WORLDTWITCH -- Malaysia & Southern Thailand - List of Birds Observed

Taxonomy & nomenclature follows Clements (2000)
X = seen, h = heard only
GK = Mount Kinabalu
DV = Danum Valley
UT = Uncle Tan’s Jungle Camp, the Kinabatangan River and Sepilok
PHS = Poring Hot Springs
KK = Kota Kinabalu and Pulau Manukan
TN = Taman Nagara
FH = Fraser’s Hill
KS = Kuala Selangor
KNC = Khao Nor Chuchi
K = Krabi

		Borneo					Malay			Thai
		GK	DV	UT	PHS	KK	TN	FH	KS	KNC	K
Oriental Darter	Anhinga melanogaster			X
Lesser Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna javanica										X
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta			X		X			X		X
Chinese Egret	Egretta eulophotes					X
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia					X
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea					X			X
Great Egret	Ardea alba					X			X
Great-billed Heron	Ardea sumatrana		X			X
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea					X
Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus					X	X		X	X	X
Striated Heron	Butorides striatus		X				X		X		X
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax								X
Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis					X
Cinnamon Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus					X
Storm's Stork	Ciconia stormi			X
Lesser Adjutant	Leptoptilos javanicus								X
Jerdon's Baza	Aviceda jerdoni			X
Bat Hawk	Macheiramphus alcinus		X
Black/ Black-eared Kite	Milvus migrans/ lineatus								X
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus			X		X			X		X
White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster		X	X		X					X
Lesser Fish-Eagle	Ichthyophaga humilis						X
Crested Serpent-Eagle	Spilornis cheela		X		X		X	X	X	X
Mountain Serpent-Eagle	Spilornis kinabaluensis	X			X
Crested Goshawk	Accipiter trivirgatus						X			X
Japanese Sparrowhawk	Accipiter gularis						X			X
Besra	Accipiter virgatus		X
Black Eagle	Ictinaetus malayensis							X
Rufous-bellied Eagle	Hieraaetus kienerii						X
Changeable Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus cirrhatus						X
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus alboniger		X				X
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus nanus						X
Black-thighed Falconet	Microhierax fringillarius						X	X
White-fronted Falconet	Microhierax latifrons		X
Tabon Scrubfowl	Megapodius cumingii					X
Long-billed Partridge	Rhizothera longirostris						X	h
Red-breasted Partridge	Arborophila hyperythra	X
Grey-breasted/ Malayan Partridge	A. orientalis/ cambelli							X
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge	Arborophila charltonii		X
Crimson-headed Partridge	Haematortyx sanguiniceps	X
Crested Partridge	Rollulus rouloul		X							h
Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus								h
Crested Fireback	Lophura ignita						X
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant	Polyplectron malacense						X
Great Argus	Argusianus argus		X				X
Slaty-breasted Rail	Gallirallus striatus								X		X
White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus			X		X			X		X
White-browed Crake	Porzana cinerea					X
Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea								X
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus					X
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra										X
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica										X
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus					X					X
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata										X
Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer										X
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glariola					X
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus										X
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos		X	X		X	X		X		X
Grey-tailed Tattler	Heteroscelus brevipes					X
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris										X
Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva			X
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola										X
Mongolian Plover	Charadrius mongolus										X
Greater Sandplover	Charadrius leschenaultii					X					X
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybridus					X
Great Crested-Tern	Sterna bergii					X
Lesser Crested-Tern	Sterna bengalensis										X
Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana										X
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo										X
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons										X
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis			X		X
Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia emiliana				X
Little Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia ruficeps	X					X	X	X
Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	X	X	X		X	X	X		X
Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata								X		X
Little Green-Pigeon	Treron olax						X
Pink-necked Pigeon	Treron vernans						X		X
Thick-billed Pigeon	Treron curvirostra		X				X	X		X
Large Green-Pigeon	Treron capellei		X				X
Green Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula aenea		X	X	X	X	X
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula badia	X						X
Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot	Loriculus galgulus		X	X	X		X	X
Large Hawk-Cuckoo	Cuculus sparverioides			h				h		h
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo	Cuculus vagans		h				h
Indian Cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus		h				X			h
Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus lepidus		h
Banded Bay Cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii		h				h			X
Plaintive Cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus		X				h	h		h
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis						h	X
Little Bronze-Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx minutillus						h
Violet Cuckoo	C. xanthorhynchus			X
Drongo Cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris		h				h			X
Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopacea					X			X
Black-bellied Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus diardi		X				X
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha	P. sumatranus						X
Green-billed Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis							X		X
Raffles' Malkoha	P. chlorophaeus		X				X
Red-billed Malkoha	P. javanicus		X
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha	P. curvirostris			X	X		X			X
Greater Coucal	Centropus sinensis		X	X			X
Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis					X			X		X
Reddish Scops-Owl	Otus rufescens		h
Mountain Scops-Owl	Otus spilocephalus	h
Collared Scops-Owl	Otus lettia								h
Barred Eagle-Owl	Bubo sumatranus									X
Buffy Fish-Owl	Ketupa ketupu		X
Collared Owlet	Glaucidium brodiei							h
Gould's Frogmouth	Batrachostomus stellatus		h
Malaysian Nightjar	Eurostopodus temminckii						X
Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus						h		X
Grey-rumped Treeswift	Hemiprocne longipennis		X	X	X		X	X		X
Whiskered Treeswift	Hemiprocne comata						X
Glossy Swiftlet	Aerodramus esculenta	X	X			X	X	X	X
Black-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus maxima						X
Edible-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphaga			X
Germain's Swiftlet	Aerodramus germani									X	X
Silver-rumped Needletail	Rhaphidura leucopygialis		X				X			X
Brown-backed Needletail	Hirundapus giganteus		X		X		X	X		X
Asian Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus balasiensis								X
Fork-tailed Swift	Apus pacificus						X	X
House Swift	Apus nipalensis					X		X	X		X
Red-naped Trogon	Harpactes kasumba		X				X
Diard's Trogon	Harpactes diardii						X
Whitehead's Trogon	Harpactes whiteheadi	X
Cinnamon-rumped Trogon	Harpactes orrhophaeus		X				X
Scarlet-rumped Trogon	Harpactes duvaucelii		X		h		X
Orange-breasted Trogon	Harpactes oreskios									X
Red-headed Trogon	Harpactes erythrocephalus							X
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis			X			X		X		X
Blue-banded Kingfisher	Alcedo euryzona						X	X
Black-backed Kingfisher	Ceyx erithacus		X
Rufous-backed Kingfisher	Ceyx rufidorsa						X
Banded Kingfisher	Lacedo pulchella									h
Brown-winged Kingfisher	Pelargopsis amauropterus										X
Stork-billed Kingfisher	Pelargopsis capensis		X	X			X		X
White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis					X	X		X	X	X
Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata								X
Collared Kingfisher	Todirhamphus chloris			X		X			X		X
Rufous-collared Kingfisher	Actenoides concretus				X
Red-bearded Bee-eater	Nyctyornis amictus							X		h
Blue-throated Bee-eater	Merops viridis		X			X	X		X	X	X
Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Oriental Pied-Hornbill	Anthracoceros albirostris			X			X
Black Hornbill	Anthracoceros malayanus			X			X
Rhinoceros Hornbill	Buceros rhinoceros		X				h
Helmeted Hornbill	Buceros vigil		X				X
Bushy-crested Hornbill	Anorrhinus galeritus		X	X
White-crowned Hornbill	Aceros comatus		X
Wrinkled Hornbill	Aceros corrugatus		X	X
Wreathed Hornbill	Aceros undulatus				X		X
Fire-tufted Barbet	Psilopogon pyrolophus							X
Gold-whiskered Barbet	Megalaima chrysopogon		h		h		X			h
Red-crowned Barbet	Megalaima rafflesii									X
Red-throated Barbet	Megalaima mystacophanos		X	h	h		X			X
Mountain Barbet	Megalaima montecola	h
Black-browed Barbet	Megalaima oorti							X
Yellow-crowned Barbet	Megalaima henricii		X				h
Golden-naped Barbet	Megalaima pulcherrima	X
Coppersmith Barbet	Megalaima haemacephala								X
Brown Barbet	Calorhamphus fuliginosus		X							X
Malaysian Honeyguide	Indicator archipelagicus									X
Speckled Piculet	Picumnus innominatus							X
Rufous Piculet	Sasia abnormis		X		X
Sunda Woodpecker	Dendrocopos moluccensis								X
Rufous Woodpecker	Celeus brachyurus		X				X
White-bellied Woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis						X
Banded Woodpecker	Picus mineaceus		X
Lesser Yellownape	Picus chlorolophus							X
Crimson-winged Woodpecker	Picus puniceus	X					X
Greater Yellownape	Picus flavinucha							X
Checker-throated Woodpecker	Picus mentalis	X	X				X
Laced Woodpecker	Picus vittatus								X
Olive-backed Woodpecker	Dinopium rafflesii		X
Common Flameback	Dinopium javanense								X
Greater Flameback	Chrysocolaptes lucidus										X
Bamboo Woodpecker	Gecinulus viridis							X
Maroon Woodpecker	Blythipicus rubiginosus	X	X	X	X		X			h
Bay Woodpecker	Blythipicus pyrrhotis							X
Orange-backed Woodpecker	Reinwardtipicus validus	X	X				X	X
Buff-rumped Woodpecker	Meiglyptes tristis		X		X
Buff-necked Woodpecker	Meiglyptes tukki		X				X
Grey-and-buff Woodpecker	Hemicircus concretus						X			X
Great Slaty Woodpecker	Mulleripicus pulverulentus		h				X
Giant Pitta	Pitta caerulea		h				h
Banded Pitta	Pitta guajana						X			h
Blue-headed Pitta	Pitta baudii		X
Hooded Pitta	Pitta sordida						X
Garnet Pitta	Pitta granatina						X
Black-headed Pitta	Pitta ussheri		X	h
Gurney's Pitta	Pitta gurneyi									X
Mangrove Pitta	Pitta megarhyncha								X		X
Blue-banded Pitta	Pitta arquata		h
Dusky Broadbill	Corydon sumatranus		X				X
Black-and-red Broadbill	Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos		X	X	X		X
Banded Broadbill	Eurylaimus javanicus		X		X			X		h
Black-and-yellow Broadbill	Eurylaimus ochromalus		X				X			X
Silver-breasted Broadbill	Serilophus lunatus							X
Long-tailed Broadbill	Psarisomus dalhousiae							X
Green Broadbill	Calyptomena viridis		X		X		X	h		X
Whitehead's Broadbill	Calyptomena whiteheadi	X
Golden-bellied Gerygone	Gerygone sulphurea								X
Mangrove Whistler	Pachycephala grisola					X			X		h
Bornean Whistler	Pachycephala hypoxanthia	X
Malaysian Rail-babbler	Eupetes macrocerus						X
White-throated Fantail	Rhipidura albicollis	X						X
Pied Fantail	Rhipidura javanica		X			X			X
Spotted Fantail	Rhipidura perlata		X				X			X
Black-naped Monarch	Hypothymis azurea			X			X			X
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi		X				X			X
Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone atrocaudata						X
Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus	X					X		X		X
Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus									X
Bronzed Drongo	Dicrurus aeneus		X				X	X	X		X
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus remifer							X
Hair-crested Drongo	Dicrurus hottentottus	X
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus paradiseus		X		X		X
Crested Jay	Platylophus galericulatus		X		X		X	h		h
Black Magpie	Platysmurus leucopterus		X				X			h
Green Magpie	Cissa chinensis							X
Short-tailed Magpie	Cissa thalassina	X
Sunda Treepie	Dendrocitta occipitalis	X
Slender-billed Crow	Corvus enca		X				X
Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos			X		X		X	X	X	X
White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus			X		X
Bornean Bristlehead	Pityriasis gymnocephala		X
Common Iora	Aegithina tiphia						X		X		X
Green Iora	Aegithina viridissima						X
Great Iora	Aegithina lafresnayei									X
Dark-throated Oriole	Oriolus xanthonotus		X		X			X
Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis						X		X
Black-and-crimson Oriole	Oriolus cruentus	X						X
Javan (Large) Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina javensis (macei)							X
Sunda Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina larvata	X
Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina striata				X		X
Lesser Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina fimbriata		X
Pied Triller	Lalage nigra					X			X
Ashy Minivet	Pericrocotus divaricatus						X
Fiery Minivet	Pericrocotus igneus		X
Grey-chinned Minivet	Pericrocotus solaris	X						X
Scarlet Minivet	Pericrocotus flammeus							X
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike	Hemipus picatus							X
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike	Hemipus hirundinaceus				X		X	X			X
Asian Fairy-bluebird	Irena puella		X		X		X	X		X
Greater Green Leafbird	Chloropsis sonnerati		X		X		X			X
Lesser Green Leafbird	Chloropsis cyanopogon		X				X			X
Blue-winged Leafbird	Chloropsis cochinchinensis						X	X
Orange-bellied Leafbird	Chloropsis hardwickii							X
Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus						X				X
Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus			X			X
Rufous-winged Philentoma	Philentoma pyrhopterum		X	X			X			X
Maroon-breasted Philentoma	Philentoma velatum		X		X		X
Large Woodshrike	Tephrodornis gularis				X					X
Common Woodshrike	Tephrodornis pondicerianus									X
Sunda Whistling-Thrush	Myiophonus glaucinus	X
Everett's Thrush	Zoothera everetti	X
Island Thrush	Turdus poliocephalus	X
Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	X					X
Fruit-hunter	Chlamydochaera jefferyi	X
Lesser Shortwing	Brachypteryx leucophrys							X
White-browed Shortwing	Brachypteryx montana	X
Asian Glossy Starling	Aplonis panayensis			X		X	X		X	X	X
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis			X		X	X		X	X	X
Jungle Myna	Acridotheres fuscus								X
Hill Myna	Gracula religiosa		X	X			X		X
Grey-chested Jungle-Flycatcher	Rhinomyias umbratilis		X
Eye-browed Jungle-Flycatcher	Rhinomyias gularis	X
Chestnut-tailed Jungle-Flycatcher	Rhinomyias ruficauda				X
Grey-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta		X
Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica				X		X	X
Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica				X		X	X
Ferruginous Flycatcher	Muscicapa ferruginea	X						X
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia						X
Mugimaki Flycatcher	Ficedula mugimaki	X			X			X
Rufous-browed Flycatcher	Ficedula solitaris							X
Snowy-browed Flycatcher	Ficedula hyperythra	X
Rufous-chested Flycatcher	Ficedula dumetoria		X
Little Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula westermanni							X
Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	X			X
Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassina		X					X
Indigo Flycatcher	Eumyias indigo	X
Large Niltava	Niltava grandis							X
White-tailed Flycatcher	Cyornis concretus	X
Blue-throated Flycatcher	Cyornis rubeculoides									X
Hill Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis banyumas							X
Bornean Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis superbus		X
Long-billed Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis caerulatus		X
Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis turcosus		X				X
Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis tickelliae						X			X
Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis rufigastra					X
Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher	Muscicapella hodgsoni	X			X
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis		X		X		X	X		X
Siberian Blue Robin	Luscinia cyane		X		X		X			X
Oriental Magpie-Robin	Copsychus saularis		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
White-rumped Shama	Copsychus malabaricus						X	X		X
White-crowned Shama	Copsychus stricklandii		X	X	X
Rufous-tailed Shama	Trichixos pyrropyga		X
White-tailed Robin	Cinclidium leucurum							X
Chestnut-naped Forktail	Enicurus ruficapillus		X				X
White-crowned Forktail	Enicurus leschenaulti	X			X		X
Slaty-backed Forktail	Enicurus schistaceus							X
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch	Sitta frontalis		X					X
Blue Nuthatch	Sitta azurea							X
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	X					X		X
Pacific Swallow	Hirundo tahitica		X			X	X	X	X	X	X
Striated Swallow	Hirundo striolata			X			X	X
Straw-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus zeylanicus						X
Black-and-white Bulbul	Pycnonotus melanoleucus						X
Black-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus atriceps		X				X	X		X
Black-crested Bulbul	Pycnonotus melanicterus							X
Scaly-breasted Bulbul	Pycnonotus squamatus		X		X
Grey-bellied Bulbul	Pycnonotus cyaniventris						X
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus									X	X
Puff-backed Bulbul	Pycnonotus eutilotus		X
Stripe-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus finlaysoni						X	X		X	X
Flavescent Bulbul	Pycnonotus flavescens	X
Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus goiavier		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Olive-winged Bulbul	Pycnonotus plumosus		X			X	X		X
Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus blanfordi						X
Cream-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus simplex		X		X		X			X
Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus brunneus		X		X	X	X			X
Spectacled Bulbul	Pycnonotus erythropthalmos		X				X
Finsch's Bulbul	Alophoixus finschii		X				X
Ochraceous Bulbul	Alophoixus ochraceus	X						X		X
Grey-cheeked Bulbul	Alophoixus bres		X		X		X			X
Yellow-bellied Bulbul	Alophoixus phaeocephalus		X				X			X
Hairy-backed Bulbul	Tricholestes criniger		X							X
Buff-vented Bulbul	Iole olivacea		X				X			X
Ashy Bulbul	Hemixos flavala							X
Mountain Bulbul	Hypsipetes mcclellandii							X
Oriental White-eye	Zosterops palpebrosus								X		X
Black-capped White-eye	Zosterops atricapillus	X
Everett's White-eye	Zosterops everetti	X						X
Mountain Black-eye	Chlorocharis emiliae	X
Rufescent Prinia	Prinia rufescens									X
Yellow-bellied Prinia	Prinia flaviventris		X	X				X	X
Bornean Stubtail	Eurosphena whiteheadi	X
Sunda Bush-Warbler	Cettia volcanea	X
Friendly Bush-Warbler	Bradypterus accentor	X
Mountain Tailorbird	Orthotomus cuculatus	X						X
Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius						X			X	X

List of Birds Seen in Malaysia & Southern Thailand

1 March - 14 April 2000

Jon Hornbuckle

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