List of Japanese birds: non-passerines
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The following is a list of Japanese non-passerine
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

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Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

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Anseriformes
Anseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

  • Anatidae
    Anatidae
    Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

    : swan
    Swan
    Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

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    Goose
    The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....

     and duck
    Duck
    Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...

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    • Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna javanica
    • Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
    • Whooper Swan
      Whooper Swan
      The Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. An old name for the Whooper Swan is Elk; it is so called in Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676.-Description:The Whooper Swan is similar in...

      , Cygnus cygnus
    • Mute Swan
      Mute Swan
      The Mute Swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less...

      , Cygnus olor (Introduced)
    • Bar-headed Goose
      Bar-headed Goose
      The Bar-headed Goose is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest....

      , Anser indicus
    • Lesser White-fronted Goose
      Lesser White-fronted Goose
      The Lesser White-fronted Goose is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose .It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction scheme in Fennoscandia....

      , Anser erythropus
    • Swan Goose
      Swan Goose
      The Swan Goose is a rare large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China...

      , Anser cygnoides
    • Greylag Goose
      Greylag Goose
      The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....

      , Anser anser
    • Snow Goose
      Snow Goose
      The Snow Goose , also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed...

      , Anser caerulescens
    • Bean Goose
      Bean Goose
      The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It was split into two species by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2007, however it is still regarded as a single species by the British Ornithologists' Union – see below...

      , Anser fabalis
    • White-fronted Goose
      White-fronted Goose
      The Greater White-fronted Goose is a species of goose. The Greater White-fronted Goose is more closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose...

      , Anser albifrons
    • Emperor Goose
      Emperor Goose
      The Emperor Goose is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia...

      , Anser canagicus
    • Brent Goose
      Brent Goose
      The Brant or Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a species of goose of the genus Branta. The Black Brant is an American subspecies. The specific descriptor bernicla is from the same source as "barnacle" in Barnacle Goose, which looks similar but is not a close relation.-Appearance:The Brant Goose is...

      , Branta bernicla
    • Canada Goose
      Canada Goose
      The Canada Goose is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body....

      , Branta canadensis
    • Ruddy Shelduck
      Ruddy Shelduck
      The Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae...

      , Tadorna ferruginea
    • Crested Shelduck
      Crested Shelduck
      The Crested Shelduck or Korean Crested Shelduck, Tadorna cristata, is a species of bird in the family Anatidae. It is critically endangered and believed by some to be extinct. The male Crested Shelduck has a greenish-black crown, breast, primaries, and tail, while the rest of its face, chin, and...

      , Tadorna cristata
    • Common Shelduck
      Common Shelduck
      The Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...

      , Tadorna tadorna
    • Mandarin Duck
      Mandarin Duck
      The Mandarin Duck , or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan.-Description:...

      , Aix galericulata
    • American Wigeon
      American Wigeon
      The American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again...

      , Anas americana
    • Gadwall
      Gadwall
      The Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...

      , Anas strepera
    • Northern Pintail
      Northern Pintail
      The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...

      , Anas acuta
    • Spot-billed Duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
    • Common Teal
      Common Teal
      The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range...

      , Anas crecca
    • Garganey
      Garganey
      The Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...

      , Anas querquedula
    • Baikal Teal
      Baikal Teal
      The Baikal Teal , also called the Bimaculate Duck or Squawk Duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.- Description :...

      , Anas formosa
    • Northern Shoveler
      Northern Shoveler
      The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...

      , Anas clypeata
    • European Wigeon, Anas penelope
    • Mallard
      Mallard
      The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....

      , Anas platyrhynchos
    • Falcated Duck
      Falcated Duck
      The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck.-Distribution and habitat:The Falcated duck breeds in eastern Asia...

      , Anas falcata
    • Red-crested Pochard
      Red-crested Pochard
      The Red-crested Pochard is a large diving duck.Their breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and southern and central Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north Africa.The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange...

      , Netta rufina
    • Baer's Pochard
      Baer's Pochard
      Baer's Pochard is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The name commemorates the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.At 41–46 cm, it is similar in size and stance to its...

      , Aythya baeri
    • Redhead
      Redhead (duck)
      The Redhead is a medium-sized diving duck, 37 cm long with an 84 cm wingspan.The adult male has a blue bill, a red head and neck, a black breast, yellow eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a darker bluish bill with a black tip.The breeding habitat is...

      , Aythya americana
    • Canvasback
      Canvasback
      The Canvasback is the largest of the North American diving ducks, that ranges from between long and weighs approximately , with a wingspan of . The canvasback has a distinctive wedge-shaped head and long graceful neck. The adult male has a black bill, a chestnut red head and neck, a black...

      , Aythya valisineria
    • Tufted Duck
      Tufted Duck
      The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...

      , Aythya fuligula
    • Ring-necked Duck
      Ring-necked Duck
      The Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...

      , Aythya collaris
    • Lesser Scaup
      Lesser Scaup
      The Lesser Scaup is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill...

      , Aythya affinis
    • Greater Scaup
      Greater Scaup
      The Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...

      , Aythya marila
    • Pochard
      Pochard
      The Common Pochard, Aythya ferina, is a medium-sized diving duck.The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill band. The triangular head shape is distinctive...

      , Aythya ferina
    • White-eyed Pochard
      Ferruginous Duck
      The Ferruginous Duck is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The species is known colloquially by birders as "Fudge Duck"....

      , Aythya nyroca
    • King Eider
      King Eider
      The King Eider is a large sea duck that breeds along northern hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. The birds spend most of the year in coastal marine ecosystems at high latitudes, and migrate to Arctic tundra to breed in June and July...

      , Somateria spectabilis
    • Steller's Eider
      Steller's Eider
      The Steller's Eider is a medium-large sea duck that breeds along the Arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska. The lined nest is built on tundra close to the sea, and 6-10 eggs are laid....

      , Polysticta stelleri
    • Harlequin Duck
      Harlequin Duck
      The Harlequin Duck is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Arlecchino, Harlequin in French, a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", "actor". In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies...

      , Histrionicus histroionicus
    • Long-tailed Duck
      Long-tailed Duck
      The Long-tailed Duck or Oldsquaw is a medium-sized sea duck. It is the only living member of its genus, Clangula; this was formerly used for the goldeneyes, with the Long-tailed Duck being placed in Harelda...

      , Clangula hyemalis
    • Surf Scoter
      Surf Scoter
      The Surf Scoter is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. It is placed in the subgenus Melanitta, along with the Velvet and White-winged Scoters, distinct from the subgenus Oidemia, Black and Common Scoters.It winters further south in temperate zones, on the coasts of the northern USA...

      , Melanitta perspicillata
    • Common Scoter
      Common Scoter
      The Common Scoter is a large sea duck, 43-54 cm in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and Asia east to the Olenyok River. The American/E Siberian M. americana is sometimes considered a subspecies of M. nigra.It winters further south in temperate zones, on the coasts of Europe as...

      , Melanitta nigra
    • Velvet Scoter
      Velvet Scoter
      The Velvet Scoter , also called a Velvet Duck or whitewing , is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and Asia west of the Yenisey basin. A small, isolated population nests in eastern Turkey...

      , Melanitta fusca
    • Bufflehead
      Bufflehead
      The Bufflehead is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas albeola.-Description:...

      , Bucephala albeola
    • Common Goldeneye
      Common Goldeneye
      The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye....

      , Bucephala clangula
    • Red-breasted Merganser
      Red-breasted Merganser
      The Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck.-Taxonomy:The Red-breasted Merganser was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae.-Description:...

      , Mergus serrator
    • Goosander, Mergus merganser
    • Chinese Merganser
      Chinese Merganser
      The Scaly-sided Merganser or Chinese Merganser is an endangered typical merganser . It lives in temperate East Asia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south.-Description:...

      , Mergus squamatus
    • Smew
      Smew
      The Smew is a small duck, which is somewhat intermediate between the typical mergansers and the goldeneyes . It is the only member of the genus Mergellus; sometimes included in Mergus, this genus is distinct and might actually be a bit closer to the goldeneyes...

      , Mergellus albellus

Galliformes
Galliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

  • Tetraonidae: grouse
    Grouse
    Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. They are sometimes considered a family Tetraonidae, though the American Ornithologists' Union and many others include grouse as a subfamily Tetraoninae in the family Phasianidae...

    • Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus
    • Hazel Grouse
      Hazel Grouse
      The Hazel Grouse or Hazel Hen is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia and central and eastern Europe in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.The nest is on the ground, and 3–6 eggs is...

      , Tetrastes bonasia
  • Phasianidae
    Phasianidae
    The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

    : partridge
    Partridge
    Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...

    s, pheasant
    Pheasant
    Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...

    s and quail
    Quail
    Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally considered in the order Galliformes. Old World quail are found in the family Phasianidae, while New World quail are found in the family Odontophoridae...

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    • Japanese Quail
      Japanese Quail
      The Japanese Quail, also known as Coturnix Quail, Coturnix japonica, is a species of Old World Quail found in East Asia. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria, southeastern Siberia, northern Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They...

      , Coturnix japonica
    • Chinese Bamboo Partridge
      Chinese Bamboo Partridge
      The Chinese Bamboo Partridge is a small partridge native to eastern mainland China and Taiwan, and introduced successfully to Japan...

      , Bambusicola thoracica (Introduced)
    • Copper Pheasant
      Copper Pheasant
      The Copper Pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmerringii also known as Soemmerring's Pheasant is a large, up to 136cm long, pheasant with a rich coppery chestnut plumage, yellowish bill, brown iris and red facial skin. The female is a brown bird with greyish brown upperparts and buff barred dark brown below...

      , Phasianus soemmerringi (Endemic)
    • Green Pheasant
      Green Pheasant
      The Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor, also known as Japanese Pheasant, is native to the Japanese Archipelago, to which it is endemic. The male is distinguished from that species by its dark green plumage on the breast and mantle. The male also has an iridescent violet neck, red bare facial...

      , Phasianus versicolor (Endemic)

Gaviiformes
Gaviiformes
Gaviiformes is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia , though prehistoric species were more widespread.-Classification and evolution:There are five living...

  • Gaviidae: divers
    • Red-throated Diver
      Red-throated Diver
      The Red-throated Loon or Red-throated Diver is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. It breeds primarily in Arctic regions, and winters in northern coastal waters. It is the most widely distributed member of the loon or diver family. Ranging from in length, the Red-throated...

      , Gavia stellata
    • Black-throated Diver
      Black-throated Diver
      The Black-throated Loon is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. The species is known as an Arctic Loon in North America and the Black-throated Diver in Eurasia, its current name is a compromise proposed by the International Ornithological Committee.-Taxonomy:The...

      , Gavia arctica
    • Pacific Diver
      Pacific Diver
      The Pacific Loon or Pacific Diver , is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family. It may be conspecific with Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon, which it closely resembles....

      , Gavia pacifica
    • White-billed Diver, Gavia adamsii

Podicipediformes

  • Podicipedidae: grebes
    • Little Grebe
      Little Grebe
      The Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...

      , Tachybaptus ruficollis
    • Red-necked Grebe
      Red-necked Grebe
      The Red-necked Grebe is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes...

      , Podiceps grisegena
    • Great Crested Grebe
      Great Crested Grebe
      The Great Crested Grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds.- Description :The Great Crested Grebe is long with a wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations...

      , Podiceps cristatus
    • Black-necked Grebe
      Black-necked Grebe
      The Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, known in North America as the Eared Grebe, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It occurs on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.-Taxonomy:There are three subspecies:*P. n...

      , Podiceps nigricollis
    • Slavonian Grebe
      Slavonian Grebe
      The Horned Grebe or Slavonian Grebe, Podiceps auritus, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The Slavonian Grebe is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater...

      , Podiceps auritus

Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

  • Diomedeidae: albatrosses
    • Short-tailed Albatross
      Short-tailed Albatross
      The Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus, is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean...

      , Diomedea albatrus
    • Black-footed Albatross
      Black-footed Albatross
      The Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes, is a large seabird from the North Pacific of the albatross family Diomedeidae. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands...

      , Diomedea nigripes
    • Laysan Albatross
      Laysan Albatross
      The Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis, is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. This small two-tone gull-like albatross is the second most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 2.5 million birds, and is currently expanding its range to new...

      , Diomedea immutabilis
    • Wandering Albatross
      Wandering Albatross
      The Wandering Albatross, Snowy Albatross or White-winged Albatross, Diomedea exulans, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae, which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It was the first species of albatross to be described, and was long considered the same species as the Tristan...

      , Diomedea exulans
  • Procellariidae
    Procellariidae
    The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...

    : fulmar
    Fulmar
    Fulmars are seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family consists of two extant species and two that are extinct.-Taxonomy:As members of Procellaridae and then the order Procellariiformes, they share certain traits. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called...

    , shearwater
    Shearwater
    Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. There are more than 30 species of shearwaters, a few larger ones in the genus Calonectris and many smaller species in the genus Puffinus...

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    Gadfly petrel
    The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. These medium to large petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface....

     and other petrel
    Petrel
    Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group...

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    • Fulmar
      Fulmar
      Fulmars are seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family consists of two extant species and two that are extinct.-Taxonomy:As members of Procellaridae and then the order Procellariiformes, they share certain traits. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called...

      , Fulmarus glacialis
    • White-necked Petrel
      White-necked Petrel
      The White-necked Petrel , also known as the White-naped Petrel, is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. During non-breeding season it occurs throughout a large part of the Pacific, but it is only known to breed on Macauley Island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands and the Australian...

      , Pterodroma externa
    • Kermadec Petrel
      Kermadec Petrel
      The Kermadec Petrel is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.-Distribution:It is found in Australia, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, and the United States....

      , Pterodroma neglecta
    • Bonin Petrel
      Bonin Petrel
      The Bonin Petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca, is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is a small gadfly petrel that lives in the waters of the north west Pacific and nests on islands south of Japan and in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...

      , Pterodroma hypoleuca
    • Black-winged Petrel
      Black-winged Petrel
      The Black-winged Petrel is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.It is found in Australia, French Polynesia, Japan, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and the United States.-References:...

      , Pterodroma nigripennis
    • Solander's Petrel, Pterodroma solandri
    • Hawaiian Petrel
      Hawaiian Petrel
      The Hawaiian Petrel or Uau is a large, dark grey-brown and white petrel that is endemic to Hawaii.-Distribution:...

      , Pterodroma phaeopygia
    • Stejneger's Petrel
      Stejneger's Petrel
      Stejneger's Petrel is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 26–31 cm in size, with a 53–66 cm wingspan....

      , Pterodroma longirostris
    • Bulwer's Petrel
      Bulwer's Petrel
      The Bulwer's Petrel is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae, and is one of two species in the genus Bulweria . This bird is named after the Scottish naturalist James Bulwer.- Description :...

      , Bulweria bulwerii
    • Streaked Shearwater
      Streaked Shearwater
      The Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 122 cm wingspan. This species is pelagic, but also occurs in inshore waters. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean, nesting in Japan and many of its offshore islands. After breeding, the Streaked...

      , Calonectris leucomelas
    • Pale-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
    • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
      Wedge-tailed Shearwater
      The Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...

      , Puffinus pacificus
    • Christmas Island Shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
    • Audubon's Shearwater
      Audubon's Shearwater
      Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, is a common tropical seabird from the family Procellariidae. Sometimes called Dusky-backed Shearwater, the scientific name of this species commemorates the French naturalist Félix Louis L'Herminier....

      , Puffinus lherminieri
    • Sooty Shearwater
      Sooty Shearwater
      The Sooty Shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name tītī and as "muttonbird", like its relatives the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and the Australian Short-tailed Shearwater The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) is...

      , Puffinus griseus
    • Short-tailed Shearwater
      Short-tailed Shearwater
      The Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater , also called Yolla or Moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested...

      , Puffinus tenuirostris
  • Hydrobatidae: storm petrels
    • Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
    • Stejneger's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma tristami
    • Matsudaira's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae (Breeding endemic)
    • Band-rumped Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma castro
    • Leach's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
    • Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
    • Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis

Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

  • Phaethontidae: tropicbirds
    • Red-tailed Tropicbird
      Red-tailed Tropicbird
      The Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the rarest of the tropicbirds, yet is still a widespread bird that is not considered threatened. It nests in colonies on oceanic islands....

      , Phaethon rubricauda
    • White-tailed Tropicbird
      White-tailed Tropicbird
      The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...

      , Phaethon lepturus
  • Pelecanidae: pelican
    Pelican
    A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....

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    • Dalmatian Pelican
      Dalmatian Pelican
      The Dalmatian Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a crude heap of vegetation....

      , Pelecanus crispus
    • Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
    • Spot-billed Pelican
      Spot-billed Pelican
      The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes...

      , Pelecanus philippensis
  • Sulidae
    Sulidae
    The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

    : boobies
    Booby
    A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...

    • Blue-faced Booby, Sula dactylatra
    • Red-footed Booby
      Red-footed Booby
      The Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...

      , Sula sula
    • Brown Booby
      Brown Booby
      The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...

      , Sula leucogaster
  • Phalacrocoracidae: cormorant
    Cormorant
    The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.- Names :...

    s
    • Japanese Cormorant
      Japanese Cormorant
      The Japanese Cormorant , also known as Temminck's Cormorant, is a cormorant native to East Asia. It lives from Taiwan north through Korea and Japan to the Russian Far East....

      , Phalacrocorax capillatus
    • Great Cormorant
      Great Cormorant
      The Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...

      , Phalacrocorax carbo
    • Red-faced Cormorant
      Red-faced Cormorant
      The Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced Shag or Violet Shag, Phalacrocorax urile, is a species of cormorant that is found in the far north of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, via the Kuril Islands, the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian...

      , Phalacrocorax urile
    • Pelagic Cormorant
      Pelagic Cormorant
      The Pelagic Cormorant , also known as Baird's Cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called Pelagic Shag occasionally...

      , Phalacrocorax pelagicus
  • Fregatidae: frigatebird
    Frigatebird
    The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...

    s
    • Great Frigatebird
      Great Frigatebird
      The Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....

      , Fregata minor
    • Lesser Frigatebird
      Lesser Frigatebird
      The Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel, is a species of frigatebird.It nests in Australia, among other locations.There is a single record from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba....

      , Fregata ariel

Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

  • Ardeidae: heron
    Heron
    The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

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    Bittern
    Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

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    • Grey Heron
      Grey Heron
      The Grey Heron , is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions...

      , Ardea cinerea
    • Purple Heron
      Purple Heron
      The Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...

      , Ardea purpurea
    • Cattle Egret
      Cattle Egret
      The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...

      , Bubulcus ibis
    • Eastern Great Egret
      Eastern Great Egret
      The Eastern Great Egret is a white heron of the genus Ardea, is considered a subspecies of the Great Egret . Although a study argued for full species status in 2005, most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies...

      , Ardea modesta
    • Intermediate Egret
      Intermediate Egret
      The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs...

      , Ardea intermedia
    • Little Egret
      Little Egret
      The Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:Depending on authority, two or three subspecies of Little Egret are currently accepted....

      , Egretta garzetta
    • Chinese Egret
      Chinese Egret
      The Chinese Egret or Swinhoe's Egret, Egretta eulophotes, is a full-crested, white egret with yellow bill. It breeds in Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China, and then migrates south through Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia...

      , Egretta eulophotes
    • Pacific Reef Heron, Egretta sacra
    • Chinese Pond Heron
      Chinese Pond Heron
      The Chinese Pond Heron is an East Asian freshwater bird of the heron family .It is one of six species of birds known as "pond herons" . It is parapatric with the Indian Pond Heron to the west and the Javan Pond Heron The Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) is an East Asian freshwater bird of...

      , Ardeola bacchus
    • Striated Heron
      Striated Heron
      The Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...

      , Butorides striatus
    • Black-crowned Night Heron
      Black-crowned Night Heron
      The Black-crowned Night Heron commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia .-Description:Adults are...

      , Nycticorax nycticorax
    • Rufous Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
    • Japanese Night Heron
      Japanese Night Heron
      The Japanese Night Heron, Gorsachius goisagi, is a species of night heron found in East Asia. It breeds in Japan, and winters in the Philippines and Indonesia. It is also seen in the spring and summer in Korea and the Russian Far East....

      , Gorsachius goisagi
    • Malayan Night Heron
      Malayan Night Heron
      The Malayan Night Heron also known as Malaysian Night Heron, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in south, east and southeast Asia, breeding in India, Taiwan, China and the Philippines....

      , Gorsachius melanolophus
    • Chinese Little Bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
    • Schrenk's Little Bittern, Ixobrychus eurythmus
    • Black Bittern
      Black Bittern
      The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances....

      , Ixobrychus flavicollis
    • Cinnamon Bittern
      Cinnamon Bittern
      The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Sri Lanka east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.This is a small species at 38 cm length, with a...

      , Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
    • Eurasian Bittern, Botaurus stellaris
  • Ciconiidae: stork
    Stork
    Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae. They are the only family in the biological order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families....

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    • White Stork
      White Stork
      The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...

      , Ciconia ciconia
    • Black Stork
      Black Stork
      The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...

      , Ciconia nigra
  • Threskiornithidae
    Threskiornithidae
    The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

    : ibis
    Ibis
    The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....

    es and spoonbill
    Spoonbill
    Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...

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    • Black-headed Ibis
      Black-headed Ibis
      The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan...

      , Threskiornis melanocephalus
    • Japanese Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon
    • Black-faced Spoonbill
      Black-faced Spoonbill
      The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one currently regarded as endangered. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution...

      , Platalea minor
    • Common Spoonbill
      Common Spoonbill
      The Eurasian Spoonbill or Common Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, breeding in southern Eurasia from Spain to Japan, and also in North Africa. In Europe, only The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Greece have sizeable populations...

      , Platalea leucorodia

Falconiformes
Falconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

  • Pandionidae: Osprey
    • Osprey
      Osprey
      The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...

      , Pandion haliaetus
  • Accipitridae
    Accipitridae
    The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

    : hawk
    Hawk
    The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

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    Eagle
    Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

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    Buzzard
    A buzzard is one of several large birds, but there are a number of meanings as detailed below.-Old World:In the Old World Buzzard can mean:* One of several medium-sized, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings....

    s, harrier
    Harrier (bird)
    A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....

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    Kite (bird)
    Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....

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    • Crested Honey Buzzard, Pernis apivorus
    • Black Kite
      Black Kite
      The Black Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their...

      , Milvus migrans
    • Steller's Sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
    • White-tailed Sea-eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
    • European Black Vulture, Aegypius monachus
    • Crested Serpent Eagle
      Crested Serpent Eagle
      The Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. In the past, several...

      , Spilornis cheela
    • Asian Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus
    • Hen Harrier
      Hen Harrier
      The Hen Harrier or Northern Harrier is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA, and in northern Eurasia. This species is polytypic, with two subspecies. Marsh Hawk is a historical name for the American form.It migrates...

      , Circus cyaneus
    • Pied Harrier
      Pied Harrier
      The Pied Harrier is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is migratory, breeding from Amur valley in eastern Russia and north-eastern China to North Korea. Wintering individuals can be found in a wide area from Pakistan to Philippines...

      , Circus melanoleucus
    • Grey Frog Hawk, Accipiter soloensis
    • Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
    • Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
    • Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
    • Grey-faced Buzzard
      Grey-faced Buzzard
      The Grey-faced Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically between 41 and 46 cm in length, making it a medium-sized raptor. It breeds in East Russia, North China, Korea, and Japan, and winters in South-east Asia....

      , Butastur indicus
    • Upland Buzzard
      Upland Buzzard
      The Upland Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.-Description:This is the largest buzzard, though it is equaled in size by the North American Ferruginous Hawk. The total length is 57-67 cm and wingspan is 143-161 cm . Weight is about 1350 grams on average. with both...

      , Buteo hemilasius
    • Rough-legged Buzzard
      Rough-legged Buzzard
      The Rough-legged Buzzard , called the Rough-legged Hawk in North America, is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia during the breeding season and migrates south for the winter.The species exhibits a wide variety of plumage patterns...

      , Buteo lagopus
    • Common Buzzard
      Common Buzzard
      The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...

      , Buteo buteo
    • Golden Eagle
      Golden Eagle
      The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...

      , Aquila chrysaetos
    • Eastern Imperial Eagle
      Eastern Imperial Eagle
      The Eastern Imperial Eagle is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, and southern and eastern Asia. The Spanish Imperial Eagle, found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with...

      , Aquila heliaca
    • Greater Spotted Eagle
      Greater Spotted Eagle
      The Greater Spotted Eagle , occasionally just called the spotted eagle, is a large bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...

      , Aquila clanga
    • Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus nipalensis
  • Falconidae
    Falconidae
    The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

    : falcon
    Falcon
    A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....

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    • Peregrine Falcon
      Peregrine Falcon
      The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...

      , Falco peregrinus
    • Eurasian Hobby
      Eurasian Hobby
      The Eurasian Hobby , or just simply Hobby, is a small slim falcon. It belongs to a rather close-knit group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis.-Description:...

      , Falco subbuteo
    • Gyrfalcon
      Gyrfalcon
      The Gyrfalcon — Falco rusticolus — is the largest of the falcon species. The Gyrfalcon breeds on Arctic coasts and the islands of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is mainly resident there also, but some Gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season, or in winter.Individual vagrancy...

      , Falco rusticolus
    • Common Kestrel
      Common Kestrel
      The Common Kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel. In Britain, where no other brown falcon occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".This species...

      , Falco tinnunculus
    • Lesser Kestrel
      Lesser Kestrel
      The Lesser Kestrel is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European...

      , Falco naumanni
    • Amur Falcon
      Amur Falcon
      The Amur Falcon , formerly Eastern Red-footed Falcon, is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China, wintering in Southern Africa...

      , Falco amurensis
    • Merlin
      Merlin (bird)
      The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...

      , Falco columbarius

Gruiformes
Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

  • Gruidae: cranes
    • Red-crowned Crane
      Red-crowned Crane
      The Red-crowned Crane , also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane , is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world...

      , Grus japonensis
    • Hooded Crane
      Hooded Crane
      The Hooded Crane, Grus monacha is a small, dark crane. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye...

      , Grus monacha
    • White-naped Crane
      White-naped Crane
      The White-naped Crane is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm long, approximately 130 cm tall and weighing about 5.6 kg with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch.The White-naped Crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern...

      , Grus vipio
    • Sandhill Crane
      Sandhill Crane
      The Sandhill Crane is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest...

      , Grus canadensis
    • Common Crane
      Common Crane
      The Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...

      , Grus grus
    • Siberian Crane
      Siberian Crane
      The Siberian Crane also known as the Siberian White Crane or the Snow Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes...

      , Grus leucogeranus
    • Demoiselle Crane
      Demoiselle Crane
      The Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey as well. The crane annually migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter...

      , Anthropoides virgo
  • Rallidae
    Rallidae
    The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

    : rails and crakes
    • Water Rail
      Water Rail
      The Water Rail is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range...

      , Rallus aquaticus
    • Okinawa Rail
      Okinawa Rail
      The Okinawa Rail is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan where it is known as the...

      , Rallus okinawae (Endemic)
    • Slaty-legged Crake
      Slaty-legged Crake
      The Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Distribution and habitat:...

      , Rallina eurizonoides
    • Swinhoe's Rail
      Swinhoe's Rail
      The Swinhoe's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land...

      , Coturnicops exquisitus
    • Ruddy-breasted Crake
      Ruddy-breasted Crake
      The Ruddy-breasted Crake , or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian...

      , Porzana fusca
    • Baillon's Crake
      Baillon's Crake
      The Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....

      , Porzana pusilla
    • White-browed Rail, Porzana cinerea (Extirpated)
    • White-breasted Waterhen
      White-breasted Waterhen
      The White-breasted Waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family Rallidae that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly...

      , Amaurornis phoenicurus
    • Watercock
      Watercock
      The Watercock Gallicrex cinerea is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex....

      , Gallicrex cinerea
    • Common Moorhen
      Common Moorhen
      The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...

      , Gallinula chloropus
    • Common Coot, Fulica atra
  • Otidae: bustard
    Bustard
    Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World...

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    • Little Bustard
      Little Bustard
      The Little Bustard is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in southern Europe and in western and central Asia. Southernmost European birds are mainly resident, but other populations migrate further south in winter...

      , Tetrax tetrax
    • Great Bustard
      Great Bustard
      The Great Bustard is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia...

      , Otis tarda

Suborder Charadrii: waders

  • Jacanidae
    • Pheasant-tailed Jacana
      Pheasant-tailed Jacana
      The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat...

      , Hydrophasianus chirurgus
  • Rostratulidae
    • Painted Snipe
      Painted snipe
      Painted snipes are three distinctive wader species in the family Rostratulidae. The family is composed to two genera, Rostratula and Nycticryphes. The Australian Painted Snipe is often treated as a subspecies of the Greater Painted Snipe, but morphological and genetic differences have resulted in...

      , Rostratula benghalensis
  • Haematopodidae: oystercatcher
    Oystercatcher
    The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia...

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    • Common Pied Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
  • Charadriidae
    Charadriidae
    The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...

    : plover
    Plover
    Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...

    s and lapwing
    Lapwing
    Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...

    s
    • Grey-headed Lapwing
      Grey-headed Lapwing
      The Grey-headed Lapwing is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia...

      , Vanellus cinereus
    • Northern Lapwing
      Northern Lapwing
      The Northern Lapwing , also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia....

      , Vanellus vanellus
    • Grey Plover
      Grey Plover
      The Grey Plover , known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding....

      , Pluvialis squatarola
    • Pacific Golden Plover
      Pacific Golden Plover
      The Pacific Golden Plover is a medium-sized plover.The 23–26 cm long breeding adult is spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Its face and neck are black with a white border and it has a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black...

      , Pluvialis fulva
    • American Golden Plover
      American Golden Plover
      The American Golden Plover is a medium-sized plover.Adults are spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Their face and neck are black with a white border; they have a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black....

      , Pluvialis dominica
    • Long-billed Ringed Plover, Charadrius placidus
    • Caspian Plover
      Caspian Plover
      The Caspian Plover is a wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds on open grassland in central Asia, mainly to the north and east of the Caspian Sea. This bird breeds in loose colonies, with three eggs being laid in a ground nest. These birds migrate south in winter to east Africa, usually...

      , Charadrius asiaticus
    • Greater Sand Plover
      Greater Sand Plover
      The Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultii, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as "Greater sandplover", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater sand plover"....

      , Charadrius leschenaultti
    • Little Ringed Plover
      Little Ringed Plover
      The Little Ringed Plover is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill...

      , Charadrius dubius
    • Kentish Plover
      Kentish Plover
      The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Kent, or even Great Britain...

      , Charadrius alexandrinus
    • Ringed Plover
      Ringed Plover
      The Common Ringed Plover or Ringed Plover is a small plover.Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes...

      , Charadrius hiaticula
    • Mongolian Plover, Charadrius mongolus
    • Dotterel, Eudromias morinellus
  • Scolopacidae
    Scolopacidae
    The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

    : typical wader
    Wader
    Waders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...

    s or shorebirds
    • Bar-tailed Godwit
      Bar-tailed Godwit
      The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...

      , Limosa lapponica
    • Black-tailed Godwit
      Black-tailed Godwit
      The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...

      , Limosa limosa
    • Little Curlew
      Little Curlew
      The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo Curlew....

      , Numenius minutus
    • Slender-billed Curlew
      Slender-billed Curlew
      The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in marshes and peat bogs in the taiga of Siberia, and is migratory, formerly wintering in shallow freshwater habitats around the Mediterranean...

      , Numenius tenuirostris
    • Eurasian Curlew
      Eurasian Curlew
      The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...

      , Numenius arquata
    • Whimbrel
      Whimbrel
      The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....

      , Numenius phaeopus
    • Bristle-thighed Curlew
      Bristle-thighed Curlew
      The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It has a long, decurved bill and bristled feathers at the base of the legs. Its length is about 43 cm and wingspan about 84 cm...

        Numenius tahitiensis
    • Far Eastern Curlew
      Far Eastern Curlew
      The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing...

      , Numenius madagascariensis
    • Greenshank
      Greenshank
      The Common Greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. Its closest relative is the Greater Yellowlegs, together with which and the Spotted Redshank it forms a close-knit group...

      , Tringa nebularia
    • Common Redshank
      Common Redshank
      The Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...

      , Tringa totanus
    • Greater Yellowlegs
      Greater Yellowlegs
      The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...

      , Tringa melanoleuca
    • Spotted Greenshank
      Spotted Greenshank
      The Nordmann's Greenshank or Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.It is a medium-sized sandpiper, 29-32 cm long, with a slightly upturned, bicoloured bill and shortish yellow legs...

      , Tringa guttifer
    • Green Sandpiper
      Green Sandpiper
      The Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...

      , Tringa ochropus
    • Marsh Sandpiper
      Marsh Sandpiper
      The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....

      , Tringa stagnatilis
    • Lesser Yellowlegs
      Lesser Yellowlegs
      The Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...

      , Tringa flavipes
    • Wood Sandpiper
      Wood Sandpiper
      The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...

      , Tringa glareola
    • Spotted Redshank
      Spotted Redshank
      The Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter...

      , Tringa erythropus
    • Terek Sandpiper
      Terek Sandpiper
      The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...

      , Xenus cinereus
    • Common Sandpiper
      Common Sandpiper
      The Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...

      , Actitis hypoleucos
    • Grey-rumped Sandpiper, Heteroscelus brevipes
    • Wandering Tattler
      Wandering Tattler
      The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...

      , Heteroscelus incanus
    • Turnstone
      Turnstone
      Turnstones are the bird species in the genus Arenaria in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers and might be considered members of the tribe Calidriini....

      , Arenaria interpres
    • Amami Woodcock
      Amami Woodcock
      The Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira, is a medium sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock, and may be .This species is a Restricted-range endemic found only in forests on two small islands of the Amami Islands chain in South Japan. Insofar as its habits are known,...

      , Scolopax mira (Endemic)
    • Woodcock
      Woodcock
      The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...

      , Scolopax rusticola
    • Solitary Snipe
      Solitary Snipe
      The Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria, is a small stocky wader. It breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory,...

      , Gallinago solitaria
    • Japanese Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii (Breeding endemic)
    • Common Snipe
      Common Snipe
      The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...

      , Gallinago gallinago
    • Swinhoe's Snipe
      Swinhoe's Snipe
      Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...

      , Gallinago megala
    • Pintail Snipe
      Pintail Snipe
      The Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pintail Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of...

      , Gallinago stenura
    • Jack Snipe
      Jack Snipe
      The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...

      , Lymnocryptes minimus
    • Short-billed Dowitcher
      Short-billed Dowitcher
      The Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...

      , Limnodromus griseus
    • Long-billed Dowitcher
      Long-billed Dowitcher
      The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...

      , Limnodromus scolopaceus
    • Asian Dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus
    • Pectoral Sandpiper
      Pectoral Sandpiper
      The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...

      , Calidris melanotos
    • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
      Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
      The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...

      , Calidris acuminata
    • Temminck's Stint
      Temminck's Stint
      Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...

      , Calidris temminckii
    • Great Knot
      Great Knot
      The Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...

      , Calidris tenuirostris
    • Red Knot
      Red Knot
      The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...

      , Calidris canutus
    • Curlew Sandpiper
      Curlew Sandpiper
      The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...

      , Calidris ferruginea
    • Rock Sandpiper
      Rock Sandpiper
      The Rock Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey and the rump is black...

      , Calidris ptilocnemis
    • Red-necked Stint
      Red-necked Stint
      The Red-necked Stint is a small migratory wader.- Description :These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the Little Stint, Calidris minuta, with which they were once considered conspecific...

      , Calidris ruficollis
    • Little Stint
      Little Stint
      The Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...

      , Calidris minuta
    • Dunlin
      Dunlin
      The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...

      , Calidris alpina
    • Long-toed Stint
      Long-toed Stint
      The Long-toed Stint, Calidris or Erolia subminuta, is a small wader bird. It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia...

      , Calidris minutilla
    • Baird's Sandpiper
      Baird's Sandpiper
      The Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...

      , Calidris bairdii
    • Western Sandpiper
      Western Sandpiper
      The Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...

      , Calidris mauri
    • Sanderling
      Sanderling
      The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...

      , Calidris alba
    • Spoon-billed Sandpiper
      Spoon-billed Sandpiper
      The Spoon-billed Sandpiper , is a small wader which breeds in northeastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia.- Taxonomy and systematics :...

      , Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
    • Broad-billed Sandpiper
      Broad-billed Sandpiper
      The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...

      , Limicola falcinellus
    • Stilt Sandpiper
      Stilt Sandpiper
      The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...

      , Micropalama himantopus
    • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
      Buff-breasted Sandpiper
      The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...

      , Tryngites subruficollis
    • Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
    • Red-necked Phalarope
      Red-necked Phalarope
      The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....

      , Phalaropus lobatus
    • Wilson's Phalarope
      Wilson's Phalarope
      The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...

      , Phalaropus tricolor
    • Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
  • Recurvirostridae
    Recurvirostridae
    Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...

    : avocet
    Avocet
    The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...

    s and stilt
    Stilt
    Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

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    • Australian Stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus
    • Black-winged Stilt
      Black-winged Stilt
      The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...

      , Himantopus himantopus
    • Pied Avocet
      Pied Avocet
      The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia...

      , Recurvirostra avosetta
  • Glareolidae
    Glareolidae
    Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...

    : courser
    Courser
    The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...

    s and pratincole
    Pratincole
    The Pratincoles or Greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails....

    s
    • Oriental Pratincole
      Oriental Pratincole
      The Oriental Pratincole , also known as the Grasshopper-Bird or Swallow-Plover is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae....

      , Glareola meldivarum

Suborder Lari
Lari
The suborder Lari is the part of the order Charadriiformes which includes the gulls, terns, skuas and skimmers, with the waders and snipes making up the rest of the order. Following recent research, the auks are now placed into the Lari too; the Glareolidae might constitute a distinct suborder...

: skuas, gulls & terns

  • Stercorariidae: skua
    Skua
    The skuas are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America....

    s
    • South Polar Skua
      South Polar Skua
      The South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick’s Skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen...

      , Stercorarius maccormicki
    • Arctic Skua
      Arctic Skua
      The Parasitic Jaeger, also known as the Arctic Skua or Parasitic Skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....

      , Stercorarius parasiticus
    • Long-tailed Skua
      Long-tailed Skua
      The Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....

      , Stercorarius longicaudus
    • Pomarine Skua
      Pomarine Skua
      The Pomarine Skua, Stercorarius pomarinus, known as Pomarine Jaeger in North America, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.- Taxonomy :...

      , Stercorarius pomarinus
  • Laridae: gull
    Gull
    Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...

    s
    • Ivory Gull
      Ivory Gull
      The Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea is a small gull, the only species in its genus. It breeds in the high arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia.-Taxonomy:...

      , Pagophila eburnea
    • Iceland Gull
      Iceland Gull
      The Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides, is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland, but not Iceland, where it is only seen in the winter. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the eastern USA,...

      , Larus glaucoides
    • Franklin's Gull
      Franklin's Gull
      The Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...

      , Larus pipixcan
    • Black-tailed Gull
      Black-tailed Gull
      The Black-tailed Gull is a medium-sized gull, with a wingspan of 126-128 cm. The bird is resident in East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. It is a vagrant to Alaska and northeastern North America....

      , Larus crassirostris
    • Great Black-headed Gull
      Great Black-headed Gull
      The Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus....

      , Larus ichthyaetus
    • Slaty-backed Gull
      Slaty-backed Gull
      The Slaty-backed Gull , is a large white-headed gull that breeds on the western coast of Alaska but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. Claims have been made as to its presence throughout North America as well as the eastern coast of Asia. It is similar in appearance to the Western Gull...

      , Larus schistisagus
    • Thayer's Gull
      Thayer's Gull
      The Thayer's Gull is a large gull native to North America that breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and primarily winters on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations on the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River...

      , Larus thayeri
    • Common Gull
      Common Gull
      The Common Gull or Mew Gull Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter...

      , Larus canus
    • California Gull
      California Gull
      The California Gull Larus californicus is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the Herring Gull but larger on average than the Ring-billed Gull, though may overlap in size greatly with both....

      , Larus californicus
    • Ring-billed Gull
      Ring-billed Gull
      The Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...

      , Larus delawarensis
    • Relict Gull
      Relict Gull
      The Relict Gull, Ichthyaetus relictus, is a medium-sized gull. It was believed to be an eastern race of the Mediterranean Gull until 1971 and was traditionally placed in the genus Larus.-Description:...

      , Larus relictus
    • Glaucous Gull
      Glaucous Gull
      The Glaucous Gull is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the USA, also on the Great...

      , Larus hyperboreus
    • Saunders' Gull, Larus saundersi
    • East Siberian Herring Gull, Larus vegae
    • Caspian Gull
      Caspian Gull
      Caspian Gull is a name applied to the gull taxon Larus cachinnans, a member of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex.- Description :...

      , Larus cachinnans
    • Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
    • West Siberian Gull, Larus heuglini
    • Lesser Black-backed Gull
      Lesser Black-backed Gull
      The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa...

      , Larus fuscus
    • Slender-billed Gull
      Slender-billed Gull
      The Slender-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus genei, is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to north Africa and India, and a...

      , Larus genei
    • Little Gull
      Little Gull
      The Little Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus, is a small gull which breeds in northern Europe and Asia. It also has small colonies in parts of southern Canada. It is migratory, wintering on coasts in western Europe, the Mediterranean and the northeast USA. As is the case with many gulls,...

      , Larus minutus
    • Bonaparte's Gull
      Bonaparte's Gull
      The Bonaparte's Gull is a small gull.The Bonaparte's Gull is a small species, larger only than the Little Gull and the Saunders's Gull among all gull species. Adults are long with a wingspan and a body mass of . They have a black hood and a short thin dark bill. The body is mainly white with...

      , Larus philadelphia
    • Black-headed Gull
      Black-headed Gull
      The Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...

      , Larus ridibundus
    • Glaucous-winged Gull
      Glaucous-winged Gull
      The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington. It also breeds on the northwest coast of Alaska. During non-breeding seasons they can be found along the coast of California...

      , Larus glaucescens
    • Sabine's Gull
      Sabine's Gull
      The Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America...

      , Larus sabini
    • Ross's Gull
      Ross's Gull
      The Ross's Gull is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the Little Gull....

      , Rhodostethia rosea
    • Red-legged Kittiwake
      Red-legged Kittiwake
      The Red-legged Kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands of the USA, and the Commander Islands, Russia. Adults are long, with an wingspan and a body mass of ....

      , Rissa brevirostris
    • Black-legged Kittiwake
      Black-legged Kittiwake
      The Black-legged Kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Larus tridactylus....

      , Rissa tridactyla
  • Sternidae: tern
    Tern
    Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...

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    • Whiskered Tern
      Whiskered Tern
      The Whiskered Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details....

      , Chlidonias hybrida
    • Black Tern
      Black Tern
      The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...

      , Chlidonias nigra
    • White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucoptera
    • Gull-billed Tern
      Gull-billed Tern
      The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...

      , Gelochelidon nilotica
    • Caspian Tern
      Caspian Tern
      The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...

      , Hydroprogne caspia
    • Little Tern
      Little Tern
      The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...

      , Sternula albifrons
    • Common Tern
      Common Tern
      The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...

      , Sterna hirundo
    • Black-naped Tern
      Black-naped Tern
      The Black-naped Tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland....

      , Sterna sumatrana
    • Arctic Tern
      Arctic Tern
      The Arctic Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America...

      , Sterna paradisaea
    • Aleutian Tern
      Aleutian Tern
      The Aleutian Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae....

      , Sterna aleutica
    • Sooty Tern
      Sooty Tern
      The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...

      , Sterna fuscata
    • Spectacled Tern, Sterna lunata
    • Roseate Tern
      Roseate Tern
      The Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....

      , Sterna dougallii
    • Bridled Tern
      Bridled Tern
      The Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...

      , Sterna anaethetus
    • Crested Tern, Thalasseus bergii
    • Blue Noddy
      Blue Noddy
      The Blue Noddy is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It is also known as the Blue-grey Noddy.It is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga , Tuvalu and Hawaii. It has occurred as a vagrant in Australia and...

      , Procelsterna cerulea
    • Common Noddy, Anous stolidus
    • White-capped Noddy, Anous minutus
    • White Tern
      White Tern
      The White Tern is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the Fairy Tern although this name is potentially confusing as it is the common name of the Fairy Tern Sternula nereis...

      , Gygis alba

Suborder Alcae: auks

  • Alcidae: auk
    Auk
    An auk is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. Auks are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits...

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    • Common Guillemot
      Common Guillemot
      The Common Murre or Common Guillemot is a large auk. It is also known as the Thin-billed Murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North-Atlantic and North Pacific...

      , Uria aalge
    • Brunnich's Guillemot
      Brünnich's Guillemot
      The Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot is a bird in the auk family . This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich...

      , Uria lomvia
    • Pigeon Guillemot
      Pigeon Guillemot
      The Pigeon Guillemot is a medium-sized alcid endemic to the Pacific. They closely resemble the other members of the genus Cepphus, particularly the Black Guillemot, which is slightly smaller....

      , Cepphus columba
    • Spectacled Guillemot
      Spectacled Guillemot
      The Spectacled, or Sooty Guillemot, Cepphus carbo, is a seabird in the auk family.-Description:This species is about 38 cm long, with red legs, black bill and a blackish iris....

      , Cepphus carbo
    • Marbled Murrelet
      Marbled Murrelet
      The Marbled Murrelet is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the auk family. It nests in old-growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow...

      , Brachyramphus marmoratus
    • Ancient Murrelet
      Ancient Murrelet
      The Ancient Murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus, is a bird in the auk family. It breeds from the Yellow Sea , through the Russian Pacific coast and the Aleutian Islands to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia, where about half of the world population breeds.These birds breed in colonies,...

      , Synthliboramphus antiquus
    • Crested Murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Breeding endemic)
    • Paroquet Auklet, Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
    • Crested Auklet
      Crested Auklet
      The Crested Auklet is a small seabird of the family Alcidae which nests in huge colonies in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. They often breed in mixed-species colonies with Least Auklets, their smaller congener.The Crested Auklet can measure in length, in wingspan and weigh...

      , Aethia cristatella
    • Least Auklet
      Least Auklet
      The Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla, is a seabird and the smallest species of auk. It is the most abundant seabird in North America, and one of the most abundant in the world, with a population of around nine million birds. They breed on the islands of Alaska and Siberia, and spend the winter close to...

      , Aethia pusilla
    • Whiskered Auklet
      Whiskered Auklet
      The Whiskered Auklet, Aethia pygmaea, is a small seabird of the auk family. It has a more restricted range than other members of its genus, Aethia, living only around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia , and breeding on these islands. It is one of the smallest alcids, only the...

      , Aethia pygmaea
    • Rhinoceros Auklet
      Rhinoceros Auklet
      The Rhinoceros Auklet is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It is the only living species of the genus Cerorhinca. Given its close relationship with the puffins, the common name Rhinoceros Puffin has been proposed for the species.It ranges widely across the North Pacific, feeding on...

      , Cerorhinca monocerata
    • Horned Puffin
      Horned Puffin
      The Horned Puffin is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird's bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks.The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding...

      , Fratercula corniculata
    • Tufted Puffin
      Tufted Puffin
      The Tufted Puffin also known as Crested Puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean....

      , Lunda cirrhata

Pterocliformes

  • Pteroclidae: sandgrouse
    Sandgrouse
    The sandgrouse are a family, Pteroclididae, of 16 bird species, the only living members of the order Pteroclidiformes. They are restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. They are distributed across northern, southern and eastern Africa as well as...

    • Pallas's Sandgrouse
      Pallas's Sandgrouse
      The Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas....

      , Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Columbiformes
Columbiformes
Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

  • Columbidae: pigeons and doves
    Dove
    Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...

    • Bonin Wood Pigeon, Columba versicolor (Extinct)
    • Black Wood Pigeon, Columba janthina
    • Ryūkyū Wood Pigeon, Columba jouyi (Extinct)
    • Eastern Turtle Dove, Streptopelia orientalis
    • Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocta
    • Red Collared Dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica
    • Emerald Dove
      Emerald Dove
      The Common Emerald Dove is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, to northern and eastern Australia. The dove is also known by the names of Green Dove and...

      , Chalcophaps indica
    • Japanese Green Pigeon, Treron sieboldii
    • Formosan Green Pigeon, Treron formosae

Cuculiformes
Cuculiformes
The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

  • Cuculidae: cuckoo
    Cuckoo
    The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...

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    • Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
      Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
      The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar...

      , Clamator coromandus
    • European Cuckoo
      Cuckoo
      The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...

      , Cuculus canorus
    • Fugitive Hawk Cuckoo, Cuculus fugax
    • Short-winged Cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus
    • Oriental Cuckoo
      Oriental Cuckoo
      The Himalayan Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the genus Cuculus. It breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter....

      , Cuculus saturatus
    • Little Cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
    • Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
      Asian Drongo-cuckoo
      The Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris is a species of cuckoo that resembles a Black Drongo. It can be easily distinguished by its straight beak and the white barred vent. It is a brood parasite on small babblers...

      , Surniculus lugubris

Strigiformes

  • Strigidae: owl
    Owl
    Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...

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    • Collared Scops Owl
      Collared Scops Owl
      The Collared Scops Owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India and the Himalayas east to south China. It is partially migratory, with some birds wintering in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia...

      , Otus lettia
    • Japanese Scops Owl
      Japanese Scops Owl
      The Japanese Scops Owl, Otus semitorques, is an owl which is a resident breeder in Japan.This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.It is very similar to the slightly...

      , Otus semitorques (Endemic)
    • European Scops Owl
      European Scops Owl
      The European Scops Owl , also known as the Eurasian Scops Owl or just Scops Owl, is a small owl. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.This bird breeds in southern...

      , Otus scops
    • Oriental Scops Owl
      Oriental Scops Owl
      The Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia is a species of Scops owl found in South Asia. They are found in dry deciduous forests. They are usually detected by their distinctive call. There have been 2 records of Oriental Scops Owl in Alaska....

      , Otus sunia
    • Ryūkyū Scops Owl, Otus elegans
    • Blakiston's Fish Owl
      Blakiston's Fish Owl
      Blakiston's Fish Owl, Bubo blakistoni, is a fish owl, a sub-group of eagle owls who specialized in hunting riparian areas. This species is a part of the family known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl...

      , Ketupa blakistoni
    • Eurasian Eagle Owl
      Eurasian Eagle Owl
      The Eurasian Eagle-Owl is a species of eagle owl resident in much of Eurasia. It is also one of the largest types of owls.-Description:The Eagle Owl is a large and powerful bird, smaller than the Golden Eagle but larger than the Snowy Owl...

      , Bubo bubo
    • Snowy Owl
      Snowy Owl
      The Snowy Owl is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. The Snowy Owl was first classified in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organize plants and animals. The bird is also known in North America as the Arctic Owl, Great...

      , Bubo scandiacus
    • Brown Hawk-Owl, Ninox scutulata
    • Ural Owl
      Ural Owl
      The Ural Owl is a medium-large nocturnal owl of the genus Strix, with up to 15 subspecies found in Europe and northern Asia....

      , Strix uralensis
    • Short-eared Owl
      Short-eared Owl
      The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...

      , Asio flammeus
    • Long-eared Owl
      Long-eared Owl
      The Long-eared Owl - Asio otus is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, family Strigidae, which contains most species of owl...

      , Asio otus
    • Tengmalm's Owl
      Tengmalm's Owl
      Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus, is a small owl. It is also known as the Tengmalm's Owl after Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm. Other names for the owl include Richardson's Owl, Funeral Owl , Sparrow Owl and Pearl Owl...

      , Aegolius funereus
  • Tytonidae
    Tytonidae
    Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...

    : barn owl
    Barn Owl
    The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...

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    • Australasian Grass Owl, Tyto longimembris

Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

  • Caprimulgidae: nightjar
    Nightjar
    Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

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    • Indian Nightjar
      Indian Nightjar
      The Indian Nightjar is a small nightjar which is a resident breeder in open lands across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Like most nightjars it is crepuscular and is best detected from its characteristic calls at dawn and dusk that have been likened to a stone skipping on a frozen lake - a series...

      , Caprimulgus indicus

Apodiformes
Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

  • Apodidae: swift
    Swift
    The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...

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    • White-throated Needletail
      White-throated Needletail
      The White-throated Needletail , also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift. It is the fastest-flying bird in flapping flight, being capable of speeds up to 170 km/h ....

      , Hirundapus caudacuta
    • Northern White-rumped Swift, Apus pacificus
    • House Swift
      House Swift
      The House Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Little Swift.-References:...

      , Apus affinis

Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

  • Cerylidae: water kingfishers
    • Crested Kingfisher
      Crested Kingfisher
      The Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris is resident of the Himalayas and foothills of Northern India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina, Southeast Asia and Japan. It is a very large black and white kingfisher with evenly barred wings and tail. It lacks a supercilium and has a spotted breast, which...

      , Megaceryle lugubris
  • Alcedinidae: river kingfishers
    • Common Kingfisher
      Kingfisher
      Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

      , Alcedo atthis
  • Halcyonidae: tree kingfishers
    • Ruddy Kingfisher
      Ruddy Kingfisher
      The Ruddy Kingfisher is a medium-sized tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in east and southeast Asia, ranging from South Korea and Japan in the north, south through the Philippines to the Sunda Islands, and west to China and India. It is migratory, with birds in the northern part of the...

      , Halcyon coromanda
    • Miyako Kingfisher, Halcyon miyakoensis
    • Black-capped Kingfisher
      Black-capped Kingfisher
      The Black-capped Kingfisher, Halcyon pileata, is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia...

      , Halcyon pileata
    • White-collared Kingfisher, Todirhamphus chloris
  • Meropidae: bee-eater
    Bee-eater
    The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers...

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    • Rainbow Bee-eater
      Rainbow Bee-eater
      The Rainbow Bee-eater, Merops ornatus, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is the only species of Meropidae found in Australia.-Description:...

      , Merops ornatus
    • Blue-tailed Bee-eater
      Blue-tailed Bee-eater
      The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India....

      , Merops philippinus
  • Coraciidae: roller
    Roller
    The rollers are an Old World family, Coraciidae, of near passerine birds. The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appearance of kingfishers and...

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    • Dollarbird
      Dollarbird
      The Oriental Dollarbird , also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings....

      , Eurystomus orientalis

Piciformes
Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

 

  • Picidae
    Picidae
    The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...

    : woodpecker
    Woodpecker
    Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are one subfamily in the family Picidae, which also includes the piculets and wrynecks. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species....

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    • Wryneck
      Wryneck
      The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers.Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards...

      , Jynx torquilla
    • Great Spotted Woodpecker
      Great Spotted Woodpecker
      The Great Spotted Woodpecker , Dendrocopos major, is a bird species of the woodpecker family . It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range...

      , Picoides major
    • White-backed Woodpecker
      White-backed Woodpecker
      The White-backed Woodpecker is a Eurasian woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.It is the largest of the spotted woodpeckers in the western Palearctic, 24–26 cm long with wing-span 38–40 cm and has plumage similar to the Great Spotted Woodpecker, but with white bars across the...

      , Picoides leucotos
    • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
      Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
      The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is assigned to the genus Dendrocopos ....

      , Picoides minor
    • Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Picoides kizuki
    • Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
      Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
      The Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus, is a medium-sized woodpecker.The adult is 21.5-24 cm in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. The back is white with black bars, and the tail is black with the...

      , Picoides tridactylus
    • White-bellied Black Woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
    • Black Woodpecker
      Black Woodpecker
      The Black Woodpecker, Dryocopus martius, is a large woodpecker, 45–50 cm long with a 64–84 cm wingspan. Body weight is approximately 300-400 grams on average. It is easily the largest woodpecker in its range...

      , Dryocopus martius
    • Japanese Green Woodpecker, Picus awokera (Endemic)
    • Grey-headed Woodpecker
      Grey-headed Woodpecker
      The Grey-headed Woodpecker , also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes....

      , Picus canus
    • Okinawa Woodpecker
      Okinawa Woodpecker
      The is a woodpecker endemic to the island of Okinawa in Japan. It is the only member of the genus Sapheopipo.This is a medium-sized , dark woodpecker. It is dark brown in color with red-tipped feathers. It has white spots on the primaries. The head is a paler brown, with a dark red crown on the...

      , Sapheopipo noguchii (Endemic)
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