Site Report: Nong Bong, Thailand

Burmese Shrike (Lanius collurioides)

Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Cigar Barb (Leptobarbus sp)

Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri)

Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Wetlands

Map of Site Report: Nong Bong, Thailand

2026-02-03: After the pitta viewing, we drove for a bit over to a wetland where Baer's Pochard had been seen recently. Surprisingly, we found it fairly quickly, though it was far away. We tried to get a boat to get closer, but it was not possible.

Kingdom: Animals (40 records, 7 images)

Phylum: Chordates (40 records, 7 images)

Class: Birds (39 records, 6 images)

Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri)
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
- Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
- Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Order: Pelicans (8 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Order: Perching Birds (10 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
- Streak-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Burmese Shrike (Lanius collurioides)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)

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

Class: Ray-finned Fish (1 record, 1 image)

Order: Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches (1 record)
- Family: Cigar Barbs
- Cigar Barb (Leptobarbus sp)