BIRDSof MELAKA WorldHeritageCity RAPTORS

Peregrine Falcon Black-thighed Falconet Changeable Barred Eagle-owl Oriental Honey-buzzard Pied Harrier Eastern Imperial Eagle Steppe Eagle White-bellied Sea-eagle Eastern Marsh-harrier Greater Spotted (Falco peregrinus) (Macrohierax fringillarius) Hawk-eagle (Bubo sumatranus) (Pernis ptilorhyncus) (Circus melanoleucos) (Aquila heliaca) (Aquila nipalensis) (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (Circus spilonotus) Eagle (Nisaetus (Aquila clanga) cirrhatus)

LOWLAND FOREST & OPEN COUNTRY

Jambu Fruit-dove Black & red Broadbill Red-crowned Barbet Banded Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Red-eyed Bulbul (Ptilinopus jambu) (Cymbirhynchus macrohynchos) (Megaliama rafflesii) (Lacedo pulchella) (Cacomantis sepulcralis) (Clamator coromandus) (Primochilus percussus) (Pycnonotus brunneus)

Black-bellied Malkoha Emerald Dove Banded Braodbill Thick-billed Green-pigeon Long-tailed Parakeet Tiger Shrike Blue-winged Pitta Crimson Sunbird Rufescent Prinia (Phaenicophaeus diardi) (Chalcophaps indica) (Eurylaimus javanicus) (Treron curvirostra) (Psittacula longicauda) (Lanius tigrinus) (Pitta moluccensis) (Aethopyga siparaja) (Prinia rufescens)

Lesser Coucal Savanna Nightjar Laced Woodpecker Buff-necked Woodpecker Stork-billed Kingfisher Brown Shrike Common Stonechat Paddyfield Pipit (Centropus bengalensis) (Caprimulgus affinis) (Picus vittatus) (Meiglyptes tukki) ( capensis) (Lanius cristatus) (Saxicola torquatus) (Anthus rufulus)

WATERBIRDS

Black-crowned Night Heron Little Ringed Plover Eurasian Curlew Pacific Reef-egret Ruff Asian Openbill Black Bittern Slaty-breasted Rail White-browed Crake (Nycticorax nycticorax) (Charadrius dubius) (Numenius arquata) (Egretta sacra) (Philomachus pugnax) (Anastomus oscitans) (Dupetor flavicollis) (Gallirallus striatus) (Porzana cinerea)

Common Snipe Watercock Purple Heron Pacific Golden Plover Lesser Whistling Duck Chinese Pond-heron Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Common Moorhen (Gallinago gallinago) (Gallicrex cinerea) (Ardea purpurea) (Pluvialus fulva) (Dendrocygna javanica) (Ardeola bacchus) (Gallinula chloropus)

COMMON BIRDS

Blue-throated Stripe-throated Dollarbird Black-naped Oriole Cattle Egret Common Flameback White-throated Black-winged Kite Red-wattled Lapwing Olive-backed Oriental Magpie Bee-eater Bulbul (Eurystomus (Oriolus chinensis) (Bubulcus ibis) (Dinopium javanense) Kingfisher (Elanus caeruleus) (Vanellus indicus) Sunbird Robin (Merops viridis) (Pycnonotous finlaysoni) orientalis) ( smyrnensis) (Cinnyris jugularis) (Copsychus saularis) WATCHING Bird Watching IN MELAKA in Melaka Although the second smallest state WorldHeritageCity in , Melaka has a wide range of habitat from the coastline facing the Straits of to its highest point at Gunung within the Forest Reserve. Today only around five thousand hectares of good jungle remain with much of the cleared land being cultivated for oil palm, rubber, rice and food crops. Of these, only the paddy fields support resident and migrant water birds during the ploughing and planting season. Recreational parks and golf courses abound in Melaka and these, like gardens, often attract birds.

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