Bird AlbumMalaysia · Penang
Pulau Burung Landfill
178 species and 7,753 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus62 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 178 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Permatang Pauh ricefields23 km149 species
- Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest28 km236 species
- Sungai Burung, Pulau Pinang30 km167 species
- Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera)30 km183 species
- Penang Botanical Gardens31 km157 species
- Teluk Air Tawar - Kuala Muda IBA33 km166 species
All 178 species recorded here
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Streak-breasted Woodpecker Picus viridanus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pulau Burung Landfill?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pulau Burung Landfill?
178 species, from 7,753 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pulau Burung Landfill in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Lesser Whistling Duck, Wood Sandpiper, Eastern Cattle Egret and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.