Site Report: Putrajaya Wetland Park

Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Freshwater wetland

2025-08-09: Getting out of the Kuala Lumpur airport was a nightmare. The signage at that airport is really terrible. After walking around for awhile, I finally found the rental car company. Then, I sat in some awful traffic en route to my hotel. Unfortunately, I passed right by the hotel as I had marked it in a different location in the GPS. The next morning, I wasn't really sure where to go. I was driving around a bit, and it was very difficult to follow the GPS with so many highway ramps throughout the city. Once I did get into the general area that I was looking at, I got mixed up by some closed roads. Eventually, I found the parking area for the swamp. I walked around for an hour or so before it started to get really hot.

Kingdom: Animals (27 records)

Phylum: Chordates (27 records)

Class: Birds (25 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
- Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Family: Storks
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Order: Perching Birds (10 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
- Family: Fantails
- Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Primates (1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)