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GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Pacific Loon	*Gavia pacifica*	Rare/Accidental
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe	*Tachybaptus ruficollis*
Great Crested Grebe	*Podiceps cristatus*
Horned Grebe	*Podiceps auritus*	Rare/Accidental
Eared Grebe	*Podiceps nigricollis*	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Streaked Shearwater	*Calonectris leucomelas*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Spot-billed Pelican	*Pelecanus philippensis*	Vulnerable
Dalmatian Pelican	*Pelecanus crispus*	Vulnerable
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Red-footed Booby	*Sula sula*	Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby	*Sula leucogaster*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant	*Phalacrocorax carbo*
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Christmas Island Frigatebird	*Fregata andrewsi*	Rare/Accidental Critically endangered
Great Frigatebird	*Fregata minor*	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Frigatebird	*Fregata ariel*	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Grey Heron	*Ardea cinerea*
Black-headed Heron	*Ardea melanocephala*
Purple Heron	*Ardea purpurea*
Great Egret	*Ardea alba*
Intermediate Egret	*Egretta intermedia*
Little Egret	*Egretta garzetta*
Chinese Egret	*Egretta eulophotes*	Vulnerable
Pacific Reef-Egret	*Egretta sacra*
Chinese Pond-Heron	*Ardeola bacchus*
Cattle Egret	*Bubulcus ibis*
Striated Heron	*Butorides striata*
Black-crowned Night-Heron	*Nycticorax nycticorax*
Japanese Night-Heron	*Gorsachius goisagi*	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Yellow Bittern	*Ixobrychus sinensis*
Schrenck's Bittern	*Ixobrychus eurhythmus*	Rare/Accidental
Cinnamon Bittern	*Ixobrychus cinnamomeus*
Black Bittern	*Ixobrychus flavicollis*	Rare/Accidental
Great Bittern	*Botaurus stellaris*
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Black Stork	*Ciconia nigra*	Rare/Accidental
White Stork	*Ciconia ciconia*
Black-necked Stork	*Ciconia boyciana*	Rare/Accidental Endangered
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Black-headed Ibis	*Threskiornis melanocephalus*	Near-threatened
Glossy Ibis	*Plegadis falcinellus*	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Spoonbill	*Platalea leucorodia*
Black-faced Spoonbill	*Platalea minor*	Endangered
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Lesser Whistling-Duck	*Dendrocygna javanica*	Rare/Accidental
Tundra Swan	*Cygnus columbianus*	Rare/Accidental
Bean Goose	*Anser fabalis*	Rare/Accidental
Greylag Goose	*Anser anser*	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Shelduck	*Tadorna ferruginea*	Rare/Accidental
Common Shelduck	*Tadorna tadorna*
Cotton Pygmy-goose	*Nettapus coromandelianus*	Rare/Accidental
Mandarin Duck	*Aix galericulata*	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	*Anas penelope*
Falcated Duck	*Anas falcata*	Near-threatened
Gadwall	*Anas strepera*
Baikal Teal	*Anas formosa*	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Green-winged Teal	*Anas carolinensis*	Rare/Accidental
Common Teal	*Anas crecca*
Mallard	*Anas platyrhynchos*
Spot-billed Duck	*Anas poecilorhyncha*
Northern Pintail	*Anas acuta*
Garganey	*Anas querquedula*
Northern Shoveler	*Anas clypeata*
Common Pochard	*Aythya ferina*	Rare/Accidental
Ferruginous Pochard	*Aythya nyroca*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Baer's Pochard	*Aythya baeri*	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Tufted Duck	*Aythya fuligula*
Greater Scaup	*Aythya marila*	Rare/Accidental
White-winged Scoter	*Melanitta fusca*	Rare/Accidental
Common Goldeneye	*Bucephala clangula*	Rare/Accidental
Smew	*Mergellus albellus*	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Merganser	*Mergus serrator*
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	*Pandion haliaetus*
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black Baza	*Aviceda leuphotes*
Oriental Honey-buzzard	*Pernis ptilorhynchus*	Rare/Accidental
Black-shouldered Kite	*Elanus caeruleus*	Rare/Accidental
Black Kite	*Milvus migrans*
Brahminy Kite	*Haliastur indus*	Rare/Accidental
White-bellied Fish-Eagle	*Haliaeetus leucogaster*
Cinereous Vulture	*Aegypius monachus*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Crested Serpent-Eagle	*Spilornis cheela*
Western Marsh-Harrier	*Circus aeruginosus*
Eastern Marsh-Harrier	*Circus spilonotus*
Northern Harrier	*Circus cyaneus*	Rare/Accidental
Pied Harrier	*Circus melanoleucos*	Rare/Accidental
Crested Goshawk	*Accipiter trivirgatus*
Chinese Goshawk	*Accipiter soloensis*
Japanese Sparrowhawk	*Accipiter gularis*
Besra	*Accipiter virgatus*
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	*Accipiter nisus*	Rare/Accidental
Northern Goshawk	*Accipiter gentilis*	Rare/Accidental
Gray-faced Buzzard	*Butastur indicus*
Common Buzzard	*Buteo buteo*
Greater Spotted Eagle	*Aquila clanga*	Vulnerable
Imperial Eagle	*Aquila heliaca*	Vulnerable
Bonelli's Eagle	*Aquila fasciatus*
Mountain Hawk-Eagle	*Spizaetus nipalensis*	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Common Kestrel	*Falco tinnunculus*
Eurasian Hobby	*Falco subbuteo*
Saker Falcon	*Falco cherrug*	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Peregrine Falcon	*Falco peregrinus*
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Chinese Francolin	*Francolinus pintadeanus*
Japanese Quail	*Coturnix japonica*
GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae
Yellow-legged Buttonquail	*Turnix tanki*	Rare/Accidental
Barred Buttonquail	*Turnix suscitator*	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Common Crane	*Grus grus*	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Slaty-legged Crake	*Rallina eurizonoides*	Rare/Accidental
Slaty-breasted Rail	*Gallirallus striatus*
Water Rail	*Rallus aquaticus*	Rare/Accidental
Brown Crake	*Amaurornis akool*	Rare/Accidental
White-breasted Waterhen	*Amaurornis phoenicurus*
Baillon's Crake	*Porzana pusilla*	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy-breasted Crake	*Porzana fusca*	Rare/Accidental
Band-bellied Crake	*Porzana paykullii*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-browed Crake	*Porzana cinerea*	Rare/Accidental
Watercock	*Gallicrex cinerea*
Purple Swamphen	*Porphyrio porphyrio*	Rare/Accidental
Common Moorhen	*Gallinula chloropus*
Eurasian Coot	*Fulica atra*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Pheasant-tailed Jacana	*Hydrophasianus chirurgus*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe	*Rostratula benghalensis*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	*Himantopus himantopus*
Pied Avocet	*Recurvirostra avosetta*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Oriental Pratincole	*Glareola maldivarum*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Northern Lapwing	*Vanellus vanellus*
River Lapwing	*Vanellus duvaucelii*
Gray-headed Lapwing	*Vanellus cinereus*
Pacific Golden-Plover	*Pluvialis fulva*
American Golden-Plover	*Pluvialis dominica*
Black-bellied Plover	*Pluvialis squatarola*
Common Ringed Plover	*Charadrius hiaticula*	Rare/Accidental
Long-billed Plover	*Charadrius placidus*	Rare/Accidental
Little Ringed Plover	*Charadrius dubius*
Snowy Plover	*Charadrius alexandrinus*
Mongolian Plover	*Charadrius mongolus*
Greater Sand Plover	*Charadrius leschenaultii*
Oriental Plover	*Charadrius veredus*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Eurasian Woodcock	*Scolopax rusticola*
Pintail Snipe	*Gallinago stenura*
Swinhoe's Snipe	*Gallinago megala*
Common Snipe	*Gallinago gallinago*
Long-billed Dowitcher	*Limnodromus scolopaceus*	Rare/Accidental
Asian Dowitcher	*Limnodromus semipalmatus*	Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit	*Limosa limosa*	Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit	*Limosa lapponica*
Little Curlew	*Numenius minutus*	Rare/Accidental
Whimbrel	*Numenius phaeopus*
Eurasian Curlew	*Numenius arquata*
Far Eastern Curlew	*Numenius madagascariensis*
Spotted Redshank	*Tringa erythropus*
Common Redshank	*Tringa totanus*
Marsh Sandpiper	*Tringa stagnatilis*
Common Greenshank	*Tringa nebularia*
Nordmann's Greenshank	*Tringa guttifer*	Endangered
Lesser Yellowlegs	*Tringa flavipes*	Rare/Accidental
Green Sandpiper	*Tringa ochropus*
Wood Sandpiper	*Tringa glareola*
Terek Sandpiper	*Xenus cinereus*
Common Sandpiper	*Actitis hypoleucos*
Grey-tailed Tattler	*Heterosceles brevipes*
Ruddy Turnstone	*Arenaria interpres*
Great Knot	*Calidris tenuirostris*
Red Knot	*Calidris canutus*
Sanderling	*Calidris alba*
Red-necked stint	*Calidris ruficollis*
Little Stint	*Calidris minuta*	Rare/Accidental
Temminck's Stint	*Calidris temminckii*
Long-toed Stint	*Calidris subminuta*
Pectoral Sandpiper	*Calidris melanotos*	Rare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	*Calidris acuminata*
Curlew Sandpiper	*Calidris ferruginea*
Dunlin	*Calidris alpina*
Spoon-billed Sandpiper	*Eurynorhynchus pygmeus*	Endangered
Broad-billed Sandpiper	*Limicola falcinellus*
Ruff	*Philomachus pugnax*
Red-necked Phalarope	*Phalaropus lobatus*
Red Phalarope	*Phalaropus fulicarius*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger	*Stercorarius pomarinus*	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Jaeger	*Stercorarius longicaudus*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-tailed Gull	*Larus crassirostris*
Mew Gull	*Larus canus*	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous-winged Gull	*Larus glaucescens*	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	*Larus hyperboreus*	Rare/Accidental
Heuglin's Gull	*Larus heuglini*
East Siberian Gull	*Larus vegae*
Caspian Gull	*Larus cachinnans*
Great Black-backed Gull	*Larus ichthyaetus*	Rare/Accidental
Slaty-backed Gull	*Larus schistisagus*	Rare/Accidental
Brown-headed Gull	*Larus brunnicephalus*
Black-headed Gull	*Larus ridibundus*
Slender-billed Gull	*Larus genei*	Rare/Accidental
Saunders's Gull	*Larus saundersi*	Vulnerable
Relict Gull	*Larus relictus*	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Little Gull	*Larus minutus*	Rare/Accidental
Black-legged Kittiwake	*Rissa tridactyla*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Gull-billed Tern	*Sterna nilotica*
Caspian Tern	*Sterna caspia*
Great Crested-Tern	*Sterna bergii*	Rare/Accidental
Roseate Tern	*Sterna dougallii*	Rare/Accidental
Black-naped Tern	*Sterna sumatrana*
Common Tern	*Sterna hirundo*
Little Tern	*Sterna albifrons*
Least Tern	*Sterna antillarum*
Aleutian Tern	*Sterna aleutica*	Rare/Accidental
Bridled Tern	*Sterna anaethetus*
Sooty Tern	*Sterna fuscata*	Rare/Accidental
Whiskered Tern	*Chlidonias hybridus*
White-winged Tern	*Chlidonias leucopterus*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Ancient Murrelet	*Synthliboramphus antiquus*	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	*Columba livia*	Introduced species
Oriental Turtle-Dove	*Streptopelia orientalis*
Red Collared-Dove	*Streptopelia tranquebarica*
Spotted Dove	*Streptopelia chinensis*
Barred Cuckoo-Dove	*Macropygia unchall*	Rare/Accidental
Emerald Dove	*Chalcophaps indica*	Introduced species
Thick-billed Pigeon	*Treron curvirostra*	Rare/Accidental
White-bellied Pigeon	*Treron sieboldii*	Rare/Accidental
PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae
Yellow-crested Cockatoo	*Cacatua sulphurea*	Introduced species Critically endangered
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Rose-ringed Parakeet	*Psittacula krameri*	Introduced species
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo	*Clamator coromandus*
Large Hawk-Cuckoo	*Cuculus sparverioides*
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo	*Cuculus fugax*	Rare/Accidental
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo	*Cuculus hyperythrus*	Rare/Accidental
Indian Cuckoo	*Cuculus micropterus*
Oriental Cuckoo	*Cuculus saturatus*
Lesser Cuckoo	*Cuculus poliocephalus*	Rare/Accidental
Plaintive Cuckoo	*Cacomantis merulinus*
Asian Emerald Cuckoo	*Chrysococcyx maculatus*	Rare/Accidental
Asian Koel	*Eudynamys scolopacea*
Greater Coucal	*Centropus sinensis*
Lesser Coucal	*Centropus bengalensis*
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae