Birds of Timor-Leste

Endemic to Timor-Leste

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Timor SparrowPadda fuscata
• Jonquil ParrotAprosmictus jonquillaceus
• Iris LorikeetTrichoglossus iris

All regular species

• Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
• Streak-breasted HoneyeaterMeliphaga reticulata
• Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata
• Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus
• Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
• Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventris
• White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueurii
• Flores FlowerpeckerDicaeum rhodopygiale
• Red-chested FlowerpeckerDicaeum maugei
• Timor OrioleOriolus melanotis
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Timor FriarbirdPhilemon inornatus
• Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
• Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroides
• Flame-eared HoneyeaterLichmera flavicans
• Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
• Ashy-bellied White-eyeZosterops citrinella
• Drab SwiftletCollocalia neglecta
• Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
• Timor StubtailUrosphena subulata
• Banded Fruit DovePtilinopus cinctus
• Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Green FigbirdSphecotheres viridis
• Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
• White-bellied Bush ChatSaxicola gutturalis
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Timor Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus presbytes
• Flame-breasted SunbirdCinnyris solaris
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Rose-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus regina
• Black-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela vulnerata
• Orange-sided ThrushGeokichla peronii
• Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
• Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
• Timor Blue FlycatcherEumyias hyacinthinus
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
• Black Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena modesta
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Wallacean CuckooshrikeCoracina personata
• Tawny GrassbirdCincloramphus timoriensis
• Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
• Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Sahul Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
• Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
• Cinnamon-banded KingfisherTodiramphus australasia
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
• Olive-headed LorikeetTrichoglossus euteles
• Wallacean DrongoDicrurus densus
• Pink-headed Imperial PigeonDucula rosacea
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
• Vella Lavella MonarchSymposiachrus nigrotectus
• Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
• White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
• Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Sunda TealAnas gibberifrons
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Black-banded FlycatcherFicedula timorensis
• Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Little Bronze CuckooChalcites minutillus
• Timor Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia magna
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Red-cheeked ParrotGeoffroyus geoffroyi
• Savanna NightjarCaprimulgus affinis
• Short-tailed StarlingAplonis minor
• Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
• Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
• Black-faced WoodswallowArtamus cinereus
• Timor HeleiaHeleia muelleri
• Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
• Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus
• Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensis
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
• Buff-banded ThicketbirdCincloramphus bivittatus
• Australian PratincoleGlareola isabella
• Australian BoobookNinox boobook
• Timor BoobookNinox fusca
• Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
• Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
• White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor
• Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
• Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
• White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
• White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusilla
• Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
• Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
• Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
• Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca
• Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
• Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
• House SwiftApus nipalensis
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Timor Imperial PigeonDucula cineracea
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Wandering Whistling DuckDendrocygna arcuata
• Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• Yellow-breasted WarblerPhylloscopus montis
• Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra
• Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
• King QuailSynoicus chinensis
• White-bellied Sea EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster
• Timor Green PigeonTreron psittaceus
• Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostris
• Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophris
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
• Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
• Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
• Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
• Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana
• Little Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia ruficeps
• Javan FlowerpeckerDicaeum sanguinolentum
• Timor FlowerpeckerDicaeum hanieli
• Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae
• Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
• Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Pied HeronEgretta picata
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• Sunda ThrushZoothera andromedae
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoni
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Wetar OrioleOriolus finschi
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• Australian HobbyFalco longipennis
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Red-backed ButtonquailTurnix maculosus
• Javan Bush WarblerLocustella montis
• Marigold LorikeetTrichoglossus capistratus
• Green Pygmy GooseNettapus pulchellus
• Masked LapwingVanellus miles
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
• Island MonarchMonarcha cinerascens
• HardheadAythya australis
• Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
• Little CurlewNumenius minutus
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Fawn-breasted WhistlerPachycephala orpheus
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• Orange-footed ScrubfowlMegapodius reinwardt
• Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
• Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
• Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• Timor SparrowPadda fuscata
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
• Elegant PittaPitta elegans
• Jonquil ParrotAprosmictus jonquillaceus
• Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
• Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChalcites basalis
• Ruddy-breasted CrakeZapornia fusca
• Tricolored ParrotfinchErythrura tricolor
• Iris LorikeetTrichoglossus iris
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Yellow-crested CockatooCacatua sulphurea

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
• Pallid CuckooHeteroscenes pallidus
• Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
• Pale-vented Bush-henAmaurornis moluccana