Site Report: Ang Trapeang Thmor, Cambodia
Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Freckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Plain-backed Sparrow (Passer flaveolus)
Plain-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
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Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Freckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Plain-backed Sparrow (Passer flaveolus)
Plain-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
A big reservoir
Visits
- 2013-02-01: On the recommendation of the Sam Veasna center, we joined a trip to a reservoir a couple of hours outside Siem Reap in search of the Sarus Crane. The reservoir is quite large, and it was built using slave labor during the Khmer Rouge period. We drove around on farmland for the most part, and like everywhere else in Cambodia, the wildlife was terrorized. After a huge effort, we found the cranes at the very end of the trip. As we rode in the car toward the Thailand border, we found a couple of truck batteries on the road. Road score!
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (64 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(64 records)
Class: Birds
(64 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
- White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(2 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Order: Pelicans (20 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Cinnamon Bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus)
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
- Order: Perching Birds
(19 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
- Family: Bush Warblers
- Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Family: Fantails
- Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Plain-backed Sparrow (Passer flaveolus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Small Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Freckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis)