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MNS Bird Conservation Council. 2015. A Checklist of the Birds of Malaysia Second Edition

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  • Pages
    60
  • Publisher
    Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society - Bird Conservation Council
  • Country
    Malaysia
  • Language
    English
  • ISBN
    9789839681482

Abstract

This book provides an updated checklist of the bird being recorded until 31 December 2014. Seven hundred and eighty-five (785) species belonging to 97 families have been recorded in a naturally wild state within the political boundaries of Malaysia. Out of this number,  670 species appear in Peninsular Malaysia and 603 in Bornean Malaysia.

Citation

MNS Bird Conservation Council. 2015. A Checklist of the Birds of Malaysia Second Edition. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society - Bird Conservation Council, Malaysia. pp. 60.

Species   783 records

by Kingdom Species
  • Animals 783
  • Total 783
by IUCN Status Species
  • Critically Endangered 10
  • Endangered 10
  • Vulnerable 34
  • Near Threatened 115
  • Least Concern 588
  • Total 757
20436
 
Abroscopus superciliaris
Yellow-bellied Warbler
Native
20451
 
Accipiter badius
Shikra
Vagrant
22730
 
Accipiter gularis
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Native
49716
 
Accipiter nisus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Vagrant
20452
 
Accipiter soloensis
Chinese Goshawk
Native
20456
 
Accipiter trivirgatus
Crested Goshawk
Native
20458
 
Accipiter virgatus
Besra
Native
52360
 
Acridotheres burmannicus
Vinous-breasted Starling
Non-Native
52340
 
Acridotheres cinereus
Pale-bellied Myna
Non-Native
20501
 
Acridotheres cristatellus
Crested Myna
Introduce
22732
 
Acridotheres fuscus
Jungle Myna
Native
20525
 
Acridotheres grandis
Great Myna
Introduce
20530
 
Acridotheres javanicus
Javan Myna
Introduce
52359
 
Acridotheres melanopterus
Black-winged Starling
Introduce
20536
 
Acridotheres tristis
Common Myna
Native
20543
 
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Migrant
20565
 
Acrocephalus orientalis
Oriental Reed Warbler
Migrant
49358
 
Acrocephalus tangorum
Manchurian Reed-warbler
Migrant
20570
 
Actenoides concretus
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Native
52373
 
Actinodura cyanouroptera
Blue-winged Minla
Native
52372
 
Actinodura strigula
Chestnut-tailed Minla
Native
20574
 
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Sandpiper
Migrant
20580
 
Aegithina lafresnayei
Great Iora
Native
20584
 
Aegithina tiphia
Common Iora
Native
20594
 
Aegithina viridissima
Green Iora
Native
20601
 
Aegypius monachus
Black Vulture
Vagrant
20605
 
Aerodramus brevirostris
Himalayan Swiftlet
Migrant
20608
 
Aerodramus fuciphagus
White-nest Swiftlet
Native
52392
 
Aerodramus germani
Germain's Swiftlet
Native
20611
 
Aerodramus maximus
Black-nest Swiftlet
Native
52391
 
Aerodramus salangana
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Native
20621
 
Aethopyga saturata
Black-throated Sunbird
Native
20623
 
Aethopyga siparaja
Crimson Sunbird
Native
20626
 
Aethopyga temminckii
Temminck's Sunbird
Native
48653
 
Agropsar philippensis
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Migrant
66367
 
Alauda arvensis
Eurasian Skylark
Vagrant
22760
 
Alauda gulgula
Oriental Skylark
Vagrant
20633
 
Alcedo atthis
Common Kingfisher
Migrant
22763
 
Alcedo euryzona
Blue-banded Kingfisher
Native
20653
 
Alcedo meninting
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Native
22770
 
Alcippe brunneicauda
Brown Fulvetta
Native
22781
 
Alcippe peracensis
Mountain Fulvetta
Native
20660
 
Alophoixus ochraceus
Ochraceous Bulbul
Native
20664
 
Alophoixus phaeocephalus
Yellow-bellied Bulbul
Native
20655
 
Alophoixus tephrogenys
Grey-cheeked Bulbul
Native
52312
 
Amandava amandava
Red Avadavat
Introduce
59507
 
Amaurornis cinerea
White-browed Crake
Native
20669
 
Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-breasted Waterhen
Native
20672
 
Ampeliceps coronatus
Golden-crested Myna
Native
20673
 
Anas acuta
Northern Pintail
Native
View all
783 records
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