eBird Field Checklist
Sabah, MY
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612 species (+133 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Swan Goose
Muscovy Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Sunda Teal
Tufted Duck
Megapodes
Philippine Megapode
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Ferruginous Partridge
Crested Partridge
Black Partridge
Red-breasted Partridge
Long-billed Partridge
Bulwer's Pheasant
Bornean Crested Fireback
Great Argus
Sabah Partridge
Arborophila/Tropicoperdix sp.
Crimson-headed Partridge
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
pheasant sp.
Red Junglefowl
Blue-breasted Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Metallic Pigeon
Philippine Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove
Little Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia sp.
Asian Emerald Dove
Asian/Pacific Emerald Dove
Zebra Dove
Nicobar Pigeon
Little Green-Pigeon
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon
Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Large Green-Pigeon
green-pigeon sp.
Jambu Fruit-Dove
Black-naped Fruit-Dove
fruit-dove sp.
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Gray Imperial-Pigeon
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
Pied Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
Short-toed Coucal
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Greater/Lesser Coucal
coucal sp.
Raffles's Malkoha
Red-billed Malkoha
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
Black-bellied Malkoha
malkoha sp.
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Violet Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
bronze-cuckoo sp.
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Plaintive Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo
Large/Dark Hawk-Cuckoo
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo
hawk-cuckoo sp.
Indian Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo
Sunda Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Frogmouths
Large Frogmouth
Gould's Frogmouth
Bornean Frogmouth
Blyth's Frogmouth
Sunda Frogmouth
Batrachostomus sp.
frogmouth sp.
Nightjars
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar
Gray Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Silver-rumped Spinetail
White-throated Needletail
Silver-backed Needletail
Brown-backed Needletail
needletail sp.
Waterfall Swift
Bornean Swiftlet
Plume-toed Swiftlet
white-bellied swiftlet sp.
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Black-nest Swiftlet
White-nest Swiftlet
Germain's Swiftlet
White-nest/Germain's Swiftlet (Edible-nest Swiftlet)
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Pacific Swift
Pacific/Cook's Swift
House Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Gray-rumped Treeswift
Whiskered Treeswift
treeswift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Barred Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Black-backed Swamphen
White-browed Crake
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Red-legged Crake
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Beach Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Gray-headed Lapwing
Oriental Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Malaysian Plover
Kentish Plover
White-faced Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Asian Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Swinhoe's Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Latham's Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Nordmann's Greenshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Aleutian Tern
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Streaked Shearwater
Storks
Storm's Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Christmas Island Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Schrenck's Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Black-crowned/Nankeen Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Japanese Night Heron
Malayan/Japanese Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Javan Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Great-billed Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Mountain Serpent-Eagle
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus sp.
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Gray-faced Buzzard
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pied Harrier
harrier sp.
Crested Goshawk
Chinese Sparrowhawk
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Besra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Lesser Fish-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Lesser/Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus/Icthyophaga sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Australasian Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
Oriental Bay-Owl
Reddish Scops-Owl
Mountain Scops-Owl
Rajah Scops-Owl
Sunda Scops-Owl
Mantanani Scops-Owl
scops-owl sp.
Buffy Fish-Owl
Barred Eagle-Owl
Sunda Owlet
Brown Wood-Owl
Short-eared Owl
Brown Boobook
Northern Boobook
Brown/Northern Boobook
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Orange-breasted Trogon
Red-naped Trogon
Diard's Trogon
Whitehead's Trogon
Cinnamon-rumped Trogon
Scarlet-rumped Trogon
asian trogon sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
White-crowned Hornbill
Helmeted Hornbill
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Bushy-crested Hornbill
Black Hornbill
Oriental Pied-Hornbill
Wreathed Hornbill
Wrinkled Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher
Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Black-backed/Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Banded Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Red-bearded Bee-eater
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Dollarbird
Barbets and Toucans
Brown Barbet
Black-eared Barbet
Blue-eared/Black-eared Barbet
Bornean Barbet
Red-crowned Barbet
Red-throated Barbet
Golden-naped Barbet
Yellow-crowned Barbet
Mountain Barbet
Gold-whiskered Barbet
Psilopogon sp.
asian barbet sp.
Honeyguides
Malaysian Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Speckled Piculet
Rufous Piculet
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Maroon Woodpecker
Orange-backed Woodpecker
Greater Flameback
Rufous Woodpecker
Buff-necked Woodpecker
Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Olive-backed Woodpecker
Common Flameback
Crimson-winged Woodpecker
Banded Woodpecker
Checker-throated Woodpecker
Great Slaty Woodpecker
White-bellied Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
White-fronted Falconet
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Oriental Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Papuan Eclectus
Blue-rumped Parrot
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Long-tailed Parakeet
Blue-naped Parrot
Budgerigar
Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
African and Green Broadbills
Green Broadbill
Hose's Broadbill
Whitehead's Broadbill
Asian and Grauer's Broadbills
Long-tailed Broadbill
Dusky Broadbill
Black-and-red Broadbill
Banded Broadbill
Black-and-yellow Broadbill
Banded/Black-and-yellow Broadbill
asian broadbill sp.
Old World Pittas
Black-crowned Pitta
Blue-banded Pitta
Giant Pitta
Bornean Banded-Pitta
Blue-headed Pitta
Blue-winged Pitta
Fairy Pitta
Western Hooded Pitta
pitta sp. (genus Erythropitta/Hydrornis/Pitta)
Thornbills and Allies
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Cuckooshrikes
Fiery Minivet
Gray-chinned Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Ashy Minivet
minivet sp.
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike
Sunda Cuckooshrike
Pied Triller
Lesser Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Shrike-Babblers and Erpornis
White-browed Shrike-Babbler
White-bellied Erpornis
Whistlers and Allies
Bornean Whistler
Mangrove Whistler
White-vented Whistler
Old World Orioles
Ventriloquial Oriole
Black-naped Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Black-and-crimson Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Woodswallows
White-breasted Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Large Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Rufous-winged Philentoma
Maroon-breasted Philentoma
Bristlehead
Bornean Bristlehead
Ioras
Common Iora
Green Iora
Fantails
Spotted Fantail
Willie-wagtail
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
White-throated Fantail
fantail sp.
Drongos
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Black Paradise-Flycatcher
Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
Amur/Blyth's/Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Crested Jayshrike
Crested Jayshrike
Shrikes
Tiger Shrike
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Black Magpie
Common Green-Magpie
Bornean Green-Magpie
green-magpie sp.
Bornean Treepie
House Crow
Slender-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Rail-babbler
Malaysian Rail-babbler
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Ashy Tailorbird
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
tailorbird sp.
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Reed Warblers and Allies
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Friendly Bush Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Striated Grassbird
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Pacific Swallow
Barn Swallow
Asian House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped/Striated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Hairy-backed Bulbul
Hook-billed Bulbul
Yellow-bellied Bulbul
Gray-cheeked Bulbul
Penan Bulbul
Finsch's Bulbul
Charlotte's Bulbul
Cinereous Bulbul
Streaked Bulbul
Puff-backed Bulbul
Black-and-white Bulbul
Black-headed Bulbul
Spectacled Bulbul
Gray-bellied Bulbul
Scaly-breasted Bulbul
Bornean Bulbul
Cream-vented Bulbul
Olive-winged Bulbul
Red-eyed Bulbul
Straw-headed Bulbul
Cream-eyed Bulbul
Cream-vented/Cream-eyed Bulbul
Pale-faced Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sp.
Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.
Pycnonotidae sp.
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Japanese Leaf Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Japanese Leaf/Arctic Warbler
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Japanese Leaf/Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Yellow-breasted Warbler
Mountain Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Bornean Stubtail
Yellow-bellied Warbler
Mountain Tailorbird
Manchurian Bush Warbler
Aberrant Bush Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Chestnut-crested Yuhina
Pygmy White-eye
Black-capped White-eye
Swinhoe's White-eye
Mountain Black-eye
Hume's White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Bold-striped Tit-Babbler
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
Gray-hooded Babbler
Rufous-fronted Babbler
Bare-headed Laughingthrush
Sunda Scimitar-Babbler
Black-throated Babbler
Chestnut-rumped Babbler
Gray-throated Babbler
Gray-headed Babbler
White-necked Babbler
Timaliidae sp.
Ground Babblers and Allies
Black-throated Wren-Babbler
Sooty-capped Babbler
Gray-breasted Babbler
Scaly-crowned Babbler
Rufous-crowned Babbler
Moustached Babbler
Malacopteron sp.
Bornean Black-capped Babbler
Short-tailed Babbler
Temminck's Babbler
White-chested Babbler
Ferruginous Babbler
Striped Wren-Babbler
Abbott's Babbler
Horsfield's Babbler
Mountain Wren-Babbler
Bornean Wren-Babbler
Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler
Pellorneidae sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown Fulvetta
Sunda Laughingthrush
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
laughingthrush sp.
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Asian Glossy Starling
Common Hill Myna
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Black-collared Starling
White-shouldered Starling
Red-billed Starling
Common Myna
Javan Myna
Pale-bellied Myna
Crested Myna
black myna sp.
Thrushes
Everett's Thrush
White's Thrush
Fruit-hunter
Chestnut-capped Thrush
Orange-headed Thrush
Japanese Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Island Thrush
Turdus sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Gray-streaked/Dark-sided Flycatcher
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-streaked Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Rufous-tailed Shama
White-rumped Shama
White-crowned Shama
White-tailed Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Zappey's Flycatcher
Blue-and-white/Zappey's Flycatcher
Indigo Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Pale Blue Flycatcher
Dayak Blue Flycatcher
Sunda Blue Flycatcher
Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
Bornean Blue Flycatcher
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
Gray-chested Jungle Flycatcher
Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher
Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher
Cyornis sp.
Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher
Bornean Shortwing
Siberian Blue Robin
Bornean Whistling-Thrush
White-crowned Forktail
Bornean Forktail
White-crowned/Bornean Forktail
Chestnut-naped Forktail
forktail sp.
Siberian Rubythroat
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Pygmy Flycatcher
Little Pied Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Rufous-chested Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Blue Rock-Thrush
Amur Stonechat
muscicapid sp.
Flowerpeckers
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
Spectacled Flowerpecker
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
Brown-backed Flowerpecker
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Thick-billed/Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Plain Flowerpecker
Black-sided Flowerpecker
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum sp.
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
Plain Sunbird
Brown-throated Sunbird
Red-throated Sunbird
Van Hasselt's Sunbird
Copper-throated Sunbird
Ornate Sunbird
Temminck's Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
Aethopyga sp.
sunbird sp.
Purple-naped Spiderhunter
Thick-billed Spiderhunter
Long-billed Spiderhunter
Little Spiderhunter
Whitehead's Spiderhunter
Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
Spectacled Spiderhunter
Bornean Spiderhunter
spiderhunter sp.
Fairy-bluebirds
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Leafbirds
Greater Green Leafbird
Lesser Green Leafbird
Greater/Lesser Green Leafbird
Blue-winged Leafbird
Bornean Leafbird
leafbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Java Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia
Dusky Munia
White-bellied Munia
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura sp.
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch
Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Little Bunting
Yellow Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.