR 
315White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucurumRR 
316|Green-backed Flycatcher|Ficedula elisaeRR 
317/Mugimaki Flycatcher/Ficedula mugimakiLC 
318/Slaty-blue Flycatcher/Ficedula tricolorRR 
319/Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher/Ficedula strophiataRR 
320/Ultramarine Flycatcher/Ficedula superciliarisRR 
321Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoriaRR 
322/Blue-fronted Redstart/Phoenicurus frontalisRR 
323/White-capped Redstart/Phoenicurus leucocephalusRR 
324Jerdon's BushchatSaxicola jerdoniRR 
325Crimson-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus percussusRR 
326Scarlet-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus thoracicusRRNT
327Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectusLC 
328Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplexRR 
329Red-throated SunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemusRRNT
330Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaRR 
331Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostethaRR 
332/Mrs. Gould's Sunbird/Aethopyga gouldiaeRR 
333Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisRR 
334Temminck's SunbirdAethopyga temminckiiRR 
335Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostrisLC 
336Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robustaRR 
337Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenysRR 
338Greater Green LeafbirdChloropsis sonnerati EN
339Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon NT
340Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis cochinchinensis EN
341Streaked WeaverPloceus manyarLC 
342Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus NT
343Java SparrowPadda oryzivoraLCEN
344White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastraRR 
345Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaLC 
346White-headed MuniaLonchura majaRR 
347Mekong WagtailMotacilla samveasnaeRRNT
348/Rosy Pipit/Anthus roseatusRR 
349/Dark-breasted Rosefinch/Procarduelis nipalensisRR 
350/Tristram's Bunting/Emberiza tristramiRR 
351/Little Bunting/Emberiza pusillaRR 
352/Yellow-breasted Bunting/Emberiza aureola CR
353/Crested Bunting/Emberiza lathamiLC 
354/Black-faced Bunting/Emberiza spodocephalaRR 

 

 *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 COUNTRIES
IN ASIA

BIRDING LOCALES

§ 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

PRESENCE CODES

CodeDescription##
//Boreal Visitor67
\\Austral Visitor0
||Transient5
##Non-breeding Dispersal2
<>Erratic/Irregular1
()Breeding Season Only0
{}Casual/Vagrant7
[]Accidental12

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic3
LCLocal53
NENear Endemic8
RRRestricted Range192

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened57
VVulnerable16
ENEndangered11
CRCritically Endangered9

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.