For & About the Birds

This region is mainly tropical or subtopical, with annual rainfall.

Only two of the 66 families of breeding birds are endemic: leafbirds and fairy bluebirds. Species include pheasants, pigeons, woodpeckers, pitas, barbets and honey guides, and sunbirds. Some species, such as megapodes, frogmouths, woodswallows, flowerpeckers, lories and cockatoos, are shared with the Australasian region.

Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Bartlett Bleeding Heart Dove (Gallicolumba criniger)
Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)
Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospila)
Blue-crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)
Collard-Finch Billed Bulbul (Spizixos semitorques cinereicapillus)
Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
Dhyal Thrush (Copsychus saularis)
Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)
Fire-tufted Barbet (Psilopogon pyrolophus)
Gold-crested Mynah (Ampeliceps coronatus)
Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus)
Guam Rail (Gallirallus owstoni)
Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
Orange-Bellied Leafbird (Chlorpsis hardwickei)
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nutmeg Imperial Pigeon) (Ducula bicolor)
Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
White-crested Laughing Thrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
Yellow-bellied Laughing Thrush (Garrulax galbanus)

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