Birds of South-East Asia

 

South East Asian Birds

This page lists the families of birds found in the South Eastern region of Asia. I have listed birds I have seen in Asia, and links if photographed under these headings:


Family Megapodiidae: Scrubfowl

Family Phasianidae: Francolins, Spurfowls, Quails

Family Dendrocygnidae: Whistling Ducks

Lesser Whistling Duck

Family Anatidae: Typical Ducks, Geese

Family Turnicidae: Buttonquails

Family Indicatoridae: Honeyguides

Family Picidae: Woodpeckers, Piculets and Wrynecks

Speckled Piculet
Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Banded Woodpecker
Crimson-winged Woodpecker
Laced Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Bay Woodpecker

Family Megalaimidae: Asian Barbets

Fire-tufted Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Gold-whiskered Barbet
Red-crowned Barbet
Black-browed Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown Barbet

Family Bucerotidae: Asian Hornbills

Rhinoceros Hornbill
Great Hornbill
Wreathed Hornbill
Oriental Pied-hornbill
Black Hornbill

Family Upupidae: Hoopoes

Family Trogonidae: Asian Trogons

Red-headed Trogon

Family Coraciidae: Rollers

Dollarbird

Family Alcedinidae: Smaller Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher

Family Halcyonidae: Larger Kingfishers

Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher

Family Cerylidae: Pied Kingfishers

Family Meropidae: Bee-eaters

Red-bearded Bee-eater
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Family Cuculidae: Old World Cuckoos

Large Hawk Cuckoo
Plaintive Cuckoo
Asian Koel

Family Centropodidae: Coucals

Black-bellied Malkoha
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
Raffle's Malkoha
Greater Coucal

Family Psittacidae: Parrots and Parakeets

Blue-rumped Parrot
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Tanimbar Corella
Long-tailed Parakeet

Family Apodidae: Swifts

Glossy Swiftlet
Edible-nest Swiftlet
Brown-backed Needletail
Fork-tailed Swift
House Swift

Family Hemiprocnidae: Treeswifts

Whiskered Tree-Swift

Family Tytonidae: Barn, Grass and Bay Owls

Barn Owl

Family Strigidae: Typical Owls

Barred Eagle-Owl
Brown Wood-Owl

Family Batrachostomidae: Asian Frogmouths

Family Eurostopodidae: Eared Nightjars

Family Caprimulgidae: Typical Nightjars

Large-tailed Nightjar

Family Columbidae: Pigeons, Doves

Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Little Cuckoo-Dove
Peaceful (Zebra) Dove
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Emerald Dove

Family Otididae: Bustards

Family Gruidae: Cranes

Family Heliornithidae: Finfoots

Family Rallidae: Crakes, Gallinules and Coots

White-breasted Waterhen
Common Moorhen

Family Scolopacidae: Snipes, Sandpipers, Turnstones, Phalaropes

Whimbrel
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Curlew Sandpiper

Family Rostratulidae: Painted-snipes

Family Jacanidae: Jacanas

Family Burhinidae: Thick-knees

Family Haematopodidae: Oystercatchers

Family Recurvirostridae: Ibisbill, Stilts, Avocets

Family Charadriinae: Plovers, Lapwings

Family Glareolidae: Pratincoles

Family Laridae: Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls, Skimmers, Terns, Noddies

Little Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern

Family Accipitridae, Falconidae: Raptors, Osprey, Hawks, Eagles and Falcons

Oriental Honey-Buzzard
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Changeable Hawk Eagle
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
Black-thighed Falconet

Family Podicipedidae: Grebes

Family Phaethontidae: Tropicbirds

Family Sulidae: Boobies

Family Anhingidae: Darters

Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants

Family Ardeidae: Egrets, Herons, Bitterns

Little Egret
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Chinese Pond Heron
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Little Heron (Green-backed or Striated Heron)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cinnamon Bittern

Family Phoenicopteridae: Flamingos

Family Threskiornithidae: Ibises, Spoonbills

Family Pelecanidae: Pelicans

Family Ciconiidae: Storks

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Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds

Family Hydrobatidae: Storm-Petrels

Family Procellariidae: Petrels, Shearwaters

Family Pittidae: Pittas

Family Eurylaimidae: Broadbills

Family Oriolidae: Old World Orioles

Family Dicruridae: Drongos

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