Birds of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste hosts 198 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Timor-Leste
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata
- Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventris
- White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueurii
- Red-chested FlowerpeckerDicaeum maugei
- Timor OrioleOriolus melanotis
- 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
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Green FigbirdSphecotheres viridis
- Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
- White-bellied Bush ChatSaxicola gutturalis
- 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
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Black Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena modesta
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Wallacean CuckooshrikeCoracina personata
- 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
- Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- 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
- 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
- Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus
- Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensis
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
- Australian BoobookNinox boobook
- Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- 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
- Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra
- Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
- Timor Green PigeonTreron psittaceus
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostris
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophris
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Elegant PittaPitta elegans
- Jonquil ParrotAprosmictus jonquillaceus
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Tricolored ParrotfinchErythrura tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Yellow-crested CockatooCacatua sulphurea
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.