List of birds of Thailand

The northern mountains are outliers of the Tibetan Plateau, with many species of montane birds, and in winter the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern Palearctic and Himalayas.

In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23 migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands.

[2] This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.

[3] The designations as accidental, introduced, and extirpated, and the notes of worldwide population status such as "critically endangered", are from Bird Checklists of the World.

These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae The thick-knees are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia.

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rostratulidae Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.

Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head.

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers.

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills.

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because they have long thin necks, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.

Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits.

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white, and pink plumage and a large erectile crest on the head.

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Bucerotidae Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible.

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.

They are named for the greater honeyguide which leads traditional honey-hunters to bees' nests and, after the hunters have harvested the honey, feeds on the remaining contents of the hive.

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Calyptomenidae The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Eurylaimidae The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pittidae Pittas are medium-sized stocky passerines with fairly long, strong legs, short tails, and stout bills.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Eupetidae The Malaysian rail-babbler is a rail-like passerine bird which inhabits the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Some are colourful with yellow, red, or orange vents, cheeks, throats, or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage.

They mainly occur as breeding species, as another common name (Old World warblers) implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Siamese fireback is the national bird of Thailand.
A male cotton pygmy-goose
The Malayan peacock-pheasant is vulnerable to extinction due to deforestation.
A little grebe in non-breeding plumage
The pied imperial-pigeon is locally common in coastal forests of Thailand.
The large-tailed nightjar is a common resident of Thailand.
The house swift is a common resident of Thailand.
The white-breasted waterhen is a very common resident of Thailand.
The black-winged stilt is common in wetlands.
The black-bellied plover is a common winter visitor to Thailand.
The greater painted-snipe is one of the few bird species in which the female ( pictured ) is brighter than the male. [ 2 ]
The red-necked stint is a very common winter visitor of Thailand.
The barred buttonquail is a common resident of Thailand.
The small pratincole is a wader that hunts insects in flight.
Heuglin's gull is an uncommon winter visitor of Thailand.
The whiskered tern is a very common winter visitor of Thailand.
The short-tailed shearwater is a long-distance migrant occasionally recorded in Thailand.
The painted stork is now a rare breeder and passage migrant of Thailand.
Adult Oriental darters are rare visitors to Thailand.
The little cormorant is a resident breeding species of Thailand.
The spot-billed pelican , once common, is now rare.
The yellow bittern is a very common resident and winter visitor of Thailand.
The cattle egret has naturally colonised Thailand.
The black-faced spoonbill is a rare winter visitor of Thailand.
The crested serpent-eagle is a common resident of Thailand.
The collared scops-owl is a very common resident of Thailand.
The red-headed trogon is a common resident of Thailand.
The Oriental pied-hornbill is a fairly common resident of Thailand.
The stork-billed kingfisher is an uncommon resident of Thailand.
The lineated barbet is a common resident of Thailand.
The fulvous-breasted woodpecker is an uncommon resident of Thailand.
The Eurasian hobby is a rare winter visitor of Thailand.
The long-tailed broadbill is a fairly common resident of Thailand.
The hooded pitta is an uncommon wet season migrant visitor of Thailand, and some winter in Southern Thailand.
The small minivet is a common resident of Thailand.
The black-naped oriole is a common winter visitor of Thailand.
The Malaysian pied-fantail is a very common resident of Thailand.
The bronzed drongo is a common resident of Thailand.
The crested shrikejay is an uncommon resident of Thailand.
The tiger shrike is a passage migrant of Thailand.
Japanese tit
The golden-headed cisticola is a common resident of the grasslands of Thailand.
The Pacific swallow is a common resident of Thailand.
The mountain bulbul is a common resident in the highlands of Thailand.
The greenish warbler is a fairly common winter visitor of Thailand.
The black-throated tit is locally common in the northern mountains of Thailand.
The yellow-eyed babbler is a very common resident of Thailand.
Nuthatches , such as the velvet-fronted nuthatch , have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first.
The white-capped redstart is a resident of the northern mountains of Thailand.
The blue whistling-thrush is a common resident and winter visitor of Thailand.
The scarlet-backed flowerpecker is a rare resident of Thailand.
The brown-throated sunbird is fairly common in Southern Thailand.
The orange-bellied leafbird is a fairly common resident of Thailand.
The red avadavat is an uncommon resident of Thailand.
The russet sparrow is rarely found in Thailand in winter.
Of the three white wagtail subspecies that winter in Thailand, M. a. leucopsis is most common. [ 4 ]
The common rosefinch is a common winter visitor of Thailand.
The little bunting is a common winter visitor of Thailand.