Birds of Brunei

List of Common Birds Found in Brunei

Native Birds

• Ashy Tailorbird
• Asian Fairy-bluebird
• Asian Glossy Starling
• Asian Koel
• Asian Palm Swift
• Asian Red-eyed Bulbul
• Banded Bay Cuckoo
• Banded Kingfisher
• Black-and-red Broadbill
• Black-and-white Bulbul
• Black-and-yellow Broadbill
• Black-and-yellow Flycatcher
• Black-capped Babbler
• Black-capped Kingfisher
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Bulbul
• Black Hornbill
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-nest Swiftlet
• Black-thighed Falconet
• Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
• Blue-eared Kingfisher
• Blue-throated Bee-eater
• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher
• Bornean Bristlehead
• Brown-throated Sunbird
• Buffy Fish Owl
• Bulwar’s Pheasant
• Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
• Chestnut Munia
• Chestnut-naped Forktail
• Collared Kingfisher
• Common Flameback
• Common Iora
• Common Sandpiper
• Copper-throated Sunbird
• Crested Serpent-eagle
• Dollarbird
• Dusky Broadbill
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow 
• Golden-bellied Gerygone
• Gray-breasted Spiderhunter
• Gray-cheeked Bulbul
• Gray-headed Fish Eagle
• Gray Heron
• Gray-rumped Treeswift
• Great-billed Heron
• Greater Coucal
• Green Imperial Pigeon
• Green Iora
• House Sparrow
• Large-tailed Nightjar
• Large Woodshrike
• Lesser Coucal
• Lesser Fish Eagle
• Little Bronze Cuckoo
• Little Green Bee-eater
• Little Green Pigeon
• Little Spiderhunter
• Long-billed Spiderhunter
• Long-tailed Parakeet
• Malaysian Eared Nightjar
• Malaysian Plover
• Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
• Mangrove Oriole
• Mangrove Pitta
• Mangrove Whistler
• Maroon Woodpecker
• Mountain Serpent-eagle
• Northern Lapwing
• Olive-backed Sunbird
• Olive-winged Bulbul
• Orange-breasted Trogon
• Oriental Darter
• Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
• Oriental Magpie-robin
• Oriental Pied Hornbill
• Pacific Swallow
• Pied Fantail
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon
• Plaintive Cuckoo
• Purple Heron
• Red-bearded Bee-eater
• Reddish Scops Owl
• Red-naped Trogon
• Ruddy Kingfisher
• Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher
• Rufous-backed Kingfisher
• Rufous-collared Kingfisher
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
• Slaty-breasted Rail
• Stork-billed Kingfisher
• Straw-headed Bulbul
• Striated Grassbird
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon
• Whiskered Treeswift
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• White-breasted Waterhen
• White-breasted Woodswallow
• White-crowned Hornbill
• White-crowned Shama
• Yellow Bittern
• Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
• Yellow-vented Bulbul
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
• Zebra Dove
• Abbott’s Babbler
• Amur Stonechat
• Asian Brown Flycatcher
• Banded Woodpecker
• Barred Eagle-owl
• Bat Hawk
• Besra
• Black-bellied Malkoha
• Black Bittern
• Black Eagle
• Black Kite
• Black-winged Kite
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher
• Blue-banded Pitta
• Blue-headed Pitta
• Blue Rock-thrush
• Blue-winged Pitta
• Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
• Bornean Banded-pitta
• Bornean Blue Flycatcher
• Bornean Bulbul
• Bornean Forktail
• Bornean Ground-cuckoo
• Bornean Shortwing
• Bornean Spiderhunter
• Bornean Whistling-thrush
• Bornean Wren-babbler
• Brahminy Kite
• Brown Boobook
• Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher
• Brown Wood-owl
• Brush Cuckoo
• Buff-necked Woodpecker
• Buff-rumped Woodpecker
• Cattle Egret
• Changeable Hawk-eagle
• Charlotte’s Bulbul
• Checker-throated Woodpecker
• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
• Chestnut-tailed Jungle-flycatcher
• Chinese Egret
• Chinese Pond-heron
• Chinese Sparrowhawk
• Christmas Island Frigatebird
• Cinnamon Bittern
• Collared Scops-owl
• Cream-eyed Bulbul
• Cream-vented Bulbul
• Crested Goshawk
• Crimson Sunbird
• Crimson-winged Woodpecker
• Dark Hawk-cuckoo
• Dark-sided Flycatcher
• Dayak Blue Flycatcher
• Eastern Marsh-harrier
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail
• Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher
• Fairy Pitta
• Ferruginous Babbler
• Finsch’s Bulbul
• Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcher
• Garganey
• Garnet Pitta
• Giant Pitta
• Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
• Gray-bellied Bulbul
• Gray-breasted Babbler
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
• Gray-chested Jungle-flycatcher
• Gray-faced Buzzard
• Gray Wagtail
• Great Bittern
• Great Egret
• Great Frigatebird
• Great Slaty Woodpecker
• Green-winged Teal
• Hairy-backed Bulbul
• Hen Harrier
• Himalayan Cuckoo
• Hooded Pitta
• Hook-billed Bulbul
• Horsfield’s Babbler
• Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo
• Indian Cuckoo
• Intermediate Egret
• Japanese Night-heron
• Japanese Sparrowhawk
• Jerdon’s Baza
• Lesser Frigatebird
• Lesser Whistling-duck
• Little Egret
• Malayan Night-heron
• Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
• Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo
• Mallard
• Mountain Scops-owl
• Moustached Babbler
• Moustached Hawk-cuckoo
• Mugimaki Flycatcher
• Nankeen Night-heron
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Olive-backed Pipit
• Olive-backed Woodpecker
• Orange-backed Woodpecker
• Oriental Honey-buzzard
• Pacific Reef-heron
• Paddyfield Pipit
• Pale Blue Flycatcher
• Pechora Pipit
• Penan Bulbul
• Pied Harrier
• Plain Sunbird
• Puff-backed Bulbul
• Purple-naped Sunbird
• Raffles’s Malkoha
• Red-billed Malkoha
• Red-eyed Bulbul
• Red-throated Pipit
• Red-throated Sunbird
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
• Rufous-bellied Eagle
• Rufous-chested Flycatcher
• Rufous-crowned Babbler
• Rufous Piculet
• Rufous-tailed Shama
• Rufous Woodpecker
• Scaly-breasted Bulbul
• Scaly-crowned Babbler
• Schrenck’s Bittern
• Short-eared Owl
• Short-tailed Babbler
• Short-toed Coucal
• Siberian Rubythroat
• Siberian Stonechat
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher
• Sooty-capped Babbler
• Spectacled Bulbul
• Spectacled Spiderhunter
• Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
• Streaked Bulbul
• Striated Heron
• Sunda Blue Flycatcher
• Sunda Owlet
• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
• Sunda Scops-owl
• Tabon Scrubfowl
• Taiga Flycatcher
• Temminck’s Babbler
• Temminck’s Sunbird
• Thick-billed Spiderhunter
• Tufted Duck
• Van Hasselt’s Sunbird
• Verditer Flycatcher
• Violet Cuckoo
• Wallace’s Hawk-eagle
• Wandering Whistling-duck
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• White-bellied Woodpecker
• White-chested Babbler
• White-rumped Vulture
• White Wagtail
• Yellow-bellied Bulbul
• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter

Non-native Birds

• Black-winged Stilt
• Brown-cheeked Rail
• Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher
• Dunlin
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
• Nankeen Night-heron
• Philippine Collared-dove
• Rainbow Bee-eater
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Rock Pigeon
• Spotted Redshank
• Streaked Shearwater
• Waterfall Swift

One of Brunei’s most famous birding sites is Tasek Merimbun, which is the largest natural lake in the country. Several waterbirds have been spotted here, including the elusive Oriental Darter. Other popular places to go birdwatching include Ulu Temburong National Park, Andulau Forest Reserve, and Sungai Liang Forest Recreation Park. The best time to see these birds would be from December to March when it is cooler or during the breeding season of these birds, which generally takes place between September and April.