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Laem Pak Bia – Pak Thale Checklist (275 Species : Updated 16/06/19) Laem Pak Bia – Pak Thale Checklist (275 species : Updated 16/06/19) Species in black are known from the site from personal observations. Species in blue are known from the site from the observations of others. Species in purple are known from the site as ecapees. No. Common Name Scientific Name Seen Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica m Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna m Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea m Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus m Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata m Gadwall Mareca strepera m Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope m Northern Pintail Anas acuta m Garganey Anas querquedula m Common Teal Anas crecca m Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis m Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea m Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala m Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus m Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus m Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus m Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus m Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor m Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris m Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis m Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax m Striated Heron Butorides striata Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii m Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa m Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus m Grey Heron Ardea cinerea m Purple Heron Ardea purpurea m Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta m Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia m Little Egret Egretta garzetta m Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes m Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis m Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel m Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger m Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis m Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo m Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster m Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus m Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes m Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus m Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Black-eared Kite Milvus lineatus m Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus m Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus m Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos m Shikra Accipiter badius m Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis m Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis m Greater Spotted Eagle Lophaetus clangus m Booted Eagle Aquila pennata m Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus m Amur Falcon Falco amurensis m Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus m Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus m White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus m Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla m Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca m Watercock Gallicrex cinerea m Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Indian Thick-knee Burhinus indicus m Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris m Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus m Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta m Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus m Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus m Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva m Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola m Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus m White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus m Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus m Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii m Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis m Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus m Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura m Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago m Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus m Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Eastern Black-tailed Godwit Limosa melanuroides Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica m Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus m Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata m Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis m Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus m Common Redshank Tringa totanus m Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis m Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia m Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer m Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola m Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes m Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus m Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos m Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres m Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris m Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba m Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis m Little Stint Calidris minuta m Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Dunlin Calidris alpina Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Ruff Philomachus pugnax Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Collared (Common) Pratincole Glareola pratincola Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Little Tern Sternula albifrons Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Common Tern Sterna hirundo Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Rock Pigeon Columba livia Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis Zebra (Peaceful) Dove Geopelia striata Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Eurasian Barn Owl Tyto alba Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia Spotted Owlet Strix seloputo Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Pale-rumped (Germain's) Swiftlet Aerodramus germani Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Pacific Swift Apus pacificus House Swift Apus nipalensis Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis (split from macei) Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus(leucogenis) Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus (salangensis) Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (indochinensis) Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (incei) Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii Indochinese Bushlark Mirafra erythrocephala Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yellow-browed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Thick-billed Warbler Phragamaticola aedon Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris Plain Prinia Prinia inornata Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa White-vented Myna Acridotheres grandis Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Asian Pied Myna Gracupica contra Purple-backed Starling Agropsar sturninus Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica Brahminy
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