List of birds of Thailand
Common name Binomial Status
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Winter visitor
Little curlew Numenius minutus Very rare passage migrant
Far Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis Rare passage migrant , endangered
Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata Winter visitor
Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica Winter visitor
Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa Winter visitor
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres Winter visitor
Great knot Calidris tenuirostris Mainly passage migrant , endangered
Red knot Calidris canutus Winter visitor
Ruff Calidris pugnax Winter and passage visitor
Broad-billed sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Winter visitor
Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata Very rare winter visitor
Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Winter visitor
Temminck 's stint Calidris temminckii Winter visitor
Long-toed stint Calidris subminuta Winter visitor
Spoon-billed sandpiper Calidris pygmaea Rare on passage and in winter , critically endangered
Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis Common winter visitor
Sanderling Calidris alba Winter visitor
Dunlin Calidris alpina Rare winter visitor
Little stint Calidris minuta Rare in winter
Sandpipers and allies
Order : Charadriiformes Family : Scolopacidae Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers , curlews , godwits , shanks , tattlers , woodcocks , snipes , dowitchers , and phalaropes . The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil . Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat , particularly on the coast , without direct competition for food . The red-necked stint is a very common winter visitor of Thailand .
The birds of Thailand included 1071 species as of July 2019. Of them, more than 100 are rare or accidental, six have been introduced by humans, and eight have been extirpated. Seventy one of the country's species are globally threatened. The birds of Thailand are mainly typical of the Indomalaya ecozone, with affinities to the Indian subcontinent to the west, and, particularly in Southern Thailand, with the Sundaic fauna to the southeast. The northern mountains are outliers of the Tibetan Plateau, with many species of montane birds, and in winter the avifauna is augmented by migrants from the eastern Palearctic and Himalayas. That Thailand's habitats are contiguous with those of neighbouring countries explains the low number of endemic species. In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23 migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. The species most affected are large water birds whose wetland habitat has been largely lost to agriculture, and forest species, as deforestation for agriculture and logging have removed and degraded portions of the woodlands. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The designations as accidental, introduced, and extirpated, and the notes of worldwide population status such as critically endangered, are from Bird Checklists of the World. The notes of status in Thailand, such as winter visitor, are from Lekagul and Round (1991). Species with no indicated status are resident or partially resident non-rarities.