Birds of Myanmar (Burma)

A total of 1146 bird species have been recorded in Myanmar. In addition, Myanmar is home to fourteen endemic bird species. These include Burmese Prinia (Prinia cooki), Burmese Bushlark (Mirafra microptera), Burmese Tit (Aegithalos iouschistos sharpei), Jerdon's Minivet (Pericrocotus albiforns), ...more ↓

Ashy Drongo 1
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Minivet 2
Pericrocotus divaricatus
Ashy Woodswallow 1
Artamus fuscus
Asian Barred Owlet 1
Glaucidium cuculoides
Asian Emerald Dove 2
Chalcophaps indica
Asian Fairy-bluebird 1
Irena puella
Asian Golden Weaver 1
Ploceus hypoxanthus
Asian Openbill 1
Anastomus oscitans
Australasian Grass-Owl 1
Tyto longimembris
Ayeyarwady Bulbul 1
Pycnonotus blanfordi
Baillon's Crake 1
Zapornia pusilla
Bamboo Woodpecker 1
Gecinulus viridis
Banded Broadbill 1
Eurylaimus javanicus
Banded Kingfisher 1
Lacedo pulchella
Banded Woodpecker 1
Chrysophlegma miniaceum
Bar-headed Goose 2
Anser indicus
Bar-tailed Treecreeper 1
Certhia himalayana
Barred Cuckoo-Dove 2
Macropygia unchall
Baya Weaver 1
Ploceus philippinus
Beach Stone-curlew 1
Esacus magnirostris
Beautiful Nuthatch 1
Sitta formosa
Bengal Bushlark 1
Mirafra assamica
Black Bittern 2
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Black Drongo 1
Dicrurus macrocercus
Black Magpie 2
Platysmurus leucopterus
Black Stork 1
Ciconia nigra
Black-and-red Broadbill 1
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Black-and-yellow Broadbill 1
Eurylaimus ochromalus
Black-bellied Malkoha 1
Phaenicophaeus diardi
Black-bellied Tern 1
Sterna acuticauda
Black-bibbed Tit 1
Poecile hypermelaenus
Black-browed Tit (Burmese) 3
Aegithalos iouschistos sharpei
Black-capped Kingfisher 1
Halcyon pileata
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Greenfinch 1
Chloris ambigua
Black-headed Ibis 1
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Black-hooded Oriole 1
Oriolus xanthornus
Black-naped Monarch 1
Hypothymis azurea
Black-naped Oriole 1
Oriolus chinensis
Black-necked Stork 1
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Black-throated Prinia 1
Prinia atrogularis
Black-throated Sunbird 1
Aethopyga saturata
Black-throated Tit 1
Aegithalos concinnus
Black-winged Cuckooshrike 2
Lalage melaschistos
Black-winged Stilt 1
Himantopus himantopus
Blossom-headed Parakeet 1
Psittacula roseata
Blue-bearded Bee-eater 1
Nyctyornis athertoni
Blue-eared Barbet 1
Psilopogon duvaucelii
Blue-eared Kingfisher 1
Alcedo meninting
Blue-rumped Parrot 1
Psittinus cyanurus
Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
Merops philippinus
Blue-throated Barbet 1
Psilopogon asiaticus
Blue-winged Leafbird 1
Chloropsis cochinchinensis
Blue-winged Pitta 1
Pitta moluccensis
Blyth's Kingfisher 1
Alcedo hercules
Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher 1
Terpsiphone affinis
Brambling 1
Fringilla montifringilla
Bronze-winged Jacana 1
Metopidius indicus
Bronzed Drongo 1
Dicrurus aeneus
Brown Barbet 1
Caloramphus fuliginosus
Brown Dipper 1
Cinclus pallasii
Brown Fish-Owl 1
Ketupa zeylonensis
Brown Shrike 1
Lanius cristatus
Brown-cheeked Rail 1
Rallus indicus
Brown-rumped Minivet 2
Pericrocotus cantonensis
Brown-throated Sunbird 1
Anthreptes malacensis
Brown-winged Kingfisher 1
Pelargopsis amauroptera
Buff-rumped Woodpecker 1
Meiglyptes tristis
Burmese Bushlark 1
Mirafra microptera
Burmese Collared-Dove 2
Streptopelia xanthocycla
Burmese Shrike 1
Lanius collurioides
Chestnut Munia 1
Lonchura atricapilla
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch 1
Sitta cinnamoventris
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 1
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 1
Merops leschenaulti
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch 1
Sitta nagaensis
Chinese Pond-Heron 2
Ardeola bacchus
Cinnamon Bittern 2
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Collared Kingfisher 1
Todiramphus chloris
Collared Owlet 1
Taenioptynx brodiei
Collared Treepie 2
Dendrocitta frontalis
Common Crane 3
Grus grus
Common Flameback 1
Dinopium javanense
Common Goldeneye 2
Bucephala clangula
Common Green-Magpie 2
Cissa chinensis
Common Hoopoe 1
Upupa epops
Common Iora 1
Aegithina tiphia
Common Kingfisher 1
Alcedo atthis
Common Merganser 2
Mergus merganser
Common Pochard 2
Aythya ferina
Common Rosefinch 1
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common Shelduck 2
Tadorna tadorna
Common Woodshrike 1
Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Coppersmith Barbet 1
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Cotton Pygmy-Goose 2
Nettapus coromandelianus
Crested Bunting 1
Emberiza lathami
Crested Kingfisher 1
Megaceryle lugubris

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