Cambodia February 2009

Species seen during our trip to Cambodia. We tried to combine temple and sightseeing with a few nature trips. We hired an autorickshaw for the day to tour round Angkor Wat, and all the nature trips were organised in advance through the Sam Veasna Center . They provided a 4 x 4 with a guide and driver who took us to ATT, Prek Toal, the Florican grasslands, and Kratie ending up at Phnom Penh. We then hired a private taxi for the journey from Phnom Penh to Kep which saved hours of messing about with buses. Private taxi back to PP then an internal flight back to Siem Reap

ATT = Ang Trapaeng Thmor Sarus crane reserve (approx 3 hours north of Siem Reap)

AW = Angkpor Wat temple complex

K = Kratie (a short boat trip to see the River Dolphins and Mekong Wagtail)

KP = Kep

KT = Florican grasslands north of Kompong Thom (near a village called Lveng Russei)

PK = Prek Toal bird reserve (across Tonle Sap lake)

PP = Phnom Penh city

SR = Siem Reap

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ATT  
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis ATT  
Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis PK  
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo PK  
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger PK  
Darter Anhinga melanogaster PK  
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea ATT  
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea ATT  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta ATT  
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia ATT  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta AW  
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus ATT  
Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus ATT  
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis ATT  
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala ATT  
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans PK  
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus PK  
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus PK  
Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius PK  
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus PK  
Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica ATT  
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos ATT  
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus ATT  
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha K  
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus ATT  
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus PK  
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus PK  
Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus ATT    
Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos ATT  
Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis AW  
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga ATT  
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus KP  
Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus KT  
Sarus Crane Grus antigone ATT  
sharpii race
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio ATT  
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus PK  
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis KT  
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus ATT  
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus ATT  
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ATT  
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea K  
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus ATT  
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius K  
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus PK  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia K  
Rock Pigeon Columba livia SR  
Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica ATT  
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis PK  
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida ATT  
Feral in Siem Reap
Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri ATT  
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus ATT  
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus ATT  
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis PK  
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis PK  
German's Swiftlet Collocalia germani KP    
Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis AW  
Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis AW  
House Swift Apus nipalensis KP  
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ATT  
Black-backed Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca ATT  
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis AW  
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis ATT  
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis KT  
Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis SR  
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis AT  
Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata ATT  
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala SR  
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula KT  
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia ATT  
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica AW  
Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis AW  
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica KP  
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi AW  
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus KT  
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae K  
Newly described
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis PP  
Recent split from Yellow Wagtail
Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus KP  
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni KP  
Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier SR  
Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi SR  
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis KT  
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata KT  
Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis ATT  
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius SR  
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus K  
Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarus KP  
Split from Greenish Warbler
Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes K  
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica KP  
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla AW  
Split from Red-breasted Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis PK  
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura ATT    
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata KT  
Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica PK  
Plain-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis KP  
Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis AW  
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum PP  
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis KP  
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus KP  
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus ATT  
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus SR  
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus AW  
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus ATT  
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus KP  
Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia K  
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa KP  
White-vented Myna Acridotheres grandis AW  
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis AW  
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis ATT  
Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus ATT  
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus SR  
Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata ATT  

 

I've tried to follow the IOC naming conventions including the recent splits.

 

Other notable sightings were hundreds of Fruit Bats in Siem Reap and the River Dolphins in Kratie.

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