Legendary birds
The hardest birds in the world to see, with under a thousand global reports each. 2119 species carry this tier.
- Fulmar PrionPachyptila crassirostris
- Blue-headed HummingbirdRiccordia bicolor
- Pygmy EagleHieraaetus weiskei
- Band-tailed AntwrenMyrmotherula urosticta
- Javan Hawk-EagleNisaetus bartelsi
- Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularis
- White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
- Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
- Sulawesi Blue FlycatcherCyornis omissus
- Cream-throated White-eyeZosterops atriceps
- White-winged Cliff ChatMonticola semirufus
- Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctus
- Purple CochoaCochoa purpurea
- Bearded Wood PartridgeDendrortyx barbatus
- Short-legged Ground RollerBrachypteracias leptosomus
- Handsome FruiteaterPipreola formosa
- Marsh BabblerPellorneum palustre
- Black-headed TailorbirdOrthotomus nigriceps
- Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceum
- Dusky PurpletuftIodopleura fusca
- Antioquia BrushfinchAtlapetes blancae
- Yunnan NuthatchSitta yunnanensis
- La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesi
- Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezus
- Spiny BabblerTurdoides nipalensis
- Andaman Masked OwlTyto deroepstorffi
- Yellow-vented Green PigeonTreron seimundi
- Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridis
- Black-bellied SeedeaterSporophila melanogaster
- Manu ParrotletNannopsittaca dachilleae
- Pygmy LongbillOedistoma pygmaeum
- Vietnamese CutiaCutia legalleni
- Scaly-breasted HoneyeaterLichmera squamata
- Torrent FlyrobinMonachella muelleriana
- Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
- White-throated Sierra FinchIdiopsar erythronotus
- Trinidad Piping GuanPipile pipile
- Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
- White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillus
- Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurus
- White-bellied CinclodesCinclodes palliatus
- Medium Tree FinchCamarhynchus pauper
- Papuan HarrierCircus spilothorax
- Green TinkerbirdPogoniulus simplex
- Blue-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus monacha
- Brown Wood RailAramides wolfi
- Queen Carola's ParotiaParotia carolae
- Sumatran TrogonApalharpactes mackloti
- White-bellied HeronArdea insignis
- Ivory-backed WoodswallowArtamus monachus
- Pale-bellied MournerRhytipterna immunda
- White-fronted WhitestartMyioborus albifrons
- Bornean Ground CuckooCarpococcyx radiceus
- Cocha AntshrikeThamnophilus praecox
- Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceus
- Lear's MacawAnodorhynchus leari
- Elegant PittaPitta elegans
- Dark-winged TrumpeterPsophia viridis
- Collared BrushturkeyTalegalla jobiensis
- Javan Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus montanus
- Grey-throated SunbirdAnthreptes griseigularis
- Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicauda
- Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
- Ancient AntwrenHerpsilochmus gentryi
- Bahama WarblerSetophaga flavescens
- Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifrons
- White-vented WhistlerPachycephala homeyeri
- Yellow-cheeked LorikeetTrichoglossus meyeri
- Spot-winged ParrotletTouit stictopterus
- Tibetan BlackbirdTurdus maximus
- White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopis
- Chatham ShagLeucocarbo onslowi
- White-rumped TrillerLalage leucopygialis
- Melanesian MegapodeMegapodius eremita
- Bolivian AntpittaGrallaria cochabambae
- Mossy-nest SwiftletAerodramus salangana
- Mountain KingfisherSyma megarhyncha
- Black Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena modesta
- Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
- Parodi's HemispingusKleinothraupis parodii
- Hooded VisorbearerAugastes lumachella
- Apurimac SpinetailSynallaxis courseni
- Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollis
- White-streaked FriarbirdMelitograis gilolensis
- Halmahera FlowerpeckerDicaeum schistaceiceps
- Crimson-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum nehrkorni
- Least PoorwillSiphonorhis brewsteri
- Ornate LorikeetTrichoglossus ornatus
- Loria's SatinbirdCnemophilus loriae
- Black-chinned WhistlerPachycephala mentalis
- Nicobar Imperial PigeonDucula nicobarica
- Ash-throated GnateaterConopophaga peruviana
- Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneiceps
- Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinerea
- Donaldson Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni
- Malayan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron malacense
- StandardwingSemioptera wallacii
- Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensis
- Racket-tipped ThorntailDiscosura longicaudus
- Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
- Pesquet's ParrotPsittrichas fulgidus
- Papuan Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigrita
- White-rumped CuckooshrikeCoracina leucopygia
- Izu ThrushTurdus celaenops
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Island Bronze-naped PigeonColumba malherbii
- Esmeraldas WoodstarChaetocercus berlepschi
- Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni
- Visayan FantailRhipidura albiventris
- Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
- Spotted Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa leucosticta
- Gansu Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus kansuensis
- Arabian Scops OwlOtus pamelae
- Apurimac BrushfinchAtlapetes forbesi
- Garnet RobinEugerygone rubra
- Perija BrushfinchArremon perijanus
- Chinese Vivid NiltavaNiltava oatesi
- MacGregor's BowerbirdAmblyornis macgregoriae
- Chestnut-backed ThornbirdPhacellodomus dorsalis
- Maroon Shining ParrotProsopeia tabuensis
- Yellow-eyed BristlebillBleda ugandae
- Herero ChatNamibornis herero
- Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
- White-streaked AntvireoDysithamnus leucostictus
- Drongo FantailChaetorhynchus papuensis
- Hinde's BabblerTurdoides hindei
- Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostris
- Copper-tailed HummingbirdSaucerottia cupreicauda
- Southern Silvery KingfisherCeyx argentatus
- Fülleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni
- Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
- Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor
- Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythra
- Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterus
- White-eared Bronze CuckooChalcites meyerii
- Pink-headed Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyreus
- Coral-billed Ground CuckooCarpococcyx renauldi
- Balsas Screech OwlMegascops seductus
- Worthen's SparrowSpizella wortheni
- Austral RailRallus antarcticus
- Indochinese Green MagpieCissa hypoleuca
- Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescens
- Grey-crowned TetrakaXanthomixis cinereiceps
- Horned ParakeetEunymphicus cornutus
- Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventris
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
- White-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis malouinus
- Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesi
- Red-breasted Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta bruijnii
- Grey-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster
- Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateri
- Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus
- Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiaca
- Marbled HoneyeaterPycnopygius cinereus
- Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus
- Golden-shouldered ParrotPsephotellus chrysopterygius
- Wattled PloughbillEulacestoma nigropectus
- Golden White-eyeCleptornis marchei
- White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopia
- Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatus
- Reddish-winged Bare-eyePhlegopsis erythroptera
- Vogelkop LophorinaLophorina superba
- Dark-eared MyzaMyza celebensis
- Pink-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula poliocephala
- Golden-tufted Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius imthurni
- Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricus
- Writhed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
- Sooty BushtitAegithalos fuliginosus
- Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrus
- Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryi
- Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
- White-cheeked CotingaZaratornis stresemanni
- Orange-throated TanagerWetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
- Pincoya Storm PetrelOceanites pincoyae
- Mauritius KestrelFalco punctatus
- Neblina TapaculoScytalopus altirostris
- Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa castanonota
- Wedge-tailed HillstarOreotrochilus adela
- Kaempfer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus kaempferi
- Coroneted Fruit DovePtilinopus coronulatus
- Samar HornbillPenelopides samarensis
- Ochre-fronted AntpittaGrallaricula ochraceifrons
- Vogelkop BowerbirdAmblyornis inornata
- Zappey's FlycatcherCyanoptila cumatilis
- Sao Francisco SparrowArremon franciscanus
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbi
- Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalis
- Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalus
- Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orina
- Rufous-browed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca superciliosa
- Melanesian WhistlerPachycephala chlorura
- Cryptic WarblerCryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
- Black-hooded SunbeamAglaeactis pamela
- New Britain FriarbirdPhilemon cockerelli
- Bahama OrioleIcterus northropi
- White-necklaced PartridgeArborophila gingica
- Yellow-throated WhistlerPachycephala macrorhyncha
- Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensis
- Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanni
- Vogelkop MelidectesMelidectes leucostephes
- Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorus
- Cerulean CuckooshrikeCoracina temminckii
- Black TinamouTinamus osgoodi
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- Blue Eared PheasantCrossoptilon auritum
- Orinoco SofttailThripophaga cherriei
- Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis
- White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalus
- Bornean Wren-BabblerPtilocichla leucogrammica
- Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinucha
- Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijana
- Grauer's Swamp WarblerBradypterus graueri
- Scarlet-chested ParrotNeophema splendida
- Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
- Song ParrotGeoffroyus heteroclitus
- Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeri
- Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalis
- Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanus
- Brown-headed Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera danae
- Sao Francisco Black TyrantKnipolegus franciscanus
- Thick-billed HeleiaHeleia crassirostris
- Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliae
- Bolivian Warbling FinchPoospiza boliviana
- Zino's PetrelPterodroma madeira
- African PittaPitta angolensis
- Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctata
- Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphus
- Mindanao Pygmy BabblerDasycrotapha plateni
- Japanese MurreletSynthliboramphus wumizusume
- Tapajos HermitPhaethornis aethopygus
- Chinese FulvettaFulvetta striaticollis
- Bannerman's WeaverPloceus bannermani
- Littoral Rock ThrushMonticola imerina
- Olive Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceus
- Sharpe's LongclawMacronyx sharpei
- Malayan Whistling ThrushMyophonus robinsoni
- Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
- Ochre-bellied BoobookNinox ochracea
- White-naped MonarchCarterornis pileatus
- Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachii
- Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensis
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- Cinnamon-throated HermitPhaethornis nattereri
- Black-bibbed TitPoecile hypermelaenus
- Brown-cheeked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron henrici
- Little Inca FinchIncaspiza watkinsi
- Dwarf HoneyguideIndicator pumilio
- Sulawesi MynaBasilornis celebensis
- Elliot's PheasantSyrmaticus ellioti
- Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
- Great-billed KingfisherPelargopsis melanorhyncha
- Brown-headed CrowCorvus fuscicapillus
- Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirens
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- Plumbeous AntvireoDysithamnus plumbeus
- Grey-chested BabblerKakamega poliothorax
- Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensis
- Hooded GnateaterConopophaga roberti
- White-naped SeedeaterSporophila fringilloides
- Sulawesi Dwarf KingfisherCeyx fallax
- Rock TapaculoScytalopus petrophilus
- Maquis CanasteroAsthenes heterura
- Crested Tit-warblerLeptopoecile elegans
- Shiny Whistling ThrushMyophonus melanurus
- Merida FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosa
- Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae
- Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus
- Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
- Mbulu White-eyeZosterops mbuluensis
- Black-and-white TanagerConothraupis speculigera
- Cameroon SunbirdCyanomitra oritis
- White-bellied DacnisDacnis albiventris
- Cocos FinchPinaroloxias inornata
- Grey-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapilla
- Red-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron formosum
- Forbes-Watson's SwiftApus berliozi
- Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollis
- Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammus
- Moluccan CuckooshrikeCoracina atriceps
- Grey-winged Inca FinchIncaspiza ortizi
- Japanese Night HeronGorsachius goisagi
- Black-headed WhistlerPachycephala monacha
- Mountain Owlet-nightjarAegotheles albertisi
- Grey-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidae
- Cabot's TragopanTragopan caboti
- Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapilla
- Planalto Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla dimidiata
- Grey GrasswrenAmytornis barbatus
- Chestnut-throated FlycatcherMyiagra castaneigularis
- Grey-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophus
- Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
- KaguRhynochetos jubatus
- Javan FrogmouthBatrachostomus javensis
- Chocolate BoobookNinox randi
- Short-tailed GrasswrenAmytornis merrotsyi
- Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixii
- Rufous-backed FantailRhipidura rufidorsa
- Blue-eyed CockatooCacatua ophthalmica
- Malindi PipitAnthus melindae
- Maroon-fronted ParrotRhynchopsitta terrisi
- Mekong WagtailMotacilla samveasnae
- Quebracho Crested TinamouEudromia formosa
- Tanimbar FriarbirdPhilemon plumigenis
- Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeli
- Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolor
- Feline Owlet-nightjarAegotheles insignis
- White-collared OlivebackNesocharis ansorgei
- Pheasant PigeonOtidiphaps nobilis
- Crimson FruitcrowHaematoderus militaris
- Black-hooded AntwrenFormicivora erythronotos
- Appert's TetrakaXanthomixis apperti
- White-browed TitPoecile superciliosus
- Sombre KingfisherTodiramphus funebris
- Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
- Sokoke Scops OwlOtus ireneae
- Yellow-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus flavigularis
- Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalus
- Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
- Sunda FrogmouthBatrachostomus cornutus
- Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Upland AntshrikeThamnophilus aroyae
- Large Blue FlycatcherCyornis magnirostris
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- Long-tailed StarlingAplonis magna
- Yellow-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula ambigua
- Snares PenguinEudyptes robustus
- Willard's Sooty BoubouLaniarius willardi
- Rothschild's SwiftCypseloides rothschildi
- Fiery-shouldered ParakeetPyrrhura egregia
- Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
- Green LongtailUrolais epichlorus
- Kalkadoon GrasswrenAmytornis ballarae
- West Himalayan Bush WarblerLocustella kashmirensis
- Western FieldwrenCalamanthus montanellus
- Cream-eyed BulbulPycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Sunda Blue FlycatcherCyornis caerulatus
- Okarito KiwiApteryx rowi
- Papuan TreecreeperCormobates placens
- Fiji Wattled HoneyeaterFoulehaio taviunensis
- Dusky-brown OrioleOriolus phaeochromus
- Tepui ParrotletNannopsittaca panychlora
- Sunda Scops OwlOtus lempiji
- Yellow-faced ParrotletForpus xanthops
- Pygmy Hanging ParrotLoriculus exilis
- Yemen SerinCrithagra menachensis
- Klages's AntwrenMyrmotherula klagesi
- Grey-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventris
- Short-crested MonarchHypothymis helenae
- Ornate Fruit DovePtilinopus ornatus
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- Van Dam's VangaXenopirostris damii
- Crested SatinbirdCnemophilus macgregorii
- Straw-backed TanagerStilpnia argyrofenges
- Tanna Fruit DovePtilinopus tannensis
- Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseni
- Tapajos ScythebillCampylorhamphus probatus
- Black PitohuiMelanorectes nigrescens
- Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrata
- Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
- Moluccan Hanging ParrotLoriculus amabilis
- Zimmer's TapaculoScytalopus zimmeri
- Chestnut-throated SpinetailSynallaxis cherriei
- Javan Bush WarblerLocustella montis
- Peruvian MartinProgne murphyi
- Chinese MonalLophophorus lhuysii
- Reichard's SeedeaterCrithagra reichardi
- Sickle-winged NightjarEleothreptus anomalus
- Eared PoorwillNyctiphrynus mcleodii
- Black-breasted GnateaterConopophaga snethlageae
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
- Tuxtla Quail-DoveZentrygon carrikeri
- Green-breasted PittaPitta reichenowi
- Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximius
- Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittacea
- Mariana CrowCorvus kubaryi
- White-necked CoucalCentropus ateralbus
- Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix
- Orange-bellied AntwrenTerenura sicki
- Grey HoneyeaterConopophila whitei
- Eastern Bearded GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
- Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberi
- Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateri
- Guadalupe JuncoJunco insularis
- Black SicklebillEpimachus fastosus
- Cinnamon Screech OwlMegascops petersoni
- Mantanani Scops OwlOtus mantananensis
- Southern ShrikebillClytorhynchus pachycephaloides
- Mauritius FodyFoudia rubra
- Inagua WoodstarNesophlox lyrura
- Chinese Bush WarblerLocustella tacsanowskia
- Pectoral AntwrenHerpsilochmus pectoralis
- Sokoke PipitAnthus sokokensis
- Malagasy HarrierCircus macrosceles
- Rufous-lored TyrannuletPhylloscartes flaviventris