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Thatorn Rice Fields & Riverside Checklist
(207 species : Updated 142/03/26)

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Japanese Quail
Rain Quail
Blue-breasted Quail
Chinese Francolin
Lesser Whistling Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
Feral Pigeon
Oriental Turtle Dove
Red Collared Dove
Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Large-tailed Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Himalayan Swiftlet
White-nest (Germain's) Swiftlet
Asian Palm Swift
Cook's Swift
House Swift
Greater Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Green-billed Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Plaintive Cuckoo
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Slaty-breasted Rail
Ruddy-breasted Crake
White-breasted Waterhen
White-browed Crake
Watercock
Common Moorhen
Common Crane
Asian Openbill
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Black Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Little Egret
Little Cormorant
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden Plover
Long-billed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
River Lapwing
Grey-headed Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Dunlin
Pintail Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Barred Buttonquail
Oriental Pratincole
Small Pratincole
Whiskered Tern
Eurasian Barn Owl
Brown Boobook
Asian Barred Owlet
Collared Scops Owl
Oriental Scops Owl
Short-eared Owl
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Short-toed Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Pied Harrier
Shikra
Black Kite
Rufous-winged Buzzard
Eastern Buzzard
Eurasian Hoopoe
Asian Green Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Indochinese Roller
Common Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Coppersmith Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Eurasian Wryneck
Common Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cockatiel
Black-naped Oriole
Long-tailed Minivet
Ashy Woodswallow
Common Iora
Malaysian Pied Fantail
Black Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Black-naped Monarch
Brown Shrike
Brown Shrike
Burmese Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Grey-backed Shrike
Racket-tailed Treepie
Large-billed Crow
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher
Singing Bushlark
Indochinese Bushlark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Oriental Skylark
Zitting Cisticola
Grey-breasted Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Plain Prinia
Comon Tailorbird
Thick-billed Warbler
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Baikal Bush Warbler
Spotted Bush Warbler
Striated Grassbird
Siberian House Martin
Asian House Martin
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Grey-throated Martin
Sand Martin
Streak-eared Bulbul
Sooty-headed Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Common (Siberian) Chiffchaff
Grey-crowned Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Chestnut-capped Babbler
Common Starling
Siamese Pied Starling
Black-collared Starling
White-shouldered Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
White-cheeked Starling
Common Myna
Great Myna
Oriental Magpie Robin
Verditer Flycatcher
Bluethroat
Firethroat
Siberian Rubythroat
Taiga Flycatcher
Jerdon's Bushchat
Pied Bushchat
Amur Stonechat
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Purple Sunbird
Ornate Sunbird
Baya Weaver
Red Avadavat
Red Avadavat
White-rumped Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut Munia
House Sparrow
Russet Sparrow
Plain-backed Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Rosy Pipit
Siberian Pipit
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
White Wagtail
White Wagtail
Brambling
Lapland Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Black-faced Bunting

Coturnix japonica
Coturnix coromandelica
Synoicus chinensis chinensis
Francolinus pintadeanus phayrei
Dendrocygna javanica
Tadorna ferruginea
Aix galericulata
Spatula querquedula
Mareca penelope
Anas acuta
Anas crecca crecca
Columba livia
Streptopelia orientalis
Streptopelia tranquebarica tranquebarica
Spilopelia chinensis humilis
Geopelia striata
Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus
Caprimulgus affinis monticolus
Aerodramus brevirostris brevirostris
Aerodramus fuciphagus germani
Cypsiurus balasiensis infumatus
Apus cooki
Apus nipalensis subfurcatus
Centropus sinensis intermedius
Centropus bengalensis bengalensis
Phaenicophaeus tristis saliens
Clamator coromandus
Eudynamys scolopaceus chinensis
Cacomantis merulinus querulus
Hierococcyx sparverioides
Cuculus canorus bakeri
Lewinia striata albiventer
Zapornia fusca bakeri
Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus
Amaurornis cinerea
Gallicrex cinerea
Gallinula chloropus chloropus
Grus grus grus
Anastomus oscitans
Plegadis falcinellus
Botaurus stellaris stellaris
Botaurus sinensis
Botaurus cinnamomeus
Botaurus flavicollis
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Ardeola bacchus
Bubulcus coromandus
Ardea cinerea jouyi
Ardea purpurea manilensis
Ardea alba modesta
Ardea intermedia
Egretta garzetta garzetta
Microcarbo niger
Himantopus himantopus himantopus
Pluvialis fulva
Thinornis placidus
Thinornis dubius
Vanellus duvaucelii
Vanellus cinereus
Vanellus indicus atronuchalis
Rostratula benghalensis
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Metopidius indicus
Calidris temminckii
Calidris subminuta
Calidris alpina sakhalina
Gallinago stenura
Gallinago megala
Gallinago gallinago gallinago
Actitis hypoleucos
Tringa ochropus
Tringa nebularia
Tringa glareola
Turnix suscitator thai
Glareola maldivarum
Glareola lactea
Chlidonias hybrida hybrida
Tyto javanica
Ninox scutulata burmanica
Glaucidium cuculoides bruegeli
Otus lettia lettia
Otus sunia strictonotus
Asio flammeus flammeus
Elanus caeruleus vociferus
Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis
Circaetus gallicus
Clanga clanga
Hieraaetus pennatus
Circus spilonotus
Circus melanoleucos
Tachyspiza badia poliopsis
Milvus migrans lineatus
Butastur liventer
Buteo japonicus japonicus
Upupa epops epops
Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps
Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti
Merops philippensis
Coracias affinis
Alcedo atthis bengalensis
Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra
Halcyon pileata
Psilopogon haemacephalus indicus
Psilopogon lineata hodgsoni
Jynx torquilla torquilla
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Falco amurensis
Falco columbarius insignis
Falco peregrinus japonensis
Psittacula Krameri (feral population)
Nymphicus hollandicus (escape)
Oriolus chinensis diffusus
Pericrocotus ethologus ripponi
Artamus fuscus
Aegithina tiphia philipi
Rhipidura javanica longicauda
Dicrurus macrocercus albirictus
Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis
Hypothymis azurea montana
Lanius cristatus cristatus
Lanius cristatus philippensis
Lanius colluroides collurioides
Lanius schach longicaudatus
Lanius schach tricolor
Lanius tephronotus tephronotus
Crypsirina temia
Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii
Culcicapa ceylonensis calochrysea
Mirafra javanica williamsoni
Mirafra erythrocephala
Calandrella dukhunensis
Alauda gulgula
Cisticola juncidis malaya
Prinia hodgsonii erro
Prinia flaviventris delacour
Prinia inornata blanfordi
Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus
Arundinax aedon aedon
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Acrocephalus orientalis
Helopsaltes certhiola rubescens
Locustella lanceolata lanceolata
Locustella davidi suschkini
Locustella thoracica thoracica
Megalurus palustris toklao
Delichon lagopodum
Delichon dasypus cashmeriense
Cecropis daurica daurica
Hirundo smithii filifera
Hirundo rustica guttaralis
Hirundo rustica tytleri
Hirundo rustica saturata
Hirundo rustica mandaschurica
Riparia chinensis
Riparia riparia ijimae
Pycnonotus conradi
Pycnonotus aurigaster thais
Pycnonotus goiavier jambu
Phylloscopus inornatus
Phylloscopus fuscatus robustus
Phylloscopus collybita tristis
Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
Chrysomma sinense sinense
Timalia pileata smithi
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratsky
Gracupica floweri
Gracupica nigricollis
Sturnia sinensis
Sturnia malabarica nemoricola
Spodiopsar cineraceus
Acridotheres tristis tristis
Acridotheres grandis
Copsychus saularis saularis
Eumyias thalassinus thalassinus
Luscinia svecica svecica
Calliope pectardens
Calliope calliope
Ficedula albicilla
Saxicola jerdoni
Saxicola caprata caprata
Saxicola stejnegeri
Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum
Cinnyris asiaticus intermedius
Cinnyris ornatus flammaxiliaris
Ploceus philippinus angelorum
Amandava amandava punicea
Amandava amandava flavidiventris
Lonchura striata acuticauda
Lonchura punctulata topela
Lonchura atricapilla deignani
Passer domesticus indicus
Passer rutilans intensior
Passer flaveolus
Passer montanus malaccensis
Anthus hodgsoni hodgsoni
Anthus cervinus
Anthus roseatus
Anthus japonicus
Anthus richardi sinensis
Anthus rufulus rufulus
Motacilla cinerea melanope
Motacilla citreola citreola
Motacilla citreola calcarata
Motacilla tschutschensis tschutschensis
Motacilla tschutschensis taivana
Motacilla tschutschensis macronyx
Motacilla alba leucopsis
Motacilla alba ocularis
Motacilla alba baicalensis
Fringilla montifringilla
Calcarius lapponicus
Emberiza melanocephala
Emberiza bruniceps
Emberiza fucata fucata
Emberiza aureola aureola
Emberiza spodocephala sordida

Download this Thatorn Rice Fields & Riverside Bird checklist in a printable PDF format

Please forward any additions to this list, or any notable sightings from Thatorn Rice Fields & Riverside, to me at nickupton@thaibirding.com

This checklist for Thatorn Rice Fields & Riverside is by no means complete and is not to be mistaken for any official checklist that may exist - it is only meant as a guide for visiting birdwatchers.

 

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