Sunrise Birding LLC www.sunrisebirding.com THAILAND SPECIES LIST January 2015
• 319 species • 2 species heard only • 3 species seen by leaders only • 43 species of shorebirds incl. jacanas Spoon-billed Sandpiper Photo by Kevin T. Karlson, January 2015 (C) = Common; (A) = Abundant; * = noteworthy/rare species
1) Bar-backed Partridge 18) Gray-capped Woodpecker
2) Scaly-breasted Partridge 19) Greater Yellownape
3) Red Junglefowl 20) Black-headed Woodpecker, m+f*
4) Kalij Pheasant (3) 21) Common Flameback
5) Gray Peacock-pheasant (heard) 22) Greater Flameback
6) Lesser Whistling Duck 23) Great Slaty Woodpecker (2)
7) Cotton Pygmy Goose 24) Lineated Barbet
8) Garganey 25) Green-eared Barbet (C)
9) Little Grebe 26) Blue-throated Barbet
10) Eurasian Wigeon 27) Moustached Barbet
11) Northern Pintail 28) Blue-eared Barbet
12) Eurasian Wryneck (1)* 29) Coppersmith Barbet
13) Speckled Piculet (3) 30) Oriental Pied Hornbill (many)
14) White-browed Piculet 31) Great Hornbill
15) Black-and-buff Woodpecker 32) Wreathed Hornbill (20+)
16) Heart-spotted Woodpecker 33) Eurasian Hoopoe
17) Crimson-winged Woodpecker 34) Indian Roller (C)
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 1 www.sunrisebirding.com 35) Dollarbird (Nick and Kevin) 63) Asian Barred Owlet
36) Orange-breasted Trogon 64) Collared Scops Owl
37) Red-headed Trogon 65) Spotted Owlet
38) Common Kingfisher 66) Brown Hawk Owl (1)*
39) Pied Kingfisher 67) Great-eared Nightjar
40) Banded Kingfisher (M) 68) Large-tailed Nightjar
41) White-throated Kingfisher 69) Indian Nightjar
42) Black-capped Kingfisher 70) Rock Pigeon (many)
43) Collared Kingfisher 71) Spotted Dove (many)
44) Banded Bay Cuckoo 72) Red-collared Dove (many)
45) Asian Koel 73) Little-Cuckoo-dove *
46) Green-billed Malkoha (C) 74) Zebra (Peaceful) Dove (many)
47) Raffle’s Malkoha (1) 75) Pink-necked Green-pigeon
48) Greater Coucal 76) Thick-billed Green-pigeon
49) Blue-bearded Bee-eater 77) Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon*
50) Little Green Bee-eater 78) Mountain Imperial Pigeon
51) Blue-tailed Bee-eater 79) Emerald Dove (Nick, Kevin, Judy)
52) Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 80) White-breasted Waterhen
53) Vernal Hanging-parrot 81) Common Moorhen
54) Red-breasted Parakeet 82) Pheasant-tailed Jacana
55) Himalayan Swiftlet 83) Bronze-winged Jacana
56) Germain’s Swiftlet 84) Ruddy-breasted Crake
57) Brown-backed Needletail 85) Greater Painted Snipe (female)*
58) Asian Palm Swift 86) Pintail Snipe
59) Fork-tailed Swift 87) Common Snipe
60) Cook’s Swift (split from FT Swift) 88) Black-tailed Godwit (A)
61) House Swift 89) Bar-tailed Godwit (C)
62) Gray-rumped Treeswift (20+) 90) Asian Dowitcher (1)
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 2 www.sunrisebirding.com 91) Whimbrel (C) 119) Lesser Sandplover
92) Eurasian Curlew (2+) 120) Greater Sandplover
93) Eastern Curlew (1000s) 121) Pacific Golden-Plover
94) Ruff 122) Gray Plover (C)
95) Wood Sandpiper (100s) 123) Gray-headed Lapwing
96) Common Sandpiper 124) Red-wattled Lapwing
97) Spotted Redshank (many) 125) Lesser Frigatebird (1 first winter)*
98) Common Redshank (fairly common) 126) Brown-headed Gull (many)
99) Marsh Sandpiper (many) 127) Black-headed Gull (2)
100) Common Greenshank 128) Pallas’s Gull (3)
101) Nordmann’s Greenshank (30+)* 129) Great Crested Tern
102) Red-necked Stint 130) Lesser Crested Tern
103) Spoon-billed Sandpiper (1)* 131) Common Tern
104) Temminck’s Stint 132) Little Tern (50+)
105) Long-toed Stint (10+) 133) Gull-billed Tern
106) Great Knot (1000+) 134) Caspian Tern
107) Red Knot 135) Whiskered Tern (many)
108) Dunlin (2)* 136) White-winged Tern (common)
109) Curlew Sandpiper (many-1000s) 137) Black Baza (4)
110) Broad-billed Sandpiper (many) 138) Oriental Honey-buzzard (about 10) 111) Red-necked Phalarope (1)* 139) Black-eared Kite 112) Red (Grey) Phalarope (1 first winter) * 2 nd Thailand record 140) Brahminy Kite (common)
113) Black-winged Stilt (many) 141) Black-shouldered Kite (3)
114) Pied Avocet ( close to 100) 142) Crested Serpent-eagle (5)
115) Little Ringed Plover 143) Pied Harrier (1)
116) Kentish Plover (many) 144) Crested Goshawk
117) Malaysian Plover* 145) Shikra
118) White-faced Plover (3)* 146) Besra
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 3 www.sunrisebirding.com 147) Black Eagle (1) 174) Blue-winged Leafbird (10+)
148) Greater Spotted Eagle (1) 175) Common Iora
149) Rufous-bellied Eagle (2) 176) Great Iora
150) Booted Eagle (1) 177) Asian Fairy-bluebird
151) Eurasian Kestrel (Kevin and Nick) 178) Brown Shrike
152) Little Cormorant (many) 179) Long-tailed Shrike (1)
153) Indian Cormorant 180) Burmese Shrike
154) Little Egret (abundant) 181) Grey-backed Shrike (1)
155) Chinese Egret (2) 182) Crested Jay
156) Pacific Reef Egret 183) Common Green Magpie
157) Great Egret 184) Racket-tailed Treepie
158) Intermediate Egret 185) Ratchet-tailed Treepie (2)*
159) Eastern Cattle Egret 186) Eastern Jungle Crow
160) Chinese Pond-heron (common) 187) Black-naped Oriole
161) Javan Pond-heron (some-Bangkok) 188) Black-hooded Oriole (1)
162) Gray Heron 189) Black-winged Cuckooshrike (C)
163) Purple Heron 190) Scarlet Minivet
164) Striated Heron 191) Rosy Minivet
165) Black-crowned Night-heron 192) Swinhoe’s Minivet
166) Yellow Bittern 193) Black Drongo
167) Cinnamon Bittern 194) Ashy Drongo
168) Black-headed Ibis 195) Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
169) Painted Stork 196) Spangled (Hair-crested) Drongo
170) Asian Openbill (many) 197) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 171) Blue Pitta (several heard close) 198) Bronzed Drongo 172) Silver-breasted Broadbill (1) 199) Ashy Woodswallow 173) Dusky Broadbill
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 4 www.sunrisebirding.com 200) Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike 226) Chestnut-tailed Starling
201) Pied Fantail 227) White-shouldered Starling
202) Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher 228) Brahminy Starling (1)*
203) Black-naped Monarch 229) Common Myna (common)
204) Asian Paradise Flycatcher 230) White-vented Myna (common)
205) Large Woodshrike 231) Common Hill Myna
206) White-throated Rock-thrush 232) Golden-crested Myna
207) Blue Rock-thrush 233) Asian Pied Starling (many)
208) Orange-headed Thrush* 234) Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (1)
209) Eye-browed Thrush 235) Sultan Tit
210) Dark-sided Flycatcher 236) Sand Martin
211) Asian Brown Flycatcher 237) Asian House Martin
212) Mugimaki Flycatcher (1 male)* 238) Barn Swallow (abundant)
213) Taiga Flycatcher 239) Red-rumped Swallow
214) Verditer Flycatcher 240) Black-headed Bulbul
215) Slaty-backed Flycatcher 241) Black-crested Bulbul (many)
216) Hainan Blue-flycatcher 242) Stripe-throated Bubul
217) Blue-throated Flycatcher 243) Flavescent Bulbul
218) Hill Blue Flycatcher 244) Yellow-vented Bulbul
219) Chinese Blue Flycatcher (1 male) 245) Streak-eared Bulbul
220) Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher 246) Sooty-headed Bulbul
221) Siberian Blue Robin 247) Ashy Bulbul
222) Oriental Magpie Robin 248) Puff-throated Bulbul
223) White-rumped Shama 249) Ochraceous Bulbul
224) Eastern Stonechat 250) Gray-eyed Bulbul
225) Pied Bushchat 251) Streaked Bulbul
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 5 www.sunrisebirding.com 252) Mountain Bulbul 278) Large Scimitar-Babbler
253) Red-whiskered Bulbul 279) Limestone Wren-babbler* (4+)
254) Yellow-bellied Prinia 280) White-browed Scimitar-Babbler
255) Plain Prinia 281) Rufous-fronted Babbler
256) Rufescent Prinia 282) Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
257) Zitting Cisticola 283) Spot-necked Babbler ? yes/no
258) Oriental Reed Warbler 284) Blyth’s (White-browed) Shrike-Babbler
259) Thick-billed Warbler 285) Collared (White-hooded) Babbler
260) Golden-bellied Gerrygone (heard) 286) Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
261) Common Tailorbird 287) Indochinese Bushlark
262) Dark-necked Tailorbird 288) Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
263) Radde’s Warbler 289) Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
264) Yellow-browed Warbler 290) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
265) Yellow-bellied Warbler 291) Van Hasselt’s (Purple-throated) Sunbird
266) Two-barred Warbler 292) Purple Sunbird
267) Claudia’s Leaf-warbler 293) Black-throated Sunbird
268) Arctic Warbler 294) Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
269) Eastern Crowned Warbler 295) Olive-backed Sunbird
270) Sulphur-breasted Warbler 296) Crimson Sunbird
271) Alstrom’s (Plain-tailed) Warbler 297) Little Spiderhunter
272) White-crested Laughingthrush 298) Streaked Spiderhunter
273) Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush 299) White (Amur) Wagtail
274) Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush 300) Eastern Yellow Wagtail
275) Black-throated Laughingthrush 301) Gray Wagtail
276) Abbott’s Babbler 302) Forest Wagtail
277) Puff-throated Babbler 303) Richard’s Pipit
Sunrise Birding LLC – THAILAND TOUR SPECIES LIST – January 2015 6 www.sunrisebirding.com 304) Paddyfield Pipit
305) Olive-backed Pipit
306) Plain-backed Sparrow
307) House Sparrow
308) Eurasian Tree Sparrow (many)
309) Streaked Weaver
310) Baya Weaver
311) Asian Golden Weaver
312) White-rumped Munia
313) Chestnut Munia
314) Scaly-breasted Munia
Species forgotten in the first round
315) Sanderling (12+)
316) Black-thighed Falconet (about 6)*
317) Black-and-yellow Broadbill Jan.16 – photos taken by KK
318) Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 1/14
319) White-bellied Erponis
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