Site Report: Chiang Dao Rice Paddies, Thailand
Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
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Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
Rice Paddies
Visits
- 2026-01-15: We stopped for lunch at a restaurant in the middle of a bunch of rice paddies.
- 2026-01-16: We stopped by to check out a couple of ponds near the center.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (29 records,
2 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(29 records,
2 images)
Class: Birds
(29 records,
2 images)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Tree-swifts
- Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Order: Perching Birds
(15 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
- Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)