Bird Conservation in Hong Kong
All birds including their eggs and nests are protected under the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170).
Globally threatened and near threatened bird species
According to the Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 60 globally threatened or near threatened bird species have been recorded in Hong Kong.
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English Common Name
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Scientific name
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Critically Endangered
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Leucogeranus leucogeranus
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
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Calidris pygmaea
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Yellow-crested Cockatoo
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Cacatua sulphurea
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Yellow-breasted Bunting
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Emberiza aureola
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Endangered
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Steppe Eagle
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Aquila nipalensis
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Far Eastern Curlew
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Numenius madagascariensis
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Vulnerable
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Lesser White-fronted Goose
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Anser erythropus
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Christmas Frigatebird
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Fregata andrewsi
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Common Pochard
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Aythya ferina
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Chinese Egret
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Egretta eulophotes
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Japanese Night Heron
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Gorsachius goisagi
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Aquila heliaca
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Saunders's Gull
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Saundersilarus saundersi
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Relict Gull
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Ichthyaetus relictus
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Synthliboramphus wumizusume
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Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
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Grey Plover
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Pluvialis squatarola
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Calidris subruficollis
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Curlew Sandpiper
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Calidris ferruginea
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Near threatened
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Ferruginous Duck
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Black Scoter
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Melanitta americana
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Japanese Quail
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Dalmatian Pelican
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Pelecanus crispus
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Cinereous Vulture
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Aegypius monachus
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Band-bellied Crake
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Zapornia paykullii
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Great Stone-Curlew
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Esacus recurvirostris
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
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Haematopus ostralegus
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Northern Lapwing
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Vanellus vanellus
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Asian Dowitcher
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Limnodromus semipalmatus
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Black-tailed Godwit
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Limosa limosa
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Bar-tailed Godwit
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Limosa lapponica
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Eurasian Curlew
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Numenius arquata
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Red Knot
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Calidris canutus
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Red-necked Stint
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Calidris ruficollis
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Calidris alpina |
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Limnodromus scolopaceus |
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Mountain Hawk-Eagle
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Nisaetus nipalensis
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Japanese Waxwing
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Bombycilla japonica
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Zappey's Flycatcher
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Cyanoptila cumatilis
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Arenaria interpres
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Japanese Reed Bunting
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Emberiza yessoensis
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Black-faced Spoonbill
Great Knot
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Asian Dowitcher
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