FORKTAIL 13 (1998): 69-96

Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994

T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS

During January-July 1994, ornithological surveys were conducted in Nakay-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA), the Nakay Plateau, Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA and Xe Bang Nouan NBCA and briefer visits were made to several other sites, covering parts ofN orth, Central and South Laos (sensu King et aL 1975). Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA, Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA and the Nakay Plateau were found to have the richest community of globally and regionally threatened birds so far known in the Lao protected area system. In comparison, Xe Bang Nouan NBCA was found to have a threatened bird community of only moderate importance. Spotted Wren Babbler Spelaeornisftrmosus was recorded for the first time in Indochina. Eight other species new to Laos were recorded, namely Greylag Goose Anser anser, Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus, Yellow-vented Green Pigeon Treron seimundi, White-bellied Green Pigeon T. sieboldii, Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus, Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler jabouilleia danjoui, Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotinctaand Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae.A further 55 species new for Central Laoswere confirmed, and two others provisionally identified.

INTRODUCTION elements of place names include Ban (village), Phou (mountain), Nong (pool or lake) Nam (river or large stream), This is one of a series of papers (Thewlis et al. 1996, Xe (river or large stream) and Houay (stream). Sites are shown Duckworth 1996, Duckworth et al. 1998, Evans et at. in on Figures 1-3 and their co-ordinates listed in Appendix 3. prep., Tizard et al. in prep.) documenting recent observations All dates refer to 1994 unless otherwise stated. There was of birds in Laos. a long period, from 1950-1990, when no ornithological Faunal surveys were conducted in Nakay-Nam Theun surveys were conducted in Laos. Records from after this National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA), Nam period are referred to in the text as 'recent records'. The Theun Extension Proposed NBCA, the Nakay Plateau, Xe only recent records which the authors are aware of up to the Bang Nouan NBCA and several minor sites duringJ anuary- end of the period covered by this paper are those July 1994, as part of a programme conducted by the incorporated in the following sources: Robichaud (1992), Wildlife Conservation Society in conjunction with the Thewlis et al. (1996), Salter (1993) and the records of the Centre for Protected Areas and Watershed Management of Asian Waterfowl Census. Subsequent records were available the Department of Forestry of the Ministry of Agriculture for comparison from Duckworth (1996), Duckworth et al. and Forestry of the Government of Laos. Rapid assessments (1998), Evans et al. (in prep.) and Tizard et al. (in prep.). of populations of birds and large mammals were the main Reviews of historical records are based heavily on the objectives, concentrating on species of elevated conservation checklist and bibliography of Indochinese ornithology concern (termed 'Key species'). This paper discusses bird (Mlikovsky and Inskipp in prep.) which lists most or all communities and new distributional data: detailed accounts published and unpublished references for each species. of individual Key bird species are presented by Thewlis et Key species are defined as birds of recognized conservation al. (in prep.) and records of mammals in a number of concern in the following categories: Globally Threatened papers, principally Evans et al. (in prep.). and Globally Near-threatened (following Collar et at. 1994), At Risk in Laos, Potentially At Risk in Laos and Little Known in Laos (Thewlis et al. in prep.). ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

BM(NH) The Natural History Museum, Tring, U.K. STUDY SITES AND COVERAGE NBCA National Biodiversity Conservation Area Conventions follow Thewlis et at. (1996). The terms North, Figure 1 shows the locations of all major and minor study Central and South Laos refer to the regions described by sites. King et al. (1975). Central Laos is bounded in the south by the course of the Xe Banghiang and in the north by a line Main study sites and survey dates running East-North-East to a point a little north of Ban Nape (Figure 1). Habitat classification follows Thewlis et Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA, Central Laos. at. (in prep.), based on Round (1988). Species order and 8 person-weeks during 7 January - 30 April. taxonomy follow Inskipp et al. (1996). See Timmins and Evans (1994) and WCS (1996b). Figure 2. Place names are based on the 1:100,000 maps of the most recent series ofthe Lao Service Geographique d'Etat, The reserve covers about 3,445 km2 of the Annamite which use French transliterations of the original Lao Mountains and adjacent N akay Plateau (treated as a separate pronunciations. For sites not mapped the authors have study site, below) in the provinces of Khammouane and transliterated the locally used name asbest they can. Common Bolikhamsai. The reserve is dominated by dry broadleaved 70 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

IOOOE I02°E I04°E I06°E

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Figure 1. Laos, showing localities mentioned in the text

evergreen forest from 500-1,800 m, much of it in excellent (surveyed during 7-18 April), stunted mossy upper montane condition. This is probably one of the largest and most forest at 1,800-2,284 m (14-15 April) and semi-evergreen pristine areas of this habitat in the Annamites. Other forest at 200-500 m along the southern border of the reserve habitat types surveyed included forest in the east of the (10-11 March). reserve at 1,400-1,800 m which is dominated on ridge-tops Some parts of the reserve received additional coverage in and valley-sides by a cypress-like conifer Fokienia hodginsii 1995 (Duckworthetal. 1998) and 1996 (Tizardetal. inprep.). Forktail 13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 71

VOQUANG Pha Hua NATURE (Sire4) . RESERVE VIETNAM

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Figure 2. Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA and surroundings

The reserve is linked by an unprotected corridor of logging road already allowed easy access to formerly remote habitat to the karst habitats of Hin Namno NBCA to the forest up to 1,100 m. Road construction and Fokienia logging south. This corridor has been recommended for improved had apparently ceased by early 1995 but this may be temporary. protection (Berkmiiller et al. 1995). Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA, North Laos. During the survey, logging of Fokienia hodginsii was taking place in the mountainous heart of the reserve. The 3 person-weeks during 24 }anuary-2 February; and several target area was at around 1,500 m in the headwaters ofN am visits in April. Xot and the logs were being removed by helicopter. A road See Timmins and Evans (1994) and WCS (1996b). Figure 2. had been built to allow access from outside the reserve to the The extension was proposed by Berkmiiller et al. (1995). lowland enclave of Ban Navang and from there construction It covers about 550 km2, stretching north from Nam Phao was underway to extend the road right across the remotest along the Lao-Vietnamese border. In 1994 the southern parts ofthe reserve to reach the logging area and allow timber extremity of this area was surveyed, around Nam Kwai east to be removed by truck. By April 1994 this high-altitude of Ban Nape. The Nam Kwai area was dominated by wet 72 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

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Figure 3. Xe Bang Noaun NBCA

evergreen forest. This appears to occur in the area because a few hectares during the survey, in the wet season they may the summit ridges of the Annamites are relatively low be much more extensive. The largest visited was Nong (below 1,000 m) and do not bar the passage of rain-clouds Boua, which during the February visit was a shallow pool carried by the south-easterly winter monsoons. Since the less than 100 m in diameter with some short emergent site also experiences the south-westerly summer monsoons vegetation and an extensive bare, heavily grazed margin. which bring rain to the rest of Laos it has a much less Previous coverage of the Nakay Plateau is mentioned pronounced dry season than the rest of the country. This under the Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA, above. forest type may be similar to the 'everwet' forest occurring The Nakay Plateau received additional coverage in 1995 in neighbouring Vu Quang Nature Reserve in Vietnam (Duckworth et al. 1998) and 1996 (Tizard et at. in prep.). (MacKinnon and Dung 1992). On the basis of topography A large reservoir is planned for the Nakay Plateau as part of it is also predicted to occur extensively further north in the the Nam Theun II Hydroelectric Project. Salvage logging and proposed reserve. road construction had begun at the time of the 1994 surveys Two scientific collecting expeditions have visited the and 1996 had destroyed very extensive areas offorest. However, Nam Theun Extension and the Nakay Plateau. The Fourth at the time of writing there was some doubt as to whether the Expedition to French Indochina, led by Jean Delacour, project would go ahead, due to controversy about the visited for less than four weeks during January-February involvement of the World Bank (Anon. 1995, 1996). A large 1928 (Delacour 1929). The Legendre Indochina Expedition proportion of the Nakay Plateau, including the vast majority visited for ten days in January 1932 (Dickinson 1970). of the rivers and streams, would be inundated by the project. They both visited the wet forests east of Ban Nape, degraded Furthermore, a stretch oftheNam Theunfor40 km downstream areas around Ban Nape and the Nakay Plateau (referred to of the plateau may cease to flow for much of the year. as either 'Nam Theun' or 'Nakay'), the only parts of the area then accessible by car. Parts of the Nam Theun Extension Xe Bang Nouan NBCA, South Laos. received further coverage in 1996 (Tizard et al. in prep.). Six person-weeks, 27 May - 8 July. See WCS (1996a). Figure 3. Nakay Plateau, Central Laos. The reserve covers 1,300 km2 in the provinces of 10 person-weeks during 5 February-l May. Savannakhet and Salavan, comprising two flat lowland See Timmins and Evans (1994), WCS (1995) and WCS portions (280-3'50 m in the east, 130-240 m in the west) (1996b). Figure 2. divided by a central range of hills that exceed 1,200 m, with The Nakay Plateau covers about 1,250 km2 of which other high hills along the north-eastern margin. Surveys about 350 km2 lies within Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA. A were mainly below 800 m. The reserve includes nearly the large area also lies in the Nam Theun Corridor Proposed entire watershed of the Xe Bang-Nouan River and is wholly NBCA, which would link Nakay Nam Theun NBCA with surrounded by villages and cultivated land. Khammouane Limestone NBCA. The Plateau is at 500- Both the Eastern and Western lowland areas are a mosaic 600 m and at the time of the survey supported an old growth of dry dipterocarp forest, other open habitat and denser pine/semi-evergreen forest mosaic, the broad-leaved trees mixed deciduous/semi-evergreen forest. The denser forests predominating along major rivers, streams and other have been heavily degraded by past commercial logging and depressions, the frequently burnt pines occupying drier, include numerous abandoned villages. The lowlands are slightly raised areas. There were also large areas of scrub heavily used by local people, with the Xe Bang-Nouan river and cultivation on the Plateau, around the margins of the the focus of activity. The Central Hills are a mosaic of reserve and in three large enclaves in the major river valleys mixed deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forest. amongst the mountains. Many static wetlands occurred in This area is less disturbed than the lowlands and seems occupied areas of the Plateau. Although most covered only degraded only at its periphery. Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 73

Other sites visited unlikely to have been regular members of the community. Many species were known to be present but abundance was The following sites were visited more briefly. not assessed, due to a variety of reasons. Categorization was 1. Phou Khao KhouayNBCA (North Laos). The southern determined by the number of records, viewed subjectively fringe of this large, mountainous reserve was visited in the light of the ease of detection and identification of the during 21-22 March. The site, near Ban Nakhay, was a bird and the natural density range of the species. gently sloping outcrop of rock several kilometres square at 250-550 m altitude with patches of thin sandy soil supporting stunted dry dipterocarp forest. Ban Nakhay was revisited in 1995 and other areas of the reserve were RESULTS also surveyed (Duckworth et al. 1998). Bird communities at the study sites 2. The Mekong River in Vientiane (North Laos) on 19 February. The accounts concentrate on Key species communities at 3. Ban Pakthoay (North Laos) on 21 May. the main study sites, but non-Key species are also mentioned. 4. Pha Hua (Central Laos) This is part of a spectacular Since Key species records are discussed in detail in Thewlis karst outcrop close to Ban Lak (20). Forest and fields on et al. (in prep.) it was not felt appropriate to reiterate all the a small saddle along the east facing flank of this outcrop information here under separate species accounts. Key were visited on 3 February (4a) and 30 April (4b). Forest species are highlighted in Appendix 2. remained only in areas too steep or rocky to cultivate. 5. A ridge flanking the Nam Theun to the south of Ban Lak Phou Khao Khouay NBCA (20) (Central Laos). The north facing slope is a mixture The brief visit confirmed the continuing presence of Green of scrub and cultivation, but degraded dry evergreen Peafowl at this site, first reported to protected area staff by forest remains on the south-facing slopes. Visited on 26 local people earlier in 1994. At least six calling males were April. detected in the communal roosting site visited, and local 6. The town ofThakhek, Khammouan Province (Central reports suggested birds also roosted elsewhere in the vicinity. Laos). Bird records come from 7-8 January. There are very few sites where Green Peafowl have been 7. Ban Lak Khao (Central Laos). Broad-leaved forest, confirmed to survive in Laos (Evans and Timmins 1995). probably semi-evergreen, on a low ridge and around the feet of karst limestone outcrops amongst farmland. Nakay-Nam TheunNBCA,Nam TheunExtensionProposed Visited on 22-23 May. Two villages nearby, Ban N akayak NBCA and the Nakay Plateau and Ban N ampik, were visited briefly since Green Peafowl This group of sites proved to be exceptionally rich in Pavo muticus had once been reported there. birds. Nearly 400 species were recorded in 1994, and more A number of birds were also observed for sale, dead, in were added in 1995 (Duckworth et al. 1998) and 1996. the market at Ban Lak (20), Central Laos. The exact This is due in part to the great range of altitude and forest provenance of these birds could not be established, but types. Many species, particularly those of higher altitudes, probably included parts of both North and Central Laos were found for the first time in Central Laos, since there from which vendors could easily reach Ban Lak (20) by bus. had been almost no previous fieldwork above about 1,000 m. Despite the great size of the area, hunting has had an METHODS impact on the avifauna in the lowlands, and it appears that Green Peafowl, vultures and breeding storks no longer occur in the area, although the habitat is still suitable. The same field methods were used as in other recent Nonetheless, ten Globally Threatened species and surveys of birds in Laos (Thewlis et al. 1996, Duckworth 21 Globally Near-threatened species have been confirmed 1996, Duckworth et al. 1998, Evans et al. in prep., Tizard to occur during 1994-1995 (there were no additions in et al. in prep.), namely: 1996) This assemblage rivals that of the outstanding Xe 1) Opportunistic diurnal observation, attempting to cover Pian NBCA in southern Laos (Thewlis et al. in prep.). the full range of habitats but with an emphasis on those The Southern Escarpment is the lowest part of the area where Key species were most likely to occur, especially and supported a few species (including Blue-eared Barbet semi-evergreen forest and wetlands. Observation by Megalaima australis, Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes night was more restricted than by day, but occurred at oreskios and Golden-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus) at many sites in the four main study areas. Unknown calls higher densities than elsewhere in this group of sites. The by day or night were often taped for later identification. Nakay Plateau supported both submontane and lowland 2) Boat-based surveys were undertaken on the Nakay species, but the avifauna was primarily submontane in Plateau and in Nakay-Nam Theun and Xe Bang- character; lowland species such as Siamese FirebackLophura Nouan NBCAs. Boats were usually paddled, and diardi, Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella, Banded Broadbill typically 10 km of river were explored in a day. Eurylaimusjavanicus, Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus, 3) Discussions with local people. These provide valuable Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircuscanente, Black-and- indications of the presence of some large or distinctive buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis and Scaly-crowned species/species groups (for example Green Peafowl or Babbler Malacopteron cinereum occurred at low densities. storks). In many cases the reported localities were The lower-altitude rivers, in particular those on the investigated by subsequent field visits. Nakay Plateau, were most notable for their populations of An abundance was assigned for each species at each site White-winged Ducks Cairina scutulata (6-12 occupied (Appendix 2). Common species were typically found daily; home-ranges are estimated, Evans et al. 1997), Blyth's Frequent species were found on more days than not; Alcedo hercules and Crested Kingfishers Megaceryle lugubris, Occasional species were found infrequently and some were Lesser Fish Eagles Ichthyophaga humilis, River Lapwings 74 T. D. EVANS and R. J. 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Vanellus duvaucelii (see Duckworth et al. in prep. for more Xe Bang Nouan NBC A and surroundings, details) and Green Imperial Pigeons Ducula aenea. Tawny Bird communities were apparently quite depauperate. The Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes and Grey-headed Fish Eagle survey took place at the beginning of the rainy season, so Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus were also provisionally identified. calling rates for some elusive species (e.g. Grey Peacock Important non-riverine species on the Plateau includedJerdon's Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum) may have differed from Baza Aviceda jerdoni, Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos, those at other Lao sites surveyed recently during the dry Siamese Fireback, Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus, season. Nonetheless, it was believed that the paucity of Yellow-vented Treron seimundi and White-bellied Green records of Key Species represented genuinely low densities, Pigeons T. sieboldii,Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx probably due to a combination of heavy human pressure, renauldi and White-winged Magpie Urocissawhiteheadi. The relative dryness of the denser forest types and lack of Plateau and adjoining lower mountain slopes between them undisturbed wetlands. supported important populations ofBrown HombillAnorrhinus Of greatest significance were two Globally Threatened tickelli,Rufous-throated FulvettaAlcipperufogularis and Yellow- species, Siamese Fireback and Red-collared Woodpecker vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator. Great Buceros bicomis Picus rabieri, the latter occurring quite commonly in logged and Wreathed Hombills Aceros undulatus were found on the forests, the first time this has been noted in Laos. Near- lower mountain slopes in small numbers. threatened species included Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo. At higher altitudes the rich small bird fauna included Many of the larger bird species expected to occur were not several of regional or even global conservation concern, recorded and are believed to be extinct (e.g. Green Peafowl, such as Spectacled Fulvetta Alcippe ruficapilla, Red-tailed vultures and storks). This was mirrored in the low levels of Laughingthrush Garrulax milnei and Green Cochoa Cochoa many large mammal populations (WCS 1996a). viridis. Regular records of Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros Nonetheless, some hunting-sensitive species were recorded, nipalensis and Beautiful Nuthatch Sittaformosa represented such as Wreathed, Great and Brown Hombills, mainly in significant range extensions and suggested that Nakay-Nam the Central Hills sector. Theun may be of special importance for these two species. The wet evergreen forests in the Nam Theun Extension Selected species accounts Proposed NBCA supported many bird species found mainly at higher altitudes in Nakay-NamTheunNBCA, for example A full list with status assessments for each site and sector is Golden-throated BarbetMegalaimafranklinii, White-tailed given in Appendix 2. The following accounts give further Robin Myiomela leucura, Red-billed Scimitar Babbler details for records which are of interest mainly because they Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps, Blue-winged Minla Minla are either: new for Laos (not listed by Mlikovsky and cyanouroptera, Chestnut-fronted Shrike Babbler Pteruthius Inskipp in prep.), new to Central Laos (not listed for aenobarbus, Eyebrowed Wren Babbler Napothera epilepidota, Central Laos by Kingetal. 1975, Delacour 1929 or Thewlis Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea, Silver-eared Mesia et al. 1996) or seldom recorded in Laos. A few species are Leiothrix argentauris and White-gorgeted Flycatcher Picedula discussed because they exhibited plumage features not monileger. Species found in the Nam Theun Extension but described in the literature or their identification is in doubt. not Nakay-Nam Theun included Striated Yuhina Yuhina Only records which qualify under these criteria are detailed; castaniceps and Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta. if records of a species from certain sites do not qualify, they The wet evergreen forests also held some very important bird are not listed in the text, only in Appendix 2. Accounts of populations, in particular high densities of Crested Argus provisionally identified species are placed in square brackets. Rheinardia ocellata and Grey Laughingthrush Garrulax maesi No records from Xe Bang- N ouan NBCA merited discussion (both of which occurred at lower densities in Nakay-Nam in this section. Theun). Spotted Wren Babbler Spelaeomis formosus was Spotted Wren Babbler was recorded for the first time in found, the first record for Indochina. A pair of Short-billed Indochina. Eight other species new to Laos were recorded: Scimitar Babblers Jabouilleia danjoui was the first record Greylag Goose Anser anser, Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus outside (albeit only marginally outside) Vietnam and raises saturatus, Yellow-vented Green Pigeon, White-bellied the possibility that some other Vietnamese endemics may Green Pigeon, Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus, occur in Laos. Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler, Red-tailed Minla Minla The number and diversity of raptors seemed high in ignotincta and Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae. comparison with other sites in Laos surveyed before and No new species for South or North Laos were recorded in since. Migrant rap tors were seen passing through, including 1994, but 55 species wholly new for Central Laos were a total of 20 Crested Serpent Eagles Spilomis cheela north- recorded, as well as two other species provisionally west over the Nakay Plateau on 5 March; 35 Grey-faced identified. All of these species are highlighted in the Buzzards Butastur indicus north-west over Ban Lak (20) on 'Historical' column of Appendix 2. Two species recorded 18 March and five on 25 March; and 40 or more Black only from Ban Lak(20) market might also be new for Bazas Aviceda leuphotes north over the mountainous centre Central Laos but their provenance was not confirmed. of Nakay-Nam Theun on 15 April. Both were found elsewhere in Central Laos during 1995 The likely impacts of the Nam Theun II project on the (Duckworth et al. 1998). avifauna of the Nakay Plateau have been investigated in In addition to those records which are certainly new to some depth by WCS (1995) but a great deal of additional Central Laos and which are given accounts in the main text, work will be required to assess the full impact. Amongst Appendix 1 lists other species for which previous records birds, particularly significant effects are likely to be from the region are uncertain. Appendix 1a lists the many experienced by White-winged Duck, Blyth's Kingfisher, species, which King et al. (1975) omitted to list for Central Tawny Fish Owl, Lesser and Grey-headed Fish Eagles, Laos despite being recorded there by Delacour (1929). Pied Falconet, River Lapwing, Green Imperial Pigeon, Some of Delacour's records may have been reassessed by Rufous-throated Fulvetta and White-winged Magpie. King et al. and found unacceptable, (in which case records Forktail 13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 75 from 1994 would be new) but others seem likely to have other recent records in Laos are of several parties flying over been overlooked. Appendix 1b lists species which were Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA in 1996 (R. J. Tizard andJ. W. recorded by King et al. (1975) for Central Laos but for Duckworth per R. J. Tizard, verbally 1996). which no published references can be found other than ORIENTALCUCKOOCuculus saturatus Delacour andJ abouille (1940), which is mainly a secondary In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA recorded 7-23 April. source; records from 1994 for these species also represent Commonly heard in Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,400 - the first explicit reports from Central Laos. 1,800 m and in dry evergreen forest in the Houay Morrow GREYLAGGOOSE Anser anser valley down to 1,000 m. A few were heard elsewhere in the On the Nakay Plateau one was seen at Nong Boua on 6 reserve in dry evergreen forest above 1,000 m. One was February. It was associating with about 200 wild ducks heard in forest on karst limestone at Pha Hua on 30 April (mainly Common Teal Anas crecca and Garganey Anas at 800 m. querquedula). Local people assured us that it was a wild bird. Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no previous In support ofthis, the authors have yet to see a single wild- records for Laos. type domestic individual of any Anser species in Laos. SWIFTLETSCollocalia sp. Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no records for Laos. Flocks of unidentified swiftlets were seen throughout the survey period at Nakay Nam Theun NBCA, the Nakay GREATBARBETMegalaima virens Plateau and N am Theun Extension Proposed NBCA and on In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,000-1,200 m road journeys through Khammouane province (essentially, in dry evergreen forest and present, abundance uncertain, the northern half of Central Laos) over the same period. at 1,200-1,800 m in dry evergreen and Fokienia-dominated Concentrations of several thousand were seen when weather forest. conditions were still and overcast, particularly over deforested These are the first records for Central Laos. lowland valleys (although large flocks over forest might have been overlooked). The region includes extensive karst RUFOUS-NECKEDHORNBILLAceros nipalensis limestone mountains where the swiftlets may breed. We can In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,000-1,800 m trace no previous records of swiftlets from Central Laos in dry evergreen forest and Fokienia-dominated forest. other than a few in 1993 (Thewlis et al. 1996). They were mostly in groups of up to five in fruiting trees. Several groups could easily be seen or heard in one day, the HOUSE SWIFTApus affinis males at least calling often. They were easily approachable, A few were seen amongst flocks of other swifts and swiftlets and seemed to be a prime target for hunters judging by the over the town of Thakhek on 7 and 8 January. numerous remains along paths and in campsites in area These are the first records for Central Laos. where they were present. One was seen flying across the FISH OWLS Ketupa sp. Nam Pheo valley, probably coming from dry orwet evergreen forest at around 700 m. In N akay- N am Theun NBCA there was a day-time sighting of Buffy Ketupa ketupu or Tawny Fish Owl K. flavipes in These are the first records from Central Laos. forest along Nam Xot, at 650 m on 18 January. On the BLYTH'SKINGFISHERAlcedo hercules Nakay Plateau there was a day-time sighting of Buffy or In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two singles and a pair along Tawny Fish Owl in forest along Nam Xot at 520 m on 3 10 km of the Nam Pheo (28 April) and a pair seen March. repeatedly on another stretch of the Nam Pheo and a The river was 20-30 m wide at the locations of both smaller tributary stream (26-28 April). On the Nakay sightings. The observers wish to avoid identifying these Plateau one on the N am Mon, tributary of the N am Xot (15 species using size alone as a criterion until they are familiar March) . with both species, but the March bird was strongly suspected These are the first records for Central Laos. Also present to be Tawny, since it was markedly larger than Brown on the Nam Kwai in the Nam Theun Proposed Extension Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica, which is itself larger than NBCA. Buffy Fish Owl according to King et al. (1975) and Boonsong and Round (1991). Neither Buffy nor Tawny Fish Owl was Nam Kwai, Nam Mon and Nam Pheo are all large then known from Central Laos. Duckworth et al. (1998) permanent streams (up to 10m across) flowing gently over report feathers of Tawny Fish Owl from the Nam Theun 40 sluggish or stony courses through forest (including quite km downstream of the Nakay Plateau, on the border of degraded forest) at 550-650 m. No Blyth's Kingfishers North and Central Laos. were seen on larger, slow-flowing forested rivers at similar altitudes, despite a great deal of survey effort. BROWNWOOD OWL Strix leptogrammica The calls of the birds on the Nam Pheo were noted In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA calls of this species were consistently as 'sit' or 'ship', markedly less shrill than River heard on 11 April in Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,600 m Kingfisher and similar to the soft (rather than the harsh) (identified from tapes by P. Round, in litt. 1996). Elsewhere, flight calls of Slaty-backed Forktails Enicurus schistaceus an unfledged captive bird was seen in Ban Nampik on 22 found on the same stretches of river. This accords with the May and was said to have been caught nearby. description in Fry and Fry (1992) but contrasts with the There are no previous records for Central Laos. relatively harsh call mentioned by Long et al. (1992). [HODGSON'S FROGMOUTHBatrachostomus hodgsoni BLUE-THROATEDBEE-EATER Merops viridis In Nakay Nam Theun NBCA calls provisionally attributed On the Nakay Plateau a party of about ten was seen along to Hodgson's Frogmouth were heard several times during the Nam On on 30 April. April in dry evergreen forest at 1,000 - 1,050 m. This is apparently a very scarce passage migrant in Laos These resembled calls heard in South Laos in 1993 and (David-Beaulieu 1949) and there are few records. The only also attributed to this species (Thewlis et al. 1996). There 76 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail 13 (1998)

remain only two confirmed records of Hodgson's Frogmouths RUFOUS-BELLIED EAGLE Hieraaetus kienerii , in Laos, of singles in the North (Delacour and Greenway On the Nakay Plateau three singles were seen: an adult on 1940) and South (Dickinson 1970) so if confirmed these 5 February and immatures on 15 March and 1 April. would be the first records for Central Laos.] These are the first records for Central Laos. The species fJAvANFROGMOUTHBatrachostomus javensis was first recorded in Laos in the South in 1993 (Thewlis et In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA calls provisionally attributed al. 1996). to Javan Frogmouth were heard on 19 January in dry MOUNTAINHAWKEAGLE Spizaetus nipalensis evergreen forest at 650 m near the middle reaches of the [In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA provisionally identified Nam Xot (one giving the 'gwiir hirr hirr' call, around birds were seen on 20 January at 600 m in dry evergreen 09hOO). On the Nakay Plateau calls provisionally attributed forest along the middle NamXot and on 11 April at 1,400m to Javan Frogmouth were heard on 6 February in semi- in Fokienia-dominated forest.] On the Nakay Plateau one evergreen forest at 550 m north of Ban Sop-On (three was seen in riverine forest beside the lower Nam Noy at 550 together giving the 'gwirr hirr hirr' call at around 12hOO); m on 2 April. Two were offered for sale in Ban Lak (20) 1 March in semi-evergreen forest at 550 m near Ban market on 15 January (but did not necessarily come from N amxot (one giving a loud, slightly descending whistle and Central Laos, see 'Study Sites and Coverage' above). [One later another uttering loud, quavering laughs, both by was provisionally identified on 26 April at 750 m in dry night) and 10 March in another area of semi-evergreen evergreen forest on the ridge just south of Ban Lak (20).] forest at 550 m near Ban Namxot (one giving the 'gwirrhirr There appears to be only one previous record for Laos, a hirr' calls by day). specimen collected at Nan Neune by A. David-Beaulieu on These calls were indistinguishable from calls heard by the 3 March 1940, and originally identified as a Changeable authors in several areas of Laos in 1992-1993 and attributed Hawk Eagle S. cirrhatus (Ripley 1953). King et al.(1975) to this species (Thewlis et al. 1996) but their identity has yet list the species from North Laos and this presumably refers to be confirmed. There remain no confirmed records from to the Ripley record. The Nakay Plateau bird is thus Indochina (Mlikovsky and Inskipp in prep.) .] probably the first record for Central Laos. YELLOW-VENTEDGREENPIGEON Treron seimundi [GREATERSPOTTED EAGLEAquila clanga In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA seven or more were seen On the Nakay Plateau one (provisionally identified) was with at least three Thick-billed Green Pigeons Treron seen before dusk on 4 April near Ban Sop-On flying over an curvirostra and one White-bellied Green Pigeon T. sieboldii extensive area of paddies, apparently in search of a roost on 10-11 March on the Southern Escarpment and another site. 1 km or so away on the same day. This is only the second record for Laos. The first was an Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no previous records for Laos. undated specimen taken beside the Xe Banghiang (the border between Central and South Laos) by David-Beaulieu WHITE-BELLIEDGREEN PIGEON Treron sieboldii (1949-1950).] In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two singles were seen on 10 BLACKSTORK Ciconia nigra March in heavily degraded semi-evergreen forest at 400 m On the Nakay Plateau an immature was seen soaring above on the Southern Escarpment. A Yellow-vented Green the Nam Theun downstream of Ban Nam Theun on 29 Pigeon briefly joined one and the other was with seven February. Yellow-vented and three Thick-billed Green Pigeons in a This is the first record for Central Laos. The species was also fruiting tree. [On the Nakay Plateau there was a provisional record of 1-3 at 520 m near the lower Nam Xot on 13 recorded on the Nakay Plateau in 1995 (Duckworth et at. 1998). March.] Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no previous BLUE-NAPEDPITTA Pitta nipalensis records for Laos. One was seen dead in Ban Lak (20) market on 7 March 1994. If caught locally this would be the first record for Central SPOTTED REDSHANKTringa erythropus Laos, but see comments under 'Study Sites', above. On the Nakay Plateau a party of about 50 at Nong Boua on 9 February and 30 flying over fields a few kilometres to the LONG-TAILEDSHRIKELanius schach south-east next day, possibly involving the same individuals. On the Nakay Plateau one was seen on 6 February at 550 These are the first records for Central Laos. There have m in scrub near Ban Sop-On. been records of single individuals from North Laos (David- This is the first record for Central Laos. Beaulieu 1944) and South Laos (Thewlis et al. 1996) SHORT-BILLEDMINIVETPericrocotus brevirostris JERDON'S BAZAAviceda jerdoni In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA the species was common in On the Nakay Plateau one was seen flying over newly small groups, as part of mixed species flocks, in Fokienia- cleared fields along the Nam On on 5 February. dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. One pair was watched This is the first record for Central Laos. feeding young in the nest on 9 April. These are the first records for Central Laos. CHINESE SPARROWHAWKAccipiter soloensis One was seen for sale in Ban Lak (20) market on 20 April. JAPANESEPARADISE-FLYCATCHERTerpsiphone atrocaudata If the bird was caught locally, this would be the first In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one was seen on 13 April in record for Central Laos, but see comments under 'Study Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,600 m. Sites' above. There are only two previous records from This is the first record for Central Laos and only the Laos, both from the North (David-Beaulieu 1944), although second for Laos, the first being on the Bolaven Plateau in there were several more in 1995 (Duckworth et al. 1998). April 1930 (Engelbach 1932). Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 77

SNOWY-BROWEDFLYCATCHERFicedula hyperythra WHITE-CAPPED WATER REDSTART In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,400 m in Chaimarrornis leucocephalus Fokienia-dominated forest 'and upper montane forest. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two were seen repeatedly Commonest in the understory of areas of broad-leaved during 17-20 January on the Nam Xot at 600 m. forest in valley bottoms. These are the first records for Central Laos. One was also These are the first records for Central Laos. seen on the Nam Phao (Nam Theun Extension Proposed LITTLEPIED FLYCATCHERFicedula westermanni NBCA, marginally in North Laos) at 600 m on 31 January. None was seen along the upper reaches of the Nam Xot at In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,400-1,800 m 1,500 m in April. David-Beaulieu (1944) suggested that in Fokienia-dominated forest and present, abundance the species was an altitudinal migrant in the province of uncertain, above 1,000 m in dry evergreen forest and above Tranninh (roughly equivalent to the modern province of 1,800 m in upper montane forest. Xieng Khouang, North Laos). He thought that the species These are the first records for Central Laos. bred at high altitudes and descended to the lowlands at LARGENILTAVANiltava grandis 300-500 m from November to March. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in [PURPLE COCHOACochoa purpurea dry evergreen forest and at 1,400-1,800 m in Fokienia- In Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA a putative dominated forest and present, abundance uncertain, above record made on 29 January was mentioned by Timmins 1,800 m in upper montane forest. Areas of open, ridge-top and Evans (1994) and quoted in several secondary sources. forest were preferred. The observer has now withdrawn this since the birds could These are the first records for Central Laos. not be distinguished from the unusually dark-plumaged SMALLNILTAVANiltava macgrigoriae Green Cochoas Cochoa viridis recently recorded elsewhere in Central Laos. There are no historical or recent records In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in dry evergreen forest and at 1,400-1,800 m in Fokienia- from Laos.] dominated forest. Areas of broad-leaved, valley bottom BEAUTIFULNUTHATCHSittaformosa forest were preferred. One was recorded on 15 January at In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one was seen alone in dry 600 m in dry evergreen forest near Ban Nakadok. evergreen forest at about 950 m. A group of three and two These are the first records for Central Laos. singles were seen in mixed flocks at 1,500-1,700 m in Fokienia-dominated forest. FUJIAN/RuFOUS-BELLIEDNILTAVANiltava davidi/sundara Elsewhere it is known from 1,300-2,000 m in Bhutan, InNakay- Nam Theun NBCA present, abundance uncertain, in dry evergreen forest at 600-900 m around Ban Nakadok. India, North Burma, north Laos, north Vietnam, small In Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA common at parts of Yunnan and one site in Thailand (Collar et at. 600-900 m in wet evergreen forest near Nam Kwai. On the 1994) so these records represent the most south-easterly Nakay Plateau occasional in semi-evergreen forest at 500- population known, the first records for Central Laos and 550 m. the lowest published altitudinal record. Six males (five during 25-29 January near Nam Kwai and YELLOW-CHEEKEDTIT Parus spilonotus one on 9 March on the Nakay Plateau) showed clearly the In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA present in dry evergreen shining blue forecrown and darker hindcrown which forest, Fokienia-dominated forest and upper montane forest distinguish Fujian Niltava according to Dickinson (1973) from 1,200-2,100 m and common at least from 1,400- and Boonsong and Round (1991). Several also had the flanks 1,800 m. and belly paler than the breast. Most other males seen These are the first records for Central Laos. moderately well were also suspected to be Fujian by these BLACK-THROATEDTIT Aegithalos concinnus criteria. The females are not thought to be identifiable in the field In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA seen four times at 1,000- 1,400 m in dry evergreen forest and twice in Fokienia- The identification and taxonomy of this closely related and dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. possibly conspecific pair are not fully understood (Inskipp et These are the first records for Central Laos. at. 1996) and in view of this we prefer to treat these records as provisional. The only record of either form from Central ASIANHOUSE MARTINDelichon dasypus Laos appears to be the report that an unspecified number On the Nakay Plateau a group of two was watched in were found in January-February at Nam Theun (and the excellent viewing conditions for 15 minutes on 28 February nearby Ban Nape, in North Laos) by Delacour (1929). This along the course of the Nam Theun below Ban Nam record appears to be treated as davidi by Delacour and Theun. They were accompanied by 30 or more unidentified Jabouille (1940), but Dickinson (1973) reassigned it to N. Asian/Northern House Martins Delichon dasypus/urbica. sundara. Thus our records from Nakadok and the Nakay Another party of five Asian/Northern House Martins was Plateau may prove to be the first records of davidi for Central seen on 30 April near Ban Don. Laos. Mlikovsky and Inskipp (inprep.) traced no confirmed records PYGMYBLUEFLYCATCHERMuscicapella hodgsoni ofAsian House Martin for Laos, and the first record for Vietnam In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA there were records of singles was reported as recently as 1989 (Laurie et at. 1989). or groups of two on 8,13 and 14 April at 1,400-1,800 m in Identification was based chiefly on the black underwing Fokienia-dominated forest. All were in broad-leaved valley- coverts, markedly darker than the greyish flight feathers. This bottom forest. A pair was watched nest-building on 8 April. feature was clearly visible due to the elevated viewpoint, so the These are the first records for Central Laos. The only birds were seen against a dark neutral background. Supporting other records for Laos are from the Bolaven Plateau in 1993 features were the shallow tail fork and sullied chest, but see (Thewlis et at. 1996) Duckworth et at. (1998) for a discussion of these features. 78 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

MOUNTAINBULBULHypsipetes mcclellandii dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m and pre~ent in upper In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in montane forest above 1,800 m. dry evergreen and Fokienia-dominated forest and present, These are the first records for Central Laos. abundance uncertain, in mossy upper montane forest above RUFOUS-FACEDWARBLERAbroscopus albogularis 1,800 m. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA found from 600-1,800 m in These are the first records for Central Laos. dry evergreen forest and Fokienia-dominated forest. It was SLATY-BELLIEDTESIA Tesia olivea commonest above 1,000 m. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common in dry evergreen These are the first records for Central Laos. forest above 1,000 m and in Fokienia-dominated forest at GREATERNECKLACEDLAUGHINGTHRUSHGarrulax pectoralis 1,400-1,800 m and present, abundance uncertain, in upper montane forest above 1,800 m. In Nakay~Nam Theun NBCA parties on 8 and 9 April in Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. On the Nakay There are no known records trom Central Laos. Delacour Plateau parties on 28 February and 2 March in semi- (1929) reported the similar Grey-bellied Tesia T. cyaniventer evergreen forest at 520 m. from east of Ban Nape, on the border of North and Central Lesser N ecklaced Laughingthrushes Garrulax monilegerwere Laos, but only Slaty-bellied was recorded there in 1994. At also present in these areas, sometimes in the same mixed-species the time of Delacour's record the taxonomy of these two flocks, and there were several records which could not be tesias was uncertain. It is therefore possible that some assigned to species. These are the first records trom Central confusion surrounds the naming of these tesias in historical Laos. accounts and a careful review of all existing specimens is needed. CHESTNUT-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH JAPANESEBUSH WARBLERCettia diphone Garrulax erythrocephalus In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one was seen on 4 March In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,800 m in in a large bamboo thicket amongst scrub and farmland at upper montane forest on Phou Laoko, with one record from 520 m near Ban Soupen. an isolated summit away trom this area at 1,750 m. This is the first record for Central Laos. These are the first records from Central Laos. RED-TAILED LAUGHINGTHRUSHGarrulax milnei [SULPHUR-BREASTEDWARBLERPhylloscopus ricketti On the Nakay Plateau one was seen in semi-evergreen In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA five records in dry evergreen forest at 520 m on 27 February. forest at 1,000-1,200 m and two records in Fokienia- dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. This is the first record for Central Laos, but remains These are the first records from Central Laos. provisional in view of the presence of a similar, apparently undescribed form of Phylloscopus warbler in a nearby part of SHORT-TAILEDSCIMITARBABBLERJabouilleia danjoui Central Laos (Duckworth et al. 1998).]. In Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA a party of two WHITE-TAILEDLEAF WARBLERPhylloscopus davisoni was seen at 750 m on 28 January in wet evergreen forest near Nam Kwai In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in dry evergreen forest, Fokienia-dominated forest and upper Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no previous montane forest. records for Laos. The species was previously thought These are the first records for Central Laos. endemic to Vietnam (Collar et al.1994). STREAK-BREASTEDIWHITE-BROWED SCIMITAR BABBLER YELLOW-VENTEDWARBLERPhylloscopus cantator Pomatorhinus ruficollislschisticeps In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common in dry evergreen forest at 600-750 m around Ban Nakadok and the middle In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA four records, as follows: Nam Xot. On the Nakay Plateau frequent in semi- 11 January, 650 m, above Ban Nakadok. One seen with evergreen forest at 520-550 m around Ban Namxot. streaks on the sides of the breast meeting across the middle, These are the first records for Central Laos. Individuals a pale area below that and streaks across the belly. often joined mixed flocks and called frequently. The latest 13 April, 1,100 m, dry evergreen forest above Ban N avang. record was of four separate individuals near Ban Narnxot One seen with slight brown streaking on the sides of the breast. on 8 March. 16 April, 1,000 m, dry evergreen forest above Ban Navang. One seen with streaks on breast sides, which met across the LEMON-RUMPEDWARBLERPhylloscopus chloronotus top of the breast. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA frequent in Fokienia- 17 April, 1,600 m Fokienia-dominated forest. Two seen dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. with heavy streaking along flanks and sides of breast. These are the first records for Central Laos. On the Nakay Plateau two records as follows: GREY-CHEEKEDWARBLERSeicercus poliogenys 6 February, 520 m, Nakay Plateau. Two seen with faim In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,400-1,800 m streaking on the sides of breast almost meeting across the in Fokienia-dominated forest (preferring the lusher, broad- centre. Lower flanks and lower belly brownish. leaved forest of the valley floors) and present, abundance 4 March, 520 m, Nakay Plateau. One seen with the sides uncertain, above 1,800 m in upper montane forest. of the breast strongly washed brown and streaked white. These are the first records for Central Laos. They showed Centre of the breast flecked brown, flanks with scattered yellow throats, creamy chins and all grey lores. brown streaks. CHESTNUT-CROWNEDWARBLERSeicercus castaniceps All eight of these birds were less well-streaked than any In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one on 12 April at about ruficollis in the collection of the BM(NH). However, seven I, I 00 m in dry evergreen forest, locally common in valley-: of them were markedly more heavily streaked than normal bottom broad-leaved forests in the area of Fokienia- schisticeps.Afewspecimens trom Laos, labelled P. r. beaulieui, Forktail 13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 79 have less extensive and more variable streaking than most the dull brown underparts. However, all the skins examined ruficollis and so come closest to the well-streaked birds in the BM(NH) showed white spotting on the breast and seen in 1994, but even beaulieui tends to show a completely particularly the throat (though this was rather streaked breast and only one, a specimen from Tengyueh inconspicuous on some), whereas the 1994 bird apparently in west-central Yunnan, has a pale, unmarked breast had none. patch below a streaked breast band, a feature shown by The species was known from Mount Victoria (Burma) several of the 1994 birds. The bird of 13 April was and nowhere else in South-East Asia (King et at. [1975]; see indistinguishable from White-browed Scimitar Babbler, also the lack of records in Mlikovsky and Inskipp [in prep.]) but the identity of the others remains uncertain. The N am so this constitutes the first record for Indochina. There is a Theun headwaters may well represent a zone of subsequent record from northern Vietnam (Robson 1995). hybridization between these two forms, which elsewhere The nearest known population is in Yunnan (King et at. in their range act as distinct species (see Duckworth et at. 1975). 1998 for further discussion). The numbers of the illustrations of S. formosus and S. RED-BILLEDSCIMITARBABBLERPomatorhinus ochraceiceps troglodytoides in Etchecopar and Hue (1983) are apparently In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA frequent or occasional to transposed, which can cause confusion. common from 600-1,800 m in dry evergreen forest and BABBLERStachyris sp. Fokienia-dominated forest. On the Nakay Plateau a babbler, closely resembling 'Buff- These are the first records for Central Laos. chested Babbler Stachyris ambigua' as described by King CORAL-BILLEDSCIMITARBABBLERPomatorhinus ferruginosus et at. (1975), was seen in a large thicket of tall bamboos at In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,000-1,400 m 500 m near Ban Soupen on 4 March 1994. Its call was an in dry evergreen forest and noticeably commoner in often-repeated, mellow 'hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo' Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. without an introductory first note. The call was also heard These are the first records from Central Laos. in degraded habitats near Ban Namxot and Ban Sop-On. The birds were very markedly paler below than those There are considerable differences of opinion over the pictured in Boonsong and Round (1991). There are only taxonomy of this group, which King et at. (1975) placed in two skins of the Indochinese race orientalis in the BM four species - S. ambigua, S. ruficeps,S. rufifrons and S. (NH) but comparison of these with our field notes and rodolphei (the last of which is not reported from Indochina). photographs of an individual netted in Nakay-Nam Theun The subtle plumage colours in this group change significantly NBCA suggests that birds there are paler below than after death, making the use of skins rather difficult. orientalis and might represent a new race. They were Examination of skins at the BM(NH) suggests the Nakay whitish below, washed light brown, with a wholly white bird was closest to Stachyris rufifrons insuspecta (which is chin and throat standing in slight contrast. They were not known from southern Laos) or Stachyris ruficeps ruficeps wholly white below, unlike the birds seen on the Bolaven (from Burma). Deignan (1939) suggested these two forms Plateau in 1993 (Thewlis et at. 1996) which may thus may be conspecific. Inskipp et at. (1996) lump S. rufifrons represent another new form, or the extreme of a cline (C. and S. ambigua in S. rufifrons and retain S. ruficeps as a full Robson, in litt. 1995). species. No member of this species group is currently known from Central Laos. An occupied nest with three eggs was found on 13 April at 1,200 m. It was about 50 cm above ground on the side CUTIA Cutia nipalensis ofa low mound amongst a pile ofleaves and twigs. The nest In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two on 14 April in Fokienia- cavitywas conical, about 15 cm deep and 10 cm wide at the dominated forest at 1,750 m. mouth, and sloped gently upwards. The nest was constructed This is the first record from Central Laos. oftwigs, leaves and fronds from rattans and ferns. The eggs were pure white. When one of the adults was mist-netted, WHITE-BROWEDSHRIKEBABBLERPteruthius flaviscapis twoother individuals circled the observers repeatedly making In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in scolding calls and feigning injury to distract them. dry evergreen forest, Fokienia-dominated forest and upper montane forest. Many appeared to be holding territory, and PYGMYWRENBABBLERPnoepyga pusilla a nest was found on 22 April. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one was seen on 13 April in These are the first records from Central Laos. thick vegetation along the banks of Nam Xot at 1,500 m. Calls taped in the same area on 10 April were subsequently BLACK-EAREDSHRIKEBABBLERPteruthius melanotis identified as this species (C. Robson and P. Round, in In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA there were four records in litt.1994) . dry evergreen forest above 1,000 m and three in Fokienia- These are the first records for Central Laos. dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. These are the first records from Central Laos. SPOTTEDWRENBABBLERSpelaeomis formosus In Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA calls recorded CHESTNUT-EAREDSHRIKEBABBLERPteruthius aenobarbus from wet evergreen forest at 600-900 m near Nam Kwai In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA singles on 13 and 14 April on several dates during 24 January - 2 February were in Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. identified as this species by C. Robson (in litt. 1994). There These are the first records from Central Laos. was also a sighting on 30 January in the same area, but SPECTACLEDBARWINGActinodura ramsayi this remains provisional. It was clearly a Spelaeomis and resembledformosus closely in body size, tail shape and size, In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA frequent in Fokienia- bill structure, the large pale feet, the warm brown remiges, dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m and present down to rectrices and rump all finely barred with black, the dark 1,000 m in dry evergreen forest. brown upperparts and head with fine white speckles and These are the first records from Central Laos. 80 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

BLUE-WINGEDMINLAMinla cyanouroptera These are the first records from Central Laos. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,400 m in GOLDENP ARROTBILLParadoxomis verreauxi Fokienia-dominated forest and upper montane forest, and In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two groups of two were seen present, abundance uncertain, in dry evergreen forest down on 8 April in Fokienia-dominated forest at about 1,500 m. to 1,000 m. They were in tall herbage and bamboo in dense broad- These are the first records from Central Laos. leaved valley-bottom forest. CHESTNUT-TAILEDMINLAMinla strigula These are the first records from Central Laos. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA very common in upper MRS GOULD'S SUNBIRDAethopyga gouldiae montane forest above 1,800 m on Phou Laoko and seen In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA frequent at 1,000-1,400 m on an isolated summit away from this area at 1,750 m. in dry evergreen forest and common at 1,400-1,800 m in There are no previous records for Central Laos. Fokienia-dominated forest. Ibm-TAILED MINLAMinla ignotincta These are the first records for Central Laos. In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common in mixed-species GREEN-TAILEDSUNBIRDAethopyga nipalensis flocks above 1,400 m in both Fokienia-dominated forest In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,800 m in and upper montane forest. upper montane forest, where it apparently replaced Mrs Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) traced no previous Gould's Sunbird. records for Laos These are the first records for Central Laos. RUFOUS-WINGEDFULVETTAAlcippe castaneceps FORK-TAILEDSUNBIRDAethopyga christinae In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,000 m in In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common in both wet and dry evergreen forest, Fokienia-dominated forest and upper montane forest. dry evergreen forests at 600-1,000 m. It co-existed at these altitudes with smaller numbers of Black-throated Sunbirds These are the first records from Central Laos. Aethopyga saturata. Present, but scarcer, in dry evergreen SPECTACLEDFULVETTAAlcippe ruficapilla forest up to 1,400 m. On the Nakay Plateau present, though In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA two were seen on 15 April not common, in broad-leaved evergreen forest strips at 2,100 m in upper montane forest on the main ridge of amongst pines at 500-600 m. Phou Laoko. Remarkably, previous collectors who visited some of This is the first record for Central Laos. The race of these these sites overlooked it. Mlikovsky and Inskipp (in prep.) birds is not clear but in comparison with known races they traced no records from Laos. were notable for their thin eyerings (which were pale but CHESTNUT-EAREDBUNTINGEmberizafucata' not white), their lack of a distinct wing pattern and the On the Nakay Plateau, one on 7 February in scrub at 550 indistinctly marked throat, with whitish streaking. Eames et m near Ban Sop-On. Elsewhere, one in fields 3 km north at. (1994) treated the record as A. r. danisi, based on field of Ban Lak (20) on 3 February. notes from RJT. These are the first records for Central Laos. RUSTY-CAPPEDFULVETTAAlcippe dubia CHESTNUTBUNTINGEmberiza rutila In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common in Fokienia- In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA one on 14 April at 1,500 ill dominated forest at 1,400-1,800 m. near Nam Xot in grass clumps beside a helicopter landing These are the first records for Central Laos. Birds were pad in Fokienia-dominated forest. usually seen moving through the understory in twos as part This is the first record for Central Laos. of mixed-species flocks. They invariably showed quite heavy brown-washed underparts, leaving only the centre of Without the cooperation, advice and permission of the National the upper breast whitish. This wash on the underparts Office for Nature Conservation and Watershed Management, seemed more extensive than on any specimens examined in Protected Areas and Wildlife Division, in Vientiane and the district the BM(NH). and provincial offices responsible for the NBCAs the work would not have been possible. We were accompanied in the field by Bill Bleisch, LONG-TAILEDSIEIA Heterophasia picaoides Alan Rabinowitz, George Schaller, Somphong Souliyavong, Boonhom In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common at 1,000-1,800 m Sounthala, Sukotha Vannalat, Pheng Phaengstintham and Sisomphane in dry evergreen forest and Fokienia-dominated forest, and Chai Noi. Weare particularly indebted to Vene Vongphet, Sivanavong Siwathvong, Bouaphanh Phanthavong, Klaus and Unchae Berkmiiller, present, abundance uncertain, above 1,800 m in upper Bob Dobias, Stuart Chape, Veesai, Tomas Jonsson, Gill Timmins, montane forest. John and Angela Evans, Roger Safford, R. Vickery, Mike Bruford, the These are the first records from Central Laos. staff of the Thakhek Forestry Office, Richard Ranft at the British National Sound Archive (Wildlife Section), Guy Dutson, Craig WHISKEREDYUHINAYuhinaflavicollis Robson, Phil Round, Martha Schwarz, Will Duckworth, Richard In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA common above 1,800 m in Thewlis, the manager of the PhouDoi II Hotel, Ban Lak (20) and the upper montane forest, occasionally recorded at 1,400- residents of the study areas. The help of the curators of the bird collection and herbarium of the BM(NH) are also gratefully 1,800 m in Fokienia-dominated forest and present on an acknowledged. The survey was entirely funded by The Wildlife isolated summit away from this area at 1,750 m. Conservation Society, through a grant from The MacArthur These are the first records from Central Laos. Foundation. Will Duckworth commented on a draft of this paper. GREY-HEADEDPARROTBILLParadoxomis gularis In Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA there were sightings of singles on 13 and 17 April at 1,000 m and a party of ten on 18 April at 1,300 m, all in dry evergreen forest, and a single on 13 April in Fokienia-dominated forest at 1,600 m. Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 81

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TomD. Evans, 11a, Yeoman Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BX, U.K. RobertJ.Timmins, 25, CradleyRoad, CradleyHeath, Warley, WestMidlands, B64 6AG, u.K. 82 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail 13 (1998)

APPENDIX 1

NOTES ON SPECIES LISTED FOR CENTRAL LAOS BY KING et al. (1975)

a) The following species were reported in Central Laos by b) The following species are listed for Central Laos by King et Delacour (1929) but not listed by King et al. (1975). Those at. (1975). The sole authority for this seems to be not primary marked NNTINP were found in 1994 in Nakay-Nam Theun published records but the review of distribution by Delacour NBCA and/or the Nakay Plateau, those marked PXH were and Jabouille C1940), who perhaps made use of unpublished found in Phou Xang He NBCA in 1993 CThewlis et al. 1996) sight records, or even inference based on distribution in and those marked DJ were listed for Central Laos by Delacour surrounding areas. Alternatively, the comment 'toute and Jabouille C1940). We have examined most other historical l'Indochine' by Delacour and Jabouille may merely imply sources for Central Laos and King et at. apparently included 'present in Laos' or 'present in Haut and Bas-Laos' and thus all the records they list. perhaps known from South but not Central Laos, rather than BLUE-RUMPEDPITTA Pitta soror PXH, NNT/NP, DJ 'present in all three parts of Laos'. Codes are the same as for list 'a', above. GREY TREEPIE Dendrocittaforrnosae NNTINP WHITE-TAILED FLYCATCHERCyornis concretus PXH, NNTINP PALE-HEADEDWOODPECKERGecinulusgrantia, PXH, NNTINP TICKELL'S BLUE FLYCATCHERCyornis tickelli [PXH], [NNT/ STRIPE-BREASTEDWOODPECKERDendrocopos atratus, NNTINP NP] SILVER-BACKEDNEEDLETAILHirundapus cochinchinensis, PXH, NNT/NP ORANGE-FLANKEDBUSH ROBIN Tarsiger cyanurus NNT/NP WHITE-CROWNEDFORKTAILEnicurus leschenaulti PXH, NNT/ GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus, [NNT/ NP NP] ASHY BULBULHemixos flavala NNT/NP COMMON BUZZARDButeo buteo, NNT/NP PALE-FOOTEDBUSH WARBLERCettia pallidipes ORANGE-HEADEDTHRUSH Zoothera citrina, NNTINP HILL PRINIA Prinia atrogularis MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHERPicedula mugimaki, NNT/NP SPOT-NECKED BABBLERStachyris striolata NNTINP, listed as WHITE-TAILED ROBIN Myiomela leucura, NNTINP Tringhorhina guttata by Delacour (1929) GREEN COCHOA Cochoa viridis, NNTINP STREAK-BREASTEDSCIMITAR BABBLER Pomatorhinus ruficollis MOUNTAIN TAILORBIRDOrthotomus cuculatus, NNTINP [NNTINP) FIRE-BREASTEDFLOWERPECKERDicaeum ignipectus, NNTINP STREAKEDWRENBABBLERN apothera brevicaudata NNTINP, DJ GREY-THROATEDBABBLERStachyris nigriceps PXH NNTINP, DJ Delacour and Jabouille (1940) specifically mention Rusty- SILVER-EAREDMESIA Leiothrix argentauris NNTINP naped Pitta Pitta oatesi [NNTINP) and Blyth's Leaf Warbler STRIATEDYUHINA Yuhina castaniceps NNTINP, DJ Phylloscopus reguloidesPXH, NNTINP for 'Laos central' but do not indicate where they were found, and no primary records BLACK-CHINNEDYUHINA Yuhina nigrimenta NNTINP can be found. LITTLE SPIDERHUNTERArachnothera longirostra PXH, NNTINP LITTLE BUNTING Emberiza pusilla NNTINP Forktail 13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 83

APPENDIX 2

LIST OF SPECIES RECORDED DURING 1994

Key species status is indicated in descending order of concern Legend for column headings bythe codes GT (Globally Threatened), GNT (Globally Near- ddf = dry dipterocarp forest threatened), ARL (At Riskin Laos), PARL (Potentially at Risk def = dry evergreen forest inLaos) and LK (Little Known in Laos). Only the highest code deg. = degraded habitats is given for each species. Fdf = Fokienia-dominated forest mdf = mixed deciduous forest Minor sites are: 1.PhouKhaoKhouayNBCA (North Laos) 21- sef = semi-evergreen forest 22March; 2. Mekong River, Vientiane (North Laos) 19February; umf = upper montane forest 3. Ban Pakthoay (North Laos) 21 May; 4. Pha Hua (Central wef = wet evergreen forest Laos)3 February (4a)and 30April(4b);5. Aridgesouth ofBan Lak (20) (Central Laos) 26 April; 6. Thakhek, Khammouane Footnotes to Appendix 2 Province (Central Laos) 7-8 January; 7. Ban Lak Khao (Central 1. Laced Woodpecker. Showed a strong preference for second Laos) 22-23 May. growth rather than tall forest. 2. Wreathed Hornbill. Recorded once at 700 m in logged dry Provisional identifications are in square brackets. If all records evergreen forest above Ban Navang. are provisional, the species name is also in square brackets. 3. Dollarbirds. Recorded commonly March onwards. They may be seasonal visitors. Subjectiveassessment ofabundance is denoted by C (Common), 4. Indian Cuckoo. Heard commonly only after the first week of F (Frequent) or 0 (Occasional), as described in the text. Many March. species were known to be present (P) but abundance was not 5. Plaintive Cuckoo. Present in second growth near Ban N avang. assessed,due to a variety ofreasons. Where a species occurrence 6. Drongo Cuckoo. Apparently seasonal callers - no calls wasparticularly patchy, the code is prefixed with L (Local). [R] before late February; heard daily thereafter. indicates that apparently reliable local reports were received. 7. Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo. Apparently seasonal callers. The 'Historical' column summarizes historical records from the Only heard March onwards. Nakay Plateau and Nam Theun Extension Proposed NBCA, 8. Green pigeon. Type B covers calls indistinguishable from T. and indicates the significance of the 1994 records. D =recorded curvirostra. byDelacour (1929), Dl = Ban Nape, D2 = 'Nam Theun', D3 9. Green pigeon. Type A covers calls unlike T. curvirostraand ='Nakay'. L =recorded by the Legendre expedition (Dickinson sightings of larger, wedge-tailed birds. 1970), Ll = Ban Nape, L3 = 'Nakay'. NL indicates a species 10. Snipe sp. Includes some Swinhoe's/Pintail Snipe G. megalal new for Laos, NCL a species new for central Laos. stenura. 11. Common Snipe. Identified from congeners by distinct call The following additional species were recorded only as dead and presence ofextensivewhite trailing edge ofwing,following birds for sale in Ban Lak (20) market: Barred Buttonquail Boonsong and Round (1991). Turnixsuscitator,Oriental Scops Owl OluSsunia, Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca, Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis, Eared Pitta Pilla phayrei and Blue-naped Pitta Pilla nipalensis GNT. Eared Pitta was also recorded at Ban Nape by Delacour (1929).

SitelXe Bang Nouan NBCA I Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tI1Z -< Plateau "00 0 "rJ' () C 03 Sector IW E Nakay IP ::::: N ~,..., I I Mountains 0:T 5: ::>" " I I l " Lowlands 1 Lowlands Plateau ~ en !en Mountains ::> E: ~I g S' Habitat! p. p. 'd >1j "" 0 ;;- 0 p.eo" g' "" z ~ p. to to8; to '" g' '" 0 0 8; 0 ~ to SSS " s [I I ~ S S p. p. p. E z ~ 8; 8; to 0 9;<1 ~ g S p. I P. g. Q 0 £ rJ' crq Q s p.£ p. s "" ~ 8; 8 p. Q >< 0 e. 00 o"" "" ;< rr S' , 02 p. ~ ! " '1: 0 g, ::> g I & 00p.. 280 ::> l~O 1~0 2~0 n Altitude " ~ 1 SPECIES '" 1mI 240 240I 800I 350 35020 I 5O 560 950 900580 1,0001,7501,800 1,40011'00 2,120I 90060 CHINESE FRANCOLIN C e C L1 V Francolinuspintadea ...'.. RUFOUS-THROATED PARTRID' I Dl V ~!b()r!Jp~il~Lulof£uJa:,is_- -, - ~--- e BAR-BACKEDPARTRIDGE P -'I""r-I--r-- P P V Arborophila brunneopectus 5, Dl .... , SCALY-BREASTEDPARTRIDGE charltonii 0 C F P II Dl V

I,,",,: "1/.. P e F P e CPP L1 V I SILVER Dl ILophura P pi PI P - ~CK Loph,:,,"adia!,!i

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Narn Theun NBCA tI1Z < Plateau ><" 0 "(j' Sectot W (') E Nakay t:d N C 1[3 0 0 ...., ,, Lowlands Lowlands Plateau Mountains Mountains 0,," 00 .a", '" :;" " [ ":; E 8 S' Habitat p. p. '0 00 t:d p. 0 0 p. 0 ;;- 0 S'Z rpp.oo p."" or Z '" '" '" '" '" (Jq 0 S SS S '8 n s 3 p. p. p. 2 [ Z ..,0 f\; '" ( ;;- cr' s"" [' S' p. s p. 0;; 8.:; :; 3 0 (j' "" f\; 8 p. p.0 " 1:.. " ;5: n g "0 " 0 a' S' . ;;' & ,, 0 g: §, :; .., "p.. 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 5S0 600 :; Altitude ------1,000 1,400 1,800 - n SPECIES 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 " CRESTED ARGUS Rheinardia ocellata GT P P C Dl V ...... 1 ...... r.DDD. PD' DW" Pavo mutieus GT 1 V - .m._.._...... -...... -. [R] ...[R] ...... --- LESSER WHISTLING-DUCK 0 0 Dendroeygna javaniea ...... I.... I.... GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser 0 NL ...... - . . ... -. ... I. ..-. ..- ...... WHITE-WINGED DUCK Cairina seutulata GT P D3 ...... NORTHERN PINTAIL Anas aeuta P ... .. GARGANEY LC !l.n.a,s,3tte!.K'teli."la. ------. .------.- COMMON TEAL Anas ereeea LC ...... Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki P ...... ,.... BUTTONQUAIL SP. Turnix P -.-- - - .... . - ...... I.... I. -_ . SPECKLED PICULET Pieumnus innominatus 0 PP ...... WHITE-BROWED PICULET Sasia oehracea PP 0 Dl . -.. .------. ..------.-.. -.----- ..------"-I ...... GREY-CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER [)endroeopos eanieapillus C 0 C P P D2 ... .. () I.., ...... I...... STRIPE-BREASTED WOODPECKER atratus P ...... I...... RUFOUS F P F P V C;eleus brahyurtlL . -- - -.. - - .. - . .. - -...... -- WHITE-BELLIED WOODPECKER PARL PP Dryoeopus javanieus ...... LESSER YELLOWNAPE PFPPF P P P 0 0 Picus ehloroophus ...... m_- D2,D3 ---oo GREATERYELLOWNAPE , Pim< n 0 P P 0 P P 0 ...... I...... I......

C C C/F P C F PCC V Pieus flavinuehalP. ehlorolophus ...... LACED WOODPECKER Pieus vittatus CP F 0 .. - -...... STREAK-THROATED Pieus PARL P P ...... ' ...... RED-COLLARED WOODPECKER Picus rabieri GT 5 C C 0 ...... 1 ...... BLACK-HEADED WOODPECKER Pieus C LF C .-- .:...... --. GREY-HEADED Pieus eanus PPP C F D2 ...... COMMON FLAMEBACK Dinopium javanense CCPF L1 1 ...... - GREATER FLAMEBACK , , lueidus 0 P 0 Dl ...... GREATER/LESSER FLAMEBACK D. lueidus C C LC P C C C P F C V ...... ;.;'" ......

Gecinulus LF ..P ...... - BAY WOODPECKER PP CPPCCCCC D2 V Blythipieus pyrrhotis ...... BLACK-AND-BUFF WOODPECKER Meiglyptes jugularis PP 0 D2 ...... I...... I...... I...... HEART-SPOTTED WOODPECKER Hemieireus eanente PCP 0 Dl ....-.-....-.-- -- -_. ------.------. n._. -- ..-- BLACK'AND'BUFF/HEART'SPOTTED WOODPECKER CFPP V Meiglyptes jugularislHemicireus canente ...... GREAT SLATY WOODPECKER C LF P C V M ulleripicus, ...... - GREAT BARBET Megalaima virens CP NCL V Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 85

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tI1Z -< Plateau 0 " S ",,' Sector W () E Nakay IF s: N c .>-J 0 Mountains 0,," g Lowlands Lowlands Plateau '" '" Mountains "" " [ B . ",, g S' Habitat p. p. '0 P. p."" "" p. '" "' ro ro ro s: p. or top. to to8; to 5 to n (Jq p: 0 BB ro n B B B p. p.B P. ,, " z g 8; to ;;- 3d2 S' p. p. CT a i:f S a ,,' "" S p.i:f P. ". i e;. " 8; . ap. 0 a rT n ". ". ;? " S . p. " 0 ro §, p. " & " 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 580 1,000 1,400 1,800 600 " Altitude 130 ------"() SPECIES fJ: 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 RED-VENTED BARBET V ° C (:: P C C P C...... Megalaima lagrandieri I...... ,C .... 1<= ,...... LiNEATED BARBET 1 C C LC C CCC V .Niegala!..n:.a.{i"eara ------. - \-.- ].._. GREEN-EARED BARBET V F CCPC C P ...... c...... <= 10 ...... ,...... 1 \...... Ir..m C C Dl V .. -.- ...... l.i,:galaima franlinii . .---- ,..-.- ,. \... I... j-<= MOUSTACHED BARBET CC V CP LC LC C ...... 4a,?,! ...... I...... I. BARBET F CC p PPP V australis ...... c...... I...... =.....:..:...... I...... II:' \O I...... I....

7 C FCP V M!.a.ajrrz.a.a."-n:.a,c,"p'aJa...__.... --...... --. ...1' . ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL CC CC V Anthracoceros albirostris ...... ,...... GREAT Buceros bicornis ARL P CP ° ...... I...... BROWN': ...... V Anorrhinus tickelli GNT P CPP PCC -- C Dl, L3 '-'''-' .. -...-...... -...... -..... --..-- --.. RUFOUS-NECKED HORNBILL P CC NCL V ...... Aceros "'1'''"'"'''''...... GT ... I...... I. I..... \.

P PP ARL F ...... -- . .-. Aceros undulatuyj. ... I...... -...... \.... . - 1-

F ...... I... I...... IUpupa epops ...... 1" . TROGON V FC PC PP ...... Harpactes oreskios 5,7 ...... <= ...... ,...... \...... RED-HEADED TROGON 4b PF C P CP C C C Dl V H.arta.ctes "-ryth':,o,c,,,-phalus__.__. .. --- INDIAN ROLLER

Coracias' C C C P ...... ,...... ,...... I.. IT'lm"'DDm ......

LC F ..-- . .. Eurysrrzus orientaJisi) . ...-- ...... I...... --.- ..-.. ,.... BLYTH'S KINGFISHER Alcedo hercules GT ° P .---P .-.--.. NCL ..- -...... --...... I.-...... 1-- \... COMMON KINGFISHER C CPPP P Alcedo atthis ...... I. I.... I.. ,... I......

P 0 Alcedo ... \.-- BANDED C P V Lacedo pulchella.. I ...... I: .... 1° I...... I ...... :.... I.. STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER . C P C C ...... JC.....:...o ...... I...... I.... \... \...... \.. I... Ii';;: ...... ,.... CCP CC PP r-""-"------'----"--Halcyonsmyrnensis .------. BLACK-CAPPED K1NGFISHER ., C CP ...... I... 1<= II... ICRESTED KINGFISHER ° P P -. P Dl ...... lvfegaceryleuguris ...... -- .. 1--...... -... i...... -.. I.. I.. 1--. BLUE-BEARDED BEE-EATER P () Dl V athertoni 4a F CCPC PPPP...... !'...... 1 ...... 1<= ...... 1 GREEN BEE-EATER P Merops orientalis ...... F ...... 1 \...... 1 ,...... ,,; BEE-EATER ° - !Jerops viridi!..____------.-. ------' -. 1--- CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER <= P P LC ...... IMerops leschenaulti ...... I...... \...... ,...... ,..

P P ...... I ...... 1...... I.... \.1' IiNDIAN L.UCKOO C C V Cuculus (4) 4b CPP ....

I ORIENTAL CUCKOO C NL V 4b ...... Cuculus saturatus ...... I... I...... ,... 1<= PPCC CC C V CuckooCacomantissonneratii l,4a PPC ...... u__... .----.. PLAINTIVE CUCKOO Cacomantis merulinus (5) P PP 86 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

Site IXe Bang Nouan NBCA I Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA Itr1Z <: Plateau "II> 0 '"n' Sector I W n E N akay IP N C gS Lowlands I Plateau Mountains -;J g CIJ'HI'g Mountains ""' '" i Lowlands a s' " it g s' Habitat 0. 0. 0 0 '" '"I1 '"" Z 0. '" 8; ;;- g';;- "" ~ a 0 a '" 5: 8; 0 3 [- 3' z 0 ~ 0. 0. 8; 0. '"" z ...... , tl '" 0 [' S' 0. 0. cr" oif 0."" n' "" IIa 0.!f a 0 8; 0 b. 0 :x ""0 i !'.. II> ;;: o "" cJ S' . 0. g " :=; !1: §, " ft II>0. I,()OO 600 " fgAltitude I~O I~O 2~0 2~0 2~0 5~0 5~0 2~0 5~0 5~0 6~0 5~0 I"~OO l'~OO 0 SPECIES '" &I 1m I240I 240I 800I 350I 350I 560I 560I 400I 800I 700I 950I 900I 1,750I 1,800l 2,120I 900 ASIAN EMERALD CUCKOO I f'~_'eM~CCYX maculatus 0 I t . I II LJKVNVV CUCKOO PP P C V _Surniculus lugu~s (6L P ILC I-L- P-!--S=-- -+- -- ASIAN KOEL V Eudynamys scolopacea_____- --+-+--1--+ +.<::_~~- --t- --j- ---. GREEN-BILLED MALKOHA 4a,7 C C C F V Phaenicophaeus tristis --- .. C PC P 1~11' ~_P --I - CORAL-BILLED GROUND CUCKOO I GNT LC P 0 V Carpococcyx renauldi (7) liP I GREATER COUCAL 7 F C ILP P C CCPC ,S!.entropus sinensis ---1-- -~ LESSER COUCAL P P Centropus bengalensis -- ---t--I --r- -+- VERNAL HANGING PARROT Loriculus vernalis C CP V PARAKEET sp, Psittacula P P ,------0--- ._~---" --- -- +- ._-.-.. --1--- --1--- GREY-HEADED PARAKEET C P t.sttacula ftnsc~ - -r- SWIFTLET sp, Collocalia . ."...... 4a P P PPP P SILVER-BACKED NEEDLETAIL P P PA ,!firund:!pus cochinchinensis 1---~2-L P --j --- 1'_"- .1 - 1- --+- ~--- BROWN-BACKEDNEEDLETAIL Hirundapus giganteus - - _._~ PP NEEDLETAILsp, Hirundapus_u - - C ASIAN PALM SWIFT CYP~iu."!,-- balasiensis_____---- FORK-TAILED SWIFT 3,6 IIp'!.s pacijiCli'---_____------P- HOUSE SWIFT 3,6 P .4pus '!!finis ------Nc:.S- ORIENTAL BAY OWL Phodilus badius P p '' " ' "" .. ...1--1 MOUNTAIN SCOPS OWL C C 0 ()tu.sspilocef>haJu.~ .- !'-., , , " """ "" P.. -I COLLARED SCOPS OWL Otus bakkamoena C C - -P~" BROWN WOOD OWL P Strix leptogram",;c{': II BROWN FISH OWL llCIP P Ketupa zeylonensis . TAWNy/BuFFY FISH OWL GNT P P [(etupajlavipes/K. ketu~ -/-- 1-+ I-- COLLARED OWLET ~ Glaucidium brodiei 4a,4b PP --.-.-..-.-..-..-...-.---.-.-.------...-.-.---.-.-..---- _~_L__L_P_L_c:.I-_Ll'J_l'J__J_l' 0 I_-~g- ASIAN BARRED OWLET Glaucidium cuculoides PC crc P PP BROWN HAWK OWL Ninox scutulata +- 1.,~a-1 C ---+-~-I C+-- 1--1-- -+- - --j- SPOTTED OWLET l~l:

1thene bram<:~ -1---- ~I--+-I--t-- [HODGSON'S FROGMOUTH Batrachostomus hodgsonij UAVAN FROGMOUTH Batrachostomus javensis] [4a] [F] [PI] -[NCf GREAT EARED NIGHTJAR 1=1 Eurostopodus m'!..crotis -- ---, - I-f--!- P-+- ]~ I C+_. --.- LARGE-TAILED NIGHT]AR Caprimulgusmacrurus . ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia orientalis SPOTTED DOVE Streptop!!ia chinensis BARRED CUCKOO DOVE Macropygia unchall Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 87

Site IXe Bang Nouan NBCA 1 Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tI1Z < Plateau x.. 0 "(S" Sector I W Q E Nakay ~ ;::: N C ~§S , Lowlands Lowlands I Mountains 0::>" ~ Plateau I en en Mountains ::S" " ~ § ~ [ S or ::s E ~I ~. S' Habitat 0. 0. 0. " it " 5'Z o.t!j g' ;::: ""'" Z ~ S; 0 5: I I 0 SO SO ;J E gs~~ Z Z s [- ~ S; tl S; it g 5" 0. I r II g. g;O

P I P CIP Treron(8) ...... ~ pi l c VI PIN-TAILED GREEN PIGE Treron apicaudCl- ---- P P --- --+ --1- --1- -+- 1- +- -- /- --t- --+- t- - .- -- D~- - YELLOW-VENTED GREEN PIGEON /---t--I Treron seimundi GNT P NLI WHITE-BELUED GREEN PIGEON Treron sieboldii GNT P NL 1 +--1--- [P] -_. - .-.._-. GREEN PIGEON TYPE A -+--1---1---1---1- --I- -+---t-- Treron (9) P P P V -- ---~- ---.---- -1-- 1--. GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON LF V Ducula aenea ~R!-_L- --- 1.__1_1>.1 LP ~-+---t---t---J---i---I --I- --1- -1-- .-.-. MOUNTAINIMPERIALPIGEON Ducula badia c P P c I c c -- ~~I~- IMPERIAL PIGEON SP. P c pucula ------1---1--1 -1 --!---J .£W- W' I- - t- I-- --- WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

A maurornis - phoenicurus F F P I COMMON MOORHEN c c Galljrlula .!.lzl°ropus. - --. -- -..-- --. - -.- - 1- --- .--.-- - - f- --- EURASIAN WOODCOCK P p V Scolopax rusticola -... I. I I ...... t SNIPE SP. 1 I c, c V (]all~nago ~! 0) - -I. -.. -.- -. .-- -- . -1- [- COMMON SNIPE F Gallinago gallinago ~l) .- ----.-- -- 1--- .--.-.. SPOTTED REDSHANK T rin![a. e')!t!,r°1!us . -'1 - -1---1'- --.1.. - L ~. -- -..- MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis ------. ~. 1.- 1--1 --1-+. -t-- --\--- -- COMMON GREENSHANK P TrinKa neb/llaria_- -- -4 ---/ /--+-1--+--1---1 --I GREEN SANDPIPER Tri!'f5!! o~hrop,!s ------.----.- 2 P WOOD SANDPIPER Tri'!.ga glareola - 2 COMMON SANDPIPER .!lcciti'. hY1!()leuco,-- ~~ .- - -.- - - - 21--1 '-1 .-+ TEMMINCK'S STINT Calidris temminckii 2 -I 11-1 PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA 0 Hydrophasianus chirurgus -- - '---1 1 --+ - LITTLE RiNGED PLOVER ICharadrius dubius 2 P

i(Ji!:mSHPLOVER ... Charadrius alexandrjnus

I RiVER LAPWING ------r-- 2 . Vanellus duvaucelii ARL i j-1'- -.- II GREY-HEADED LApWING

Vanellus cinereus Q}J!-I I---I I---~---~--J_2_L

Site <: Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA ><"tI1Z 0 Plateau 0' W 0 E N C gS " Sector Nakay tP 0 ,..., Lowlands Lowlands Plateau Mountains Mountains 0::>" '" '" ::s",, " . ::s §: g i:r Habitat c. C. "0 C. c.tO c. '"Ij '" n 0 0 n n n "to 0 Z c. '" '" ...,c. '" '" g' "" ..., ...,c. ::r0 " " '" S is: S [. 00 S SSc. S n z 0 00 S; S; '" 8; r;- 3'" R '"' 5' c. I C. a' 0 1f 0' [)Q S 3.:; :; s 0 8; 0 . c. c. ". 1:. " n 0 0 0 C1" ;:: " ". ". " 5' n C. ::s ...,n §, ::; "p.. 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 580 1,000 1,400 1,800 600 ::s g! Altitude ------"() SPECIES 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 [GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE GNT Icthyophaga ichthyaetus] ...... [P] ...... CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE 5 P P P CPPPC C C 0 C V Spilorns!eEa.._____------. - ...... -- EURASIAN MARSH HARRIER Circus 0 ...... [.!'IED HARRIER Circus melanoleucos] .. - ...... - J91.-...... -- -.. CRESTED GOSHAWK P CCP P ...... I...... SHIKRA CCP V Accipiter badius 7 P C I[p] ...... I...... 1[1>] ,...... RUFOUS-WINGED BUZZARD Burastur liventer GNT P ------.. ---- -. GREY-FACED BUZZARD Butastur indicus 0 ......

Buteo buteo 0 ...... ,...... BLACK EAGLE PP 0 Ictinaetusmala.y!_,"!sis....._____--- --. . -_._-- ... [GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE GT /lquila. clanga] ... [0] ...... I...... RUFOUS-BELLIED EAGLE Hieraeetus kienerii 0 NCL -. ... -. .. ..------...... -. -.. MOUNTAIN HAWK EAGLE 0 [0] NCL Spizaetus nipalensis ...... WHITE-RUMPED FALCON GNT C C Poliohierax insignis ...... I......

GNT LF LF Dl ---Microhierax . .. -.. ...melanoleucos -...-.....------...... --- . COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus 0 ...... COMMON KESTRErJLESSER KESTREL 0 F.-.--..-..- tinnunculus/naumanni . ..-.----- ...... LITTLE GREBE LC . ..., 'UJ'LU'''' .... - " .... LITTLE EGRET l1'lnwHn nMnM'n P ...... 1 ...... I GREYHERON Ardea cinerea 0 -.--..... -- POND-HERON Sp,

Ardeola CCCP ...... I...... 1 ...... LITTLE

Buwrides striatus 0 C PPP ...... I...... CINNAMON BITTERN P Ixo')!(;lzt's.5i'!.n.a.!'"'."'!'!.'!s..__...... - .. BLACK STORK NCL 0 ...... Ciconia nigra ...... I...... IEARED Dl Pitta pha.yrei. ... P I.. Ii:); .fi Pitta soror GNT 0 Dl ...... 1 ...... "TA V ...... [0] I' .'u 0 atesl] ...... IBLUE PITTA P C Dl J"itta..c;yan:a.____------_...... __.._- ..---.. -- BLUE/EARED PITTA 0 P 0 C 0 F V Pitta cyariea/ P. phayrei (calls) 9 ...... BLUE-WINGED PITTA Pitta moluccensis C ... P......

DUSKY" ...... LF P 0 V .CJ.o..'2'n Sl'.'ri.a!.,,!ri.'!s_...... --...---.. BANDED BROADBILL CC 0 0 V Eurylaimus javanicus ...... SILVER-BREASTED EROADBILL 0 PPP 0 §!..rjl'!P'::'!:J1i:.rla.tus .. - - - ...... LONG-TAILED EROADBILL Psarisomus dalhousiae 0 P P CC C PC D2 V Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 89

Site IXe Bang Nouan NBCA I Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA mz -< Plateau ><" 0 "(i. E N C gS Sector I W ~ Nakay IP s:: :'<."" O::r ~ Lowlands Lowlands l I Mountains Plateau ~en §en Mountains ::s"" [ ~ 11 ::s ~ gI ~ S' Habitat 0. ~ 0. "0 0. Do 'I1 "d Z 0. '" '" '" r;- ~ s:: '" C" "" S; "" g' C '" S; ~ S S '"S '" c 5: "0 3 [- SO "d Z Z ~ S; "" S; r;- " ~ ;:; S; Do I 0. cr" o::r 3. (i' S' :r 3 0 '" S 0 0. ". i. S; I 0 0 ~ " ;;: ". 0- S' . n§ " " " 0 Z Q.::s ... ft ft g, " '" '30 130 I 200 2S0 2S0 500 500 I 200 520 550 600 600 ::s ::;.Altitude ------5~0 "~001'~00 "'!00 "() SPECIES ~ 1m1 240 240 SOO 350 350 560 560 I 400 SOO 700 950 9001 1,7501 1,SOO1 2,1201 900 ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD 5 CCPP Dl v lrena puella .. BLUE-WINGED LEAFBIRD PFCP Chloropsis cochinchinensis ~-~~ 4a,7 1 0 IDl,D2,I2.4- GOLDEN-FRONTED LEAFBlRD F D1 Chloropsis aurifrons m ORANGE-BELLIED LEAFBIRD P I pip I P Dl _Chloropsis~a.rdwickii 1_9 BROWN SHRIKE 4a 0 C PP C LP Dl Lanius cristatus (13) I. BURMESE SHRIKE Lanius collurioides Dl LoNG-TAILED SHRIKE Lanius schach m___m m_- ---f-j---~C_~-- GREY-BACKED SHRIKE LP Dl Lanius tep'hronotus I 1 1 EURASIAN JAY Garrulus glandarius Dl d- UpLI J:FTp';1 I~ .1 I RED-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE FI P F C Dl Urociss,!erythr-,)!hyncha~ m_- 1- --~ WHITE-WINGEDMAGPIE GNT C C P F Dl V .Urocissa... whiteheadi (14) COMMON GREEN MAGPIE P Cissa chinensis PF 0 PP - -~-_.~ ~ . . ~ . -.- -.! INDOCHINESE/COMMON GREEN MAGPIE P 0 F V Cissa hypoleuca ... GNT/C.chinensis RUFOUS TREEPIE Dendrocitta F/C IFI 1 I LTREY 1 REEPIE P P Dendrocitta formosae F'-_l-J 1- Dl, D2 RACKET-TAILED TREEPIE P FP Cryp'sirinaten:ia...... 1.. RATCHET-TAlLED TREEPIE Temnurus temnurus 0 PIP I P C m . ... . --. 1-- 1 LARGE-BILLED CROW P CC :1 Corvus ,,!~acrorhynchos -. t- f ASHY WOODSWALLOW o Dl ,4'!'!r/jus!uscus ...... I + BLACK-NAPED/SLENDER-BILLED ORIOLE

Oriolus chinensis 10. ~I!nuirostris.. (15) - ~-+-. [OJjl2l1_I-!'-I- --~- BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE Oriolus xanthornus PP C LC D1 ,D2,Ll I ...1 C MAROON ORIOLE Oriolus traillii P Dl, D2 V u u...... I LARGE CUCKOO SHRIKE

Coracina macei C PPPCCIc I 1 - --I- ~ D1 V INDOCHINESE CUCKOO SHRIKE Dl Coracina. polioptera .. BLACK-WINGED CUCKOO SHRIKE e 0 P Cor,!-"i~ ,,!-".laschi~-,,:,(16L. .~-~- .--t--... - I--PL()-Lj{)LQl, ~~ INDOCHINESE/BLACK-WINGED CUCKOOSHRIKE Coracina poliopterale. meiaschistDs (calls) C PIC C I J 1 I I SWINHOE's/ASHY MINIVET

Pericrocotus. .. cantonensis ...GNT ..IP. divaricatus.... 0 SMALLMINIVET Pericrocotus cinnamomeus P P 0 1-- GREY-CHINNED MINIVET Pericrocotus solaris J 1 1 1 IIIJI 0 SHORT-BILLED MINIVET Pericrocotus brevirostris IIII C 1 I SCARLETMINIVET Pericrocotus flammeus - 4a P P BAR-WINGEDFLYCATCHER-SHRIKE H~~us.p'icatus 7 F WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL Rhipidura albicollis_.- ~ --~_. _.~L~--+-- BLACKDRONGO Dicrurus macrocercus ~ttf~*0 90 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tI1Z <: Plateau ><", 0 (S" Sector W (") E Nakay ;i: N c gS " n 0 ">-j Lowlands Lowlands Plateau c Mountains Mountains 0::>" " reo eo ::>,,C [ . ::> §: 5" Habitat "" "" 'tJ "" "" "" n n "" n n n O'Z n"""to" to ;i: n 'I1"" '"" Z '" '" '" '" "'0 0 5: 0 " " 3 ""3 3"" 3 ';j a3 z c 3 !':; '" !':; ;;- c S "t"" g 5" "" ( "" cr 0 n ""i:f i:f 3 0 (S" (Jq 3 "" " "'" !':; 0 " 0"" 0 1< 0 i '" " n Q " " cr" 5" C g C C 0 n ::> .... g: E!. Co '" 130 200 280 500 ::> AltitUde 130---- 280 - 500 200 520 550 600- 580 1,000 1,400 1,800 600 " SPECIES 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 " ASHY DRONGO 4b 0 CCPP P P CP Dl V Qicrurus leucopha ------.------f-- - I-- - _.- .- BRONZED DRONGO Dicrurus aeneus LF C P C C P P P F P 0 Dl -.. --. --"'---'- '--' - -- .--.. - -. --. ....-. f--.- -- - ..- '-- - LESSER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO C C CC CC C D2 J.ru_rtts_remifer ---.-. ..--...-----.-- ...... -_...... -.-.... -.-...... -- ..- --... --.. -- ...... -...-...... --...... -. ..-..-. 1",-""", ..-....-...... -...... - -...... -...... -.....- .....- SPANGLED DRONGO Dicrurus hottentottus CC P C CC C PPP Dl .. ... -- -..- ---. ..- ... 1,4b -- I---- ...... - .- -- -' ''------GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO Dicrurus paradiseus LF C C PCCFCPPP C Dl . I...... I...... BLACK-NAPED MONARCH Hypothymis azurea 1,4a,5,7 CC C C C PP ...... -- ._----.. ..---.. -...-...... -..-..-..- ..-- ._-..... ---.. ...- ...-.. ..-.- ..------. -.- ..- --- f---- -.- .-.- ..------ASIAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER C P Terpsip!'3ne paradisi '- --- I---- JAPANESE PARADISE-FLYCATCHER Terpsiphone atrocaudata GNT 0 NCL -- -- .-. -- c------f------.. - - COMMON IORA Aegithina tiphia C P V ...... I...... GREAT IORA Aegithina lafresnayei -- -- 7 - F Dl V LARGE WOODSHRIKE . Tephrodornis gularis . .... PP C P P 0 Dl,D2 COMMON WOOD SHRIKE Tephrodornis pondicerianus P 0 .. ------.--... .----. - -- -.. 1---- ..- -- -.. --- -.- .- .-- -- - .... -.- -- -... _._ -- BROWNDIPPER Cinclus pallasii PARL P P P Dl -- - -...... - 1.-- "'''- .. .-. --- - -.. --.. -. --...... - - -. - BLUE ROCK THRUSH 4a Monticola. solicarius (17) ...... LC F P P P Dl ...... I..... I...... BLUE WHISTLING THRUSH Myophonus caeruleus -- LC P PPPC Dl,D2 V ORANGE-HEADED THRUSH Zoothera citrin a P ...... I...... ""C'" I...... SIBERIAN THRUSH Zoothera sibirica ------P . -- - SCALY THRUSH Zoothera dauma 0 P D1 ...... -- ..... -.- .--. DARK-SIDED THRUSH P ooth:r,! marna.c'!- .....-.-. .---.---.-..-- -.. .---...... --...-. --...... --. ...-.- .-....- .-- -- -..-- --. -. -...... -. -..-...-. ..-... ..-.-...... -...... -.-.....- - JAPANESE THRUSH Turdus cardis 0 Dl ------. I------EURASIAN BLACKBIRD Turdus merula CC ...... EYEBROWED THRUSH Turdus obscurus PP - --- .------.. - ...... -..-. -.------.--. - - --... - .-- _. - --. --.. - [LESSER SHORTWING -.--Brachypteryx . -'-... [P] .- .----Dl - DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER !!fuscicapa sibirica (18) 5 F P P MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER 0 Picedula mugimaki.. - ...... --... _...... c.... [01- --. - _u _._- RED-THROATED FLYCATCHER C P C LP V Picedula parva ------.------1,4a ------.C - c_- - - .------Dl,D2,D3 WHITE-GORGETED FLYCATCHER C 0 Dl Picedula m,!,!ile/i{er ...... 1.-- SNOWY-BROWED FLYCATCHER £icedula hyperyth"!!.... - -- _c CC NCL -V LITTLE PIED FLYCATCHER Picedula westermanni P C P NCL V - . -- -... ._-...... --..- -..-...... -...-.. ------.... -- .- -.-. .-.-.... -...... -. ---. .-..- -.. .-- -...... -...-.. m_.._._.-' .-- BLUE-AND-WHITE FLYCATCHER Cyanoptila cyanomelana 0 ...... I...... 1..... Ii VERDITER FLYCATCHER Eumyias thalassina 0 0 P P f-::------LARGE NILTAVA CCP NCL V Niltava grandis ...... ""'" ...... ISMALL N Nilta'l1!! macgrigoriae ------P C C- 0 -- NCL V FUJIAN/RUFOUS-BELLIEDNILTAVA Niltava davidi GNT IN. sundara 0 P C Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 91

Site IXe Bang Nouan NBCA I Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tI1Z < Plateau ><". 0 n' E N C gS (1) Sector I W Q Nakay w ;:: ",.>-1 Lowlands Lowlands I Mountains Ocr" I;; [ PlateauI .a r/J § r/J Mountains =:>(1)" ~ g =:> ~ gI ~ :r Habitat I 0. 0. '0 0. 0.'" 'I1 ", 0. 8'Z g' ;:: "" Z to to to e; to "" & ~ SS s p: e; a S 0. 0. ~ s [. .., to e; 3'" R Z g ~ e; 0. I 0. a" o1f t;' S' S & :f S a n' '" e; . 0. 0. ,.. i !::- a ,..a :>< a cr"" S' . ,.. ~ ~ & 11 0. =:>" g <:>: .., ~ & "0- 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 60.0 l'000 1'4aa 600 =:> g> Altitude - - - -- 5~0 ,,~00 n SPECIES 1m 240 (1) fJ: 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 I 1 9.00 1,7501 1,8.0.0l 2,12.0 90.0 FUJIANNILTAVA

Niltava.. davidi .. - GNT "' """""""""" Dl, D2 WHITE-TAILED BLUE FLYCATCHER

C~o_rrz.is- concre~us___- " """,I~I~' HAINAN BLUE FLYCATCHER --i-I--i-f---- 4b CJyorrz.ishairz'!rz'!s C --r;1~-m-- 1 F '1 ~ IV I PALE BLUE FLY( Cyornis unicolor P P - - ---" ' 1--- [HILL BLUE FLYCATCHER Cyornis banyumas] [4a,4b] [P] [P] I II I'Ll.. I [TICKELL'S BLUE FLYCATCHER ...... ,. Cyornis tickelliae]...... [P]I[P] [P] I [I'Ll. [P] Dl HIuJTICKELL'S BLUE FLYCATCHER C 0.°!'!!s..bany"umas/~ tick!!liae --~-- -.- -c; ~-c; I---I-CJ C C F PYGMY BLUE FLYCATCHER --t-- Muscicapella hodgsoni LF NCL I 1 .1 GREY-HEADED CANARY FLYCATCHER I I. Culicicapa ceylonensis 4a C P CC C C F Dli V I RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN Luscinia sibilans F ------t--- -t------Dl, D2 ..-, SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN - .- !'-I-I' --1--

...... Luscinia cyane I ORANGE-FLANKED BUSH ROBIN Tarsiger cyanurus - - . ----. ~0 Dl 1- I - -- -., ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN . -I - -.--- Copsychus saularis C LC V 1 P LC PIC WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA Copsychus malabaricus 1,7 C CP C CC P C V 1 I DAURIAN REDSTART Phoenicurus-- -~--- auroreus ~-- Dl-~- WHITE-CAPPED WATER REDSTART Chaimarrornis P P NCL -- ... 1 I PLUMBEOUS W

Rhyacorrlis fuliginosus -. - PC P Dl -I - - I -"- WHITE-TAILED ROBIN

Myio1'l'l_ela leucura +--.-- .._-.- PP 0 - -'--1-' 1--.1-- SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL Enicurus schistaceus ...... 0 P PPC C C Dl WHiTEcCROWNED FORKTAIL Enicurus leschenaulti------PP PP 0 0 Dl GREENCOCHOA ---1-

Cochoa.. viridis ...... GNT P V -I-IP COMMON STONECHAT Saxicola torquata LC I Dl,D2,D3. PIED BUSHCHAT §..axicola _cap'rata 4a -I - --- GREY BUSHCHAT :; Saxicolaferrea .. ... I 4a :p- Dl CHESTNUT-TAILED STARLING Sturnus- malabaricus ------0 1 I-. WHITE-SHOULDERED STARLING Sturnus sinensis P BLACK-COLLARED STARLING

~turnus nigricoll!s .. 0 V COMMON MYNA Acridotheres tristis P LCI I P ------1 1--+-- WHITE-VENTED MYNA Acridotheres cinereus ...... GOWEN-CRESTED MYNA A mpeliceps coronarus PARL -I HILL MYNA G,,!cula.!!.lz~osa - -. ----- V CHESTNUT-BELLIED NUTHATCH Sitta castanea ...... Dl VELVET-FRONTED NUTHATCH Sittafr°rztalz~ ------_I)~~,D~_- BEAUTIFUL NUTHATCH Sitta formosa GT 92 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail 13 (1998)

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Narn Theun NBCA tnZ -< Plateau "" 0 (;' Sector W n E tI1 N C §a " Nakay 0 ...., ,, Lowlands Lowlands Plateau to Mountains Mountains 0::>" "' .8CIJ CIJ ",, " [ " S " § S' Habitat p. p. '0 p.tJj p. '1j '0 p. 0 0 ;; O'Z 0 1,;' 0 p. "" Z '" '" '" '" '" (Jq 5: ..., ..., 0 s s s S n S " S ...,p. p. p. " Z r' 8" '" I cT S'O S' p. p. oir [ S 0 (;' (Jq S p. p. ". s. . 0 0 0 !::.. ., ;:: ". ". r:T S' . n 2 " " " 0 g " " §, .,p. 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 580 600 Altitude - - - -- 1,000 1,400 1,800 ()" SPECIES 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 " GREAT TIT Parus major F .. .. 1 ...... Vc, <11 Parus PCP NCL .. . .- ULTAN lIT Melanochlora su/tanea C PFPP C D1 V ...... BLACK-THROATED TIT , concinnus P 0 NCL CC' .c...... , - ...... ----.. --..

Hirundo rustica 2 PP P P P 0 ...... i:):

Hirundo daurica/H. striolata F P LF P P ...... I.... ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN 0 NL Q.e.ljcjzorl_d...aS)'l't/s_._------.--. u- . ASIAN/NORTHERN HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica 0 ...... I...... R, BULBUL Pycnonotus atriceps 4a D2 V ...... I...... I... BLACK-CRESTED BULBUL 5,7 PCCPCCCPCCCP F V Py"!'.o.."!'211:''.rrzelanicterus ... I... RED'WHISKERED BULBUL inmms 4a C C P P P LP F D1 V ..c...... BULBUL Pycnonotus aurigaster .-.-.- C C CPP D1 V STRlPE-THROATED BULBUL 7 P C LC C C P P C 0\1 0\'> 0\0. V Pycnonotus finlaysoni ...... PUFF-THROATED BULBUL

0 pallidus CCCCCC P CCCC C D1 V ...... D, CCCCCCCC P V lqI.e.J>!°1'!"!'l.ua_Q9) - .. - 4a,5,7 ASHY BULBUL C PC 0 V Hemixos flavala...... 1...00... MOUNTAIN BULBUL CCP NCL Hypsipetes mcclellandii .-. n__- . .- BLACK BULBUL 4a CC PP 0 V (20) ...... D1, D2

ZITTING r om, LC D1 V ...... HILL PRlNIA

Prinia ..... ---- D1 -.-.

Prinia C LC C C P V r...... c...... CP V Prinia hodgsonii ...... YELLOW-BELLIED PRlNIA 0 V ...- f--_.- -- ...... 1---- - PLAIN> KU"" Prinia inornata 0 D1 ORlENTAL WHITE-EYE Dl o..sterrJjJsj)alp"bros_u,-- . - ... - ... - - ...... '0" ...... 1...... JAPANESE WHITE-EYE D1 Zosterops japonicus ...... '00"'0000' ""00" ...... 1"'000. ORlENTAL/JAPANESE WHITE-EYE Z." 1'7 iaponicus (21) C C PP V ...... 1 >""" ...... -...... -..-----...... Tesiaolivea .-- C C P LC NCL V GREY-BELLIED TESIA Tesia D1 ...... "'0"" ... ASIAN';;m';..; 4a 0 PP F V ...... c..", ...... "" ...... n. , DUM1 ..cettja.palliijJes...... - -..- ...-...... - ...... 0.... D1 JAPANESE BUSH WARBLER Cettia diphone P NCL ...... 00.00'00 I... 1 LANCEOLA TED WARBLER Locustella lanceolata -..---..-. F THICK-BILLED WARBLER Acrocephalus aedon 0 Forktail13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 93

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA < Plateau 0 3 o' Sector W () E N C " Nakay rP ;::: ..., <= Lowlands Lowlands Plateau 0 Mountains Mountains 0::>" 00 cn cn =>" " S <= [ ' => £ g S' Habitat Q. Q. '0 Q. Q.C; c; Q. .." '" Z Q.'" '" Q. '" '" g' ;::: .., Q. or '" .., S (Jqo 0 5: .., 0 S s Q.s Q.s s b z 8 Ei; .., '" Ei; ;;-a 3 r< ::1. S' Q. ( Q. 0' 0 Q. S 0 () .. S Q. Q. '" i. Ei; , 0 0 0 e:. ., ;;: '" '" ;? cr" . n S' a => 0'" <2: §, 0. ., 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 580 1,000 1,400 1,800 600 => g' Altitude - () SPECIES 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 " MOUNTAIN TAILORBIRD Orthotomus cuculatus P P F ""..., ..,..."" ."" ""'" "" .." COMMON T AILORBIRD Orthotomus sutorius C P V -'- -,,-'-'------",--_. -- --" -" ,,- -.-" -" ,- -- . DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD Orthotomus P CCC CC C PCPP C V I...... ,,',...,", "'..,"."" ""'.""... "" ...,..,..."". ....' "'...,' ..,...... ' ." ..,..." IUlJ>"r C C P C V P'st..lloscO£.us fus:'5us - .-- ....",.",1- ,, -- -- RADDE'S WARBLER 5 FC P LP V Phylloscopus schwarzi -- - ..", ..-. '..""" .,...."., """ --- """"" ,'-- I"", 1- LEMON-RUMPED WARBLER F NCL Pylloscopus cloon()tus "'" "'" ...... ,.. ,....,.." YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER CCCC C C P 0 P C V ------Phylloscopus inomatus --- 4a,5,7 - -,,- -- --.. --- 1--- ..-" -- --- f------" -- - bl, D2, D3- - GREENISH WARBLER Phylloscopus trochiloides C P D2 V ...,'.. '" ..,"..""" .",..."".. ,.....,. '" ....",..'" ""..,',...."'. ""..," "" ."..""", ....., PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER Phylloscopus tenellipes F PP V "" """ """"" "'" """" """""'" """"" "'" "'" """"1",, I""""" I""""", BLYTH'S LEAF WARBLER C PF Phylloscopus- - reguloides -- _..------,,------.- -- f------WHITE-TAILED LEAF WARBLER CCC NCL V "'" ""..,..... ""..." .....,..." "'" P)llloscopus qavis°1'li "" """ "" I..."... YELLOW-VENTED WARBLER Phylloscopus cantator GNT LF CC 0 NCL V --- -,,- -- - ,,- ,,- - - """. -C'" '"

[SULPHUR-BREASTED WARBLER Phylloscopus rickettt] [0] [0] [NCL] '" '" . "" ...., ",.. ",.... "'" GOLDEN-SPECTACLED WARBLER Seicercus burkii C PCPFFP C Dl V ...... "..""",..... """"" .,..., ...."""", "... "...... ,.. .",...... ,"'...' ...,',," ...""," I...... I""" I""" I""""" GREY-CHEEKED WARBLER C P NCL Sez':.ercus_pdioge11)is --- -..--,,------f------.- f-- f------CHESTNUT-CROWNED WARBLER PCP NCL ""...... "",.".... §eiercus castaniceps """",.. ""'" ..... ",...... ",,"'" I", """ RUFOUS-FACED WARBLER Abroscopus albogularis F CCC C NCL V ...., - --. --, --- "'.."'.- -""'- -""" ""'" -- - YELLOW-BELUED WARBLER 4a CCPCP C 0 Dl V Abroscopus superciliaris "" - -'- '" -- ..',... --.... --- ." ""'" """,- - WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH Garrulax CCC P C C CC P P ",....",....".-",..",.....",..."" '" '" "" '" ,.,. "" ,."""" """""'" """""...,. ."..,..... LAUGHINGTHRUSH SP. Garrulax (calls) 4a,5 PCC V --c-- --. ------1------LESSER NECKLACED LAUGHINGTHRUSH P 0 P """,', """"",... "... ..","'" - """'" Garrulax monileger .- ..."" ',.'" """""'" """'" I""" """""'" -" "'" """"'" """"'" ""'" GREATER NECKLACED LAUGHINGTHRUSH 0 0 0 NCL Garrulax pectoralis . "" ""'.. """ """"'" """" "" """"'" I"'" I"" GREY LAUGHINGTHRUSH Garrulax maesi GNT P CC C Dl ------"" .- '- -- -, - ,-- --- I-'" - - --" BLACK-THROATED LAUGHINGTHRUSH Garrulax chinensis 4b 0 Dl, D2 "'" '" ".."....." ...... I"""'"'''''''' ".."....,....."" "",...... ,"..'" CHESTNUT-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH C NCL Garrula::. erythephalus ------""" ------.. - RED-TAILED LAUGHINGTHRUSH Garrulax milnei GNT CP NCL """""""""" """""""'" """"" """"'" """""'" - -- ""'" ,,""""" "'" "",-,, - --""" --- 1- 1",,- BUFF-BREASTED BABBLER Pellorneum tickelli 5 C C PCCC C Dl,D2 V '" ..,..-- .... '" ...",..."... .",...... ,..,..... ,...... "',,...,' ."..,..."I' PUFF-THROATED BABBLER CCCCCCPPPPP Dl V orneum ruficeps ,,---4a,7 - .,,- --- SCALY-CROWNED BABBLER Malacopteron cinereum CCPF V ,.'" '.."....," "...... ",.. ""...... ,',.' "'....,"...'" ",..", ",.... I "'" """ LARGE SCIMITAR BABBLER Pomatorhinus hypoleucos 7 CC C 0 0 V '" "'" "'" "'" """" ",.,."... """'" """"" WHlTE-BROWEO/STREAK-BREASTEOSCIMITAR BABBLER PP PPP D2 0>matlJ!!!inus schisticepslP. rufico - -.--- --". -.. - I------RED-BILLED SCIMITAR BABBLER P P C P 0 NCL matorhin_us ochraceiceps CORAL-BILLED SCIMITAR BABBLER CC NCL Pomator..hinus .f.:..rru.JJinosus --, ------.- --, -- -..- ....- 1- ,,- ,-_.... ,..- - --- . SCIMITARBABBLERSP. Pomatorhinus C F 0 C 0 F V 94 T, D, EVANS and R. J, TIMMINS Forktail 13 (1998) ~

Site IXe Bang Nouan NBCA I Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA tnZ -< Plateau ><" 0 0' E gS " Sector I W Q Nakay rP s: N C :",>-J Lowlands Lowlands Plateau I ~ g I Mountains Mountains o::r g 'd [/) ~ [/) ::>" " [ S" ::>" E gI ~. S Habitat 00 00 '0 "1 '" 00 ~ 0 0 r;- ~ O'ZOob:! g; s: Z S; ft S; p- ~ S' ~ p; o 3 ~ S' 00S' S' ~ ~ ~3<@§ Z Z " ~ S; S; CO S; r;- ~ g S' 00 I Oo ~I g~ H t;' 0' ;f 3 0 "" S; s ~ g Oo;f 00 ". i E:.. -, ~ 00 0 ~ 0 " ;;: n 0 0 ". ~ " cr" S ~- a ". ~ "::> ;:; ~ ft ft §, "0.- [fJ . 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 600 ------5~0 1'000 1'400 1'8°° ::> :;' Almude "(') SPECIES 1 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 1 1 r;g 1m 240 950 900 1,7501 1,8001 2,120 900 SHORT-TAILED SCIMITAR BABBLER J- GT p NL I I 1 WREN ~apo£h_e,-,!~revicaudata . - . . ------4a P p C 0 D1 EYEBROWED WREN BABBLER Napothera epilepidota P P C D1 v PYGMY WREN BABBLER Pnoepyga i'..':'.si!~a-- p ------.-----NCL SPOTTED WREN BABBLER S pelaeomis forrnosus GNT p NL .. . . . I. RUFOUS-FRONTED/RuFOUS-CAPPED BABBLER Stachyris rufifrons IS, rujiceps C v GOLDEN BABBLER §!'!cJz}'rjs_':..hrysa:~ . -- -- - <=_Ls..L!'JS--L Ql-1--"'-, GREY-THROATED BABBLER 0 P - --_lJ BABBLER <'. _'0 striolata 5 STRIPED ~" UfiDDL"" C C Macron°u..s_g_Uia..~ . P C C C C p C YELLOW-EYED BABBLER '" sinense I I ~.~,~., ~,..~D MESIA Leiothrix argentauris 1 CUTIA Cutia nipalensis WHITE-BROWED SHRIKE BABBLER I SHRIKE BABBLER Pteruthius-. ------melanotis -- CHESTNUT-FRONTED SHRIKE BABBLER Pteruthius aenobarbus 1 WHITE-HOODED BABBLER 0 _~,!mpsorhynchusrufulus 1- SPECTACLED BARWING Actinodura ramsayi -- BLUE-WINGED MINLA Minla cyanouroptera (19) CHESTNUT-TAILED MINLA 1vIjrz~_strJKuia . ------RED-TAILED MINLA Minla 1 RUFOUS-WINGED Alcippe castan~ceps SPECTACLED FULVETTA Alcippe ruficapilla GNT RUFOUS=THROATED-PULVETTA ---~ GNT 0 u "~ I RUSTY-CAPPED FULVET

Alcippe dubia . ---- GREY-CHEEKED FULVETTA Alcippe morrisonia (22) C P p LONG-TAILEDSIEIA : vicaoides STRIATED YUHINA Y uhina cascaniceps !W"HiSK~RED-YumNA --- Yuhina flavicolli f I BLACK-CHINNEDYUHINA Yuhina nigrimenta 1 WHITE-BELLIEDYUHINA Yuhina zantholeuca F C C p ,7 ---,---- p

Paradoxornis verreauxi LARKSp, MirafralAlauda (21) P Forktail 13 (1998) Records of birds from Laos during January-July 1994 95

Site Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Nakay Nakay Nam Theun NBCA < tI1Z>: ... S' P. ( P. cr' 0;; £' t;' o' OQ 3 P.£' P. 3 0 E. E:; 0 . P. 0 X ,.. Eo ., ".0 ". 0" a" S' " " 2 P. " ! ::s" g: §, 0- ::; O' 130 130 200 280 280 500 500 200 520 550 600 580 ::s Altitude ------1,000 1,400 1,800 600 n " SPECIES &Ii 1m 240 240 800 350 350 560 560 400 800 700 950 900 1,750 1,800 2,120 900 THICK-BILLED FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum agile P 0 - - - -I------YELLOW-VENTED FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum chrysorrheum 0 - I------.....-.. --- -- PLAIN FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum concolor C P Dl ------+- -- -.------FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum ignipeccus CP .-. +- - -- ...... -- .------SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum cruentatum P FC ------PC- - -- FLOWERPECKERS SPP. Dicaeum C CCCPPPPPP P PP P P P - - -- c- - - ..------RUBY-CHEEKED SUNBIRD PP 0 PP Anthreptes singalensis. -- 1-- - -. --- -- .-. _.. _... .- - - PURPLE-NAPED SUNBIRD 5 P P C P PC 0 Dl V Hypogramma hypogrammicum- --- - .------OUVE-BACKED SUNBIRD PPP N ectarinia jugularis ------MRS GOULD'S SUNBIRD Aethopyga gouldiae F C NCL - -. - -- ""'1- --. - - -- .- ...... ------GREEN-TAILED SUNBIRD C NCL Aethopyga nipalensis------+- - .------.--.-. -.-.. - FORK-TAILED SUNBIRD F P CCP C NL V Aethopyga cristinae ------. c------BLACK-THROATED SUNBIRD PPC 0 Aethopyga saturata ...... - .--- u- - Dl,D2 CRIMSON SUNBIRD 7 P CC P CC V Aethopyga sjparaja ------.------Dl, Ll LiTTLE SPIDERHUNTER 4a 0 PPP 0 V Arachnothera longi"!'stra ------'- --. - I------STREAKED SPIDERHUNTER 4a C PPCCCPC V Arachnothera magna ...... - -- .-...... -. -.. ...- - Dl, D2 PLAIN-BACKED SPARROW P 0 Passer flaveolus ------. ------EURASIAN TREE SPARROW Passer montanus (23) P LC P - c- -- ..... -. -.. .- .. -. FOREST WAGTAIL Dendronanthus indicus 0 -- - --. -- --.- ..- .-- -- _. .------.- .-.- --_.-- -.. -- .. WHITE WAGTAIL CC PP Dl Mocilla alba (24L ------YELLOW WAGTAIL P Motacilla flava (25) ...... GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea CCPPP C Dl V - -- -I- ---- RiCHARD'S PIPIT Anthus richardi LC P Dl V -- --- I- -. - - - - .- - --- PADDYFIELD PIPIT Anthus ruJulus ...... c; ...... 1 I...... I ,... 1\1 OUVE.BACKED PIPIT 4a CCPC LP V Anthus hodgsoni ------I------. - RED-THROATED PIPIT Anthus ceruinus C V -.-- - m. WHITE.RUMPED MUNIA Lonchura striata P LP 0 F P -. ------.4a,7 ..- .-- --. .- --." .... - ...... - ..-...... - SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA Lonchura punctula Dl ----- f------I-- -- CRESTED BUNTING

Melophus lathami ...... Dl,D3 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING 4a Emberiza Jucata ------0 NCL Lrrn.E BUNTING 0 Dl Emberiza pusilla ------c- 1- - -. - .------YELLOW-BREASTEDBUNTING Emberiza aureola 4a 0 ...... I... CHESTNUT BUNTING Emberiza rutila 0 NCL 96 T. D. EVANS and R. J. TIMMINS Forktail13 (1998)

APPENDIX 3

GAZETTEER

The gazetteer follows the same format as that in Thewlis et at. (1996). All localities are placed in two biogeographical classifications: the 'North' (N), 'Central' (C) and 'South' (S) Laos of King et at. (1975) and the CentralIndochina (lOa) or Annam Trung-Song Mountains (lOb) subunits of MacKinnon and MacKinnon (1986). Co-ordinates, altitude and place-names have been standardized to follow the RepubliqueDemocratiquePopulaireLao Service Geographiqued'Etat 1:100,000 map series, except for the Bolaven Plateau and Mekong (which are mapped as, respectively, Phoupiang Bolaven and Nam Khong). Local names are used for sites not named on these maps, and are labelled 'not marked' in the first column, below. Co-ordinates are given as points for small sites and ranges for large areas or rivers. Alternative spellings relate to the following texts indicated by superscript numbers: 1: The Timesatlas of theworld(1985) 7th edition; 2: Nelles I :1,500,000 map of Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea; 3: Delacour (1929); 4: Dickinson (1970). Sites within protected areas are not detailed, since they lie within the co-ordinates given for that site. Co-ordinates are rounded to the nearest minute.

Locality Alternative names Biogeographical Altitude/m in references Position Regions and protected areas Phou Khao Khouay NBCA Not markedl,2 N, lOa 100-1,600 18°14' - 18°34' N 102°44' - 103°29' E Nam Theun Extension Not markedl,2 N,5b not known 18°21' - 18°48' N 104°45' - 105°12' E Nakay-Nam Theun NBCA Not markedl,2 C,5b 200-2,284 17°34' - 18°23'N 105°02'- 105°46'E Nam Theun Corridor Not markedl,2 C, 5b/l0a not known 17°46' - 18°10' N 104°48' - 105°06' E Hin Namno NBCA Not markedl,2 C,5b 100-800 17°25' - 17°40' N 105°43' - 106°09' E Khammouane Limestone NBCA Not markedl,2 C, lOa 200-800 17°26' - 18°05' N 104°25' - 105°10' E Nakay Plateau Not named>2 C,5b 500-600 17°36' - 17°58' N 104°54' - 105°30' E Nakay and Nam-Teun3 Nakai area4 Phou Xang He NBCA Not markedl,2 C, lOa 150-816 16°42'- 17°04' N 105°19'- 106°06' E Xe Bang Nouan NBCA Not markedl,2 S, lOa 100-1,200 15°44' - 16°01' N 105°33' - 106°18' E Bolaven Plateau Plateau des Bolovens1 S, lOa 500-1,700 14°42'- 15°30'N 106°00'- 106°30'E Bolovens Plateau2

Sites Mekong River in Vientiane C, lOa 160 17°58' N 102°36' E Ban Pakthoay Not markedl,2 N, lOa 140 17°58' N 102°36' E Ban Nape Nape1,3,4,Ban Nape2 N,5b 520 18°18' N 105°04' E Pha Hua Not named>2 C,5b 560 18°13' N 104°56' E Ban Lak (20) Lak Sao1, Not named C,5b 520 18°11' N 104°59' E Ridge south of Ban Lak (20) Not markedl,2 C,5b 500-880 18°08' N 104°54' E Thakhek Thakhekl, Muang C, lOa 140 17°23' N 104°49' E Khammouane2, Thakkek3 Ban Lak Khao (not marked) Not markedl,2 C, lOa 180 17°27' N 105°07' E Ban Nakayak Not marked1,2 C, lOa 160 17°28' N 105°07' E Ban Nampik (not marked) Not markedl,2 C, lOa 160 17°28' N 105°08' E Xe Banghiang Se Bang Hieng1,2 CIS, 10a/5b 130-280 16°03' - 16°54' N 105°15' - 106°27' E