Birds of Brunei
Brunei hosts 257 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
- Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Plume-toed SwiftletCollocalia affinis
- Dusky MuniaLonchura fuscans
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Sunda Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
- Pink-necked Green PigeonTreron vernans
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus
- Black-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Pied TrillerLalage nigra
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Oriental Pied HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Olive-winged BulbulPycnonotus plumosus
- Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Grey-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green IoraAegithina viridissima
- Sunda CrowCorvus enca
- Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Yellow-rumped FlowerpeckerPrionochilus xanthopygius
- Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Little Green PigeonTreron olax
- Red-crowned BarbetPsilopogon rafflesii
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus hirundinaceus
- Blue-crowned Hanging ParrotLoriculus galgulus
- Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritus
- Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplex
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanos
- Malaysian Blue FlycatcherCyornis turcosus
- Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Spectacled BulbulRubigula erythropthalmos
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Black-and-red BroadbillCymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Silver-rumped SpinetailRhaphidura leucopygialis
- Brown BarbetCaloramphus fuliginosus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Cream-vented BulbulPycnonotus simplex
- Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatus
- Whiskered TreeswiftHemiprocne comata
- Sunda Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus moluccensis
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Chestnut-rumped BabblerStachyris maculata
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Hairy-backed BulbulTricholestes criniger
- Fluffy-backed Tit-BabblerMacronus ptilosus
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-thighed FalconetMicrohierax fringillarius
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Yellow-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus maculatus
- Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicus
- Banded WoodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum
- Wrinkled HornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicauda
- Sooty-capped BabblerMalacopteron affine
- Zebra WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-throated BabblerStachyris nigricollis
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Green BroadbillCalyptomena viridis
- Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasiliana
- Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithaca
- Red-throated SunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemus
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensis
- Spectacled SpiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster
- Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardii
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- Javan Black-capped BabblerPellorneum capistratum
- Short-tailed BabblerPellorneum malaccense
- Mossy-nest SwiftletAerodramus salangana
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
- Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostetha
- Golden-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogon
- Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Red-billed MalkohaZanclostomus javanicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis amictus
- Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenys
- Scarlet-rumped TrogonHarpactes duvaucelii
- Rufous PiculetSasia abnormis
- Spotted FantailRhipidura perlata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Scaly-crowned BabblerMalacopteron cinereum
- Buff-necked WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tukki
- Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostris
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotes
- White-crowned HornbillBerenicornis comatus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Plain FlowerpeckerDicaeum minullum
- Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus
- Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
- Rufous-winged PhilentomaPhilentoma pyrhoptera
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumba
- Scarlet-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus thoracicus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Yellow-bellied BulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great ArgusArgusianus argus
- Crimson-winged WoodpeckerPicus puniceus
- Bornean Black MagpiePlatysmurus aterrimus
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Brown Wood OwlStrix leptogrammica
- Banded KingfisherLacedo pulchella
- Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robusta
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Grey-bellied BulbulRubigula cyaniventris
- Grey-and-buff WoodpeckerHemicircus concretus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Yellow-crowned BarbetPsilopogon henricii
- Blue-rumped ParrotPsittinus cyanurus
- Large Green PigeonTreron capellei
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
- Western Hooded PittaPitta sordida
- Mangrove WhistlerPachycephala cinerea
- Maroon WoodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosus
- White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra
- Crested PartridgeRollulus rouloul
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensis
- Banded BroadbillEurylaimus javanicus
- Rufous-crowned BabblerMalacopteron magnum
- Malaysian Eared NightjarLyncornis temminckii
- Cinnamon-headed Green PigeonTreron fulvicollis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii
- Buffy Fish OwlKetupa ketupu
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
- Olive-backed WoodpeckerGecinulus rafflesii
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Brown FulvettaAlcippe brunneicauda
- Fairy PittaPitta nympha
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Moustached BabblerMalacopteron magnirostre
- Sunda Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus bornensis
- Bornean BristleheadPityriasis gymnocephala
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Common FlamebackDinopium javanense
- Grey-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera modesta
- Blyth's Hawk-EagleNisaetus alboniger
- Maroon-breasted PhilentomaPhilentoma velata
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Streaked BulbulIxos malaccensis
- Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus
- Hook-billed BulbulSetornis criniger
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensis
- Crimson-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus percussus
- Dusky BroadbillCorydon sumatranus
- Sunda Scops OwlOtus lempiji
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Horsfield's BabblerMalacocincla sepiaria
- Mangrove Blue FlycatcherCyornis rufigastra
- Bornean Crested FirebackLophura ignita
- Cream-eyed BulbulPycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Bulwer's PheasantLophura bulweri
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
- Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilis
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Bornean Blue FlycatcherCyornis superbus
- Large FrogmouthBatrachostomus auritus
- Grey-breasted BabblerMalacopteron albogulare
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia
- Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Hume's White-eyeZosterops auriventer
- Rufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretus
- Grey-headed BabblerStachyris poliocephala
- Bornean LeafbirdChloropsis kinabaluensis
- Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescens
- Cinnamon-rumped TrogonHarpactes orrhophaeus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophus
- Little Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia ruficeps
- Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- Barred Eagle-OwlKetupa sumatrana
- Red-legged CrakeRallina fasciata
- Malaysian HoneyguideIndicator archipelagicus
- Bonaparte's NightjarCaprimulgus concretus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
- Checker-throated WoodpeckerChrysophlegma mentale
- Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoria
- Pin-tailed ParrotfinchErythrura prasina
- Sunda FrogmouthBatrachostomus cornutus
- Malayan Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalma