Here is a list of Birds you can find on the island of Phuket, Thailand – in southern Thailand.
Some of these birds are resident and stay all year. Others are migratory and choose their stay based on the weather and rain that occurs much differently during different parts of the year.
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Phuket Birds – Species and Common Names
- Acridotheres tristis – Common Myna
- Aegithina tiphia – Common Iora
- Aethopyga siparaja – Crimson Sunbird
- Alcedo atthis – Common Kingfisher
- Alophoixus pallidus – Puff-throated Bulbul
- Anas crecca – Eurasian Teal
- Anas platyrhynchos – Mallard
- Ardea alba – Great Egret
- Ardea cinerea – Grey Heron
- Ardeola grayii – Indian Pond Heron
- Bubulcus ibis – Cattle Egret
- Calidris alba – Sanderling
- Calidris alpina – Dunlin
- Calidris canutus – Red Knot
- Calidris ferruginea – Curlew Sandpiper
- Calidris minuta – Little Stint
- Calidris pugnax – Ruff
- Centropus bengalensis – Lesser Coucal
- Centropus sinensis – Greater Coucal
- Ceryle rudis – Pied Kingfisher
- Chalcophaps indica – Common Emerald Dove
- Charadrius alexandrinus – Kentish Plover
- Charadrius dubius – Little Ringed Plover
- Charadrius hiaticula – Common Ringed Plover
- Chlidonias hybrida – Whiskered Tern
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus – Black-headed Gull
- Columba livia – Rock Pigeon
- Corvus splendens – House Crow
- Cuculus canorus – Eurasian Cuckoo
- Dendrocygna javanica – Lesser Whistling Duck
- Dicrurus macrocercus – Black Drongo
- Ducula aenea – Green Imperial Pigeon
- Egretta garzetta – Little Egret
- Eudynamys scolopaceus – Asian Koel
- Eurystomus orientalis – Oriental Dollarbird
- Gallinula chloropus – Common Moorhen
- Gallinago gallinago – Common Snipe
- Glareola pratincola – Collared Pratincole
- Halcyon smyrnensis – White-throated Kingfisher
- Haliaeetus leucogaster – White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Himantopus himantopus – Black-winged Stilt
- Hirundo rustica – Barn Swallow
- Hydroprogne caspia – Caspian Tern
- Ixobrychus sinensis – Yellow Bittern
- Ixos mcclellandii – Mountain Bulbul
- Larus ridibundus – Black-headed Gull
- Lonchura punctulata – Scaly-breasted Munia
- Macropygia unchall – Barred Cuckoo-dove
- Metopidius indicus – Bronze-winged Jacana
- Microcarbo niger – Little Cormorant
- Mycteria leucocephala – Painted Stork
- Nettapus coromandelianus – Cotton Pygmy Goose
- Nycticorax nycticorax – Black-crowned Night Heron
- Oriolus chinensis – Black-naped Oriole
- Orthotomus sutorius – Common Tailorbird
- Otus sunia – Oriental Scops Owl
- Pavo muticus – Green Peafowl
- Pelecanus philippensis – Spot-billed Pelican
- Phalacrocorax carbo – Great Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax fuscicollis – Indian Cormorant
- Phalaropus lobatus – Red-necked Phalarope
- Phoenicopterus roseus – Greater Flamingo
- Phylloscopus collybita – Common Chiffchaff
- Pica pica – Eurasian Magpie
- Podiceps nigricollis – Black-necked Grebe
- Porzana porzana – Spotted Crake
- Prinia inornata – Plain Prinia
- Ptyonoprogne concolor – Dusky Crag Martin
- Pycnonotus goiavier – Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Pycnonotus jocosus – Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Rallus aquaticus – Water Rail
- Rhipidura javanica – Malaysian Pied Fantail
- Riparia riparia – Sand Martin
- Sarkidiornis melanotos – Knob-billed Duck
- Spatula clypeata – Northern Shoveler
- Spilornis cheela – Crested Serpent Eagle
- Streptopelia chinensis – Spotted Dove
- Sturnus vulgaris – Common Starling
- Tachybaptus ruficollis – Little Grebe
- Tadorna tadorna – Common Shelduck
- Tringa glareola – Wood Sandpiper
- Tringa totanus – Common Redshank
- Treron phoenicopterus – Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
- Turdus merula – Blackbird
- Vanellus indicus – Red-wattled Lapwing
- Xenus cinereus – Terek Sandpiper
- Zosterops palpebrosus – Indian White-eye
If you find any more species in Phuket that we should add to this list please send a photo, ID, and approximately where on the island you found it.