Chiang Dao Paddies Checklist
(165 species : Updated 28/12/24)

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Japanese Quail
Chinese Francolin
Lesser Whistling Duck
Eurasian Teal
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)
Oriental Turtle Dove
Red Collared Dove
(Eastern) Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Crested Treeswift
Brown-backed Needletail
Himalayan Swiftlet
Edible-nest (Germain's) Swiftlet
Asian Palm Swift
House Swift
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Green-billed Malkoha
Asian Koel
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Plaintive Cuckoo
Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Ruddy-breasted Crake
White-breasted Waterhen
Common Moorhen
Asian Openbill
Glossy Ibis
Yellow Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Striated Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
(Eastern) Great Egret
Medium Egret
Little Egret
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Grey-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Temminck's Stint
Pintail Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Barred Buttonqail
Oriental Pratincole
Eastern Barn Owl
Brown Boobook
Asian Barred Owlet
Spotted Owlet
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pied Harrier
Shikra
Northern Goshawk
Black Kite
Rufous-winged Buzzard
Eastern Buzzard
Eurasian Hoopoe
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Indochinese Roller
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Coppersmith Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Eurasian Wryneck
Common Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Black-hooded Oriole
Long-tailed Minivet
Ashy Woodswallow
Common Iora
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Grey-backed Shrike
Racket-tailed Treepie
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Indochinese Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
Zitting Cisticola
Golden-headed Cisticola
Rufescent Prinia
Grey-breasted Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Plain Prinia
Common Tailorbird
Thick-billed Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Baikal Bush Warbler
Siberian House Martin
Asian House Martin
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Sand Martin
Black-crested Bulbul
(Northern) Sooty-headed Bulbul
Streak-eared Bulbul
Black-headed Bulbul
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Grey-crowned Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Chestnut-capped Babbler
Puff-throated Babbler
Common Starling
Siamese Pied Starling
Black-collared Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Great Myna
Oriental Magpie Robin
White-rumped Shama
Bluethroat
Siberian Rubythroat
Taiga Flycatcher
Blue Rockthrush
Pied Bushchat
Amur Stonechat
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Purple Sunbird
Ornate Sunbird
Baya Weaver
Red Avadavat
White-rumped Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia
House Sparrow
Plain-backed Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Yellow-breasted Bunting

Coturnix japonica
Francolinus pintadaenus
Dendrocygna javanica
Anas crecca
Columba livia
Streptopelia orientalis
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Spilopelia chinensis
Geopelia striata
Hemiprocne coronata
Hirundapus giganteus
Aerodramus brevirostris
Aerodramis fuciphagus (germani)
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Apus nipalensis
Centropus sinensis
Centropus bengalensis
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Cacomantis sonnerati
Cacomantis merulinus
Surniculus lugubris
Hierrococcyx sparverioides
Zapornis fusca
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Galinula chloropus
Anastomus oscitans
Plegadis falcinellus
Ixobrychus sinensis
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Butorides striata
Ardeola bacchus
Bubulcus coromanda
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Ardea alba (modesta)
Ardea intermedia
Egretta garzetta
Himantopus himantopus
Thinornis dubius
Vanellus vanellus
Vanellus cinereus
Vanellus indicus
Rostratula benghalensis
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Calidris temminckii
Gallinago stenura
Gallinago gallinago
Actitis hypoleucos
Tringa ochropus
Tringa nebularia
Tringa glareola
Turnix suscitator
Glareola maldivarum
Tyto javanica
Ninox scutulata
Glaucidium cuculoides
Athene brama
Elanus caruleus
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Spilornis cheela
Clanga clanga
Hieraaetus pennatus
Circus spilonotus
Circus melanoleucos
Accipiter badius
Accipiter gentilis
Milvus migrans lineatus
Butastur liventer
Buteo japonicus
Upupa epops
Nyctyornis athertoni
Merops orientalis
Merops leschenaulti
Coracias affinis
Alcedo atthis
Halcyon smyrnensis
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Psilopogon lineatus
Jynx torquilla
Falco tinnunculus
Falco amurensis
Falco peregrinus
Psittacula roseata
Oriolus xanthornus
Pericrocotus ethologus
Artamus fuscus
Aegithina tiphia
Dicrurus macrocercus
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Dicrurus hottentottus
Dicrurus paradiseus
Lanius cristatus
Lanius schach
Lanius tephronotus
Temnurus temnurus
Urocissa erythroryncha
Corvus macrorhynchos
Mifrafa erythrocephala
Alauda gulgula
Cisticola juncidis
Cisticola exilis
Prinia rufescens
Prinia hodgsonii
Prinia flaviventris
Prinia inornata
Orthotomus sutorius
Arundinax aedon
Acrocephalus orientalis
Locustella certhiola
Locustella lanceolata
Locustella davidi
Delichon lagopodum
Delichon dasypus
Cecropis daurica
Hirundo smithii
Hirundo rustica
Riparia riparia
Pycnonotus flaviventris
Pycnonotus aurigaster (chrysorrhoides)
Pycnonotus conradi
Brachypodius atriceps
Phylloscopus inornatus
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Phylloscopus tenphrocephalus
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
Chrysomma sinense
Timalia pileata
Pellorneum ruficeps
Sturnus vulgaris
Gracupica floweri
Gracupica nigricollis
Sturnia malabarica
Acridotheres tristis
Acridotheres grandis
Copsychus saularis
Kittacincla malabarica
Cyanecula sverica
Calliope calliope
Ficedula albicilla
Monticola solitarius
Saxicola caprata
Saxicola stejnegeri
Dicaeum cruentatum
Cinnyris asiaticus
Cinnyris ornatus
Ploceus philippinus
Amandava amandava
Lonchura striata
Lonchura punctulata
Passer domesticus indicus
Passer flaveolus
Passer montanus
Anthus hodgsoni
Anthus cervinus
Anthus roseatus
Anthus richardi
Anthus rufulus
Motacilla cinerea
Motacilla citreola
Motacilla tschutschensis
Motacilla alba leucopsis
Emberiza aureola

This checklist for Chiang Dao paddiesis not to be mistaken for anyofficial checklist that may exist and be maintained by the national recorders. It is, however, compiled from the relaible observations I know of and is meant as a guide for birdwatchers.

Email me at nickupton@thaibirding.com

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