Birds of Brunei
277 species recorded at 12 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus
Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanos
Red-crowned BarbetPsilopogon rafflesii
Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
Blue-crowned Hanging ParrotLoriculus galgulus
Great EgretArdea alba
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterusMost recorded
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
Plume-toed SwiftletCollocalia affinis
Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparajaHotspots with the most records
- Ulu Ulu National Park ResortTemburong District167 species
- Luagan LalakBelait District174 species
- Ulu Temburong NPTemburong District150 species
- Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei-Muara District71 species
- Brunei International AirportBrunei-Muara District59 species
- Freme Rainforest LodgeTemburong District61 species
- Tasek Lama Recreational ParkBrunei-Muara District56 species
- Sembiling Eco-VillageTemburong District74 species
- Bukit PatoiTemburong District27 species
- Ulu Temburong National ParkTemburong District36 species
- Kampong AyerBrunei-Muara District31 species
- LabiBelait District43 species
All species recorded · 277
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
- Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
- Garnet Pitta Erythropitta granatina
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
- Crocker Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis ruficrissa
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Spectacled Flowerpecker Dicaeum dayakorum
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Grey-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus