Pursat Grassland Birding & Chinese Grassbird Tour

Special Tour Overnight

PURSAT GRASSLAND

Pursat Grassland is located about 15km from Pursat town (abouot 185km from Phnom Penh to Pursat). The grassland and shrub provides very special habitats for the vulnerable Chinese Grass-babbler (Graminicola Striatus), Manchurian Reed Warbler, Bengal Florican, Chestnut Munia, Weavers (Asian Golden, Baya and Streaked), and Blue-breasted Quail. A trip here is normally done with an overnight stay, at a simple hotel, in Pursat. We usually combine this excursion with a visit to or from Phnom Aural, in the Cardamom Mountains.

Pursat Grassland Birds

Target birds at Pursat Grassland are: Chinese Grass-babbler (Chinese Grassbird), Bengal Florican, White-browed Reed-warbler (Manchurian Reed-warbbler), Chestnut Munia, Small Buttonquail, Asian Golden Weaver, Blue-breasted Quail, Red Avadavat.

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No.	English Name	Scientific Name	IUCN Status	Seasonal Status
1	Red-wattled Lapwing	Vanellus indicus	LC	Resident
2	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	LC	Breeding Visitor / Resident
3	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
4	Asian Openbill	Anastomus oscitans	LC	Resident
5	Painted Stork	Mycteria leucocephala	NT	Resident
6	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
7	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
8	Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus	LC	Resident
9	Asian Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	LC	Resident
10	Indochinese Roller	Coracias affinis	LC	Resident
11	Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
12	Racket-tailed Treepie	Crypsirina temia	LC	Resident
13	Oriental Skylark	Alauda gulgula	LC	Resident
14	Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	LC	Resident
15	Yellow-bellied Prinia	Prinia flaviventris	LC	Resident
16	Plain Prinia	Prinia inornata	LC	Resident
17	Striated Grassbird	Megalurus palustris	LC	Resident
18	Chinese Grassbird	Graminicola striatus	VU	Resident
19	Black-collared Starling	Gracupica nigricollis	LC	Resident
20	Great Myna	Acridotheres grandis	LC	Resident
21	Pied Bushchat	Saxicola caprata	LC	Resident
22	Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	Dicaeum cruentatum	LC	Resident
23	Paddyfield Pipit	Anthus rufulus	LC	Resident
24	Yellow-breasted Bunting	Emberiza aureola	CR	Winter Visitor
25	Indian Spot-billed Duck	Anas poecilorhyncha	LC	Resident
26	Plaintive Cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	LC	Resident
27	Oriental Darter	Anhinga melanogaster	NT	Resident
28	Little Cormorant	Microcarbo niger	LC	Resident
29	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
30	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	LC	Resident
31	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
32	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	Resident
33	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	LC	Resident
34	Common Flameback	Dinopium javanense	LC	Resident
35	Malaysian Pied-Fantail	Rhipidura javanica	LC	Resident
36	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	LC	Winter Visitor
37	Ornate Sunbird	Cinnyris ornatus	LC	Resident
38	Lesser Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna javanica	LC	Resident
39	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	LC	Resident
40	Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata	LC	Resident
41	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	LC	Winter Visitor
42	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	LC	Winter Visitor
43	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	Winter Visitor / Passage Migrant
44	Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
45	Javan Pond-Heron	Ardeola speciosa	LC	Resident
46	Siamese Pied Starling	Gracupica floweri	LC	Resident
47	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	LC	Resident
48	Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	LC	Winter Visitor
49	Blue-tailed Bee-eater	Merops philippinus	LC	Breeding Visitor / Resident
50	Common lora	Aegithina tiphia	LC	Resident
51	Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos	LC	Resident
52	Indochinese Bushlark	Plocealauda erythrocephala	LC	Resident
53	Oriental Magpie-Robin	Copsychus saularis	LC	Resident
54	Amur Stonechat	Saxicola stejnegeri	LC	Winter Visitor
55	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	LC	Resident
56	Plain-backed Sparrow	Passer flaveolus	LC	Resident
57	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	LC	Winter Visitor
58	Red Collared-Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	LC	Resident
59	Asian Palm Swift	Cypsiurus balasiensis	LC	Resident
60	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	LC	Resident
61	Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	LC	Winter Visitor
62	Vinous-breasted Myna	Acridotheres leucocephalus	LC	Resident
63	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	LC	Winter Visitor
64	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	LC	Resident
65	Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	LC	Resident
66	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	LC	Resident
67	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
68	Small Buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus	LC	Resident
69	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
70	Eastern Marsh Harrier	Circus spilonotus	LC	Winter Visitor
71	Pied Harrier	Circus melanoleucos	LC	Winter Visitor
72	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	LC	Resident
73	Black-browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	LC	Winter Visitor
74	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
75	Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	LC	Winter Visitor
76	Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	LC	Winter Visitor
77	Baikal Bush Warbler	Locustella davidi	LC	Winter Visitor
78	Siberian Rubythroat	Calliope calliope	LC	Winter Visitor
79	Red Avadavat	Amandava amandava	LC	Resident
80	Himalayan Swiftlet	Aerodramus brevirostris	LC	Winter Visitor / Passage Migrant
81	White-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphagus	LC	Resident
82	Ruddy-breasted Crake	Zapornia fusca	LC	Resident
83	Greater Painted-Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	LC	Resident
84	White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	LC	Resident
85	Manchurian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus tangorum	VU	Winter Visitor
86	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	LC	Winter Visitor
87	Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata	LC	Winter Visitor
88	Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla	LC	Resident
89	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	LC	Resident
90	Greater Coucal	Centropus sinensis	LC	Resident
91	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	LC	Resident
92	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
93	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	LC	Resident
94	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	LC	Resident
95	Great Egret	Ardea alba	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
96	Spotted Owlet	Athene brama	LC	Resident
97	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	LC	Winter Visitor
98	Dark-necked Tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	LC	Resident
99	Green-billed Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	LC	Resident
100	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	LC	Resident / Breeding Visitor
101	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	LC	Winter Visitor
102	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
103	Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus goiavier	LC	Resident
104	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	LC	Resident
105	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	LC	Resident
106	Pink-necked Green-Pigeon	Treron vernans	LC	Resident
107	Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus	LC	Resident
108	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	LC	Winter Visitor
109	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	LC	Winter Visitor
110	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	Winter Visitor
111	Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus conradi	LC	Resident
112	Baya Weaver	Ploceus philippinus	LC	Resident
113	Common Hill Myna	Gracula religiosa	LC	Resident
114	Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon	Treron bicinctus	LC	Resident
115	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	LC	Winter Visitor
116	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	LC	Winter Visitor
117	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	LC	Winter Visitor
118	Taiga Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	LC	Winter Visitor
119	Chestnut-capped Babbler	Timalia pileata	LC	Resident
120	Knob-billed Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos	LC	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
121	Milky Stork	Mycteria cinerea	EN	Resident / Seasonal Visitor
122	Spot-billed Pelican	Pelecanus philippensis	NT	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
123	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	LC	Resident
124	Pin-striped Tit-Babbler	Mixornis gularis	LC	Resident
125	White-shouldered Starling	Sturnia sinensis	LC	Winter Visitor
126	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	LC	Winter Visitor
127	White-rumped Munia	Lonchura striata	LC	Resident
128	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	LC	Resident
129	Gray-headed Swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	LC	Resident
130	Yellow-legged Buttonquail	Turnix tanki	LC	Resident
131	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	LC	Resident
132	Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	LC	Resident
133	Small Pratincole	Glareola lactea	LC	Resident
134	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	LC	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
135	Asian Golden Weaver	Ploceus hypoxanthus	NT	Resident
136	Blue-winged Pitta	Pitta moluccensis	LC	Breeding Visitor / Passage Migrant
137	Black-naped Monarch	Hypothymis azurea	LC	Resident
138	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	LC	Winter Visitor
139	Indochinese Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis sumatrensis	LC	Resident
140	Black-headed Ibis	Threskiornis melanocephalus	NT	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
141	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	LC	Resident
142	Streaked Weaver	Ploceus manyar	LC	Resident
143	Asian Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus	NT	Resident
144	Spotted Wood-Owl	Strix seloputo	LC	Resident
145	Freckle-breasted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos analis	LC	Resident
146	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
147	Bronze-winged Jacana	Metopidius indicus	LC	Resident
148	Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
149	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	LC	Resident
150	Brown-throated Sunbird	Anthreptes malacensis	LC	Resident
151	Himalayan Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	LC	Passage Migrant
152	Barred Buttonquail	Turnix suscitator	LC	Resident
153	Rufous Treepie	Dendrocitta vagabunda	LC	Resident
154	Indian Thick-knee	Burhinus indicus	LC	Resident
155	Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
156	Thick-billed Warbler	Arundinax aedon	LC	Winter Visitor
157	Chinese Francolin	Francolinus pintadeanus	LC	Resident
158	Laced Woodpecker	Picus vittatus	LC	Resident
159	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	LC	Winter Visitor
160	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	LC	Winter Visitor
161	Large Hawk-Cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	LC	Winter Visitor / Passage Migrant
162	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	LC	Winter Visitor
163	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	LC	Winter Visitor
164	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	LC	Winter Visitor
165	Black Baza	Aviceda leuphotes	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
166	Chestnut-headed Bee-eater	Merops leschenaulti	LC	Resident
167	Coppersmith Barbet	Psilopogon haemacephalus	LC	Resident
168	Ashy Minivet	Pericrocotus divaricatus	LC	Winter Visitor
169	Black-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus melanocephalos	LC	Resident
170	Chestnut-tailed Starling	Sturnia malabarica	LC	Resident / Winter Visitor
171	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	LC	Winter Visitor
172	Brown-backed Needletail	Hirundapus giganteus	LC	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
173	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	LC	Winter Visitor
174	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	LC	Winter Visitor
175	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	LC	Winter Visitor / Resident
176	Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	LC	Winter Visitor
177	Gray-faced Buzzard	Butastur indicus	LC	Winter Visitor
178	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	LC	Resident
179	Bengal Florican	Houbaropsis bengalensis	CR	Resident
180	Lesser Adjutant	Leptoptilos javanicus	VU	Resident
181	Greater Adjutant	Leptoptilos dubius	EN	Resident / Non-breeding Visitor
182	Indian Cormorant	Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	LC	Resident
183	Sooty-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus aurigaster	LC	Resident
184	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	LC	Winter Visitor
185	Blunt-winged Warbler	Acrocephalus concinens	LC	Winter Visitor
186	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	LC	Resident
187	Sarus Crane	Antigone antigone	VU	Resident / Seasonal Visitor
188	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	LC	Winter Visitor
189	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	LC	Passage Migrant
190	Crested Treeswift	Hemiprocne coronata	LC	Resident
191	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	LC	Resident
192	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	Resident

Note:

Taxonomy and sequence follow Field Guides to the Birds of Cambodia.

R = Resident

NBV = Non-breeding visitor

W = Winter visitor

EX = Extinct

P = Passage migrant

CR = Critically Endangered

BV = Breeding visitor

EN = Endangered

VG = Vagrant

VU = Vulnerable

W,P = Winter visitor, Passage migrant ?

NT = Near Threatened

Pursat Grassland