BIRDS OF MALAYSIA
(PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, SARAWAK & SABAH)
Total Species in the World (Malaysia): 11,017 (864 +/-)
Total Families in the World (Malaysia): 251 (85)
Anatidae / Waterfowl / 鸭科 / ガンカモ科
Total in the world: 53 Genera / 174 Species (Malaysia: 13 Species)
Wandering Whistling-Duck / Dendrocygna arcuata / 斑胸樹鴨 / オオリュウキュウガモ
Lesser Whistling-Duck / Dendrocygna javanica / 栗樹鴨 / リュウキュウガモ
Knob-billed Duck / Sarkidiornis melanotos /
Cotton Pygmy-Goose / Nettapus coromandelianus / 棉鳧 / ナンキンオシ
Garganey / Spatula querquedula / 白眉鴨 / シマアジ
Northern Shoveler / Spatula clypeata / 琵嘴鴨 / ハシビロガモ
Eurasian Wigeon / Mareca penelope / 赤頸鴨 / ヒドリガモ
Eastern Spot-billed Duck / Anas zonorhyncha /
Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos /
Northern Pintail / Anas acuta / 針尾鴨 / オナガガモ
Green-winged Teal / Anas crecca / 綠翅鴨 / コガモ
Sunda Teal / Anas gibberifrons /
Tufted Duck / Aythya fuligula / 鳳頭潛鴨 / キンクロハジロ
Megapodiidae / Megapodes / 冢雉科 / つかつくり
Total in the world: 7 Genera / 21 Species (Malaysia: 1 Species)
Philippine Megapode / Megapodius cumingii / 菲律宾冢雉 / パラワンツカツクリ
Phasianidae / Pheasants, Grouse, Quail, and Allies / 雉科 / キジ科
Total in the world: 54 Genera / 186 Species (Malaysia: 23 Species)
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris /
Ferruginous Partridge / Caloperdix oculeus /
Crested Partridge / Rollulus rouloul /
Black Partridge / Melanoperdix niger /
Red-breasted Partridge / Arborophila hyperythra /
Malayan Partridge / Arborophila campbelli /
Long-billed Partridge / Rhizothera longirostris /
Bulwer's Pheasant / Lophura bulweri /
Malayan Crestless Fireback / Lophura erythrophthalma /
Malayan Crested Fireback / Lophura rufa /
Bornean Crested Fireback / Lophura ignita /
Malayan Crested Argus / Rheinardia nigrescens /
Great Argus / Argusianus argus /
Indian Peafowl / Pavo cristatus /
Green Peafowl / Pavo muticus /
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge / Tropicoperdix charltonii /
Sabah Partridge / Tropicoperdix graydoni /
Crimson-headed Partridge / Haematortyx sanguiniceps /
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant / Polyplectron schleiermacheri /
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant / Polyplectron malacense /
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant / Polyplectron inopinatum /
Red Junglefowl / Gallus gallus /
Blue-breasted Quail / Synoicus chinensis /
Columbidae / Pigeons & Doves / 鸠鸽科 / ハト科
Total in the world: 51 Genera / 353 Species (Malaysia: 25 Species)
Rock Pigeon / Columba livia / 原鸽 / カワラバト
Metallic Pigeon / Columba vitiensis / 白喉林鴿 / アカメカラスバト
African Collared-Dove / Streptopelia roseogrisea / 粉頭斑鳩 / バライロシラコバト
Red Collared-Dove / Streptopelia tranquebarica / 火斑鸠 / ベニバト
Spotted Dove / Spilopelia chinensis / 珠颈斑鸠 / カノコバト
Barred Cuckoo-Dove / Macropygia unchall / 斑尾鹃鸠 / ヨコジマオナガバト
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove / Macropygia tenuirostris /
Little Cuckoo-Dove / Macropygia ruficeps / 小鹃鸠 / ヒメオナガバト
Asian Emerald Dove / Chalcophaps indica / 绿翅金鸠 / キンバト
Diamond Dove / Geopelia cuneata
Zebra Dove / Geopelia striata / 斑姬地鸠 / チョウショウバト
Nicobar Pigeon / Caloenas nicobarica / 尼柯巴鸠 / ミノバト
Little Green-Pigeon / Treron olax / 小绿鸠 / チビアオバト
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon / Treron vernans / 红颈绿鸠 / コアオバト
Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon / Treron fulvicollis / 棕头绿鸠 / ニッケイアオバト
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon / Treron bicinctus / 橙胸绿鸠 / ムネアカアオバト
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon / Treron curvirostra / 厚嘴绿鸠 / ハシブトアオバト
Large Green-Pigeon / Treron capellei / 大绿鸠 / オオアオバト
Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon / Treron seimundi / 白腹针尾绿鸠 / シロハラハリオアオバト
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon / Treron sphenurus / 楔尾绿鸠 / オナガアオバト
Jambu Fruit-Dove / Ptilinopus jambu / 粉头果鸠 / ボタンバト
Green Imperial-Pigeon / Ducula aenea / 绿皇鸠 / ミカドバト
Gray Imperial-Pigeon / Ducula pickeringii /
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon / Ducula badia / 皇鸠 / ヤマミカドバト
Pied Imperial-Pigeon / Ducula bicolor / 斑皇鸠 / ソデグロバト
Cuculidae / Cuckoos / 杜鹃科 / ホトトギス科
Total in the world: 33 Genera / 147 Species (Malaysia: 30 Species)
Bornean Ground-Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Greater/Lesser Coucal Centropus sinensis/bengalensis
Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
Podargidae / Frogmouths / 蟆口鸱科 / ガマグチヨタカ科
Total in the world: 3 Genera / 16 Species (Malaysia: 6 Species)
Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti
Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus
Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis
Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus
Caprimulgidae / Nightjars and Allies / 夜鹰科 / ヨタカ科
Total in the world: 20 Genera / 97 Species (Malaysia: 7 Species)
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
Great Eared-Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Apodidae / Swifts / 雨燕科 / アマツバメ科
Total in the world: 19 Genera / 112 Species (Malaysia: 16 Species)
Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas
Bornean Swiftlet Collocalia dodgei
Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
White-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Cook's Swift Apus cooki
House Swift Apus nipalensis
Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
Hemiprocnidae / Treeswifts / 雨燕科 / アマツバメ科
Total in the world: 1 Genera / 4 Species (Malaysia: 2 Species)
Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
Rallidae / Rails, Gallinules, and Allies / 秧鸡科 / クイナ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
Black-backed/Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus/poliocephalus
White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Heliornithidae / Finfoots / 日䴘科 / ヒレアシ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus
Shorebirds
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. Pluvialis sp.
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
Siberian Sand-Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
Tibetan Sand-Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
Javan Plover Anarhynchus javanicus
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
Kentish/White-faced Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus/dealbatus
Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Nordmann's/Common Greenshank Tringa guttifer/nebularia
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris acuminata/melanotos
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Laridae / Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers / 鸥科 / カモメ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
Gull-billed/Australian Tern Gelochelidon nilotica/macrotarsa
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini
Phoenicopteridae / Flamingos / 红鹳科 / フラミンゴ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Podicipedidae / Grebes / 鷿鷈 / カイツブリ科
Total in the world: 6 Genera / 22 Species (Malaysia: 1 Species)
Little Grebe / Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei /
Phaethontidae / Tropicbirds / 红鹳科 / フラミンゴ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Oceanitidae / Storm-Petrels / 洋海燕科 / アシナガウミツバメ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
Procellariidae / Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels / 鹱科 / ミズナギドリ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Ciconiidae / Storks / 鹳科 / コウノトリ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
Fregatidae / Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets / 军舰鸟科 / グンカンドリ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
frigatebird sp. Fregata sp.
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Anhingidae / Cormorants and Anhingas / 蛇鹈科 / ヘビウ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Ardeidae / Herons, Ibis, and Allies / 鹭科 / サギ科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Black-crowned/Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax/caledonicus
Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Little Heron Butorides atricapilla
Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
Great Egret Ardea alba
Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
Pelecanidae / Pelicans / 鹈鹕科 / ペリカン科
Total in the world: x Genera / x Species (Malaysia: x Species)
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
