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2017 Bird List Cambodia with WBA January 23-February 6, 2017 Leaders: Aaron Lang and Sang Mony BIRD SPECIES RECORDED COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME 1 Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica X 2 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos X 3 Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus X 4 Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha X 5 Scaly-breasted Partridge Arborophila chloropus Heard Only 6 Green Peafowl Pavo muticus X 7 Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis X 8 Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus X 9 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Heard Only 10 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis X 11 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans X 12 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus X 13 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus X 14 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus X 15 Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius X 16 Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea X 17 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala X 18 Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger X 19 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X 20 Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis X 21 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster X 22 Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis X 23 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus X 24 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea X 25 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea X 26 Great Egret Ardea alba X 27 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia X 28 Little Egret Egretta garzetta X 29 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X 30 Pond-Heron species Ardeola sp. X 31 Striated Heron Butorides striata X 32 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus X 33 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus X 34 White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni X 35 Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea X 36 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus X 37 Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus X 38 Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni X 39 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes X 40 Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus X 41 White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis X 42 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela X 43 Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus limnaeetus X 44 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis X 45 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga X 46 Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer X 47 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus X 48 Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus X 49 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos X 50 Shikra Accipiter badius X 51 Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis X 52 Black Kite Milvus migrans X 53 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus X 54 Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis X 55 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus X 56 White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea X 57 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca X 58 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea X 59 Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus X 60 Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus X 61 Sarus Crane Antigone antigone X 62 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus X 63 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus X 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius X 65 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis X 66 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus X 67 Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus X 68 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago X 69 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura X 70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus X 72 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia X 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola X 74 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus X 75 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator X 76 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum X 77 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea X 78 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus X 79 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida X 80 Rock Pigeon Columba livia X 81 Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea X 82 Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica X 83 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis X 84 Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica X 85 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata X 86 Orange-breasted Pigeon Treron bicinctus X 87 Thick-billed Pigeon Treron curvirostra X 88 Yellow-footed Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus X 89 Pin-tailed Pigeon Treron apicauda X 90 Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea X 91 Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia X 92 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis X 93 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis X 94 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis X 95 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus X 96 Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus X 97 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii X 98 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus X 99 Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides X 100 Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia X 101 Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis X 102 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei Heard Only 103 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides X 104 Spotted Owlet Athene brama X 105 Spotted Wood-Owl Strix seloputo X 106 Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica X 107 Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata X 108 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus X 109 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis X 110 Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus X 111 Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani X 112 House Swift Apus nipalensis X 113 Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis X 114 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata X 115 Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus Heard Only 116 Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios X 117 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops X 118 Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis X 119 Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris X 120 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis X 121 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis X 122 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis X 123 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata X 124 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris X 125 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis X 126 Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni Heard Only 127 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis X 128 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus X 129 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti X 130 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis X 131 Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus X 132 Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii X 133 Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri X 134 Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus X 135 Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus X 136 Indochinese Barbet Psilopogon annamensis X 137 Gray-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus X 138 Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis X 139 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis X 140 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus X 141 White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis Heard Only 142 Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus X 143 Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha Heard Only 144 Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus Heard Only 145 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus X 146 Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius X 147 Common Flameback Dinopium javanense X 148 Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis X 149 Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus X 150 Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus X 151 White-rumped Falcon Polihierax insignis X 152 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X 153 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria X 154 Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata X 155 Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri X 156 Vernal Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis X 157 Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus X 158 Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii Heard Only 159 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus X 160 Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus X 161 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus X 162 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia X 163 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus X 164 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus X 165 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus X 166 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei X 167 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos X 168 Indochinese Cuckooshrike Lalage polioptera X 169 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus X 170 Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides X 171 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis X 172 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus X 173 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus X 174 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus X 175 Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus X 176 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus X 177 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus X 178 Malaysian Pied-Fantail Rhipidura javanica X 179 White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis X 180 White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola X 181 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea X 182 Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis X 183 Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha X 184 Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda X 185 Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia X 186 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos X 187 Australasian Bushlark Mirafra javanica X 188 Indochinese Bushlark Mirafra erythrocephala X 189 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula X 190 Gray-throated Martin Riparia chinensis X 191 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia X 192 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X 193 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica X 194 Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis X 195 Burmese Nuthatch Sitta neglecta X 196 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis X 197 Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris X 198 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus X 199 Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster X 200 Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni X 201 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier X 202 Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi X 203 Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus X 204 Gray-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua X 205 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus X 206 Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris X 207 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus X 208 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi X 209 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus X 210 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus X 211 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes X 212 Black-browed Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps X 213 Manchurian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum X 214 Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus
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