Ban Thung
Yai Meadowlands Checklist
(123 species : Updated 11/01/21)
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Species in black are known from the site from personal observations.
Species in blue are known from the site from the observations of others.
Common
Name
Scientific
Name
Lesser Whistling Duck
Red Junglefowl
Great Eared Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Grey-rumped Treeswift
Pale-rumped (Germain's) Swiftlet
Asian Palm Swift
House Swift
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Green-billed Malkoha
Asian Koel
Plaintive Cuckoo
Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Red Collared Dove
(Eastern) Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Thick-billed Green Pigeon
White-breasted Waterhen
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Watercock
Grey-headed Swamphen
Little Grebe
Black-winged Stilt
River Lapwing
Grey-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Pacific Golden Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Oriental Plover
Pintail Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Oriental Pratincole
Little Tern
Asian Openbill
Little Cormorant
Yellow Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Black Bittern
Striated Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
(Eastern) Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Western Osprey
Crested (Oriental) Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent Eagle
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Black-eared Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Indochinese Roller
Oriental Dollarbird
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Lineated Barbet
Red-throated Barbet
Blue-eared Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Banded Woodpecker
Streak-breasted Woodpecker
Vernal Hanging Parrot
Black-and-red Broadbill
Blue-winged Pitta
Common Iora
Ashy Minivet
Brown Shrike
Black-naped Oriole
Black Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Malaysian Pied Fantail
Large-billed Crow
Black-headed Bulbul
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Streak-eared Bulbul
Barn Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Dusky Warbler
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Common Tailorbird
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Asian Glossy Starling
Great (White-vented) Myna
Jungle Myna
Common Myna
Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling
Oriental Magpie Robin
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Brown-throated Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Baya Weaver
White-rumped Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia
Forest Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Dendrocygna javanica
Gallus gallus
Lyncornis macrotis
Caprimulgus macrurus
Hemiprocne coronata
Aerodramus germani
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Apus nipalensis
Centropus sinensis
Centropus bengalensis
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Cacomantis merulinus
Columba livia
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Spilopelia chinensis
Geopelia striata
Treron vernans
Treron curvirostra
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Porzana fusca
Gallicrex cinerea
Porphyrio poliocephalus
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Himantopus himantopus
Vanellus duvaucelii
Vanellus cinereus
Vanellus indicus
Pluvialis fulva
Charadrius dubius
Charadrius mongolus
Charadrius veredus
Gallinago stenura
Gallinago gallinago
Actitis hypoleucos
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa nebularia
Tringa glareola
Glareola maldivarum
Sternula albifrons
Anastomous oscitans
Microcarbo niger
Ixobrychus sinensis
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Dupetor flavicollis
Butorides striata
Ardeola bacchus
Ardeola speciosa
Bubulcus coromandus
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Ardea alba
Ardea intermedia
Egretta garzetta
Pandion haliaetus
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Spilornis cheela
Accipiter gularis
Milvus migrans lineatus
Haliastur indus
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Coracias affinis
Eurystomus orientalis
Pelargopsis capensis
Halcyon smyrnensis
Alcedo atthis
Merops philippinus
Merops leschenaulti
Psilopogon lineatus
Psilopogon mystacophanos
Psilopogon duvaucelii
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Yungipicus canicapillus
Chrysophlegma miniaceum
Picus viridanus
Loriculus vernalis
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Pitta moluccensis
Aegithina tiphia
Pericrocotus divaricatus
Lanius cristatus
Oriolus chinensis
Dicrurus macrocercus
Dicrurus paradiseus
Rhipidura javanica
Corvus macrorhynchos
Pycnonotus atriceps
Pycnonotus finlaysoni
Pycnonotus goiavier
Pycnonotus blanfordi
Hirundo rustica
Hirundo tahitica
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Phylloscopus borealoides
Phylloscopus borealis
Acrocephalus orientalis
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Helopsaltes certhiola
Locustella lanceolata
Prinia flaviventris
Orthotomus sutorius
Orthotomus atrogularis
Aplonis panayensis
Acridotheres grandis
Acridotheres fuscus
Acridotheres tristis
Agropsar sturninus
Copsychus saularis
Muscicapa latirostris
Cyanecula svecica
Dicaeum cruentatum
Anthreptes malacensis
Cinnyris jugularis
Passer montanus
Ploceus philippinus
Lonchura striata
Lonchura punctulata
Dendronanthus indicus
Motacilla tschutschensis
Motacilla cinerea
Anthus richardi
Anthus rufulus
Please forward any additions to this list,
or any notable sightings from Ban Thung Yai Meadowlands, to
me at nickupton@thaibirding.com
This checklist for Ban
Thung Yai Meadowlands is by no means complete and is not to
be mistaken for the official checklist maintained by the national
recorders - it is only meant as a guide for visiting birdwatchers.
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