Bird Survey Data for the Study Area (May – January 2002)
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Status^ |
Abundance* |
Habitat |
Overhead |
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Abandoned Cultivation |
Grassland |
Low Shrub |
Tall Shrub |
Woodland |
Mudflat / Mangrove |
Count |
Habitat † |
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Accipiter trivirgatus |
Crested Goshawk |
R |
R |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Accipiter virgatus |
Besra |
R |
R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
TS |
Accpiter guilaris |
Japanese Sparrowhawk |
M |
R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
AC |
Acridotheres cristatellus |
Crested Mynah |
R |
C/W |
9 |
|
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
Aethopyga christinae |
Fork-tailed Sunbird |
R |
U/L |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Alcedo atthis |
Common Kingfisher |
R/AM |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Anthus hodgonsi |
Olive-backed Pipit |
WV |
C/W |
8 |
|
|
|
14 |
1 |
|
|
Anthus sylvanus |
Upland Pipit |
R |
R |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apus affinis |
Little Swift |
R/SM |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
G/AC |
Apus pacificus |
Pacific Swift |
SM/SV |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
G |
Ardeola bacchus |
Chinese Pond Heron |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Buteo buteo |
Common Buzzard |
WV |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
LS |
Centropus bengalensis |
Lesser Coucal |
R |
U/L |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Centropus sinensis |
Greater Coucal |
R/SV |
C/W |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Cettia diphone |
Japanese Bush Warbler |
WV |
U/L |
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cettia fortipes |
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler |
WV |
R |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Charadrius dubius |
Little Ringed Plover |
R |
W |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
Chinese Grosbeak |
WV |
R |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Copsychus saularis |
Oriental Magpie Robin |
R |
C/W |
7 |
|
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Corvus marcorhynchos |
Large-billed Crow |
R |
C/W |
17 |
|
6 |
13 |
2 |
|
|
|
Cuculus micropterus |
Indian Cuckoo |
SV |
U/L |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Dicrurus hottentotus |
Hair-crested Drongo |
M/SV/WV |
U/L |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Egretta garzetta |
Little Egret |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
4 |
|
43 |
|
|
Egretta sacra |
Pacific Reef Egret |
R |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Eudynamyscolopacea |
Common Koel |
R/SV |
C/W |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
Falco tinnunculus |
Eurasian Kestrel |
WV |
U/L |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
AC |
Ficedula albicilla |
Red-throated Flycatcher |
AM/WV |
R |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
Garrulax canorus |
Hwamei |
R |
U/L |
|
|
11 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
Garrulax perspicillatus |
Masked Laughingthrush |
R |
C/W |
10 |
|
|
10 |
5 |
12 |
|
|
Halcyin smyrnensis |
White-throated Kingfisher |
AM,W,R |
E |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Halcyon pileata |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
AM/WV |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
White Bellied Sea Eagle |
R |
R |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Hieraaetus fasciatus |
Bonelli’s Eagle |
R |
R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
AC |
Hierococcyx sparverioides |
Large Hawk Cuckoo |
SV |
U/L |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hirundo rustica |
Barn Swallow |
SM/SV |
C/W |
10 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hypsipetas castananonotus |
Chestnut Bulbul |
R |
R |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
Lanius schach |
Long-tailed Shrike |
R |
C/W |
1 |
|
7 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
Lonchura striata |
White-rumped Munia |
R |
U/L |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milvus migrans |
Black Kite |
R/WV |
C/W |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
G/LS/AC |
Monticola solitarius |
Blue Rock Thrush |
WV |
U/L |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motacilla alba ocularis |
White Wagtail |
R/WV |
C/W |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motacilla cinerea |
Grey Wagtail |
WV |
C/W |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Muscicapa latirostris |
Asian Brown Flycatcher |
AM/WV |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Myiphoneus caerulus |
Blue Whistling Thrush |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Night Heron |
R |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Orthotomus sutorius |
Common Tailorbird |
R |
C/W |
4 |
|
6 |
6 |
5 |
|
|
|
Parus major |
Great Tit |
R |
C/W |
8 |
|
|
11 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
Passer montana |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
Phoenicurus auroreus |
Daurian Redstart |
WV |
U/L |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Phyllocsopus proregulus |
Pallas’ Leaf Warbler |
WV |
U/L |
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
Phylloscopus fuscatus |
Dusky Warbler |
WV |
U/L |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Phylloscopus inornatus |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
WV |
C/W |
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Phylloscopus reguloides |
Blyth’s Leaf Warbler |
WV |
R |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Phylloscopus tenellipes |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler |
AM |
R |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Pica pica |
Magpie |
R |
C/W |
7 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
Prinia flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Prinia |
R |
C/W |
|
|
28 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Prinia inornata |
Plain Prinia |
R |
U/L |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Pycnonotus aurigaster |
Sooty-headed Bulbul |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Pycnonotus jocosus |
Red-whiskered Bulbul |
R |
C/W |
22 |
|
|
19 |
|
12 |
|
|
Pycnonotus sinensis |
Chinese Bulbul |
R |
C/W |
51 |
16 |
36 |
59 |
28 |
27 |
|
|
Spilornis cheela |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
R |
R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
W |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Spotted Dove |
R |
C/W |
56 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
Sturnus nigricollis |
Black-collared Starling |
R |
C/W |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
|
Tarsiger cyanurus |
Red-flanked Bluetail |
WV |
U/L |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
Turdus cardis |
Japanese Thrush |
AM/ WV |
R |
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Turdus hortulorum |
Grey-backed Thrush |
WV |
W |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Turdus merula |
Common Blackbird |
WV |
U/L |
1 |
|
|
|
28 |
1 |
|
|
Turdus pallidus |
Pale Thrush |
WV |
U/L |
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Urocissa erythrorhyncha |
Blue Magpie |
R |
C/W |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Urosphena squameiceps |
Asian Stubtail Warbler |
WV |
R |
1 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
Zoothera citrina |
Orange-headed Thrush |
R |
R |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Zosterops japonica |
Japanese White-eye |
R |
C/W |
23 |
|
46 |
12 |
43 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Abundance |
300 |
42 |
150 |
172 |
190 |
196 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sp. Richness |
31 |
9 |
13 |
26 |
30 |
27 |
|
|
Source: BMT (2002)
^ Status according to Viney et al, 1994.
^ R = Residents / M = Migrant / AM = Autumn Visitors / WV = Winter Visitors / SM = Summer Migrant / SV = Summer Visitor
* Abundance according to Viney et al, 2001.
* R = Rare and Localised / C/W = Common and Widespread / U/L = Uncommon and Local
† G = Grassland / AC = Abandoned Cultivation / LS = Low Shrub / TS = Tall Shrub / W = Overhead