Birds of East Timor

List of Common Birds Found in East Timor

Native Birds

• Ashy-bellied White-eye
• Barred Dove
• Barred Honeyeater
• Black-faced Cuckooshrike
• Black-faced Monarch
• Black-fronted Flowerpecker
• Black-naped Oriole
• Blue-capped Fruit Dove
• Blue-eared Kingfisher
• Blue-rumped Parrot
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater
• Brown-capped Fantail
• Brown Quail
• Brown-throated Sunbird
• Buff-banded Rail
• Chestnut-backed Thrush
• Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher
• Dusky Cuckooshrike
• Elegant Pitta
• Fawn-breasted Whistler
• Flame-breasted Sunbird
• Flame-breasted Whistler
• Green-backed Honeyeater
• Green Imperial Pigeon
• Green Junglefowl
• Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon
• Gray-headed Lapwing
• Gray Wagtail
• Helmeted Friarbird
• Lemon-bellied White-eye
• Little Pied Cormorant
• Marigold Lorikeet
• Northern Fantail
• Northern Variable Pitohui
• Olive-backed Sunbird
• Olive-brown Bulbul
• Olive-brown Flycatcher
• Olive-brown Oriole
• Olive-brown Sunbird
• Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
• Olive-headed Lorikeet
• Olive Honeyeater
• Olive-shouldered Parrot
• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl
• Oriental Dollarbird
• Pacific Koel
• Pacific Swallow
• Plain Friarbird
• Red-capped Flowerpecker
• Red-cheeked Parrot
• Red-chested Flowerpecker
• Red-collared Dove
• Red-headed Myzomela
• Red-naped Fruit Dove
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Rufous-backed Kingfisher
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater
• Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
• Rusty-breasted Whistler
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• Slaty-backed Thornbill
• Slaty Cuckooshrike
• Spectacled Monarch
• Spot-breasted White-eye
• Streak-breasted Fantail
• Streak-breasted Honeyeater
• Striated Heron
• Sunda Teal
• Tawny Grassbird
• Timor Blue Flycatcher
• Timor Blue Flyrobin
• Timor Bushchat
• Timor Bush Warbler
• Timor Cuckooshrike
• Timor Figbird
• Timor Fig Parrot
• Timor Green Pigeon
• Timor Imperial Pigeon
• Timor Oriole
• Timor Serpent Eagle
• Timor Sparrow
• Timor Sparrowhawk
• Timor Stubtail
• Timor White-eye
• White-bellied Imperial Pigeon
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• White-breasted Waterhen
• White-browed White-eye
• White-rumped Kingfisher
• White-shouldered Triller
• Yellow-bellied Sunbird
• Yellow-billed Kingfisher
• Yellow-crested Cockatoo
• Yellow-eared Honeyeater
• Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
• Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

Non-native Birds

• Asian Dowitcher
• Australasian Swamphen
• Baillon’s Crake
• Black-headed Gull
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Moorhen
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Garganey
• Greater Painted-snipe
• Javan Plover
• Kentish Plover
• Masked Lapwing
• Pale-bellied Myna
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Pied Imperial-pigeon
• Radjah Shelduck
• Red Knot
• Sooty-headed Bulbul
• South Polar Skua
• Spotted Redshank
• Yellow-vented Bulbul

While the country is relatively small, it offers some excellent birding opportunities. A few of the best birding sites in East Timor include Mount Ramelau, Nino Konis Santana National Park, and Lake Modo. The best time to see birds is during the dry season extending from May to November, as the weather is more predictable, and bird activity tends to be higher.