Site Report: Penang Botanical Gardens

Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)

Armored Pricklenape (Acanthosaura armata)

Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Asian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris)

Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)

Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)

Botanical Garden

2025-08-30: In the morning, we headed over to the Botanical Gardens for a short walk.

Kingdom: Animals (29 records)

Phylum: Chordates (28 records)

Class: Birds (26 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Family: Swifts
- House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
- Plume-toed Swiftlet (Collocalia affinis)
- White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Order: Perching Birds (13 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
- Family: Fantails
- Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Iora
- Green Iora (Aegithina viridissima)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)

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: Agamas
- Armored Pricklenape (Acanthosaura armata)

Phylum: Mullusks (1 record)

Class: Gastropod (1 record)

Order: Common Land Snails and Slugs (1 record)
- Family: Land Snails
- Asian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris)