Site Report: Taman Tasik Taiping

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)

Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)

Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)

Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) - Female

House Swift (Apus nipalensis)







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Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)

Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)

Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)

Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) - Female

House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
Park with small lakes
Visits
- 2025-09-02: After we returned from the hill, we decided for some easier walking around the lake. Unfortunately, there was a lot of rain during the hike.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (38 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(38 records)
Class: Birds
(37 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
- Order: Pelicans
(10 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)
- Family: Iora
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Black-eared Barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)