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Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong and New Territories (Center on Interactive Map)

Map of Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong and New Territories

Map of Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong and New Territories



Blue-spotted Mudskipper (boleophthalmus pectinirostris) Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata) - Female Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Shuttles Hoppfish (Periophthalmus modestus) Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Fiddler Crab (Uca arcuata) Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)

A recently created park which compliments the Tai Po Marsh park.

Trips

China Solar Eclipse

7/15/2009: 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.

Previous Visit (Sai Kung Peninsula: 7/14/2009)
Next Visit (Wulingyuan Scenic Reserve: 7/16/2009)



Species Recorded (23)

Birds ( 18 )

Old World Tree Warblers ( Phylloscopidae )
Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus

Herons ( Ardeidae )
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
Chinese Pond-Heron - Ardeola bacchus
Eastern Cattle Egret - Bubulcus coromandus
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

Stilts and Avocets ( Recurvirostridae )
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

Drongos ( Dicruridae )
Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus

Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Sooty-headed Bulbul - Pycnonotus aurigaster
Light-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus sinensis

White-eyes ( Zosteropidae )
Swinhoe's White-eye - Zosterops simplex

Shrikes ( Laniidae )
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata

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