Sarawak Malaysia, Borneo Bird List Order and names based on the “Birds of Borneo”, by Susan Myers
English Name Latin Name
ARDEIDAE Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinesis Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis Little Heron (striated) Butorides striata Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Great Egret Ardea alba Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia Little Egret Egretta garzetta Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
ANHINGIDAE Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
FALCONIDAE Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
ACCIPITRIDAE Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Changeable Hawk-Eagle (crested) Nisaetus limnaeetus
RALLIDAE Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea Black-backed Swamphen (purple) Porphyrio indicus Eurasian Moorhen (common) Gallinula chloropus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
PLUVIALIDAE Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
CHARADRIIDAE Little-ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
SCOLOPACIDAE Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
LARIDAE Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Little Tern Sternula albifrons
COLUMBIDAE Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Little Cuckoo Dove Macropygia ruficeps Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Emerald Dove (common) Chalcophaps indica Zebra Dove Geopelia striata 1 Little Green-Pigeon Treron olax Pink-necked Green-Pigeon Treron vernans Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra Large Green-Pigeon Treron capellei
PSITTACIDAE Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
CUCULIDAE Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Drongo Cuckoo (square-tailed) Surniculus lugubris Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus Raffle’s Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaeus Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Zanclostomus curvirostris Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
STRIGIDAE Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupa
APODIDAE Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis House Swift (Little) Apus affinis Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
CORACIIDAE Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
ALCEDINIDAE Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
MEROPIDAE Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
BUCEROTIDAE Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
RAMPHASTIDAE Red-crowned Barbet Megalaima rafflesii Brown Barbet Calorhamphus fuliginosus
PICIDAE Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mineaceus Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis
EURYLAIMIDAE Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
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PITTIDAE Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
VIREONIDAE White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
CAMPEPHAGIDAE Lesser Cuckooshrike Coracina fimbriata Pied Triller Lalage nigra Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
ORIOLIDAE Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
GENERA INCERTAE SEDIS Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
ARTAMIDAE White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
AEGITHINNIDAE Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
RHIPIDURIDAE Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
MONARCHIDAE Black-napped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
DICRURIDAE Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus Great Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
CORVIDAE Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
LANLIDAE Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
NECTARINIDAE Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Temminck’s Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
DICAEIDAE Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum triginostigma Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum 3
CHLOROPSEIDAE Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
IRENIDAE Asian Fairy-Bluebird Irena puella
ESTRILDIDAE Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
PASSERIDAE Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
PLOCEIDAE Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Not in book
MOTACILLIDAE Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
STURNIDAE Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Common Hill-Myna Gracula religiosa Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
MUSCICAPIDAE Siberian Blue-Robin Luscinia cyane Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
PYCNONOTIDAE Grey-bellied Bulbul Pycnonotus cyaniventris Puff-backed Bulbul Pycnonotus eutilotus Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmus Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres Streaked Bulbul Ixos malacensis
HIRUNDINIDAE Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica House Swallow (Pacific) Hirundo tahitica
PHYLLOSCOPIDAE Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
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TIMALIIDAE Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda Bold-stripped Tit-Babbler Macronous bornensis Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronous ptilosus Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre White-chested Babbler Trichastoma rostratum
CISTICOLIDAE Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
List compiled by Kaiyote Snow www.KaiyoteTours.com 139 Birds – updated October 2019
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