Birds of Myanmar

List of Common Birds Found in Myanmar

Native Birds

• Asian Fairy-bluebird
• Asian Green Bee-Eater
• Asian Openbill
• Ayeyarwady Bulbul
• Baer’s Pochard
• Bamboo Woodpecker
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper
• Bay Woodpecker
• Black-backed Forktail
• Black Baza
• Black-collared Starling
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black Drongo
• Black-headed Greenfinch
• Black-headed Ibis
• Black-headed Woodpecker
• Black Kite
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-tailed Crake
• Black-throated Bushtit
• Black-throated Laughingthrush
• Black-throated Parrotbill
• Black-throated Sunbird
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue-bearded Bee-eater
• Blue-eared Kingfisher
• Blue Pitta
• Blue-throated Barbet
• Blue-winged Leafbird
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler
• Blyth’s Tragopan
• Brahminy Kite
• Brown-breasted Bulbul
• Brown Bush Warbler
• Brown-cheeked Rail
• Brown Fish Owl
• Burmese Bushlark
• Burmese Collared Dove
• Burmese Nuthatch
• Burmese Shrike
• Burmese Tit
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
• Collared Falconet
• Collared Kingfisher
• Collared Scops Owl
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Crested Serpent Eagle
• Dark-sided Flycatcher
• Dark-sided Thrush
• Daurian Redstart
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Edible-nest Swiftlet
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Golden-fronted Leafbird
• Golden-throated barbet
• Greater Adjutant
• Greater Coucal
• Greater Flameback
• Great Hornbill
• Great Myna
• Great Stone-curlew
• Green-backed Tit
• Green-billed Malkoha
• Green Imperial Pigeon
• Green Peafowl
• Green-tailed Sunbird
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
• Gray-capped Woodpecker
• Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher
• Gray-headed Fish Eagle
• Gray-headed Lapwing
• Gray-headed Parakeet
• Gray Heron
• Gray Peacock-pheasant
• Gray-throated Babbler
• Gray-throated Martin
• Gurney’s Pitta
• Hill Blue Flycatcher
• Hodgson’s Frogmouth
• Hooded Pitta
• Hooded Treepie
• Hume’s Leaf Warbler
• Indian Peafowl
• Indian Pitta
• Indian Roller
• Indochinese Roller
• Jerdon’s Babbler
• Jerdon’s Minivet
• Kalij Pheasant
• Large Hawk-cuckoo
• Lesser Adjutant
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
• Little Cormorant
• Little Egret
• Long-tailed Shrike
• Mangrove Pitta
• Maroon Oriole
• Masked Finfoot
• Mountain Imperial Pigeon
• Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
• Nordmann’s Greenshank
• Olive-backed Sunbird
• Orange-bellied Leafbird
• Orange-headed Thrush
• Oriental Bay Owl
• Oriental Darter
• Oriental Honey Buzzard
• Oriental Magpie-robin
• Oriental Pied Hornbill
• Pale-capped Pigeon
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler
• Pallas’s Fish Eagle
• Pied Falconet
• Pink-headed Duck
• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon
• Plain-backed Thrush
• Plain-pouched Hornbill
• Purple Sunbird
• Red-headed Trogon
• Red-throated Flycatcher
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Red-whiskered Bulbul
• River Lapwing
• Ruddy-breasted Crake
• Rufous-necked Hornbill
• Rufous Treepie
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta
• Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
• Scarlet Minivet
• Silver-breasted Broadbill
• Silver Pheasant
• Slaty-backed Forktail
• Slaty-bellied Tesia
• Slender-billed Oriole
• Spot-billed Pelican
• Spotted Dove
• Stork-billed Kingfisher
• Streaked Spiderhunter
• Streaked Wren-babbler
• Striated Babbler
• Striped Tit-babbler
• Sultan Tit
• White-bellied Heron
• White-bellied Minivet
• White-bellied Woodpecker
• White-browed Laughingthrush
• White-browed Nuthatch
• White-browed Piculet
• White-browed Scimitar Babbler
• White-crested Laughingthrush
• White-crowned Forktail
• White-crowned Hornbill
• White-rumped Falcon
• White-rumped Munia
• White-throated Babbler
• White-throated Kingfisher
• White-throated Rock Thrush
• White Wagtail
• White-winged Duck
• Wreathed hornbill
• Yellow-bellied Prinia
• Yellow-breasted Warbler
• Yellow-cheeked Tit
• Yellow-eyed Babbler
• Yellow-vented Bulbul
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
•  Zebra Dove

Non-native Birds

• Javan Myna
• Java Sparrow
• Rosy Starling
• Spectacled Spiderhunter
• Upland Pipit

Some of the best birding sites in Myanmar include Hlawga National Park, Inle Lake, and Mount Victoria. The country’s peak birding season is from November to March, coinciding with the dry season.