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?1 U563 CRLSSI *t'fn^t^gft^fj SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 226 WASHINGTON, D.C. 1963 MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Checklist of the Birds of Thailand HERBERT G. DEIGNAN Research Associate^ Smithsonian Institution SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON, 1963 Publications of the United States National Museum The scientific publications of the United States National Museum include two series, Proceedings of the United States National Museum and United States National Museum Bulletin. In these series are published original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of the Museum and setting forth newly acquired facts in the fields of Anthropology, Biology, Geology, History, and Technology. Copies of each publication are distributed to libraries and scientific organizations and to specialists and others interested in the different subjects. The Proceedings, begun in 1878, are intended for the publication, in separate form, of shorter papers. These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date of each paper recorded in the table of contents of the volume. In the Bulletin series, the first of which was issued in 1875, appear longer, separate publications consisting of monographs (occasionally in several parts) and volumes in which are collected works on related subjects. Bulletins are either octavo or quarto in size, depending on the needs of the presentation. Since 1902 papers relating to the botanical collections of the Museum have been published in the Bulletin series under the heading Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Frank A. Taylor, Director, United States National Museum United States Government Phintinc Office, Washington, 1963 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing OfiSce Washington, D.C., 20402 - Price 81.25 IV Contents Page Introduction vii The Provinces of Thailand ix The Birds of Thailand 3 Index 221 Introduction The late Count Nils Gyldenstolpe, of Sweden, was the author of the only previously pubhshed and theoretically complete checkhst of the birds of Thailand. His "A Nominal List of the Birds at Present Known to Inhabit Siam" (Ibis, 1920, pp. 446-496, 569-607, 735-780) gave the names of 732 forms, of which some were only dubiously to be considered Siamese. The present hst includes the names of 1,173 birds and is complete so far as the avifauna of Thailand is known at this date (1962). For information on the Siamese collections in their care and, often, for the privilege of personal examination of important specimens, I owe thanks to literally dozens of museums in America, Europe, and Asia, and to members of their ornithological staffs. Special gratitude is due Mrs. B. P. HaU, of the British Museum (Natural History), London, who painstakingly recorded for me the data for the entire extensive collection of Siamese birds presented the Museum by the late Su- Walter J. F. WiUiamson, C.M.G. I should mention also the rich collections of Dr. Bun Song Lekhakun of Bangkok and of Dr. Robert E. Elbel, USOM/Thailand, who have sent me copious material during the past ten years, and whose explora- tions of previously uninvestigated areas have added dozens of birds to the Siamese hst. Finally, I must express my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Edward H. Taylor and Dr. George W. Byers, Editors of the University of Kansas Science Bulletin, who have graciously permitted me to use their invaluable plate of the map of Thailand sho\\dng provincial boundaries. Herbert G. Deignan At" The Provinces of Thailand Ang Thong 5 To stress the differences, I have consistently referred to Chaiya Prakan as provenience of forms reported from the Mae Khong- drained northeastern part of what is still officially known as Chiang Mai. 1 Chainat 37 Lamphun 2 Sing Buri 38 Lampang 3 Lop Buri 39 Phrae 4 Sara Buri 40 Nan 5 Ang Thong 41 Uttaradit 6 Ayutthaya 42 Tak 7 Nonthaburi 43 Sukhothai 8 Pathum Thani 44 Phitsanulok 9 Thon Buri 45 Kamphaeng Phet 10 Phra Nakhon (Bangkok) 46 Phichit 11 Nakhon Nayok 47 Phetchabun 12 Prachin Buri 48 Nakhon Sawan 13 Samut Prakan 49 Uthai Thani 14 Chachoengsao 50 Kanchanaburi 15 Chon Buri 51 Suphan Buri 16 Rayong 52 Rat Buri 17 Chanthaburi 53 Nakhon Pathom 18 Trat 54 Samut Songkhram 19 Chaiyaphum 55 Samut Sakhon 20 Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) 56 Phet Buri 21 Buriram 57 Prachuap Khiri Khan 22 Surin 58 Chumphon 23 Khu Khan (Sisaket) 59 Ranong 24 Ubon 60 Phangnga 25 Nong Khai 61 Surat Thani 26 Loei 62 Nakhon Si Thammarat 27 Udon Thani 63 Phuket 28 Sakon Nakhon 64 Krabi 29 Nakhon Phanom 65 Trang 30 Khon Kaen 66 Phatthalung 31 Maha Sarakham 67 Satun 32 Kalasin 68 Songkhla 33 Roi Et 69 Pattani 34 Mae Hong Son 70 Yala 35 Chiang Mai 71 Narathiwat 36 Chiang Rai Checklist of the Birds of Thailand The Birds of Thailand Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family PODICIPEDIDAE Genus PODICEPS Latham Podiceps ruficoUis poggei (Reichenow) Colymbus nigricans poggei Reichenow, Journ, fiir Orn., jahrg. 50, No. 1, January 1902, p. 125 (Hopeh Province, China). Range: Still waters of the northern plateau, the eastern plateau (Chaiyaphum) , the southeastern provinces, the central plains, and of the western and peninsular provinces south to Trang and Phatthalung. Order PELECANIFORMES Family PELECANIDAE Genus PELECANUS Linnaeus Pelecanus philippensis philippensis Gmehn [Pelecanus] philippensis Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . Systema naturae, ed. 13, torn. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 571 ("in insulis Philippinis"). Range: The more extensive marshes of the northern plateau (Chiang Rai) and the central plains, and along both coasts to the extreme South. Family SULIDAE Genus SULA Brisson Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster) Pelecanus Plotus Forster, Descriptiones animalium, ed. Lich- tenstein, 1844, p. 278 (''ad syi-tes et brevia maris novam Caledonian! alluentis"). Range: Off both coasts and reported to breed on certain islets of the Gulf of Siam. 3 4 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 226 Family PHALACROCORACIDAE Genus PHALACROCORAX Brisson Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach) Pelecanus sinensis Blumenbach, Abbild. naturh. Gegenst., heft 3, 1798, pi. 25 and text (China). Range: Reported from the broader rivers of the northern plateau (Mae Khong, Mae Ping), the more extensive marshes of the central plains (Phitsanulok), and along both coasts to the extreme South. Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, in Shaw, General zoology, vol. 13, pt. 1, February 1826, p. 91 (Bengal State, India). Range: Reported only from the central plains (Samut Prakan). Phalacrocorax pygmeus niger (Vieillot) Hydrocorax niger Vieillot, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, nouv. ed., tome 8, March 1817, p. 88 ("aux Indes orientales"; type locahty restricted to Bengal State, India, apwl Peters). Range: Reported from both still and running waters (including the larger torrents) of the northern plateau, the central plains, and of the peninsular provinces south to Siu-at Thani and Phuket. Genus ANHINGA Brisson Anhinga melanogaster Pennant Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, Indian zoology, 1769, p. 13, pi. 12 (Ceylon and Java). Range: Reported from both still and running waters of the northern and eastern plateaus, the central plains, and of the peninsular provinces south to Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phuket. Family FREGATIDAE Genus FREGATA Lacepede Fregata andrewsi Mathews Fregata andrewsi Mathews, Austral Avian Record, vol. 2, No. 6, Dec. 19, 1914, p. 120 (Christmas Island [lat. 10°31'S., long. 105°34' E.], Indian Ocean). Range: Reported off both coasts of the peninsular provinces south of the Isthmus of Ki-a. Fregata minor minor (Gmelin) [Pelecanus] minor Gmelin, Caroli a Linn6 . Systema naturae, cd. 13, tom. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 572 (no locahty; type locahty . THE BIRDS OF THAILAND 5 designated as "the eastern half of the Indian Ocean," by Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. 22, 1915, p. 145, and restricted to Christmas Island, by Lowe, ibid., vol. 31, 1924, p. 306). Range: Reported off both coasts of the peninsular provinces south of the Isthmus of Kra. Order CICONIIFORMES Family ARDEIDAE Genus ARDEA Linnaeus Ardea sumatrana Raffles Ardea Sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. 2, [not earlier than November] 1822, p. 325 (Sumatra; type lo- cahty restricted to Benkulan [lat. 3°47'S., long. 102°15'E.], by Kinnear and Robinson, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 47, 1927, p. 130). Range: Reported from islets off the southeastern provinces (Trat) and along both coasts of the peninsular provinces south of the Isthmus of Kia. Ardea cinerea rectirostris Gould Ardea rectirostris Gonld, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 11, July 1843, p. 22 (New South Wales, error; type locality corrected to "India?," by Stone, Austral Avian Record, vol. 1, 1913, p. 142). Range: Reported from both still and running waters of the northern and eastern plateaus, the central provinces, and the western and penin- sular provinces south to Trang. Ardea purpurea manilensis Meyen Ardea purpurea var. manilensis Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. Caes.- Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur., vol. 16, suppl. 1, 1834, p. 102 (Manila, Luz6n Island, Philippine Islands). Range: Reported from the northern plateau, the central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces south to Phuket and Phattha- lung. Genus BUTORIDES Blyth Butorides striatus amurensis von Schrenck [Ardea (Butorides) virescens] var. amurensis von Schrenck, Reisen und Forschungen in Amur-Lande . ., band 1, lief. 2, 1860, p. 441 ("Amurland," Russian SFSR). Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration or in winter from the northern plateau (Chaiya Prakan, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai) and the southeastern provinces (Trat) . 6 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 226 Butorides striatus actophilus Oberholser Butorides javanicus actophilus Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 7, Oct. 26, 1912, p. 1 (North Pagi Island, Mentawai Group, Barussan Islands). Range: A visitor from the North, reported on migration or in winter from the northern plateau and the central plains. Butorides striatus abbotti Oberholser Butorides javanicus abbotti Oberholser, U. S.