List of birds of Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the richest islands in Indonesia for animals. Its bird total species is second only to New Guinea. This great wealth is due to the large size of Sumatra, its diversity of habitat and also its past link with the Asian mainland. This following list of birds is based on the taxonomic treatment and scientific nomenclature of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th edition.

Ducks, geese and swans Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae Common name Binomial PictureWandering whistling duckDendrocygna arcuataLesser whistling duckDendrocygna javanicaWhite-winged duckAsarcornis scutulataCotton pygmy gooseNettapus coromandelianusPacific black duckAnas superciliosaSunda tealAnas gibberifrons

Pheasants, grouse, and allies Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae Common name Binomial PictureLong-billed partridgeRhizothera longirostrisBlack partridgeMelanoperdix nigerBlue-breasted quailSynoicus chinensisRoll's partridgeArborophila rolliSumatran partridgeArborophila sumatranaGray-breasted partridgeArborophila orientalisRed-billed partridgeArborophila rubirostrisChestnut-necklaced partridgeTropicoperdix charltoniiFerruginous partridgeCaloperdix oculeusCrested partridgeRollulus rouloulRed junglefowlGallus gallusMalayan crestless firebackLophura erythrophthalmaMalayan crested firebackLophura rufaSalvadori's pheasantLophura inornataBronze-tailed peacock-pheasantPolyplectron chalcurumGreat argusArgusianus argus

Shearwaters and petrels Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae Common name Binomial PictureBarau's petrelPterodroma barauiBulwer's petrelBulweria bulweriiStreaked shearwaterCalonectris leucomelasFlesh-footed shearwaterArdenna carneipesWedge-tailed shearwaterArdenna pacifica

Austral storm petrels Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Oceanitidae Common name Binomial PictureWilson's storm petrelOceanites oceanicusWhite-faced storm petrelPelagodroma marina

Northern storm petrels Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Hydrobatidae Common name Binomial PictureSwinhoe's storm petrelHydrobates monorhisMatsudaira's storm petrelHydrobates matsudairae

Tropicbirds Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae Common name Binomial PictureWhite-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturusRed-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda

Storks Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae Common name Binomial PictureMilky storkMycteria cinereaAsian woolly-necked storkCiconia episcopusStorm's storkCiconia stormiLesser adjutantLeptoptilos javanicus

Frigatebirds Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae Common name Binomial PictureChristmas frigatebirdFregata andrewsiGreat frigatebirdFregata minorLesser frigatebirdFregata ariel

Boobies and gannets Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae Common name Binomial PictureMasked boobySula dactylatraRed-footed boobySula sulaBrown boobySula leucogaster

Cormorants Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae Common name Binomial PictureLittle black cormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostrisLittle cormorantMicrocarbo niger

Darters Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae Common name Binomial PictureOriental darterAnhinga melanogaster

Pelicans Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae Common name Binomial PictureSpot-billed pelicanPelecanus philippensis

Herons, egrets, and bitterns Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae Common name Binomial PictureGray heronArdea cinereaGreat-billed heronArdea sumatranaPurple heronArdea purpureaGreat egretArdea albaIntermediate egretArdea intermediaLittle egretEgretta garzettaWhite-faced heronEgretta novaehollandiaeChinese egretEgretta eulophotesPacific reef-heronEgretta sacraChinese pond-heronArdeola bacchusJavan pond-heronArdeola speciosaEastern cattle egretArdea coromandaStriated heronButorides striataBlack-crowned night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxNankeen night-heronNycticorax caledonicusMalayan night-heronGorsachius melanolophusYellow bitternIxobrychus sinensisSchrenck's bitternIxobrychus eurhythmusCinnamon bitternIxobrychus cinnamomeusBlack bitternIxobrychus flavicollis

Ibises and spoonbills Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae Common name Binomial PictureBlack-headed ibisThreskiornis melanocephalus

Osprey Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae Common name Binomial PictureOspreyPandion haliaetus

Hawks, eagles, and kites Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae Common name Binomial PictureJerdon's bazaAviceda jerdoniPacific bazaAviceda subcristataBlack bazaAviceda leuphotesOriental honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusBat hawkMacheiramphus alcinusBlack kiteMilvus migransBlack-winged kiteElanus caeruleusBrahminy kiteHaliastur indusWhite-bellied sea-eagleHaliaeetus leucogasterLesser fish-eagleHaliaeetus humilisGray-headed fish-eagleHaliaeetus ichthyaetusCrested serpent-eagleSpilornis cheelaGreater spotted eagleClanga clangaBooted eagleHieraaetus pennatusEurasian marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPied harrierCircus melanoleucosEastern marsh-harrierCircus spilonotusCrested goshawkAccipiter trivirgatusBrown goshawkAccipiter fasciatusShikraAccipiter badiusChinese sparrowhawkAccipiter soloensisJapanese sparrowhawkAccipiter gularisBesraAccipiter virgatusGray-faced buzzardButastur indicusBlack eagleIctinaetus malaiensisRufous-bellied eagleLophotriorchis kieneriiEastern buzzardButeo japonicusChangeable hawk-eagleNisaetus cirrhatusBlyth's hawk-eagleNisaetus albonigerSulawesi hawk-eagleNisaetus lanceolatusWallace's hawk-eagleNisaetus nanus

Caracaras and falcons Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae Common name Binomial PictureBlack-thighed falconetMicrohierax fringillariusPeregrine falconFalco peregrinus

Rails, gallinules, and coots Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae Common name Binomial PictureRed-legged crakeRallina fasciataSlaty-legged crakeRallina eurizonoidesBuff-banded railGallirallus philippensisSlaty-breasted railLewinia striataWhite-breasted waterhenAmaurornis phoenicurusWhite-browed crakePoliolimnas cinereusBaillon's crakeZapornia pusillaRuddy-breasted crakeZapornia fuscaBand-bellied crakeZapornia paykulliiWatercockGallicrex cinereaBlack-backed swamphenPorphyrio indicusEurasian moorhenGallinula chloropus

Sungrebe and finfoots Order: GruiformesFamily: Heliornithidae Common name Binomial PictureMasked finfootHeliopais personata

Thick-knees Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Burhinidae Common name Binomial PictureBeach thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris

Avocets and stilts Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Recurvirostridae Common name Binomial PictureWhite-headed stiltHimantopus leucocephalus

Plovers and lapwings Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Charadriidae Common name Binomial PicturePacific golden-ploverPluvialis fulvaBlack-bellied ploverPluvialis squatarolaGray-headed lapwingVanellus cinereusRed-wattled lapwingVanellus indicusJavan lapwingVanellus macropterusLittle ringed ploverCharadrius dubiusKentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinusMalaysian ploverCharadrius peroniiLesser sand-ploverCharadrius mongolusGreater sand-ploverCharadrius leschenaultiiOriental ploverCharadrius veredus

Painted-snipe Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Rostratulidae Common name Binomial PictureGreater painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

Jacanas Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Jacanidae Common name Binomial PicturePheasant-tailed jacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusBronze-winged jacanaMetopidius indicus

Sandpipers and allies Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae Common name Binomial PictureJavan woodcockScolopax saturataSwinhoe's snipeGallinago megalaPintail snipeGallinago stenuraAsian dowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusBlack-tailed godwitLimosa limosaBar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaWhimbrelNumenius phaeopusEurasian curlewNumenius arquataFar Eastern curlewNumenius madagascariensisCommon redshankTringa totanusMarsh sandpiperTringa stagnatilisCommon greenshankTringa nebulariaNordmann's greenshankTringa guttiferWood sandpiperTringa glareolaGrey-tailed tattlerTringa brevipesTerek sandpiperXenus cinereusCommon sandpiperActitis hypoleucosRuddy turnstoneArenaria interpresGreat knotCalidris tenuirostrisSanderlingCalidris albaRed-necked stintCalidris ruficollisLong-toed stintCalidris subminutaCurlew sandpiperCalidris ferrugineaBroad-billed sandpiperCalidris falcinellusRuffCalidris pugnax

Buttonquails Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Turnicidae Common name Binomial PictureBarred buttonquailTurnix suscitator

Pratincoles and coursers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Glareolidae Common name Binomial PictureAustralian pratincoleStiltia isabellaOriental pratincoleGlareola maldivarum

Skuas and jaegers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae Common name Binomial PicturePomarine skuaStercorarius pomarinus

Gulls, terns, and skimmers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae Common name Binomial PictureBrown-headed gullChroicocephalus brunnicephalusGull-billed ternGelochelidon niloticaLesser crested ternThalasseus bengalensisGreat crested ternThalasseus bergiiRoseate ternSterna dougalliiBlack-naped ternSterna sumatranaCommon ternSterna hirundoLittle ternSternula albifronsBridled ternOnychoprion anaethetusSooty ternOnychoprion fuscatusWhiskered ternChlidonias hybridaWhite-winged ternChlidonias leucopterusBlack noddyAnous minutusBrown noddyAnous stolidus

Pigeons and doves Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae Common name Binomial PictureSilvery wood-pigeonColumba argentinaSpotted doveSpilopelia chinensisBarred cuckoo-doveMacropygia unchallRuddy cuckoo-doveMacropygia emilianaEnggano cuckoo-doveMacropygia cinnamomeaBarusan cuckoo-doveMacropygia modiglianiLittle cuckoo-doveMacropygia ruficepsEmerald doveChalcophaps indicaZebra doveGeopelia striataNicobar pigeonCaloenas nicobaricaLittle green pigeonTreron olaxPink-necked green pigeonTreron vernansCinnamon-headed green pigeonTreron fulvicollisThick-billed green pigeonTreron curvirostraLarge green pigeonTreron capelleiGreen-spectacled pigeonTreron oxyurusWedge-tailed green pigeonTreron sphenurusPink-headed fruit dovePtilinopus porphyreusJambu fruit dovePtilinopus jambuGreen imperial pigeonDucula aeneaMountain imperial pigeonDucula badiaPied imperial pigeonDucula bicolor

Hornbills Order: BucerotiformesFamily: Bucerotidae Common name Binomial PictureOriental pied-hornbillAnthracoceros albirostrisBlack hornbillAnthracoceros malayanusRhinoceros hornbillBuceros rhinocerosGreat hornbillBuceros bicornisHelmeted hornbillRhinoplax vigilBushy-crested hornbillAnorrhinus galeritusWhite-crowned hornbillBerenicornis comatusWrinkled hornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatusWreathed hornbillRhyticeros undulatus

Cuckoos and anis Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae Common name Binomial PictureChestnut-winged cuckooClamator coromandusLarge hawk-cuckooHierococcyx sparverioidesDark hawk-cuckooHierococcyx bockiMoustached hawk-cuckooHierococcyx vagansMalaysian hawk-cuckooHierococcyx fugaxHodgson's hawk-cuckooHierococcyx nisicolorIndian cuckooCuculus micropterusOriental cuckooCuculus optatusSunda cuckooCuculus lepidusHimalayan cuckooCuculus saturatusBanded bay cuckooCacomantis sonneratiiPlaintive cuckooCacomantis merulinusBrush cuckooCacomantis variolosusHorsfield's bronze cuckooChrysococcyx basalisLittle bronze cuckooChrysococcyx minutillusAsian emerald cuckooChrysococcyx maculatusViolet cuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchusSquare-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus lugubrisAsian koelEudynamys scolopaceaBlack-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus diardiChestnut-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranusChestnut-breasted malkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostrisGreen-billed malkohaPhaenicophaeus tristisRaffles's malkohaRhinortha chlorophaeusRed-billed malkohaZanclostomus javanicusSumatran ground-cuckooCarpococcyx viridisShort-toed coucalCentropus rectunguisGreater coucalCentropus sinensisLesser coucalCentropus bengalensis

Barn owls Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae Common name Binomial PictureEastern barn owlTyto javanicaOriental bay owlPhodilus badius

Typical owls Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae