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Stijn De Win

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Thailand check list.                                          974 species, 47 near-endemics, 144 threatened species, 10+ species extirpated (Clements' 6th edition)                                                                          Birdlife status (BS) in column after the species.                                         Possible future splits between squares and alternative names between brackets under notes.  If a species is endemic (E)                                         or near-endemic (NE), then this is also listed in the notes column.                                         Tick off observations in the first columns, LL= life list, TL = Thailand list.                                         Please let me know about any errors/additions. Taxonomy strictly follows Clements' 6th and will not be discussed.                                         Good luck with birding in Thailand!                                                                                Stijn De Win / www.birding2asia.com / stijndewin@birding2asia.com LL TL Common name Genus Species BS Notes     Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis         Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus         Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas         Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris         Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis         Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda         White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus         Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus         Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis VU       Masked Booby Sula dactylatra         Brown Booby Sula leucogaster         Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis         Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo         Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger         Darter Anhinga melanogaster         Christmas Island Frigatebird................................. Fregata andrewsi CR       Great Frigatebird Fregata minor         Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel         Gray Heron Ardea cinerea         Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana         Purple Heron Ardea purpurea         Great Egret Ardea alba         Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia         Little Egret Egretta garzetta         Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes VU       Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra         Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii         Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus         Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa         Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis    [Eastern Cattle Egret]     Striated Heron Butorides striata         Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax         Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus         Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis         Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus         Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus         Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis         Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris         Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea VU  Extirpated     Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala NT       Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans         Black Stork Ciconia nigra         Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus         Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi EN  Extirpated?     White Stork Ciconia ciconia         Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus NT  Extirpated     Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus VU       Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius EN  Extirpated     Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus NT       White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni CR  Extirpated     Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea CR  Extirpated     Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus         Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia         Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor EN       Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica         Swan Goose Anser cygnoides EN       Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus         Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea         Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna         White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata EN       Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos         Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus         Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata         Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope         Falcated Duck Anas falcata         Gadwall Anas strepera         Eurasian Teal Anas crecca         Mallard Anas platyrhynchos         Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha         Northern Pintail Anas acuta         Garganey Anas querquedula         Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata         Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina         Common Pochard Aythya ferina         Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca NT       Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri VU       Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula         Greater Scaup Aythya marila         Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis         Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus EN       Osprey Pandion haliaetus         Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni         Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes         Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus         Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus         Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus         Black Kite Milvus migrans         Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus         White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster         Pallas' Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus VU       White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla NT       Lesser Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis NT       Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus NT       White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis CR  Extirpated     Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris CR  Extirpated     Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis         Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus NT       Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus NT  Extirpated     Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus         Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela         Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus         Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus         Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT       Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos         Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus         Shikra Accipiter badius         Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis         Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis         Besra Accipiter virgatus         Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus         Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis         Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer         Gray-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus         Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo         Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis         Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga VU       Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis         Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU       Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata         Booted Eagle Aquila pennata         Rufous-bellied Eagle Aquila kienerii         Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus         Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis         Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus alboniger         Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nanus VU       White-rumped Falcon Polihierax insignis NT       Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens         Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius         Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus         Amur Falcon Falco amurensis         Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo         Oriental Hobby Falco severus         Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus         Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus         Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris NT       Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica         Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica         Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis         Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis         Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus         Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana VU  NE     Scaly-breasted Partridge Arborophila chloropus         Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Arborophila charltonii NT  Extirpated?     Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus NT       Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul NT       Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii         Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus         Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos         Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera         Crested Fireback Lophura ignita NT       Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi NT       Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae VU       Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum         Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron malacense VU  NE     Great Argus Argusianus argus NT       Green Peafowl Pavo muticus VU       Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus         Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki         Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator         Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo         Sarus Crane Grus antigone VU  Extirpated     Common Crane Grus grus         Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata         Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides         Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus         Water Rail Rallus aquaticus    [Eastern Water Rail]     White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus         Black-tailed Crake Amaurornis bicolor         Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla         Spotted Crake Porzana porzana         Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca         Band-bellied Crake Porzana paykullii NT       White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea         Watercock Gallicrex cinerea         Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio         Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus         Eurasian Coot Fulica atra         Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus VU       Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus         Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus         Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis         Crab Plover Dromas ardeola         Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus         Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus         Great Thick-knee Burhinus recurvirostris         Beach Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris NT       Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum         Small Pratincole Glareola lactea         Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus         River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii         Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus         Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus         Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva         Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola         Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula         Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus         Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius         Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus    (Kentish)     Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii NT       Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus         Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii         Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus         Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola         Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus         Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola VU       Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura         Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala         Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago         Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus         Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus NT       Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa         Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica         Little Curlew Numenius minutus         Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus         Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata         Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis         Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus         Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos         Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus         Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes         Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus         Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia         Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer EN       Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis         Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola         Common Redshank Tringa totanus         Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres         Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris         Red Knot Calidris canutus         Sanderling Calidris alba         Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis         Little Stint Calidris minuta         Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii         Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta         Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata         Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea         Dunlin Calidris alpina         Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus EN       Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola