Site Report: Hong Kong Wetland Park
Blue-spotted Mudskipper (boleophthalmus pectinirostris)
Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Shuttle's Hoppfish (Periophthalmus modestus)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)
Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata) - Female
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) - Juvenile
Dhaman (Ptyas mucosa)
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Blue-spotted Mudskipper (boleophthalmus pectinirostris)
Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Shuttle's Hoppfish (Periophthalmus modestus)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)
Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata) - Female
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) - Juvenile
Dhaman (Ptyas mucosa)
A recently created park which compliments the Tai Po Marsh park.
Visits
- 2009-07-15: We took the metro/light rail combo to get to the park as part of our journey from Hong Kong to Hunan Province. We spent a couple of hours walking around the park in stifling heat and frequent downpours.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (23 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata)
Phylum: Chordates
(21 records)
Class: Birds
(18 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Order: Pelicans (7 records)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: White-eyes
- Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(2 records)
- Order: Goby
(2 records)
- Family: Mudskippers and Allies
- Blue-spotted Mudskipper (Periophthalmus pectinirostris)
- Shuttle's Hoppfish (Periophthalmus modestus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Snakes
- Dhaman (Ptyas mucosa)
Phylum: Mullusks
(1 record)
Class: Gastropod
(1 record)
- Order: Common Land Snails and Slugs
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Land Snails
- Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)