Water Birds Found in Indonesia: Wading / Seabirds or Birds Mostly found Near Bodies of Water
Water Birds Found in Indonesia: Listing of Birds or Photos
Birds native to, or found in Indonesia that are usually found in or near bodies of water:
Australasian Darters or Australian Darters (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus)
Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Band-bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii)
Ruddy-breasted or Ruddy Crake (Porzana fusca)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
White-browed Crakes (Porzana cinerea)
Barau’s Petrel (Pterodroma baraui)
Jouanin’s Petrel (Bulweria fallax)
Kingfishers – although not strictly “water birds” – they commonly fish in water
Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus giganteus) aka Beach Thick-knee
Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
Schrenck’s Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) – Winters in Indonesia
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)
Chinese Egret or Swinhoe’s Egret (Egretta eulophotes)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus)
Pied Stilt or White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus or Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Grey-crowned Babblers (Pomatostomus temporalis)
New Guinea Babbler (Pomatostomus isidorei)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) or Indian Whistling Duck
Pacific Black Ducks (Anas superciliosa)
Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons) – dabbling duck
Wandering Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Nankeen Night Heron aka Rufous Night Heron and in Melanesia as Melabaob (Nycticorax caledonicus)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) also known as the Black-billed Spoonbill
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) – Wading Bird – Range: Occurs at a few sites in northern Cambodia, southern Vietnam, extreme southern Laos and East Kalimantan in Indonesia
