Uncommon birds
One step beyond the backyard. You find these when you start looking properly. 1945 species carry this tier.
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Indian Grey HornbillOcyceros birostris
- Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscans
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- White-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre
- Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
- Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Blue-necked TanagerStilpnia cyanicollis
- Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
- Taiwan Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus musicus
- Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata
- New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifrons
- Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana
- Campo FlickerColaptes campestris
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
- Ashy WoodswallowArtamus fuscus
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucura
- Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
- Painted WhitestartMyioborus pictus
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chlorotica
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
- Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephala
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
- Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus
- Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Guatemalan TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
- Taiwan LiocichlaLiocichla steerii
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Vernal Hanging ParrotLoriculus vernalis
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- American Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
- Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Scaled DoveColumbina squammata
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- Australian RingneckBarnardius zonarius
- Yellow-footed Green PigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolina
- Grey-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
- Trilling GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
- Golden TanagerTangara arthus
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Green HermitPhaethornis guy
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi
- Mexican DuckAnas diazi
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
- Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macroura
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostris
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Tufted Tit-TyrantAnairetes parulus
- Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
- Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azarae
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatus
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Grey-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solaris
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
- Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Jacky WinterMicroeca fascinans
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodes
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Sunda Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- Cape GannetMorus capensis
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus
- Grey-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis
- River TernSterna aurantia
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis
- Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Variegated FairywrenMalurus lamberti
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Rufous-winged SparrowPeucaea carpalis
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Northern Beardless TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Loten's SunbirdCinnyris lotenius
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Bluish-grey SaltatorSaltator coerulescens
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Plain ParakeetBrotogeris tirica
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
- Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
- White-collared ManakinManacus candei
- Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Grey-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe morrisonia
- Chestnut-capped BrushfinchArremon brunneinucha
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Yellow-throated MinerManorina flavigula
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Austral BlackbirdCuraeus curaeus
- Great TinamouTinamus major