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ISLAND BIRD & MIGRATION STUDY AREA

YANG CHUM LAKE & KUI BURI NATIONAL PARK 2001-4

A Bird Study Report by:

Mick Davies & Dowroong Danlamajak

This report is based on 3 years continuous Field and Migration study work, from December 2002 - November 2005. The records in this report are the sole work of Mick Davies & Dowroong Danlamajak.

White-bellied Sea Eagle - Black Eagle - Peregrine -Oriental Darter - Jerdons Baza

Some Visitors to our Island

Music - Neil Young - All along the Watchtower

The Species List is an accurate summary of the status of the Birds, migratory or resident that occurred during that period.

I have a lot to add to this and various other related document will be added in the future. Mick.

1 L P Little Grebe common resident, reduced due to lake drainage
5 L P Little Cormorant scarce, 2 Jan –Apr, 2 present Sept - Oct
6 L P Darter none this year 
15 L P Grey Heron scarce winter visitor
16 L Purple Heron scarce resident, 1 pair
Roosting Birds on the Island
Pond Heron 200 or so birds are using 3 permanent winter roosts on the Island, I have considered that Chinese and Javan may form separate roosts, the small roost is formed earliest in the autumn and contains less than 10 birds. Birds arrrive here in August, departing in April.
Egrets The Egret roost is approx 1,300 birds, mostly Cattle Egret, 30 Little, 20 Intermediate, 2 Great White and a few Pond heron.
17 L P Chinese Pond Heron common winter visitor & passage migrant
18 L Javan Pond Heron Not certainly recorded, 
19 L P Cattle Egret  resident and common winter visitor
22 L Great White Egret scarce winter visitor
23 L Yellow-billed Egret fairly common winter visitor
24 L Little Egret  common resident
25 L P Green Heron fairly common winter visitor & passage migrant 
26 L P Black Bittern uncommon resident, disappeared due to lake drainage
27 L Night Heron scarce resident passage migrant
29 L Yellow Bittern  formally common resident, reduced due to lake drainage 
30 L Schrenk’s Bittern none this year 
31 L P Cinnamon Bittern uncommon resident
32 L Great Bittern  2 on 27th Dec
34 L Asian Openbill 21 on 16th Dec                               
55 L Garganey 1 on 31st Oct
63 L Cotton Teal formally common winter visitor, gone, scarce this winter
67 L Lesser Whistling Duck now scarce due to lake drainage
68 L P Osprey autumn passage migrant, sadly rare this winter
69 L P Black-shouldered Kite  common resident
70 L Black Kite autumn passage migrant, scarce in winter
71 Brahminy Kite nearest siting 5 klm east of Yang Chum
72 P Jerdon’s Baza rare resident T1-3
73 L P Black Baza common autumn migrant, 35 east 30th & 3 on 31st March
74 P Crested Goshawk common resident, T8
76 L Northern Sparrowhawk  female 2nd Jan 04 
77 L P Chinese Sparrowhawk common passage migrant
078 L P Shrika common in winter, uncommon resident, difficult to find in summer, family groups calling in September
79 P Besra scarce resident T1
80 L P Japanese Sparrowhawk common passage migrant
81 L P Oriental Honey Buzzard uncommon resident and common migrant, T2
82 L P Common Buzzard singles 20th Feb & 17th Oct
83 P Rufous-winged Buzzard 1 present on several dates in Feb and 1 on 1st Dec
84 L P Grey-faced Buzzard common winter visitor & passage migrant
86 L P White-bellied Sea-Eagle scarce resident, 1 pair raised 1 young present until18th Sept, a 3rd year here throughout October and a new sub adult arrived in December and 2 adults, the juv returned with a 2nd juv on Jan 4, T2
90 L P Crested Serpent Eagle  common resident, T5
91 L P Mountain Hawk-Eagle  common resident, T4
92 L P Changeable Hawk-Eagle uncommon resident, 4 imm birds present from late autumn, T?
94 P Wallace's Hawk-Eagle ?
95 P Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle uncommon resident, T2
97 L P Booted Eagle 1 LP on ? Sept 2002, a DP on 12th Nov 
98 L P Black Eagle common resident, T4
99 L Spotted Eagle scarce passage migrant
101 L Imperial Eagle rare passage migrant, a juv on 12th Nov
L Western Marsh Harrier rare passage migrant, imm female 23 – 25th Oct
106 L Eastern Marsh Harrier scarce winter visitor & passage migrant
108 L Pied Harrier scarce winter visitor & passage migrant
111 P Black-thighed Falconet  uncommon resident, T6
112 L Kestrel singles, 1st Mar, 18th & 31st Oct 
116 L P Peregrine
F. P. ernesti scarce resident, T1
F. P. japonensis uncommon winter visitor & passage migrant
F. P. pereginator an adult female was present June 30th until 7th Sept
119 P Silver Pheasant scarce resident
122 P Red Jungle fowl common resident
124 P Grey Peacock Pheasant scarce resident
133 P Ferruginous Wood-Partridge 1 Apr 15th (DD)
137 P Chinese Francolin locally common resident
140 L Blue-breasted Quail a pair in december
142 L Yellow-legged Buttonquail uncommon resident
143 L Barred Buttonquail common resident
145 L Slaty-breasted Rail fairly common winter visitor
148 L Baillon’s Crake upto 4 on Mar 1st – 23rd 
150 L P Ruddy-breasted Crake common winter visitor
153 L White-browed Crake 2 on Mar 16th 
154 L P White-breasted Waterhen breeding birds arrive at the onset of autumn rain
155 L Watercock fairly common winter visitor
156 L P Moorhen common winter visitor
160 L Pheasant-tailed Jacana fairly common winter visitor
161 L Bronze winged-Jacana common resident
163 L Grey-headed Lapwing 3 Oct 21st- 25th, 5-Sep-02
164 L P Red Wattled Lapwing common resident
167 L Pacific Golden Plover 20 present Sept 2002
168 L Little ringed Plover 6 on 11th Jan 04
176 L Whimbrel uncommon autumn passage migrant
184 L Greenshank 1 on 3rd Jan 04
187 L Green Sandpiper scarce autumn passage migrant
188 L Wood Sandpiper scarce autumn passage migrant
189 L Common Sandpiper common passage migrant
206 P Woodcock 1 Dec 1st
208 P  Pintail Snipe 1 on 14th Jan 04
209 L Swinhowes Snipe Juv 10th –23rd Jan 04
212 L Painted Snipe 7 June 23rd 
213 L Oriental pratingcole scarce migrant
215 L Black-winged Stilt summer breeding and migrant
240 L White-winged Tern 2 Oct 2nd 
241 L Whiskered Tern 1 Sept 22nd and 5 Oct 2nd
250 P Thick-billed Pigeon common resident
254 L P Pink-necked Pigeon 1 Nov 27th 
259 P Green Imperial Pigeon rare resident
262 L Rock Dove common resident
269 L Red Turtle Dove uncommon, subject to irregular movements 
270 L P Spotted Dove common resident
271 L Zebra Dove common resident
272 L P Emerald Dove common resident
279 P Vernal Hanging Parrot uncommon resident
281 L Chestnut Winged-Cuckoo 1 Oct 28th and a friend also reported (3) around that date 
283 P Large-hawk Cuckoo 1 Dec 3rd 
284 P Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo rare resident
286 L P Indian Cuckoo (lost dates)
288 L P Oriental Cuckoo (lost dates)
290 L Banded-bay Cuckoo uncommon resident 
291 L Plaintive Cuckoo common resident
293 L P Emerald Cuckoo scarce autumn  migrant
294 P Violet Cuckoo 1 Nov 27th 
296 P Drongo Cuckoo uncommon resident 
297 L P Asian Koel uncommon, absent in summer
299 P Chestnut-bellied Malkoha 1 Nov 27th
300 L P Green-billed Malkoha common resident
301 P Raffles's –Malkoha uncommon resident
302 P Red-billed Malkoha scarce resident
303 P Chestnut-breasted Malkoha uncommon resident
305 L P Greater Coucal common resident
306 L P Lesser Coucal common resident
307 L Barn Owl common resident
309 L Brown Hawk Owl scarce winter visitor
313 L Oriental Scop’s Owl 1 dead on road 20th Dec, same area as the bird in 2003 
314 L Collared Scops Owl common resident
315 L Collared Owlet scarce resident
316 L P Asian Barred Owlet common resident
321 L P Brown Fish Owl uncommon resident
322 P Buffy Fish Owl uncommon local resident
323 P Brown wood Owl scarce resident
329 P Javan Frogmouth scarce resident
330 L P Great Eared Nightjar uncommon resident
333 L P Large-tailed Nightjar common resident
340 P Orange-breasted Trogon common resident
343 L Pied Kingfisher uncommon resident, possibly breeding
345 L P Common Kingfisher common winter visitor
347 P Blue-banded Kingfisher scarce resident, BT 1
349 P Banded Kingfisher scarce resident, BT 2
351 L P Stork-billed Kingfisher  uncommon
353 L P White-breasted Kingfisher  common resident
354 L P Black-capped Kingfisher common winter visitor
355 L Collared Kingfisher  singles 2nd and 10th Aug
356 P Rufous-collared Kingfisher rare resident
357 L P Chestnut-headed Bee-eater common winter visitor
358 L P Blue-tailed Bee-eater absent in winter, spring passage starts in mid Feb, birds arrived with young in early June and post breeding migration continued until late October, birds heard daily overhead but to high to see and regular roosts of 50 - 500
359 L P Green Bee-eater common resident and subject to irregular movements
360 L P Blue-throated Bee-eater Mar – Apr and Aug – Sept migrant, counts of upto 200 but as with Blue-tailed to high to see and call similar, both species migrate at the same time as some stop off to feed during the day 
361 P Red-bearded Bee-eater uncommon local resident
362 P Blue-bearded Bee-eater uncommon local resident
363 L P Indian Roller common resident
364 L P Dollarbird migrant and winter visitor
365 L P Hoopoe uncommon resident
367 P Brown Hornbill scarce resident, a single group of 22
371 L P Wreathed Hornbill 9 flew south on Nov 26th 
373 P Black Hornbill 2 (lost date)
374 L P Oriental Pied Hornbill common resident
376 P Great Indian Hornbill common resident
379 L P Lineated Barbet common resident
380 P Green-eared Barbet common resident
383 P Red-throated Barbet common resident
386 P Moustached Barbet scarce resident
388 P Blue-eared Barbet common resident
389 L P Coppersmith’s Barbet common resident
390 P Brown Barbet rare resident
393 P Speckled Piculet scarce resident
397 L P Greater Flameback common resident
398 L P Common Flameback common resident
401 P Bamboo Woodpecker fairly common  resident
403 P Steak-breasted Woodpecker fairly common  resident
404 P Steak-throated Woodpecker  female on Nov 27th 
405 P Grey-headed Woodpecker uncommon resident
407 P Greater Yellownape uncommon resident
408 P Lesser Yellownape scarce resident
409 P Banded Woodpecker uncommon resident
410 Crimson-winged Woodpecker ?
412 L Rufous Woodpecker uncommon resident
415 P Great Slaty Woodpecker uncommon resident
417 P Buff-rumped Woodpecker scarce resident
420 P Heart-spotted Woodpecker fairly common  resident
429 P Black-red Broadbill BT 1-5  uncommon local resident
430 P Banded Broadbill locally common resident, BT 8
432 P Silver-breasted Broadbill uncommon local resident, BT 3
434 P Green Broadbill uncommon local resident
438 L P Blue-winged Pitta common resident, BT 20+
441 P Hooded Pitta uncommon local resident, BT 3
443 P Blue Pitta uncommon resident, 2pairs with young, BT 8
447 L Germains Swiftlet fairly common migrant
449 L Himalayan Swiftlet winter visitor
451 L AsIan Palm Swift common resident
452 P Silver-rumped Needletail rare resident
454 L Pacific Swift fairly common migrant
455 L House Swift fairly common migrant
457 L White-vented Needletail 5 on 1st  and 4 on 27th March
458 L P Brown-backed Needletail  common resident and passage migrant, max 200 1st Mar
460 P Grey-rumped Tree Swift scarce resident
464 L P Sand Martin common migrant & winter visitor
466 L P Barn Swallow very common migrant  max 5000 east 29th Mar
Striated Swallow ?
467 L Pacific Swallow uncommon migrant
469 L P Red-rumped Swallow common migrant & winter visitor
471 L P Asian House Martin fairly common migrant & winter visitor
474 L P Rufous-winged Bushlark common resident
476 L Olive-backed Pipit common migrant & winter visitor
477 L Richard’s Pipit common migrant & winter visitor
L P Paddyfield Pipit common resident
478 L Red-throated Pipit 6 on 3rd Jan 04
480 L White Wagtail ?
481 L Grey Wagtail common winter visitor & passage migrant
482 L Yellow Wagtail fairly common winter visitor & passage migrant
484 L P Forest Wagtail common winter visitor & passage migrant
486 P Black-winged Fly’-shrike common resident
488 P Large Wood-shrike common resident
490 L Large Cuckoo-shrike 1 Oct 22nd 
493 P Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike winter visitor
495 P Ashy Minivet common winter visitor
496 L P Rosy Minivet common winter visitor
502 P Scarlet Minivet fairly common  resident
504 L P Common Iora common resident
505 P Great Iora common resident
507 P Gt Green Leafbird fairly common  resident
508 P Golden-fronted Leafbird fairly common  resident
509 P Blue-winged Leafbird common resident
514 L P Black-headed Bulbul common resident
515 L P Black-crested Bulbul common resident
523 P Stripe-throated Bulbul common resident
525 L P Yellow-vented Bulbul common resident
527 L P Streak-eared Bulbul common resident
529 P Red-eyed Bulbul uncommon local resident
530 P Spectacled Bulbul uncommon local resident
533 P Ochraceous Bulbul common resident
539 P Grey-eyed Bulbul uncommon local resident
546 L P Black Drongo common winter visitor & passage migrant
547 L P Ashy Drongo fairly common winter visitor
548 L P Crow-billed Drongo 1 pair breeding & scarce migrant
549 P Bronzed Drongo locally common resident
550 P Lssr Racket-tailed Drongo ?
551 L P Hair-crested Drongo common winter visitor & passage migrant
552 L P Gt Racket-tailed Drongo common resident
554 L P Black-naped Oriole common winter visitor
557 P Maroon Oriole 1 Mar 21st 
559 P Asian Fairy Bluebird common resident
564 L Blue Magpie scarce resident
566 L Grey Treepie 1 at the dam 20th  Sept 2002
567 L P Racket-tailed Treepie common resident
569 L Large-billed Crow uncommon resident
576 P Sultan Tit common resident
579 P Velvet-fronted Nuthatch uncommon winter visitor
583 P Puff-throated Babbler common resident
586 P Buff-breasted Babbler uncommon resident
591 P Abbotts Babbler common resident
592 P Moustached Babbler uncommon resident
596 P Large Scimitar Babbler common resident
608 P Rufous-fronted Babbler ?
617 P Striped Tit Babbler common resident
619 P Chestnut-capped Babbler common resident
622 P Lesser-necklaced Laughingthrush common resident
623 P Greater-necklaced Laughingthrush common resident
634 P Brown-cheeked Fulvetta common resident
640 P White-bellied Yuhina common resident
667 L P Dusky Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant
669 L Raddes Warbler  late autumn migrant & winter visitor
671 L P Arctic Warbler passage migrant
672 L P Two-barred Greenish Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant 
674 L P Eastern-crowned leaf Warbler passage migrant
679 L P Yellow-browed Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant
683 L Thick-billed Warbler fairly common winter visitor
684 L Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 on Nov 20th 
685 L Oriental Reed Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant
686 L Black-browed Reed Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant
689 L Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler fairly common winter visitor & passage migrant
690 L Lanceolated Warbler common winter visitor & passage migrant
693 L Fan-tailed Warbler ?
694 L P Bright-capped Warbler common resident
695 L P Grey-breasted Prinia common resident
696 L Rufescent Prinia ?
698 L Plain Prinia common resident
701 L P Common Tailorbird common resident
702 L P Dark-necked Tailorbird common resident
714 L Spotted Bush Warbler
722 P Siberian Rubythroat 6th Dec 
729 L P Magpie Robin common resident
730 P White-rumped Shama common resident
741 P Slaty-backed Forktail scarce resident
745 L P Stonechat common winter visitor & passage migrant
751 L Blue Rock Thrush scarce winter visitor
752 P Blue Whistling Thrush scarce resident
754 P Orange-headed Thrush 1 Dec 1st 
770 P Dark-sided Flycatcher ?
771 P Ferruginous Flycatcher 1 in spring
772 L P AsIan Brown Flycatcher common winter visitor & passage migrant
773 L P Brown-streaked Flycatcher 1 pair possibly breeding & single migrants late July
775 L P Red-throated Flycatcher common winter visitor & passage migrant
777 P Mugimaki Flycatcher 1 Oct 13th
778 L P Yellow-rumped Flycatcher fairly common resident migrant
779 P Narcissus Flycatcher a male ( Elisae )Nov ?
783 P Little Pied Flycatcher 1  Apr 23rd 
797 P Verditer common winter visitor
802 P Hill Blue Flycatcher ?
803 P Tickell's Blue Flycatcher ?
808 L Pied Fantail scarce resident
809 L P Black-naped Monarch common resident
811 P Maroon-breasted Flycatcher scarce resident
813 L P Asian Paradise Flycatcher uncommon resident
815 L P Brown Shrike common winter visitor & passage migrant
816 L P Tiger Shrike uncommon autumn migrant
817 L P Burmese Shrike scarce autumn migrant
820 L Ashey Wood Swallow uncommon resident
821 L Phillippine Glossy Starling scarce summer visitor
823 L P Chestnut-tailed Starling common winter visiter
825 L White-shouldered Starling uncommon winter visitor
826 L Purple-backed Starling uncommon autumn migrant 
829 L Aaian Pied Starling common resident
830 L P Black-collared Starling common resident
831 L P Vinous-breasted Starling common resident
832 L P Common Myna common resident
834 L P White-vented Myna common resident
835 P Golden-crested Myna locally common winter (possibly breeding as latterly seen with 
juv’s
836 P Hill Myna locally common resident
837 P Plain Sunbird scarce resident
838 P Brown-throated Sunbird uncommon resident
840 L P Ruby-cheeked Sunbird fairly common  resident
844 L P Olive-backed Sunbird common resident
849 P Crimsom Sunbird common resident
852 P Little Spiderhunter uncommon resident
855 P Spectacled Spiderhunter scarce resident
857 P Grey-breasted Spiderhunter uncommon resident
862 P Thick-billed Flowerpecker uncommon resident
863 P Yellow-vented Flowerpecker common resident
865 P Orange-bellied Flowerpecker common resident
866 P Plain Flowerpecker scarce resident
867 L P Scalet-backed Flowerpecker  common resident
873 L Tree Sparrow uncommon resident
874 L Plain-backed Sparrow common resident
877 L P Baya Weaver common resident
881 P Pin-tailed Parrotfinch a group of 20, mostly young  were being fed by the adults, only 2 adult males were seen, the birds were present on consecutive visits in dense bamboo, ( I have lost the dates but I think must have been March)
883 P White-rumped Munia locally common resident
885 L P Scaly-breasted Munia common resident
886 L Chestnut Munia

Example:

098    L   P        Black Eagle                                   T4     uncommon resident

98      =   We duplicated for ease of reference the numbering from Birds of Thailand – B Lekagul & P D Round 1991
L          =   Lake area and surrounding farmland.
P         =    National Park Area (this includes areas of farmland that are deemed as future park land)
T4        =   We have divided our recording area of 250 square kilometers in 8 sectors, T4 indicates that the birds have --         =   been seen regularly in 4 of the 8 sectors
BT        =   is to give an indication as to the number of breeding territories of some of the scarcer species
?           =  Not certainly recorded, but looked possible.

The information contained in this report has been the sole work of Mick Davies and Dowroong Danlamajak. 

We would like to say “Thank You” to the many friends we have made here and give special mention to;
Phramaha Narong Kaewthaworn,  Chalemrad Temple,  Ban Pongkasang.
Kamol Ounjai  of Tayang Tree Planting Station.
The staff of Kui Buri National Park.

and my best friend Tui, thanks.