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Appendix 9.4: Avifauna Species Recorded from the Assessment Area Appendix 9.4: Avifauna Species Recorded from the Assessment Area Stormwater Fishponds Distribution Protection Red List of Developed Agricultural Area Mudflat / Principal Level of China Red Village / Drain / Natural Modified and Common Name (1) Scientific Name in Hong Status in China’s IUCN Red List (8) Area / Plantation Grassland Shrubland Woodland Marsh Mangrove Coastal Status (3) Concern (4) Data Book (6) Orchard Recreational Watercourse Watercourse Mitigation Kong (2) China (5) Vertebrates (7) Wasteland Dry Wet Water Body Pond Ponds Francolinus Near Chinese Francolin Common R - - - Least Concern + pintadeanus Threatened Northern Shoveler(8) Anas clypeata Abundant W RC - - Least Concern Least Concern +++ Tachybaptus Little Grebe(8) Common P LC - - Least Concern Least Concern + ruficollis Black-faced Spoonbill(8) Platalea minor Common W PGC Class II Endangered Endangered Endangered + Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax Common P (LC) (11) - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + ++ (9) nycticorax Chinese Pond Heron (9) Ardeola bacchus Common P PRC - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + ++ + + + + + ++ Bubulcus Eastern Cattle Egret(9) Common P (LC) (11) - - - - + + + + coromandus Grey Heron (9) Ardea cinerea Common W PRC - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + + Eastern Great Egret (9) Ardea modesta Common P PRC (RC) (11) - - - - ++ + + + Little Egret (9) Egretta garzetta Common P PRC (RC) - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + ++++ + + ++ +++ ++ Black Kite(8)(9) Milvus migrans Common W,R (RC) (10) Class II - Least Concern Least Concern + Near Crested Serpent Eagle(9) Spilornis cheela Uncommon R,M (LC) (10) Class II Vulnerable Least Concern + + + Threatened Accipiter Near Crested Goshawk(9) Uncommon R - Class II Rare Least Concern + trivirgatus Threatened Besra(10) Accipiter virgatus Scarce R - Class II - Least Concern Least Concern + + + Eastern Buzzard(8)(9) Buteo japonicus Common W - Class II - - - + White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ ++ + + + + + + + (9) phoenicurus Common Moorhen (9) Gallinula chloropus Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + Recurvirostra Pied Avocet(8) Abundant W RC - - Least Concern Least Concern + +++ avosetta Little Ringed Plover(8) Charadrius dubius Common W,R (LC) (10) - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ ++ + + Common Snipe(8) Gallinago gallinago Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + Near Eurasian Curlew(8) Numenius arquata Abundant W/M RC - - Near Threatened + Threatened Marsh Sandpiper(8) Tringa stagnatilis Common M,W RC - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ Common Greenshank(8) Tringa nebularia Abundant M,W RC - - Least Concern Least Concern + Green Sandpiper(8) Tringa ochropus Uncommon W - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ + ++ + Wood Sandpiper(8) Tringa glareola Common M,W LC - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ Common Sandpiper (9) Actitis hypoleucos Common M,W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + + Domestic Pigeon Columba livia Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + Streptopelia Oriental Turtle Dove Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + orientalis Streptopelia Spotted Dove Abundant R - - - Least Concern - ++++ ++++ ++++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++ ++ +++ + + + + chinensis Chalcophaps Common Emerald Dove Scarce R - - Vulnerable Least Concern Least Concern + indica Centropus Greater Coucal Common R - Class II Vulnerable Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + + + + + sinensis Clamator Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Uncommon Su - - - Least Concern Least Concern + coromandus Eudynamys Asian Koel Common Su,R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ + + + + + + scolopacea Cacomantis Plaintive Cuckoo Uncommon Su - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + merulinus Hierococcyx Large Hawk Cuckoo Common Su - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + sparverioides Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Uncommon Su,?W - - - Data Deficient Least Concern + + + House Swift Apus nipalensis Common R,SpM - - - Least Concern Least Concern + White-throated Kingfisher (9) Halcyon smyrnensis Common AM,P (LC) (11) - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + + + + + + Black-capped Kingfisher(8) Halcyon pileata Common AM,W (LC) (10) - - Least Concern Least Concern + Common Kingfisher (9) Alcedo atthis Common AM,P - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + + Pied Kingfisher (9) Ceryle rudis Uncommon R (LC) (11) - - Least Concern Least Concern + + Black-winged Cuckoo- Coracina Scarce AM,W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + shrike melaschistos Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Common SpM - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + ++ + + + + + Dicrurus Black Drongo Common M,Su - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + + + macrocercus Dicrurus Hair-crested Drongo Common M,Su,W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + hottentottus Urocissa Red-billed Blue Magpie Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + erythrorhyncha Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + + Appendix 9.4: Avifauna Species Recorded from the Assessment Area Stormwater Fishponds Distribution Protection Red List of Developed Agricultural Area Mudflat / Principal Level of China Red Village / Drain / Natural Modified and Common Name (1) Scientific Name in Hong Status in China’s IUCN Red List (8) Area / Plantation Grassland Shrubland Woodland Marsh Mangrove Coastal Status (3) Concern (4) Data Book (6) Orchard Recreational Watercourse Watercourse Mitigation Kong (2) China (5) Vertebrates (7) Wasteland Dry Wet Water Body Pond Ponds House Crow Corvus splendens - R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + Near Collared Crow(8) Corvus torquatus Uncommon R LC - - Near Threatened + + + Threatened Corvus Large-billed Crow Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + macrorhynchos Great Tit Parus major Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + + + + Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Abundant R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++++ ++++ ++++ ++ ++ ++ + ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++ +++ Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis Abundant R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++++ ++++ +++ + + + +++ +++ +++ +++ ++ +++ + Pycnonotus Sooty-headed Bulbul Uncommon R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + aurigaster Hemixos Chestnut Bulbul Common R,W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + castanonotus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Abundant SpM,Su - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ ++ ++ + ++ + + + + + + Phylloscopus Dusky Warbler Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + ++ + + + + + + + + fuscatus Phylloscopus Pallas's Leaf Warbler Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + proregulus Phylloscopus Yellow-browed Warbler Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ ++ + + + + + + + + inornatus Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern +++ +++ +++ + + +++ +++ ++ ++ + + + + Plain Prinia Prinia inornata Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + + + + + + + + Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ +++ + + + ++ + ++ ++ + + Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps Uncommon R LC - - Least Concern Least Concern + Garrulax Masked Laughingthrush Abundant R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++ +++ +++ + + +++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ perspicillatus Black-throated Garrulax chinensis Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + + Laughingthrush Near Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus Common R - - - Least Concern + Threatened Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus Abundant R,?W - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++++ ++++ +++ ++ + ++ ++++ ++ +++ ++++ + ++ + Acridotheres Crested Myna Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern +++ +++ ++++ ++ ++ + ++ + + +++ + cristatellus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Uncommon R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + Spodiopsar Red-billed Starling (9) Common W GC - - Least Concern - ++ + ++ + + + +++ ++ ++ sericeus Spodiopsar White-cheeked Starling Common W PRC - - Least Concern - + ++ + + cineraceus Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis Common R - - - Least Concern - +++ +++ ++++ + + + ++ + + + + + White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis Common M,W,Su (LC) (10) - - Least Concern - + Common Blackbird Turdus merula Common W,M - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans Uncommon W,SpM - - - Least Concern Least Concern + Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis Abundant R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++++ ++++ +++ + + ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ ++ Phoenicurus Daurian Redstart Common W - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + auroreus Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Common W,M - - - - - + + ++ + + + + + Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Common M,W - - - Least Concern - + Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus Scarce ?R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + Scarlet-backed Dicaeum Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + ++ + Flowerpecker cruentatum Aethopyga Fork-tailed Sunbird Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + ++ + + + + christinae Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Abundant R - - - Least Concern Least Concern ++++ ++++ ++++ + ++ ++++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ +++ +++ Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Common R - - - Least Concern Least Concern + + ++ + ++ + + Motacilla Eastern Yellow Wagtail Common M,W - - - - - + + + tschutschensis Appendix 9.4: Avifauna Species Recorded from the Assessment Area Stormwater Fishponds Distribution Protection Red List of Developed Agricultural Area Mudflat / Principal Level of China Red Village / Drain / Natural Modified and Common Name (1) Scientific Name in Hong Status in China’s
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