Birds in Timor-Leste
31 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Timor-Leste has 31 bird species recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 10 summer visitors, 14 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 32,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Timor-Leste in September
10 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Resident
Common Sandpiper
Summer visitor
Whimbrel
Summer visitor
Little Egret
Summer visitor
Greenshank
Summer visitor
Great White Egret
Resident
Little Grebe
Summer visitor
Grey Plover
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Little Grebe.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Timor-Leste each month: most in November (23), fewest in March (4). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Showing 24–31 of 31 species
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
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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