List of birds of Thailand - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

982 species of bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

have been recorded in the wild in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, of which three are endemic

Endemism in birds

An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....

, one introduced

Introduced species

An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

by humans, and 45 rare or accidental. Seven species listed are extirpated

Local extinction

Local extinction, also known as extirpation, is the condition of a species which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere...

in Thailand and are not included in the species count, and 49 species are globally threatened. The sequence of bird families and species follows Clements

James Clements

Dr. James Franklin Clements was an ornithologist, author and very successful businessman. He was born in New York....

(2000); unless otherwise indicated, the species included are as in Robson (2004), and the status in Thailand is from Lekagul and Round (1991). Species with no indicated status are resident or partially resident non-rarities.

In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23 migratory

Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...

species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. Those species most affected are large water birds whose wetland habitat has been largely lost to agriculture, and forest species, where deforestation for agriculture and logging have removed or degraded the woodlands.

The birds of Thailand are mainly typical of the Indomalaya ecozone, with affinities to the Indian subcontinent to the west, and, particularly in the southern Peninsular region, with the Sundaic

Sundaland

Sundaland is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age. It included the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, as well as the large islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and their surrounding...

fauna to the southeast. The northern mountains are outliers of the Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai, in addition to smaller portions of western Sichuan, southwestern Gansu, and northern Yunnan in Western China and Ladakh in...

, with many species of montane birds, and in winter the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern Palearctic and Himalayas

Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

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The Java Sparrow

Java Sparrow

The Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...

has been introduced by man, and the Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...

has naturally colonised.

Thailand's habitats are contiguous with those of neighbouring countries, so it has few endemic birds. Perhaps the most intriguing is the White-eyed River Martin

White-eyed River Martin

The White-eyed River Martin is a passerine bird, one of only two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallow family Hirundinidae...

, known only from its single wintering site in Thailand, but is now probably extinct.

Table of contents
Non-passerines Grebes . Shearwaters and petrels . Storm-petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, herons and egrets . Storks . Ibises and spoonbills . Ducks, geese and swans . Osprey . Eagles, kites and allies . Falcons . Pheasants and partridges . Buttonquails . Cranes . Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots . Finfoot . Jacanas . Painted snipe . Crab Plover . Avocets and stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and coursers . Plovers and lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and doves . Parrots . Cuckoos . Barn owls . Typical owls . Frogmouths . Nightjars . Swifts . Treeswifts . Trogons . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical rollers . Hoopoes . Hornbills . Barbets . Honeyguides . Woodpeckers .
Passerines Broadbills . Pittas . Larks . Swallows and martins . Wagtails and pipits . Cuckoo-shrikes . Bulbuls . Leafbirds . Ioras . Dippers . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Fantails . Monarch flycatchers . Whistlers . Babblers . Parrotbills . Whipbirds, quail-thrushes and allies . Long-tailed tits . Thornbills and allies . Tits . Nuthatches . Treecreepers . Penduline tits . Sunbirds and spiderhunters . Flowerpeckers . White-eyes . Old World orioles . Fairy-bluebirds . Shrikes . Helmetshrikes . Drongos . Woodswallows . Crows and allies . Starlings . Weavers and allies . Waxbills and allies . Buntings . Finches . Sparrows .
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Grebes

Name	Binomial	Status
Little Grebe Little Grebe The Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe Great Crested Grebe The Great Crested Grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds.- Description :The Great Crested Grebe is long with a wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations...	Podiceps cristatus	Very rare winter visitor
Black-necked Grebe Black-necked Grebe The Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, known in North America as the Eared Grebe, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It occurs on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.-Taxonomy:There are three subspecies:*P. n...	Podiceps nigricollis	Very rare winter visitor

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

. Family: Procellariidae

Procellariidae

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide of which three have occurred in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Streaked Shearwater Streaked Shearwater The Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 122 cm wingspan. This species is pelagic, but also occurs in inshore waters. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean, nesting in Japan and many of its offshore islands. After breeding, the Streaked...	Calonectris leucomelas	Very rare winter visitor
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Wedge-tailed Shearwater The Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...	Puffinus pacificus	Accidental
Short-tailed Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater The Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater , also called Yolla or Moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested...	Puffinus tenuirostris	Accidental, may be under-recorded

Storm-petrels

Storm-petrels are small birds which spend most of their lives at sea, coming ashore only to breed. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering or pattering across the water. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. There are 22 species worldwide, one of which has been recorded in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis also known as Swinhoe's Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae....	Oceanodroma monorhis	Accidental, one record

Tropicbirds

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbird

Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon...

Tropicbird

s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are three species worldwide of which two have occurred in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Red-tailed Tropicbird Red-tailed Tropicbird The Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the rarest of the tropicbirds, yet is still a widespread bird that is not considered threatened. It nests in colonies on oceanic islands....	Phaethon rubricauda	Accidental
White-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...	Phaethon lepturus	Accidental

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelican

A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....

Pelican

A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....

s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are eight species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Spot-billed Pelican Spot-billed Pelican The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes...	Pelecanus philippensis	Rare, probably once bred. Globally threatened

Boobies

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

. Family: Sulidae

Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

The gannet

Gannet

Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads. They have long pointed wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up...

s and boobies

Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...

in the family Sulidae are medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are nine species worldwide of which three have occurred in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Masked Booby Masked Booby The Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...	Sula dactylatra	Accidental
Red-footed Booby Red-footed Booby The Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...	Sula sula	Accidental
Brown Booby Brown Booby The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...	Sula leucogaster	Rare visitor, formerly bred

Cormorants

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

. Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorant

The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.- Names :...

The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies; the majority of species have mainly dark plumage, but some are pied black and white, and a few are more colourful. There are 38 members of this family worldwide, of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Indian Cormorant Indian Cormorant The Indian Cormorant or Indian Shag is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia...	Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	Rare winter visitor, formerly bred
Great Cormorant Great Cormorant The Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...	Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Cormorant Little Cormorant The Little Cormorant is a member of the Cormorant family of seabirds: Aptly named, the Little Cormorant is small in comparison with other cormorants, only 55 cm in length with an average mass of 442.5 g...	Phalacrocorax niger

Darters

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

. Family: Anhingidae

Darter

The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to...

Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because they have long thin necks, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.

The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape, and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage, especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are four species worldwide, of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Oriental Darter Oriental Darter The Oriental Darter or Indian Darter , sometimes called Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.-Taxonomy:...	Anhinga melanogaster	Rare and globally threatened visitor, formerly bred

Frigatebirds

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

. Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebird

The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...

Frigatebird

s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are five species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Christmas Island Frigatebird Christmas Island Frigatebird The Christmas Frigatebird or Christmas Island Frigatebird is a frigatebird endemic to the Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean...	Fregata andrewsi	Winter visitor
Great Frigatebird Great Frigatebird The Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....	Fregata minor	Rare
Lesser Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird The Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel, is a species of frigatebird.It nests in Australia, among other locations.There is a single record from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba....	Fregata ariel	Winter visitor

Bitterns, herons and egrets

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Ardeidae

Heron

The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

The family Ardeidae contains the bittern

Bittern

Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

s, heron

Heron

The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

s and egret

Egret

An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species named as herons rather than egrets...

s. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of this family fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide of which 20 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Grey Heron Grey Heron The Grey Heron , is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions...	Ardea cinerea	Winter visitor, formerly bred
Great-billed Heron Great-billed Heron The Great-billed Heron, Ardea sumatrana is a wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Its habitats are largely coastal such as islands, coral reefs, mangroves, large rivers. However, occasionally, it can be found inland in shallow...	Ardea sumatrana	Now very rare
Purple Heron Purple Heron The Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...	Ardea purpurea	Winter visitor
Eastern Great Egret Eastern Great Egret The Eastern Great Egret is a white heron of the genus Ardea, is considered a subspecies of the Great Egret . Although a study argued for full species status in 2005, most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies...	Ardea modesta
Intermediate Egret Intermediate Egret The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs...	Egretta intermedia	Winter visitor
Little Egret Little Egret The Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:Depending on authority, two or three subspecies of Little Egret are currently accepted....	Egretta garzetta
Chinese Egret Chinese Egret The Chinese Egret or Swinhoe's Egret, Egretta eulophotes, is a full-crested, white egret with yellow bill. It breeds in Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China, and then migrates south through Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia...	Egretta eulophotes	Very rare winter visitor, globally vulnerable
Pacific Reef Heron	Egretta sacra
Indian Pond Heron Indian Pond Heron The Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird is a small heron. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Iran and east to India, Burma, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They are widespread and common but can be easily missed when they stalk prey at the edge of small water-bodies or even when they roost...	Ardeola grayii
Chinese Pond Heron Chinese Pond Heron The Chinese Pond Heron is an East Asian freshwater bird of the heron family .It is one of six species of birds known as "pond herons" . It is parapatric with the Indian Pond Heron to the west and the Javan Pond Heron The Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) is an East Asian freshwater bird of...	Ardeola bacchus	Winter visitor
Javan Pond Heron Javan Pond Heron The Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa is a wading bird of the heron family , found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands in Southeast Asia. Its diet comprises insects, fish, and crabs....	Ardeola speciosa
Cattle Egret Cattle Egret The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...	Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Striated Heron The Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...	Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Malayan Night-Heron	Gorsachius melanolophus
Yellow Bittern Yellow Bittern The Yellow Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in much of the Indian Subcontinent, east to Japan and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances...	Ixobrychus sinensis
Schrenck's Bittern Schrenck's Bittern Von Schrenck's Bittern , also known as Schrenck's Bittern, is a small bittern. It breeds in China and Siberia from March to July, and Japan from May to August. It winters in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Laos, passing through the rest of South-east Asia...	Ixobrychus eurhythmus	Passage migrant
Cinnamon Bittern Cinnamon Bittern The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Sri Lanka east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.This is a small species at 38 cm length, with a...	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Black Bittern Black Bittern The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances....	Ixobrychus flavicollis
Great Bittern Great Bittern The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.-Etymology:...	Botaurus stellaris	Winter visitor

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

. Family: Ciconiidae

Stork

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae. They are the only family in the biological order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families....

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are virtually mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide of which ten occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Milky Stork Milky Stork The Milky Stork, Mycteria cinerea, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.- Description :It can reach a length of 97 cm. The sexes look similar...	Mycteria cinerea	Extirpated and globally vulnerable
Painted Stork Painted Stork The Painted Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers give them their name. They forage in flocks in shallow waters...	Mycteria leucocephala
Asian Openbill	Anastomus oscitans
Black Stork Black Stork The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...	Ciconia nigra	Rare winter visitor
Woolly-necked Stork Woolly-necked Stork The Woolly-necked Stork or White necked stork , Ciconia episcopus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It can also be known as the Espiscopos....	Ciconia episcopus	Now very rare
Storm's Stork Storm's Stork The Storm's Stork, Ciconia stormi is a large, approximately long, stork with black and white plumages, red bill, orange bare facial skin, red legs and yellow orbital skin. Both sexes are similar. The young has duller plumage and bare skin....	Ciconia stormi
White Stork White Stork The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...	Ciconia ciconia	One record
Black-necked Stork Black-necked Stork The Black-necked Stork is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across South and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats to forage for a wide range of animal prey...	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	Extirpated and globally threatened
Lesser Adjutant Lesser Adjutant The Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southern China and Java....	Leptoptilos javanicus	Rare
Greater Adjutant Greater Adjutant The Greater Adjutant is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the Lesser Adjutant of Asia and the Marabou Stork of Africa...	Leptoptilos dubius	Extirpated and globally endangered

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

. Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which comprises the ibis

Ibis

The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....

es and spoonbill

Spoonbill

Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...

s. Its members have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary flight feather

Flight feather

Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges while those on the tail are called rectrices . Their primary function is to aid in the generation of both thrust and lift, thereby...

s. They are strong fliers and, despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black-headed Ibis Black-headed Ibis The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan...	Threskiornis melanocephalus	Extirpated and globally threatened
White-shouldered Ibis White-shouldered Ibis The White-shouldered Ibis, Pseudibis davisoni, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It occurs at a few sites in northern Cambodia, southern Vietnam, extreme southern Laos and East Kalimantan in Indonesia....	Pseudibis davisoni	Extirpated and globally critically endangered
Giant Ibis Giant Ibis The Giant Ibis, Thaumatibis gigantea, the only species in the monotypic genus Thaumatibis, is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae...	Pseudibis gigantea	Extirpated and globally critically endangered
Glossy Ibis Glossy Ibis The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...	Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Very rare winter visitor
Black-faced Spoonbill Black-faced Spoonbill The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one currently regarded as endangered. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution...	Platalea minor	Very rare winter visitor, globally endangered

Ducks, geese and swans

Order: Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

. Family: Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

The family Anatidae includes the duck

Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...

s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese

Goose

The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....

and swan

Swan

Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide of which 25 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Lesser Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna javanica
Swan Goose Swan Goose The Swan Goose is a rare large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China...	Anser cygnoides	Accidental
Greylag Goose Greylag Goose The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....	Anser anser	Accidental
Bar-headed Goose Bar-headed Goose The Bar-headed Goose is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest....	Anser indicus	Very rare winter visitor
Ruddy Shelduck Ruddy Shelduck The Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae...	Tadorna ferruginea	Rare winter visitor
Common Shelduck Common Shelduck The Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...	Tadorna tadorna	Very rare winter visitor, one record
White-winged Duck	Cairina scutulata	Very rare and endangered resident
Comb Duck Comb Duck The Knob-billed Duck , or Comb Duck, is an unusual, pan-tropical duck, found in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China...	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Rare resident
Cotton Pygmy-goose	Nettapus coromandelianus
Mandarin Duck Mandarin Duck The Mandarin Duck , or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan.-Description:...	Aix galericulata	Very rare winter visitor
Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope Winter visitor
Falcated Duck Falcated Duck The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck.-Distribution and habitat:The Falcated duck breeds in eastern Asia...	Anas falcata	Accidental
Gadwall Gadwall The Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...	Anas strepera	Very rare winter visitor
Common Teal Common Teal The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range...	Anas crecca	Winter visitor
Mallard Mallard The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....	Anas platyrhynchos	Accidental
Spot-billed Duck	Anas poecilorhyncha	Rare winter visitor
Northern Pintail Northern Pintail The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...	Anas acuta	Winter visitor
Garganey Garganey The Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...	Anas querquedula	Winter visitor
Northern Shoveler Northern Shoveler The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...	Anas clypeata	Winter visitor
Red-crested Pochard Red-crested Pochard The Red-crested Pochard is a large diving duck.Their breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and southern and central Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north Africa.The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange...	Netta rufina	Very rare winter visitor
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Very rare winter visitor
Ferruginous Duck Ferruginous Duck The Ferruginous Duck is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The species is known colloquially by birders as "Fudge Duck"....	Aythya nyroca	Rare winter visitor
Baer's Pochard Baer's Pochard Baer's Pochard is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The name commemorates the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.At 41–46 cm, it is similar in size and stance to its...	Aythya baeri	Rare winter visitor
Tufted Duck Tufted Duck The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...	Aythya fuligula	Rare winter visitor

Osprey

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Pandionidae

Osprey

The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...

The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor

Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....

which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Osprey Osprey The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...	Pandion haliaetus	Winter visitor

Eagles, kites and allies

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

. Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

The Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk

Hawk

The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

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Eagle

Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

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Kite (bird)

Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....

, harriers

Harrier (bird)

A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....

and Old World vultures. These birds mostly have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide of which 46 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Jerdon's Baza Jerdon's Baza Jerdon's Baza is a moderate sized brown hawk with a thin white-tipped black crest usually held erect. It is found in South-east Asia. It inhabits foothills in the terai and is rarer in evergreen forests and tea estates.-Description:...	Aviceda jerdoni
Black Baza Black Baza The Black Baza is a small sized bird of prey found in the forests of South Asia and Southeast Asia. Many populations are migratory. The races in the Indian region are migratory, wintering in the south of the Peninsula and Sri Lanka. The Black Bazas have short, stout legs and feet with strong...	Aviceda leuphotes
Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus
Bat Hawk Bat Hawk The Bat Hawk is a raptor found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea. It is named for its diet, which consists mainly of bats. It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld.-Description:The Bat Hawk is a slender, medium-sized...	Macheiramphus alcinus	Rare and threatened
Black-shouldered Kite Black-shouldered Kite The Black-shouldered Kite or Australian Black-shouldered Kite is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia and resembles similar species found in Eurasia and North America, which have in the past also been named as Black-shouldered Kites...	Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite Black Kite The Black Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their...	Milvus migrans	Winter visitor, some breed
Brahminy Kite Brahminy Kite The Brahminy Kite , also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia...	Haliastur indus
White-bellied Sea Eagle White-bellied Sea Eagle The White-bellied Sea Eagle , also known as the White-breasted Sea Eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related to Sanford's Sea Eagle of the Solomon Islands, and the two are considered a superspecies...	Haliaeetus leucogaster
Pallas's Fish Eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	One record
White-tailed Eagle White-tailed Eagle The White-tailed Eagle , also known as the Sea Eagle, Erne , or White-tailed Sea-eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers...	Haliaeetus albicilla	Much reduced in numbers
Lesser Fish Eagle Lesser Fish Eagle The Lesser Fish Eagle is a species of large fish eagle found in the Indian Subcontinent, primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas. There have been some stray reports from Gujarat and Central India and in more recent times from the Kaveri river valley in southern India. The distribution in...	Ichthyophaga humilis	Rare resident
Grey-headed Fish Eagle Grey-headed Fish Eagle The Grey-headed Fish Eagle is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.Grey-headed Fish Eagle breeds in southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast asia...	Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus	Very rare and globally near-threatened
White-rumped Vulture	Gyps bengalensis	Possibly extinct
Indian Vulture	Gyps indicus	Possibly extinct
Himalayan Griffon Vulture Himalayan Griffon Vulture The Himalayan Vulture or Himalayan Griffon Vulture is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus....	Gyps himalayensis	Accidental
Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus	Rare winter visitor
Red-headed Vulture Red-headed Vulture The Red-headed Vulture , also known as the Asian King Vulture, Indian Black Vulture or Pondicherry Vulture,-Description:...	Sarcogyps calvus
Short-toed Eagle Short-toed Eagle The Short-toed Snake Eagle also known as Short-toed Eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.-Range and habitat:...	Circaetus gallicus	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor
Crested Serpent Eagle Crested Serpent Eagle The Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. In the past, several...	Spilornis cheela
Western Marsh Harrier Western Marsh Harrier The Western Marsh-harrier is a mid-sized harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian Marsh-harrier....	Circus aeruginosus	Rare winter visitor
Eastern Marsh Harrier Eastern Marsh Harrier The Eastern Marsh Harrier is a bird of prey belonging to the marsh harrier group of harriers. It was previously considered to be conspecific with the Western Marsh Harrier but is now usually classified as a separate species. It has two subspecies: C. s. spilonotus in eastern Asia and C. s...	Circus spilonotus	Winter visitor
Hen Harrier Hen Harrier The Hen Harrier or Northern Harrier is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA, and in northern Eurasia. This species is polytypic, with two subspecies. Marsh Hawk is a historical name for the American form.It migrates...	Circus cyaneus	Rare winter visitor
Pallid Harrier Pallid Harrier The Pale or Pallid Harrier is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia...	Circus macrourus	Accidental
Pied Harrier Pied Harrier The Pied Harrier is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is migratory, breeding from Amur valley in eastern Russia and north-eastern China to North Korea. Wintering individuals can be found in a wide area from Pakistan to Philippines...	Circus melanoleucos	Winter visitor
Crested Goshawk Crested Goshawk The Crested Goshawk is a bird of prey from tropical Asia. It is related to other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers, and thus placed in the family Accipitridae.-Description:...	Accipiter trivirgatus
Shikra Shikra The Shikra is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the Little Banded Goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the Shikra...	Accipiter badius
Chinese Goshawk Chinese Goshawk The Chinese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. Also called Chinese goshawk....	Accipiter soloensis	Passage migrant and winter visitor
Japanese Sparrowhawk Japanese Sparrowhawk The Japanese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers....	Accipiter gularis	Passage migrant and winter visitor
Besra Besra The Besra, Accipiter virgatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.The Besra is a widespread resident breeder in dense forests throughout south Asia from Pakistan and India to south China and Indonesia. It nests in trees, building a new nest each year...	Accipiter virgatus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Rare winter visitor
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Rare winter visitor
Rufous-winged Buzzard Rufous-winged Buzzard The Rufous-winged Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is a resident breeder in southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. It is a species of deciduous forest and second growth up to 800 m....	Butastur liventer
Grey-faced Buzzard Grey-faced Buzzard The Grey-faced Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically between 41 and 46 cm in length, making it a medium-sized raptor. It breeds in East Russia, North China, Korea, and Japan, and winters in South-east Asia....	Butastur indicus	Passage migrant and winter visitor
Common Buzzard Common Buzzard The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...	Buteo buteo	Winter visitor
Black Eagle Black Eagle The Black Eagle is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical Asia and hunt mammals and birds, particularly at their nests...	Ictinaetus malayensis
Greater Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle The Greater Spotted Eagle , occasionally just called the spotted eagle, is a large bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...	Aquila clanga	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
Steppe Eagle Steppe Eagle The Steppe Eagle is a bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Females, weighing 2.3–4.9 kg , are slightly larger than males, at 2–3.5 kg . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...	Aquila nipalensis	Accidental
Imperial Eagle Eastern Imperial Eagle The Eastern Imperial Eagle is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, and southern and eastern Asia. The Spanish Imperial Eagle, found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with...	Aquila heliaca	Rare winter visitor
Bonelli's Eagle Bonelli's Eagle The Bonelli's Eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.It breeds in southern Europe, Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across southern Asia to Indonesia...	Aquila fasciatus	Rare
Booted Eagle Booted Eagle The Booted Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae....	Aquila pennatus	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor
Rufous-bellied Eagle Rufous-bellied Eagle The Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the buzzards, hawks and Old World vultures. It was earlier placed under the genus Hieraaetus but this eagle may well belong to a separate genus. The name of Kienastur had been suggested.Rufous-bellied...	Aquila kienerii
Changeable Hawk-eagle	Spizaetus cirrhatus
Mountain Hawk-eagle	Spizaetus nipalensis
Blyth's Hawk-eagle Blyth's Hawk-eagle The Blyth's Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus alboniger is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae....	Spizaetus alboniger
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Wallace's Hawk-eagle The Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, Aigle De Wallace, or Aguila-azor De Wallace is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family....	Spizaetus nanus

Falcons

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

. Family: Falconidae

Falconidae

The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide of which nine occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
White-rumped Falcon White-rumped Falcon The White-rumped Falcon or White-rumped Pygmy-falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is sometimes placed in its own monotypic genus Neohierax.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and...	Polihierax insignis
Collared Falconet Collared Falconet The Collared Falconet is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Microhierax caerulescens
Black-thighed Falconet Black-thighed Falconet The Black-thighed Falconet is one of the smallest birds of prey, typically measuring between long. It is native to Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia....	Microhierax fringillarius
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Winter visitor
Amur Falcon Amur Falcon The Amur Falcon , formerly Eastern Red-footed Falcon, is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China, wintering in Southern Africa...	Falco amurensis	Very rare passage migrant
Merlin Merlin (bird) The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...	Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby Eurasian Hobby The Eurasian Hobby , or just simply Hobby, is a small slim falcon. It belongs to a rather close-knit group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis.-Description:...	Falco subbuteo	Rare winter visitor
Oriental Hobby Oriental Hobby The Oriental Hobby is a species of falcon typically 27-30 cm long. It can be found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, across the eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards through Indochina to Australasia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia.-Diet and habitats:The...	Falco severus
Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...	Falco peregrinus	Mainly winter visitor

Pheasants and partridges

Order: Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

. Family: Phasianidae

Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quail

Quail

Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally considered in the order Galliformes. Old World quail are found in the family Phasianidae, while New World quail are found in the family Odontophoridae...

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Partridge

Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...

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Snowcock

The snowcocks are a group of bird species in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are ground-nesting birds which breed in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia from the Caucasus to the Himalayas and western China. The Himalayan Snowcock has been introduced...

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Francolin

Francolins are birds that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera , although some of the major taxonomic listing sources have yet to divide them. They are members of the pheasant family, Phasianidae...

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Tragopan

Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae. These birds are commonly called "horny pheasants" because of two brightly-colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays...

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Monal

A Monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the Pheasant family, Phasianidae. There are three species and several sub-species within the genus Lophophorus:* Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus* Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri...

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Pheasant

Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...

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Peafowl

Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female...

s and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they may vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. There are 156 species worldwide of which 26 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Chinese Francolin Chinese Francolin The Chinese Francolin is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Francolinus pintadeanus
Long-billed Partridge Long-billed Partridge The Long-billed Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist...	Rhizothera longirostris
Japanese Quail Japanese Quail The Japanese Quail, also known as Coturnix Quail, Coturnix japonica, is a species of Old World Quail found in East Asia. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria, southeastern Siberia, northern Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They...	Coturnix japonica	Very rare winter visitor
Rain Quail Rain Quail The Rain Quail or Black-breasted Quail is a species of quail found in South Asia.-Distribution:Grassland, cropped fields, and scrubs in the Indus valley of central India, Pakistan, the Gangetic plains, and parts of peninsular continental India. Mostly seen in winter further south.-Description:The...	Coturnix coromandelica
Blue-breasted Quail	Coturnix chinensis
Rufous-throated Partridge Rufous-throated Partridge The Rufous-throated Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Arborophila rufogularis
Grey-breasted Partridge	Arborophila orientalis	Accidental. Sometimes split as Malayan Partridge A. campbelli
Bar-backed Partridge Bar-backed Partridge The Bar-backed Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Arborophila brunneopectus
Chestnut-headed Partridge Chestnut-headed Partridge The Chestnut-headed Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in highland forests in Cambodia and Thailand. It includes the subspecies diversa, but alternatively it is treated as a separate species, the Siamese Partridge .-References:* BirdLife International 2004....	Arborophila cambodiana
Scaly-breasted Partridge Scaly-breasted Partridge The Green-legged Partridge , also known as the Scaly-breasted Partridge or Green-legged Hill-partridge, is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in Indochina, ranging slightly into southernmost China...	Arborophila chloropus
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Chestnut-necklaced Partridge The Chestnut-necklaced Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It is closely related to the Vietnam Partridge and Scaly-breasted Partridge, and their taxonomy is not entirely settled.The Chestnut-necklaced...	Arborophila charltonii	Rare and globally endangered
Ferruginous Partridge Ferruginous Partridge The Ferruginous Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It belongs to the monotypical genus Caloperdix. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Caloperdix oculea
Crested Partridge	Rollulus rouloul	Rare and globally threatened
Mountain Bamboo-partridge Mountain Bamboo-partridge The Mountain Bamboo Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.The binomial commemorates Major-General Albert Fytche.-References:...	Bambusicola fytchii
Red Junglefowl Red Junglefowl The Red Junglefowl is a tropical member of the Pheasant family. They are thought to be ancestors of the domestic chicken with some hybridisation with the Grey Junglefowl...	Gallus gallus
Kalij Pheasant Kalij Pheasant The Kalij Pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from the Northern India to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have an at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage,...	Lophura leucomelanos
Silver Pheasant Silver Pheasant The Silver Pheasant is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China, with introduced populations in Hawaii and various locations in the US mainland. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown...	Lophura nycthemera
Crestless Fireback Crestless Fireback The Crestless Fireback is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Lophura erythrophthalma
Crested Fireback Crested Fireback The Crested Fireback, Lophura ignita, is a medium-sized, up to 70 cm long, forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin...	Lophura ignita	Rare and globally endangered
Siamese Fireback Siamese Fireback The Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi also known as Diard's Fireback is a medium-sized, approximately 80 cm long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive red facial skin, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, reddish brown iris and long curved blackish tail...	Lophura diardi
Hume's Pheasant Hume's Pheasant Mrs. Hume's Pheasant , also known as Hume's Pheasant or Bar-tailed Pheasant, is a large, up to 90 cm long, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish bill, brownish orange iris, white wingbars and metallic blue neck feathers. The male has...	Syrmaticus humiae	Rare
Grey Peacock-pheasant Grey Peacock-pheasant The Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum also known as Burmese Peacock is a large Southeast Asian member of the order Galliformes. It is rather closely related to the peafowl , and like these – and like most other Polyplectron – has brilliant eyespots on its plumage...	Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Malayan Peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron malacense	Near extinct
Great Argus Great Argus The Great Argus, Argusianus argus is a brown-plumaged pheasant with a small blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on crown and nape, and red legs. The male is among the largest of all pheasants. He measures in total length, including a tail of , and weighs . It has...	Argusianus argus
Green Peafowl Green Peafowl The Green Peafowl or Javan Peafowl, Pavo muticus is a large Galliform bird that is found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia...	Pavo muticus	Rare, much reduced in numbers

Buttonquails

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Turnicidae

Buttonquail

Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. They inhabit warm grasslands in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia...

The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails.The female is the brighter of the sexes, and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are 16 species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Small Buttonquail Small Buttonquail The Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail, Common Buttonquail, or Andalusian Hemipode, Turnix sylvaticus, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...	Turnix sylvatica
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Yellow-legged Buttonquail The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This family is peculiar in that the females are more colourful than the males and are polyandrous. Females have a bright rufous nape collar which is moulted during...	Turnix tanki
Barred Buttonquail Barred Buttonquail The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...	Turnix suscitator

Cranes

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Gruidae

Crane (bird)

Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are 15 species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Sarus Crane Sarus Crane The Sarus Crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m , they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands...	Grus antigone	Extirpated and globally vulnerable
Common Crane Common Crane The Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...	Grus grus	Accidental

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Rallidae

Rallidae

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot

Coot

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water...

s, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and appear to be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide of which 15 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Red-legged Crake Red-legged Crake The Red-legged Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Description:Medium-large crake . Head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey-brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white...	Rallina fasciata
Slaty-legged Crake Slaty-legged Crake The Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Distribution and habitat:...	Rallina eurizonoides	Rare, mainly winter visitor
Slaty-breasted Rail Slaty-breasted Rail The Slaty-breasted Rail is a species of rail found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Breeding has been recorded from July in the foothills of the Himalayas from Dehradun in the west....	Gallirallus striatus
Water Rail Water Rail The Water Rail is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range...	Rallus aquaticus	Rare winter visitor
White-breasted Waterhen White-breasted Waterhen The White-breasted Waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family Rallidae that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly...	Amaurornis phoenicurus
Black-tailed Crake Black-tailed Crake The Black-tailed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....	Amaurornis bicolor	Rare
Baillon's Crake Baillon's Crake The Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....	Porzana pusilla	Winter visitor
Spotted Crake Spotted Crake The Spotted Crake is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying 6-15 eggs...	Porzana porzana	Very rare winter visitor
Ruddy-breasted Crake Ruddy-breasted Crake The Ruddy-breasted Crake , or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian...	Porzana fusca
Band-bellied Crake Band-bellied Crake The Band-bellied Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...	Porzana paykullii	Very rare winter visitor
White-browed Crake White-browed Crake The White-browed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.Its natural...	Porzana cinerea
Watercock Watercock The Watercock Gallicrex cinerea is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex....	Gallicrex cinerea	Summer visitor and resident
Purple Swamphen Purple Swamphen The Purple Swamphen , also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae . From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird...	Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen Common Moorhen The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...	Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot Eurasian Coot The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.-Distribution:...	Fulica atra	Winter visitor

Finfoot

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...

Heliornithidae is small family of tropical birds which webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There are three species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Masked Finfoot Masked Finfoot The Masked Finfoot, , is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia...	Heliopais personata	Winter visitor and passage migrant

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Jacanidae

Jacana

The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....

The jacana

Jacana

The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....

s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There are eight species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Pheasant-tailed Jacana The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat...	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	Winter visitor and resident
Bronze-winged Jacana Bronze-winged Jacana The Bronze-winged Jacana is a jacana. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred...	Metopidius indicus

Painted snipe

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Rostratulidae

Painted snipe

Painted snipes are three distinctive wader species in the family Rostratulidae. The family is composed to two genera, Rostratula and Nycticryphes. The Australian Painted Snipe is often treated as a subspecies of the Greater Painted Snipe, but morphological and genetic differences have resulted in...

Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are two species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Greater Painted-snipe	Rostratula benghalensis

Crab Plover

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Dromadidae

Crab Plover

The Crab-plover or Crab Plover is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae. Its relationship within the Charadriiformes is unclear, some have considered it to be closely related to the thick-knees, or the pratincoles, while others have...

The Crab Plover is related to the waders, but is the only member of its family. It resembles a plover

Plover

Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...

but has very long grey legs and a strong black bill similar to that of a tern

Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...

. It has black and white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crab

Crab

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

Common name	Binomial	Status
Crab Plover Crab Plover The Crab-plover or Crab Plover is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae. Its relationship within the Charadriiformes is unclear, some have considered it to be closely related to the thick-knees, or the pratincoles, while others have...	Dromas ardeola	Rare but annual in winter

Avocets and stilts

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet

Avocet

The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...

s and the stilt

Stilt

Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are nine species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black-winged Stilt Black-winged Stilt The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...	Himantopus himantopus	Resident and winter visitor
Pied Avocet Pied Avocet The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia...	Recurvirostra avosetta	Accidental

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Burhinidae

Stone-curlew

The Stone-curlews, also known as Dikkops or Thick-knees are a group of largely tropical birds in the family Burhinidae. Despite the group being classified as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats...

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are nine species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Stone Curlew Stone Curlew The Stone Curlew, Eurasian Thick-knee, or Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus is a northern species of the Burhinidae bird family....	Burhinus oedicnemus	Rare
Great Thick-knee Great Thick-knee The Great Stone-curlew or Great Thick-knee is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka into South-east Asia....	Burhinus recurvirostris	Possibly extinct
Beach Thick-knee	Burhinus magnirostris	Rare and local

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Glareolidae

Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincole

Pratincole

The Pratincoles or Greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails....

s, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the courser

Courser

The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...

s, which have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. There are 17 species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Oriental Pratincole Oriental Pratincole The Oriental Pratincole , also known as the Grasshopper-Bird or Swallow-Plover is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae....	Glareola maldivarum	Summer visitor
Little Pratincole Little Pratincole The Small Pratincole, Little Pratincole, or Small Indian Pratincole , is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae....	Glareola lactea	Resident and winter visitor

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Charadriidae

Charadriidae

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...

The family Charadriidae includes the plover

Plover

s, dotterels, and lapwing

Lapwing

Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...

s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide of which 14 occur in Thailand.
In addition to the listed species, a distinctive Charadrius plover known as ‘White-faced’ Plover has been seen in Thailand in recent years. It is at present unclear whether it is a new species or a subspecies of Kentish Plover.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Northern Lapwing Northern Lapwing The Northern Lapwing , also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia....	Vanellus vanellus	Rare winter visitor
River Lapwing River Lapwing The River Lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii, is a lapwing species which breeds in Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It appears to be entirely sedentary...	Vanellus duvaucelii
Grey-headed Lapwing Grey-headed Lapwing The Grey-headed Lapwing is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia...	Vanellus cinereus	Winter visitor
Red-wattled Lapwing Red-wattled Lapwing The Red-wattled Lapwing is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It has characteristic loud alarm calls which are variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to colloquial names like the did-he-do-it bird...	Vanellus indicus
Pacific Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover The Pacific Golden Plover is a medium-sized plover.The 23–26 cm long breeding adult is spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Its face and neck are black with a white border and it has a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black...	Pluvialis fulva	Winter visitor
Grey Plover Grey Plover The Grey Plover , known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding....	Pluvialis squatarola	Winter visitor
Ringed Plover Ringed Plover The Common Ringed Plover or Ringed Plover is a small plover.Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes...	Charadrius hiaticula	Accidental
Long-billed Plover Long-billed Plover The Long-billed Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.- References...	Charadrius placidus	Rare winter visitor
Little Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover The Little Ringed Plover is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill...	Charadrius dubius	Winter visitor
Kentish Plover Kentish Plover The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Kent, or even Great Britain...	Charadrius alexandrinus	Winter visitor
Malaysian Plover Malaysian Plover The Malaysian Plover is a small wader that nests on beaches and salt flats in Southeast Asia.-Description:...	Charadrius peronii
Lesser Sand Plover Lesser Sand Plover The Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as Lesser Sandplover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is Lesser Sand Plover....	Charadrius mongolus	Winter visitor
Greater Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover The Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultii, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as "Greater sandplover", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater sand plover"....	Charadrius leschenaultii	Winter visitor

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae

The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew

Curlew

The curlews , genus Numenius, are a group of eight species of birds, characterised by long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills...

s, godwit

Godwit

The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter....

s, shanks

Tringa

Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...

, tattler

Tattler (bird)

The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks.The species are:*...

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Woodcock

The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...

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Snipe

A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the...

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Dowitcher

The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related...

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Phalarope

A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek Sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...

s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide of which 39 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Eurasian Woodcock Eurasian Woodcock The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...	Scolopax rusticola	Winter visitor
Jack Snipe Jack Snipe The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...	Lymnocryptes minimus	Rare winter visitor
Wood Snipe Wood Snipe The Wood Snipe is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China. In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam...	Gallinago nemoricola	Very rare winter visitor
Pintail Snipe Pintail Snipe The Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pintail Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of...	Gallinago stenura	Winter visitor
Swinhoe's Snipe Swinhoe's Snipe Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...	Gallinago megala	Very rare winter visitor
Common Snipe Common Snipe The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...	Gallinago gallinago	Winter visitor
Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...	Limnodromus scolopaceus	One record
Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	Rare on passage
Black-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...	Limosa limosa	Winter visitor
Bar-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...	Limosa lapponica	Winter visitor
Little Curlew Little Curlew The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo Curlew....	Numenius minutus	Very rare passage migrant
Whimbrel Whimbrel The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....	Numenius phaeopus	Winter visitor
Eurasian Curlew Eurasian Curlew The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...	Numenius arquata	Winter visitor
Far Eastern Curlew Far Eastern Curlew The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing...	Numenius madagascariensis	Rare passage migrant
Spotted Redshank Spotted Redshank The Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter...	Tringa erythropus	Winter visitor
Common Redshank Common Redshank The Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...	Tringa totanus	Winter visitor
Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....	Tringa stagnatilis	Winter visitor
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Winter visitor
Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	Rare winter visitor
Green Sandpiper Green Sandpiper The Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...	Tringa ochropus	Winter visitor
Wood Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...	Tringa glareola	Winter visitor
Terek Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...	Xenus cinereus	Winter visitor
Common Sandpiper Common Sandpiper The Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...	Actitis hypoleucos	Winter visitor
Grey-tailed Tattler Grey-tailed Tattler The Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes , is a small shorebird.- Description :...	Heterosceles brevipes	Rare on passage
Ruddy Turnstone Ruddy Turnstone The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...	Arenaria interpres	Winter visitor
Great Knot Great Knot The Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...	Calidris tenuirostris	Mainly passage migrant
Red Knot Red Knot The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...	Calidris canutus	Winter visitor
Sanderling Sanderling The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...	Calidris alba	Winter visitor
Red-necked Stint Red-necked Stint The Red-necked Stint is a small migratory wader.- Description :These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the Little Stint, Calidris minuta, with which they were once considered conspecific...	Calidris ruficollis	Common winter visitor
Little Stint Little Stint The Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...	Calidris minuta	Rare in winter
Temminck's Stint Temminck's Stint Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...	Calidris temminckii	Winter visitor
Long-toed Stint Long-toed Stint The Long-toed Stint, Calidris or Erolia subminuta, is a small wader bird. It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia...	Calidris subminuta	Winter visitor
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...	Calidris acuminata	Very rare winter visitor
Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...	Calidris ferruginea	Winter visitor
Dunlin Dunlin The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...	Calidris alpina	Rare winter visitor
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Spoon-billed Sandpiper The Spoon-billed Sandpiper , is a small wader which breeds in northeastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia.- Taxonomy and systematics :...	Eurynorhynchus pygmeus	Rare on passage and in winter, declining due to collapse of breeding population
Broad-billed Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...	Limicola falcinellus	Winter visitor
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Winter and passage visitor
Red-necked Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....	Phalaropus lobatus	Rare in winter or on passage

Skuas

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Stercorariidae

Skua

The skuas are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America....

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are seven species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Pomarine Skua Pomarine Skua The Pomarine Skua, Stercorarius pomarinus, known as Pomarine Jaeger in North America, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.- Taxonomy :...	Stercorarius pomarinus	Winter visitor
Arctic Skua Arctic Skua The Parasitic Jaeger, also known as the Arctic Skua or Parasitic Skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....	Stercorarius parasiticus	Rare winter visitor
Long-tailed Skua Long-tailed Skua The Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....	Stercorarius longicaudus	Accidental

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Laridae

Gull

Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull

Gull

Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...

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Kittiwake

The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...

s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide of which eight occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black-tailed Gull Black-tailed Gull The Black-tailed Gull is a medium-sized gull, with a wingspan of 126-128 cm. The bird is resident in East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. It is a vagrant to Alaska and northeastern North America....	Larus crassirostris	Very rare winter visitor
Common Gull Common Gull The Common Gull or Mew Gull Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter...	Larus canus	Accidental
Heuglin's Gull Heuglin's Gull Heuglin's Gull or Siberian Gull, Larus heuglini, is a seabird in the genus Larus. It is closely related to the Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus, and is often classified as a subspecies of it...	Larus heuglini	Winter visitor
Caspian Gull Caspian Gull Caspian Gull is a name applied to the gull taxon Larus cachinnans, a member of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex.- Description :...	Larus cachinnans	Uncertain status
Great Black-headed Gull Great Black-headed Gull The Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus....	Larus ichthyaetus	Very rare winter visitor
Brown-headed Gull Brown-headed Gull The Brown-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, is a small gull which breeds in the high plateaus of central Asia from Turkmenistan to Mongolia. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of tropical southern Asia...	Larus brunnicephalus	Rare winter visitor
Black-headed Gull Black-headed Gull The Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...	Larus ridibundus	Winter visitor
Slender-billed Gull Slender-billed Gull The Slender-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus genei, is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to north Africa and India, and a...	Larus genei	Very rare winter visitor
Slaty-backed Gull Slaty-backed Gull The Slaty-backed Gull , is a large white-headed gull that breeds on the western coast of Alaska but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. Claims have been made as to its presence throughout North America as well as the eastern coast of Asia. It is similar in appearance to the Western Gull...	Larus schistisagus	Very rare winter visitor

Terns

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Sternidae

Tern

s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide of which 16 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Gull-billed Tern Gull-billed Tern The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...	Sterna nilotica	Winter visitor
Caspian Tern Caspian Tern The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...	Sterna caspia	Winter visitor
Lesser Crested Tern Lesser Crested Tern The Lesser Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...	Sterna bengalensis	Rare winter visitor
Chinese Crested Tern Chinese Crested Tern The Chinese Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae, closely related to Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis and Lesser Crested Tern T. bengalensis...	Sterna bernsteini	Possibly extinct
Great Crested Tern	Sterna bergii
River Tern River Tern The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises north-east of Market Drayton in the north of the county. The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire...	Sterna aurantia	Possibly extinct
Roseate Tern Roseate Tern The Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....	Sterna dougallii
Black-naped Tern Black-naped Tern The Black-naped Tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland....	Sterna sumatrana
Common Tern Common Tern The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...	Sterna hirundo	Winter visitor
Little Tern Little Tern The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...	Sterna albifrons
Black-bellied Tern Black-bellied Tern The Black-bellied Tern is a tern found near large rivers in South Asia. They have a black belly in the summer and a deep forked tail. They can sometimes resemble Whiskered Terns but the deeper fork and the black on the lower belly distinguish it from the shallow fork and black closer to the breast...	Sterna acuticauda	Possibly extinct
Bridled Tern Bridled Tern The Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...	Sterna anaethetus
Sooty Tern Sooty Tern The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...	Sterna fuscata
Whiskered Tern Whiskered Tern The Whiskered Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details....	Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Tern White-winged Tern The White-winged Tern, or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across from Southeastern Europe east to Australia....	Chlidonias leucopterus	Winter visitor
Brown Noddy Brown Noddy The Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...	Anous stolidus	Possibly extinct

Skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

. Family: Rynchopidae

Skimmer

The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas....

Skimmer

s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are three species worldwide of which one has occurred in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Indian Skimmer Indian Skimmer (bird) The Indian Skimmer is a one of the three species that belong to the skimmer family. They are somewhat tern like but like other skimmers, have a short upper mandible and the longer lower mandible that is ploughed along the surface of water as the bird flies over the water to pick aquatic prey...	Rynchops albicollis	One record

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

. Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and dove

Dove

Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...

s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere

Cère

The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal...

. There are 308 species worldwide of which 28 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Rock Pigeon Rock Pigeon The Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....	Columba livia	Due to hybridisation with feral pigeon Feral Pigeon Feral pigeons , also called city doves, flying rats, city pigeons or street pigeons, are derived from domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild Rock Pigeon, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. All three types readily... s, few if any pure-bred birds remain in Thailand
Speckled Wood Pigeon	Columba hodgsonii
Ashy Wood Pigeon	Columba pulchricollis
Pale-capped Pigeon Pale-capped Pigeon The Pale-capped Pigeon also known as the Purple Wood Pigeon is a species of large pigeon that is found patchily distributed in parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has a slow flight and spends a lot of time sitting still in the foliage of large fruiting trees, often in riverine forest on the plains...	Columba punicea	Rare, uncertain status
Oriental Turtle Dove Oriental Turtle Dove The Oriental Turtle Dove or Rufous Turtle Dove is a member of the bird family Columbidae, doves and pigeons.-Names:Both the names Oriental Turtle Dove or Rufous Turtle Dove have been used for this species...	Streptopelia orientalis
Red Collared-dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica
Spotted Dove Spotted Dove The Spotted Dove , also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the Indian Subcontinent including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to southern Tibet and Southeast Asia...	Streptopelia chinensis
Barred Cuckoo-dove Barred Cuckoo-dove The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Macropygia unchall
Little Cuckoo-dove Little Cuckoo-dove The Little Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Macropygia ruficeps
Emerald Dove Emerald Dove The Common Emerald Dove is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, to northern and eastern Australia. The dove is also known by the names of Green Dove and...	Chalcophaps indica
Zebra Dove Zebra Dove The Zebra Dove Geopelia striata, also known as Barred Ground Dove, is a bird of the dove family Columbidae, native to South-east Asia. It is closely related to the Peaceful Dove of Australia and New Guinea and the Barred Dove of eastern Indonesia...	Geopelia striata	Native in south, introduced to central Thailand
Nicobar Pigeon Nicobar Pigeon The Nicobar Pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica, is a pigeon found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas....	Caloenas nicobarica	Rare and globally endangered
Little Green Pigeon	Treron olax	Rare
Pink-necked Green Pigeon	Treron vernans
Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon	Treron fulvicollis	Possibly extirpated, globally threatened
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Orange-breasted Green Pigeon The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon is a pigeon found across tropical Asia south of the Himalaya across the Indian Subcontinent and extending into parts of Southeast Asia. Like other green pigeons, it feeds mainly on small fruit. They may be found in pairs or in small flocks, foraging quietly and...	Treron bicincta
Pompadour Green Pigeon Pompadour Green Pigeon The Pompadour Green Pigeon is a pigeon in the genus Treron. It is widespread in forests of southern and southeast Asia...	Treron pompadora
Thick-billed Green Pigeon	Treron curvirostra
Large Green Pigeon	Treron capellei	Rare and globally vulnerable
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Local name- Hariyal.The Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera also known as Yellow-legged Green Pigeon is a common species of Green Pigeon found in South Asia. The species feeds on fruits of a large variety of fruit trees including a number of species of Ficus. They forage in flocks...	Treron phoenicoptera
Yellow-vented Green Pigeon	Treron seimundi	Very rare
Pin-tailed Green Pigeon	Treron apicauda
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon	Treron sphenura
White-bellied Green Pigeon	Treron sieboldii	Very rare
Jambu Fruit Dove Jambu Fruit Dove The Jambu Fruit Dove, is a smallish colourful fruit-dove. It is a resident breeding species in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java....	Ptilinopus jambu
Green Imperial Pigeon Green Imperial Pigeon The Green Imperial Pigeon is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia. It has a number of subspecies, of which the distinctive Celebes form, Chestnut-naped Imperial Pigeon .This is a forest species; it builds a stick nest in a...	Ducula aenea
Mountain Imperial Pigeon	Ducula badia
Pied Imperial Pigeon	Ducula bicolor

Parrots

Order: Psittaciformes

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

. Family: Psittacidae

True parrots

The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order Psittaciformes . The other family is the Cacatuidae which are also parrots, but not classified as true parrots...

Parrot

s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape and a generally erect stance. The upper mandible has slight mobility in the joint with the skull. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide of which seven occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Blue-rumped Parrot Blue-rumped Parrot The Blue-rumped Parrot is a parrot found in the very southern tip of Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands. It is a small parrot and is primarily green with bright red underwing coverts, a reddish shoulder patch, and yellowish margins on the wing coverts. It...	Psittinus cyanurus	Rare, much reduced
Alexandrine Parakeet Alexandrine Parakeet The Alexandrine Parakeet or Alexandrian Parrot is a member of the psittaciformes order and of the psittacines family...	Psittacula eupatria	Rare, much reduced
Grey-headed Parakeet Grey-headed Parakeet The Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii is closely related to the Slaty-headed Parakeet which together form a super-species. It occurs from the North-eastern states of India, into Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam....	Psittacula finschii
Blossom-headed Parakeet Blossom-headed Parakeet The Blossom-headed Parakeet is a parrot which is a resident breeder in northeast India eastwards into Southeast Asia. It undergoes local movements, driven mainly by the availability of the fruit and blossoms which make up its diet....	Psittacula roseata
Red-breasted Parakeet Red-breasted Parakeet The Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, is among the more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the most geographical variations. It is easily identified by the large reddish patch on its breast. An alternative name is the Moustached Parakeet depending on subspecies...	Psittacula alexandri
Vernal Hanging Parrot Vernal Hanging Parrot The Vernal Hanging Parrot is a small parrot which is a resident breeder from India , Nepal and some other areas of Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka, it is replaced by the very similar endemic Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, . It undergoes local movements, driven mainly by the availability of the fruit,...	Loriculus vernalis
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot The Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Loriculus galgulus, is a small mainly green parrot found in forested lowlands from Thailand to Borneo.Its diet includes flowers, buds, fruits, nuts and seeds.-Description:...	Loriculus galgulus

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes

Cuculiformes

The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

. Family: Cuculidae

Cuckoo

The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo

Cuckoo

s, roadrunner

Geococcyx

The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...

s and anis

Ani (bird)

The anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New world birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States...

. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Many Old World cuckoo species are brood parasite

Brood parasite

Brood parasites are organisms that use the strategy of brood parasitism, a kind of kleptoparasitism found among birds, fish or insects, involving the manipulation and use of host individuals either of the same or different species to raise the young of the brood-parasite...

s. There are 138 species worldwide of which 31 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Pied Cuckoo Pied Cuckoo The Jacobin Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, or Pied Crested Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the Monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival...	Clamator jacobinus	Accidental
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Chestnut-winged Cuckoo The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar...	Clamator coromandus	Summer visitor and on passage
Large Hawk-cuckoo Large Hawk-cuckoo The Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.They call in summer and the goes on well after dusk....	Cuculus sparverioides
Common Hawk-cuckoo Common Hawk-cuckoo The Common Hawk-Cuckoo , popularly known as the Brainfever bird, is a medium sized cuckoo resident in South Asia. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, a sparrow hawk, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch...	Cuculus varius	One record
Moustached Hawk-cuckoo Moustached Hawk-cuckoo The Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Cuculus vagans
Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo	Cuculus fugax
Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo The Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo, Cuculus fugax is a species of cuckoo found in south, east and southeast Asia.Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo is a brood parasite. The chick evicts bona fide residents of the parasitized nest, thus becoming the sole occupant. Under normal circumstances, this would reduce the...	Cuculus nisicolor
Northern Hawk-cuckoo	Cuculus hyperythrus
Indian Cuckoo Indian Cuckoo The Indian Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in Asia from Pakistan and India, Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m.-Description:This is a medium...	Cuculus micropterus
Common Cuckoo Common Cuckoo The Common Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals....	Cuculus canorus	Uncertain status
Oriental Cuckoo Oriental Cuckoo The Himalayan Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the genus Cuculus. It breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter....	Cuculus saturatus	Passage migrant
Sunda Cuckoo Sunda Cuckoo The Sunda Cuckoo or Sunda Lesser Cuckoo is a South-east Asian bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It was formerly classified with the Himalayan Cuckoo and Oriental Cuckoo in a single species, C...	Cuculus lepidus
Lesser Cuckoo Lesser Cuckoo The Lesser Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka,...	Cuculus poliocephalus	Very rare
Banded Bay Cuckoo Banded Bay Cuckoo The Banded Bay Cuckoo or Bay-banded Cuckoo is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have a round nostril. They are usually founded in well wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the...	Cacomantis sonneratii
Plaintive Cuckoo Plaintive Cuckoo The Plaintive Cuckoo is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia.-Description:...	Cacomantis merulinus
Brush Cuckoo Brush Cuckoo The Brush Cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin....	Cacomantis variolosus
Little Bronze-cuckoo Little Bronze-Cuckoo The Little Bronze Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Chrysococcyx minutillus
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Asian Emerald Cuckoo The Asian Emerald Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Chrysococcyx maculatus	Resident and winter visitor
Violet Cuckoo Violet Cuckoo The Violet Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Asian Drongo-cuckoo Asian Drongo-cuckoo The Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris is a species of cuckoo that resembles a Black Drongo. It can be easily distinguished by its straight beak and the white barred vent. It is a brood parasite on small babblers...	Surniculus lugubris
Asian Koel Asian Koel The Asian Koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies...	Eudynamys scolopacea
Black-bellied Malkoha Black-bellied Malkoha The Black-bellied Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Phaenicophaeus diardi
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Chestnut-bellied Malkoha The Chestnut-bellied Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Green-billed Malkoha Green-billed Malkoha The Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found in peninsular India. The birds are waxy bluish black with a long graduated tail with white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is prominent and curved...	Phaenicophaeus tristis
Raffles's Malkoha Raffles's Malkoha Raffles's Malkoha is a species of cuckoo . It was formerly often placed in Phaenicophaeus with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorphies and sexual dimorphism .It might not even be very closely related to the true malkohas, but form a very basal lineage of...	Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
Red-billed Malkoha Red-billed Malkoha The Red-billed Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...	Phaenicophaeus javanicus
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Chestnut-breasted Malkoha The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale...	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo The Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo is a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests...	Carpococcyx renauldi
Short-toed Coucal Short-toed Coucal The Short-toed Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Centropus rectunguis	Accidental
Greater Coucal Greater Coucal The Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China and Indonesia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species...	Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal Lesser Coucal The Lesser Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.-References:*...	Centropus bengalensis

Barn owls

Order: Strigiformes

Owl

Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...

. Family: Tytonidae

Tytonidae

Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...

Barn owl

Barn Owl

The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...

s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Barn Owl Barn Owl The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...	Tyto alba
Oriental Bay Owl Oriental Bay Owl The Oriental Bay Owl is a type of owl, usually classified with barn owls. It is completely nocturnal, and can be found throughout Southeast Asia. It has several subspecies. It has a heart-shaped face with earlike extensions...	Phodilus badius

Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes

Owl

. Family: Strigidae

Typical owl

Typical owl

True owl or Typical owl are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls, the other being the barn owls . The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Strigidae...

s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide of which 18 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
White-fronted Scops Owl	Otus sagittatus	Rare and globally vulnerable
Reddish Scops Owl Reddish Scops Owl The Reddish Scops Owl is an owl found in southeast Asia.-References:*...	Otus rufescens	Rare and globally threatened
Mountain Scops Owl Mountain Scops Owl The Mountain Scops Owl is sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl. It is locally common in its main habitat which covers some parts of Asia, mostly Bhutan and Taiwan. It has a short high-pitched call similar to the sound a radar...	Otus spilocephalus
Collared Scops Owl Collared Scops Owl The Collared Scops Owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India and the Himalayas east to south China. It is partially migratory, with some birds wintering in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia...	Otus lettia
Sunda Scops Owl	Otus lempiji
Oriental Scops Owl Oriental Scops Owl The Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia is a species of Scops owl found in South Asia. They are found in dry deciduous forests. They are usually detected by their distinctive call. There have been 2 records of Oriental Scops Owl in Alaska....	Otus sunia
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Spot-bellied Eagle Owl The Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl, also known as the Forest Eagle-Owl, Bubo nipalensis is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in southern and south-eastern Asia...	Bubo nipalensis
Barred Eagle Owl	Bubo sumatranus
Dusky Eagle Owl	Bubo coromandus	Very rare
Brown Fish Owl Brown Fish Owl The Brown Fish Owl is an owl. This species is a part of the family known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most living owls. It inhabits the warm subtropical and humid tropical parts of continental Asia and some offshore islands.The four fish owls were previously generally separated in...	Ketupa zeylonensis
Buffy Fish Owl	Ketupa ketupu
Spotted Wood Owl	Strix seloputo
Brown Wood Owl Brown Wood Owl The Brown Wood Owl, Strix leptogrammica, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls , which contains most species of owl...	Strix leptogrammica
Collared Owlet Collared Owlet The Collared Owlet is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Glaucidium brodiei
Asian Barred Owlet Asian Barred Owlet The Asian Barred Owlet is a species of true owl, resident in northern South Asia and SE Asia . Its natural habitat is temperate forest....	Glaucidium cuculoides
Spotted Owlet Spotted Owlet The Spotted Owlet is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It...	Athene brama
Brown Hawk Owl Brown Hawk Owl The Brown Hawk-Owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China....	Ninox scutulata
Short-eared Owl Short-eared Owl The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...	Asio flammeus	Very rare winter visitor

Frogmouths

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Podargidae

Frogmouth

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are found from India across southern Asia to Australia.They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to capture insects. Their flight is weak.They rest horizontally on...

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjar

Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

s. They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. There are 12 species worldwide of which four occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Large Frogmouth Large Frogmouth The Large Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Batrachostomus auritus	Very rare
Gould's Frogmouth Gould's Frogmouth The Gould's Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Batrachostomus stellatus	Rare
Hodgson's Frogmouth Hodgson's Frogmouth The Hodgson's Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...	Batrachostomus hodgsoni
Javan Frogmouth Javan Frogmouth The Javan Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family. The species is sometimes known as Horsfield's Frogmouth.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand....	Batrachostomus javensis

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjar

s are medium-sized ground-nesting nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Malaysian Nightjar	Eurostopodus temminckii	This and the following species are now often placed in a separate family
Great Eared-nightjar Great Eared-nightjar The Great Eared Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is likely the largest member of its near cosmopolitan family, although a few species, such as the Lyre-tailed Nightjar and Swallow-tailed Nightjar reach a longer total length thanks to their long tail streamers...	Eurostopodus macrotis
Grey Nightjar Grey Nightjar The Jungle Nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus, is a species of nightjar found in India and Sri Lanka. It was formerly called the Grey Nightjar or Indian Jungle Nightjar and it included the East Asian Grey Nightjar The Jungle Nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus, is a species of nightjar found in India and Sri...	Caprimulgus indicus	Winter visitor, breeds in mountains
Large-tailed Nightjar Large-tailed Nightjar The Large-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats...	Caprimulgus macrurus
Indian Nightjar Indian Nightjar The Indian Nightjar is a small nightjar which is a resident breeder in open lands across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Like most nightjars it is crepuscular and is best detected from its characteristic calls at dawn and dusk that have been likened to a stone skipping on a frozen lake - a series...	Caprimulgus asiaticus
Savanna Nightjar Savanna Nightjar The Savanna Nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis, is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast Asia.-References: Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...	Caprimulgus affinis

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes

Apodiformes

Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

. Family: Apodidae

Swift

The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...

Swift

s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide of which 14 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Glossy Swiftlet Glossy Swiftlet The Glossy Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Australia, Brunei, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.It is shiny black-blue above, including its...	Collocalia esculenta	Rare
Himalayan Swiftlet Himalayan Swiftlet The Himalayan Swiftlet, Aerodramus brevirostris, is a small swift. It is a common colonial breeder in the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Some populations are migratory....	Aerodramus brevirostris	Breeds in highlands, winter visitor elsewhere
Indochinese Swiftlet	Aerodramus rogersi
Black-nest Swiftlet Black-nest Swiftlet The Black-nest Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Aerodramus maximus
Edible-nest Swiftlet Edible-nest Swiftlet The Edible-nest Swiftlet is a small bird of the swift family which is found in South-east Asia. Its nest is made of solidified saliva and is used to make bird's nest soup.-Description:...	Aerodramus fuciphagus
German's Swiftlet German's Swiftlet The German's Swiftlet is a species of swift.It is found in China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Description:This swiftlet is...	Aerodramus germani
Silver-rumped Needletail	Rhaphidura leucopygialis
White-throated Needletail White-throated Needletail The White-throated Needletail , also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift. It is the fastest-flying bird in flapping flight, being capable of speeds up to 170 km/h ....	Hirundapus caudacutus	Rare migrant
Silver-backed Needletail Silver-backed Needletail The Silver-backed Needletail is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...	Hirundapus cochinchinensis	Uncertain status
Brown-backed Needletail Brown-backed Needletail The Brown-backed Needletail , or Brown Needletail, is a large swift.These birds have very short legs which they use only mainly for clinging to vertical surfaces...	Hirundapus giganteus
Asian Palm Swift Asian Palm Swift The Asian Palm Swift is a small swift. It is very similar to the African Palm Swift, Cypsiurus parvus, and was formerly considered to be the same species....	Cypsiurus balasiensis
Pacific Swift Pacific Swift The Pacific Swift , is a small bird, superficially similar to a House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes...	Apus pacificus	Winter visitor, some breed
Dark-rumped Swift Dark-rumped Swift The Dark-rumped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....	Apus acuticauda	Very rare winter visitor
House Swift House Swift The House Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Little Swift.-References:...	Apus nipalensis

Treeswifts

Order: Apodiformes

Apodiformes

. Family: Hemiprocnidae

Treeswift

The treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a single genus, Hemiprocne, with four species...

The treeswifts or crested swifts are aerial near passerine

Near passerine

Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...

bird

Bird

s, closely related to the true swifts

Swift

. They differ from the true swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and soft plumage. There are 4 species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Crested Treeswift Crested Treeswift The Crested Treeswift is a kind of tree swift. The tree swifts are aerial near passerine birds, closely related to, but distinct from the true swifts. They are restricted to southeast Asia and Australasia....	Hemiprocne coronata
Grey-rumped Treeswift Grey-rumped Treeswift The Grey-rumped Treeswift is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Hemiprocne longipennis
Whiskered Treeswift Whiskered Treeswift The Whiskered Treeswift is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Hemiprocne comata

Trogons

Order: Trogon

Trogon

The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family contains 39 species in eight genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the mid-Eocene. They might constitute a member of the basal radiation of...

iformes
Family: Trogon

Trogon

idae

The family Trogonidae includes the trogons and quetzal

Quetzal

Quetzals are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family . They are found in forests and woodlands, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus Pharomachrus being exclusively Neotropical, while the single Euptilotis species is almost entirely restricted to western Mexico...

s. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 33 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Red-naped Trogon Red-naped Trogon The Red-naped Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Harpactes kasumba	Rare
Diard's Trogon Diard's Trogon The Diard's Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Harpactes diardii
Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Cinnamon-rumped Trogon The Cinnamon-rumped Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Harpactes orrhophaeus	Rare
Scarlet-rumped Trogon Scarlet-rumped Trogon The Scarlet-rumped Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Harpactes duvaucelii
Red-headed Trogon Red-headed Trogon The Red-headed Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Harpactes erythrocephalus
Orange-breasted Trogon Orange-breasted Trogon The Orange-breasted Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.-Distribution and habitat:The trogon is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Harpactes oreskios

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide of which 16 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Blyth's Kingfisher Blyth's Kingfisher The Blyth's Kingfisher, Alcedo hercules, is a kingfisher distributed in Bangladesh, India, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam. It is found along streams in evergreen forest and adjacent open country from 200-1,200 m, mainly at 400-1,000 m....	Alcedo hercules	Very rare winter visitor
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Very common winter visitor
Blue-eared Kingfisher Blue-eared Kingfisher The Blue-eared Kingfisher, Alcedo meninting, is found in south and southeast Asia. This is a small kingfisher almost identical to the Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis...	Alcedo meninting
Blue-banded Kingfisher Blue-banded Kingfisher The Blue-banded Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Alcedo euryzona
Black-backed Kingfisher Black-backed Kingfisher The Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher also known as the Black-backed Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family....	Ceyx erithacus
Rufous-backed Kingfisher Rufous-backed Kingfisher The Rufous-backed Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores and streamsides...	Ceyx rufidorsa
Banded Kingfisher Banded Kingfisher The Banded Kingfisher is a tree kingfisher found in the lowland tropical forests of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos. Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Brunei. It is extinct in Singapore...	Lacedo pulchella
Brown-winged Kingfisher Brown-winged Kingfisher The Brown-winged Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....	Pelargopsis amauropterus
Stork-billed Kingfisher Stork-billed Kingfisher The Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis , is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. This kingfisher is essentially resident throughout its range.This is a very large...	Pelargopsis capensis
Ruddy Kingfisher Ruddy Kingfisher The Ruddy Kingfisher is a medium-sized tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in east and southeast Asia, ranging from South Korea and Japan in the north, south through the Philippines to the Sunda Islands, and west to China and India. It is migratory, with birds in the northern part of the...	Halcyon coromanda
White-throated Kingfisher White-throated Kingfisher The White-throated Kingfisher also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher or Smyrna Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, east through South Asia to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations...	Halcyon smyrnensis
Black-capped Kingfisher Black-capped Kingfisher The Black-capped Kingfisher, Halcyon pileata, is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia...	Halcyon pileata	Winter visitor and passage migrant
Collared Kingfisher Collared Kingfisher The Collared Kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia...	Todirhamphus chloris
Rufous-collared Kingfisher Rufous-collared Kingfisher The Rufous-collared Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Actenoides concretus	Rare and reduced
Crested Kingfisher Crested Kingfisher The Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris is resident of the Himalayas and foothills of Northern India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina, Southeast Asia and Japan. It is a very large black and white kingfisher with evenly barred wings and tail. It lacks a supercilium and has a spotted breast, which...	Megaceryle lugubris
Pied Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher The Pied Kingfisher is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Their black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive. Males have a double band across the breast while females have a...	Ceryle rudis

Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Meropidae

Bee-eater

The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers...

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine

Near passerine

birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, southern Asia, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long down-turned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 26 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Red-bearded Bee-eater Red-bearded Bee-eater The Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus is a large species of bee-eater found in the Indo-Malayan subregion of South-east Asia. This species is found in openings in patches of dense forest....	Nyctyornis amictus
Blue-bearded Bee-eater Blue-bearded Bee-eater The Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni is a large species of bee-eater found in South Asia. This species is found in openings in patches of dense forest. It is found in the Malayan region and also extends into the Western Ghats in southwestern India. The blue feathers of its throat are...	Nyctyornis athertoni
Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis
Blue-throated Bee-eater Blue-throated Bee-eater The Blue-throated Bee-eater is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Merops viridis	Resident, winter visitor and passage migrant
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Blue-tailed Bee-eater The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India....	Merops philippinus	Resident, winter visitor and passage migrant
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Chestnut-headed Bee-eater The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southeast Asia and Indonesia....	Merops leschenaulti

Typical rollers

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Coraciidae

Roller

The rollers are an Old World family, Coraciidae, of near passerine birds. The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and...

Rollers resemble crow

Crow

Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...

s in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfisher

Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

s and bee-eater

Bee-eater

s. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not. There are 12 species worldwide of which two occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Indian Roller Indian Roller The Indian Roller , also called the Blue Jay in former times is a member of the roller family of birds. They are found in southern Asia from Iraq to Thailand and are best known for the aerobatic displays of the male during the breeding season...	Coracias benghalensis
Dollarbird Dollarbird The Oriental Dollarbird , also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings....	Eurystomus orientalis

Hoopoe

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Upupidae

Hoopoe

The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...

Hoopoes have black, white and pink plumage and a large erectile crest on the head. There are two species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Hoopoe Hoopoe The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...	Upupa epops

Hornbills

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Bucerotidae

Hornbill

Hornbills are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly-colored and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible. Both the common English and the scientific name of the family...

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Oriental Pied-hornbill Oriental Pied-hornbill The Oriental Pied Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its...	Anthracoceros albirostris
Black Hornbill Black Hornbill The Black Hornbill, Anthracoceros malayanus, is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae.It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.-External links:...	Anthracoceros malayanus	Rare
Rhinoceros Hornbill Rhinoceros Hornbill The Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros, is one of the largest hornbills, adults being approximately the size of a swan, 110-127 cm long and weighing 2-3 kg . The Rhinoceros Hornbill lives in captivity for up to 35 years...	Buceros rhinoceros	Rare, far south
Great Hornbill Great Hornbill The Great Hornbill also known as Great Indian Hornbill or Great Pied Hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. Great Hornbills are found in the forests of Nepal, India, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. Their impressive size and colour have made them important in...	Buceros bicornis
Helmeted Hornbill Helmeted Hornbill The Helmeted Hornbill is a very large bird in the hornbill family. It is found in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo....	Buceros vigil
Brown Hornbill	Anorrhinus austeni
Rusty-cheeked Hornbill Rusty-cheeked Hornbill The Tickell's Brown Hornbill , also known as the Rusty-cheeked Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies.It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill,...	Anorrhinus tickelli
Bushy-crested Hornbill Bushy-crested Hornbill The Bushy-crested Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Anorrhinus galeritus
White-crowned Hornbill White-crowned Hornbill The White-crowned Hornbill , also known as the White-crested Hornbill , is a species of hornbill found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo...	Aceros comatus
Rufous-necked Hornbill Rufous-necked Hornbill The Rufous-necked Hornbill is a species of hornbill found in broadleaved forests at altitudes of in Bhutan, north-eastern India, Burma, southern Yunnan, south-eastern Tibet, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss...	Aceros nipalensis	Rare
Wrinkled Hornbill Wrinkled Hornbill The Wrinkled Hornbill or Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill is a medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo...	Aceros corrugatus	Near extinct
Wreathed Hornbill Wreathed Hornbill The Wreathed Hornbill , also known as the Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland south-east Asia and the Greater Sundas, except Sulawesi. It is 75–100 cm long...	Aceros undulatus
Plain-pouched Hornbill Plain-pouched Hornbill The Plain-pouched Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests in southern Burma, adjacent parts of western Thailand and in northern Peninsular Malaysia....	Aceros subruficollis	Rare

Barbets

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Megalaimidae

The Asian barbets

Megalaimidae

A family of birds comprising the Asian barbets, the Megalaimidae were once united with all other barbets in the Capitonidae but they have turned out to be distinct...

are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide of which 15 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Fire-tufted Barbet Fire-tufted Barbet The Fire-tufted Barbet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Psilopogon....	Psilopogon pyrolophus	Accidental
Great Barbet Great Barbet The Great Barbet, Megalaima virens, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....	Megalaima virens
Lineated Barbet Lineated Barbet The Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent,along the southern foothills of the Himalayas and also in parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Like other barbets it is a frugivore. In nests inside holes bored into tree trunks....	Megalaima lineata
Green-eared Barbet Green-eared Barbet The Green-eared Barbet, Megalaima faiostricta, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....	Megalaima faiostricta
Golden-whiskered Barbet	Megalaima chrysopogon
Red-crowned Barbet Red-crowned Barbet The Red-crowned Barbet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations...	Megalaima rafflesii	Rare and globally threatened
Red-throated Barbet Red-throated Barbet The Red-throated Barbet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Megalaima mystacophanos
Golden-throated Barbet Golden-throated Barbet The Golden-throated Barbet, Megalaima franklinii, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....	Megalaima franklinii
Black-browed Barbet Black-browed Barbet The Black-browed Barbet or Müller's Barbet is a bird belonging to the Asian barbet family, Megalaimidae.It is 20-23.5 cm long. The plumage is mostly green apart from the head which is patterned with blue, yellow and red. There is a black stripe above the eye. The bill is black and the feet...	Megalaima oorti	Accidental
Blue-throated Barbet Blue-throated Barbet The Blue-throated Barbet is an Asian barbet, seen across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills; this species eats...	Megalaima asiatica
Moustached Barbet Moustached Barbet The Moustached Barbet, Megalaima incognita, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....	Megalaima incognita
Yellow-crowned Barbet Yellow-crowned Barbet The Yellow-crowned Barbet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Megalaima henricii
Blue-eared Barbet Blue-eared Barbet The Blue-eared Barbet, Megalaima australis, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.- Description :...	Megalaima australis
Coppersmith Barbet Coppersmith Barbet The Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith , is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia...	Megalaima haemacephala
Brown Barbet Brown Barbet The Brown Barbet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Calorhamphus. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International...	Caloramphus fuliginosus

Honeyguides

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Indicatoridae

Honeyguide

Honeyguides are near passerine bird species of the order Piciformes. They are also known as indicator birds, or honey birds, although the latter term is also used more narrowly to refer to species of the genus Prodotiscus. They have an Old World tropical distribution, with the greatest number of...

Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax

Wax

thumb|right|[[Cetyl palmitate]], a typical wax ester.Wax refers to a class of chemical compounds that are plastic near ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...

. They are named for the behaviour of the Greater Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

The Greater Honeyguide is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies....

which leads large animals to bees' nests and then feeds on the wax once the animal has broken the nest open to get at the honey. There are 17 species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Malaysian Honeyguide Malaysian Honeyguide The Malaysian Honeyguide, Indicator archipelagicus is a medium-sized, up to 18cm long, olive-brown honeyguide with greenish streaks, reddish iris, thick grey bill and greyish white below. The male has a yellow patch on the shoulder, while the female has none...	Indicator archipelagicus	Rare

Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Picidae

Picidae

The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...

Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide of which 36 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Eurasian Wryneck Eurasian Wryneck The Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers.This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and southern Asia. It is a bird of open woodland and orchards...	Jynx torquilla	Winter visitor
Speckled Piculet Speckled Piculet The Speckled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Picumnus innominatus
Rufous Piculet Rufous Piculet The Rufous Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Sasia abnormis
White-browed Piculet White-browed Piculet The White-browed Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.This bird utilizes bamboo to make nests...	Sasia ochracea
Grey-capped Woodpecker Grey-capped Woodpecker The Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker is an Asian bird species of in the woodpecker family .This is a small, dark woodpecker with dark irides. Barred black and white above, it usually has unbarred central tail feathers. Its dark buff underside has prominent dark streaking...	Dendrocopos canicapillus
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker The Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.-Description:...	Dendrocopos macei
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Stripe-breasted Woodpecker The Stripe-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Dendrocopos atratus
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Yellow-crowned Woodpecker The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis or Mahratta woodpecker is a species of small pied woodpecker found in South Asia.-Description:...	Dendrocopos mahrattensis	Rare
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Rufous-bellied Woodpecker The Rufous-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Dendrocopos hyperythrus
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Crimson-breasted Woodpecker The Crimson-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Dendrocopos cathpharius
Rufous Woodpecker Rufous Woodpecker The Rufous Woodpecker, is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic.It builds its nest within the nest of acrobat ants...	Celeus brachyurus
White-bellied Woodpecker White-bellied Woodpecker The White-bellied Woodpecker is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman Woodpecker . Many island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white...	Dryocopus javensis
Banded Woodpecker Banded Woodpecker The Banded Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Picus mineaceus
Lesser Yellownape Lesser Yellownape The Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophus, is a type of woodpecker which is a widespread and often common breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Sumatra....	Picus chlorolophus
Crimson-winged Woodpecker Crimson-winged Woodpecker The Crimson-winged Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Picus puniceus
Greater Yellownape Greater Yellownape The Greater Yellownape is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Picus flavinucha
Checker-throated Woodpecker Checker-throated Woodpecker The Checker-throated Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Picus mentalis
Streak-breasted Woodpecker Streak-breasted Woodpecker The Streak-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and perhaps Bangladesh. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:* BirdLife International...	Picus viridanus
Laced Woodpecker Laced Woodpecker The Laced Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and perhaps Bangladesh....	Picus vittatus
Streak-throated Woodpecker Streak-throated Woodpecker The Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian Subcontinent.-Description:A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red...	Picus xanthopygaeus
Black-headed Woodpecker Black-headed Woodpecker The Black-headed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Picus erythropygius
Grey-faced Woodpecker	Picus canus
Olive-backed Woodpecker Olive-backed Woodpecker The Olive-backed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Dinopium rafflesii	Rare
Common Flameback Common Flameback The Common Flameback or Common Goldenback is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-Description and ecology:A medium-sized, golden-backed woodpecker...	Dinopium javanense
Greater Flameback Greater Flameback The Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus, also known as Greater Goldenback, Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker species...	Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Pale-headed Woodpecker Pale-headed Woodpecker The Pale-headed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Gecinulus grantia
Bamboo Woodpecker Bamboo Woodpecker The Bamboo Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Gecinulus viridis
Maroon Woodpecker Maroon Woodpecker The Maroon Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Blythipicus rubiginosus
Bay Woodpecker Bay Woodpecker The Bay Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...	Blythipicus pyrrhotis
Orange-backed Woodpecker Orange-backed Woodpecker The Orange-backed Woodpecker is a woodpecker found in Indonesia. It is the only member of the genus Reinwardtipicus.-References:*...	Reinwardtipicus validus
Buff-rumped Woodpecker Buff-rumped Woodpecker The Buff-rumped Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Meiglyptes tristis
Black-and-buff Woodpecker Black-and-buff Woodpecker The Black-and-buff Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Meiglyptes jugularis
Buff-necked Woodpecker Buff-necked Woodpecker The Buff-necked Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Meiglyptes tukki
Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Grey-and-buff Woodpecker The Grey-and-buff Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Hemicircus concretus
Heart-spotted Woodpecker Heart-spotted Woodpecker The Heart-spotted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. They have a contrasting black and white pattern, a distinctively stubby body with a large wedge-shaped head making them easy to identify while their frequent calling make them easy to detect as they forage for...	Hemicircus canente
Great Slaty Woodpecker Great Slaty Woodpecker The Great Slaty Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...	Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Broadbills

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

. Family: Eurylaimidae

Broadbill

The broadbills are a family of small passerine birds, Eurylaimidae. The Smithornis and Pseudocalyptomena species occur in sub-Saharan Africa; the rest extend from the eastern Himalayas to Sumatra and Borneo. The family possibly also includes the Sapayoa from the Neotropics and the asities from...

The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds that feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests. There are 15 species worldwide of which seven occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Dusky Broadbill Dusky Broadbill The Dusky Broadbill is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Corydon sumatranus
Black-and-red Broadbill Black-and-red Broadbill The Black-and-red Broadbill is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cymbirhynchus....	Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Banded Broadbill Banded Broadbill The Banded Broadbill is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Eurylaimus javanicus
Black-and-yellow Broadbill Black-and-yellow Broadbill The Black-and-yellow Broadbill is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Eurylaimus ochromalus
Long-tailed Broadbill Long-tailed Broadbill The Long-tailed Broadbill is a species of broadbill that is found in the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. It is the only bird in the genus Psarisomus. The Long-tailed Broadbill is about 25 cm in length and weighs between 50 and 60 grams...	Psarisomus dalhousiae
Silver-breasted Broadbill Silver-breasted Broadbill The Silver-breasted Broadbill is a species of bird in the broadbill family Eurylaimidae. It is monotypic within the genus Serilophus...	Serilophus lunatus
Green Broadbill Green Broadbill The Green Broadbill, Calyptomena viridis, is a small, approximately 17 cm long, brilliant green-plumaged bird with a black ear patch, wide gape bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on wings. The beak itself is very weak and almost hidden by the crest above it. Both sexes are...	Calyptomena viridis

Pittas

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Pittidae

Pitta (bird)

Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. Pittas are all similar in general structure and habits, and have often been placed in a single genus, although as of 2009 they are now split into three...

Pittas are medium-sized stocky passerines with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey. There are 32 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Eared Pitta Eared Pitta The Eared Pitta is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pitta phayrei
Blue-naped Pitta Blue-naped Pitta The Blue-naped Pitta is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Pitta nipalensis
Blue-rumped Pitta Blue-rumped Pitta The Blue-rumped Pitta, Pitta soror, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pitta soror
Rusty-naped Pitta Rusty-naped Pitta The Rusty-naped Pitta, Pitta oatesi, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pitta oatesi
Giant Pitta Giant Pitta The Giant Pitta, Pitta caerulea, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Pitta caerulea	Rare and globally threatened
Blue Pitta Blue Pitta The Blue Pitta, Pitta cyanea, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pitta cyanea
Banded Pitta Banded Pitta The Banded Pitta, Pitta guajana, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sundas ....	Pitta guajana
Bar-bellied Pitta Bar-bellied Pitta The Bar-bellied Pitta, Pitta elliotii, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Pitta elliotii	Rare and globally threatened
Gurney's Pitta Gurney's Pitta The Gurney's Pitta, Pitta gurneyi, is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations in Thailand and, especially, Burma....	Pitta gurneyi	Rediscovered 1986, rare and endangered near endemic
Hooded Pitta Hooded Pitta The Hooded Pitta, Pitta sordida, is a passerine bird. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and the Maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in different types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas....	Pitta sordida
Garnet Pitta Garnet Pitta The Garnet Pitta, Pitta granatina, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pitta granatina	Rare and globally threatened
Blue-winged Pitta Blue-winged Pitta The Blue-winged Pitta is a passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to Australia and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas and has no subspecies.-Taxonomy:...	Pitta moluccensis	Summer visitor, passage migrant
Mangrove Pitta Mangrove Pitta The Mangrove Pitta is a species of passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies but has no recognized subspecies.- Taxonomy :...	Pitta megarhyncha

Larks

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Alaudidae

Lark

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Australasian Bushlark Australasian Bushlark Horsfield's Bush Lark or Australasian Bushlark, , inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia.- Identification :M. javanica is brown with grey streaks and mottling.- Range :...	Mirafra javanica
Indochinese Bushlark Indochinese Bushlark The Indochinese Bush Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.- Range :The range of M. erythrocephala extends over a large swath of SE Asia, in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.- Habitat :M...	Mirafra erythrocephala
Oriental Skylark Oriental Skylark The Oriental Skylark , also known as the Oriental Lark or Small Skylark, is a species of skylark found in South Asia and Southeast Asia...	Alauda gulgula

Swallows and martins

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Hirundinidae

Swallow

The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding...

The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
White-eyed River Martin White-eyed River Martin The White-eyed River Martin is a passerine bird, one of only two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallow family Hirundinidae...	Pseudochelidon sirintarae	Endemic, probably globally extinct
Sand Martin Sand Martin The Sand Martin is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia...	Riparia riparia	Winter visitor
Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola
Dusky Crag Martin Dusky Crag Martin The Dusky Crag Martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is about 13 cm long with a broad body and wings, and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of most of its feathers. This martin has sooty-brown upperparts and slightly paler underparts...	Ptyonoprogne concolor
Barn Swallow Barn Swallow The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...	Hirundo rustica	Winter visitor
Pacific Swallow Pacific Swallow The Pacific Swallow or Hill Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka across to south east Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements...	Hirundo tahitica
Wire-tailed Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow The Wire-tailed Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts ....	Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow Red-rumped Swallow The Red-rumped Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in open hilly country of temperate southern Europe and Asia from Portugal and Spain to Japan, India and tropical Africa. The Indian and African birds are resident, but European and other Asian birds are migratory...	Cecropis daurica	Winter visitor, local breeder
Striated Swallow Striated Swallow The Striated Swallow is a species of swallow found in open, often hilly areas, clearings and cultivation in South and Southeast Asia from northeastern India and Taiwan south to Timor...	Cecropis striolata
Rufous-bellied Swallow	Cecropis badia
House Martin House Martin The Common House Martin , sometimes called the Northern House Martin or, particularly in Europe, just House Martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia...	Delichon urbica	Rare winter visitor
Asian House Martin Asian House Martin The Asian House Martin is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has mainly blue-black upperparts, other than its white rump, and has pale grey underparts. Its three subspecies breed in the Himalayas and in central and eastern Asia, and spend the winter lower in the...	Delichon dasypus	Winter visitor
Nepal House Martin Nepal House Martin The Nepal House Martin is a non-migratory passerine of the swallow family Hirundinidae. Its two subspecies breed in the Himalayas from northwestern India through Nepal to Burma, northern Vietnam, and just into China...	Delichon nipalensis	One record

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails and comprises the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. These are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Forest Wagtail Forest Wagtail The Forest Wagtail is a medium-sized passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae. It has a distinctive plumage that sets it apart from other wagtails and has the habit of wagging its tail sideways unlike the usual up and down movements of the other wagtail species. It is the only wagtail...	Dendronanthus indicus	Winter visitor
White Wagtail White Wagtail "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...	Motacilla alba	Winter visitor
Citrine Wagtail Citrine Wagtail The Citrine Wagtail or Yellow-headed Wagtail is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. Its systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy are subject of considerable debate in the early 21st century. This is because this bird forms a cryptic...	Motacilla citreola	Winter visitor
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Winter visitor
Grey Wagtail Grey Wagtail The Grey Wagtail is a small member of the wagtail family, Motacillidae. The species looks similar to the Yellow Wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and vent. Breeding males have a black throat...	Motacilla cinerea	Winter visitor
Paddyfield Pipit Paddyfield Pipit Paddyfield Pipit is a small passerine bird in the pipits and wagtail family. It is a resident breeder in open scrub, grassland and cultivation in southern Asia east to the Philippines. Although among the few breeding pipits in the Asian region, identification becomes difficult in winter when...	Anthus rufulus
Blyth's Pipit Blyth's Pipit The Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewskii, is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....	Anthus godlewskii	Accidental
Olive-backed Pipit Olive-backed Pipit The Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni, is a small passerine bird of the pipit genus, which breeds across South, north Central and East Asia, as well as in the northeast of European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia...	Anthus hodgsoni	Winter visitor
Red-throated Pipit Red-throated Pipit The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...	Anthus cervinus	Winter visitor
Rosy Pipit Rosy Pipit The Rosy Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Anthus roseatus	Localised winter visitor
Japanese Pipit Buff-bellied Pipit The Buff-bellied Pipit , or American Pipit as it is known in North America, is a small songbird found on both sides of the northern Pacific. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica...	Anthus rubescens	Accidental

Cuckoo-shrikes and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Campephagidae

Cuckoo-shrike

The cuckooshrikes and allies in the Campephagidae family are small to medium-sized passerine bird species found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia...

The cuckoo-shrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some minivet species are brightly coloured. There are 82 species worldwide of which 18 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Large Cuckoo-shrike Large Cuckoo-shrike The Large Cuckoo-shrike Coracina macei is a species of cuckooshrike found in south and south east Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call Klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on...	Coracina macei
Javan Cuckoo-shrike Javan Cuckoo-shrike The Javan Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Coracina javensis	Accidental
Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike The Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Coracina striata	Rare, much reduced
Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike The Indochinese Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....	Coracina polioptera
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike The Black-winged Cuckooshrike or Smaller Grey Cuckoo-Shrike is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.-Distribution:...	Coracina melaschistos	Resident and winter visitor
Lesser Cuckoo-shrike Lesser Cuckoo-shrike The Lesser Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.- Overview :...	Coracina fimbriata
Pied Triller Pied Triller The Pied Triller is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.-References:...	Lalage nigra
Rosy Minivet Rosy Minivet The Rosy Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.Male is distinguished from other minivets by having deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and female having olive /olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets.Both male and female are grey above.DistributionIt...	Pericrocotus roseus	Winter visitor
Brown-rumped Minivet	Pericrocotus cantonensis
Ashy Minivet Ashy Minivet The Ashy Minivet is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks...	Pericrocotus divaricatus	Winter visitor
Small Minivet Small Minivet The Small Minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia....	Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Fiery Minivet Fiery Minivet The Fiery Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Pericrocotus igneus
Long-tailed Minivet Long-tailed Minivet The Long-tailed Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Pericrocotus ethologus
Short-billed Minivet Short-billed Minivet The Short-billed Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pericrocotus brevirostris
Scarlet Minivet Scarlet Minivet The Scarlet Minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including...	Pericrocotus flammeus
Grey-chinned Minivet Grey-chinned Minivet The Grey-chinned Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Pericrocotus solaris
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike The Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small passerine bird currently placed in the cuckoo-shrike family but possibly closer to the bushshrikes of Africa. It is found in the forests of tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas and hills of the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia...	Hemipus picatus
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a species of bird in the flycatcher-shrike genus, Hemipus. It is traditionally included in the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sunda Islands, occurring in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand...	Hemipus hirundinaceus

Rail-babbler

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Eupetidae

The Malaysian Rail-babbler is a rail-like passerine bird which inhabits the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula

Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southern-most point of the Asian mainland...

and Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

. It is the only member of its family. The nominate subspecies E. m. macrocerus is found in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Malaysian Rail-babbler Malaysian Rail-babbler The Rail-babbler or Malaysian Rail-babbler is a strange, rail-like, brown and pied inhabitant of the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra , as well as Borneo , distantly related to African crow-like birds...	Eupetes macrocerus

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbul

Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.There are 130 species worldwide of which 36 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Crested Finchbill Crested Finchbill The Crested Finchbill is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....	Spizixos canifrons
Straw-headed Bulbul Straw-headed Bulbul The Straw-headed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand and Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist...	Pycnonotus zeylanicus	Rare and globally vulnerable
Striated Bulbul Striated Bulbul The Striated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....	Pycnonotus striatus
Black-and-white Bulbul Black-and-white Bulbul The Black-and-white Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Pycnonotus melanoleucus	Rare
Black-headed Bulbul Black-headed Bulbul The Black-headed Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in forests in south-east Asia. It has a mainly olive-yellow plumage with a glossy bluish-black head. A grey morph where most of the olive-yellow is replaced by grey also exists...	Pycnonotus atriceps
Black-crested Bulbul Black-crested Bulbul The Black-crested Bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent including in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, and eastwards in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia....	Pycnonotus melanicterus
Scaly-breasted Bulbul Scaly-breasted Bulbul The Scaly-breasted Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus squamatus
Grey-bellied Bulbul Grey-bellied Bulbul The Grey-bellied Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus cyaniventris
Red-whiskered Bulbul Red-whiskered Bulbul The Red-whiskered Bulbul is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves...	Pycnonotus jocosus
Brown-breasted Bulbul Brown-breasted Bulbul The Brown-breasted Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
Light-vented Bulbul Light-vented Bulbul The Light-vented Bulbul , also known as the Chinese Bulbul, is a bird and a member of the bulbul family.-Description:The particular characteristic is the large white patch covering the nape and the sides of its black head...	Pycnonotus sinensis
Sooty-headed Bulbul Sooty-headed Bulbul The Sooty-headed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pycnonotus aurigaster
Puff-backed Bulbul Puff-backed Bulbul The Puff-backed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus eutilotus
Stripe-throated Bulbul Stripe-throated Bulbul The Stripe-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pycnonotus finlaysoni
Flavescent Bulbul Flavescent Bulbul The Flavescent Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...	Pycnonotus flavescens
Yellow-vented Bulbul Yellow-vented Bulbul The Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in southeast Asia from southern Thailand and Cambodia south to Borneo and the Philippines....	Pycnonotus goiavier
Olive-winged Bulbul Olive-winged Bulbul The Olive-winged Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pycnonotus plumosus
Streak-eared Bulbul Streak-eared Bulbul The Streak-eared Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus blanfordi
Cream-vented Bulbul Cream-vented Bulbul The Cream-vented Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus simplex
Red-eyed Bulbul Red-eyed Bulbul The Red-eyed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pycnonotus brunneus
Spectacled Bulbul Spectacled Bulbul The Spectacled Bulbul , also known as the Lesser Brown Bulbul, is a bird in the bulbul family. It is known in Malay as Merbah Kecil. It is endemic to Southeast Asia....	Pycnonotus erythropthalmos
Finsch's Bulbul Finsch's Bulbul Finsch's Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Alophoixus finschii
White-throated Bulbul White-throated Bulbul The White-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Burma, Nepal, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Alophoixus flaveolus
Puff-throated Bulbul Puff-throated Bulbul The Puff-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Alophoixus pallidus
Ochraceous Bulbul Ochraceous Bulbul The Ochraceous Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Alophoixus ochraceus
Grey-cheeked Bulbul Grey-cheeked Bulbul The Grey-cheeked Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife...	Alophoixus bres
Yellow-bellied Bulbul Yellow-bellied Bulbul The Yellow-bellied Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Alophoixus phaeocephalus
Hairy-backed Bulbul Hairy-backed Bulbul The Hairy-backed Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . Its genus Tricholestes is monotypic. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Tricholestes criniger
Olive Bulbul Olive Bulbul The Olive Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, India, Burma, and Thailand....	Iole virescens
Grey-eyed Bulbul Grey-eyed Bulbul The Grey-eyed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Iole propinqua
Buff-vented Bulbul Buff-vented Bulbul The Buff-vented Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Iole olivacea
Streaked Bulbul Streaked Bulbul The Streaked Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . Depending on whether it is or isn't a particularly close relative of the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda Bulbul or Green-winged Bulbul , it might belong in a new genus.What is presently known is that some Ixos species are...	Ixos malaccensis
Ashy Bulbul Ashy Bulbul The Ashy Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Hemixos flavala
Mountain Bulbul Mountain Bulbul The Mountain Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . It is often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda Bulbul or Green-winged Bulbul...	Ixos mcclellandii
Black Bulbul Black Bulbul The Black Bulbul , also known as the Himalayan Black Bulbul, Asian Black Bulbul or Square-tailed Bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in southern Asia from India east to southern China. It is the type species of the genus Hypsipetes, established by Nicholas...	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	Resident and winter visitor
White-headed Bulbul White-headed Bulbul The White-headed Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . It is the sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Cerasophila ....	Hypsipetes thompsoni

Leafbirds

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Chloropseidae

Leafbird

The leafbirds are a family of small passerine bird species found in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. They are one of only three bird families that are entirely endemic to the Indomalayan ecozone. They were formerly grouped with the ioras and fairy-bluebirds in the family Irenidae...

The Leafbirds are small, bulbul

Bulbul

-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows. There are eight species worldwide of which five occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Greater Green Leafbird Greater Green Leafbird The Greater Green Leafbird is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is distinguished from the Lesser Green Leafbird by its powerful beak, yellow throat and eye ring of the female; and lack of a yellow border along the black throat patch found in the male c...	Chloropsis sonnerati
Lesser Green Leafbird Lesser Green Leafbird The Lesser Green Leafbird is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Chloropsis cyanopogon
Blue-winged Leafbird Blue-winged Leafbird The Blue-winged Leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth from far north-eastern India and throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as Java. It commonly includes Jerdon's Leafbird from the Indian Subcontinent, and the Bornean Leafbird The...	Chloropsis cochinchinensis
Golden-fronted Leafbird Golden-fronted Leafbird The Golden-fronted Leafbird is a species of leafbird. It is a common resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia. It often includes the Sumatran Leafbird from Sumatra as a subspecies, but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology.Its habitat is forest and scrub...	Chloropsis aurifrons
Orange-bellied Leafbird Orange-bellied Leafbird The Orange-Bellied Leafbird, Chloropsis hardwickii, is a bird native to the eastern Himalayas and south China to the Malay Peninsula. It is brightly colored with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long,...	Chloropsis hardwickii

Ioras

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Aegithinidae

Iora

The ioras are a family, Aegithinidae, of small passerine bird species found in India and southeast Asia. The family has only four species in a single genus, Aegithina. They are one of only three bird families that are entirely endemic to the Indomalayan ecozone...

The ioras are bulbul

Bulbul

-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in coloration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. There are four species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Common Iora Common Iora The Common Iora is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours...	Aegithina tiphia
Green Iora Green Iora The Green Iora is a species of bird in the Aegithinidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Aegithina viridissima
Great Iora Great Iora The Great Iora is a species of bird in the Aegithinidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Aegithina lafresnayei

Dippers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Cinclidae

Dipper

Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.-Description:...

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are five species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Brown Dipper Brown Dipper The Brown Dipper , alternatively known by the common names Pallas's Dipper, Asian Dipper or the Asiatic Dipper, is an aquatic songbird found in the mountains of southern and central Asia. At and , it is the largest of the dippers...	Cinclus pallasii	Rare non-breeding visitor

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Turdidae

Thrush (bird)

The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...

The thrushes

Thrush (bird)

are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide of which 21 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
White-throated Rock Thrush	Monticola gularis	Winter visitor
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush	Monticola rufiventris	Winter visitor, resident on highest peaks
Blue Rock Thrush Blue Rock Thrush The Blue Rock Thrush is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae....	Monticola solitarius	Resident (ssp madoci) in far south and winter visitor
Blue Whistling Thrush	Myophonus caeruleus	Resident and winter visitor
Chestnut-capped Thrush Chestnut-capped Thrush The Chestnut-capped Thrush lives in forests and woodlands of Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it has included the Enggano Thrush as a subspecies, but a recent review recommended treating them as separate...	Zoothera interpres	Rare
Orange-headed Thrush Orange-headed Thrush The Orange-headed Thrush is a bird in the thrush family.It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident...	Zoothera citrina	Winter visitor
Siberian Thrush Siberian Thrush The Siberian Thrush, Zoothera sibirica, is a member of the Thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in taiga in Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. It is very secretive.The Siberian Thrush is similar...	Zoothera sibirica	Winter visitor
Long-tailed Thrush Long-tailed Thrush The Long-tailed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Zoothera dixoni	Winter visitor
Scaly Thrush	Zoothera dauma	Winter visitor, resident in mountains
Dark-sided Thrush Dark-sided Thrush The Dark-sided Thrush is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is also known as the Lesser Brown Thrush, the Long-billed Ground-thrush and the Dark-sided Ground-thrush...	Zoothera marginata
Black-breasted Thrush Black-breasted Thrush The Black-breasted Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Turdus dissimilis	Rare winter visitor
Japanese Thrush Japanese Thrush The Japanese Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...	Turdus cardis	Accidental
Grey-winged Blackbird Grey-winged Blackbird The Grey-winged Blackbird is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, stretching all the way to the nearer parts of Southeast Asia, including in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Turdus boulboul	Rare winter visitor
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	One record
Chestnut Thrush Chestnut Thrush The Chestnut Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-External links:*...	Turdus rubrocanus	Rare winter visitor
Grey-sided Thrush Grey-sided Thrush The Grey-sided Thrush is a species of bird in the thrush family .The species is migratory, breeding in the mountains of north-east China, and migrating to subtropical or tropical moist montane forest in India, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.It is threatened by habitat loss and habitat...	Turdus feae	Rare winter visitor
Eyebrowed Thrush Eyebrowed Thrush The Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in dense coniferous forest and taiga eastwards from Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia and Indonesia. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.It nests in trees, laying 4-6...	Turdus obscurus	Winter visitor
Dark-throated Thrush Dark-throated Thrush The Dark-throated Thrush is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It has two races: T. r. atrogularis, the Black-throated Thrush, and T. r. ruficollis, the Red-throated Thrush. These are sometimes considered different species...	Turdus ruficollis	T. r. ruficlllis and T. r. atrogularis are both very rare winter visitors.
Dusky Thrush Dusky Thrush The Dusky Thrush, Turdus eunomus, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia. It is closely related to the more southerly breeding Naumann's Thrush T...	Turdus naumanni	Irruptive in winter
Lesser Shortwing Lesser Shortwing The Lesser Shortwing is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher is nowadays placed in the family Turdidae....	Brachypteryx leucophrys
White-browed Shortwing White-browed Shortwing The White-browed Shortwing is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher is nowadays placed in the family Turdidae....	Brachypteryx montana

Cisticolas and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Cisticolidae

Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are often included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae....

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. There are 111 species worldwide of which eight occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Zitting Cisticola Zitting Cisticola The Zitting Cisticola or Streaked Fantail Warbler , is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia...	Cisticola juncidis
Golden-headed Cisticola Golden-headed Cisticola The Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis, also known as the Bright-headed Cisticola, is a species of warbler found from India to Australia....	Cisticola exilis
Brown Prinia Brown Prinia The Brown Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...	Prinia polychroa
Hill Prinia Hill Prinia The Hill Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Prinia atrogularis
Rufescent Prinia Rufescent Prinia The Rufescent Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Prinia rufescens
Grey-breasted Prinia Grey-breasted Prinia The Grey-breasted Prinia, Prinia hodgsonii, is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia....	Prinia hodgsonii
Yellow-bellied Prinia Yellow-bellied Prinia The Yellow-bellied Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Prinia flaviventris
Plain Prinia Plain Prinia The Plain Prinia, or the Plain, or White-browed, Wren-Warbler is a small warbler in the cisticola family. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia....	Prinia inornata

Old World warblers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Sylviidae

Old World warbler

The "Old World Warblers" is the name used to describe a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas into...

The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide of which 58 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Chestnut-headed Tesia Chestnut-headed Tesia The Chestnut-headed Tesia is a songbird species formerly in the "Old World warbler" but nowadays placed in the bush warbler family ....	Tesia castaneocoronata
Slaty-bellied Tesia Slaty-bellied Tesia The Slaty-Bellied Tesia is a species of warbler in the Cettiidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Tesia olivea
Grey-bellied Tesia Grey-bellied Tesia The Grey-bellied Tesia is a species of warbler in the Cettiidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...	Tesia cyaniventer	Very rare
Asian Stubtail Asian Stubtail The Asian Stubtail is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Urosphena squameiceps	Winter visitor
Manchurian Bush Warbler	Cettia canturians	Rare winter visitor
Pale-footed Bush Warbler Pale-footed Bush Warbler The Pale-footed Bush Warbler is a species of warbler in the family Cettiidae, found in South Asia....	Cettia pallidipes
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler The Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler is a species of warbler found in South Asia....	Cettia major	Very rare winter visitor
Aberrant Bush Warbler Aberrant Bush Warbler The Aberrant Bush Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in South Asia....	Cettia flavolivacea	Winter visitor
Spotted Bush Warbler	Bradypterus thoracicus	Winter visitor
Chinese Bush Warbler	Bradypterus tacsanowskius	Very rare winter visitor
Russet Bush Warbler	Bradypterus seebohmi
Brown Bush Warbler	Bradypterus luteoventris	Rare winter visitor
Lanceolated Warbler Lanceolated Warbler The Lanceolated Warbler is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds from northeast European Russia across northern Asia to northern Hokkaidō, Japan...	Locustella lanceolata	Winter visitor
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler The Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella certhiola, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds in east Asia. It is migratory, wintering from India east to Indonesia....	Locustella certhiola	Winter visitor
Black-browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	Winter visitor
Paddyfield Warbler Paddyfield Warbler The Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian Reed-warbler was included in A. agricola as a subspecies.It breeds in temperate central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Pakistan and...	Acrocephalus agricola	Rare winter visitor
Blunt-winged Warbler Blunt-winged Warbler The Blunt-winged Warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Acrocephalus concinens	Winter visitor
Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	Winter visitor
Large-billed Reed-warbler Large-billed Reed-warbler The Large-billed Reed-warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. The species has been dubbed as "the world's least known bird". It was known from a single specimen collected in India in 1867 and rediscovered in the wild in Thailand in 2006...	Acrocephalus orinus	Rediscovered 2006
Clamorous Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus stentoreus	Very rare winter visitor
Thick-billed Warbler Thick-billed Warbler The Thick-billed Warbler is an Old World warbler that breeds in temperate east Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical south east Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....	Acrocephalus aedon	Winter visitor
Mountain Tailorbird Mountain Tailorbird The Mountain Tailorbird is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage with the other tailorbirds, but it actually seems to be one of the "pseudo-tailorbirds" which should be considered a genus Phyllergates in the family Cettiidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan,...	Orthotomus cuculatus
Common Tailorbird Common Tailorbird The Common Tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are...	Orthotomus sutorius
Dark-necked Tailorbird Dark-necked Tailorbird The Dark-necked Tailorbird is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae....	Orthotomus atrogularis
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Rufous-tailed Tailorbird The Rufous-Tailed Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Orthotomus sericeus
Ashy Tailorbird Ashy Tailorbird The Ashy Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, Vietnam....	Orthotomus ruficeps
Dusky Warbler Dusky Warbler The Dusky Warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, is a leaf warbler which breeds in east Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia. It has a foothold in North America in Alaska, and has also occurred in California...	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Winter visitor
Buff-throated Warbler Buff-throated Warbler The Buff-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Phylloscopus subaffinis	Winter visitor
Yellow-streaked Warbler Yellow-streaked Warbler The Yellow-streaked Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Phylloscopus armandii	Winter visitor
Radde's Warbler Radde's Warbler Radde's Warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi, is a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia....	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Winter visitor
Buff-barred Warbler Buff-barred Warbler The Buff-barred Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Phylloscopus pulcher	Winter visitor
Ashy-throated Warbler Ashy-throated Warbler The Ashy-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Phylloscopus maculipennis	Winter visitor
Lemon-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	Winter visitor
Pale-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus	Accidental
Chinese Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus yunnanensis	Winter visitor
Yellow-browed Warbler Yellow-browed Warbler The Yellow-browed Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in temperate Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters mainly in tropical southeast Asia, but also in small numbers in western Europe...	Phylloscopus inornatus	Winter visitor
Hume's Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Winter visitor
Arctic Warbler Arctic Warbler The Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia. It has established a foothold in North America, breeding in Alaska. This warbler is strongly migratory; the entire...	Phylloscopus borealis	Winter and passage visitor
Greenish Warbler Greenish Warbler The Greenish Warbler and Green Warbler are widespread leaf-warblers throughout their breeding range in northeastern Europe and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western...	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Winter visitor
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus tenellipes	Winter visitor
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus borealoides
Eastern Crowned Warbler Eastern Crowned Warbler The Eastern Crowned Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Phylloscopus coronatus	Winter and passage visitor
Blyth's Leaf-warbler	Phylloscopus reguloides	Winter visitor
White-tailed Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus davisoni
Yellow-vented Warbler Yellow-vented Warbler The Yellow-vented Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Phylloscopus cantator	Rare winter visitor
Sulphur-breasted Warbler Sulphur-breasted Warbler The Sulphur-breasted Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Phylloscopus ricketti	Winter visitor
Grey-cheeked Warbler Grey-cheeked Warbler The Grey-cheeked Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Seicercus poliogenys
Chestnut-crowned Warbler Chestnut-crowned Warbler The Chestnut-crowned Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Seicercus castaniceps
Rufous-faced Warbler Rufous-faced Warbler The Rufous-faced Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Abroscopus albogularis	Rare
Yellow-bellied Warbler Yellow-bellied Warbler The Yellow-bellied Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....	Abroscopus superciliaris
Striated Grassbird Striated Grassbird The Striated Grassbird is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the Sylviidae....	Megalurus palustris
Rufous-rumped Grassbird Rufous-rumped Grassbird The Rufous-Rumped Grassbird is a species of babbler in a monotypic genus in the Timaliidae family. It was formerly placed in the Old World Warbler family Sylviidae.-Distribution and habitat:...	Graminicola bengalensis	Probably extinct
Lesser Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat The Lesser Whitethroat is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.Unlike many typical warblers,...	Sylvia curruca	Rare winter visitor
Grey-crowned Warbler Grey-crowned Warbler The Grey-Crowned Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam....	Seicercus tephrocephalus	Rare winter visitor
Bianchi's Warbler Bianchi's Warbler Bianchi's Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam...	Seicercus valentini	Winter visitor
Plain-tailed Warbler Plain-tailed Warbler The Plain-tailed Warbler, or Alström' Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family...	Seicercus soror	Winter visitor

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatcher

The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.-Characteristics:...

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. There 274 species worldwide of which 69 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher The Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Tibet....	Rhinomyias brunneata	Rare on passage
Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher The Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss....	Rhinomyias umbratilis	Rare in far south
Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcher Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcher The Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Rhinomyias olivacea
Siberian Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	Winter visitor
Asian Brown Flycatcher Asian Brown Flycatcher The Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It includes the Brown-streaked Flycatcher, which is sometimes considered a distinct species Muscicapa williamsoni....	Muscicapa dauurica	Resident and winter visitor
Brown-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa williamsoni	Resident and passage visitor
Brown-breasted Flycatcher Brown-breasted Flycatcher The Brown-breasted Flycatcher or Layard's Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka.-Description:The Brown-breasted...	Muscicapa muttui	Very rare
Ferruginous Flycatcher Ferruginous Flycatcher The Ferruginous Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Muscicapa ferruginea	Winter visitor and passage migrant
Korean Flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia	Passage migrant
Narcissus Flycatcher Narcissus Flycatcher The Narcissus Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to east Asia, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, wintering in southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Borneo...	Ficedula narcissina	Rare winter visitor
Mugimaki Flycatcher Mugimaki Flycatcher The Mugimaki Flycatcher is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also known as the Robin Flycatcher.It is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It...	Ficedula mugimaki	Winter visitor
Slaty-backed Flycatcher Slaty-backed Flycatcher The Slaty-backed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...	Ficedula hodgsonii	Winter visitor
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher The Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Ficedula strophiata	Winter visitor
Red-throated Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	Winter visitor
Snowy-browed Flycatcher Snowy-browed Flycatcher The Snowy-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Ficedula hyperythra
White-gorgeted Flycatcher White-gorgeted Flycatcher The White-gorgeted Flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.- External links :*...	Ficedula monileger
Rufous-browed Flycatcher Rufous-browed Flycatcher The Rufous-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....	Ficedula solitaris
Rufous-chested Flycatcher Rufous-chested Flycatcher The Rufous-chested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Ficedula dumetoria
Little Pied Flycatcher Little Pied Flycatcher The Little Pied Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are...	Ficedula westermanni
Ultramarine Flycatcher Ultramarine Flycatcher The Ultramarine Flycatcher or the White-browed Blue Flycatcher is a small arboreal Old World flycatcher in the ficedula family that breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and winters in southern India.-Distribution:...	Ficedula superciliaris	Winter visitor
Slaty-blue Flycatcher Slaty-blue Flycatcher The Slaty-blue Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Ficedula tricolor	Winter visitor
Sapphire Flycatcher Sapphire Flycatcher The Sapphire Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...	Ficedula sapphira	Winter visitor
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Blue-and-White Flycatcher The Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana is a migratory songbird. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of China and Russia. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.-References:...	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	Passage migrant
Verditer Flycatcher Verditer Flycatcher The Verditer Flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the...	Eumyias thalassina	Resident and winter visitor
Large Niltava Large Niltava The Large Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand,and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or Antarctic montane forests.-External links:*...	Niltava grandis
Small Niltava Small Niltava The Small Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...	Niltava macgrigoriae
Fujian Niltava Fujian Niltava The Fujian Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Niltava davidi	Rare winter visitor
Rufous-bellied Niltava Rufous-bellied Niltava The Rufous-bellied Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Niltava sundara	Winter visitor
Vivid Niltava Vivid Niltava The Vivid Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...	Niltava vivida	Winter visitor
White-tailed Flycatcher White-tailed Flycatcher The White-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Cyornis concretus	Rare
Hainan Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis hainanus
Pale Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis unicolor
Blue-throated Flycatcher Blue-throated Flycatcher The Blue-throated Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It resembles Cyornis tickelliae but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers...	Cyornis rubeculoides	Resident and winter visitor
Hill Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis banyumas
Malaysian Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis turcosus
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Tickell's Blue Flycatcher The Tickell's Blue Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. They are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous...	Cyornis tickelliae
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis rufigastra
Pygmy Blue Flycatcher	Muscicapella hodgsoni	Rare winter visitor
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis, is a small passerine bird. Formerly considered part of the Old World flycatcher assemblage and placed in the family Muscicapidae, it is now considered part of the Stenostiridae. These are flycatchers closely related to titmice and...	Culicicapa ceylonensis
Japanese Robin Japanese Robin The Japanese Robin or komadori is a songbird. Recent research suggests that the East Asian robins belong into a new genus uniting them with some East Asian Luscinias such as the Siberian Blue Robin.The name "Japanese Robin" is also sometimes used for the Red-billed Leiothrix .The specific name...	Erithacus akahige	One record
Rufous-tailed Robin Rufous-tailed Robin The Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans, also known as Swinhoe's Robin, Swinhoe's Nightingale or Whistling Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...	Luscinia sibilans	Rare winter visitor
Siberian Rubythroat Siberian Rubythroat The Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...	Luscinia calliope	Winter visitor
White-tailed Rubythroat White-tailed Rubythroat The White-tailed Rubythroat or Himalayan Rubythroat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is closely related to the Siberian Rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It is found along the Himalayan ranges from Afghanistan to Burma...	Luscinia pectoralis	One record
Bluethroat Bluethroat The Bluethroat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...	Luscinia svecica	Winter visitor
Black-throated Blue Robin Black-throated Blue Robin The Blackthroat , also known as the Black-throated Robin or Black-throated Blue Robin, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It breeds in north-central China but its wintering grounds are uncertain. It has been recorded as a vagrant in northwest Thailand...	Luscinia obscura	Very rare winter visitor
Siberian Blue Robin Siberian Blue Robin The Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats...	Luscinia cyane	Winter visitor
Red-flanked Bluetail Red-flanked Bluetail The Red-flanked Bluetail , also known as the Orange-flanked Bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...	Tarsiger cyanurus	Winter visitor
Golden Bush Robin	Tarsiger chrysaeus	Rare winter visitor
Oriental Magpie Robin Oriental Magpie Robin The Oriental Magpie Robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously...	Copsychus saularis
White-rumped Shama White-rumped Shama The White-rumped Shama is a small passerine bird of the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly classified as a member of the Thrush family, Turdidae, causing it to be commonly known as the White-rumped Shama Thrush or simply Shama Thrush.-Distribution:They are native to South and Southeast Asia, but...	Copsychus malabaricus
Rufous-tailed Shama Rufous-tailed Shama The Rufous-tailed Shama is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Trichixos.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Trichixos pyrropyga	Rare
Daurian Redstart Daurian Redstart The Daurian Redstart is a small passerine bird from temperate Asia. In Japan, it is known as jōbitaki .-Description and systematics:Like all typical redstarts, they are strongly sexually dimorphic...	Phoenicurus auroreus	Winter visitor
Blue-fronted Redstart Blue-fronted Redstart The Blue-fronted Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...	Phoenicurus frontalis	Rare winter visitor
White-capped Water-redstart White-capped Water-redstart The White-capped Water-redstart is a species of bird of the Muscicapidae family, in the monotypic genus Chaimarrornis...	Chaimarrornis leucocephalus	Mainly winter visitor
Plumbeous Redstart	Rhyacornis fuliginosus	Resident and winter visitor
White-bellied Redstart White-bellied Redstart The White-bellied Redstart is a species of bird of the Muscicapidae family, in the monotypic genus Hodgsonius....	Hodgsonius phaenicuroides	Resident and winter visitor
Siberian Stonechat Siberian Stonechat The Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat is a recently-validated species of the Old World flycatcher family . Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past...	Saxicola maura	Resident and winter visitor
White-tailed Robin White-tailed Robin The White-tailed Robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Cinclidium leucurum
Blue-fronted Robin Blue-fronted Robin The Blue-fronted Robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Nepal....	Cinclidium frontale	Status uncertain, one record
Chestnut-naped Forktail Chestnut-naped Forktail The Chestnut-naped Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Enicurus ruficapillus
Black-backed Forktail Black-backed Forktail The Black-backed Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand....	Enicurus immaculatus
Slaty-backed Forktail Slaty-backed Forktail The Slaty-backed Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Enicurus schistaceus
White-crowned Forktail White-crowned Forktail The White-crowned Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Enicurus leschenaulti
Purple Cochoa Purple Cochoa The Purple Cochoa is a brightly coloured bird found in the temperate forests of Asia. It is a quiet and elusive bird species that has been considered to be related to the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae...	Cochoa purpurea	Rare
Green Cochoa Green Cochoa The Green Cochoa is a bird species which was variously placed with the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae . Presently, it is considered closer to the former.-Description:...	Cochoa viridis
Pied Bushchat Pied Bushchat The Pied Bushchat is a small passerine bird found ranging from West and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms...	Saxicola caprata
Jerdon's Bushchat Jerdon's Bushchat The Jerdon's Bushchat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.-Distribution:Jerdon's Bushchats have an extremely large range and are native to Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. They are possibly extinct in Myanmar.Still present in small numbers at Inle Lake, Shan...	Saxicola jerdoni	Rare
Grey Bushchat Grey Bushchat The Grey Bushchat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Saxicola ferrea	Resident and winter visitor

Fantails

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Rhipiduridae

Fantail

Fantails are small insectivorous birds of southern Asia and Australasia belonging to the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae...

The fantails are small insectivorous birds with longish, frequently fanned, tails. There are 44 species worldwide of which five occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Yellow-bellied Fantail Yellow-bellied Fantail The Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha is a fantail found in the Indian Subcontinent.-External links:*...	Rhipidura hypoxantha
White-throated Fantail White-throated Fantail The White-throated Fantail is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. It has numerous subspecies, including R. a...	Rhipidura albicollis
White-browed Fantail White-browed Fantail The White-browed Fantail, Rhipidura aureola, is a small passerine bird.The White-browed Fantail breeds across tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Vietnam. This species is found in forest and other woodland. Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree.- Description :The...	Rhipidura aureola
Pied Fantail Pied Fantail The Pied Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Rhipidura javanica
Spotted Fantail Spotted Fantail The Spotted Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Rhipidura perlata	Rare

Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by gleaning

Gleaning (birds)

Gleaning is a term for a feeding strategy by birds in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals. This behavior is...

, hovering, or flycatching

Hawking (birds)

Hawking is a feeding strategy in birds involving catching flying insects in the air. The term usually refers to a technique of sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch...

. There are about 99 species worldwide and three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black-naped Monarch Black-naped Monarch The Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and...	Hypothymis azurea
Japanese Paradise-flycatcher Japanese Paradise-flycatcher The Japanese Paradise-flycatcher , also called the Black Paradise-flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird...	Terpsiphone atrocaudata	Rare winter visitor, passage migrant
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi	Resident and winter visitor

Whistlers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Pachycephalidae

Pachycephalidae

The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia...

The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird. There are 57 species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Mangrove Whistler Mangrove Whistler The Mangrove Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Pachycephala grisola

Babblers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Timaliidae

Old World babbler

The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent...

The babblers or timaliids are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are 270 species worldwide of which 76 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
White-crested Laughingthrush White-crested Laughingthrush The White-crested Laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus is an Old World babbler. It is found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Indochina...	Garrulax leucolophus
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush The Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Garrulax monileger
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush The Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam...	Garrulax pectoralis
Black Laughingthrush Black Laughingthrush The Black Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the Bare-headed Laughingthrush as a subspecies.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....	Garrulax lugubris	Rare in far south
White-necked Laughingthrush White-necked Laughingthrush The White-necked Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Garrulax strepitans
Black-throated Laughingthrush Black-throated Laughingthrush The Black-throated Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Garrulax chinensis
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush The Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Garrulax mitratus	Rare in far south
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Spot-breasted Laughingthrush The Spot-breasted Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in south-west China, north-east India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam...	Garrulax merulinus	Very rare
White-browed Laughingthrush White-browed Laughingthrush The White-browed Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Pterorhinus, as P. sannio....	Garrulax sannio
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush The Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Garrulax erythrocephalus
Red-tailed Laughingthrush Red-tailed Laughingthrush The Red-tailed Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....	Garrulax milnei	Rare
Red-faced Liocichla Red-faced Liocichla The Red-faced Liocichla is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is also known as the Crimson-faced Liocichla....	Liocichla phoenicea
White-chested Babbler White-chested Babbler The White-chested Babbler is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....	Trichastoma rostratum
Ferruginous Babbler Ferruginous Babbler The Ferruginous Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Trichastoma bicolor
Abbott's Babbler Abbott's Babbler Abbott's Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is widely distributed along the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into the forests of Southeast Asia...	Malacocincla abbotti
Horsfield's Babbler Horsfield's Babbler The Horsfield's Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Malacocincla sepiarium
Short-tailed Babbler Short-tailed Babbler The Short-tailed Babbler is a species of bird in the babbler family Timaliidae.It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand as well as the islands of Sumatra and Borneo .Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests...	Malacocincla malaccensis
Buff-breasted Babbler Buff-breasted Babbler The Buff-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Pellorneum tickelli
Spot-throated Babbler Spot-throated Babbler The Spot-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pellorneum albiventre
Puff-throated Babbler Puff-throated Babbler The Puff-throated Babbler or Spotted Babbler is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth...	Pellorneum ruficeps
Black-capped Babbler Black-capped Babbler The Black-capped Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Pellorneum capistratum
Moustached Babbler Moustached Babbler The Moustached Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Malacopteron magnirostre
Sooty-capped Babbler Sooty-capped Babbler The Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.The Sooty-capped Babbler is also known in...	Malacopteron affine	Rare and globally threatened
Scaly-crowned Babbler Scaly-crowned Babbler The Scaly-crowned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Malacopteron cinereum
Rufous-crowned Babbler Rufous-crowned Babbler The Rufous-crowned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Malacopteron magnum
Large Scimitar-babbler Large Scimitar-babbler The Large Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler The Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...	Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
White-browed Scimitar-babbler White-browed Scimitar-babbler The White-browed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pomatorhinus schisticeps
Red-billed Scimitar-babbler Red-billed Scimitar-babbler The Red-billed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler The Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July...	Pomatorhinus ferruginosus	Rare
Striped Wren-babbler Striped Wren-babbler The Striped Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Kenopia.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Kenopia striata	Rare and globally threatened
Large Wren-babbler Large Wren-babbler The Large Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Napothera macrodactyla
Limestone Wren-babbler Limestone Wren-babbler The Limestone Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Napothera crispifrons
Streaked Wren-babbler Streaked Wren-babbler The Streaked Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Napothera brevicaudata
Eyebrowed Wren-babbler Eyebrowed Wren-babbler The Eyebrowed Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Napothera epilepidota
Pygmy Wren-babbler Pygmy Wren-babbler The Pygmy Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Pnoepyga pusilla
Deignan's Babbler	Stachyris rodolphei	Endemic if accepted as a species
Buff-chested Babbler Buff-chested Babbler The Buff-chested Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Stachyris ambigua
Rufous-fronted Babbler Rufous-fronted Babbler The Rufous-fronted Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand in moist lowland forests, grass or bamboo up to 2,100 m altitude....	Stachyris rufifrons
Golden Babbler Golden Babbler The Golden Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Stachyris chrysaea
Grey-throated Babbler Grey-throated Babbler The Grey-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...	Stachyris nigriceps
Grey-headed Babbler Grey-headed Babbler The Grey-headed Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Stachyris poliocephala
Spot-necked Babbler Spot-necked Babbler The Spot-necked Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...	Stachyris striolata
White-necked Babbler White-necked Babbler The White-necked Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Stachyris leucotis	Rare
Black-throated Babbler Black-throated Babbler The Black-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Stachyris nigricollis
Chestnut-rumped Babbler Chestnut-rumped Babbler The Chestnut-rumped Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....	Stachyris maculata
Chestnut-winged Babbler Chestnut-winged Babbler The Chestnut-winged Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Stachyris erythroptera
Striped Tit-babbler Striped Tit-babbler The Pin-striped Tit-babbler also known as the Yellow Breasted Babbler is a species of Old World babbler found in South and Southeast Asia.-Description:...	Macronous gularis
Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler The Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Macronous ptilosus	Rare, much reduced
Chestnut-capped Babbler Chestnut-capped Babbler The Chestnut-capped Babbler is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.-Distribution:...	Timalia pileata
Yellow-eyed Babbler Yellow-eyed Babbler The Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense is a passerine bird species found in open grass and scrub in south Asia. Its common name refers to its traditional placement with the Old World babbler family Timaliidae...	Chrysomma sinense
Silver-eared Mesia Silver-eared Mesia The Silver-eared Mesia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Leiothrix argentauris
Cutia Cutia The cutias are the bird genus Cutia in the family Timaliidae. These birds are found in montane forests of continental South and Southeast Asia. The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan Cutia...	Cutia nipalensis	Rare
White-browed Shrike-babbler White-browed Shrike-babbler The White-browed Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae...	Pteruthius flaviscapis
Black-eared Shrike-babbler Black-eared Shrike-babbler The Black-eared Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae...	Pteruthius melanotis
Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler The Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in southern China, north-east India, the island of Java in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Pteruthius aenobarbus
White-hooded Babbler White-hooded Babbler The White-hooded Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Gampsorhynchus....	Gampsorhynchus rufulus
Spectacled Barwing Spectacled Barwing The Spectacled Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...	Actinodura ramsayi
Blue-winged Minla Blue-winged Minla The Blue-winged Siva , also known as the Blue-winged Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva....	Minla cyanouroptera
Chestnut-tailed Minla Chestnut-tailed Minla The Chestnut-tailed Minla or Bar-throated Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Chrysominla....	Minla strigula
Rufous-winged Fulvetta Rufous-winged Fulvetta The Rufous-winged Fulvetta is a bird species of the Old World babbler family . Its common name is misleading, because it is not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta and are actually Sylviidae.The Black-crowned Fulvetta The Rufous-winged Fulvetta...	Alcippe castaneceps
Rufous-throated Fulvetta Rufous-throated Fulvetta The Rufous-throated Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Alcippe rufogularis	Rare
Brown Fulvetta Brown Fulvetta The Brown Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....	Alcippe brunneicauda
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Brown-cheeked Fulvetta The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala , is an Old World babbler. It was earlier also known as the Quaker Babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...	Alcippe poioicephala
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Grey-cheeked Fulvetta The Grey-cheeked Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam in evergreen mountain forests....	Alcippe morrisonia
Mountain Fulvetta Mountain Fulvetta The Mountain Fulvetta is a 14 to 15.5 cm long species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....	Alcippe peracensis
Rufous-backed Sibia Rufous-backed Sibia The Rufous-backed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Heterophasia annectens
Black-backed Sibia	Heterophasia melanoleuca
Long-tailed Sibia Long-tailed Sibia The Long-tailed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Heterophasia picaoides
Striated Yuhina Striated Yuhina The Striated Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Staphida, like the typical yuhinas would need to be placed there.Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bangladesh,...	Yuhina castaniceps
Whiskered Yuhina Whiskered Yuhina The Whiskered Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....	Yuhina flavicollis
Burmese Yuhina Burmese Yuhina The Burmese Yuhina is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Myanmar and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...	Yuhina humilis
White-bellied Yuhina	Yuhina zantholeuca

Parrotbills

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Paradoxornithidae

Parrotbill

The parrotbills are a group of peculiar birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations are known from elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitat. They feed mainly on seeds, e.g. of grasses, to which their bill, as the name...

The parrotbills are a group of birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations are known from elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitats. There are 20 species worldwide of which five occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Grey-headed Parrotbill Grey-headed Parrotbill The Grey-headed Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....	Paradoxornis gularis
Spot-breasted Parrotbill Spot-breasted Parrotbill The Spot-breasted Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Paradoxornis guttaticollis
Black-throated Parrotbill Black-throated Parrotbill The Black-throated Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....	Paradoxornis nipalensis
Short-tailed Parrotbill Short-tailed Parrotbill The Short-tailed Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...	Paradoxornis davidianus	Rare
Black-browed Parrotbill Black-browed Parrotbill The Pale-billed Parrotbill , also known as the Black-browed Parrotbill or Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family....	Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris	Rare

Long-tailed tits

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet that includes insects. There are nine species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black-throated Tit	Aegithalos concinnus

Thornbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Pardalotidae

Thornbills and their relatives are highly varied small to medium-sized passerine birds that build covered nests entered from the side. There are about 65 species worldwide and one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Golden-bellied Gerygone Golden-bellied Gerygone The Golden-bellied Gerygone is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:*...	Gerygone sulphurea

Tits

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide of which four occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Great Tit Great Tit The Great Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely...	Parus major
Yellow-cheeked Tit Yellow-cheeked Tit The Yellow-cheeked Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Parus spilonotus
Yellow-browed Tit Yellow-browed Tit The Yellow-browed Tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Sylviparus....	Sylviparus modestus
Sultan Tit Sultan Tit The Sultan Tit is a large songbird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. The sexes are similar. The female has greenish black upperparts and yellowish throat...	Melanochlora sultanea

Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Sittidae

Nuthatch

The nuthatches are a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs...

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. There are 24 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch The Indian Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.This species has been split by Rasmussen and Anderton from...	Sitta castanea
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Chestnut-vented Nuthatch The Chestnut-vented Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Sitta nagaensis
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Velvet-fronted Nuthatch The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sitta frontalis, is a small passerine bird found in southern Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Indonesia...	Sitta frontalis
Blue Nuthatch Blue Nuthatch The Blue Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...	Sitta azurea	Accidental
Giant Nuthatch Giant Nuthatch The Giant Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. In northern Thailand they were found to use Pinus kesiya stands both for foraging as well as for...	Sitta magna
Beautiful Nuthatch Beautiful Nuthatch The Beautiful Nuthatch is one of the rarest nuthatches on Earth. It occurs in north east India and neighbouring regions, with odd records across to Thailand, where it may be a winter visitor or resident....	Sitta formosa

Treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Certhiidae

Treecreeper

The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa. The family contains ten species in two genera, Certhia and Salpornis...

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees. There are six species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Brown-throated Treecreeper	Certhia discolor

Penduline tits

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Remizidae

Penduline tit

The penduline tits are a family of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. All but the Verdin and Fire-capped Tit make elaborate bag nests hanging from trees , usually over water; inclusion of the Fire-capped Tit in this family is disputed by some authorities.-Characteristics:Penduline...

The penduline tits are a group of small insectivorous passerine birds, related to the true tits. They are named from the hanging basket nests they construct. There are 13 species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Fire-capped Tit Fire-capped Tit The Fire-capped Tit is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. The species was once considered to be a kinglet but is today treated as a penduline tit, although this is sometimes disputed. It is placed in a monotypic genus, Cephalopyrus.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,...	Cephalopyrus flammiceps	Rare winter visitor

Sunbirds and spiderhunters

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Nectariniidae

Sunbird

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are a family, Nectariniidae, of very small passerine birds. There are 132 species in 15 genera. The family is distributed throughout Africa, southern Asia and just reaches northern Australia. Most sunbirds feed largely on nectar, but also take insects and spiders,...

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed. There are 131 species worldwide of which 22 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Ruby-cheeked Sunbird The Ruby-cheeked Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Chalcoparia singalensis
Plain Sunbird Plain Sunbird The Plain Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand....	Anthreptes simplex
Plain-throated Sunbird Plain-throated Sunbird The Brown-throated Sunbird , also known as the Plain-throated Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in south-east Asia, ranging from Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines...	Anthreptes malacensis
Red-throated Sunbird Red-throated Sunbird The Red-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Anthreptes rhodolaema	Rare
Purple-naped Sunbird Purple-naped Sunbird The Purple-naped Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Hypogramma....	Hypogramma hypogrammicum
Copper-throated Sunbird Copper-throated Sunbird The Copper-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Leptocoma calcostetha
Purple-throated Sunbird Purple-throated Sunbird The Purple-throated Sunbird , also known as Van Hasselt's Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family...	Leptocoma sperata
Purple Sunbird Purple Sunbird The Purple Sunbird is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers...	Cinnyris asiaticus
Olive-backed Sunbird Olive-backed Sunbird The Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, also known as the Yellow-bellied Sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia....	Cinnyris jugularis
Gould's Sunbird Gould's Sunbird Mrs Gould's Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Aethopyga gouldiae	Winter visitor
Green-tailed Sunbird Green-tailed Sunbird The Green-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....	Aethopyga nipalensis	Resident in mountains
Black-throated Sunbird Black-throated Sunbird The Black-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Aethopyga saturata
Crimson Sunbird Crimson Sunbird The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings...	Aethopyga siparaja
Temminck's Sunbird Temminck's Sunbird The Temminck's Sunbird is a species of sunbird.It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand in tropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....	Aethopyga temminckii	Rare
Fire-tailed Sunbird Fire-tailed Sunbird The Fire-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...	Aethopyga ignicauda	Accidental
Thick-billed Spiderhunter Thick-billed Spiderhunter The Thick-billed Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand....	Arachnothera crassirostris
Spectacled Spiderhunter Spectacled Spiderhunter The Spectacled Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Arachnothera flavigaster
Long-billed Spiderhunter Long-billed Spiderhunter The Long-billed Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Arachnothera robusta	Rare
Little Spiderhunter Little Spiderhunter The Little Spiderhunter is a species of long-billed nectar feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia. Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar in plumage...	Arachnothera longirostra
Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Yellow-eared Spiderhunter The Yellow-eared Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Arachnothera chrysogenys
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter Grey-breasted Spiderhunter The Grey-breasted Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Arachnothera modesta
Streaked Spiderhunter Streaked Spiderhunter The Streaked Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...	Arachnothera magna

Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Dicaeidae

Flowerpecker

The flowerpeckers are a family, Dicaeidae , of passerine birds. The family comprises two genera, Prionochilus and Dicaeum, with 44 species in total. The family has sometimes been included in an enlarged sunbird family Nectariniidae. The berrypeckers of the family Melanocharitidae and the painted...

The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. There are 44 species worldwide of which ten occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker The Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...	Prionochilus maculatus
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker The Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Prionochilus percussus
Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker The Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....	Prionochilus thoracicus
Thick-billed Flowerpecker Thick-billed Flowerpecker The Thick-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests...	Dicaeum agile
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Yellow-vented Flowerpecker The Yellow-vented Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker The Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Dicaeum melanoxanthum	Uncommon, may breed
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Orange-bellied Flowerpecker The Orange-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Dicaeum trigonostigma
Plain Flowerpecker Plain Flowerpecker The Nilgiri Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family. Formerly a subspecies of what used to be termed as the Plain Flowerpecker although that name is now reserved for Dicaeum minullum. Like others of the group, it feeds predominantly on nectar and fruits...	Dicaeum concolor
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Fire-breasted Flowerpecker The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family found in South and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants...	Dicaeum ignipectus
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker The Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. Sexually dimorphic, the male has navy blue upperparts with a bright red streak down its back from its crown to its tail coverts, while the female and juvenile are predominantly olive green...	Dicaeum cruentatum	Rare resident in far south

White-eyes

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Zosteropidae

White-eye

White-eye can refer to:*White-eye , a large family of birds.*White-eye , a species of fish.*White-eye mutation, a mutation in Drosophila melanogaster linked to the X chromosome, found by reciprocal cross breeding experiments in 1906.*A lioness member of the Marsh Pride of lions that have featured...

The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eyes. There are 96 species worldwide of which four occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Chestnut-flanked White-eye Chestnut-flanked White-eye The Chestnut-flanked White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species is migratory, breeding in northern China and migrating to South East Asia in the...	Zosterops erythropleurus	Winter visitor
Oriental White-eye Oriental White-eye The Oriental White-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland in tropical Asia east from India to China and Indonesia. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. They are easily identified by the...	Zosterops palpebrosus
Japanese White-eye Japanese White-eye The Japanese White-eye , also known as the mejiro , is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written japonica, but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of east Asia, including Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan,...	Zosterops japonicus	Winter visitor
Everett's White-eye Everett's White-eye The Everett's White-eye is a bird species in the disputed family Zosteropidae, which might belong with the Old World babblers . The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,...	Zosterops everetti

Old World orioles

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Oriolidae

The Old World Orioles are colourful passerine birds, not closely related to the New World oriole

New World oriole

New World orioles, comprising the genus Icterus, are a group of birds in the blackbird family. They are not related to Old World orioles which are in the family Oriolidae, but are strikingly similar in size, diet, behaviour and in their strongly contrasting plumage, and are a good example of...

s. There are 29 species worldwide of which six occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Dark-throated Oriole Dark-throated Oriole The Dark-throated Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Oriolus xanthonotus
Black-naped Oriole Black-naped Oriole The Black-naped Oriole is a bird of the oriole family and is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within wide distribution range of the species and in the past the Slender-billed Oriole was included as a subspecies...	Oriolus chinensis	Winter visitor
Slender-billed Oriole Slender-billed Oriole The Slender-billed Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...	Oriolus tenuirostris	Winter visitor
Black-hooded Oriole Black-hooded Oriole The Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia....	Oriolus xanthornus
Maroon Oriole Maroon Oriole The Maroon Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam....	Oriolus traillii
Silver Oriole Silver Oriole The Silver Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.- References :* BirdLife...	Oriolus mellianus	Rare winter visitor

Fairy-bluebirds

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Irenidae

Fairy-bluebird

The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the genus Irena and family Irenidae, and are related to the ioras and leafbirds.These are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn...

The Fairy-bluebirds are bulbul

Bulbul

-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green. There are two species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Asian Fairy Bluebird Asian Fairy Bluebird The Asian Fairy-bluebird, Irena puella, is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird.This fairy-bluebird is found in forests across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayan foothills, India and Sri Lanka east through Indochina, the Greater Sundas and Palawan . Two or three eggs are laid in a small...	Irena puella

Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Laniidae

Shrike

Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of thirty-one species in three genera. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits...

Shrikes are passerine birds known for the habit of some species of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. There are 31 species worldwide of which five occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Tiger Shrike Tiger Shrike The Tiger Shrike or Thick-billed Shrike is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is...	Lanius tigrinus	Fairly common passage migrant
Brown Shrike Brown Shrike The Brown Shrike is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the Red-backed Shrike and Isabelline Shrike . Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye...	Lanius cristatus	Winter visitor
Burmese Shrike Burmese Shrike The Burmese Shrike is a species of bird in the Laniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Lanius collurioides	Winter visitor
Long-tailed Shrike Long-tailed Shrike The Long-tailed Shrike or the Rufous-backed Shrike is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. The eastern or Himalayan race, L. s...	Lanius schach	Passage migrant
Grey-backed Shrike Grey-backed Shrike The Grey-backed Shrike is a species of bird in the Laniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...	Lanius tephronotus	Winter visitor

Helmetshrikes

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Prionopidae

Helmetshrike

The helmetshrikes are smallish passerine bird species. These birds were included with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, later on split between several presumably closely related groups such as bushshrikes and cuckoo-shrikes , but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated...

The helmetshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes, but tend to be colourful species with distinctive crests or other head ornaments, such as wattles, from which they get their name. There are 12 species worldwide of which four occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Large Woodshrike Large Woodshrike The Large Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae...	Tephrodornis gularis
Common Woodshrike Common Woodshrike The Common Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae sometimes. It is found in southern Asia where it occurs in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand...	Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Rufous-winged Philentoma Rufous-winged Philentoma The Rufous-winged Philentoma is a bird species. Long placed in the flycatcher family when these were used as a "wastebin taxon", they are now tentatively assigned to the Prionopidae pending detailed study....	Philentoma pyrhopterum
Maroon-breasted Philentoma Maroon-breasted Philentoma The Maroon-breasted Philentoma is a bird species. Long placed in the flycatcher family when these were used as a "wastebin taxon", they are now tentatively assigned to the Prionopidae pending detailed study....	Philentoma velatum

Drongos

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Dicruridae

The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. There are 24 species worldwide of which seven occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Black Drongo Black Drongo The Black Drongo , also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. Previously considered a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo , it is now recognized as a full species...	Dicrurus macrocercus	Resident and winter visitor
Ashy Drongo Ashy Drongo The Ashy Drongo is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye.-Description:The adult Ashy...	Dicrurus leucophaeus	Resident and winter visitor
Crow-billed Drongo Crow-billed Drongo The Crow-billed Drongo is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...	Dicrurus annectans	Winter visitor and passage migrant
Bronzed Drongo Bronzed Drongo The Bronzed Drongo is a small Indomalayan bird belonging to the drongo group. They are resident in the forests of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia...	Dicrurus aeneus
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo The Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Dicrurus remifer
Hair-crested Drongo Hair-crested Drongo The Hair-crested Drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "Spangled Drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran Drongo in D...	Dicrurus hottentottus	Resident and winter visitor
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Greater Racket-tailed Drongo The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus, is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae...	Dicrurus paradiseus

Woodswallows

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Artamidae

Artamidae

The family Artamidae gathers together 20 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas.There are two subfamilies: Artaminae, the woodswallows, are sombre-coloured, soft-plumaged birds that have a brush-tipped tongue but seldom use it for gathering nectar. Instead, they...

The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are 11 species worldwide of which one occurs in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Ashy Woodswallow Ashy Woodswallow The Ashy Woodswallow, Artamus fuscus, is a woodswallow which is found in south Asia.The plumage of this species is pale grey....	Artamus fuscus

Crows and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Corvidae

Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...

The Corvidae family includes crow

Crow

s, raven

Raven

Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...

s, jay

Jay

The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...

s, chough

Chough

The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...

s, magpie

Magpie

Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...

s, treepie

Treepie

The treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae...

s, nutcracker

Nutcracker (bird)

The nutcrackers are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker , occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker , in western North America.The most important food resources for both these species are the...

s, and ground jay

Ground jay

The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces of the crow family Corvidae...

s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behaviour. There are 120 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Crested Jay Crested Jay The Crested Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Platylophus.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....	Platylophus galericulatus
Black Magpie Black Magpie The Black Magpie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.Despite its name, it is neither a magpie nor, as was long believed, a jay, but a treepie. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies. It is monotypic within the genus Platysmurus...	Platysmurus leucopterus
Eurasian Jay Eurasian Jay The Eurasian Jay is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia...	Garrulus glandarius
Blue Magpie	Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Green Magpie Green Magpie The Green Magpie is a member of the Crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian Jay or slightly smaller. It is a vivid green in colour , slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill to the nape...	Cissa chinensis
Yellow-breasted Magpie Yellow-breasted Magpie The Indochinese Green Magpie or Yellow-breasted Magpie is a passerine bird of crow family, Corvidae. It is native to China and south east Asia....	Cissa hypoleuca
Rufous Treepie Rufous Treepie The Rufous Treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae family. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens...	Dendrocitta vagabunda
Grey Treepie Grey Treepie The Grey Treepie, also known as the Himalayan Treepie, is an Asian treepie, a medium sized and long-tailed member of the crow family. They are widely distributed along the foothills of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia...	Dendrocitta formosae
Racket-tailed Treepie	Crypsirina temia
Ratchet-tailed Treepie Ratchet-tailed Treepie The Ratchet-tailed Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Temnurus temnurus	Accidental
Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica	Accidental
House Crow House Crow thumb\|300px\|Bangalore, IndiaThe House Crow , also known as the Colombo Crow is a common bird of the Crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size but is relatively...	Corvus splendens	Possibly extinct
Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Sturnidae

Starling

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The name "Sturnidae" comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent...

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. There are 125 species worldwide of which 19 occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Asian Glossy Starling Asian Glossy Starling The Asian Glossy Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....	Aplonis panayensis
Spot-winged Starling Spot-winged Starling The Spot-winged Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. This species was...	Saroglossa spiloptera	Rare winter visitor
Golden-crested Myna Golden-crested Myna The Golden-crested Myna, Ampeliceps coronatus, is a species in the starling and myna family Sturnidae. It ranges from India to Vietnam and northern Malaysia, and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Its main habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, but it is...	Ampeliceps coronatus
Common Hill Myna	Gracula religiosa
White-vented Myna White-vented Myna The Great Myna is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is also known as the white vented myna, which is also a name for the Javan Myna....	Acridotheres grandis
Crested Myna Crested Myna The Crested Myna is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina. Unlike other similar mynas, its bill is dull whitish rather than orange-yellow....	Acridotheres cristatellus
Jungle Myna Jungle Myna The Jungle Myna, Acridotheres fuscus, is a myna, a member of the starling family.- Range :This bird is a common resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Burma east to Indonesia.- Habitat :...	Acridotheres fuscus
Common Myna Common Myna The Common Myna or Indian Myna also sometimes spelled Mynah, is a member of family Sturnidae native to Asia. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct, the Myna has adapted extremely well to urban environments...	Acridotheres tristis	Range expansion through introductions
Vinous-breasted Starling Vinous-breasted Starling The Vinous-breasted Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is sometimes placed in the myna genus Acridotheres.-Distribution and habitat:...	Acridotheres burmannicus
Black-collared Starling Black-collared Starling The Black-collared Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....	Gracupica nigricollis
Asian Pied Starling Asian Pied Starling The Asian Pied Starling or Pied Myna is a species of starling found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are usually found in small groups mainly on the plains and low foothills. They are often seen within cities and villages although they are not as bold as the Common Myna. They...	Gracupica contra
Daurian Starling	Sturnia sturnina	Resident and passage visitor
Chestnut-cheeked Starling Chestnut-cheeked Starling The Chestnut-cheeked Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan....	Sturnia philippensis	Accidental
White-shouldered Starling White-shouldered Starling The White-shouldered Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Sturnia sinensis	Winter visitor
Chestnut-tailed Starling Chestnut-tailed Starling The Chestnut-tailed Starling or Grey-headed Myna is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region...	Sturnia malabarica	Resident and winter visitor
Brahminy Starling Brahminy Starling The Brahminy Myna or Brahminy Starling is a member of the starling family of birds. It is creamy orange bird with a black cap and a slight crest. They are usually seen in pairs or small flocks in open habitats on the plains of South Asia.-Description:This myna is pale buff creamy with a black cap...	Temenuchus pagodarum	Accidental
Rosy Starling Rosy Starling The Rosy Starling or Rose-coloured Starling is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. It is sometimes given its own, monotypic genus Pastor...	Pastor roseus	Very rare winter visitor
White-cheeked Starling White-cheeked Starling The White-cheeked Starling or Grey Starling is a passerine bird of the starling family. It is native to eastern Asia where it is a common and well-known bird in much of its range. Usually, it is placed in the genus Sturnus, but sometimes it is united with the typical mynas in Acridotheres...	Sturnus cineraceus	Accidental
European Starling European Starling The Common Starling , also known as the European Starling or just Starling, is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia...	Sturnus vulgaris	Rare winter visitor

Weavers and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finch

Finch

The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...

es. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide of which three occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Streaked Weaver Streaked Weaver The Streaked Weaver is a species of weaver bird found in South Asia. These are not as common as the Baya Weaver but are similar looking but have streaked underparts.They nest in small colonies often in reed beds near water bodies....	Ploceus manyar
Baya Weaver Baya Weaver The Baya Weaver is a weaverbird found across South and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves...	Ploceus philippinus
Asian Golden Weaver Asian Golden Weaver The Asian Golden Weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Ploceus hypoxanthus

Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Estrildidae

Estrildid finch

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....

The estrildid finch

Estrildid finch

es are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia

Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide of which eight occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Red Munia Red Munia The Red Munia, Red Avadavat or Strawberry Finch is a sparrow-sized bird of the Munia family. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. It breeds in South Asia during the Monsoon...	Amandava amandava
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Pin-tailed Parrotfinch The Pin-tailed Parrotfinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, and Thailand...	Erythrura prasina
White-rumped Munia White-rumped Munia The White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin , sometimes called Striated Finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches"...	Lonchura striata
Nutmeg Mannikin	Lonchura punctulata
White-bellied Munia White-bellied Munia The White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra is a species of estrildid finch found in most of the Southeast asia countries. For example, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines and Thailand. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is...	Lonchura leucogastra
Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla
White-headed Munia White-headed Munia The White-headed Munia Lonchura maja is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This species is also introduced to Portugal. It is found in wetlands habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.Description: Smallish , white...	Lonchura maja
Java Sparrow Java Sparrow The Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...	Padda oryzivora	Common introduced species

Buntings

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Emberizidae

Emberizidae

The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

The emberizids are a large family of seed-eating passerine birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In the Old World, most species are named as "buntings". Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are 275 species worldwide, of which eight occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Crested Bunting Crested Bunting The Crested Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family, from South and Southeast Asia. It is monotypic in its genus, Melophus. - Range :...	Melophus lathami	Winter visitor
Tristram's Bunting Tristram's Bunting The Tristram's Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is boreal forests....	Emberiza tristrami	Accidental
Chestnut-eared Bunting Chestnut-eared Bunting The Chestnut-eared Bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.-Description:...	Emberiza fucata	Winter visitor
Little Bunting Little Bunting The Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, is a passerine bird. It belongs to the bunting and American sparrow family , a group separated by most modern authors from the true finches .-Description:...	Emberiza pusilla	Winter visitor
Yellow-breasted Bunting Yellow-breasted Bunting The Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family .This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed...	Emberiza aureola	Winter visitor
Chestnut Bunting Chestnut Bunting The Chestnut Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....	Emberiza rutila	Winter visitor
Black-headed Bunting Black-headed Bunting The Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....	Emberiza melanocephala	Accidental
Black-faced Bunting Black-faced Bunting The Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala , is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....	Emberiza spodocephala	Rare winter visitor

Finches

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Fringillidae

Finch

es are small to moderately large seed-eating passerine birds with a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and nine primary flight feathers. Finches have a bouncing flight, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide, of which ten occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Chaffinch Chaffinch The Chaffinch , also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Description :...	Fringilla coelebs	Accidental
Brambling Brambling The Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Etymology :The common English name is probably derived from the German "brâma", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. It has also been called the Cock o' the North and the Mountain Finch.- Description...	Fringilla montifringilla	Accidental
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Dark-breasted Rosefinch The Dark-breasted Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one the most peculiar "rosefinches" and might belong in a monotypic genus Procarduelis, closer to Fringilla than to the true rosefinches.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...	Carpodacus nipalensis	Winter visitor
Common Rosefinch Common Rosefinch The Common Rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Europe, where it has spread westward from Asia in recent decades: it has even been recorded breeding in England once...	Carpodacus erythrinus	Winter visitor
Pink-rumped Rosefinch Pink-rumped Rosefinch The Pink-rumped Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China and Thailand. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.-References:...	Carpodacus eos	Accidental
Black-headed Greenfinch Black-headed Greenfinch The Black-headed Greenfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....	Carduelis ambigua	Rare winter visitor
Yellow-billed Grosbeak Yellow-billed Grosbeak The Yellow-billed Grosbeak or Chinese Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It can be found in the following countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.It is found in these habitats: temperate...	Eophona migratoria	Accidental
Collared Grosbeak Collared Grosbeak The Collared Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:...	Mycerobas affinis	Accidental
Spot-winged Grosbeak Spot-winged Grosbeak The Spot-winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...	Mycerobas melanozanthos
Scarlet Finch Scarlet Finch The Scarlet Finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in the Himalayas from central Nepal eastwards to Vietnam and is found spottily in the adjacent hills of Northeast India and Southeast Asia as far south as Thailand...	Haematospiza sipahi

Sparrows

Order: Passeriformes

Passerine

. Family: Passeridae

Sparrow

The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...

Sparrow

The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...

s are small passerine birds, typically small, plump, brown or grey with short tails and short powerful beaks. They are seed-eaters, but also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide of which four occur in Thailand.

Common name	Binomial	Status
House Sparrow House Sparrow The House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...	Passer domesticus	Recent colonist
Cinnamon Sparrow Cinnamon Sparrow The Russet Sparrow , also called the Cinnamon or Cinnamon Tree Sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. A chunky little seed-eating bird with a thick bill, it has a body length of . Its plumage is mainly warm rufous above and grey below...	Passer rutilans	Rare winter visitor
Plain-backed Sparrow	Passer flaveolus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus

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