Subject: [Oversea] Khao Yai - January 2012 [Print This Page] Author: Ronaldo Time: 15/01/2012 12:55 Subject: Khao Yai - January 2012
Birds from a recent (hiking / non-birding) trip to Khao Yai National Park
Total bird list about 95 species in four days. No clear view of Ground Cuckoo and Pheasants for ticking and no sight/hearing of pittas, which is a bit disappointing.
If you want more information on the birding spots, thailandbirding provides good online information, but you can find birds almost anywhere. For more details, you can pm me. If you don't agree with the id, please let me know
Red-wattled Lapwing
Shikra
Great Hornbill
Greater Flameback
Streak-breasted Woodpecker
Moustached Barbet
Chestnut-headed Bee-Eaters
Red-headed Trogon
Green-billed Malkoha
Lesser Coucal (this juvenile was fed by a Rufescent Prinia...)
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Long-tailed Broadbill
Black-naped Oriole
Ashy Woodswallow
Ashy Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-headed Bulbul
Puff-throated Bulbul
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Asian Fairy Bluebird
Siberian Blue Robin
Siberian (stejneger?) Stonechat
White-rumped Shama
White-throated Rock Thrush
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Red-throated Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Hainan Blue Flycatcher
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Blue-winged Leafbird
Rosy Minivet
Swinhoe's Minivet
Scarlet Minivet
Grey Wagtail
Yellow-browed Warbler
Ashy Drongo
Crow-billed Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Spangled Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Great Myna
Common Myna
Common Hill Myna
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Large-billed Crow
Barn Swallow
Puff-throated Babbler
Striped Tit-babbler
White-bellied Erpornis
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
Black-throated Sunbird
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
[ Last edited by Ronaldo at 15/01/2012 22:25 ] Author: Ronaldo Time: 15/01/2012 13:02
I follow this post with some suspicious ids (please help confirm...). Warblers are particular numerous in Khao Yai and hard to distinguish without a bird guide. Just managed a few shots, which may not be sufficient for some ids :-(
Thanks a lot in advance
1- Chinese Leaf Warbler (this one was hanging low in shrubs along a river bank)?
Congratulations Abdel for the extensive range of great species in just four days!! Clearly, it wasn't a non-birdwatching trip though !! XD
Just some suggestions on ID:
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush -> White-throated Rock Thrush
Crow-billed Drongo ---> Ashy Drongo
3. Blue-and-white Flycatcher female --> Asian Brown Flycatcher
7. Warbler --> Blyth's Leaf Warbler
8. Minivet? --> Swinhoe's Minivet... I think
10. Ashy Drongo --> Yes, Ashy Drongo!!
12. Ultramarine Flycatcher --> Verditer Flycatcher (fem)
For the Warblers, I'm very interested in what experts have to say...!! But I suppose in the wintering grounds, the call would be a great great help...! Author: brendank Time: 15/01/2012 22:01
The Chestnut-bellied Rock is a White-throated Rock-thrush. Could #7 be fokiensis or assamensis Blyth's leaf warbler? 11 and 17 look like Yellow-browed Warblers. 12 is a Verditer. Author: Ronaldo Time: 15/01/2012 22:25
Got confused on the Rock Thrush in my files :-( White-throated it is.
Koel, what makes you think the Crow-billed is actually an Ashy? I agree that the bill is a bit dubious for a Crow-billed, but the tail is clearly much less pointed than Ashy and the general physionomy is not as slender.
For 3 and 12, you gave the other names I was thinking of... So will go with your choice. Author: kkoel Time: 15/01/2012 23:05
I haven't seen one for myself, but I thought Crow-billed is black, while your Drongo is actually dark greyish in colour (This Ashy Drongo thing has bothered me quite a while, with subspecies differing so much from leucogenys to those that look almost outright black. Shouldn't they be specifically distinct?).
Importantly as you mentioned, I thought the bill wasn't thickset enough for Crow-billed; also the proportions of your bird are quite slender - Crow-billed has a much bulkier head and even shorter tail. http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... _Family_ID=&p=2
However as I said I have no experience with Crow-billed - I'm happy to be corrected! ^^
[ Last edited by kkoel at 15/01/2012 23:21 ] Author: cywong Time: 15/01/2012 23:16
Really a wonderful trip! Thanks for sharing.
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Clearly, it wasn't a non-birdwatching trip though !! XD