Tam Dao bird list.
130 species, 2 near-endemics, 1 threatened species (Clements' 6th edition)
Possible future splits between squares and alternative names between brackets under notes.
Feel free to print this list for use in the field; tick off observations in the extra columns, below are some extra
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Good luck with birding Tam Dao!
Stijn De Win / www.birding2asia.com / stijndewin@birding2asia.com
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Species |
Notes |
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Black Baza |
Aviceda |
leuphotes |
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Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis |
ptilorhynchus |
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Crested Serpent-Eagle |
Spilornis |
cheela |
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Eastern Marsh-Harrier |
Circus |
spilonotus |
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Crested Goshawk |
Accipiter |
trivirgatus |
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Shikra |
Accipiter |
badius |
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Chinese Goshawk |
Accipiter |
soloensis |
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Bar-backed Partridge |
Arborophila |
brunneopectus |
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Mountain Bamboo-Partridge |
Bambusicola |
fytchii |
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Slaty-legged Crake |
Rallina |
eurizonoides |
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Wood Snipe |
Gallinago |
nemoricola |
VU |
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Pin-tailed Pigeon |
Treron |
apicauda |
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Large Hawk-Cuckoo |
Cuculus |
sparverioides |
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Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo |
Cuculus |
nisicolor |
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Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus |
micropterus |
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Lesser Cuckoo |
Cuculus |
poliocephalus |
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Asian Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus |
lugubris |
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Asian Koel |
Eudynamys |
scolopaceus |
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Greater Coucal |
Centropus |
sinensis |
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Lesser Coucal |
Centropus |
bengalensis |
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Mountain Scops-Owl |
Otus |
spilocephalus |
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Collared Scops-Owl |
Otus |
lettia |
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Brown Wood-Owl |
Strix |
leptogrammica |
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Collared Owlet |
Glaucidium |
brodiei |
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Gray Nightjar |
Caprimulgus |
indicus |
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Himalayan Swiftlet |
Aerodramus |
brevirostris |
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White-throated Needletail |
Hirundapus |
caudacutus |
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Silver-backed Needletail |
Hirundapus |
cochinchinensis |
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Fork-tailed Swift |
Apus |
pacificus |
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Red-headed Trogon |
Harpactes |
erythrocephalus |
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Golden-throated Barbet |
Megalaima |
franklinii |
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Blue-throated Barbet |
Megalaima |
asiatica |
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White-browed Piculet |
Sasia |
ochracea |
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Lesser Yellownape |
Picus |
chlorolophus |
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Bay Woodpecker |
Blythipicus |
pyrrhotis |
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Long-tailed Broadbill |
Psarisomus |
dalhousiae |
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Blue-naped Pitta |
Pitta |
nipalensis |
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Barn Swallow |
Hirundo |
rustica |
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Nepal Martin |
Delichon |
nipalense |
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Red-rumped Swallow |
Cecropis |
daurica |
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Olive-backed Pipit |
Anthus |
hodgsoni |
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Gray Wagtail |
Motacilla |
cinerea |
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Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina |
melaschistos |
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Short-billed Minivet |
Pericrocotus |
brevirostris |
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Gray-chinned Minivet |
Pericrocotus |
solaris |
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Puff-throated Bulbul |
Alophoixus |
pallidus |
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Mountain Bulbul |
Ixos |
mcclellandii |
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Chestnut Bulbul |
Hemixos |
castanonotus |
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Black Bulbul |
Hypsipetes |
leucocephalus |
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Blue-winged Leafbird |
Chloropsis |
cochinchinensis |
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Blue Rock-Thrush |
Monticola |
solitarius |
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Blue Whistling-Thrush |
Myophonus |
caeruleus |
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Orange-headed Thrush |
Zoothera |
citrina |
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Siberian Thrush |
Zoothera |
sibirica |
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Scaly Thrush |
Zoothera |
dauma |
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Dark-sided Thrush |
Zoothera |
marginata |
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Japanese Thrush |
Turdus |
cardis |
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Eyebrowed Thrush |
Turdus |
obscurus |
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Hill Prinia |
Prinia |
atrogularis |
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Slaty-bellied Tesia |
Tesia |
olivea |
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Pale-footed Bush-Warbler |
Cettia |
pallidipes |
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Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler |
Cettia |
fortipes |
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Russet Bush-Warbler |
Bradypterus |
seebohmi |
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Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus |
sutorius |
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Dark-necked Tailorbird |
Orthotomus |
atrogularis |
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Radde's Warbler |
Phylloscopus |
schwarzi |
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Lemon-rumped Warbler |
Phylloscopus |
proregulus |
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Yellow-browed Warbler |
Phylloscopus |
inornatus |
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Arctic Warbler |
Phylloscopus |
borealis |
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Greenish Warbler |
Phylloscopus |
trochiloides |
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Gray-crowned Warbler |
Seicercus |
tephrocephalus |
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Bianchi's Warbler |
Seicercus |
valentini |
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White-spectacled Warbler |
Seicercus |
affinis |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher |
Muscicapa |
sibirica |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher |
Muscicapa |
dauurica |
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Ferruginous Flycatcher |
Muscicapa |
ferruginea |
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Mugimaki Flycatcher |
Ficedula |
mugimaki |
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Snowy-browed Flycatcher |
Ficedula |
hyperythra |
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White-gorgeted Flycatcher |
Ficedula |
monileger |
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Fujian Niltava |
Niltava |
davidi |
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Hill Blue-Flycatcher |
Cyornis |
banyumas |
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Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher |
Culicicapa |
ceylonensis |
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Rufous-tailed Robin |
Luscinia |
sibilans |
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Red-flanked Bluetail |
Tarsiger |
cyanurus |
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White-capped Redstart |
Chaimarrornis |
leucocephalus |
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White-bellied Redstart |
Hodgsonius |
phaenicuroides |
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Purple Cochoa |
Cochoa |
purpurea |
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Green Cochoa |
Cochoa |
viridis |
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Gray Bushchat |
Saxicola |
ferreus |
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White-throated Fantail |
Rhipidura |
albicollis |
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Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush |
Garrulax |
pectoralis |
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Gray Laughingthrush |
Garrulax |
maesi |
NE |
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Black-throated Laughingthrush |
Garrulax |
chinensis |
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Hwamei |
Garrulax |
canorus |
(Chinese H.) |
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Buff-breasted Babbler |
Pellorneum |
tickelli |
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Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler |
Pomatorhinus |
ruficollis |
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Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler |
Pomatorhinus |
ochraceiceps |
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Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler |
Pomatorhinus |
ferruginosus |
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Streaked Wren-Babbler |
Napothera |
brevicaudata |
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Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler |
Napothera |
epilepidota |
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Golden Babbler |
Stachyris |
chrysaea |
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Gray-throated Babbler |
Stachyris |
nigriceps |
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Spot-necked Babbler |
Stachyris |
striolata |
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Striped Tit-Babbler |
Macronous |
gularis |
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Silver-eared Mesia |
Leiothrix |
argentauris |
(S-e.Leiothrix) |
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White-browed Shrike-Babbler |
Pteruthius |
flaviscapis |
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White-hooded Babbler |
Gampsorhynchus |
rufulus |
[Collared] |
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Spectacled Barwing |
Actinodura |
ramsayi |
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Gray-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe |
morrisonia |
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Striated Yuhina |
Yuhina |
castaniceps |
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Black-chinned Yuhina |
Yuhina |
nigrimenta |
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White-bellied Yuhina |
Yuhina |
zantholeuca |
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Short-tailed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis |
davidianus |
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Rufous-headed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis |
ruficeps |
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Sultan Tit |
Melanochlora |
sultanea |
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Fork-tailed Sunbird |
Aethopyga |
christinae |
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Streaked Spiderhunter |
Arachnothera |
magna |
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Fire-breasted Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum |
ignipectum |
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Black-naped Oriole |
Oriolus |
chinensis |
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Tiger Shrike |
Lanius |
tigrinus |
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Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius |
schach |
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Gray-backed Shrike |
Lanius |
tephronotus |
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Crow-billed Drongo |
Dicrurus |
annectans |
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Bronzed Drongo |
Dicrurus |
aeneus |
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Blue Magpie |
Urocissa |
erythrorhyncha |
(Red-billed Blue) |
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Green Magpie |
Cissa |
chinensis |
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Yellow-breasted Magpie |
Cissa |
hypoleuca |
(Indochinese Gr) |
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Ratchet-tailed Treepie |
Temnurus |
temnurus |
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Tristram's Bunting |
Emberiza |
tristrami |
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Chestnut Bunting |
Emberiza |
rutila |
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