NAT . HIST. BUL L. SI AM So c. 42: 292 -293 ，1 994

The First Record of Glossy ( fi αlcinellus) for Thailand

While birdwatchin ga t Kamphaeng Sa en Aviation Trainin g School ，Kamph a巴ng Sa 巴n Di str ict ，Nakhon Pathom Provinc e on 29 Nov 巴mb 巴r 19 86 ，M r. Taw 巴巴 sakdi Rohidsllk noti ced

創 1 lln fam ili ar dark flyin g ov 巴rhead in a flock of 巴grets. Th e bird land 巴d at th 巴巴dge of of as m all marsh thollgh w hen he app roac hed in ord 巴r to obta in a b巴tter view ， the bird fl 巴w off off and did not return . The fact th at th 巴 bird h ad a cllr ved bill and was blac k.i sh in co loll r ation l ed Mr Tawee sak di to sllpp ose that it mi g ht bea White- shollldered Ibi s Ps eud ibi s dav iso ni ，s inc e thi s ，ref ，巴 rr 巴d to lI nd er th e colloqllial nam e Black Ibi s，was the onl y black-colollred black-colollred ibi s depicted in L EKAGU L & CRO NIN (1974) ，th 巴 reference th en lI se d by m any birdwatchers in Thailand On r et llrning to the sit e on 27 a nd 28 D ece mb 巴r，he aga in saw th 巴 bird foraging on th 巴 m arsh together with Littl 巴 EgJ巴ts Egretta gαrzetta ，Gr ea t Eg rets E. alba and Grey H 巴rons Ardea ci ne rea. He was able to photo graph it ll sin g an 800 m tel巴phot o 1巴ns to ge th 巴r with a 1. 5x tel巴-c onvert 巴ra nd thi s establis hed it s id 巴ntifi cation as Glo ssy Ibi s Ple gαdi s falcinellus ， the the fir st docllm 巴nted OCCll JT巴nce for T hail a nd (F ig.1 ). Th e bird rem ain 巴d at K amph a巴ng Saen lI ntil atl eas t 8 March 1987 durin g w hi ch tim 巴 it wa ss 巴巴 n by many other birdwatcher s. One or two other v巴rbal r巴po rt s of ‘black ibi s巴s' rec 巴iv巴d withollt sllb sta nti at in g d ata dllrin g the 1 980s see m lik ely to hav巴 been this spec ies

Figllr e 1. G lossy lbi s (Pl ega dis falcill ellll s) ， Kampha eng Sa 巴n Av iali on Tra inin g Sc hoo l， Nakhon Palh o l1l Pro vin ce ， 27 Dece l1l b巴r 1 986 (Taweesa kdi Rohid sllk )

292 Fl RST RECORD OF 293

Description: Description: A small to medium-sized ibis with a strongly and evenly curved bill ， blackish blackish plumage ， dark legs and bill. 百le head and neck appear 吋 to be entirely feathered. 百lere was no white in the wing. Th e Glossy Ib is has an almost cosmopolitan distribution across Eurasia ，p紅 ts of Afri ca ， India India through the islands of In donesia to Australia 部 well as along the eastem seaboard of of the United States and around the Caribbean (SmLEY & MUNRO ， 1990). It is said to be migratory ，dispersive and somewhat nomadic (CRAMP & SIMMONS ， 1977). In South-east Asia Asia it is apparently resident in parts of Burma (SMY 古田S， 1986) and is also found in Cambodia and Cochinchina (K 町 G ET AL. 1975).

REFERENCES

CRAMP ，S. 刷 D K. E. L. SIMMONS. 1977. Handbook 01 the 01 Europe ， the Middle East and No 油 Africa: the the Birds 01 the Westem Palearctic. Vo l. 1. Oxford University Pr ess ， Oxford. 722 pp. K 削 G，B.F. ， E.C. DIC KlN SON AND M.W. WOODCOCK. 1975. A Field Guide to the Birds 01 South-East Asia. Collins ， London. 480 pp. LEKAG 札， B. AND E.W. CRONIN ，Jr. 1974. Bird Guide 01 Th ailand ， second edition. Association for the Con- servation servation of Wildlife ， Bangkok. 316 pp. SIBLEY ， C.G. AND B. L. MONROE ，Jr. 1990. Distribution and 01 Birds 01 the World. Yale University Pre ss ，New Haven and Lo ndon. 1111 pp. SMYTH 邸， B.E. 1986. The Birds 01 Burma ，出ird edition. Ni 問。 d Pr ess ，Hampshire ，England. xxxii + 432 pp.

Jarujin Jarujin Nabhi 飽， bhata Ec ological Research Di vision Th ailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research 196 196 Phaholyothin Road Bangkhen ，Bangkok 10900

Philip Philip D. Round Center Center for Conservation Biology Faculty Faculty of Science Mahidol U 凶versity Rama 6 Road B 佃 gkok 10400