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B2A – Trip report Thailand Laem Pak Bia - Pak Thale & the South 27 March – 05 April 2009   Trip list -276 species   -Some of the better species seen highlighted in bold-   Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis   Spot-billed Pelican  Pelecanus philippensis  Vulnerable (VU) 14 birds circling high above Bangkok seen en-route to the airport   Indian Cormorant  Phalacrocorax fuscicollis   Little Cormorant  Phalacrocorax niger   Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea   Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea   Great Egret  Ardea alba   Intermediate Egret  Egretta intermedia   Little Egret  Egretta garzetta   Chinese Egret  Egretta eulophotes  Vulnerable (VU) 3 birds at Laem Pak Bia   Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra A dark morhp seen at Laem Pak Bia   Chinese Pond-Heron  Ardeola bacchus   Javan Pond-Heron  Ardeola speciosa Birds of both Pond Herons seen in summer plumage.   Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis   Little Heron  Butorides striata   Black-crowned Night-Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax   Yellow Bittern  Ixobrychus sinensis Few Laem Pak Bia area   Cinnamon Bittern  Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Only 1 seen Laem Pak Bia area   Painted Stork  Mycteria leucocephala  Near-threatened (NT) 3 birds Laem Pak Bia area   Asian Openbill  Anastomus oscitans   Lesser Whistling-Duck  Dendrocygna javanica   Osprey  Pandion haliaetus A bird each at Laem Pak Bia and Krabi river   Black Baza  Aviceda leuphotes About 30 birds on migration near Surat Thani.   Oriental Honey-buzzard  Pernis ptilorhynchus Regularly recorded with a bird seen perched at Tone Pariwat.   Black-shouldered Kite  Elanus caeruleus   Brahminy Kite  Haliastur indus   Lesser Fish-Eagle  Ichthyophaga humilis Near-threatened (NT) A bird each at Khao Sok and Sri Phang-nga NP   Crested Serpent-Eagle  Spilornis cheela   Eastern Marsh-Harrier  Circus spilonotus Close flight views of 1 bird at Thai Muang golfcourse.   Crested Goshawk  Accipiter trivirgatus 1 seen Khao Sok   Shikra  Accipiter badius   Japanese Sparrowhawk  Accipiter gularis   Imperial Eagle  Aquila heliaca  Vulnerable (VU) A juv. that came flying in very low over the marsh was a real surprise and 1 of 3 bird species we added to the site's bird list in a single morning!!!   Blyth's Hawk-Eagle  Spizaetus alboniger One at Sri Phang-nga NP   Wallace's Hawk-Eagle  Spizaetus nanus  Vulnerable (VU) One seen KhaoSokNational Park   Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus One seen Laem Pak Bia area   Red Junglefowl  Gallus gallus   Great Argus  Argusianus argus  Near-threatened (NT) heard only SriPhang-ngaNational Park   White-breasted Waterhen  Amaurornis phoenicurus   Ruddy-breasted Crake  Porzana fusca Several seen Laem Pak Bia environmental Research Station   Watercock  Gallicrex cinerea Superb views of a male out in the open at the edge of a rice field near Petchaburi with another one seen Laem Pak Bia the next day. Also 1 seen at Thai Muang marsh.   Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio Several Thai Muang marsh   Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus   Greater Painted-snipe  Rostratula benghalensis A male seen Laem Pak Bia environmental Research Station, 2 more seen Laem Pak Bia the next day.   Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus   Oriental Pratincole  Glareola maldivarum Several pairs on their breeding grounds near Laem Pak Bia and 3 birds on migration still seen at Thai Muang.   River Lapwing  Vanellus duvaucelii We found 5 in the Phang-nga river bed near TakuaPa town and a single bird at Thai Muang marsh.   Grey-headed Lapwing  Vanellus cinereus Six in the Phang-gna river with 1 also at Thai Muang.   Red-wattled Lapwing  Vanellus indicus   Pacific Golden-Plover  Pluvialis fulva   Black-bellied Plover  Pluvialis squatarola   Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus   Malaysian Plover  Charadrius peronii  Near-threatened (NT) 10+ birds on the Laem Pak Bia sandspit   Lesser Sandplover  Charadrius mongolus   Greater Sandplover  Charadrius leschenaultii   Pintail Snipe  Gallinago stenura   Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago   Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa   Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica   Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus   Eurasian Curlew  Numenius arquata   Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos   Spotted Redshank  Tringa erythropus   Common Greenshank  Tringa nebularia   Nordmann's Greenshank  Tringa guttifer  Endangered (EN) 31 birds seen at Laem Pak Bia   Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis   Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola   Great Knot  Calidris tenuirostris   Sanderling  Calidris alba   Red-necked Stint  Calidris ruficollis   Long-toed Stint  Calidris subminuta   Curlew Sandpiper  Calidris ferruginea   Spoon-billed Sandpiper  Eurynorhynchus pygmeus  Critically Endangered (EN) One was easily found at Pak Thale, a possible second bird seen too but not sure this wasn't the first one that moved around or not.   Broad-billed Sandpiper  Limicola falcinellus   Ruff  Philomachus pugnax   Red-necked Phalarope  Phalaropus lobatus 1 bird at Pak Thale   Heuglin's Gull  Larus heuglini 2 at Laem Pak Bia sandspit   Brown-headed Gull  Larus brunnicephalus   Little Tern  Sternula albifrons   Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon nilotica   Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne caspia   White-winged Tern  Chlidonias leucopterus   Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida   Common Tern  Sterna hirundo   Great Crested Tern  Thalasseus bergii Laem Pak Bia sandspit   Lesser Crested Tern  Thalasseus bengalensis Laem Pak Bia sandspit   Red Collared-Dove  Streptopelia tranquebarica   Spotted Dove  Streptopelia chinensis   Emerald Dove  Chalcophaps indica   Zebra Dove  Geopelia striata   Little Green-Pigeon  Treron olax 2 birds seen Sri Phang-nga NP   Orange-breasted Pigeon  Treron bicinctus Small group Thai Muang marsh   Thick-billed Pigeon  Treron curvirostra   Vernal Hanging-Parrot  Loriculus vernalis   Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo  Cuculus vagans  Near-threatened (NT) heard only Khao Nor Chuchi   Indian Cuckoo  Cuculus micropterus 1 bird Lumpini Park Bangkok   Banded Bay Cuckoo  Cacomantis sonneratii   Plaintive Cuckoo  Cacomantis merulinus   Asian Drongo-Cuckoo  Surniculus lugubris   Asian Koel  Eudynamys scolopaceus   Green-billed Malkoha  Phaenicophaeus tristis   Raffles's Malkoha  Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus    Greater Coucal  Centropus sinensis   Lesser Coucal  Centropus bengalensis   Barn Owl  Tyto alba 1 Pak Thale at dusk   Sunda Scops-Owl  Otus lempiji   Near-endemic 1 seen Sri Phang-nga NP, heard TrangPeninsularBotanical Garden   Javan Frogmouth  Batrachostomus javensis Up to 3 different birds heard at Sri Phang-nga NP and 2 birds seen in TrangPeninsularBotanical Garden   Great Eared-Nightjar  Eurostopodus macrotis 2 birds at dusk TrangPeninsularBotanical Garden   Large-tailed Nightjar  Caprimulgus macrurus KNC and Trang   German's Swiftlet  Aerodramus germani   Silver-rumped Needletail  Rhaphidura leucopygialis Seen at Tone Pariwat, Sri Phang-nga and Khao Nor Chuchi   Brown-backed Needletail  Hirundapus giganteus   Asian Palm-Swift  Cypsiurus balasiensis   Fork-tailed Swift  Apus pacificus   Grey-rumped Treeswift   Hemiprocne longipennis   Whiskered Treeswift  Hemiprocne comata Seen Sri Phang-nga and Tone Pariwat   Orange-breasted Trogon  Harpactes oreskios Khao Nor Chuchi only   Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis   Blue-eared Kingfisher  Alcedo meninting 1 seen briefly Khao Sok and heard daily Khao Nor Chuchi   Rufous-backed Kingfisher  Ceyx rufidorsa Heard once at Khao Nor Chuchi   Banded Kingfisher  Lacedo pulchella A female seen well at Khao Sok   Brown-winged Kingfisher  Pelargopsis amauroptera  Near-threatened (NT) A pair seen Phang-nga bay NP and heard at Krabi river   Ruddy Kingfisher  Halcyon coromanda One seen very well Phang-nga bay NP with 2 seen at Krabi river mangrove boardwalk   White-throated Kingfisher  Halcyon smyrnensis   Black-capped Kingfisher  Halcyon pileata   Collared Kingfisher  Todiramphus chloris   Rufous-collared Kingfisher  Actenoides concretus  Near-threatened (NT) A male seen at dusk at Sri Phang-nga NP   Pied Kingfisher  Ceryle rudis Seen twice Laem Pak Bia area   Red-bearded Bee-eater  Nyctyornis amictus heard only Khao Sok   Green Bee-eater  Merops orientalis   Blue-throated Bee-eater  Merops viridis   Blue-tailed Bee-eater  Merops philippinus   Chestnut-headed Bee-eater  Merops leschenaulti   Indian Roller  Coracias benghalensis   Eurasian Hoopoe  Upupa epops   Great Hornbill  Buceros bicornis  Near-threatened (NT) A pair seen perched and in flight at Sri Phang-nga NP   Helmeted Hornbill  Buceros vigil  Near-threatened (NT) heard only Sri Phang-nga NP   Brown Barbet  Calorhamphus fuliginosus heard only   Lineated Barbet  Megalaima lineata   Gold-whiskered Barbet  Megalaima chrysopogon  Near-endemic Seen at Khao Nor Chuchi   Red-crowned Barbet  Megalaima rafflesii  Near-threatened (NT)   Red-throated Barbet  Megalaima mystacophanos  Near-threatened (NT)   Blue-eared Barbet  Megalaima australis   Coppersmith Barbet  Megalaima haemacephala   Eurasian Wryneck  Jynx torquilla surprise find of 1 bird Laem Pak Bia area   Grey-capped Woodpecker  Dendrocopos canicapillus   Banded Woodpecker  Picus miniaceus heard only Sri Phang-nga NP   Common Flameback  Dinopium javanense A pair on Thai Muang golf course   Buff-rumped Woodpecker  Meiglyptes tristis 3 birds seen at Tone Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary   Green Broadbill  Calyptomena viridis  Near-threatened (NT) Khao Nor Chuchi only   Black-and-red Broadbill  Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos A pair Phang-nga bay NP   Banded Broadbill  Eurylaimus javanicus 1 seen Wat Tham Suea -Krabi   Black-and-yellow Broadbill  Eurylaimus ochromalus  Near-threatened (NT) Seen Sri Phang-nga NP and heard only Khao Nor Chuchi   Banded Pitta  Pitta guajana  Near-endemic Khao Nor Chuchi   Gurney's Pitta  Pitta gurneyi  Critically endangered (CR)  Near-endemic Superb looks of a male in the open at Khao Nor Chuchi.   Mangrove Pitta  Pitta megarhyncha  Near-threatened (NT) One seen at Phang-nga bay NP, second bird nearby calling   Indochinese Bushlark  Mirafra erythrocephala Several seen Laem Pak Bia area   Oriental Skylark  Alauda gulgula 2 or 3 birds Laem Pak Bia area   Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica   Pacific Swallow  Hirundo tahitica   Dusky Crag-Martin  Ptyonoprogne concolor Several near Phang-nga town   Red-rumped Swallow  Cecropis daurica Only seen near Tone Pariwat WS, about 50 birds together on wires.   Rufous-bellied Swallow  Cecropis badia  Near-endemic Several near Phang-nga town   Richard's Pipit  Anthus richardi   Oriental Pipit  Anthus rufulus   Red-throated Pipit  Anthus cervinus   Forest Wagtail  Dendronanthus indicus   Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike  Hemipus picatus   Black-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus atriceps   Black-crested Bulbul  Pycnonotus melanicterus   Grey-bellied Bulbul  Pycnonotus cyaniventris  Near-threatened (NT) Khao Sok   Red-whiskered Bulbul  Pycnonotus jocosus One only at Thai Muang marsh   Puff-backed Bulbul  Pycnonotus eutilotus  Near-threatened (NT) Few seen and more heard Khao Nor Chuchi   Stripe-throated Bulbul  Pycnonotus finlaysoni   Yellow-vented Bulbul  Pycnonotus goiavier   Streak-eared Bulbul  Pycnonotus blanfordi   Cream-vented Bulbul  Pycnonotus simplex Seen Khao Nor Chuchi   Red-eyed Bulbul  Pycnonotus brunneus   Spectacled Bulbul  Pycnonotus erythropthalmos   Ochraceous Bulbul  Alophoixus ochraceus   Yellow-bellied Bulbul  Alophoixus phaeocephalus Seen Khao Nor Chuchi   Grey-eyed BulbulIole propinqua   Greater Green Leafbird  Chloropsis sonnerati A female at Khao Sok NP   Lesser Green Leafbird  Chloropsis cyanopogon  Near-threatened (NT)   Common Iora  Aegithina tiphia   Green Iora  Aegithina viridissima  Near-threatened (NT) TrangPeninsularBotanical Garden, 1 bird seen.   Great Iora  Aegithina lafresnayei   Blue Rock-Thrush  Monticola solitarius   Blue Whistling-Thrush  Myophonus caeruleus 3 birds seen Wat Tham Suea   Siberian Thrush  Zoothera sibirica A female found in coastal scrub at Thai Muang golf course is a member of 3 additions to the site's bird list we made that morning.   Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus heard only Trang   Zitting Cisticola  Cisticola juncidis   Plain Prinia  Prinia inornata   Black-browed Reed-Warbler  Acrocephalus bistrigiceps   Oriental Reed-Warbler  Acrocephalus orientalis   Common Tailorbird  Orthotomus sutorius   Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis   Rufous-tailed Tailorbird  Orthotomus sericeus heard Khao Nor Chuchi   Ashy Tailorbird  Orthotomus ruficeps Krabi mangroves   Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus   Yellow-browed Warbler  Phylloscopus inornatus   Arctic Warbler  Phylloscopus borealis   Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler  Phylloscopus tenellipes   Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler  Phylloscopus coronatus   Dark-sided Flycatcher  Muscicapa sibirica   Asian Brown Flycatcher  Muscicapa dauurica   Green-backed Flycatcher  Ficedula elisae [Narcissus Flycatcher] A male at Khao Nor Chuchi was a good find.   Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki A male drinking by a pool in coastal scrub at Thai Muang golf course was another of 3 additions to the site’s bird list that morning.   Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher  Cyornis tickelliae   Siberian Blue Robin  Luscinia cyane A male seen and more birds heard Khao Nor Chuchi   Oriental Magpie-Robin  Copsychus saularis   White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus   Chestnut-naped Forktail  Enicurus ruficapillus  Near-threatened (NT) Great looks of one bird foraging in the river at KhaoSokNational Park   Siberian Stonechat  Saxicola maurus   Pied Fantail  Rhipidura javanica   Black-naped Monarch  Hypothymis azurea   Asian Paradise-Flycatcher  Terpsiphone paradisi   Mangrove Whistler  Pachycephala grisola heard only Mahachai mangrove centre   Abbott's Babbler  Malacocincla abbotti   Puff-throated Babbler  Pellorneum ruficeps   Black-capped Babbler  Pellorneum capistratum   Moustached Babbler  Malacopteron magnirostre   Rufous-fronted Babbler  Stachyris rufifrons Only at Khao Sok NP   Grey-throated Babbler  Stachyris nigriceps   Black-throated Babbler  Stachyris nigricollis  Near-threatened (NT)  Near-endemic   Chestnut-rumped Babbler  Stachyris maculata  Near-threatened (NT)  Near-endemic A small group seen Khao Nor Chuchi A-track   Chestnut-winged Babbler  Stachyris erythroptera   Striped Tit-Babbler  Macronous gularis   Golden-bellied Gerygone  Gerygone sulphurea   Ruby-cheeked Sunbird  Chalcoparia singalensis   Plain-throated Sunbird  Anthreptes malacensis   Purple-naped Sunbird  Hypogramma hypogrammicum 1 seen at Khao Sok   Purple-throated Sunbird  Leptocoma sperata Khao Nor Chuchi and Trang Peninsular botanical garden   Olive-backed Sunbird  Cinnyris jugularis   Eastern Crimson Sunbird  Aethopyga siparaja   Little Spiderhunter  Arachnothera longirostra   Long-billed Spiderhunter  Arachnothera robusta seen Khao Nor Chuchi   Spectacled Spiderhunter  Arachnothera flavigaster  Near-endemic seen Khao Nor Chuchi   Yellow-eared Spiderhunter  Arachnothera chrysogenys seen at both Tone Pariwat and Khao Nor Chuchi   Grey-breasted Spiderhunter  Arachnothera modesta seen Khao Nor Chuchi   Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker  Prionochilus maculatus   Thick-billed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum agile   Orange-bellied Flowerpecker  Dicaeum trigonostigma   Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum cruentatum   Oriental White-eye  Zosterops palpebrosus   Black-naped Oriole  Oriolus chinensis   Black-hooded Oriole  Oriolus xanthornus heard only Phang-nga bay NP   Asian Fairy-bluebird  Irena puella   Brown Shrike  Lanius cristatus   Long-tailed Shrike  Lanius schach   Grey-backed Shrike  Lanius tephronotus 1 bird at Lumpini Park, Bangkok, where it had been wintering since October last year in this for the species unusual spot.   Large Woodshrike  Tephrodornis gularis Only seen in Trang Peninsular botanical garden   Black Drongo  Dicrurus macrocercus   Ashy Drongo  Dicrurus leucophaeus   Crow-billed Drongo  Dicrurus annectans 1 at Khao Nor Chuchi   Greater Racket-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus paradiseus   Ashy Woodswallow  Artamus fuscus   Black Magpie  Platysmurus leucopterus  Near-threatened (NT) heard Khao Nor Chuchi   Racket-tailed Treepie  Crypsirina temia 4 birds seen Laem Pak Bia   Large-billed Crow  Corvus macrorhynchos   Asian Glossy Starling  Aplonis panayensis   White-vented Myna  Acridotheres grandis   Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis   Black-collared Starling  Gracupica nigricollis nest building in Lumpini Park Bangkok   Asian Pied Starling  Gracupica contra   Daurian Starling  Sturnia sturnina (Purple-backed Starling) Around 40 birds at Thai Muang golf course.   White-shouldered Starling  Sturnia sinensis Laem Pak Bia   Chestnut-tailed Starling  Sturnia malabarica 2 + 1 bird in the Laem Pak Bia area   House Sparrow  Passer domesticus   Plain-backed Sparrow  Passer flaveolus   Eurasian Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus   Baya Weaver  Ploceus philippinus   White-rumped Munia  Lonchura striata   Scaly-breasted Munia  Lonchura punctulata   White-bellied Munia  Lonchura leucogastra Approx. 5 birds feeding in bamboo at Khao Sok and 5+ birds seen Khao Nor Chuchi at 2 different spots with seeding bamboo.   Chestnut Munia  Lonchura atricapilla   Trip list top  /  back to trip report  /  B2A trip reports  /  Birding2asia home