Close to Kingfisher Ecolodge is still possible to spot several kind of birds (November to February), we can arrange an early morning walk with a local guide.

Here below is a list of bird species recorded from Khiet Ngong (the wetland and the Phou Asa mountain) by Mr. Michael K. Poulsen (mkp@nordeco.dk) during 2000-2001.

Amur Falcon Accipiter badius Acridotheres grandis Acrocephalus sp. Actitis hypoleucos Aigithina lafresnayei Alcedo atthis Alcippe peracensis Alophoixus pallidus Amaurornis phoenicurus Anastomus oscitans Anthreptes singalensis Anthus cervinus Anthus richardi Anthus rufulus Apus Affinis Apus pacificus Ardea cinerea Ardea purpurea Ardeola bacchus Asian Barred Owlet Asian Brown Flycatcher Asian Koel Asian Openbill Asian Palm Swift Asian Paradise-flycatcher Aviceda leuphotes Barn Swallow Black Baza Black Drongo Black-capped Kingfisher Black-crested Bulbul Black-naped Monarch Black-naped Oriole Black-shouldered Kite Black-winged Cuckooshrike Blue-eared Barbet Blue-winged Leafbird Bronzed Drongo Brown Shrike Brown-backed Needletail Bubulcus ibis Cacomantis merulinus Cantonensis/divaricatus Casmerodius albus Cattle Egret Centropus bengalensis Centropus sinensis Charandrius dubius Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Chinese Pond Heron Chloropsis aurifrons Chloropsis cochinchinensis Circus melanoleucus Circus spilonotus Common greenshank Common Kingfisher Common Sandpiper Common snipe Common Stonechat Coppersmith Barbet Copsychus malabaricus Coracias bengalensis Coracina melaschistos Corvus macrorhynchos Corydon Sumatranus Crested Treeswift Cypsiurus balasiensis Delicho urbica Dendrocygna javanica Dicaeum cruentatum Dicrurus aeneus Dicrurus hottentottus Dicrurus macrocercus Dicrurus paradiseus Dollarbird Ducula aenea Dusky Broadbill Dusky Warbier Eastern Mars Harrier Egretta garzetta Elanus caeruleus Eudynamys scolopacea Eurasian Tree Sparrow Eurostopodus macrotis Eurystomus orientalis Falco amurensis Ficedula parva Fork-tailed Swift Gallinago gallinago Gallinago stenura Glaucidium caculoides Golden-fronted Leafbird Gracula religiosa Great Egret Great Iora Great-eared Nightjar Greater Coucal Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Green Bee-eater Green imperial Pigeon Green-bellied Malkhoa Grey Heron Grey-eyed Bulbul Grey-faced Tit Babbler Grey-headed lapwing Hair-crested Drongo Halcyon pileata Halcyon smyrnensis Hemiprocne coronata Hill Myna Hirundapus giganteus Hirundo rustica House swift Hypothymis azurea Indian Roller Intermediate Egret Iole propinqua Lanceolated Warbier Lanius cristatus Large-billed Crow Lesser Coucal Lesser Whistling-duck Lineated Barbet Little Egret Little ringed Plover Locustella lanceolatus Lonchura punctulata Lonchura striata Long-tailed Broadbill Loriculus vernalis Macronous kelleyi Megalaima australis Megalaima hemaecephala Megalaima Lineata Merops leschenaulti Merops orientalis Mesophoyx intermedia Motacilla alba Motacilla flava Mountain Fulvetta Muscicapa dauurica Nectarinia jugularis Northern House Martin Olive-backed Sunbird Oriolus chinensis Orthotomus sp. Paddyfield Pipit Pale Martin Passer montanus Pericrocotus flammeus Phaenicophaeus tristis Phylloscopus fuscatus Phylloscopus inornatus Pied Harrier Pintail Snipe Plain Prinia Plantive Cuckoo Prinia inornata Psarisomus dalhousiae Puff-throated Bulbul Purple Heron Pycnonotus blanfordi Pycnonotus finlaysoni Pycnonotus melanicterus Red-throated Flycatcher Red-throated Pipit Red-wattled Lapwing Reed Warbier sp. Rhipidura aureola Richard’s Pipit Riparia diluta Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Saxicola torquata Scaly-breasted Munia Scarlet Minivet Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Shikra Spotted dove Streak-eared Bulbul Streptopelis chinensis Stripe-throated Bulbul Swinhoe’s/Ashy Minivet P. Tailorbird sp. Terpsiphone paradisi Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra Tringa Glareola Tringa nebularia Vanellus cinereus Vanellus indicus Vernal Hanging Parrot White Wagtail White-breasted Waterhen White-browed Fantail White-rumped Munia White-rumped Shama White-throated Kingfisher White-vented Myna Wood sandpiper Yellow Wagtail Yellow-browed Warbier
	Amur Falcon
	Cattle Egret
	Coppersmith Barbet
	Kingfisher
	Merops
	White vented myna

Below you may find a list of birds, not present on the above one, spotted by Mr. Dan Franklin in December 2010:

Red Junglefowl

Green-eared Barbet

? Kentish Plover - I believe 2 individuals of this species were present on the wetland - breast ring not extending around chest;

Ashy Drongo - seen in road to Phu Asa

Ashy Minivet

Blue Rock-thrush - seen near summit of Phu Asa

Verditer Flycatcher - seen twice, once near ecolodge, once in forest on slope of Phu Asa

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher - in forest on slope of Phu Asa

Black-collared Starling - seen well, several times

Common Myna - one, in Khiet Ngong

Black-headed Bulbul - seen well, both near ecolodge and on slope of Phu Asa

Black-crested Bulbul

Phylloscopus warbler sp.

White Wagtail - common on wetland

? Buff-bellied Pipit - pair had prominent black patches on side on throat and heavily streaked flanks

 

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