Bengal Florican at Florican Grassland

Florican Grassland Bird Checklist

NoCommon NameScientific NameSeasonal StatusConservation Status
Francolins, Partridges, Quails & Pheasants (Phasianidae)
1Blue-breasted QuailCoturnix chinensisR
2Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticaR
3Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitatorR
Whistling Duck, Ducks & Pygmy Geese (Anatidae)
4Comb DuckSarkidiornis melanotosR
5Lesser Whistling-duckDendrocygna javanicaR
6Cotton Pygmy-gooseNettapus coromandelianusR
7Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhynchaR
8Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisR
Stork (Ciconiidae)
9Painted StorkMycteria leucocephalaR
10Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitansR
11Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopusRVU
Cormorants and Darter (Phalacrocoracidae & Ahingidae)
12Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogasterR
Bittern, Herons &Egret (Ardeidae)
13Yellow BitternIxobrychus sinensisR
14Black BitternDupetor flavicollisBv
15Cinnamon BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeusR
16Little HeronButorides striataR
17Chinese Pond-heronArdeola bacchusW
18Javan Pond-heronArdeola speciosaR
19Eastern Cattle EgretBubulcus coromandusR,W
20Grey HeronArdea cinereaR
21Purple HeronArdea PurpureaR
22Great EgretArdea albaW
23Intermediate EgretMesophoyx intermediaW
24Little EgretEgretta garzettaW
 Cranes (Gruidae)
25Sarus CraneGrus antigoneRVU
26Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensisRNT
27Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensisRCR
Rapters and Accipiters (Falconidae)
28Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusW
29Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleusW
30Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusW
31Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucosWV
32Western Marsh HarrierCircus aruginousW
33Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotusW
Crakes, Coots and Rails (Rallidae)
34WatercockGallicrex cinereaR
35Black-backed SwamphenPorphyrio indicusR
36Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusR,w
37Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatusR
38White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurusR
Stils (Recurvirostridae), Lapwings (Vanellidae) & Plovers (Pluvialidae & Charadriidae)
39Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusR,P,W
40Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusR
41Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusW,R,P
42Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusW,P
Jacanas (Jacanidae)and Painted Snipe (Rostrantulidae)
43Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasiamus chururgusR
44Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicusR
 Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
45Pintail SnipeGallinago stenuraW,P
46Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoW,P
47Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosW,P
48Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaW,P
49Green SandpiperTringa ochropusW,P
50Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaW,P
51Common RedshankTringa nebulariaW,P
52Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusP,W
53Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarumBV,P
Pigeon, Doves and Green Pigeon (Columbinae and Treroninae)
54Rock DoveColumba liviaR
55Red Collared-doveStreptopelia tranquebaricaR
56Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensisR
57Zebra DoveGeopelia striataR
Cuckoos, Malkohas & Coucals (Cuculidae)
58Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinusR
59Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisR
60Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensisR
Owls (Tytonidae & strigidae)
61Common Barn-owlTyo albaR
62Spotted OwletGlaucidium bramaR
Swifts (Apodinae)
63Germain SwiftletAerodramus germaniR
64Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensisR
Kingfisher (Alcedinidae)
65White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smynensisR
66Black-capped KingfisherCeyx erithacaW,P
67Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisW,P
68Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisR
Roller (Coraciidae),Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
69Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisR
70Little Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisR
71Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinusR, W
Wood Swallows (Artamidae), Drongo (Dicruridae), Crows & Treepies (Corvidae)
72Ashy WoodswallowArtamus fuscusR
73Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusWV
74Souther Jungle CrowCorvus macrorhynchosR
75Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temiaR
76Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusW,P
Avadavat, Munias (Estridiade)
77Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaR
78Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataR
79White-rumped MuniaLonchura striataR
Sparrows (Passeridae)
80House SparrowPasser domesticusR
81Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolusR
82Eurasian TreesparrowPasser nontanusR
Wagtails & Pipits (Motacilliadae)
83Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusW
84Richard's PipitAnthus richardiW,P
85Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulusR
86Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaW,P
Mynas, Starlings & Allies (Sturninae)
87White-vented MynaAcridotheres grandisW
88Common MynaAcridotheres tristisR
89Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollisR
90Asian Pied StarlingGracupica contraR
91White-shouldered StarlingSturnus sinensisW,P
Robins, Rock-thrushes, Chats, Forktails, Whistling Thrushes & Allies (Saxicolinae)
92BluethroatLuscinia svecicaW,P
93Eastern StonechatSaxicola maurusW
94Pied BushchatSaxicola caprataR
95Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicillaW,P
96Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauuricaW,P
97Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularisR
98Australasian BushlarkMirafra javanicaR
99Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaR
Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae, Martins, Swallows & Allies (Hirundiniae)
100Striped-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysonR
101Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavierR
102Streak-eared BulbulPycnonotus blanfordiR
103Common SandmartinRiparian ripariaW,P
104Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaW,P
105Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaW
106Striated SwallowCecropis striolataR
Seicercus & Phylloscopus warblers (Phylloscopuidae)
107Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusW,P
108Black-browed Reed-warblerAcrocephalus bistrigicepsW,P
109Manchurian Reed-warblerAcrocephalus trangorumWVU
110Oriental Reed-warblerAcrocephalus orinetalisW
111Rusty-rumped WarblerLocustella certhiolaW
112Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolataW,P
Grass birds (Megaluridae), Cisticolas, Prinias, Tailorbirds & Allies (Cisticolidae)
113Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustrisR
114Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidisR
115Bright-headed CisticolaCisticola exilisR
116Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthortomus atrogularisR
117Plain PriniaPrinia inornataR
NoCommon NameScientific NameSeasonal StatusConservation Status
Taxonomy and sequence follow A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia (Robson 2008). This checklist is referred to the CBGA trip reports of this site between July 2017 to June 2018. Seasonal Status followed by Annotated Checklist (The Birds of Cambodia), F. Goes. Conservation Status followed by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International.
R = Resident
NBV= Non-breeding visitor
W = Winter visitor
P = Passge migrant
CR = Critically endangered
BV = Breeding visitor
ED = Endangered
VG = Vagrant
VU = Vulnerable
NT = Near Threatened
W,P = Winter visitor, Passage migrant

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