Thailand and Cambodia

             TRIP REPORT: December 29, 2012 - January 29, 2013

                                          Bird List 

                                         © 2013 Callyn Yorke

Text References

King, B. and E.C. Dickinson. 1975. The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia. The Stephen Greene Press, Lexington Massachusetts. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8289-0650-5

Robson, Craig. 2002. Birds of Thailand. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. 272 pp.  ISBN 0-691-00701-2

Internet References

North Thailand Birding   http://www.norththailandbirding.com/

Yonok Wetlands Birding   http://yonokwetlands.awardspace.com/Birds%20&%20Birding%20.html

Acknowledgments

The following people provided their expertise in bird identification: Dan Byrne,  Mick Davies (Chiang Saen), Mr. Khun Daeng (Laem Pak Bia), Dr. Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, Dave Sargeant (Thailand) and Mr. T (Inthanon). I am grateful for their assistance. I accept full responsibility for any errors contained in this report.

KEY TO LOCATIONS (see Site Descriptions) .

AW = Angkor Wat (C)

BT = Inthanon Bird Tower (TH)

BK = Bangkok (TH)

C  = Cambodia

C2 = Checkpoint 2 trail DI (TH)

CD = Chiang Dao Nat. Park (TH)

CDP = Chiang Dao paddifields (TH)

CDT = Chiang Dao Temple (TH)

CH6 = Highway 6 (C)

CRU = Chiang Rai University Ban Du(TH)

CSL = Chiang Saen Lake (TH)

CSP = Port of Chiang Saen (TH)

CSR = Chiang Saen riverfront (TH)

DI = Doi Inthanon Nat. Park (TH)

DP = Dan's Patch Chiang Rai (TH)

DYK = High mountain road CD (TH)

H304 = HWY 304 Bangkok - Poi Pet (TH)

K34 = Km post 34 DI (TH)

KK = Koh Ker ruins (C)

LPS = Laem Pak sandspit (TH)

MDC = Mr. Daeng's cafe DI (TH)

MK = Mekong (TH)

OM = National Opium Museum Chiang Saen (TH)

PT = Pak Thale (TH)

RP = Royal Pagodas DI (TH)

SB = Summit boardwalk DI (TH)

SNK = Sri Nakhon Kuan Park Bangkok (TH)

SPW = Siriphum Falls  DI (TH)

STW = Sirithan Falls  DI (TH)

TH = Thailand

TT = Trapang Thmar (C)

WCFM = west central floating market Bangkok (TH)

WF = Wachirathan Falls DI

Note Systematics and nomenclature follow the most recent (2012) IOU and IOC world bird list. Numbers preceeding each abbreviated location entry indicate highest count during a survey or series of surveys. Locations without numbers indicate count data unavailable. "Common and widespread in the region" indicates a species likely to be found in suitable habitat during the appropriate season.

                                                                            BIRD LIST

Lesser Whistling Duck   Dendrocygna javanica  50  common in small flocks near shore and  CSL (photo)

Lesser Whistling Duck  Dendrocygna javanica  Chiang Saen Lake, Thailand   19 Jan 2013

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Greylag Goose  Anser anser (domestic)    4  roadside village north of Chiang Rai.

Common Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna  2  open water on lake, CSL.

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos (domestic incl. hybrids)   7  near shore, CSL.

Eastern Spot-billed Duck  Anas zonoryncha   120   gregarious; open water and near shore, CSL (photo).

Eastern Spot-billed Duck  Anas Zonorhyncha  Chiang Saen Lake  Thailand   January 15  2013

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Northern Pintail  Anas acuta   1 (f)  open water  CSL.

Garganey  Anas querquedula  4 (m,f)  open water  CSL.

Eurasian Teal  Anas crecca 2  (m,f)  open water  CSL.

Common Pochard   Aythya ferina  1 (m) open water  CSL.

Ferruginous Duck  Aythya nyroca   1 (m)  open water  CSL.

Tufted Duck  Aythya fuligula   6  open water and near shore  CSL.

Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis   25  near shore and open water  CSL (photo).

Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis  CSL Thailand  January 15  2013

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Painted Stork   Mycteria leucocephala  5  flying over dry paddifields  CH6 (photo)

Painted Stork  Mycteria leucocephala  HWY 6  50 km west of Siem Reap, Cambodia  Jan 27 2013

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Asian Openbill  Anastomus oscitans  120 (conserv. est.) circling above paddifields n side of lake  CSL - previously reported by Mick Davies as a new record for CSL (photo); 3 near roadside pond about 30 km west of Siem Reap CH6 (photo).

Asian Openbill  Anastomus oscitans Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 17 2013              Asian Openbill  HWY 6  Cambodia  Jan 27 2013

   

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Yellow Bittern   Ixobrychus sinensis  2  flushed from shoreline edge of marsh  CSL.

Chinese Pond Heron  Ardeola bacchus   8  flushed from shoreline edge of marsh, CSL (photo); widespread in wetlands tthrought the region..

Chinese Pond Heron  Ardeola bacchus   Chiang Saen Lake  Thailand   January 22  2013

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Eastern Cattle Egret   Bubulcus coromandus   12  flying over paddifield at dusk, BT; 12 CSL (photo); Siem Reap - Koh Ker paddifields.

Eastern Cattle Egret  Bubulcus coromandus  Chiang Saen Lake  Thailand   January 14  2013

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Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea   5  CSL; widespread in small numbers (1-3) throughout the region.

Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea   2  CSL; widespread in small numbers (1-2) throughout the region.

Great Egret  Ardea alba   10  CSL;  widespread in sizeable numbers (5-15) throughout the region.

Great Egret  Ardea alba  Pak Thale Thailand   January 29  2013

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Intermediate Egret  Egretta intermedia   2  CSL (photo); widespread but uncommon throughout the region.

Intermediate Egret  Egretta intermedia  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 18 2013

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Little Egret  Egretta garzetta    12  CSL;  LPS; widespread and fairly common in wetlands throughout the region.

 

Little Egret  Egretta garzetta  Laem Phak mangroves   Thailand    January 29 2013

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Pacific Reef Heron  Egretta sacra    2  flying over sandspit; on breakwater  LPS.

Chinese Egret  Egretta eulophotes  2   mudflat in mangrove channel; outer shore  LPS (photo); scarce to absent throughout the region.

Chinese Egret  Egretta eulophotes  Laem Pak mangrove Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Little Cormorant  Microcarbo  niger   2 edge of saltpans and tidal channel, PT (photo).

Little Cormorant  Microcarbo niger  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Great Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo  1  on a post in the lake, TT.

Oriental Darter  Anhinga melanogaster  1 (imm.?)   initially seen with outstretched wings in a hyacinth-choked cove off the southeastern shoreline road, CSL (photo). Apparently there have been no other recent records for this species at CSL.

                                             Oriental Darter  Anhinga melanogaster (same individusl)   Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 16 2013

                            

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Black-winged Kite  Elanus caeruleus  1 perched in an isolated tree in a paddifield, DP.

Eastern Marsh Harrier  Circus spilonotus   30 (conserv. est.) mixed pre-roost flock at dusk, n CSL.

Hen Harrier  Circus cyaneus  1   with pre-roost flock; one flying low over marsh, CSL.

Pied Harrier  Circus melanoleucos   150 (conserv. est.) pre-roost flock at dusk over fields, n CSL.

Rufous-winged Buzzard  Butaster liventer  1  flying over paddifield, BT.

Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo   1 soaring over fields, CSL; widespread but uncommon throughout the region.

Changeable Hawk-eagle   Nisaetus cirrhatus  1 breaking off sticks in tall tree, DP (photo).

Changeable Hawk-eagle  Nisaetus cirrhatus   Dan's Patch Chiang Rai, Thailand   Jan 13  2013

           

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Common Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus  1  low perch in paddifield  CDP.

White-breasted Waterhen  Amaurornis phoenicurus   5  marsh and shore   CSL.

White-breasted Waterhen  Amaurornis phoenicurus  Chiang Saen Lake  Thailand Jan 19 2013

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White-browed Crake   Porzana cinerea  3   usually flushed from edge of marsh  CSL.

Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio   15  mudflats, shore and marsh  CSL (photo).

        Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio CSL Thailand  Jan 21 2013

             

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Common (Eurasian) Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus    10   shoreline and shallows  CSL (photo).

Common (Eurasian) Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus  Chiang Saen Thailand  Jan 14  2013

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Eurasian Coot   Fulica atra  1  open water  CSL.

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus  16  foraging in paddifield TT (photo); 12  edge of saltpans  PT.

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus  TT Cambodia  Jan 26 2013

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Grey-headed Lapwing   Vanellus cinereus   6  fallow paddifield  CDP; 2  inner edge of marsh CSL.

Grey-headed Lapwing  Vanellus cinereus   Chiang Saen Lake  Thailand  January 19  2013

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Pacific Golden Plover   Pluvialis fulva  70   a tight flock in a dry paddifield, TT (photo).

Pacific Golden Plover  Pluvialis fulva  TT  Cambodia  Jan 26 2013

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Grey Plover  Pluvialis squatarola   2   on outer sandspit  PTS

Common Ringed Plover   Charadrius hiaticula   5  on muddy levees between salt ponds  PT (photo).

Common Ringed Plover  Charadrius hiaticula (imm)   Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

    

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Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius   2  on gravel bar CSP;  5 CDP (photo).

Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius  5  Chiang Dao  Thailand  Jan 11  2013

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Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus  3   saltpans and mudflats  PT;  1 LPS (photo).

Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus  LPS Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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White-faced Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus  1  outer beach near lagoon LPS (photos).

White-faced Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus (same individual in both photos)   Laem Pak Bia Thailand  Jan 29 2013

  

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Malaysian Plover  Charadrius peronii   8  salt pans PT; 1 (banded, Y/metal ) LPS (photo).

Malaysian Plover  Charadrius peronii (banded Y/m) LPS Thailand  Jan 29 2013

             

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Lesser Sand Plover  Charadrius mongolus   1  LPS (photo).

Lesser Sand Plover  Charadrius mongolus   Laem Pak sandspit  Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Greater Sand Plover  Charadrius leschenaultii  (noted relatively large size; long bill and legs)   1  mud bank of saltpan PT (photo).

Greater Sand Plover  Charadrius leschenaultii  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

        

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Pheasant-tailed Jacana  Hydrophasianus chirurgus   4   often foraging in pairs early AM on lily pads and edge of marsh, CSL (photo);  2  marshy edge of paddifield, TT.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana  Hydrophasianus chirurgus  Chiang Saen Thailand  Jan 20 2013

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Eurasian Woodcock   Scolopax rusticola   1  well-concealed on forest floor; discovered here by other birders, SB.

Pin-tailed Snipe  Gallinago stenura   3  DP;  6 CSL. Probably widespread and common throughout the region.

Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa   2 (possibly more)   distant salt ponds  PT.

Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica   50 (conserv. est.)   distant salt ponds  PT.

Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus   1  flying over shore, LPS.

Eurasian Curlew  Numenius arquata    80  distant salt ponds  PT.

Common Redshank   Tringa totanus   2  salt ponds and muddy borders PT (photo).

Common Redshank  Tringa totanus   Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29  2013

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Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis   1 paddifield with BWST, TT;  3  salt ponds  PK.

Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis (banded: /bg) Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29  2013

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Common Greenshank  Tringa nebularia  1 salt pond  PT.

Green Sandpiper  Tringa ochropus  2    in irrigation ditch behind M&J House, DP.

Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola  1  weedy border of a salt pond, PT (photo).

Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos   3   on gravel bar, CSP;  1 LPS.

Great Knot   Calidris tenuirostris   120    a tight flock on outer shore, LPS.

Great Knot  Calidris tenuirostris  Laem Pak sandspit  Thailand  January 29  2013

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Sanderling   Calidris alba    4 salt ponds PT ; 3  outer shore  LPS

Sanderling  Calidris alba  Pak Thale Thailand   January 29  2013

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Red-necked Stint  Calidris ruficollis  35  scattered in small flocks in the salt ponds, PT.

Red- necked Stint  Calidris ruficollis  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

       

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Long-toed Stint  Calidris subminuta   4   muddy edge and shallows of salt ponds  PT  (photo)

Long-toed Stint  Calidris subminuta  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Broad-billed Sandpiper  Limicola falcinellus   8  muddy edges of salt ponds  PT  (photo).

Broad-billed Sandpiper  Limicola falcinellus  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

       

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Red-necked Phalarope   Phalaropus lobatus   (DB)  PT.

Small Pratincole  Glareola lactea  3  well-concealed on Mekong gravel bar CSP (photo a).; 70 arriving in a loose flock over the lake at dusk, CSL (photo b).

        

          Small Pratincole  Glareola lactea Mekong CSP  Jan 16 2013                Small Pratincole  Glareola lactea  Chaiang Saen Lake Jan 18 2013

       

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Brown-headed Gull  Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus  120 (conserv. est.) PT;  5  LPS; 1 BK.

Brown-headed Gull  Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus  Leam Pak Sandspit Thailand Jan 29 2013

        

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Black-tailed Gull  Larus crassirostris  1 (imm. first cycle) with a large flock of BHGU, PT.

Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon nilotica   2  flying low over salt ponds, PT; 1 flying  LPS.

Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne  caspia   4  on outer shore, LPS.

Greater Crested Tern  Thalasseus bergi   8  on outer shore, LPS.

Little Tern  Sternula albifrons  3  flying; on shore, LPS (photo).

Little Tern Sternula albifrons  Laem Pak Bia Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida   3  flying low over salt ponds, PT;  flying near shore, LPS.

Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

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Rock Dove  Columba livia  common in towns throughout the region.

Red Turtle Dove  Streptopelia tranquebarica  6  utility lines and roof-tops, PT .

Spotted Dove  Streptopelia chinensis  common and widespread in the region.

Spotted Dove  Streptopelia chinensis (imm.) Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  December 30 2012

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Zebra Dove  Geopelia striata   2  DP; 2 DI (photo); common and widespread in the region,

 

Zebra Dove  Geopelia striata  Doi Inthanon Thailand  Jan 8 2013

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Mountain Imperial Pigeon  Ducula badia   6  flying over clearing DYK.

Blossom-headed Parakeet  Psittacula roseata   25  foraging on large fruits and inflorescences in deciduous trees, BT  (photo).

Blossom-headed Parakeet  Psittacula roseata  Inthanon Bird Tower, Thailand  Jan 5 2013

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Red-breasted Parakeet  Psittacula alexandri   12  feeding on fruiting fig tree, AW.

Greater Coucal  Centropus sinensis   2 DP; widespread though never abundant in the region.

Lesser Coucal  Centropus bengalensis   2  edge of marsh CSL

Green-billed Malkoa   Phaenicophaeus tristis   1  DP.

Asian Koel  Eudynamys scolopaceus  common and widespread, in towns and cities, including BK..

Violet Cuckoo  Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus  1 (imm) in coffee plantation shade trees, DP.

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhyncus  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Jan 1 2013

                          

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Plaintive Cuckoo  Cacomantus merulinus  1  DP; 1 MDC.

Asian Palm Swift  Cypsiurus balasiensis  4 DP;  10 CSL; 4 AW.

House Swift  Apus nipalensis  common and widespread in towns and cities.

White-throated Kingfisher  Halcyon smyrnensis   2  DP.

Black-capped Kingfisher  Halcyon pileata  1 mangrove channel, LPS.

Collared Kingfisher  Todiraphus chloris  2  mangroves, LPS.

Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis  1 DP;  1 CSL; widespread and fairly common throughout region.

Green Bee-eater  Merops orientalis   3  DP (photo);  gregarious; common and widespread in the region.

Green Bee-eater  Merops orientalis  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai  Jan 1 2013

           

                                              © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Eurasian Hoopoe  Upupa epops  1   foraging on grassy shoreline CSL                                                      

Oriental Pied Hornbill  Anthracoceros albirostris  1   repeated calls in tall secondary forest on temple road  CDT.

Blue-throated Barbet  Megalaima asiatica  1 CDT.

Coppersmith Barbet  Megaliama haemacephala  2  CSL (photo); common and widespread in the region.

Coppersmith Barbet  Megalaima haemacephala  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 18 2013

                      

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Eurasian Wryneck  Jynx torquilla  1 DP; widespread though uncommon in the region.

Eurasian Wryneck  Jynx torquilla  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Dec 30 2012

                

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Speckled Piculet  Picumnus innominatus  1  (m)   CDT

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus analis   1 DP; 1 CSL (photo)

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus analis  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 16 2013

                          

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Stripe-breasted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus atratus 1 (m) 5,000 ft. DYK (photo).

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopus atratus Chiang Dao Thailand Jan 10 2013

                     

                                                     © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Common Woodshrike  Tephrodornis pondicerianus  1 DYK.

Common Woodshrike  Tephrodornis pondicerianus  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 10 2013

              

                                               © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Ashy Woodswallow  Artamus fuscus  23  highly gregarious and closely spaced when perched, DP (photo); 30 CSL.

Ashy Woodswallow  Artamus fuscus  Dan's patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Dec 31 2012

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Common Iora  Aegithina tiphia   1 DP; 2 CSL; widespread and common in the region.

Common Iora  Aegithina tiphia  Dan's patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Jan 14 2013

       

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Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike  Coracina polioptpera  1  subacanopy of secondary forest CDT (photo).

Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike  Coracina polioptera  Cahiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

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Short-billed Minivet  Pericrocotus brevirostris   2 (m,f) 5,300 ft.   DYK (photo).

Short-billed Minivet  Pericrocotus brevirostris (m) Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 4 2013

        

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Scarlet Minivet  Pericrocotus speciosus   1 (m) CRU (photo);

Scarlet Minivet  Pericrocotus speciosus (m) Chiang Rai University Thailand  Jan 2 2013

       

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Brown Shrike  Lanius cristatus  1 downtown CR; 1 weedy pasture CSL; 1 paddifield road to TT (photo)

Brown Shrike  Lanius cristatus (imm) Trapang Thmar Cambodia Jan 26 2013

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Burmese Shrike  Lanius colluroides   1  DP (photo); common and widespread the region.

Burmese Shrike  Lanius colluroides  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Jan 1 2013

                              

                                                   ©  2013 Callyn Yorke     

 

Long-tailed Shrike  Lanius schach  1 with a grasshopper  CRU (photo);  1 CSL.

                Long-tailed Shrike  Lanius schach  Chiang Rai University Thailand  Jan 2 2013

                                                                                                © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Gray-backed Shrike  Lanius tephronotus  1 secondary forest at the edge of a clearing, CDT.

Black-naped Oriole  Oriolus chinensis   1 CDT; 1 CRU; 1 AW.

Black Drongo  Dicrurus macrocercus  2 DP; widespread and common in the region; often commensalistic with cattle (photo).

Black Drongo  Dicrurus macrocercus  road to Koh Ker Cambodia  Jan 25 2013

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Ashy Drongo  Dicrurus leucophaeus   1 DP; 1 STW; widespread in open country and second-growth forest.

Hair-crested Drongo  Dicrurus hottentottus  3   gregarious,   BT.

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus paradiseus  1 DI; 1 SNK; widespread and locally common in the region (photo).

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus paradiseus  Inthanon Thailand  Jan 3 2013

      

                                                                     © 2013 Callyn Yorke

Rufous Treepie   Dendrocitta vagabunda   4  gregarious  BT.

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda  Inthanon Thailand  Jan 3 2013

                    

                                             © 2013 Callyn Yorke

Grey Treepie  Dendrocitta formosae   2   pine forest @ 5,000 ft.  DYK.

Racket-tailed Treepie   Crypsirina temia  2 DP;   3  gregarious  CSL.

Racket-tailed Treepie  Crypsirina temia Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 18 2013

        

                                                             © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Large-billed Crow  Corvus macrorynchos  2  1,200 ft. DI (photo).

Large-billed Crow  Corvus macrorhynchos  Inthanon Thailand  Jan 3 2013

                                                        © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Japanese Tit  Parus minor  1   4,300 ft. K34.

Yellow-cheeked Tit  Parus spilonotus  1  C2.

Black-headed Bulbul   Pycnonotus atriceps  2  DP; 2   MDC (photo).

Black-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus atriceps  Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 6 2013

           

                                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Black-crested Bulbul  Pycnonotus flaviventris   1 CRU;  2  MDC (photo); 2 CSL.

Black-crested Bulbul  Pycnonotus flaviventris  Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 6 2013

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Red-whiskered Bulbul  Pycnonotus jocosus  2  CD (photo); 1 CSL.

Red-whiskered Bulbul  Pycnonotus jocosus  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 8 2013

      

                                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Sooty-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus aurigaster  4 DP ( red-vented photo); yellow-vented  10 KK (photo). Common and widespread in the region. YV (KK - Cambodia) appeared more gregarious than RV - Northern Thailand). Vocalizations of the two forms were also distinctly different. No red-yellow variation was observed within the two populations.

 RV Sooty-headed Bulbul (left - Chiang Rai Thailand ) and YV (right - Koh Ker Cambodia)

 

                                                       © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Flavescent Bulbul  Pycnonotus flavescens  1 SB.

Streak-eared Bulbul  Pycnonotus blanfordi  2  BT;  CD; common and widespread in the region.

 

Streak-eared Bulbul  Pynonotus blanfordi  Inthanon  Thailand Jan 8 2013

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Puff-throated Bulbul  Alophoixus pallidus  1  4,500 ft. CD.

Mountain Bulbul  Ixos mcclellandii   2  CK2.

Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica  10 DP; common and widespread in wetlands throughout the region.

Wire-tailed Swallow  Hirundo smithii  2  CDP (photo).

Wire-tailed Swallow  Hirundo smithii  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 11 2013

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Striated Swallow  Cecropis striolata  2  CSL (photo);  2 CDP.

Striated Swallow  Cecropis stiolata Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 17 2013

              

                                                              © 2013 Callyn Yorke

Grey-bellied Tesia  Tesia cyaniventer  2  active, vocal and well-concealed in ferns, K34.

Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus  2  active, vocal in marshy undergrowth DP; CRU.

Yellow-browed Warbler  Phylloscopus inornatus  2 DP; common and widespread in the region  up to 5,000 ft. (photo).

Yellow-browed Warbler  Phylloscopus inornatus   4,300 ft. Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 10 2013

                                                                                       © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Lanceolated Warbler  Locustella lanceolata  1 vocalizing in second-growth at Pied Harrier roost site, CSL (ID Mick Davies) .

Rufescent Prinia  Prinia rufescens   2 DP; 2 CDT (photo).

Rufescent Prinia  Prinia rufescens  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

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                                                                                           © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Plain Prinia  Prinia inornata  2  DP.

Common Tailorbird  Orthotomus sutorius  2 DP; common and widespread in the region.

Dark-necked Tailorbird  Orthotomus atrogularis  2  CP.

Pin-striped Tit Babbler  Macronus gularis  1 DP; common and widespread in the region.

Chestnut-capped Babbler  Timalia pileata   2 DP;   3 CSL;  vocal, gregarious in shrubs and low vegetation.

Rufous-winged Fulvetta  Alcippe castaneceps   4   vocal active in mixed species flocks. SB.

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush  Garrulax mitratus   3  very active and vocal near the ground in shrubs and trees, SB.

Blue-winged Minla  Minla cyanouroptera  1  in mixed sp. flock, SB.

Spectacled Barwing  Actinodura ramsayi  1  active in forest understory C2.

Silver-eared Mesia  Leiothrix argentauris  2  active in mixed species flocks, SB

Dark-backed Sibia  Heterophasia melanoleuca   2  in low trees and shrubs at the summit, DI (photo).

Dark-backed Sibia  Heterophasia melanoleuca   summit Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 4 2013

                                                                                                                 © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Yellow-eyed Babbler  Chrysomma sinense   2  DP (photo).

Yellow-eyed Babbler  Chrysomma sinense  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Jan 1 2013

                                                                                     © 2013  Callyn Yorke

 

Chestnut-flanked White-eye  Zosterops erythropleurus  4 SB; 6 RP (photo) ; often with ORWE 4 DYK.

Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops Erythropleurus  Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 6 2013

                    

                                                                       © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Oriental White-eye  Zosterops palpebrosus  2 DP; common and widespread in the region.

Oriental White-eye  Zosterops palpebrosus  Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  January 5 2013

                                                                                                     © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Asian Fairy Bluebird  Irena puella  1 flying around the canopy of an emergent tree in a coffee plantation, DP;  1 CDT.

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch  Sitta frontalis  1  in a mixed species flock, secondary forest, CDT (photo).

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch  Sitta frontalis  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

                                                                       © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Giant Nuthatch  Sitta magna  2  active in outer canopy branches of pines, 5,000 ft. DYK (photos).

 

Giant Nuthatch  Sitta magna (same individual)   Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 10 2013

  

                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

 

Great Myna  Acridotheres grandis  25 DP; common and widespread in northern Thailand; often commensalistic with livestock (photo).

 

Great Myna  Acridotheres grandis  on a water buffalo   Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 13 2013

                                                                                             © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis   10 DP; common and widespread in the region (photo).

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis  Ciang Saen Thailand  Jan 18 2013

                                                                                        © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Black-collared Starling  Gracupica nigricollis   40  evening flocks over paddifields DP;  common and widespread in the region.

Black-collared Starling  Gracupica nigricollis  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 16 2013

                                                                                          © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Pied Myna  Gracupica contra   3  weedy roadside areas around salt ponds, PT (photo).

Pied Myna  Gracupica contra  Pak Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

                                                                           © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

 

Starling sp. ?   (c.f. Sturnia sinensis and S. malabarica)    4  in flowering trees with a flock of Chestnut-tailed Starlings that flushed as I approached for photos, CRU (photo).

Note:  Two different expert opinions were obtained on this photo: Dan Byrne judged this image to represent a Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica), based on bill color and apparent lack of large white shoulder patches. Dave Sargeant identified it as a White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis), but offered no supporting explanation.

Starling sp. ?   c.f. Sturnus sinensis and malabaricus  Chiang Rai University Thailand  Jan 2 2013

                                   

                                                                                    © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Chestnut-tailed Starling  Sturnia malabarica   10-30  regular flocks in the evening over the paddifields, DP;  fairly common in Northern Thailand. Compare with above photo.

Chestnut-tailed Starling  Sturnia malabarica  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand   Jan 15 2013

                                                                                                © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Common (Eurasian) Starling  Sturnus vulgaris  2  (caged) CP.

Blue Whistling Thrush  Myophonus caeruleus    1 WF; around falls and fast-flowing streams, DI   (photo).

Blue Whistling Thrush  Myophonus caeruleus  Wachirathan Falls Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 7 2013

                                                                                         © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Oriental Magpie-Robin  Copsychus saularis  common and widespread in the region; e.g. towns.

Oriental Magpie Robin  Copsychus saularis  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 15 2013

       

                                                                       © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus  1  CDT (photo).

White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

                                                                                     © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Plumbeous Water Redstart  Rhyacornis fuluginosa  1   downstream of WF, DI (photo).

Plumbeous Water Redstart (female) Wachirathan Falls, Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 3 2013

        

                                                              © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Black-backed Forktail  Enicurus immaculatus  1  seen briefly at dawn along stream K13.

Slaty-backed Forktail  Enicurus schistaceus  2   pair maintaining visual and vocal contact downstream of WF, DI.

Slaty-backed Forktail   Enicurus schistaceus  Wachirathan Falls, Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 7 2013

               

                                                                    © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Siberian Stonechat  Saxicola maurus  2 DP (photo);  2 CSL;  pairs usually occupy separate territories; common and widespread in the region.

Siberian Stonechat  Saxicola maurus (f)   Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Dec 30 2012

                                                                              © 2012 Callyn Yorke

 

Pied Bush Chat  Saxicola caprata  2  DP;  2 CSL; common in Northern Thailand.

Pied Bush Chat  Saxicola caprata (m) Chiang Saen Lake Thailand   Jan 15 2013

                                                               © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush  Monticola rufiventris  1  4,400 ft. K34.

Asian Brown Flycatcher  Muscicapa daurica  1 CRU;  1 CSL.

Asian Brown Flycatcher  Muscicapa daurica Chiang Rai University Thailand  Jan 2 2013

            

                                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Taiga Flycatcher  Ficedula albicilla  2 DP;  2 CSL

Verditer Flycatcher  Eumias thalassinus   1 DP.

Grey-headed Flycatcher  Culicicapa ceylonensis  1 DP; 1 WF.

Grey-headed Flycatcher  Culicicapa ceylonensis  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Dec 31 2012

              

                                                                           © 2012 Callyn Yorke

 

Large Nitalva  Nitalva grandis  1  montane forest subcanopy, K34.

Blue-winged Leafbird  Chloropus cochinchinensis  2 CDT (photo).

Blue-winged Leafbird  Chloropus cochinchinensis  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

                                                                          © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Golden-fronted Leafbird  Chloropsis aurifrons  1  K13;  1 garden tree at Inthanon resort.

Orange-bellied Leafbird  Chloropus hardwickii   2  flowering tree in mixed sp. flock, incl. Chestnut-flanked White-eye, DYK (photo).

 

Orange-bellied Leafbird  Chloropus hardwickii  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 10  2013

                                                                              © 2013 Callyn Yorke

                                                              

 

Plain Flowerpecker  Dicaeum minullum   1 CDT (photo).

 

Plain Flowerpecker  Dicaeum minullum  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 8 2013

                                                                          © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum cruentatum   2 DP; 2 CDT; widespread and common in the region.

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum cruentatum (f) Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 9 2013

                                                                                         © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird  Chalcoparia singalensis  1 (m) DP.

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcopana singalensis (m) Dan's Patch Chiang Rai  Jan 1 2013

                     

                                                   © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Purple-naped Sunbird  Hypogramma hypogrammicum  1  CD.

Purple Sunbird  Cinnyris asiaticus   2 DP; widespread in Northern Thailand.

Olive-backed Sunbird  Cinnyris jugularis   2 (m,f) OM.

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird  Aethopyga gouldiae  6 ( m,f)SB (photo) common above 5,000 ft.; often in mixed species flocks; 4 RP; 2 DYK.

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird  Aethopyga gouldiae  Doi Inthanon NP  Jan 6 2013

                                                                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Green-tailed Sunbird  Aethopyga nipalensis  2 (m,f) SB;  1 (f) DYK. Relatively uncommon in the highlands; often with MGSU.

Black-throated Sunbird  Aethopyga saturata   1(m) in garden flowering shrubs, MDC (photo).

Black-throated Sunbird  Aethopyga saturata (m)   Doi Inthanon NP Thailand  Jan 5  2013                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                 © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

House Sparrow  Passer domesticus  4  PT.

House Sparrow  Passer domesticus (m) Pakh Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

                                                                             © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Plain-backed Sparrow  Passer flaveolus  3 DP; widespread and fairly common in the region.

Plain-backed Sparrow  Passer flaveolus (m)   Pakh Thale Thailand  Jan 29 2013

                                                                   © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Eurasian Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus  DP; abundant and widespread in the region.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus (m)   Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Dec 31 2012

                                                                                         © 2012 Callyn Yorke

 

Baya Weaver  Ploceus philippinus   20  DP; common and widespread in the region.

Baya Weaver  Ploceus philippinus  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand   Jan 1 2013

                                                                          © 2013 Callyn Yorke

White-rumped Munia  Lonchura striata  8  CDP

White-rumped Munia  Lonchura striata  Chiang Dao Thailand  Jan 11 2013

                                                                          © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Scaly-breasted Munia  Lonchura punctulata  8  DP; common in Northern Thailand.

Scaly-breasted Munia  Lonchura puntulata  Dan's Patch Chiang Rai Thailand  Jan 1 2013

                                                                                      © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Citrine Wagtail  Motacilla citreola  1  mudflats and grassland near shore, CSL (photo).

Citrine Wagtail  Motacilla citreola  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 19 2013

         

                                                            © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea  1 DP; 1 CDP (photo); fairly common and widespread in wetlands throughout the region.

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  Chiang Dao Thailand Jan 11 2013

         

                                             © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

White Wagtail  Motacilla alba  2 DP;  2 CSL (photo); very common and widesptread in the region.

White Wagtail  Motacilla alba  Chiang Saen Lake Thailand  Jan 20 2013

                                                                                   © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Richard's Pipit  Anthus richardi  2  edge of paddifield, TT (photo).

Richard's Pipit  Anthus richardi  Trapang Thmer Cambodia  Jan 26 2013

                                                                           © 2013 Callyn Yorke

 

Olive-backed Pipit  Anthus hodgsoni  8 CRU; common and widespread in the region.

Common Rosefinch  Carpodacus erythrinus   5  foraging on trash at summit  DI;  2 DYK.

                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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