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 categories of globally threatened species listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (
IUCN), 66 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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Christmas Frigatebird
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Fregata andrewsi
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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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Philippine Duck
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Anas luzonica
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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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Chroicocephalus saundersi
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Relict Gull
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Ichthyaetus relictus
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Synthliboramphus wumizusume
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Styan's Grasshopper Warbler
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Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
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Japanese Yellow Bunting
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Emberiza sulphurata
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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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Threskiornis melanocephalus
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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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Grey-tailed Tattler
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Tringa brevipes
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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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Curlew Sandpiper
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Calidris ferruginea
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Calidris subruficollis
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Mountain Hawk-Eagle
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Nisaetus nipalensis
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Alexandrine Parakeet
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Psittacula eupatria
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Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
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Terpsiphone atrocaudata
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| Ryukyu Green Pigeon |
Treron permagnus
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Japanese Waxwing
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Bombycilla japonica
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Marsh Grassbird
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Helopsaltes pryeri
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Zappey's Flycatcher
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Cyanoptila cumatilis
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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
Falcated Duck
Asian Dowitcher
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