Rare birds
Localised, shy or simply far away. Each one is a genuine find. 4500 species carry this tier.
- Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
- Black-throated FlowerpiercerDiglossa brunneiventris
- Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostris
- Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescens
- Streak-throated Bush TyrantMyiotheretes striaticollis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Grey SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii
- Black-fronted TernChlidonias albostriatus
- Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus
- Taiwan PartridgeArborophila crudigularis
- Rufous-crowned GreenletHylophilus poicilotis
- Grey-crowned FlatbillTolmomyias poliocephalus
- Streaked TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Western SpindalisSpindalis zena
- Greater Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura budytoides
- Yellow-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes flavifrons
- Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominus
- Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularis
- White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
- Dwarf Tyrant-ManakinTyranneutes stolzmanni
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- White-tailed TyrannuletMecocerculus poecilocercus
- Yucatan VireoVireo magister
- Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilis
- Lettered AracariPteroglossus inscriptus
- Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Black-billed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis montanus
- Greenish PufflegHaplophaedia aureliae
- Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris
- Double-eyed Fig ParrotCyclopsitta diophthalma
- Spot-backed PuffbirdNystalus maculatus
- Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
- Sibilant SirystesSirystes sibilator
- Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostris
- Andean SiskinSpinus spinescens
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
- Greater Prairie ChickenTympanuchus cupido
- Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
- Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
- South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus
- RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
- Andean TealAnas andium
- Macleay's HoneyeaterXanthotis macleayanus
- Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Green-tailed TrainbearerLesbia nuna
- Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckelii
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Silver-crowned FriarbirdPhilemon argenticeps
- Ashy BulbulHemixos flavala
- Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini
- Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalis
- Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosus
- Ruby-topaz HummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus
- Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensis
- OmaoMyadestes obscurus
- Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalis
- Rufous-capped MotmotBaryphthengus ruficapillus
- Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroa
- Tody MotmotHylomanes momotula
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
- Elliot's Storm PetrelOceanites gracilis
- Short-tailed AntthrushChamaeza campanisona
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Slaty-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
- Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanoptera
- Violet-fronted BrilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateri
- Collared Bush RobinTarsiger johnstoniae
- Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii
- Chestnut-bellied Rock ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufus
- Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchen
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
- Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanni
- Rosy Thrush-tanagerRhodinocichla rosea
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Great SapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus
- Grey-headed ElaeniaMyiopagis caniceps
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiae
- Ocellated TurkeyMeleagris ocellata
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Bare-necked FruitcrowGymnoderus foetidus
- Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus
- Crimson ChatEpthianura tricolor
- Rufous-bellied ChachalacaOrtalis wagleri
- Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- White-bellied SeedeaterSporophila leucoptera
- Planalto WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes platyrostris
- White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittatus
- Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus
- Sinaloa CrowCorvus sinaloae
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
- Masked Crimson TanagerRamphocelus nigrogularis
- Pale-eyed Pygmy TyrantAtalotriccus pilaris
- Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolor
- Dull-colored GrassquitAsemospiza obscura
- Grey WhistlerPachycephala simplex
- Jungle Bush QuailPerdicula asiatica
- Sultan TitMelanochlora sultanea
- Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Bare-faced CurassowCrax fasciolata
- Red-ruffed FruitcrowPyroderus scutatus
- Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollis
- Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus
- Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis
- Grey-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennis
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa
- Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
- Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
- Rufous-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis erythrothorax
- Pectoral SparrowArremon taciturnus
- Golden VireoVireo hypochryseus
- Grey-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus largipennis
- Bay WoodpeckerBlythipicus pyrrhotis
- Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescens
- Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops
- Greyish MournerRhytipterna simplex
- Heart-spotted WoodpeckerHemicircus canente
- Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei
- Orange OrioleIcterus auratus
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotis
- White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivus
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- White-throated TreerunnerPygarrhichas albogularis
- Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficeps
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquis
- Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
- Rufous-winged WoodpeckerPiculus simplex
- Whiskered Screech OwlMegascops trichopsis
- Greyish PiculetPicumnus granadensis
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Linchi SwiftletCollocalia linchi
- Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra
- Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesper
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollis
- Fairy TernSternula nereis
- Drab Water TyrantOchthornis littoralis
- Chestnut BulbulHemixos castanonotus
- Pied HeronEgretta picata
- White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
- Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavus
- Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicana
- Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
- Pygmy AntwrenMyrmotherula brachyura
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Slender-footed TyrannuletZimmerius gracilipes
- Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostris
- Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeus
- Band-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes ruckeri
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostoma
- Turquoise JayCyanolyca turcosa
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoni
- Austral Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nana
- Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroa
- White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensis
- Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostris
- Lesser RheaRhea pennata
- Ochraceous BulbulAlophoixus ochraceus
- Military MacawAra militaris
- Sombre HummingbirdEupetomena cirrochloris
- Red WarblerCardellina rubra
- Spot-bellied BobwhiteColinus leucopogon
- Puna TealSpatula puna
- Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
- Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythrops
- Large NiltavaNiltava grandis
- Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensis
- Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Rufous SpinetailSynallaxis unirufa
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum chrysocrotaphum
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Yellow-bellied Bush WarblerHorornis acanthizoides
- Golden-winged ManakinMasius chrysopterus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Pale-bellied HermitPhaethornis anthophilus
- Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioli
- Red-necked WoodpeckerCampephilus rubricollis
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Common Green MagpieCissa chinensis
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decora
- Many-banded AracariPteroglossus pluricinctus
- Sapphire-throated HummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
- Red-capped ParrotPurpureicephalus spurius
- Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosus
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Wing-barred PipritesPiprites chloris
- Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennis
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
- Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidus
- Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenys
- Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
- Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetaria
- Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbotti
- Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticauda
- Yellow-bellied TyrannuletOrnithion semiflavum
- Black-eared WarblerBasileuterus melanotis
- Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
- Black-capped Pygmy TyrantMyiornis atricapillus
- SnowcapMicrochera albocoronata
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Red-headed TrogonHarpactes erythrocephalus
- Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- Taiwan HwameiGarrulax taewanus
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps
- Brown-capped Rosy FinchLeucosticte australis
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliaris
- Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
- Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca
- Hill PartridgeArborophila torqueola
- Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopis
- Hawaii ElepaioChasiempis sandwichensis
- Black-capped AntwrenHerpsilochmus atricapillus
- Puerto Rican OrioleIcterus portoricensis
- Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa
- Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosa
- White-browed AntbirdMyrmoborus leucophrys
- Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiae
- Andean SwiftAeronautes andecolus
- Scarlet-crowned BarbetCapito aurovirens
- African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
- Red-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodes
- Sharp-billed CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
- Blue-tufted StarthroatHeliomaster furcifer
- Spotted Wood QuailOdontophorus guttatus
- Slate-colored SolitaireMyadestes unicolor
- Saw-billed HermitRamphodon naevius
- Olive-striped FlycatcherMionectes olivaceus
- Striolated ManakinMachaeropterus striolatus
- Rufous-banded MinerGeositta rufipennis
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Bare-faced Ground DoveMetriopelia ceciliae
- Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculata
- White-chinned SapphireChlorestes cyanus
- Black-backed OrioleIcterus abeillei
- Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub TyrantEuscarthmus meloryphus
- Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpa
- White-backed SwallowCheramoeca leucosterna
- Green-throated MountaingemLampornis viridipallens
- Ferruginous AntbirdDrymophila ferruginea
- Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostris
- Northern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus philomela
- Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
- Black Rosy FinchLeucosticte atrata
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Kelp GooseChloephaga hybrida
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeri
- Rufous-crowned Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus ruficeps
- Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
- Scripps's MurreletSynthliboramphus scrippsi
- Narino TapaculoScytalopus vicinior
- Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotes
- Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
- Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterPtilotula flavescens
- Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissa
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis
- Streak-headed AntbirdDrymophila striaticeps
- Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii
- Banded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Sepia-brown WrenCinnycerthia olivascens
- Buff-banded Mountain TanagerDubusia taeniata
- Cinereous BecardPachyramphus rufus
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
- Plain SwiftApus unicolor
- Sierran ElaeniaElaenia pallatangae
- Olive OropendolaPsarocolius bifasciatus
- Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militaris
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Olive-backed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus triangularis
- Swift ParrotLathamus discolor
- Victoria's RiflebirdPtiloris victoriae
- Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
- Rufous WrenCinnycerthia unirufa
- Tawny-faced GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
- Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatus
- Grey-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginata
- Rufous-breasted AntthrushFormicarius rufipectus
- Kenya SparrowPasser rufocinctus
- Pale-legged Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotis
- Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifrons
- Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
- Slaty-capped Shrike-VireoVireolanius leucotis
- Plain ThornbirdPhacellodomus inornatus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileus
- Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicola
- Chestnut Wood QuailOdontophorus hyperythrus
- Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenae
- Cinereous AntshrikeThamnomanes caesius
- Rufous-breasted FlycatcherLeptopogon rufipectus
- Bluish-fronted JacamarGalbula cyanescens
- Grey-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostris
- Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii
- Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
- Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
- Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinus
- Riverbank WarblerMyiothlypis rivularis
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Speckle-faced ParrotPionus tumultuosus
- Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollis
- Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
- Fuegian Steamer DuckTachyeres pteneres
- Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
- Slender-billed ParakeetEnicognathus leptorhynchus
- Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula
- Blue-mantled Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas
- White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolus
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Blue-throated MotmotAspatha gularis
- Black-billed Mountain ToucanAndigena nigrirostris
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Galapagos MockingbirdMimus parvulus
- Superb Fruit DovePtilinopus superbus
- Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
- Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocincta
- Banded WoodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
- Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
- Rufous-capped AntthrushFormicarius colma
- Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalis
- Grey-flanked CinclodesCinclodes oustaleti
- Cuban TodyTodus multicolor
- Grey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Himalayan PriniaPrinia crinigera
- Yellow-throated WoodpeckerPiculus flavigula
- Long-tailed BroadbillPsarisomus dalhousiae
- Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Cordilleran CanasteroAsthenes modesta
- Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivacea
- Streak-capped AntwrenTerenura maculata