Checklist for Hong Kong

eBird Field Checklist

Hong Kong

ebird.org/region/HK

638 species (+166 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Bar-headed Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Taiga Bean-Goose

Tundra Bean-Goose

Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose

Anser sp.

Black Swan

goose sp.

Ruddy Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Baikal Teal

Garganey

Northern Shoveler

Garganey x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Gadwall

Falcated Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Philippine Duck

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Indian/Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Mallard

Mallard x Eastern Spot-billed Duck (hybrid)

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Red-crested Pochard

Common Pochard

Ferruginous Duck

Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)

Baer's Pochard

Ferruginous Duck/Baer's Pochard

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Aythya sp.

Velvet Scoter

Stejneger's Scoter

Black Scoter

Smew

Red-breasted Merganser

Scaly-sided Merganser

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Ring-necked Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge

Red Junglefowl

Chinese Francolin

Japanese Quail

Grebes

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Red Collared-Dove

Eurasian/Red Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Spotted Dove

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Asian Emerald Dove

Asian/Pacific Emerald Dove

Diamond Dove

Bar-shouldered Dove

Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon

Thick-billed Green-Pigeon

Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon

White-bellied Green-Pigeon

Whistling Green-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Greater Coucal

Lesser Coucal

Greater/Lesser Coucal

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Asian Koel

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Plaintive Cuckoo

Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Northern Hawk-Cuckoo

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

hawk-cuckoo sp.

Lesser Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo

Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Gray Nightjar

Savanna Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

White-throated Needletail

Silver-backed Needletail

Brown-backed Needletail

needletail sp.

Himalayan Swiftlet

dark swiftlet sp.

swiftlet sp.

Common Swift

Pacific Swift

House Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Water Rail

Brown-cheeked Rail

Slaty-breasted Rail

Eurasian Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Gray-headed Swamphen

White-browed Crake

Watercock

White-breasted Waterhen

Slaty-legged Crake

Ruddy-breasted Crake

Band-bellied Crake

Brown Crake

Baillon's Crake

Zapornia sp.

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Siberian Crane

Shorebirds

Great Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

European Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Common Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Long-billed Plover

Northern Lapwing

Gray-headed Lapwing

Oriental Plover

Siberian Sand-Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Kentish Plover

White-faced Plover

Kentish/White-faced Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Whimbrel

Little Curlew

Far Eastern Curlew

Eurasian Curlew

Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew

Far Eastern/Eurasian Curlew

curlew sp.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit

Asian Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Eurasian Woodcock

Swinhoe's Snipe

Pin-tailed Snipe

Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe

Latham's Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Gray-tailed Tattler

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Lesser Yellowlegs

Nordmann's Greenshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Nordmann's/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

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin

Little Stint

Red-necked/Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

large shorebird sp.

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Barred Buttonquail

buttonquail sp.

Oriental Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Alcids

Ancient Murrelet

Japanese Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-legged Kittiwake

Saunders's Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Black-headed/Brown-headed Gull

Franklin's Gull

Pallas's Gull

Relict Gull

Black-tailed Gull

Common Gull

Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Brown Noddy

Aleutian Tern

Sooty Tern

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.

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

Storm-Petrels

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Bulwer's Petrel

Streaked Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Black Stork

Oriental Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

Christmas Island Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Great Cormorant

Japanese Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Dalmatian Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great Bittern

Black Bittern

Cinnamon Bittern

Schrenck's Bittern

Cinnamon/Schrenck's Bittern

Yellow Bittern

small bittern sp.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Malayan Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron

Pacific Reef-Heron

Chinese Egret

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Chinese Pond-Heron

pond-heron sp.

Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Medium Egret

Great/Medium Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Gray/Purple Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Black-headed Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Black-faced Spoonbill

spoonbill sp.

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Black Baza

Cinereous Vulture

Crested Serpent-Eagle

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Black Eagle

Greater Spotted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Imperial Eagle

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila sp.

Clanga/Aquila sp.

Gray-faced Buzzard

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Pied Harrier

harrier sp.

Crested Goshawk

Chinese Sparrowhawk

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Besra

Japanese Sparrowhawk/Besra

Crested Goshawk/Besra

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Brahminy Kite

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Eastern Buzzard

Buteo sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Australasian Grass-Owl

Collared Scops-Owl

Ryukyu Scops-Owl

Oriental Scops-Owl

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Brown Fish-Owl

Asian Barred Owlet

Collared Owlet

Brown Wood-Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Boobook

owl sp.

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher

Ruddy Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Collared Kingfisher

Crested Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Dollarbird

Barbets and Toucans

Great Barbet

Chinese Barbet

Blue-throated Barbet

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Speckled Piculet

Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Bay Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Amur Falcon/Eurasian Hobby

Peregrine Falcon

large falcon sp.

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Palm Cockatoo

Tanimbar Corella

Yellow-crested Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Superb Parrot

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet

Blossom-headed Parakeet

Derbyan Parakeet

Psittacula sp.

Budgerigar

Rainbow Lorikeet

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Fischer's Lovebird

lovebird sp.

Gray Parrot

Monk Parakeet

Sun Parakeet

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

parakeet sp.

Old World Pittas

Blue-winged Pitta

Fairy Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray-chinned Minivet

Scarlet Minivet

Ryukyu Minivet

Ashy Minivet

Brown-rumped Minivet

Ashy/Brown-rumped Minivet

minivet sp. (red minivet sp.)

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

cuckooshrike sp.

Shrike-Babblers and Erpornis

White-bellied Erpornis

Old World Orioles

Black-naped Oriole

Maroon Oriole

Silver Oriole

Woodswallows

Ashy Woodswallow

Drongos

Black Drongo

Ashy Drongo

Black/Ashy Drongo

Crow-billed Drongo

Hair-crested Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch

Black Paradise-Flycatcher

Amur Paradise-Flycatcher

Black/Amur Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Tiger Shrike

Bull-headed Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Brown Shrike

Long-tailed Shrike

Gray-backed Shrike

Chinese Gray Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Green Jay

Eurasian Jay

Azure-winged Magpie

Red-billed Blue-Magpie

Indochinese Green-Magpie

green-magpie sp.

Gray Treepie

Racket-tailed Treepie

Oriental Magpie

Daurian Jackdaw

House Crow

Rook

Carrion Crow

Large-billed Crow

Collared Crow

crow sp.

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Fire-capped Tit

Yellow-bellied Tit

Varied Tit

Japanese Tit

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Chinese Penduline-Tit

Larks

Mongolian Short-toed Lark

Mongolian Lark

Eurasian Skylark

Oriental Skylark

Eurasian/Oriental Skylark

Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

Common Tailorbird

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Plain Prinia

prinia sp.

Zitting Cisticola

Golden-headed Cisticola

Zitting/Golden-headed Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Thick-billed Warbler

Booted Warbler

Iduna sp.

Black-browed Reed Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler

Blunt-winged Warbler

Manchurian Reed Warbler

Black-browed/Manchurian Reed Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Oriental Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Marsh Grassbird

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler

Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler

Lanceolated Warbler

Brown Bush Warbler

Baikal Bush Warbler

Russet Bush Warbler

Brown/Russet Bush Warbler

Locustella sp.

Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.

Cupwings

Pygmy Cupwing

Martins and Swallows

Gray-throated Martin

Bank Swallow

Pale Martin

Bank Swallow/Pale Martin

Barn Swallow

Siberian House-Martin

Asian House-Martin

Siberian/Asian House-Martin

house-martin sp.

Red-rumped Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Chestnut Bulbul

Mountain Bulbul

Brown-eared Bulbul

Black Bulbul

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Light-vented Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus sp.

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler

Hume's Warbler

Yellow-browed/Hume's Warbler

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Radde's Warbler

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Dusky Warbler

Radde's/Dusky Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Ijima's Leaf Warbler

White-spectacled Warbler

Gray-crowned Warbler

Bianchi's Warbler

Martens's Warbler

Alström's Warbler

Bianchi's/Martens's/Alström's Warbler

Phylloscopus sp. (Golden-spectacled Warbler complex)

Greenish Warbler

Two-barred Warbler

Greenish/Two-barred Warbler

Emei Leaf Warbler

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler

Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler

Arctic Warbler

Japanese Leaf/Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Sulphur-breasted Warbler

Hartert's Leaf Warbler

Blyth's/Claudia's/Hartert's Leaf Warbler

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Bush Warblers and Allies

Pale-footed Bush Warbler

Asian Stubtail

Rufous-faced Warbler

Mountain Tailorbird

Manchurian Bush Warbler

Japanese/Manchurian Bush Warbler

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis sp.

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Black-throated Tit

Sylviid Warblers

Lesser Whitethroat

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

Spot-breasted Parrotbill

Gray-headed Parrotbill

Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Ashy-throated Parrotbill

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indochinese Yuhina

Black-chinned Yuhina

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops sp.

Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

Chestnut-capped Babbler

Rufous-capped Babbler

Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

Chinese Grassbird

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Huet's Fulvetta

Blue-winged Minla

Red-billed Leiothrix

Silver-eared Mesia

Red-tailed Minla

Chinese Hwamei

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush

Black-throated Laughingthrush

White-browed Laughingthrush

Masked Laughingthrush

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush

Chinese Babax

laughingthrush sp.

Nuthatches

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Starlings and Mynas

Metallic Starling

Asian Glossy Starling

Common Hill Myna

European Starling

Rosy Starling

Daurian Starling

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Daurian/Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Black-collared Starling

Indian Pied Starling

White-shouldered Starling

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Red-billed Starling

White-cheeked Starling

Common Myna

Bank Myna

Javan Myna

Pale-bellied Myna

Great Myna

Crested Myna

Golden-breasted Starling

Purple Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

White's Thrush

Scaly Thrush

Zoothera sp.

Purple Cochoa

Siberian Thrush

Orange-headed Thrush

Chinese Thrush

Chinese Blackbird

Japanese Thrush

Gray-backed Thrush

Eyebrowed Thrush

Brown-headed Thrush

Pale Thrush

Red-throated Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Naumann's Thrush

Turdus sp.

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Gray-streaked Flycatcher

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Gray-streaked/Dark-sided Flycatcher

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa sp.

Oriental Magpie-Robin

White-rumped Shama

Small Niltava

Fujian Niltava

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Chinese Vivid Niltava

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Zappey's Flycatcher

Verditer Flycatcher

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Hill Blue Flycatcher

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Cyornis sp.

Lesser Shortwing

Rufous-tailed Robin

Japanese Robin

Siberian Blue Robin

Bluethroat

Blue Whistling-Thrush

whistling-thrush sp.

Slaty-backed Forktail

Siberian Rubythroat

White-tailed Robin

Red-flanked Bluetail

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Green-backed Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Ryukyu Flycatcher

Mugimaki Flycatcher

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Taiga Flycatcher

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Taiga/Red-breasted Flycatcher

Ficedula sp.

Blue-fronted Redstart

Plumbeous Redstart

White-capped Redstart

Hodgson's Redstart

Black Redstart

Daurian Redstart

redstart sp.

Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush

White-throated Rock-Thrush

Blue Rock-Thrush

Amur Stonechat

Pied Bushchat

Gray Bushchat

Saxicola sp.

Pied Wheatear

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Japanese Waxwing

Flowerpeckers

Plain Flowerpecker

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Dicaeum sp.

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Ornate Sunbird

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

Fork-tailed Sunbird

Leafbirds

Blue-winged Leafbird

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Orange-bellied Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

Baya Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Northern Red Bishop

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Estrildids

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

White-rumped Munia

Tricolored Munia

Chestnut Munia

White-headed Munia

Lonchura sp.

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Red Avadavat

Southern Cordonbleu

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

whydah sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

Russet Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer sp.

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

Eastern Yellow/Citrine Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Richard's Pipit

Blyth's Pipit

Richard's/Blyth's Pipit

Upland Pipit

Rosy Pipit

Tree Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Pechora Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

American Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Brambling

Hawfinch

Yellow-billed Grosbeak

Japanese Grosbeak

Common Rosefinch

Oriental Greenfinch

White-rumped Seedeater

Yellow-fronted Canary

Eurasian Siskin

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Old World Buntings

Crested Bunting

Black-headed Bunting

Red-headed Bunting

Black-headed/Red-headed Bunting

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Pine Bunting

Slaty Bunting

Yellow-throated Bunting

Ochre-rumped Bunting

Pallas's Bunting

Reed Bunting

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Little Bunting

Rustic Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Black-faced Bunting

Black-faced/Masked Bunting

Chestnut Bunting

Yellow-browed Bunting

Tristram's Bunting

Emberiza sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.