Thailand Bird List, 2010

Here is a complete list of all the birds Ellyn and I saw. She saw all but a couple of them, but since I was carrying a camera and am generally bad at finding them, I missed a lot of them.

In the first few days of birding, since almost everything was new, we didn't remember a few of the birds at the end of the day, but our guide swore we'd seen them well. Toward the end, we were much better, and on the next trip to Thailand, this probably won't happen much.


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Tachybaptus ruficollisLittle Grebe
Phalacrocorax nigerLittle Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollisIndian Cormorant
Ardea cinereaGrey Heron
Ardea purpureaPurple Heron
Casmerodius albusGreat Egret
Mesophoyx intermediaIntermediate Egret
Egretta garzettaLittle Egret
Bubulcus ibisCattle Egret
Ardeola bacchusChinese Pond-Heron
Ardeola speciosaJavan Pond-Heron
Butorides striatusStriated / Little Heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-Heron
Ixobrychus sinensisYellow Bittern
Dupetor flavicollisBlack Bittern
Plegadis falcinellusGlossy Ibis
Anastomus oscitansAsian Openbill
Dendrocygna javanicaLesser Whistling-Duck
Nettapus coromandelianusCotton Pygmy-goose
Anas penelopeEurasian Widgeon
Anas platyrhynchosMallard or common Mallard
Anas acutaNorthern Pintail
Aythya ferinaCommon Pochard
Aythya nyrocaFerruginous Pochard
Aythya baeriBaer's Pochard
Aythya fuligulaTufted Duck
Aythya marilaGreater Scaup
Elanus caeruleusBlack-winged / Black-Shouldered Kite
Spilornis cheelaCrested Serpent-Eagle
Circus spilonotusEastern Marsh-Harrier
Pernis ptilorhyncusOriental Honey-buzzard
Butastur indicusGrey-faced Buzzard
Circus melanoleucosPied Harrier
Accipiter badiusShikra
Ictinaetus malayensisBlack Eagle
Hieraaetus kieneriiRufous-bellied Eagle
Spizaetus cirrhatusChangeable Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus nipalensisMountain Hawk-Eagle
Arborophila chloropusScaly-breasted Partridge
Lophura nycthemeraSilver Pheasant
Lophura leucomelanosKalij Pheasant
Gallus gallusRed Junglefowl
Lophura diardiSiamese Fireback
Gallirallus striatusSlaty-breasted Rail
Amaurornis phoenicurusWhite-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis bicolorBlack-tailed Crake
Porzana fuscaRuddy-breasted Crake
Porphyrio porphyrioPurple Swamphen
Gallinula chloropusCommon Moorhen
Fulica atraCommon Coot
Hydrophasianus chirurgusPheasant-tailed Jacana
Himantopus himantopusBlack-winged Stilt
Vanellus cinereusGrey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus indicusRed-wattled Lapwing or Plover
Gallinago stenuraPintail Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoCommon Snipe
Limosa limosaBlack-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaBar-tailed Godwit
Tringa erythropusSpotted Redshank
Tringa totanusCommon Redshank
Tringa nebulariaCommon Greenshank
Tringa guttiferNordmann's Greenshank
Tringa hypoleucosCommon Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilisMarsh Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaWood Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellusBroad-billed Sandpiper
Larus brunnicephalusBrown-headed Gull
Larus ridibundusCommon Black-headed Gull
Columba liviaRock Dove
Streptopelia chinensisSpotted Dove
Streptopelia tranquebaricaRed Collared-Dove
Macropygia ruficepsLittle Cuckoo-Dove
Chalcophaps indicaEmerald Dove
Geopelia striataZebra Dove
Treron curvirostraThick-billed Green-Pigeon
Ducula badiaMountain Imperial-Pigeon
Psittacula alexandriRed-breasted Parakeet
Loriculus vernalisVernal Hanging-Parrot
Chrysococcyx maculatusAsian Emerald Cuckoo
Eudynamys scolopaceaAsian Koel
Phaenicophaeus tristisGreen-billed Malkoha
Centropus sinensisGreater Coucal
Centropus bengalensisLesser Coucal
Otus bakkamoenaCollared Scops-Owl
Glaucidium cuculoidesAsian Barred Owlet
Caprimulgus macrurusLarge-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus affinisSavanna Nightjar
Hirundapus giganteusBrown-backed Needletail
Cypsiurus balasiensisAsian Palm-Swift
Hemiprocne longipennisGrey-rumped Treeswift
Harpactes oreskiosOrange-breasted Trogon
Alcedo atthisCommon Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensisWhite-throated Kingfisher
Merops orientalisLittle Green Bee-eater
Merops leschenaultiChestnut-headed Bee-eater
Coracias benghalensisIndian Roller
Eurystomus orientalisDollarbird or Common Dollarbird
Anthracoceros albirostrisOriental or Asian Pied-Hornbill
Buceros bicornisGreat Hornbill
Aceros undulatusWreathed Hornbill
Anorrhinus tickelliBrown Hornbill
Megalaima virensGreat Barbet
Megalaima lineataLineated Barbet
Megalaima faiostrictaGreen-eared Barbet
Megalaima mystacophanosRed-throated Barbet
Megalaima asiaticaBlue-throated Barbet
Megalaima incognitaMoustached Barbet
Megalaima australisBlue-eared Barbet
Megalaima haemacephalaCoppersmith Barbet
Dinopium javanenseCommon Flameback or Goldenback
Chrysocolaptes lucidusGreater Flameback
Hirundo rusticaBarn Swallow
Motacilla flavaYellow Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaGrey Wagtail
Coracina maceiLarge Cuckooshrike
Coracina melaschistosBlack-winged Cuckooshrike
Pericrocotus roseusRosy Minivet
Pericrocotus cantonensisBrown-rumped or Swinhoe's Minivet
Pericrocotus brevirostrisShort-billed Minivet
Pericrocotus flammeusScarlet Minivet
Pericrocotus solarisGrey-chinned Minivet
Hemipus picatusBar-winged Flycatcher-shrike or Bar-winged Hemipus
Hemipus hirundinaceusBlack-winged Flycatcher-shrike or Black-winged Hemipus
Pycnonotus atricepsBlack-headed Bulbul
Pycnonotus melanicterusBlack-crested Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosusRed-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus aurigasterSooty-headed Bulbul
Pycnonotus finlaysoniStripe-throated Bulbul
Pycnonotus flavescensFlavescent Bulbul
Pycnonotus blanfordiStreak-eared Bulbul
Alophoixus ochraceusOchraceous Bulbul
Iole propinquaGrey-eyed Bulbul
Hemixos flavalaAshy Bulbul
Hypsipetes mcclellandiiMountain Bulbul
Hypsipetes leucocephalusBlack Bulbul
Chloropsis cochinchinensisBlue-winged Leafbird
Chloropsis aurifronsGolden-fronted Leafbird
Chloropsis hardwickiiOrange-bellied Leafbird
Aegithina tiphiaCommon Iora
Monticola gularisWhite-throated Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitariusBlue Rock-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleusBlue Whistling-Thrush
Zoothera citrinaOrange-headed Thrush
Zoothera marginataDark-sided Thrush
Turdus ruficollisDark-throated Thrush
Turdus feaeGrey-sided Thrush
Brachypteryx leucophrysLesser Shortwing
Brachypteryx montanaWhite-browed Shortwing
Orthotomus sutoriusCommon Tailorbird
Phylloscopus inornatusInornate Warbler or Yellow-Browed Warbler
Phylloscopus davisoniWhite-tailed Leaf-Warbler
Seicercus castanicepsChestnut-crowned Warbler
Acrocephalus orinusLarge-billed Reed-warbler
Ficedula hodgsoniiSlaty-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula parvaRed-breasted /-throated Flycatcher
Ficedula hyperythraSnowy-browed Flycatcher
Ficedula westermanniLittle Pied Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinaVerditer Flycatcher
Niltava vividaVivid Niltava
Cyornis tickelliaeTickell's Blue-Flycatcher
Culicicapa ceylonensisGrey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Luscinia calliopeSiberian Rubythroat
Luscinia cyaneSiberian Blue Robin
Copsychus saularisOriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus malabaricusWhite-rumped Shama
Phoenicurus auroreusDaurian Redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalusWhite-capped Water-Redstart
Rhyacornis fuliginosusPlumbeous Water-Redstart
Enicurus leschenaultiWhite-crowned Forktail
Saxicola rubicolaEuropean Stonechat
Saxicola caprataPied Bushchat
Rhipidura hypoxanthaYellow-bellied Fantail
Rhipidura albicollisWhite-throated Fantail
Rhipidura javanicaPied Fantail
Hypothymis azureaBlack-naped Monarch
Garrulax leucolophusWhite-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax monilegerLesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
Garrulax pectoralisGreater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Garrulax erythrocephalusChestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
Pellorneum ruficepsPuff-throated Babbler
Pomatorhinus schisticepsWhite-browed Scimitar-Babbler
Napothera crispifronsLimestone Wren-Babbler
Pnoepyga pusillaPygmy Wren-Babbler
Stachyris chrysaeaGolden Babbler
Stachyris nigricepsGrey-throated Babbler
Macronous gularisStriped Tit-Babbler
Minla cyanouropteraBlue-winged Minla
Minla strigulaChestnut-tailed Minla
Alcippe castanecepsRufous-winged Fulvetta
Alcippe morrisoniaGrey-cheeked Fulvetta
Heterophasia melanoleucaBlack-headed Sibia or Dark-backed Sibia
Parus spilonotusYellow-cheeked Tit
Sylviparus modestusYellow-browed Tit
Melanochlora sultaneaSultan Tit
Sitta frontalisVelvet-fronted Nuthatch
Certhia discolorBrown-throated Tree-Creeper
Anthreptes singalensisRuby-cheeked Sunbird
Nectarinia jugularisOlive-backed Sunbird
Nectarinia asiaticaPurple Sunbird
Aethopyga gouldiaeGould's Sunbird or Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
Aethopyga nipalensisGreen-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga saturataBlack-throated Sunbird
Arachnothera magnaStreaked Spiderhunter
Dicaeum agileThick-billed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum chrysorrheumYellow-vented Flowerpecker
Dicaeum ignipectusFire-breasted Flowerpecker
Dicaeum cruentatumScarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Zosterops erythropleurusChestnut-flanked White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosusOriental White-eye
Zosterops japonicusJapanese White-eye
Actinodura ramsayiSpectacled Barwing
Irena puellaAsian Fairy-bluebird
Lanius schachLong-tailed Shrike
Lanius tephronotusGrey-backed Shrike
Dicrurus macrocercusBlack Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeusAshy Drongo
Dicrurus aeneusBronzed Drongo
Dicrurus remiferLesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottusHair-crested or Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseusGreater Racket-tailed Drongo
Artamus fuscusAshy Woodswallow
Garrulus glandariusEurasian Jay
Urocissa erythrorhynchaBlue Magpie or Red-billed Blue Magpie
Dendrocitta formosaeGrey Treepie
Crypsirina temiaRacket-tailed Treepie
Temnurus temnurusRatchet-tailed Treepie
Corvus macrorhynchosLarge-billed Crow
Acridotheres tristisCommon Myna
Acridotheres grandisWhite-vented Myna
Sturnus burmannicusVinous-breasted Starling
Sturnus contraAsian Pied Starling
Ploceus philippinusBaya Weaver
Lonchura punctulataScaly-breasted Munia
Passer montanusEurasian Tree Sparrow