Site Report: Makassar Swamps

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Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)

White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis) - Female

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida)

White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis) - Male

Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Airport amidst wetlands.

2016-02-26: Darius, the driver, took me to a good swamp on the way the the airport. While I was looking at the collection of mudflat birds, some guy came out with a .22 and took a couple of shots at unknown game.

Kingdom: Animals (24 records)

Phylum: Chordates (24 records)

Class: Birds (24 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
- Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Order: Pelicans (10 records)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida)
- Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Javan Plover (Anarhynchus javanicus)