Birds of Timor-Leste
217 species recorded at 21 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusMost recorded
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus
Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Streak-breasted HoneyeaterTerritornis reticulata
Great EgretArdea alba
White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueurii
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Timor FriarbirdPhilemon inornatus
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisHotspots with the most records
- TasiTolu LakeDili Municipality140 species
- Lake Laga salt lake, Masin Fatuk, NuniraBaucau Municipality109 species
- Lagoa MaubaraLiquiçá Municipality99 species
- Tibar fish pondsLiquiçá Municipality76 species
- Comoro River EstuaryDili Municipality100 species
- DareDili Municipality73 species
- Loes River estuaryBobonaro Municipality99 species
- Lagos Ira LalaroLautém Municipality108 species
- Seical river estuary, SeicalBaucau Municipality85 species
- Remexio, AileuAileu municipality63 species
- Nino Konis Santana NP – BridgeLautém Municipality100 species
- Lagoa Seloi Kraik, AileuAileu municipality72 species
All 21 hotspots
- Baucau Plateau – Triloka forestBaucau Municipality63 species
- Lake Eraulo, Debo LehumoErmera Municipality68 species
- Cristo Rei StatueDili Municipality58 species
- Dili foreshore, Hotel DiliDili Municipality46 species
- BeloiDili Municipality39 species
- Loes ForestLiquiçá Municipality47 species
- Manatuto salt pans & mangrovesManatuto Municipality51 species
- Comoro River Tributary Near RailacoErmera Municipality46 species
- Com Plateau – Point 1Lautém Municipality45 species
All species recorded · 217
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Drab Swiftlet Collocalia neglecta
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Timor Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia magna
- Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
- Black Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena modesta
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Barred Dove Geopelia maugeus
- Timor Green Pigeon Treron psittaceus
- Banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cinctus
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rosacea
- Timor Imperial Pigeon Ducula cineracea
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Javan Plover Anarhynchus javanicus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Timor Boobook Ninox fusca
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Olive-headed Lorikeet Trichoglossus euteles
- Black-breasted Myzomela Myzomela vulnerata
- Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Flame-eared Honeyeater Lichmera flavicans
- Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata
- Plain Gerygone Gerygone inornata
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Wallacean Cuckooshrike Coracina personata
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii
- Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus
- Yellow-throated Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha
- Green Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
- Timor Oriole Oriolus melanotis
- Wallacean Drongo Dicrurus densus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Timor Stubtail Urosphena subulata
- Yellow-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus montis
- Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Buff-banded Thicketbird Cincloramphus bivittatus
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Timor Heleia Heleia muelleri
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella
- Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor
- Sunda Thrush Zoothera andromedae
- Orange-sided Thrush Geokichla peronii
- Timor Blue Flycatcher Eumyias hyacinthinus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Black-banded Flycatcher Ficedula timorensis
- White-bellied Bush Chat Saxicola gutturalis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Red-chested Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei
- Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca
- Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida
- Five-colored Munia Lonchura quinticolor
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi