Sunrise Birding LLC THAILAND SPECIES LIST January 2015 319 species 2 species heard only 3 species seen by leaders only 43 species of shorebirds incl. jacanas (C) = Common; (A) = Abundant; * = noteworthy/rare species Spoon-billed Sandpiper Photo by Kevin T. Karlson, January 2015 1) Bar-backed Partridge 2) Scaly-breasted Partridge 3) Red Junglefowl 4) Kalij Pheasant (3) 5) Gray Peacock-pheasant (heard) 6) Lesser Whistling Duck 7) Cotton Pygmy Goose 8) Garganey 9) Little Grebe 10) Eurasian Wigeon 11) Northern Pintail 12) Eurasian Wryneck (1)* 13) Speckled Piculet (3) 14) White-browed Piculet 15) Black-and-buff Woodpecker 16) Heart-spotted Woodpecker 17) Crimson-winged Woodpecker 18) Gray-capped Woodpecker 19) Greater Yellownape 20) Black-headed Woodpecker, m+f* 21) Common Flameback 22) Greater Flameback 23) Great Slaty Woodpecker (2) 24) Lineated Barbet 25) Green-eared Barbet (C) 26) Blue-throated Barbet 27) Moustached Barbet 28) Blue-eared Barbet 29) Coppersmith Barbet 30) Oriental Pied Hornbill (many) 31) Great Hornbill 32) Wreathed Hornbill (20+) 33) Eurasian Hoopoe 34) Indian Roller (C) 1
35) Dollarbird (Nick and Kevin) 36) Orange-breasted Trogon 37) Red-headed Trogon 38) Common Kingfisher 39) Pied Kingfisher 40) Banded Kingfisher (M) 41) White-throated Kingfisher 42) Black-capped Kingfisher 43) Collared Kingfisher 44) Banded Bay Cuckoo 45) Asian Koel 46) Green-billed Malkoha (C) 47) Raffle s Malkoha (1) 48) Greater Coucal 49) Blue-bearded Bee-eater 50) Little Green Bee-eater 51) Blue-tailed Bee-eater 52) Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 53) Vernal Hanging-parrot 54) Red-breasted Parakeet 55) Himalayan Swiftlet 56) Germain s Swiftlet 57) Brown-backed Needletail 58) Asian Palm Swift 59) Fork-tailed Swift 60) Cook s Swift (split from FT Swift) 61) House Swift 62) Gray-rumped Treeswift (20+) 63) Asian Barred Owlet 64) Collared Scops Owl 65) Spotted Owlet 66) Brown Hawk Owl (1)* 67) Great-eared Nightjar 68) Large-tailed Nightjar 69) Indian Nightjar 70) Rock Pigeon (many) 71) Spotted Dove (many) 72) Red-collared Dove (many) 73) Little-Cuckoo-dove * 74) Zebra (Peaceful) Dove (many) 75) Pink-necked Green-pigeon 76) Thick-billed Green-pigeon 77) Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon* 78) Mountain Imperial Pigeon 79) Emerald Dove (Nick, Kevin, Judy) 80) White-breasted Waterhen 81) Common Moorhen 82) Pheasant-tailed Jacana 83) Bronze-winged Jacana 84) Ruddy-breasted Crake 85) Greater Painted Snipe (female)* 86) Pintail Snipe 87) Common Snipe 88) Black-tailed Godwit (A) 89) Bar-tailed Godwit (C) 90) Asian Dowitcher (1) 2
91) Whimbrel (C) 92) Eurasian Curlew (2+) 93) Eastern Curlew (1000s) 94) Ruff 95) Wood Sandpiper (100s) 96) Common Sandpiper 97) Spotted Redshank (many) 98) Common Redshank (fairly common) 99) Marsh Sandpiper (many) 100) Common Greenshank 101) Nordmann s Greenshank (30+)* 102) Red-necked Stint 103) Spoon-billed Sandpiper (1)* 104) Temminck s Stint 105) Long-toed Stint (10+) 106) Great Knot (1000+) 107) Red Knot 108) Dunlin (2)* 109) Curlew Sandpiper (many-1000s) 110) Broad-billed Sandpiper (many) 111) Red-necked Phalarope (1)* 112) Red (Grey) Phalarope (1 first winter) * 2 nd Thailand record 113) Black-winged Stilt (many) 114) Pied Avocet ( close to 100) 115) Little Ringed Plover 116) Kentish Plover (many) 117) Malaysian Plover* 118) White-faced Plover (3)* 119) Lesser Sandplover 120) Greater Sandplover 121) Pacific Golden-Plover 122) Gray Plover (C) 123) Gray-headed Lapwing 124) Red-wattled Lapwing 125) Lesser Frigatebird (1 first winter)* 126) Brown-headed Gull (many) 127) Black-headed Gull (2) 128) Pallas s Gull (3) 129) Great Crested Tern 130) Lesser Crested Tern 131) Common Tern 132) Little Tern (50+) 133) Gull-billed Tern 134) Caspian Tern 135) Whiskered Tern (many) 136) White-winged Tern (common) 137) Black Baza (4) 138) Oriental Honey-buzzard (about 10) 139) Black-eared Kite 140) Brahminy Kite (common) 141) Black-shouldered Kite (3) 142) Crested Serpent-eagle (5) 143) Pied Harrier (1) 144) Crested Goshawk 145) Shikra 146) Besra 3
147) Black Eagle (1) 148) Greater Spotted Eagle (1) 149) Rufous-bellied Eagle (2) 150) Booted Eagle (1) 151) Eurasian Kestrel (Kevin and Nick) 152) Little Cormorant (many) 153) Indian Cormorant 154) Little Egret (abundant) 155) Chinese Egret (2) 156) Pacific Reef Egret 157) Great Egret 158) Intermediate Egret 159) Eastern Cattle Egret 160) Chinese Pond-heron (common) 161) Javan Pond-heron (some-bangkok) 162) Gray Heron 163) Purple Heron 164) Striated Heron 165) Black-crowned Night-heron 166) Yellow Bittern 167) Cinnamon Bittern 168) Black-headed Ibis 169) Painted Stork 170) Asian Openbill (many) 171) Blue Pitta (several heard close) 172) Silver-breasted Broadbill (1) 173) Dusky Broadbill 174) Blue-winged Leafbird (10+) 175) Common Iora 176) Great Iora 177) Asian Fairy-bluebird 178) Brown Shrike 179) Long-tailed Shrike (1) 180) Burmese Shrike 181) Grey-backed Shrike (1) 182) Crested Jay 183) Common Green Magpie 184) Racket-tailed Treepie 185) Ratchet-tailed Treepie (2)* 186) Eastern Jungle Crow 187) Black-naped Oriole 188) Black-hooded Oriole (1) 189) Black-winged Cuckooshrike (C) 190) Scarlet Minivet 191) Rosy Minivet 192) Swinhoe s Minivet 193) Black Drongo 194) Ashy Drongo 195) Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo 196) Spangled (Hair-crested) Drongo 197) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 198) Bronzed Drongo 199) Ashy Woodswallow 4
200) Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike 201) Pied Fantail 202) Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher 203) Black-naped Monarch 204) Asian Paradise Flycatcher 205) Large Woodshrike 206) White-throated Rock-thrush 207) Blue Rock-thrush 208) Orange-headed Thrush* 209) Eye-browed Thrush 210) Dark-sided Flycatcher 211) Asian Brown Flycatcher 212) Mugimaki Flycatcher (1 male)* 213) Taiga Flycatcher 214) Verditer Flycatcher 215) Slaty-backed Flycatcher 216) Hainan Blue-flycatcher 217) Blue-throated Flycatcher 218) Hill Blue Flycatcher 219) Chinese Blue Flycatcher (1 male) 220) Tickell s Blue Flycatcher 221) Siberian Blue Robin 222) Oriental Magpie Robin 223) White-rumped Shama 224) Eastern Stonechat 225) Pied Bushchat 226) Chestnut-tailed Starling 227) White-shouldered Starling 228) Brahminy Starling (1)* 229) Common Myna (common) 230) White-vented Myna (common) 231) Common Hill Myna 232) Golden-crested Myna 233) Asian Pied Starling (many) 234) Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (1) 235) Sultan Tit 236) Sand Martin 237) Asian House Martin 238) Barn Swallow (abundant) 239) Red-rumped Swallow 240) Black-headed Bulbul 241) Black-crested Bulbul (many) 242) Stripe-throated Bubul 243) Flavescent Bulbul 244) Yellow-vented Bulbul 245) Streak-eared Bulbul 246) Sooty-headed Bulbul 247) Ashy Bulbul 248) Puff-throated Bulbul 249) Ochraceous Bulbul 250) Gray-eyed Bulbul 251) Streaked Bulbul 5
252) Mountain Bulbul 253) Red-whiskered Bulbul 254) Yellow-bellied Prinia 255) Plain Prinia 256) Rufescent Prinia 257) Zitting Cisticola 258) Oriental Reed Warbler 259) Thick-billed Warbler 260) Golden-bellied Gerrygone (heard) 261) Common Tailorbird 262) Dark-necked Tailorbird 263) Radde s Warbler 264) Yellow-browed Warbler 265) Yellow-bellied Warbler 266) Two-barred Warbler 267) Claudia s Leaf-warbler 268) Arctic Warbler 269) Eastern Crowned Warbler 270) Sulphur-breasted Warbler 271) Alstrom s (Plain-tailed) Warbler 272) White-crested Laughingthrush 273) Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush 274) Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush 275) Black-throated Laughingthrush 276) Abbott s Babbler 277) Puff-throated Babbler 278) Large Scimitar-Babbler 279) Limestone Wren-babbler* (4+) 280) White-browed Scimitar-Babbler 281) Rufous-fronted Babbler 282) Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 283) Spot-necked Babbler? yes/no 284) Blyth s (White-browed) Shrike-Babbler 285) Collared (White-hooded) Babbler 286) Brown-cheeked Fulvetta 287) Indochinese Bushlark 288) Yellow-vented Flowerpecker 289) Fire-breasted Flowerpecker 290) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 291) Van Hasselt s (Purple-throated) Sunbird 292) Purple Sunbird 293) Black-throated Sunbird 294) Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 295) Olive-backed Sunbird 296) Crimson Sunbird 297) Little Spiderhunter 298) Streaked Spiderhunter 299) White (Amur) Wagtail 300) Eastern Yellow Wagtail 301) Gray Wagtail 302) Forest Wagtail 303) Richard s Pipit 6
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 Sunrise Birding, LLC PO Box 274 Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA +203 453-6724 http:// gina@sunrisebirding.com 7