Common Birds in Timor-Leste
Our list for Timor-Leste has 19 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 10 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Timor-Leste in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made